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back here live at dwight and telegraph avenue. there are several attacking this blaze as we speak. we will let you know and keep you updated on our website, abc7news.com. nick smith abc7 news. >> thank you nick. >>> tonight there is new video showing the confrontation between iraq war vet and police in oakland. for the first time we are seeing him challenge officers and one officer breaking ranks and then clubbing him. he is in the newsroom with the video and the reaction to it. >> whether you are for the occupy movement or not the video has people talking. >> some say police were out of line, but others say it is the veteran in the wrong. the man you see facing off with police is a local war veteran who said opd ruptured his spleen when they repeatedly hit him with a baton on the night of november 2nd. this new video was recorded by a bay area photographer. we spoke to him by phone today. >> when he was getting beat. he definitely wasn't -- i definitely wasn't happy. i was mainly focusing on keeping him as steady as i could. >> wayne freed map asked him -- freedman asked him for r

back here live at dwight and telegraph avenue. there are several attacking this blaze as we speak. we will let you know and keep you updated on our website, abc7news.com. nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. >>> tonight there is new video showing the confrontation between iraq war vet and police in oakland. for the first time we are seeing him challenge officers and one officer breaking ranks and then clubbing him. he is in the newsroom with the video and the reaction to it. >> whether you are for the occupy movement or not, the video has people talking. >> some say police were out of line, but others say it is the veteran in the wrong. the man you see facing off with police is a local war veteran who said opd ruptured his spleen when they repeatedly hit him with a baton on the night of november 2nd. this new video was recorded by a bay area photographer. we spoke to him by phone today. >> when he was getting beat. he definitely wasn't -- i definitely wasn't happy. i was mainly focusing on keeping him as steady as i could. >> wayne freed map asked him -- freedman asked him fo

-- 19th street and telegraph avenue this was the scene. protest left the site peacefully. >> in san francisco the camp at justin herman plaza is one of the last standing. weekend police raids cleared out the others. the folks at justin herman plaza wonder if they could be next. katie marzullo is live with more on that >> reporter: good morning. the camp here at justin herman plaza has remained uned. dozens of tents and -- untouched. dozens of tents and tarps still in place. protesters believe a raid is imminent. there are police officers on scene just sitting in their parked cars, standard police presence. officers did move in sunday morning around 1:30 on the encampment that was just a over at 101 market. in front of the federal building. three days after officials warned the occupiers there that camping on the sidewalk is illegal. there were a dozen tents, six were arrested for interfering with the operation. most left peacefully. some were moved from the market street location say they unphased the movement will go forward. >> every tim

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hundreds moved into the vacant lot at 19th and telegraph avenue. demonstrators tor down fences, as you can see from this video and set up tents at police officerses watched. the group celebrated their takeover with a party last night, this time, the encampment's biggest opposition may come from people living in pricey condos nearby. >> we witnessed things and we are privy to the drug use, distribution and the health hazards. just, you know, in general, the noise pollution and it just, it doesn't seem like it's a responsible thing. >> reporter: the oakland police and mayor have said the lot is public property and camping is not allowed. despite that. no one was arrested and the encampment remains this morning. >> >> faculty members calling for the uc davis chancellor to resign. demands come after campus police are videotaped pepper spraying students. >> >> what it shows, really, very unexpected and very sad an really inappropriate. i would say, at least on the face of it. >> uc davis chancellor addressing the controversial move by campus police to p

. >> people then started to drift down telegraph avenue toward people's park. they ran into the police barricade set up at telegraph and haste. some people through rocks or bottles. the police started throwing tear gas and then the riot was on. >> these officers were afraid. they were really being hurt,. >> the conflict over a patch of dirt became a war. then governor ronald reagan sent in 2,000 national guard troops. and as they rolled through downtown berkeley, even little children flashed the peace sign. >> the heavy handed response seemed to only inflame the very situation authorities were trying to quell. there was so much tear gas in the air no matter where you were in oakland or what you were doing it found you. >> i was trying to give a midterm examination yesterday. and the gas drifted in. i suppose from this gas delivered by helicopter. >> naturally the law enforcement officers were attacked by the mob. literally overrun, a number of them isolated by the mobs that stomped on them. >> reporter: people at the time thought it looked like a siege. but whil

. >>> and at berkeley today officials closed busy telegraph avenue between dwight and channing indefinitely. that's after a five-alarm fire destroyed a building there that is now in danger of collapsing. the fire started around 9:00 last night on the lower floors of the five-story apartment building on hay street. no injuries have been reported. officials say the fire spread quickly because the building is old and has no sprinkler system. quickly because the building is old and has no sprinkler system. there are some 5 kÑsr!yan leader moammar gadhafi they say they have another significant capture. also the big game is here just a couple hours from kick off. we'll take you to the tailgate coming up in sports. restoring a part of td bay area's history. why the next time you see alcatraz there will see a very visible change. >> we're seeing very visible changes to our weather this evening. we have clouds rolling in, winds picking up. rain approaching the bay area right now. some parts of the bay area later on tonight could even see a little bit of snow and mbe some thunder. pretty wild mix of

the fire on the corner of telegraph avenue and hay street broke out about 9:00. firefighters battled the blames for about six hours. finally got it contained this morning. it appears the fire started in between walls and spread quickly to the roof they were told. >> the fire is spreading throughout the floor. we have no firefighter injuries at this time. there's flames and fire on the third through the rooftop, as you can see. >> 100 firefighters from at least four agencies were on the scene. firefighters believe everyone got out okay. the red cross is helping find temporary shelter forethe displaced residents. they also have ground floor shops and restaurants. >> san jose place are searching for a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian last night. it happened at the intersection of story road and bedford street about 6:30. police say a man in his 60s was pronounced dead at the scene. the victim is the fifth person to die after being hit by a vehicle in san jose in the past two weeks. all the accidents have happened since date savings ended, about 6:00 in the

when it's finished, three of the four corners of the once bustling telegraph avenue will be gone. as don ford shows us so will a big chunk of berkeley history. >> reporter: heavy machinery is arriving on downtown berkeley's narrow telegraph avenue. nine days ago the 95-year-old sequoia apartment building caught fire destroying the interior leaving the four-story outer brick wall in danger of collapsing into the street. a construction company has been hired to demolish the remains and the foreman directs the show. >> start crunching the building slowly like a piece of bread. >> reporter: and they are doing it with one of the largest excavators in the bay area weighing 90,000 pounds. so heavy, underground utilities like water and sewer lines have to be protected. but emotions can't be protected. for milan who used to live in the sequoia, it's hard for him to think about what he lost. >> it's a huge blow. i haven't even been able to get my head around what was actually lost. how do you start with the list which is everything? >> reporter: the intersection of telegraph and case has be

the fire on the corner of telegraph avenue and hay street broke out about 9:00.firefighters battled the blames for about six hours. it was contained about 3:30 this morning. they tell abc7 news, it appears the fire started between the walls and spread quickly to the roof. >> the fire is spreading throughout the floor. we have no firefighter injuries at this time. there's flames and fire on the third through the rooftop, as you can see. >> 100 firefighters from at least four agencies were on the scene. firefighters believe everyone got out okay. the red cross is helping find temporary shelter for the displaced residents. they also have ground floor shops and restaurants. >> the city of vallejo plans to hold a vigil tomorrow night at city hall in honor of slain police officer. henry albert smith of fairfield is being held on murder charges. this morning a flower memorial continues to grow at police headquarters. they have created fund to help out the officer's wife and their three daughters. you can find more on that at abc7news.com. >> 25 homes were destroyed near

it started around 9:00 last night at a five-story building on telegraph avenue, about two blocks from the cal campus. the building has commercial space and 39 residential units. firefighters had to hold back from entering originally because the fire was too big and had spread throughout the entire building. nearby dorms were evacuated as well. >> minutes later, i heard an explosion. so i looked out the window and there were actually flames coming out of the building, and that's when it started getting really bad. they told us to pack up our bags with some stuff and maybe call a few friends to spend the night with. >> no one was hurt in this fire. no word yet on what caused it. >>> firefighters in reno reportedly made good progress overnight against wildfire that destroyed or damaged up to 25 homes. the fire forced nearly 10,000 people to evacuate. wind gusts produced flames up to 50 feet high. and a 74-year-old man who was trying to evacuate died of a heart attack. also, a firefighter suffered first and second degree burns. now, firefighters have put out many hot spots and secured hom

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on telegraph avenue it's no longer in existence, the sadness of this. berkeley, late fall. um -- this is from forest hamer who is a bay area poet who wrote berkeley late spring. this is berkeley late fall. i have been browsing the peet ree section had come to lose the unconcern but persistant rain that followed me in as a trail of damp shoe prints and dripping conscientious hacompanied to a solitude. i ran my right index if anything are across each spine flesh going along volume and groove. imagine the book seller anding by to fold and flatten we down to on an oblong shape and reshelf me into an americay sandwich between the t's and v's stacked up along the unexpected and unknown. i notice that the pe ems i imagine crowding around you were the unquieted the unrequited. distant citizens far from the disposition of the safety of s's the determinant d's and resultant r's where the poems are make believe. unlike the bumpy organic one i find myself wandering into. this one is about the moon. mabel and maureen. the moon regrets it's father's avd vise, take the night shift. [laugh

. >>> checking some other headlines, telegraph avenue in berkeley remains closed tonight at the site of a five-alarm fire. dozens of tenants at 2441 hay street were forced to flee when flames burned through the apartment building. it's now red-tagged. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> former bart officer johannes mehserle will be back in court tomorrow in a separate case of police abuse. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last year for shooting oscar grant. he was released with credit for time served. he is one of four transit officers being sued after allegations of excessive force during the arrest of another rider six months before the grant shooting. >>> a home coming is planned tomorrow for a picasso masterpiece. it was stolen last july. the suspect was caught with the help of surveillance video, and the painting was recovered two days later in napa. the 1965 pencil drawing worth $200,000 will be rehung at the gallery tomorrow. >>> well, the forecast looking a little brighter for the start of the work week. tim has the pin-point forecast. things are loo

. >>> occupy oakland protestors who set up camp overnight in a vacant lot in telegraph avenue were evicted this morning. they by morning officers moved in and cleared them out. most left peacefully. there were no arrests. >>> protestors didn't just rise up in survive and oakland this weekend. if you went to other events in contra costa county. words like foreclosed were tagged on branch windows and a.t.m.s defaced. this message warns anonymous could be watching. >>> uc davis police officers have been relieved of duties. the latest fallout over the pepper spraying of student protestors. >> videos of the incident last friday now have more than 2 million views online. as the protestors sat campus officers sprayed them repeatedly the the university's chancellor calls the pictures chilling and ordered an investigation. two officers were put on paid leave during an independent review. >> i know some people, many people are very disappointed and/or shocked by what they saw. but i think this investigation will help either -- will bring this to a closure, we hope. >> tonight the president of the uc

tomorrow's march starts at broadway and 14th and end at the fox theatre on telegraph avenue. the group plans to set up a new camp there in an empty lot. >>> are you ready for the weekend? >> so ready. >> i think we both are. that's definitely a plus. but weather-wise? >> i am ready to go, too. i think the weekend much cooler definitely around the bay area chance of some showers. doesn't look like it's going to be a rainout. we are seeing sprinkles outside light showers this morning but we have more to come as a lot of cold air works down from the gulf of alaska and things are going to be unsettled toward the afternoon. right now cloudy skies, numbers in the 40s and 50s, not much improvement by the afternoon, highs only in the 50s and the rain picking up in the afternoon, as well. we'll have more on your weekend forecast coming up in a moment. that's a look at weather. let's check on traffic now with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. and the roads are looking pretty good right now. in fact here's a live look at how great it is on the san mateo bridge. if you are heading towar

>>> and another andronico closing their doors, the 82- year-old chain says that the store on telegraph avenue will shut down, they don't know the date yet. they have more restructuring to do after filing for bankruptcy in august. >>> and bringing bart to san jose, expecting to clear another hulbert. the valley transportation authority is expected to approve a 700 million construction contract on december 7th. the bta still needs 900 million from the federal government to give work next year. the goal is to link san jose by bart by 2016. >>> and another abandoned puppy looking for a home tonight, continue days ago, six puppies were discovered alone at a recycling center. this is in monterey, look at the australia-shepherd mixes, found cold and hungry, the reporter working on the story found another one that was in nicknamed felix, many want to adopt the dogs. >>> and coming up, how some homeowners are recovering from a 60-foot geyser gushing on their street. >> only in the last month has it become very popular? >> how popular. >> very. >> and diving for sea treasures, without the ocean, the my

a five-alarm fire has forced police to shut down telegraph avenue between chaning. flames shot out of the building late friday night. inspectors are worried the place might be structurally unsound. while no one was hurt, the fire destroyed the billing which included a famous cafe and bar. investigators may never know what caused the fire because it's so dangerous to enter the building. the reno wildfire is now fully contained. the 9500 evacuees are starting to return home. officials say the fire officially destroyed 32 homes and scorched 1,935 acres. crews are monitoring hot spots and repairing hillside damaged by bulldozers in an effort to prevent mudslide, investigators believe 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts knocked down power lines in the -- and sparked the fire. >>> a fury crash involving a chp car is under investigation. the chp says the officer lost control last night on northbound 10 is and -- 101 and sauce leta. his -- sauce sausalito. the officers closed down the lanes. the officer -- was taken to the hospital it's believed he's okay. >>> firefighters are prai

. >> the supermarket on telegraph avenue is closing. the company released the news in a statement. this after the main closed its university avenue store last month. there are now five remaining stores including two in berkeley. the 82-year-old chain filed in august. >> the officials are warning about a mountain lion in pacifica. the big cat was seen walk agriculture long the trail in the park about go miles the park's entrance. the mountain lions normally avoid humans but if you see one don't approach it. >> we had stubborn low clouds, higher above parts of the bay area but the key weather headline the -- a rain free forecast in the next few days but a chance of spotty drizzle, not a lot to show you on the tracker. a little bit of activity on the radar. nothing major but a few sprinkles or pockets pushing back in to the bay over the next few hours. no significant rainfall at least showing up on the long range. this was the scene today looking out toward san francisco bay. you can see all the cloud cover out there and we have had another big high tide tomorrow morning so maybe some

a march and rally tomorrow, then pitch their tents on a piece of property at 19th street and telegraph avenue, owned by the oakland redevelop agency but there are businesses, the school of arts and condos in the area as well. >> we decided that on november 19th we will come together once again to show our force and re- establish our camp. the oakland commune will survive this attack and continue to grow and make oakland proud. >> you are going to put together a dirty filthy tent city right in the metledz in the middle of where all of us live. >> yes. >> they also plan to particular to protest plans to close the school. >>> protesters camped out on a san francisco sidewalk are now being told to leave. the city issued an order yesterday saying the tents are in violation of the city code. the mayor said the tents need to be taken down immediately but he will not say whether police officers will step in if the tents remain. >>> california's unemployment rate fell slightly last month. the rate fell from 11.9% in september to 11.7% in october. with a total of 25,700 jobs added last month, a signifi

streets of oakland over 16th and telegraph avenue where a couple hundred protesters have taken over thereet and had been moving in and out of the building, the travelers aid building on 16th street. >> i don't know if it looked like a street party a few minutes ago that formed a wider circle and were dancing through the center of it. they had barricaded off the street putting off dumpsters to keep this area sort of safe for them to be in the street here. and as dan mentioned, they have gone inside this building that was the former travelers aid society office here in oakland. they have hung a banner from it reading "occupy everything." >> police know what is going on, but have made no move to step in. there is no violence or anything of that nature, but they have taken over this corner of the street and this building. so we will continue to keep an eye on it for you. >> right now though, time for some sports. >> mr. bueller is here. >> outside of the mavericks you don't think of the bay area as the surfing capital of the world. but the man who won is clearly but the man who won is clear

right now crews are still in the process of assembling that massive excavator in the middle of telegraph avenue. the business of tearing down the building next to it could start this afternoon. the sequoia apartment building won't come crumbling down at once. crews will break it apart one floor at a time. the claw on the end of the machine will chop through the building's brick facade. the building was red tagged after a five-alarm fire on november 18. no one was hurt. 68 people who lived here were displaced. the berkeley fire department and a fire inspect over told us this will be a partial demolition at least for now. the ground floor and basement will stay intact. >> we believe in the basement and we need to dig further to determine a specific area. we'll remove the fire debris until we get to an area of interest. >> one of the building owners told us off camera they want the whole thing torn down and they have no plans to restore popular businesses that were on the ground floor. >> i'm bummed about all those -- that pizza place that was going to open. we're only store on the corner right no

. >>> in berkeley today, officials closed busy telegraph avenue between dwight and channing indefinitely after a five-alarm fire destroyed the building there that is now in danger of collapse. >>> the fire started around 9:00 last night on the lower floors of the five story apartment building on hays street. no injuries have been reported. officials say the fire quickly spread because the building is old and has no sprinkler system. there are about 50 residential units there but officials say there are still figuring out the exact number of people who were there last night. >> this building has a history of having casual tenants so they do short-term stays and so we're not able to accurately get all of the number of tenants we're working with the building owners to too that. >> again, the fire started at around 9:00. fire crews contained the fire around 4:00 this morning. they think the fire began in an elevator equipment room. and right now we want to check in with rob on the weather. >> watching changes happening in real time around the bay area right now. earlier this evening you saw

. >>> and ktvu finds out closing the store on telegraph avenue. this comes after the grocery chain shutdown the university store last night there are five remaining andronico stores. they filed for bankruptcy in august and punched by ranovo capitol. >>> thanksgiving holiday weekend has been anything but a break for shoppers. many pulled all-nighters to tackle the best deals. from sun valley more we report some stores got started earlier than ever. >> reporter: the sounds of stores opening better than -- music. we do it every year. we plan 12 months a year because we know we are going to do it. >> we actually bring her child and her friends to stand in lineup for us. >> they started looking for bargains at 8:00 p.m. last night. at the mall, 4,000 people entered at midnight. it did not stop stores like sears sees hundreds of shoppers long after stuffing their tummies with turk ity. 20% here at a store 50% there, and -- here at h&m some of the racks are empty like these right here. because of deals like this. a fashionable camono for $5 or something

telegraph avenue remains closed between dwight way and chaning way. >>> two adults and one child went to the emergency room with carbon monoxide symptoms which include headaches, dizziness and nausea. fire officials said there were measurable amounts of the gas in the victim's house. it apparently leaked from the home's heating system. state law now requires all california homes be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. >>> the rush back to the bay area hit a snag today due to mother nature. >> you're stuck in jfk now. >> reporter: knight is finding out that her long morning is about to become a very long day in the bay. an overbooked flight means half her family is stuck in new york for at least another four hours. >> you just never know, you just have to wait. >> i expected the long line for security but i didn't expect a delay in because that's just like plane stuff. but fog does cause delays and i'm sure there's tons of people traveling right now. >> reporter: there are quite a bit of delays out here after the thanksgiving holiday. for the most part they are about half an hour t

other california camps were also raided and oakland cleared can't located at one thousand and telegraph avenue earlier this morning and despite the fact the police showed up in riot gear barring protesters from their camp no arrest or injuries reported however nearby san francisco during the early hours of sunday things got a little bit more heated. a mugger as protesters are long gone from the camp and outside of the federal reserve police and public works crews moved in just after one am to remove a dozen tents the last to go on the market street sidewalk. six demonstrators were arrested in occupiers still a fear that the main occupy san francisco camp in justin herman plaza will suffer the same fate as the one that was raided in front of the federal reserve building in san francisco mayor ed leave visited the herman plaza camp last wednesday and said the protesters would have a chance to improve their current camp which they deemed a public health nuisance as of last count there were two hundred tents at san francisco's main location out shift our focus to boston to revisit a story that we

it was telegraph avenue and haight street. it's slated to be torn down. the structure remains in darren of collapsing. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. sidewalks and streets will be partially closed during the demolition. >> four propositions have been cleared by the secretary of state's office to gather signatures. newest is a tax on all oil and gas in california. the other would. >> one would to legalize marijuana. each proposed measure needs more than 500,000 signatures to make it on the ballot. there are 30 i in addition activities in circulation in california. >> nasa controlers are watching the atlas rocket that lifted off of florida on a journey to mars. >> liftoff of the atlas five with curiosity. >> on board is the most sophisticated mars rover ever built. then comes the mars landing right out of a science fiction novel. >> nasa's rover is a science dream machine. it's loaded with extra sensors, 3-d cameras and lasers. the explorer will sample sanlt and drill it's way across a giant crater. >> it will look at the places that ar

from the march pushed doba chain linked fence and setup a new encampment in a vacant lot at telegraph avenue and 1th street. city officials said they will not tolerate new camps, but police are only watching tonight adhering to the city's nonconfrontal strategy. ktvu's eric rasmussen is hearing from residents who don't want the new neighbor burb we begin with jade hernandez and what is happen radioing now. jade. >> reporter: make no mistake the tevtents back up and, in fact, demonstrators say they are not going anywhere. these protesters followed their plan announced yesterday to march and reoccupy the new location at 19 and telegraph. a if you demonstrators immediately began to pitch tents. one man complain idea they rallied to lakeview elementary school from frank ogawa plaza. >> this school is being shut shut down unjustly. >> reporter: the old police department's presence was prominent and officers stood at every corner owned bit city's redevelopment as. police report nod arrests, tagging or vandalism. >> i think it's time for people to up their eyes and if they don't really know what is

the telegraph avenue will be shut town. the high-end grocery chain filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming economic problems on aggressive expansion and the economic downturn. there are now five stores left in the bay area. the first one opened 82 years ago in berkeley. >> a tribute to christmas and the military is on display. chavez park is full of memory and hope, memory of those lost and hope that those still serving come home safely. >> we have been involved in christmas in the park for several years, always had a tree here. >> it is a community of san jose. it's their children, too. >> the tree for moms, gold star moms have lost a child in service. >> alan: at it going to be warming up says leigh glaser. >> leigh: going to get some cool nights coming up, andles a lot of fog. tonight it was the lighting of the snowman. this is on highway 121 at the sonoma county, and each year they always put out all the little snowmen and light them up. so it's a big event there a lot of kids. they just kind of -- isn't that cute? and

a fire started before 9:00 friday night at the building on telegraph avenue. firefighters six hours to bring the flames under control. the building has been red tagged because engineers say it is structurally unsound. firefighters say the fire may have started in an elevator equipment room. 60 people were displaced. >>> 32 american students are rhodes scholars. five stanford students are among the winners. approximately 80 are selected each year from around the world. it was created in 1902 by the will of cecil rhodes. a while life company is expected to visit a high school tomorrow not there to give it a tack. five rattle sneaks were found in merced county the last three weeks. the school shut down for two days this past week. it's believed all the snakes have been captured and killed but a wildlife company will be on campus tomorrow to search in case. >>> good morning to you. a live look outside the doors. we have plenty of gray out there. some of waking up with a little bit of sunshine. improving conditions for the afternoon. temperatures will be similar to

. >> they pledged to march down telegraph avenue. >> we're going to march. >> but it what they say they are going to do -- re-occupation. >> signs like these lined the plaza warning the overnight lodging and assembly of tents will not be allowed. so the plan is to move here. this empty city lot right in the midst of the vibrant uptown district of diners and restaurants and in the shadow of the oakland school for the arts. >> it's not okay. >> joe's daughter is a student there. she supports the movement but says the idea of a possible tent city right next to her daughter's school gets a failing grade. >> it means that kids are not safe. >> at a rally held earlier, demonstrators were confronted by some shop owners. they made it clear they don't want patrons to avoid the area because of the protestors. plans prompted a strong response with the task of bringing new business to the city. >> it's very disturbing. whoever is leading the group doesn't care about anybody else but their own personal gain in this. >>> a new video clip showing the confrontation between an iraq war veteran and polic

occurred thursday morning at police clashed with a group of occupy oakland protesters at 16th and telegraph avenue. >>> i'm very upset this happened to somebody i'm very close to. i want people to know about it. >> richard collins is a friend of kayvan sabeghi, here at highland hospital after he says he was beaten by oakland police officers while arrested during the sweepener frank ogawa plaza thursday morning. >> i'm furious with the way they treated my little brother. >> she says che her brother, a veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan was supporting the movement but wasn't one of the trouble makers and didn't deserve the beating n jail, she says her brother was denied medical treatment. >> if someone is on the floor unable to walk, vomiting blood, there can be little doubt there's something really wrong. he has a ruptured spleen. they had no idea what was wrong with him. >> the alameda county sheriff's department released a statement saying it's investigating the claim from kayvan sabeghi that he requested and did not receive medical attention. sabeghi continues to recover but doesn't fee

it started at about 9:15 in an apartment building near the corner of telegraph avenue. when we spoke to a fire dispatcher just a few minutes ago she said there are no reports of injuries, we are expecting video of that fire into the newsroom any moment now. when it does arrive we will bring it to you. >> continuing coverage of the occupy oakland movement where there is movement tonight in the form of heated arguments among the demonstrators. that after protesters said they are ready to set up camp at a new location. we are live in oakland where we have been watching a team try to keep the demonstrators out their neighborhood. >> reporter: they already had plans to move up to 19th and telegraph just a few blocks here, especially since the city has made the plaza off limits for camping. you can see the meeting is still going on and protesters facing serious opposition from people who could be their future neighbors. >> 19 and the telegraph doesn't impact the 1%. >> reporter: a teacher led the effort meeting occupy oakland on its own terms to ask them to abandon a plan to

occurring thursday morning as police crashed with occupy oakland protesters at 16th street and telegraph avenue. >> i'm upset this happened to somebody i'm close to and i want people to know. >> richard collins is a close friend of kayvan sabeghi who says he was beaten by oakland police officers while arrested during the sweep at the ogawa plaza. >> i'm so mad. >> she says her brother, a veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan was supporting the occupy movement that night but wasn't one of the troublemakers and didn't deserve the beating. once in jail she says her brother was denied medical treatment. >> if someone is on the floor unable to walk, vomiting blood, there can be little doubt there's something wrong. he has a ruptured spleen. they had no idea what was wrong. >> the alameda county sheriff's department says they're investigating the claim from kayvan sabeghi that he requested and did not receive medical attention. sabeghi continues to recover but doesn't feel like talking. >> he felt that we shouldn't talk about it. he doesn't want a fuss. >> only a few in his inner circle are spe

the struggling chain says that it's shutting down a store on telegraph avenue.rd on what day the store will officially close but a spokesman says they're already liquidating inventory. a private investment firm bought the company for $16 million in october. >>> house prices in san francisco have fallen once again. scott mcgrew has been tracking prices now for years. >> a report we are taking more seriously than others showing house prices in the san francisco market fell 1.5% last month. fallen nearly 6% since this time last year. now these studies define san francisco differently. it's called the metropolitan statistical area. that's the peninsula up to san francisco across the bay to oakland down to fremont, but not san jose. meanwhile, all kinds of worries in europe. france is seeing the credit rating perhaps lowered to negative. italy is paying more than 7% for the debt. this is worrisome. this is now very serious talk of some of the 17 countries that share the euro. the currency walking away going back to their old currencies. what happens when a currency c

at 19th and telegraph avenue. >> before the march, a dance revolution broke out in the plaza. a flash mob of 100 people filled the plaza and spectators flooded into the streets at broadway and 14th. organizers said the choreography was meant to evoke a dying system and the awakening of a new society. protesters occupied san jose mayor's driveway. they posed for the picture and left after police asked them to go. one of the people in the tent is shawne o'kelly, also known as cracker. he vowed to stay on a wiewl near the city hall until the "occupy" movement accomplished its objectives, but he came down this morning. >> the chancellor at uc davis says she will not resigning despite calls from faculty and students to do so after yesterday's pepper spray incident. [shouting] >> the cell phone video shows a uc davis police officer person spraying protesters. chancellor called the video chilling but denied it reflects her leadership abilities. >> i do understand the frustration and the very bad situation that was create for students on friday. i don't believe that this by itself is

it started at about 9:15 in an apartment building near the corner of telegraph avenue. when we spoke to a fire dispatcher just a few minutes ago she said there are no reports of injuries, we are expecting video of that fire into the newsroom any moment now. when it does arrive we will bring it to you. >> continuing coverage of the occupy oakland movement where there is movement tonight in the form of heated arguments among the demonstrators. that after protesters said they are ready to set up camp at a new location. we are live in oakland where we have been watching a team try to keep the demonstrators out their neighborhood. >> reporter: they already had plans to move up to 19th and telegraph just a few blocks here, especially since the city has made the plaza off limits for camping. you can see the meeting is still going on and protesters facing serious opposition from people who could be their future neighbors. >> 19 and the telegraph doesn't impact the 1%. >> reporter: a teacher led the effort meeting occupy oakland on its own terms to ask them to abandon a plan to

telegraph avenue and hayes street. until monday the 96-year-old structure remains in danger of collapsing. the cause of the fire still under investigation. sidewalks and streets surrounding the building will be partially closed during the demolition. >> in just under an hour from right now n.a.s.a. will launch the next mission to mars, send being the rover to explore the red planet. you are looking at a live picture at cape canaveral, florida. weather for the forecast favorable for the launch at 7:02. it is nicknamed curiosity, right out of a science fiction movie, but, folks, it is real. mark brown from our sister station in los angeles has the latest from the jet propulsion laboratory in pass don'ta. >> the rocket will deliver the lab into earth's orbit and then it must be launched into mars. it is this vital step that failed two actioning with in russia, leaving the spacecraft stranded. this is what the designers hope will happen. a set of thrusters will fire, slowing the rover down. then the heavy payload is detach

they are shutting down the store on telegraph avenue. says the store is already liquidating inventory. the 82-year-old chain filing for bankruptcy back in september. a private investment firm bought the company for $16 million. . >>> a christmas gift for families in the north bay. families who want to cut down their own tree can do it for free. they'll also be doing park leaders a favor by ringing out the open face reserve the pine tree at the park is ab unwanted invasive species. people can pick out, cut and take home a tree at the preserve. # 5:55 the securities and exchange commission is investigating weather san francisco 49ers star ran a trick play on investors. scott mcgrew joins us barry bonds and peyton manning. >> bloomberg news says it suspected the pair could have misled investors about how much money was left this the fund after the economic collapse of 2008 and 2009. he managed money for other sports stars. bloomberg says the government wants to know if they moved money around to disguise the help of the fund. now do keep in

the telegraph avenue will be shut town.they year they always put out all the little snowmen and light them up. so it's a big event there a lot of kids. they just kind of -- isn't that cute? and speaking of small business, cornerstone has a lot of small businesses, give them a shotout. give the local shops that need your business as well. speaking of the fog, it's starting to thicken up. half a mile visible in fairfield. four mails in novato and six miles at sfo. we'll definitely see the dense fog continue to creep in through the evening hours. with the strong easterly wind flow picking up the fog and movinged towards the bay area. so dense fog advisory is in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning. so north bay valleys, east bay valleys, and parts of san francisco, just kind of scattered around the san francisco bay area, and visibility will be well reduced, and of course the fog advisory in the central valley as well so holiday travelers be advised you're going to find reduced visibilities there. current temperatures right now

>> occupy oakland protestors teardown a fence and occupied a vacant lot at 19th street and telegraph avenue. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. it is a rather soggy morning. our meteorologist, lisa, is here with a look at how long all the rain is going to last today. lisa. >> hi, carolyn. we are looking at some thunderstorms and gusty winds. the life doppler shows a spattering of the showers all around the bay. lock at that, those little yellow circles offshore indicate thunderstorms. this is all continuing to move through the bay area. an actual front has moved through. we have low pressure to the west of san francisco. it will generate more showers throughout the day. you see down along the peninsula, 280 and 101 some light shower activity and thunderstorm down around san jose and sunyvale this morning. we aren't out of the woods yet. still the possibility of some unsettled weather. a dry couple of days to start the week and rain for thanksgiving. i'll let you know in a few minutes. carolyn. >> all right, lisa. in the news this morning there has been a raid this morni

a large group marched from frank ogawa plaza in oakland up telegraph avenue to berkeley. today's protest at the cal campus, people are speaking out in protests of rising tuition costs and they're also speaking out about the police action we showed you last week on the cal campus when protesters tried to set up a tent city on campus and police did not allow that to happen. we have reporters on the scene at cal, we're going to keep checking on them throughout this hour and on ktvu channel 2 at 6:00. >>> board members say they hope the move will improve dental care in the county especially for children. >> we were impressed by the fact that the effects of flouride water on children who have no other ability to fight dental decay. >> reporter: the water board held months of hearings on whether to put flouride in their water. they heard from experts who showed that flouride water treatment saves dental treatments. >> they show an average decrease of intelligence between three to five points. >> the flouridation plan will cost $800,000 a year in maintenance and operation. it mi