loved ones gather at a church vigil for a 13-year- old girl on life support. after her tonsil surgery takes a tragic turn. we'll have the latest on the story. and progress is being made in fighting the big sur fire. we'll tell you when crews hope to have it fully contained. plus. the search continues for the mega millions winner who bought their ticket from a store in san jose. the bay area is anxious to hear their story. this just in to kron 4.. a car crash has ignited a two-alarm fire at a gas station in east oakland this morning. it happened just before 2:30 at a 76 gas station at 98th and edes avenue. firefighters have contained the fire. they're still on scene investigating. we have a crew there, as well, and will bring you a live report later this hour. family, friends and the well-wishers held a vigil held for a 13-year-old teenager on life support. its been nearly a week since jahi mcmath went into children's hospital oakland for a routine tonsillectomy and ended up on life- support. hundreds of supporters gathered at paradise baptist church in oakland

to put it differently, the price of online privacy is vigilance. but we have today is that this eternal vigilance is a problem that can be solved by technology. people give up when they hear you have to keep changing your privacy settings all the time. i have been doing that and teaching people to do that and that is not hard. all you have to do is set aside an hour or two per month to stay on top of this. that is an easy tool everybody can use. in my years of researching, there is one other point that is come out which has been people get into an arms race. if it is an arms race, bring it on. the balance of power is with consumers. this is because of the legal nuance. safari had a feature to block third-party cookies. google, in one of the tracking features, try to circumvent this tracking protection. an independent researcher found this out, who i am going to show you in a second, because of that the federal trade commission was able to step in and said this was a circumvention of the existing privacy tool. google was given a large fine. if he ge

when does a vigil of mourning become a kind of reverential street party? when nelson mandela dies. flow with tears, others feared they might flow with blood. but in the end, the reaction to his passing has been less grief and more celebration. >> i have come to celebrate madiba's life. i am not mourning. >> phillips: maybe it's because mandela had been so ill and so frail and out of public life for so long that people were prepared for the end. but south africans have held their joyous vigil to honor the man and the legacy of what had been, not to mourn what had been taken away. >> all over the world, all over south africa, all over africa, he has just made such an impact. >> phillips: it had been a long year of watching his decline, in and out of hospital, one potentially fatal crisis after another. >> he remains critical but stable, responding to treatment. >> phillips: the hospital vigils that began in hope became a wait for the inevitable. >> our nation has lost its greatest son. >> phillips: so, now, the candles burn and the respect takes a thousand forms. >> and south african

. >>> south african mourners are holding vigils and memorials for nelson mandela continues. and this marijuana ingredient is bringing hundreds of families with epileptic children to colorado. >> we'll start with the legacy of nelson mandela. >> part of successful white government that kept nelson mandela in jail and then served for mandela. as u.s. ambassador and then foreign minister it was his task to defend the continued imprisonment of nelson mandela and other political opponent. but privately he long lobbied for mandela's release. >> i submitted a memorandum, due to the effect that mr. mandela ought to be released that we're bringing a bigger martyr of him every day he stays in prison, and that his international aclaim and status would be growing to an extent that we would not be able to hand it will any more. unfortunately, it continued on. >> here we have a man 27 years in prison. the day he was released he displayed the acumen and attitude of an american who has been a president before. amazing. amazing what insight he had into the minds of people. and for that matte

we will have more about the changes that critics are calling for as the vigil gets underway. a full report tonight at 10:00 p.m. debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> shelters are owning as the -- opening as the bay area is preparing for a freeze snap. 275 beds will be available. the group is reserving some beds for veterans and people willing to enter its programs. there are more than 7500 homeless people in santa clara county. temperatures will drop all over the bay area and our chief meteorologist bill martin has a look at how cold it will get. >> temperatures are changing quickly. today upper 60s. tonight in the mountains, we have a winter weather advisory. snow levels down to 3,000 feet. for the bay area, all that cold air settling in. tomorrow night a freeze watch in effect. turn into a freeze warning and wednesday night into thursday morning for the rest of the bay area talking about a freeze warning. cold around here. when i come back we will talk about this cold weather system. they are unusual in the way they don't bring a lot of rain, the coldest day of the wee

acquit la jones is trying to organize the vigil.gins at 8:00 tonight near the vallejo ferry building. >>> doctors in the south bay are heading to homeless encamp. s to treat people who have been living outside during the latest cold snap. more doctors are volunteering. the group also travels around with bus sized medical vehicles used to treat people and examine them if necessary. the homeless health care program treats about 7,000 homeless people a year. >>> it was a controversial pick for this year's heisman trophy winner. florida state university quarterback jameis winston was awarded the honor yesterday. questions linger about the rape allegation made against him more than a year ago. that allegation just became public last month. many college sports analysts considered winston the front runner. he led the top ranked seminoles to an undefeated regular season and a chance to play for a national championship in january. >>> it is a story that 49ers fans might want to follow for the days to come. who will the university of texas hi

the vigil is held in oakland at the baptist church. she is on life support after a family attorney served children's hospital with a cease and desist order. she went into cardiac arrest after having her tonsils out last week. >> berkeley leaders are considering raising the minimum wage $3 an hour. tonight the city council will take up a wage increase from $8 an hour to $10.74 an hour. if the employer doesn't offer medical benefit they add another $2.22 an hour to cover that. berkeley restaurant allow an opposes any city minimum wage higher than what restaurants in surrounding communities pay. >> investigators hope to find out what start as fire at a recycling plant in redwood city. the fire created a huge plume of smoke for hours which trying weed a health warning if those with breting issues to stay indoors. firefighters watched for flareups into the afternoon and evening and this was the second fire at plant in just five weeks . >> an elementary school has benefit up security after an interpret hoax resulting in nasty called to the s

. >> remembered with another vigil. five dead in the past week. 36 people killed here this week from 10 in 2009. >> i pray the year 2014 will be the year of peace. i pray your people call out to you god for comfort, for joy and for peace. >> reporter: prayers, of course, but also a commitment to take skpabgz make a -- take action. >> i see a community where teenagers have a chance to get off of the streets. it is hard. >> reporter: this organizers says the bundleet cuts shutdown community centers, a place young people need. >> a place they are not afraid of express their feelings of pain and anger and having someone steer him in the correct direction and actually consider the advice they are giving to them. >> reporter: one may wonder if a group of well meaning people can counter the violence of simply coming together. it is a first step in making a stand. >> i think sometimes you have to take risk and speak up. i think sometimes that gives people courage to stand up with you. and i think we bond together things will ch

. >> reporter: vallejo homicide victims are remembered with still another vigil. up from ten from 2009. >> 2014 will be a year of peace. i just pray that your presence will overshadow this place, and your people call out to you oh, god for comfort and peace. >> i see a community center where teenagers have a chance to get off the streets. it's hard. >> reporter: the organizer says budget cuts have shut down community centers. places young people need. >> a place where they're not afred to express they're feelings of pain and anger, and have someone who is going to steer them in the correct direction and they will actually consider the advice given to them. >> reporter: one may wonder if a group of well meaning people can counter the violence. >> i think sometimes you have to take a risk and speak up. i think sometimes that gives people courage to stand up with you. i think when we bond together, it will change. >> reporter: it may seem like just another vigil for homicide victims like so many we've seen in the bay area in the past several years. the folks who came

they say even if you can't come to the candlelight vigil there is something you can do. ktvu's allie rasmus is live in oakland. what do the parents want? >> reporter: they are asking people to keep their daughter in their thoughts and prayers. the family of jahi mcmath are hosting a prayer vigil here at the church on empire road in oakland. it just got underway. we can hear music and we have seen a few people opening the doors to head inside. prayer service is open to the public. doctors declared jahi mcmath brain dead a week ago. she went in on december 9 for a tonsillectomy. she suffered bleeding after the surgery and went into cardiac arrest. the family is not ready to say good-bye. they took legal action to keep her on life support. 15 minutes ago the family arrived at the church and the mother spoke to the media and she asked anyone who sympathized with her situation to pray for her daughter. >> i don't care where it is coming from. i will accept it as long as it is good for her. pray for her. she is a sweet girl. she is a big part of my heart. 579 the press confere

>>> people near the berkeley campus are warned to be extra vigilant tonight. five reports last week. the latest early yesterday morning on derby street. they were going to the park to watch the meteor shower when two men approached them. one of them had a gun and demanded all of their belongings. >> it is like wild west now. it is just -- people just walk up to you and just feel no fear. and they are willing to give me your phone or else. >> reporter: the crooks got away with a camera, two lenses, laptop, headphones, ipad and a wallet. they are hispanic males in their early 20s, 5 '7. call the police if you have any information. >>> a candlelight vigil tonight in the aftermath of a week of gunfire. five peel were killed this week, two within hours of each other. the city's homicide count this year now stands at 26. vigil organizers hope the event willue night the community and help end the violence. it kicks off at 8:00 at the waterfront and will have a full report tonight at 11:00 on kpix5. >>> 49ers game at candlestick park will be the last. the team is givi

abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the prayer vigil. >> among those at tonight's prayer vigil was her younger sister. >> her mom was sick and she took overall of the mothering responsibilities. it is rough right now. >> several hundred people were at the baptist church praying for a medical miracle. >> i want to thank everybody who came out. a lot of these people don't even know my daughr. >> 13-year-old jiha is on life support at children's hospital where doctors declared her brain dead. so far no one explained why she went into cardiac arrest after routine tonsil surgery last week. today the family's attorney issued a let torte hospital -- letter demanding her medical records. children's hospital will not released the entire medical record while the patient is admitted because the doctors are continually updating it. >> it is somewhat of a standoff. the hospital has agreed to back down. they said there is no timetable, but i have to assume a timetable is coming. >> reporter: her family will keep her on life support until she wakes up. meantime therks are preparing for what could be

at howard university dozens gathered for a candle light vigil in his memory. outside of northwest d.c. tonight, people are leaving flowers and talking about his impact. president obama called mandela one of the most influential, a courageous and profoundly good men that ever lived. >> i would study his words and his writings. the day he was released from prison, it gave me a sense of whatans ca they're guided by their hopes and not by their fears. >> to honor the memory of nelson mandela, president obama has ordered flags to be flown at half staff at the white house and all publi buildings. >> tonight, the tributes in his honor. but let's begin with more on the growing crowds outside mandela's home in johannesburg. >>> nelson mandela's suburban mansion in johannesburg. the crowds have been building the last few hours, singing songs of the anti-apartheid struggle, singing the south african national anthem. late in the evening, the south african president went on national television and broke the news. and in doing so, broke the hearts of millions of south afric

friends and family have been keeping vigil. she remains in the intensive care unit at oakland's children hospital a week after her tonsil surgery went terribly wrong. her family says the hospital wanted to terminate life support but their lawyers sent a cease and desist order. >> we are happy they have backed off. we are not on doctors times anymore. we are on god's time. it has provided us more time to get together and pray. >> now the family has asked doctors to feed her through a tube and give her antibiotics. once a patient is declared brain dead there is no obligation for life support that the hospital is only doing so out of compassion for the family. now that vigil with the family and friends starts at 6:00 tonight at the paradise baptist church in east oakland. >>> newark police need help identifying the woman accused in a bank scam. the woman in this photo and another woman asked the bank of america customer to cash a check. they gave him a check made out to cash. the check bounced and police discovered that the woman'

let's go now to our correspondent who spent time at a vigil for sandy hook. tell me about this organization that you spent time with today who marked this anniversary. >> reporter: that's right, richelle. the organization is a grassroots organization called moms demand action for gun sense in america. it began the day after the sandy hook massacre last year. 100,000 moms they have a chapter center all 50 states. they say they're tired of nothing being done. and then they have several goals that they want to accomplish. they say mainly they want to ban ammunitions magazines that hold more than ten rounds. they want to ban weapon sales at gun shows. they want to ban online sales of ammunition. they met at a mark in miami and they brought their children with them saying it's very important that they create awareness around the country that they are no longer going to stand by. now in just wait and see and let somebody else do something. in the meantimeish, in hartford, connecticut, the only vigil that was held there was the ringing of church bells. and in washin

the vigil starts at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. brenda traveled with the group to represent california at the national vigil for all victims of gun violence yesterday. the event was organized by the newtown foundation. her son was shot and killed on new years eve back in 2010. police say he might have been mistaken for somebody else. >>> three bay area cities are hosting gun buy back events tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. the events are being held in oakland, san francisco, and san jose. $100 will be offered for handguns and $200 in exchange for assault weapons. the event in san francisco runs from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the alive and free omega boys club. in oakland the buy back will be held at youth uprising. that is from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. and san jose people can turn in their guns at our lady guadalupe church. >>> governor jerry brown signed ten out of 17 bills in response to the sandy hook school shooting. one of the new laws requires a safety certificate for gun buy

abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the prayer vigil. >> among those at tonight's prayer vigil was her younger sister. >> her mom was sick and she took overall of the mothering responsibilities. it is rough right now. >> several hundred people were at the baptist church praying for a medical miracle. >> i want to thank everybody who came out. a lot of these people don't even know my daughter. >> 13-year-old jiha is on life support at children's hospital where doctors declared her brain dead. so far no one explained why she went into cardiac arrest after routine tonsil surgery last week. today the family's attorney issued a let torte hospital -- letter demanding her medical records. children's hospital will not released the entire medical record while the patient is admitted because the doctors are continually updating it. >> it is somewhat of a standoff. the hospital has agreed to back down. they said there is no timetable, but i have to assume a timetable is coming. >> reporter: her family will keep her on life support until she wakes up. meantime therks are preparing for what could b

abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the prayer vigil. >> among those at tonight's prayer vigil was herwas sick and she took overall of the mothering responsibilities. it is rough right now. >> several hundred people were at the baptist church praying for a medical miracle. >> i want to thank everybody who came out. a lot of these people don't even know my daughter. >> 13-year-old jiha is on life support at children's hospital where doctors declared her brain dead. so far no one explained why csht after routine tonsil surgery last week. today the family's attorney issued a let torte hospital -- letter demanding her medical records. children's hospital will not released the entire medical record while the patient is admitted because the doctors are continually updating it. >> it is somewhat of a standoff. th back agreed to back down. they said there is no timetable, but i have to assume a timetable is coming. >> reporter: her family will keep her on life support until she wakes up. meantime therks are preparing for what could be a long and drawn out legal battle. 234* oakland, alan wang

people in india have been marking the occasion with vigils and prayers. it's triggered a major debate on how it treats women. the father performs rituals for the salvation of his daughter soul but nothing can make up for the loss in the village. they do selke 23-year-old's death will change attitudes. student was the gang raped and repeatedly assaulted with an iron rod. she died a short time later. the tragedy unleashed a wave of public anger about sexual violence against women. lawsovernment has passed against rapists, but these demonstrators holding a vigil on the anniversary of her death say more must be done. is as difficult to report a crime as it was last year. we want police and judicial reform. but the victim's family says that is still not enough. >> i and the rest of india feel the legal process has changed but our society has not changed. of attacks on women continues to rise. just in the past week, a brutal double gang rape made headlines. here in is concern germany about one of the country's leading sports stars in recent decades. the former

. >>> two days after nelson mandela's death vigils and memorials continue to grow. tomorrow the country begins an official week of mourning of their late president. sir, throughout the night from their perspective. every time i've spoken to you over the past few years the crowds get louder. they get morse more celebrateor. >> yes, you can hear how many people are chanting, praise for the father of this nation. how he transformed the country and gave so many people, both black south africans and white south africans the opportunity to come through the modern world. there is really happiness. it's hard to describe it any other way. there is chanting. people are singing. there giving thanks. >> i would imagine there is pride. the funeral is more than a week away, nick. do we anticipate this type of energy and this type of crowds over the next several days as it transitions into an official time of mourning? >> reporter: i think i would.. they have no intention of going away. they have no intention of not celebrating this man's life, not thanking him for everything that

he got the nickname because of the type of that he uses in his robberies >>> a vigil was held tonight in san francisco for several young man who have gone missing without any explanation in the last few years. we talk about the similarities of these cases >> reporter: dozens attend vigil to remember the six young men who disappeared in the last two years >> this alarming trend of young men going missing in san francisco... >> reporter: all of them were men in their 20s and all of them vanished without contacting them family or friends >> in october of '13, he went missing, calling 911. in november of '13, p derek went missing on his way to city college. they were all in the same age group and they all went missing. >> reporter: parents of these young men were desperate for answers >> what is going on? i don't have the answers but the question beg inquiry. we think so. many people think so. do the authorities think so? i'm not sure. >> reporter: officials aren't saying that these cases are connected but the similarities are hard to ignore. the families of these young men say more needs

their request for her mother before the vigil. >> the new bay bridge gets an important all clear. i'm gasia mikaelian. we begin tonight with new information about the eastern span of the bay bridge. a major milestone has been reached. three and a half months after that new bridge opened, just a few hours ago, caltrans announced the repair job on those giant safety bolts have been fixed and a permanent fix is in place. the steal saddles are functional and the temporary fix to let us open the bridge labor day weekend have been taken out. >> last summer about 30 of 100 bolts snapped or cracked as they were being tighted them. >>> and tomorrow, the winds are picking up and that's easing concerns about the air we're breathing. the south bay with some of the worst. due to a fire in big sur and a scrap metal plant. we spoke with officials today. they're predicting the wind will clear the air. >> all of that sits in the bay area and builds up over time, it doesn't get blown out. >> we are expecting a wind advisory tonight. bill martin will be here at 7:20 with the timeline and he'll show

>>darya: friends and family held a vigil for several young men who have gone missing without and anyns attended the vigil at the steps of city hall to remember the six young man who disappeared within the last two years. all of them are men in their 20s and all of them vanished without contacting their family or friends. in october of 2013,paulo neeto to missing calling 911. in november of 2013, derrick chow went missing on his way to city college. they are all in the same age group. officials are not saying that these cases are connected but the similarities are hard to ignore and their families say that more needs to be done in investigating their disappearance. the new this morning people all over the country are hoping to wake up tomorrow morning as multimillionaire's 3 that a $400 million maximilian's the jackpot drawing is tonight in many folks are rushing out to get their lottery tickets in hopes of beating the astronomy-- astronomical odds. >>: you have a greater chances of becoming the president of the united states. some good news. the minimum second prize won by hitting al

tonight's vigil is at the paradise baptist church in east oakland. >>> investigation continues on the deadly accident. it was at 5th and market streets when the police say, the 62-year-old cyclist was hit and dragged by a truck. someone called 911 after hearing the sound of metal from the bike, scraping and realized what happened. when police stopped the big rig a few blocks away, the mangled bike was still underneath it. >> i don't think the witnesses saw when the actual impact happened. they just saw when the victim was drug under negative the truck. >> bicyclist was wearing a helmet and had flashing lights on her backpack and back. big rig was owned by elegree trucking. >>> the first budget in three years. justin gray is tracking the developments in washington, d.c. it looks like the deal is not done just yet. . >> it's near certainty, more than enough votes to pass the budget deal. nothing is quite that simple in congress. . >>> the day started here with bickering, senate's minority leaders on how to proceed with the business of the day. >> senate rules are just optional. >> repub

the military and police should strengthen vigilance against various provocations. we should strengthen national security and guard against pt possibility of north korea attempting to cause division and national unity in the south. >> police in china's shin -- xinguang region have ha riot. >> china's first moon rover sent a photo from the moon's surface. it was shown with the chinese plastic bag on saturday. china was the first country to landa probe on the moon in 37 years. the photograph proves the landing was a success. >> china plans to launch its next lawna probe in 2017. new footage has been released of the "chang'e 3" landing on the move. the jade rabbit will spend about three months grabbing scientific data. the mission marks the next stage in the space program, aiming to put a chinese astronaut on the moon. now, the first direct high-speed rail link to connect paris with barcelona has opened after months of delays. the time between the two cities has been cut in half from 12 hours to over six. we have this report. not everyone is happy with the new service.

the family of a 13-year-old girl who is brain dead followington sill surgery is holding a prayer vigil and hoping for a miracle as they fight to keep her on life support. katie marzullo is at children's hospital in oakland. katie? >> i talked with family members at the hospital. jahi mcmath's grandmother and uncle. there are no formal interviewing. they wanted to pass long they are still asking everyone to pray for jahi mcmath and hoping for a big turnout tonight at the vigil here in oakland at paradise baptist church. the family has had one prayer answered. that was when children's hospital agreed to keep the 13-year-old girl on life support. that came a few hours after the family attorney served the hospital with a cease and desist order. the family says the hospital was going to take jahi mcmath off the ventilator after the eeg test showed no brain activity. she went into cardiac arrest after having her tonsils remove ed. >> we are happy they have backed off. we are not on doctor's time now, but we are on god's time. it has provided us more time to get together and pray. >> i believ

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friends and family held a vigil for several young men who have gone missing without any explanation in the last few years. dozens attended the vital-judge a vigil at the steps of city hall to remember the six young men who disappeared within the last two years. all of them are men in their 20s and all of them vanished without contacting their families or friends. and october of 2013, paulo netto went missing calling 9113 in november of 2013, derrick chow went missing on his way to city college. they are all in the same age group. parents of these young command are desperate for answers. it's another " spare the air " today here in the bay area. and quality officials issued the alert for a sixth consecutive day and the 10th this season. the cold, stagnant weather is prompting the alert. this means no wood burning inside or outside except the homes where wood burning is the only source of heat. let's find out about our own weather. >>: we do have some fog and the north bay right now. visibility down to three tenths of a mile. just drive with extra caution because the fog of could to get

. >> pam: a vigil is planned to write for the 13 year old girl on life-support. jahi mc-math went to the hospital for consul surgery but there were complications and she brought into cardiac arrest. since then test have measured no bright activity. the paris has said the hospital want to take her off life-support they got little help. now the hospital agreed to keep the girl on my support after a cease and desist on this was giving. >> pam: >> reporter: a thriving situation with an armed robbery at the chevron food mart in vallejo. surveillance cameras captured his gun pointed directly at the owner of the gas station. working all along 7:30 a.m. wednesday when the incident occurred. >> put began he put the gun on my chest and told me to open the cash register he put me in handcuffs and told me to lie down on the floor. >> he was wearing a black cat eyes and his nose. >> reporter: he says the suspect was bart a black jacket and about 5 ft. 8 in. tall. we're about 200 lbs. the gas station is located on 100 block of lincoln road west and part of town struggling with

now, a vigil was held saturday at the children's hospital in oakland where the 16-year-old is on life support there, on a ventilator at this time. the family's lawyer saying this really is their last hope, gregg, after two facilities here in california that had previously agreed to accept her backed out. fibs a nursing home in southern california changed its mind, then a facility in the l.a. area said it didn't want any media attention, nor did it want to jeopardize its relationship with its doctor who is apparently had refused to treat someone who's been declared brain-dead. it has been a wrenching 48 hours for the family and time is running out. the court-ordered deadline, as you say, gregg, 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. the family continues to be at the children's hospital in oakland where she is. >> what this hospital is doing is telling this family, we're going to decide what happens to her, not you, even if it kills her, and that's absurd. >> reporter: well, the children's hospital saying it will do everything legally and ethically permissible to support her including a lawful transfer of

the group africare is hosting a candlelight vigil tonight at howard university.ndela once served as the honorary chair, and once appeared at the campus for a special convocation ceremony in 1994. the vigil is set for tonight from 5:00 to 6:00 at the yard at howard university. >>> and remember, news4's jim vance is covering the story for us from south africa. watch a live report tonight on "news4 at 6" with reaction as people say good-bye to nelson mandela. >>> 10:15. turning to the weather. it's looking great outside. >> a nice day to be outside. today, the sun is shining. a bit of a breeze. we'll have to contend with that for the next day or so. yes, indeed, after a long stretch, it felt like, not an awful lot in the way of sunshine, and yesterday flat-out miserable with the cold, rain, the snow, the ugliness, it's all gone. we get sunshine back today, and sunshine to keep, everybody, for the next couple of days, as well. that's definitely good news. more sunshine than clouds for most of the coming week. right up until next weekend when you would like the sun to

"the washington post" says a gun control advocates held a vigil. two bus loads of people from newtown attended the service. some who took part also lost children or friends to other gun violence. >>> in montana, a newlywed pled guilty yesterday to murdering her husband. 22-year-old jordan graham admitted pushing her husband off a cliff in glacier national park. they had been married for eight days. graham faces at least 19 years in prison. >>> "the denver post" says four people were stabbed after the broncos-chargers game last night. it happened in the parking lot of sports authority field at mile high. one person is in critical condition. witnesses reported seeing fights. the police >>> starting out with some partly cloudy skies around the bay area. a cold front sweeping through overnight. but i think in the end, going to see a whole lot of sunshine coming our way. overlooking san jose now, couple of clouds rolling on by. still some cold temperatures in the north bay valleys. some of those numbers down into the 20s now but by the afternoon, 50s an

last knit there was a vigil for the 24 pedestrians killed last year in the city. they period at corner of oakland and vine where three-year-old was killed a week and a half ago, and his funeral is set if tomorrow. the group wants the city to milk greatments to traffic enforcement and pedestrian safety. this morning, oakland police are asking people to look out for stolen vehicle that has been used in two robberies, with this license plate: 5ndf073 car jacked at 24th and valdez on sunday. since then, two remain ad men inside have robbed people in north oklahoma and in the diamond neighbor. >> bart is expecting a lawsuit from the two largest unions over a disputed family leave clause in the contract it negotiated with the union. it is a story we first protect last week. the suit stems from the removal of a clause in the contract that management signed but said it was included accidentally. a suppose person for the service employees international young says a final distinction on a lawsuit has not yet been made and that action may have to wait until the transit union

. >> a vigil is planned for the 13-year-old oakland girl who is brain dead following surgery. katie marzullo is in the newsroom. >> the 13-year-old jahi mcmath is on life support this morning and her family is asking for world-wide prayer in a vigil in oakland tonight from 6:00 to 7:00. the family's attorney served children's hospital with a cease and desist order and hours later the hospital agreed to keep jahi mcmath on a ventilator after the latest eeg test showed no brain actist. she went into cardiac arrest after having the tonsils removed. her mother said her daughter's life is in god's hands not doctors. >> she is sleeping, and i just pray over her and let her know we are fighting for you, your mother will never stop fighting for you. >> the hospital claims under california law they have the legal right to remove the girl from life support because of her condition. the family attorney says those laws were designed to prevent people from taking family members off life support not keep them on it. the family has no timetable for removing her from life support and when ask

in the meantime, a very well-attended prayer vigil has renewed the spirits of the family. they're convinced mcmath will recover. >> please, don't give up on my baby. she will wake up. i don't have a doubt. she will wake up. the doctors don't know. >> after an emotional prayer service, she urges supporters to keep praying for a medical miracle. hundreds of people showed up at paradise baptist church in oakland, to pray for 13-year-old jahi mcmath. the 8-year-old is on a ventilator at children's hospital, oakland. her family says doctors declared mcmath brain dead, a few days after having her tonsils removed surgically december 9th. >> people pray for her. >> reporter: the hospital wants to remove mcmath from the machines that are keeping her heart beating. but agreed to give the family more time after it threatened legal action. if the hospital imposes a new time line, the family attorney is prepared to go to court. >> filing an injunction, and having a court decide if the life support is going to be removed. >> reporter: the hospital is refusing to hand over medical record

. >>> we'll take you to a candlelight vigil in the steps of san francisco's city hall. we'll tell you what they're asking the police to do and what they're asking the public to do. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] ♪ but finally, it happened. perfection. at progresso, we've got a passion for quality, because you've got a passion for taste. >>> it's unclear what caused the collision. but as mike mibach found out. people say speeding in the area is a problem. >> reporter: a tent wrapped in a blue tarp. on the inside a man. >> he was carrying a lot of vegetable bags. >> reporter: just to the south a plumbers van damaged to the right end. >> quite a lot of impact. >> reporter: this is weber, at 9:43 a.m. just feet from the market a senior citizen was killed trying to cross the civic ground. >> driver stopped right away. and deputies rendered aid

anne makovec joins us from san bruno with what vigilance means in this case. anne. >> reporter: check your credit card statements. that is the bottom line. you're also possibly going to want to check in with some of the credit reporting agencies. they will toll you how to get more -- they'll tell you how to get more information on our website coming up. but if you shopped at any target store in the country recently your information may have been compromised. the secret service is investigating what may be one of the largest breaches in history. as many as 40 million target customers may be affected by this massive security breach revealing credit and debit card information from shoppers nationwide. >> ridiculous, right, that they can't keep safe 40 million people's information. they have to fix it. >> reporter: target says the breach started the day before thanksgiving and ended this sunday and that it is working closely with law enforcement and financial institutions and has identified and resolved the issue. target.com has a statement and warning about the b

a prayer vigil is tentatively scheduled for thursday night. john fowler catechin tell 2 news. >>> a pediatrician not connected to this case tells us this procedure is relatively safe. the risk of death is about 1 in 25,000. rare complications of the procedure include -- breeding during or after. >>> helping people sign up for health care through covered california. the group life long medical care set up shop at allen temple baptist church on international boulevard in oakland. organizers say they want to get as many people enrolled as possible by next monday's deadline. >> we don't want people worrying that they don't have health care and about what happens if they get sick and try to pay bills they can't pay. so it is good to have health care that helps them. >> the group says it will continue to offer enrollment assistance at the church on the first anthers tuesdays of the month. you can find more information about how to sign on ktvu.com. just click on web links. >>> a bay area home suddenly collapses. why the property was a source of cont

her family is holding a vigil now. abc7 news is live at the church with the developments. nick? >> you know jahi mcmath pronounced brain dead thursday the family decided to hold a prayer vigil. i had an opportunity to speak with family and friends and the lawyer for had jahi mcmath's family filed a request to stop the hospital from taking action the hospital granted the request but the decision is only intended to give more time to cope. this doctor says brain death is a diagnosis made by two doctors and irreversible their jahi's mother continues to hold on to top and lean on her faith. >> she's a big part of my heart. i won't give up. i won't give up. i can see her face saying mom don't give up on me. ill never give up on my daughter. she deserves to live. >> recovery in those situations is unprecedented and doesn't happen. again whether that is going to convince someone, you know who is praying and hoping otherwise is a different matter. >> reporter: under california law, a person declared brain dead is legally and psychologically dead. jahi suffered cardiac arrest and declare

if you could, tell us what that vigil is leak.hat the sense in the community is, how they're assessing the past year in terms of policy action. >> the vigil is beautiful. it was really beautiful. it really spoke to a lot of the senses of the families in new town of the entire community that this was an atrocity and it got a lot of national attention and it really did move the public in an emotional way. but what's important about it is not just the lives lost that day but every day to gun violence. it is on average 33 americans a day that die from gun violence. we need to connect those. >> they talked about that at the veg ill, too. right? >> it was very present. it was not just a vigil for new town, it was for victims from all over the country. they flew in families who lost their children, brothers, sisters and they spoke on par with them. this is not, you know the urban xhupts generally do not have a lot of political power. they don't get the same attention as they did at new town. the fact that the new town families are able t

this is one of several vigils and protests that have taken place across india to mark this day. they're calling it the december revolution, asking for india to be made completely free of rape. and in the banner behind semia map of india with the number of reported rape cases every day. the most telling statistic of all, every 20 minutes somewhere in india, a woman gets raped. a year later, this issue is on women's safety. but also a feeling that not that much has changed. >> i feel unsafe. i want to feel safe. >> nothing has changed. women have started coming forward that they are being harassed and molested all over the place. >> it was onboard this bus that the young woman was assaulted. she'd been out with a friend and was headed home when she was attacked. her death led to an outpouring of anger as ordinary indians took to the streets. the unprecedented waive of protests forced -- wave of protests forced the government to bring in stronger antirape laws. but many believe that although the law has changed, attitudes towards women haven't. >> this month uruguay became the firs

how important that the work that he did for freedom was. >> the south african embassy will hold a vigil for mandela every night from 7:00 to 8:00. next wednesday morning at 11:00 there will be a service to celebrate nelson mandela's life at washington national cathedral. be sure to tune in tomorrow night at 9:00 nelson mandela, father of a nation, a cbs 48 hour special program exploring the social, cultural and political impact of his life on the world. >>> new tonight a stabbing right outside the howard theater down along the 600 block of t street northwest. it happened at about 6:00 this evening and the police tell us the victim is a man and was suffering life threatening injuries as paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital. at last check no suspects and the cops are still trying to figure out why that man was stabbed. >>> the big time drug bust in laurel today, police found 180 pounds of pot in a room at the holiday inn express on laurel place. detectives say the drugs have a street value of more than half a million bucks. >>> you surely cannot have a cop on every corner, but cell

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. >> reporter: overnight, a vigil at the crash site. people paying their respects for the victims. investigators say the train's brakes appeared to be operating normally. to train made several scheduled stops before the derailment. the engineer, now home from the hospital, will be interviewed again today. john and diana? >> clearly a little early in the investigation. but has the ntsb recovered any evidence that the engineer might have been distracted? >> they're looking at that. they confiscated his cell phone. they're going through it. they also tested his blood for drugs and alcohol. they want to know how this guy, who was a 20-year veteran, had this train going so fast. >> tahman, once again. thank you so much. always a pleasure to have you in the studio with us. >> good to be here. >>> across the country, we go. investigators say speed also a factor in the crash that killed actor paul walker. >> they say the porsche was going very fast. but they have found no evidence of drag racing. meanwhile, walker's co-stars, vin diesel, tyrese gibson and michelle rodriguez, joined walker'

her family is holding a vigil now. abc7 news is live at the church with the developments. nick? >> you know jahi mcmath pronounced brain dead thursday the family decided to hold a prayer vigil. i had an opportunity to speak with family and friends and the lawyer for had jahi mcmath's family filed a request to stop the hospital from taking action the hospital granted the request but the decision is only intended to give more time to cope. this doctor says brain death is a diagnosis made by two doctors and irreversible their jahi's mother continues to hold on to top and lean on her faith. >> she's a big part of my heart. i won't give up. i won't give up. i can see her face saying mom don't give up on me. ill never give up on my daughter. she deserves to live. >> recovery in those situations is unprecedented and doesn't happen. again whether that is going to convince someone, you know who is praying and hoping otherwise is a different matter. >> reporter: under california law, a person declared brain dead is legally and psychologically dead. jahi suffered cardiac arrest and declare

the family of a 13-year-old girl who is brain dead after surgery is holding a rare vigil.lo is in the newsroom. >> jahi mcmath's family is holding the vigil in oakland from 6:00 to 7:00 and they are asking for worldwide prayer. the family has had one prayer answered when children's hospital agreed to keep the 13-year-old on life support a few hours after the family's attorney served the hospital with a cease and desist order. the family says the hospital was going to take her off the ventilator after her latest eeg showed no brain act it. jahi mcmath went into cardiac arrest after having her tonsils removed. they want more time. >> we are not on doctor's time but we are god's time. this provide us more time to get together and pray. >> the hospital claims under california law it has the legal right to remove the girl from life support because of her condition. the family attorney says those laws were designed to prevent people from taking their family members off life support not keep them on it. the girl's heart is beating and the family has requested nutritional support

. >> reporter: last night those fed up with recent violence came together for a vigil. more than 100 people gathered at the vallejo ferry terminal. they raised candles there and offered prayers for the victims and talked about potential solutions to stop the killings. along with more officers for the police department, the organizers of last nights events also said that neighbors need to take a stand against the violence. >> i don't know the other families that have been involved. its my community. i live here. i'm raising my kids here. definitely have to come out and show support. >> reporter: so far this year that there have been 27f left sides in vallejo along with three deadly officer involved shootings and this department right now is severely under staffed. they have just 78 officers on the force. back in 2006, they had twice that many officers. this past weekend there was more gun violence as well. three more people were shot during just the 24 hour period over the weekend. although none of them died from their injuries. live this morning in vallejo alex savidge

in tupelo this week, the grim sight of flags at half staff, of a candlelight vigil on christmas eve. >> i'm at peace with gale because i know he died doing what he loved. >> reporter: police have released this photo of what they called a person of interest, captured by a security camera at a convenience store just a short time before the bank robbery and shooting. they say they're making progress in the investigation but so far no arrests. the killing of that police officer made all the more terrible by the fact that he leaves two young children without a father now at christmastime. the manhunt for the suspect is spread across three southern states and the reward for their capture has been upped to $152,000. no break in the case yet. >> horrible story. thank you, ron. >>> to los angeles now and to a dramatic christmas rescue, a bomb squad officer was on his way to work when he spots a car engulfed in flames. abc's aditi roy on what happened next. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: christmas day on one of the busiest freeways in california, a car on fire in heavy traffic -- >> get him out o

friends and family held a vigil for several young men who have gone missing without any explanation in the last few years. dozens attended the vigil at the steps of city hall to remember the six young men who disappeared within the last two years. all of them were men in their 20's and all of them vanished without contacting their families or friends. in october of 2013, paulo netto went missing calling 911. in november of 2013, infor over 60,00013, california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. everything's different now. sometimes i feel all alone. christmas used to be my favorite. i just don't expect anything. what if santa can't find me? to help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. not everyone can be a foster parent. but anyone can help a foster child. to thoseworried...ited... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable