some bay area races still aren't decided including the race for mayor in the city of alameda. trish spencer leads mayor marie gillmore by 129 votes right now. that is less than 1%. >> the office is closed on the holidays, some could help decide. who will be the next mayor? >> the elections haven't been finalized or certified. >> are you declaring victory? >> no. >> gillmore did not respond to our requests for comment. and at the heart of the election, the issue of how much development is too much for this community of 76,000 people. >> a current school board member wants former military properties converted to open space. now, calling alameda point. >> we know she'd done a good job in the past. >> gill dgs more raised several times that amount. >> power of the people is true democracy. you know? we're tired of this business to be over. >> the rentaling star will update figures for the alameda mayor's race and others when workers return on wednesday. in alameda, abc7 news >> also tonight a san jose city council race being watched by the vietnamese community. candidate nguyen is

some bay area races still aren't decided including the race for mayor in the city of alameda. trish spencer leads mayor marie gillmore by 129 votes right now. that is less than 1%. >> the office is closed on the holidays, some could help decide. who will be the next mayor? >> the elections haven't been finalized or certified. >> are you declaring victory? >> no. >> gillmore did not respond to our requests for comment. and at the heart of the election, the issue of how much development is too much for this community of 76,000 people. >> a current school board member wants former military properties converted to open space. now, calling alameda point. >> we know she'd done a good job in the past. >> gill dgs more raised several times that amount. >> power of the people is true democracy. you know? we're tired of this business to be over. >> the rentaling star will update figures for the alameda mayor's race and others when workers return on wednesday. in alameda, abc7 news >> also tonight a san jose city council race being watched by the vietnamese community. candidate nguyen is

this is the executive director of alameda county community food bank. were talking about the great need. felipe and the volunteers are one story. one in five in alameda county are currently using alameda county community food bank as a lifeline. >> and we hope that our community will really contribute, making it so easy here tonight. >> reporter: let's talk about how easy it is. i find that number staggering 20%. tell me about how we can help out at any whole foods. >> any whole foods in northern california is going to have cash donations at the register so tell your cashier at the checkout line would you like to contribute to the "food for bay area families" program and we have food barrels at our stores where we are collecting food donations. a great product to donate is our 365 line of products not only are they healthy but they are great value as well and they are going to be nutritious products for the families receiving them. >> reporter: wonderful. you can find these barrels and you can also donate at any whole foods market. susan was saying that

and the frozen turkeys are now headed to the food bank. alameda health officials will inspect them to be sure they are okay to eat. >>> new york city firefighters rescued two workers stuck on window washing scaffolding 69 stories above ground. the workers were dangling off one world trade center the nation's tallest skyscraper. firefighters had to cut through the glass and pull the window washers inside. police say a cable snapped causing one end of the scaffolding to drop. the workers were tethered to the apparatus and were not injured. >>> it is back to court for suspects in a federal corruption case in san francisco. former state senator leland yee, raymond "shrimp boy" chow and former san francisco school board president keith jackson appeared in federal court this morning. they were all arrested in an fbi sweep back in march. today's court session is a status hearing only. a total of 29 suspects are accused of political corruption, money laundering, drug and gun sales and other crimes. y he e, chow and jackson are expected to request for sepa

a representative from the alameda county public health department also on scene to inspect. the turkeys, good to go. the food bank able to work out a deal with butterball to give the birds to local families. >> need is very high. we are serving one in five alameda county residents so this will be put to good use. >> reporter: in the spirit of the holiday season, we have been told that half of the birds will actually be going to the food bank of contra costa and solano county. chris winn, abc 7 news. >>> the abc 7 thanksgiving food drive well under way. abc 7 and our parent company disney are giving $75,000 to local feeding america food banks but they still need more help. research shows that one in six of our friends and neighbors here in the bay area goes hungry every month. that's how significant the need is. so we hope you will join us and give where you live. you don't even have to leave the house to make a $10 donation. just text the word feed to this number, 80077. that easy. >>> still ahead, a dramatic rescue 500 feet in the air. how two window washers were ultimately

after he waved a gun at police officers. >>> turning to politics, there is finally a winner in the alameda mayoral race. results posted today show challenger trish spencer has unseated the incumbent marie gilmore, winning by 129 votes. gilmore had refused to concede until today even though spencer led throughout the vote count. spencer won the election despite spending only $9,000. >>> an overturned big rig full of frozen turkeys caused a huge mess for morning commuters in san ramon. the el costa boulevard offramp along 680 was closed for several hours as crews unloaded at least 25,000 pounds of frozen turkeys. the chp says the driver was going too fast. those turkeys will help the hungry through two bay area food banks. >> abc 7 news reporter chris winn was at the alameda county food bank in oakland when the delivery truck arrived. >> reporter: some called it a turkey catastrophe. at least 25,000 pounds shaken up in a big rig rollover accident. it happened just after 2:00 early this morning. the driver, who is now okay, was on i-680 hoping to take the transition to i-580. the chp says he

spencer christian is live at the alameda county community food bank with more. >> reporter: yes, righte in oakland, one of the great things about our give where you live food drive is it's attracting so many volunteers, people giving time and energy to help collect and distribute food. look at some of the volunteers we have here right now. we have the raiderettes, over here wrapping up food. we have volunteers from holy name high school over here. we also have boy scouts, local boy scouts and girl scouts helping us out. joining me is one of the boy scouts, 10-year-old luke. how are you? >> good. >> reporter: why is it important for kids your age to help out with an effort like this? >> i think it's good for kids about my age to help in community services like the food drive because it gets them more used to working in communities services and possibly making it more likely for them to do community services in the future, and besides, people would rather give food to a cute cub scout than a guy who is coming up to their door. >> reporter: you're right about that. i'm glad we got cute sc

we're now live inside the alameda county courthouse. it will be busy there today. ng ballots a day early in the registrar's office. coming up in about six minutes, ktvu's brian flores will be here. he will tell you why this particular polling place may see a much larger turnout than most places across the state. stay tuned for that. thank you for joining us. welcome to "mornings on 2." monday, november 3rd. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. steve, hopefully people remembered to flip the clocks back an hour. got an extra hour of sleep. >> yesterday was a long day. it was nice. >> an extra hour. >> nights are longer, days are shorter. we're looking for a dry week and warmer temperatures. santa cruz mountains, scotts valley, 35. boulder creek, 36. ben lomond, 38. clearlake, 38. kelseyville. 38. napa airport, 39. all signs point towards high pressure building in. it's topping over that ridge of high pressure. a lot of these higher clouds are filtering through. they will eventually push off toward the east. we'll start off partly

the alameda county fire department says it happened about 8:15. orities don't know if the man deliberately tried to kill himself, or was just unaware of the approaching train. >>> the coroner's office in contra costa county is working to notify family members of a person found dead on a b.a.r.t. station track today. >> part of the investigation is going to be what exactly happened. we don't know if the train hit the person, or if the person was deceased from other means. >> service returned to normal after several hours. >>> a chp officer who resigned last week went to court today and apologized for sharing revealing photos of women he had arrested. his attorney says the officer regrets taking the photos from women's cell phones. ktvu's allie rasmus was at the courthouse in martinez, and tells us, a plea deal may be in the works. >> reporter: he didn't answer questions as he rushed out of contra costa county court. his attorney spoke for him instead and said his client is sorry. >> i want to make this clear, his apologies extend to all of the membe

spencer is a member of the alameda school board. >>> bay bridge officials are giving the green light to the idea of a walkway across the entire bridge. ever since a bike path opened on the eastern span it's been a big hit with bicyclists, joggers, and walkers. a path to buena island is expected to be completed next summer and now the bay area toll authority as approved a proposal to spend up to $10 million to come up with a plan for the entire bridge. >>> sales force expanding its presence in san francisco and you will be seeing a lot more of it. the "san francisco chronicle" reports sales force plans to buy a building at 50 fremont street for $640 million. sales force already leases about 60% of the tower, which is the 9th largest building in san francisco. this is the latests acquisition for sales force which also has a 61 story tower under construction near the transbay transit center. >>> 7:08. a plus-size problem for old navy. the san francisco-based apparel company is being criticized for charging more for larger size clothing

the need is very high and we are serving one in five alameda county residents. good use. >>pam moore in the spirit of the season, the charity will share the unexpected haul. with its sister food bank. that serves contra costa and solano counties. still ahead. an antioch mother demanding that disney include a princess in its movies. which her daughter with down syndrome could better relate to. how she's turning her concern into action. plus -- a journey through space what's next for the spacecraft that landed on a comet. bulldog: bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress, any size, for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is on now. ♪ mattress discounters i have two young boys, and, and i'mi want their mommy career. to be safe and healthy. having health insurance gives you freedom. you can't rely on everything just to go smoothly in life. accidents happen all the time. with covered california, we're able to save a lot of mone

it's not in the best interests of the city of alameda. >> reporter: incumbent alameda mayor marie gilmoreceded today. so school board member chris spencer won the race by 100 votes out before 20,000. >> i don't do math. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it comes down to 0.5% of the total vote. think your vote doesn't count? >> i mean, there are people who died to give us the right to vote. and for people to have that right and not exercise it, i -- i -- i don't understand that. >> four more people went out there and voted for me i'd be ahead. it really matters. >> we are just very busy students. i have two midterms the following day and just unable to. >> we don't know anything about the issues. >> reporter: this was one of the lowest turnouts in history. there are a lot of important things to juggle out there. not many believe voting is one of them. in berkeley, mike sugerman, kpix 5. >> the final unofficial results in berkeley's district eight race are due out anytime now. >>> california prisons have had the problem for years now, how to stop people from smuggling cell phones in to the convicts

the suspect got away. alameda county sheriff's deputies say they found the car. they are now checking it over for forensic evidence. tonight, ivan's mother and two sisters were among the hundreds grieving for him. she says she doesn't want to talk about it right now. but his cousin says ivan's mother is devastated. what do you want people to know about ivan? >> he was the fun little loving boy. he was always smiling. beautiful little boy ever. and i just hope that they catch whoever did this. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> the family of a man missing from san francisco believes it was his body found floating near alcatraz island. dan ha's parents and siblings made the announcement during a news conference yesterday. 26-year-old stanford grad had not been seen since halloween. the ferry captain found the body tuesday morning. investigators have not yet officially identified the remains. but family members say the body clothing and personal effects have them convinced it was their son. >> we as a family are all shocked and deeply distressed over our loss. i

. >>> meanwhile, the alameda mayoral race is undecided. this is one of the tight esraces in the bay area. trish spencer has just over 50% of the votes. marie gilmore has just under 50%. it's a difference of just 127 votes. alameda county still has 14,000 uncounted ballots. election officials don't know how many of those are for the city of alameda. >>> another member of the bush family in the white house. george w. stirring up rumors about his brother jeb and his possible run for the presidency. on the "today" show this morning he talked about some familiar names possibly showing up on the 2016 ballot. >> can you imagine that a general election between a bush and a clinton? >> oh, yeah. bill clinton and i do events together. this person said, what about another bush/clinton race? and my quip was, first one didn't turn out too well. yeah, that would be interesting. >> bush against clinton seems like old times. jeb bush, former to have two-term governor of florida, says he'll make up his mind by the end of this year. >>> president obama kicke

oakland police called in mutual aid support from the alameda county sheriff's and the c-h-p. also -- fire has been set in the middle of the street in oakland. this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b- c 7 news. the fire was set in the intersection of grand and mcarthur.near interstate 580 and unrest intense in ferguson, missouri-- this is a live look. st. louis county police are confirming. officers used tear gas to disperse crowds in ferguson, after at least two police cars were vandalized, business windows shattered and gunshots were heard in the streets. and a number of large fires set. protesters overran a barricade and taunted police. throwing rocks and bottles at them. and unrest in ferguson missouri. protests broke out with brown's supporters demanding justice. crowds gathered outside a liquor store.in ferguson. and looters were seen carrying items out of the store. 20-minutes south of ferguson c-n-n's chris welch has the latest from ferguson. violence broke out-- reports of fires, tear gas and vandalism in ferguson. they determined that no probable cause

the alameda county registrar's office at the courthouse off fallon and oak.out again expected to be pretty low for the state for this midterm general election. some are saying this could be the lowest turn out ever but they do say there is a hotly contested race voter turn out could be okay. >> i have to work on tuesday and this is the first time i'm voting in california as an adult. so i'm excited to have the option to do early voting. >> reporter: one of the races that could generate a good size turn out is in oakland. they will meet in their final political show down before voters go to their polls. the forum will be held at head royce school. some election analysts are predicting a 43% turn out. if that is the case, it would be the lowest turn out in state history. the lowest was in 2002 when governor gray davis was elected. >> thank you. >>> meantime a hotly contested south bay congressional race puts honda in front of -- he says running on his record he is touting the bart extension project as one of his major accomplishments. his challenger 38-year-old

the addition. have you ever seen an alameda whip snake? >> i have not. >> reporter: when is the last time you saw an alameda whip snake? >> well, really, i have not seen the alameda whip snake because i'm deathly afraid of snakes. >> reporter: at least the two sides agree about something. from oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> the city of berkeley will decide tonight whether to slapstickers on gas pumps reminding people that burning fuel contribute to global warming. the plan is the first of its kind in the country. the labels are part of a plan berkeley voters approved to reduce emissions by 33% by the year 2020. opponents say the labels violate the first amendment. san francisco is drafting a similar ordinance that officials could vote on by next spring. we'll see. >>> much more to get to tonight. the new plan to give buses priority over cars in three bay area cities. will it be a boon for commuters or a bust for the merchants? >>> inexpensive tires. 7 on your side's michael finney shows you why some of them really are not bargains

. >> reporter: so far it's infesting about a dozen trees in oakland, all under the watch of alameda county department of agriculture. >> once someone has it for the most part it stays put and we've got to get it under control before it moves to other places. >> reporter: another real problem, the state funding for attacking the japanese daughter has been eliminated in budget cuts. the ag department says now there's only so much they can do. in oakland, don ford, kpix 5. >> the alameda department of agriculture is looking for $50,000 to start fighting back by removing infected trees and bushes. >>> an australian man says his mom thinks he's an idiot and his father isn't too happy with him either after the wild stunt he pulled. 26-year-old harrison williams thought it would be fun to ride the waves on a rotting whale carcass. while he was on it, two great white sharks were feeding on the flesh. so why did he do it? >> i was out with the boys and i thought it would be pretty funny. did it. >> didn't probably think it through. after a while williams climbs back on his friend's boat. authoritie

the district includes parts of santa clara and alameda counties. >>> thanks to a dated system used to tally votes, santa clara county was one of the slowest in the state to post results. the silicon valley county has a low tech problem. instead of ballots being count at the more than 800 precincts, the ballots have to be delivered to a central location and processed through 14 machines. it's a system that's been in place for more than a decade. >> to find a voting system is not something that's done overnight and there are very few choice. a voting system must be certified by the secretary of state's office. >> santa clara county's system was decertified a few years after they purchased it. the county is looking into new systems but could be years before they buy one. >>> big drug bust exposing a growing problem in contra costa county. kpix 5's ryan takeo explains why the county has become a drug trafficking hub. it's a story you'll see only on 5,. >> reporter: if you think of contra costa county as a peaceful beautiful suburbia, maybe these recent headlines would surprise you. a dad

passengers have been using the alameda terminal. the upgrade is part of a $3 million renovation project. >> next, an update on breaking news. the church fire in san jose. also, sending a little love. the local effort to provide soldiers a piece of home this holy season. >> taking a live look outside, dry, mile weekend, but change is coming, including some rain. we'll fine out when >>> an update on the breaking news we brought you at the top of the newscast, that fire at holy cross parish in san jose, evening mass is cancelled after flames destroyed the church on east back andson street. the fire broke out around 2:30 this afternoon, just after mass. no one was inside. crews are on the scene as they launch an investigation into the cause. we'll have a live update for you at 6:00. >>> soldiers overseas will soon be getting a little piece of home, hopefully in time for thanksgiving. more than 250 volunteers, including service men and women, joined the 12th annual operation care and comfort event today at san jose municipal stadium. each

schedule mainly all projects will be complete by the middle of 2016 the replacement project and the alameda creek and the ground water storage which will be completed by 2018 the change orders we have 79 points $8 million that's included in our packet isn't there communications i wanted to say those change orders are covered by the contingency in the program and budgeted the largest change order was $69 million was the impacts for landslide b open the cal versus project i've spoken about that it was negotiated in march but the change order didn't get processed until this last quarter so that's why it was high there's one $2.9 million for the tunnel. >> before we leave the chart can you run the program costs access to zero. >> certainly. >> just from a parent standpoint by limiting the range you're not paying for the provision a realistic picture of how close we are. >> fair enough okay so the largest change order with the calaveres project it was a $2.9 million for the bay tunnel that was to insure a reliable service from the bay tunnel you did commissioner caen asked for me to highlight so

the alameda county sheriff says last night at 6:00 the teen was on his scooter in the middle of the crosswalk on east 14th in solano -- a suspect was proceeding southbound. >> when he tried to swerve to get on the correct side of the driving area he hit the boy trying to cross the street. >> witnesses describe the sad scene with the victim's mother coming out and seeing her son's lifeless body in the street. the boy died at the scene. deputies started the pursuit because of reckless driving but they called it off before the vehicle hit the boy and the driver took off. the core authority is -- coroner is not releasing the name of the victim because of the criminal investigation. >>> happening now, commuter whose take bart from the east bay station have to pay to park. it will cost a dollar a gay to park at the north concord bart station. now only two stations have free parking: hayward and oakland coliseum. they, too, will charge later this month. parking has been free for years at several stations with bart staying it has to change to cover the expenses for 400,000 riders each day. more from

the turkeys were kept perfectly safe in cardboard boxes and sent to the alameda county food bank. some of the turkeys will go to contra costa county, as well. >> that's nice to hear. >>> san jose police are talking drones tonight. the police department was hit with widespread criticism after it bought a drone without telling the public or city council, so they set up a series of public meetings to explain how the drone system will work. the department's deputy chief will give a presentation at city hall, 6:30, and also answer some questions. the presentation will likely include details about how the bomb squad might use that drone. in a report released today, the aclu noted several instances where it thinks that police departments were not honest enough when it came to using drones or other high-tech equipment like cell phone interceptors. the aclu is now pushing bay area cities to create laws to regulate the way police agencies use the drones. the report uses san jose's drone purchase as an example of why public input should be mandatory before departments buy and use drones. >>>

joining me in the studio right now is allison pratt, policy and services director at alameda county community food bank. it has one of the most robust advocacy programs in food banks across the country. so nice to see you again. >> thank you for having me. >> you have been really busy and that study we just heard about, one in seven, it's bad enough but the studies you have looked at are even worse in alameda. >> it is. the alameda county community food bank was really glad to have the opportunity to participate in the feeding america study. it is the most comprehensive study of hunger in our nation to date and what we learned about our own community is really shocking. currently, one in five alameda county residents is relying on the food bank to meet their nutrition needs. that's a full 20% of our friends and neighbors who can't afford to put food on the table in one of the most affluent counties in the country. >> it is stunning. who are the families and why is this going on? >> so you know, children and seniors remain the most vulnerable to hunger. we actually, with this study, saw a very

beautiful day along the waterfront as well as in san francisco. 66 for alameda. u have a nice day coming your way. upper 60s to near 70 for antioch and brentwood. how about the south bay? gilroy, you will go to 72 for the second half. 68 expected for san jose. 69, santa clara and upper 60s for cupertino. san francisco, 66 for today, low to mid-60s expected along the coast with mostly sunny skies. the extended forecast here again showing you this warmup that will will continue for wednesday. tuesday, we'll look to hold steady on thursday. the weekend, temperatures drift back but not by a whole lot. low to mid-70s around the bay. pupper 70s inland. plenty of sunshine. i would like to see some rain on that extended forecast. but those numbers look nice. >> okay. all right. enjoy the sunshine. thank you. >> you are welcome. >>> if you played this weekend's powerball lottery, check your ticket. we'll tell you how much it's worth and where it was sold. >>> stocks moving between slight gains and losses as investors brace for losses and news including the european bank on

. >>> the proposal to build 1400 homes at the former naval station in alameda is the number one issue in the mayoral race there. the incumbent mayor marie gilmore strongly backs that plan. her opponent, trish spencer, opposes it. in all, there are 15 mayoral races in the bay area we are following tonight. >>> contra costa county's election website backed up after an outage for a good part of the day. county officials say there was a problem with its web hosting company, possibly band width or capacity issues. the outage did not affect the county's ability to count and process votes but it did make it harder for voters to look up election information, including poll locations. if you are still trying to sort out the races and the issues on the ballot, download the abc 7 news app and look for the voter resources page. we have a list of frequently asked questions about today's election. >>> on to some other things. the cost of the bird problem on the old bay bridge is going way up. a state protected bird is refusing to move from the old structure despite cal trans building condos on the

the chp is investigating the collision while the alameda county sheriff's office is conducting the criminal investigation. investigators looking for surveillance footage to get more details as well as the driver and if there were any other people in that vehicle. counselors, grief counselors, at san lorenzo high school for the students who need that help. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thoughts go to the family as well. thank you, steph. >>> moving on to another instance of deadly driving, san jose a drive who hit and killed an elderly woman facing dui charge mz the 74-year-old on her way to a nearby laundromat when hit in the crosswalk. the driver stayed on scene but taken to the hospital when complained of chest pains. police told us he was arrested for dui. the area in east san jose was shut down during that investigation. >>> happening now, a small spacecraft the size of a washing machine headed towards a comet gearing up to make historic landing. if all goes as planned the probe will attach itself after 7:30 this morning. >> bob redell joining us from the space and science ce

they were only at 21% yesterday to tell us how the voter turnout is going in alameda. let's go to cheryl hurd to tell us the latest there. >> reporter: robert, it's a similar situation here in alameda county. this county has a lot on its plate. there are about 270 candidates running for various offices here and there are 30 measures to weigh through. despite the low turnout, alameda county is getting a lot of behind the scenes help. >> we're seeing young people really getting engaged in helping out with election, going beyond just voting but coming out those students who speak another language are helping us out as well. i like to see that young generation getting involved. >> you can still use your mail-in ballot if you have one at home. you must bring it into your local polling place or reg star of voters, postmark at this point will not suffice. i'm cheryl heard, nbc bay area news. >>> there's been a technical glifrp, the election website crashed and people were accessing the website for common questions and voting information but this apology message was posted afte

alaska airlines flight 349 got off the ground in oakland, bound for seattle but never made it out of the alamedaounty air space. ten minutes into the flight at 5,000 feet, the plane with 144 passengers and six crew members aboard struck what is believed to be a single bird. the bird damaged the air speed sensor and the pilot turned the plane around and took it back to oakland. you can see it right there sitting at gate 14. alaska says the flight will leave for seatac at midnight. they have a back up if need be. this is a photo of the plane as seen from the terminal. it is hard to tell if the window is cracked, but they are checking out the nose for damage. >> about five, six minutes after takeoff, he call and said he lost control. the lights and the controls of his side. but he indicated. he didn't feel comfortable flying on this plane. >> reporter: the passengers who chose to stay, the flight leaves at midnight and will arrive at 2:00 in seattle. andria borba, kpix5. >> now according to the faa, there have been 43 bird strikes at oakland international in the past year. one in april caused signi

it will bring more to all of the schools in alameda county. >> this expansion is bringing both private and public money. >> they are filing legal challenges with the courts and he believes city council will bring final approval and that immediate being takes place tonight, alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 5:04 burglaries are up 2% and tonight the city will consider recording license plates and at the entry and exits but they will be placed in high traffic areas especially around highway 24. it took about $10,000 to buy and install and they are going up to 120-mile-per-hour and this will raise privacy concerns and that will be part of a big part. >> they revealed how short staffed they are. joining us to talk about the numbers, janine? >> pam, one might say these are sobering numbers when they are talking about a million people, now this report looks at the current statistics and police department project is the number of police officers will drop from 1,000 to 988 by next july and the number will be increased to 949 and that's even with recruits, this all stems fro

the alameda district attorney's office has declined to comment. >> all right, eric. thank you. >>> rain is on the horizon and our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the system. when will it get here? >> just time for the kind of mid-morning commute, especially the central bay. north bay, maybe early morning commute. that's the current radar image. you can see the clouds and moisture streaming close to us. the current imagery shows a little activity around montego bay. right now, no reports of this hitting the ground. i wouldn't be surprised out by mount tam and albany as well. this is really just moistening up the atmosphere for the stronger part of the weather system gets here. that will bring in the morning hours and in the mid-morning hours. so 2:00 a.m., there it is. it's wetter and there's some showers in the north bay. here we are about 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. you can see the north bay, right? they're getting hit. it's not a heavy rain. not a lot of rain with this. but it'll be wet. the roadways down to san jose, look for some drizzle for that morni

works as a forensic pathologist at the alameda county coroner's office. part of her job involves studying injuries. and deciding whether they are consistent with people's statements. after studying these photographs of wilson's injuries. doctor melinek believes, his injuries do line up with his statement. that michael brown punched him in the face. and scratched the back of his neck. we have a bruise at the right cheek of the jaw line and also here the back of the neck that corroborates officer wilson's statements >>pam moore doctor melenik says, these are the photographs that the grand jury likely studied. when deciding whether or not to indict officer wilson. continuing our team coverage. a family that has been through the same painful experience as michael brown's family. is oscar grant's family in oakland. and grant's uncle. is now heading to ferguson. uncle bobby - as he is called - was by michael brown's family when he was killed in august. and tells kron 4's alecia reid, the time to offer mike brown's family more comfort, is now. >>alecia reid just

illegal to participate in balsa to aid a side show >>pam moore the c-h-p says it will work with the alameday district attorneys office. to sort out the possible charges. which range from participating in a sideshow. to illegal weapons charges connected to the firearms recovered at the scene attorney general to further delay his order overturning a 10-day waiting period for gun owners who want to buy more firearms. u.s. district judge anthony ishii of fresno ruled last week that he already gave six months from his august decision before the state must implement his order. the judge found no evidence that the cooling-off period prevents violence by people who already own guns. attorney general kamala harris asked for a delay until the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals has its say. a popular campsite for the homeless in san jose could be getting shutdown. 'the jungle' has been around for more than 20-years. currently, around 300 people call it home. but the city of san jose says the place has become too dirty and says it has plans to shut it down. jungle residents say the mess is the city's fa

chris northcot bought the ticket last month in alameda. it did match five of six numbers during the october 31st drawing. northcot says he doesn't want to reveal his plans for the money. >> always fun to see a bay area winner. >> congrats to him. >>> it's not quite winter yet but across the country the snow is already dutching and in one -- dumping, and in one state the power is causing a shortage of a pretty important winter staple. >> and who can forget bat kid. he took the key to the city president heart of it as -- and the heart of it as well when he transformed san francisco into gotham for a day. how he is celebrating the anniversary of that unforgettable experience. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. hopefully i can say i reached space with the rocket. that would be ideal. >> uc san diego may become the first university in the country to launch a rocket into the low reaches of space. a group of engineering students are working on the final pieces of that $9000 project. once c

the sheriff deputies were chasing the driver through ashland in alameda county unincorporated and the speeding vehicle hit a 14-year-old boy august with his scooter in the crosswalk. he died on impact. deputies called off the chase right before the accident but resumed it before he was hit. deputies tried to pull the suspect over for reckless driver. the victim was a student at while. >> now a sig-alert on 680 that leyla gulen broadcast us a few minutes ago. amy hollyfield is in san ramon with details. >>> look behind me. this is the off-ramp southbound interstate 680 with a big rig flipped over and blocking the whole thing. we will be here for a while. do not count on using the off-ramp this morning. first they had to rescue the two people inside the cab and the driver took the exit too quickly so they flipped. they were trapped. firefighters rescued them and it took time. next up, they had to off load the fuel and then they have to unload what the trailer was carrying and that is a lot of frozen turkeys so they have to do all of that before they can upright the truck and tow it. >>

the alameda coroner is working to identify the woman. the accident blocked all westbound lanes for three hours on a 80. >>> today there is less time to get court work done in santa clara county with the superior court cutting business and testimony hours by 60 minutes with the work day ending at 3:00 rather than 4:00. a smaller state judicial branch budget is the reason behind the cuts. >>> mike, we got rain. we got snow. that is good. i hope the snow does not melt. >> it will be 60 in lake tahoe in the middle of the week so the lower elevations will start to melt. the higher elevations, it was good skiing over the weekend. they will be making snow each night. west portal is 49, the cool spot , and we have downtown, mission district, financial district, presidio at 51 and across the golden gate bridge, 54, through the ferry building, 52 degrees and 39 in palo alto and 38 in santa clara, walnut creek, 39 in fairfield, and 38 in petaluma and everyone else in the 40's, low-to-mid 40's and the temperatures are up to eight degrees cooler than

tonight, the razor-thin margin separating the mayoral candidates in alameda. >>> also, 7 on your side break for seniors but only if you can prove you're not getting younger. >>> and the science of sharing. the new exhibit that puts the human condition to the test. all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> ama, thank you. >>> a group of oakland raiders took time off from the practice field to help dogs and cats find homes. >> they were at the east bay spca to tour the oakland shelter. they want families to open their homes to loving animals just as they did. >> they also got a demonstration of police dogs in training. >> very exciting. nice to have them do that. >>> thanks for joining us. >> for all of us, we appreciate your time. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." the deep freeze sweeping in. tonight, the weather deadly. more than 500 accidents, an officer helping another driver when suddenly this tractor trailer comes straight toward them. ginger zee is right here. >>> breaking his silence. what really happened? tonight, the navy s.e.a.l. who says he was the one who f

the alameda county coroner has not yet released the identity of the victim. >> there is new information this noontime about the body found on the b.a.r.t. tracks yesterday in concord. the contra costa county coroner's office office has identified the victim as a 48- year-old in orange county. the coroner says he was struck by a train because he suffered severe trauma. b.a.r.t. officials have not said how or why he got on the tracks between the concord and north concord station. >>> today you decide. it's election day. but here in california election officials expect to see a near record low voter turnout. and out of those who are casting ballots, election officials say fewer people are actually going to polling places because more voters are casting their ballots by mail. but for those who did head to the polls, there were already a few glitches in several bay area counties. ktvu's sal castanedo joins us live from the newsroom with some of the problems voters experienced early on this election day. good afternoon, sal. >> good afternoon, tori. some voters may have been set back right of

they say the expansion would reduce public open space in nolan park and threaten the habitat of the alameda whip snake. the zoo says it will create a larger conservation area for the snake if the expansion plans move forward. >>> the city of napa can't seem to catch a break. the earthquake that hit in august is still triggering water main breaks all overtown. the latest pipe broke this morning at california and lincoln. at the same time, work is also being done on several other broken lines. mark kelly reports, that fixing them could take a while. >> reporter: keeping up with napa's water main breaks looks like a game of whack a mole. >> seems like they just keep popping up and you put your finger in one hole and a hole pops up somewhere else. >> reporter: burt is lucky. we found him outside with plenty of water fixing his neighbor's sprinklers. merced street escaped the water main break that was just around the corner. >> we haven't had any problems at all. >> reporter: unfortunately, the same can't be said for burt's neighbors minutes away. at browns valley road this crew works to fix a b

air also the alameda naval station. she sat on the military affairs panel. >> we have a wonderful portrait of her. she has standing in her district -- is standing in her district. and right near where she lives in what is now parkland. behind her, the view that you would see if you are standing there today, is of the golden gate bridge. and there's a little bitty, in the painting, but enormous in real life, ship coming through there that was part of the naval air station. so, there's a lot in there. one of the things that is most interesting is i have not mentioned anything about her figure. her figure is very accuratte. that is exactly how she dressed and how she presented herself. >> she had this matronly look. but she was so good with the press. one line quips. a reporter was faster, how a few had so much legislative success getting onto these committees? and without missing a beat, she said, sex appeal. when she first came into the house, leadership did not want to put her on the committees that her husband was on. s

morning fire crews from the scene for housing construction site at the valley avenue in brno near the alameda their rounds >> reporter: is right off the freeway in fact a freeway on the freeway you a bill to make out some of the headlights they're the ones who called the fire department four hours later the fire department still had their hands full with hot spots them chase and videos to start around 2:00 in the morning a couple of buildings are like condos under construction they went up in flames no overnight security on the scene but it went around and look at defense does not appear to be suspicious or anybody cutting and a loss to go in there--the police are have led the investigation as well as the three story building the flames on the first building is probably about double the height five to six stories up because it was so high that some people joke by the freeway it was so easy for them to call in within a couple of minutes you can see the hot spots in the flames still problem you see beyond the other buildings the superficial damage at this point the way the fire is going they're

head to the alameda county community food bank in oakland to give where you live with spencer christian there from 4:00 to 7:00. 4:00 to 7:00. come on out and >>> look at passengers suffering minor bruises when a plane propeller ripped law and flew into the scab bin during an emergency landing at edmonton international airport. the prop struck the woman in the head. it knocked off her glasses and left her dazed but the injuries were not more serious. an investigation is underway. no one else was hurt. >>> if you details on the death of general rivers casting serious doubts of the manhattan clinic what treated her. federal and state health regulators say they made a public of serious mistakes and did not intervene in time to save her. staff failed to document the 81-year-old weight before giving her drugs and how much of propofol she was given and a surgeon took a picture with joan rivers while under see dangerous and she went into cardiac arrest while undergoing a procedure to treat voice changes and acid reflux. "good morning america" has followed the developments at 7:00 a.m. >>> vete

the alameda sheriff's department says sonny anderson was racing away from deputies last tuesday when he struck and killed 14-year-old ivan cruz. cruz was riding his scooter in a san leandro crosswalk when he was struck. anderson's long violent criminal record includes an attack on animals at a petting zoo when he was 18. >> that's the sign of somebody with a sick mind is when they do something to an animal early in life. >> anderson was captured in newark on wednesday with the help of a police k-9. he was treated for dog bites before being booked. >>> a pilot killed early today when a small plane crashed into a home in chicago and as adriana diaz tells us, the couple in the home wasn't injured. >> reporter: the wreckage of a small cargo plane rests on the floor porch of a chicago home. the plane crashed early this morning in a residential neighborhood shortly after taking off from midway airport. >> the pilot adviser -- control he had some type of engine problem and was attempting to return to the airport. >> reporter: investigators say the aircraft went down about a quarter mile fro

they say expanding on to that hillside would reduce public open space in a park and threaten the alameda whip snake whose prime habitat is in the park. the zoo says it will make a larger conservation area for the snake if the expansion plans move forward. >>> inside a garage in fremont a group of teenagers is hanging out but they are putting their energy to good use. they are creating something to help their future careers. as kpix 5's anne makovec test us it's all because of their passion for engineering. >> reporter: eight teenagers designed and built this robot in a garage in fremont. >> it's always nice to see the robots doing what we want it to do. >> reporter: a variety of simple tasks and someday it will do so on a competitive stage. the first tech challenge. >> to get it to where it is right now, it would take about three or four months and even now we're tinkering a little bit. >> reporter: they spend about 10 hours a week in this garage as a team not for class credit but a passion for engineering. >> robotics allows me to work on what -- something that interests me. programming

talking about 34-year-old sonny anderson here in the alameda county jail charged with murder, the murder of ivan cruz in that hit and run incident last week. he's got an extensive and violent rap sheet that includes a story that made national news, a case of animal cruelty. 's home, brutally beating her, t i've been up >> they dropped the ball on this one. >> reporter: why is that? the fact that he got out and did this to this lady and n this k you should talk to >> i think his record speaks for itself. >> reporter: it's a record keith favor knows well as the former petting zookeeper at kennedy park in hayward, keith was here in 1999 when an 18- year-old, sonny anderson, was busted for mutilating animal. sonny was convicted for killing a chicken and goose and slashing this pony named oreo in its hind quarters. sonny was arrested and had had sex with a goat with blood and hair all over him. >> that's signs of somebody with a sick mind when they do something to an animal early in life. >> reporter: in 1979 sonny was busted for breaking into a 72- year-old woman's home, burglarizing her hou