complete bay area news starts right now. good evening, this. it is november 18th, i'm gasia mikaelian, bay area news at 7:00. the city is mourning the life of capoot. a growing memorial contains candles and balloons. the suspect had a gun on his person when he was taken into custody. smith shot the officer after the police chased him

from the scene of a bank robbery. the police arrested smith in this woman's driveway. >> he kept saying "open the door, open the door, open the door". >> the police say they have a shooting of the -- have a video of the chase but does not show the shooting. by all accounts the officer was a beloved member of the community. he volunteered in the community and touched many, many lives. >> reporter: inside of the high school gym there are memories of a coach, a man who brought home a championship banner. >> he said pain is temporary and pride is forever. i took that quote with me. >> reporter: jefferson wore 32 during that run. on this day she placed her jersey on the steps of the pd in honor of her coach officer

james cappot. he helped me to never -- capoot. he helped me never give up on myself. basketball was the reason why i went to school to do what i had to do to play. >> reporter: he was a legend. >> reporter: not because he won but he reached out to the children in the community. a community in mourning, a community his wife grew up in and where he also once lived. >> he was a good friend of me and my family. >> reporter: a former neighbor says the officer acted as a father figure after his own father passed away. >> he was an outstanding man. he always tried to help people in their time of need. it was just a shock that some second-rate hoodlum of an officer that everyone appreciates. >> especially everyone in blue. >> he came to worker day with a smile on his face. enjoyed what he did, enjoyed life, his family. >> reporter: a wife, three daughters now without a husband and father. last night his casket draped had in an american flag and

today flags are at half-staff for a man now known -- >> as a true american hero. >> reporter: back to you. >> california governor jerry brown ordered flags at the state capitol to be flown at half-staff to honor the memory of officer capoot. he said his bravery, commitment and selfless service will not be forgotten. a california national guard soldier from san jose has been kill inside action in afghanistan. the department of defense says 21-year-old specialist shawn walsh died on wednesday in host, province. he was assigned to the 185th military battalion from pittsburg. he is the second killed in action in afghanistan. >> a wild police chase in oakland leaves a trail of smashed cars and shaken victims. putting the pieces together. he is live tonight at the spot where the pursuit finally

ended. >> reporter: that is where the high-speed chase came to a halt. you can see the hole torn in the fence and a light pole knocked to the ground. this is one of three different crash scenes but it was not where this caper ended. just after noon a parole at large left the police on a chase that reached 100 miles an hour. this car was one of several smashed into by the suspect's car at brookdale. >> the mercedes, bam, hit me, spin me a little bit. slid, hit the little toyota four runner and still kept going. >> reporter: the driver continued on until he crashed head on to a toyota camry. >> all of a sudden a car came across and came along and crossed the lane and down my side. i tried to avoid him. avoid the car and he hit me right it in the front. >> reporter: after that, the suspect whose identity the police have yet to release carjacked a family of three. >> he got out with a gun, a firearm with his left hand and pointed it at the -- at a car

that thought, because of the accident, got him out of the car and got in their suv and took off. >> he ended up here on montana street flipping the suv. the suspect ran into the freeway and on to harold street where he tried to carjack this car. the officers arrived and pinned him with his car. >> man i usually have my daughter and family in the car. i am happy they were not in there. >> the suspect was take tone the hospital with minor injuries as are two other. one a carjack victim and the other a hit and run victim. the officers say they recovered a gun inside of the wrecked suv here on this street. back to you. contra costa county coroner's office identified the victim of a freeway accident as 18-year-old sydney plumber from brentwood t. began with a crash at 3:15 a.m. on eastbound highway 24 near pleasant hill road. the highway patrol says summer was a passenger in a car involved in the accident. she was waiting safely in the center divide area when she decided to walk back to the car

and that is when show was hit. the fatal accident closed three eastbound lanes for the next two hours. almost 10,000 people remain evacuated in the reno area tonight. firefighters now have the upper hand on a destructive wind- tkreufpdriven wildfire. people and 4,000 homes were jolted out of their beds and told to evacuate. a elderly man died of a heart attack and a firefighter was injured due to burns. 25 homes were damaged or destroyed and 2,000 acres burned. firefighters say the winds died down and the fire is mostly contained now. >> those who were evacuated can be rest assure today that we will be dog everything within our ability to ensure their properties are pro terbgted while they are not occupied tkaouring this emergency situation. >> snowfall is helping the firefighterring effort.

evacuated residents should be able to return home by midday tomorrow. you can view more images by clicking the link on top of our home page ktvu.com. on the economy watch tonight we have new figures that show california's jobless rate fell slightly last month. the employment ployment put october's rate at 11.7%. and that is an improvement from 11.9% the previous month. california add 26,000 jobs. we have the second highest unemployment rate, nevada is the highest. three counties are still experiencing double digit unemployment. however, the jobless rate ticked lower in all nine counties last month. seasonal hiring and schools was a big reason for the improvement. time is running out for the congressional super committee tow come up with a deficit reduction plan. they suggest democrats rejected a republican plan that would of

cut half a trillion from the national budget because it did not raise enough revenue through taxes. the committee has until next wednesday to create a plan if sk-pbgs to get it passed before the end of the year and avoid automatic cuts. on wall street, the stocks finished mixed. the dow gained 25 but finished down nearly 3%. nasdaq lost 15 today falling 4% for the week. google is a big step closer to making a deal that would expand the raoefrpb in the mobile phone market. that story in just eight minutes. we are following new developments in the occupy oakland protest. a general assembly is held to vote onsetting up a new camp tomorrow -- vote on setting up a new camp tomorrow. they are going to announce this idea. >> tomorrow, november 19th -- >> excuse me we live here. not a place to have this happen. >> organizers say they chose the uptown area for the

visibility. earlier today a number of residents told demonstrators they are concerned about safety with a school right across the street. >> occupy oakland is bad for oakland it is bad for small business, it is bad for america. it is the .0001% pretending to be the 99% and bad for 100% of the people. >> the mayor told ktvu tonight that camping will not be allowed if it is at the plaza or 19th and telegraph. the march is set to begin tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. >> we are in this for the long hall. it will go through the presidential election. >> occupiers are maintaining their vigil at city hall. banning tents, chairs, tables, a few people were on hand and a young man remains perched on upon to of a 36 foot high wall. he has been up there for almost four weeks now. 30 minutes ago the sign of the season as the lighting ceremony was held at the towers where san francisco's occupy

camp is located. coming up in four minutes is occupy clashing with the holiday vibe? the police in concord are investigating a disturbing incident at city park near pixy playland. someone shot and killed eight ducks and geese last week. the city workers found the birds while doing maintenance. several lights around the park and pond were shot out. so far the police have no suspects. >> last minute preparations are underway for san francisco's international auto show. the 54th annual auto show starts tomorrow and it runs for 9 days. organizers say 600 vehicles from 38 manufactures will be on display. 17 of which are electric or hybrid vehicles. even a track set up to drive the new nissan leaf. the car show opens tomorrow morning at 10:00. the authorities in southern california reveal why they are reopening the case surrounding the death of natalie wood three

decades ago. north coast section play off football is our friday night game of the week at castro valley. we will have an interview with the coach nick mcmanus, coming up. i am tracking rain showers across the bay area. the areas that could have dense fog first thing tomorrow morning and the timing of another storm will impact one part of your weekend. [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin...

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the hospital. the authorities in san francisco are warning the occupy camp that it will not be allowed to go on indefendantily. the city leaders say their main -- indefinitely. the city leaders say their main concern is cleanliness. some say the movement is not about providing services to the homeless, others argue homelessness is symptom of injustice that they are fighting to change. some near the camp say they are concerned about the effect that occuppers might have on shoppers. minutes ago they flipped a switch on the christmas lights that begin the holiday shopping season. fireworks lit up the sky. but many shop owners say they don't care if the demonstrators are naughty or nice but stevenson tells us they just want them gone. ho, ho, ho. >> reporter: santa came to san francisco at the center's 25th winter carnival. >> we see us even though it is

a week before thanksgiving they see it as the official kick off of the holiday season. >> reporter: this year others the celebration is sharing the plaza with the occupy san francisco movement. >> i am calling the city a slumlord for not cleaning that up immediately. >> reporter: ahead of the building owners and managers associations say crime and conditions are hurting neighboring businesses. the police statistics indicate the number of crimes reported in 500 feet of the plaza jumped 49% since the camp was established here october 15th. today, as he visited, the mayor acknowledged the anger felt by businesses butted he is proceeding carefully. >> i don't think the small business owners would want that kind of reaction that happened in in oakland in other places. >> reporter: they say they made big strides to keep the camp safe and clean and be good neighbors. >> this is what it is. we don't need to effect their business nor do we have the desire to effect it negatively. >> i think there is plenty of room for everybody and we really are focused on kicking

off the holiday spirit. >> the managers at the holiday ice rink here is a so far business is good. the rink is open through january 8th. in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. 33 years ago today the world was shocked by the mass murder-suicide at the people's temple camp. ceremony today at evergreen memorial center marked the anniversary. the remains of 412 people are buried there in a mass grave. granite markers show the names of the people that died there. the memorial sparked a controversy when it was installed because the name of jim jones, jones town leader is included in the list. google's purchase of motorolla is moving forward. shareholders approved it. it is expected to close early next year. but they are reviewing it. google expand the reach in the mobile market and gives the company more control over the devices running its android

operating system. google cofounder is helping wikipedia. it is based out of san francisco and free. relying on volunteers to write and update the articles. it operates other free web sites. los angeles county sheriff's investigators explain why they reopened the 30-year- old death investigation of actress natalie wood. the department said they have new credible information. it may of come from the skipper on the boat where she was staying the night she died. tried to get this out for many, many years. nobody would listen. she was very, very afraid of the water and had no desire to even get near it. >> the skipper coauthored a book about it last year. the police say with husband robert wagner he is not a suspect in the case.

there is word that joe paterno is undergoing treatment for lung cancer. his son, scott, said doctors are optimistic with about his 84-year-old father's chances for recovery. he was fired from his job at penn state last week in the middle of a sex scandal involving jerry sandusky. if you are a high school football fan it is the best time of the year. the cif playoffs are getting started tonight. so, we had to danville that is where they are hosting castro valley. that is where we find joe fonzi, hi, joe. >> hi, gasia. this is is division 1 hayward athletic league. right now san ramone valley has taken the lead. castro is driving and threatening to tiit up here. the big story is this school lost its first 4 games and then

came back to win six in a row to get into the playoffs. i talked to the coach nick mcmahonis about what was the difference for turning things around in their team. >> a fighter, tough kids, resill kwrepbt. you know, earlier in the year no discredit who we finish with we know who we are playing with the competition to open the year up. i think when we started league play that put us in a goode position. playing at a higher level. >> what does it mean to your guys to earn this. start out the way the year did and earn a shot. >> it is tough to go through the 0-4. it means everything to them. they are excited. there was a different feel on saturday when we met, you know, once we knew who the opponent was. i was getting phone calls left and right. monday was just, you know, i don't know how much concentration there was in classes. i think guys were just really were thinking about practice all week. >> reporter: they are moving closer to us right now.

3:28 and counting in the 1st county. we will have it all for you at 10:00. until then reporting live from san ramoan valley high school, back to you. >> just about 24-hours from now bay area families may be fractured. at least temporarily. that is when the 114th edition of the big game gets underway. they are a top 10 team cal recently dominated the rivalry winning seven of the last nine meetings. stanford won 48-14. more signs of the coming of the holiday season. just ahead, one unusual sighting in one of the bay areay's fashionably shopping districts. >> rain started to fall in the area. mark is monitoring storm trapper 2.

. it is beginning to look a lot like christmas. the huge tree arrived this this morning. the tree came from the slopes of mount shasta and delivered by the carlton christmas tree company. the lighting ceremony is set for friday december 2nd. well, santa claus a peered at san francisco union square as part of a lego build-a-thon.

they used bricks to make a star wars character. the final character was a yoga as a jolly old elf. turning to bay area weather, yesterday at this time we talk about showers. we are still seeing that right now? >> yes. showers are picking up across one part of the bay area as the system moves over the region. a bit of a break on your saturday and then another one developing upstream. right now in the mountains i can show you this one on storm tracker 2. there is a live look. notice the main action on the radar in the southern area and the coastline and fremont coming in tighter here you can see the yellow indicating heavier downpour right now. closing in in the next 15 to 20 minutes. the bulk will head out to the south and the east over the next two to three hours.

keep the umbrella handy just in case of the pop up showers. as far as the temperatures dropping off back down into the 40s across most of the region. with that, cooling air mass you can see the visibilities coming down to a quarter of a mile. you could have dense foggy showing up in the valleys and the east bay. especially the north bay for santa rose a and napa, visibility will come down by a quarter of a mile. overnight lows tomorrow morning, coolest locations in the 30s for santa rosa, napa. quite a few 40s out there for san francisco, oakland, san jose around 42 degrees. our rain means more snow in the mountains. as a result of winter weather advisory in place more snowfall in the order of 3-6 inches. here is the next system developing. but, tomorrow, we will stick it up in the high clouds. there is a chance of a sprinkle or shower. showers return mostly targeting the morning hours heading into the afternoon hours for sunday. skies are partly cloudy. tomorrow afternoon, the chance

of a few spotty sprinkles out there, bumping up the chances by tomorrow night. here we go into sunday morning. rain showers out there first thing for the morning hours, the wettest part of your bay area weekend in the afternoon hours. a sun cloud mix. but the cool weather pattern will stick around. overnight lows we talked about those, forecast highsy showing up here. mainly in the 50s, warmest locations at 56 and 58 degrees. here is a look ahead. extended forecast your weekend always with you. once again the highest chance of rainfall will be for sunday afternoon. morning fog, partly cloudy skies on tuesday. maybe a chance of a shower on wednesday and thursday next week. >> thank you, mark. time is running out for san francisco land mark. the firm that managees the yahoo billboard says the space will be available as of december 1st. the sign went up in 1999 at the peak of the.dot-com boom -- the

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