[ male announcer ] so does that guy. the citibank debit card with no monthly fee. easier banking. standard at citibank. p.m., when the weather is causing problems all across the bay area creating quite a mess for homeowners and

cleanup crews. trees came down onto homes and cars furious similar scenes of damage from pleasanton's to castro valley. tonight, dan kerman met in oakland family that barely escaped the tragedy. like when the wind blows and 80 for a tree on top of your house in the middle of the night. >> we heard a rumbling crash. she thought that it was an earthquake. we saw stuff all of the floor in the fog, that is strange and then, we realized a dream. >>dan: de amazingly, the tree falling did not wake up their children. >> it miss each of them by a few feet each, it went straight to the middle of both rooms. >>dan: the damage is extensive. here is a look at the bathroom which is right

next to the kids' bedrooms. this is a closer look at where the tree made contact with the roof. >> it is amazing. >>dan: the roofs of the tree are very shallow. consider this, this is only half of the tree. the other half went over the top of the house and snapped, falling into the valley below. ironically, this family just bought this house and moved in four months ago. if they will not be sitting here tonight or any of the subsequent nights. repairs will soon get under way. dan kerman, kron4 news. >>pam: jeff bush has more on damage around the bay. jeff >> this tree fell on to this dodge pickup truck. giselle sawyer had just parked the truck five minutes earlier. >> i dropped my kids off to

school and went into the house, i heard a knock at the door and my neighbor said, there was a big crack and a loud pops. thing just >> the truck belonged to her husband, he is out of town on business. third fortunately, the magnolia tree in the 4 yds of most of the impact. work crews off moved and during the afternoon and got to work cutting that massive tree into smaller, more manageable pieces. jeff >> tree services have been busy all day long. >> i had a fleeting thought, a woman's intuition that i should have paid attention to.

>>craig: school opened on schedule but obviously, the kids will not be eating lunch outdoors. the sidewalk in front of the school was

up for did buy a tree. >>reporter: take a look at this 40 ft. tree that came crashing down. as i get closer, he conceded it is partially crushing is a backyard shed and it set out a part of the fence, narrowly missing this house right here. the owner of the house says he woke up at 6:00 thinking someone crashed a car into their house. the scary part, he says, just 20 minutes before, he was in the shed trying to get firewood and then changed his mind and. he says that he is really very lucky that no one got hurt. maureen kelly, kron4 news.

>>craig: we have customers all around the bay still without power. pg&e says almost 1600 bay area customers are waiting to have their power restored. >>pam: i am in the lead to a life--i'm in the weather center with javelins. >>jaqueline: you are seeing gusty winds right now. for instance, places like fairfield, 23 mi. per hour winds in the breeze along the coast.

>>jaqueline: as we head into the 5:00 p.m. hour, relatively calm winds. chilly in fremont and san jose with temperatures more mild in places like oakland, san francisco and fairfield. we still have a wind advisories in effect for parts of the bay area. >>pam: the kron4 news at 8:00 p.m. is just getting started. >>j.r.: two-man are in critical condition after an early-morning fire. there is a story of hope and rescue. more details just ahead. >>pam: new details in the case of seven people who were shot in oakland. kron4

has the report you'll only see here. coverage of the windy weather continues. the busy day for triple mobile services. details coming up. >>gabe: yawnful has released the most popular web searches of 2011. stay tuned, that is coming up in the tech report. but

>> without a second thought and in the midst of heavy smoke this firefighter took off his oxygen mask and gave it to the girl. >> the job was focused on her and i knew what i had to do. i wanted to make sure that she would be safe. >> he was then able to pick her up and give for today firefighter and he was taken to safety. he says it is all in a day's work. >> this is my job and this

is what the city expects us to do. >> tim mann are in critical condition. >>jaqueline: here is a live look outside, the camera is still bouncing around. the wins will continue overnight. details when we come back. third

>>pam: with our continuing our coverage of the cleanup of the damage in the east bay. charles crawford is joining us live from oakland. >>charles: i am standing at the corner of denison's street and kennedy just off of 880. sometime early this morning a large acacia trees landed on top of these two semi truck trailers. a tree removal service came in. all that is left is a tree trunk. i spoke with the owner of the company who says the last few days have been very busy. >> we were expecting a lot of downed trees. >>charles: the last two days have been busy and this owner says he could not be more happy. >> the wind and rain is good

for business. >>charles: this tree collapsed late wednesday or early tuesday morning. >> it is doing to their raw and the high wind. the tree just could not stand it and flopped over. >> this sort of staying is common in oakland. it's >>charles: the entire tree had to be removed. >>charles: this is a tree that sits next to where the other one was. if you take a look, the branches are barely moving. the winds have calmed down.

>>jaqueline: the wins have calmed down in certain spots that not in others, especially about 1,000 ft.. there is a wind advisory in effect for the north bay hills, the diablo range and the central valley. it will be in effect until 10:00 a.m. with winds ranging from 20-30 mi. per hour. not quite as strong as well we have seen over the past couple of days the breezy nonetheless.

>>jaqueline: a look into the afternoon, sunny skies expected. tomorrow afternoon, windy in some locations. we will take a look at reconditions coming up. >>pam: an arrest has been made in the fatal november 10th shooting that occurred at frank ogawa plaza. the suspect was found in the louisville ky. he could have been staying in one of the occupied tents right before the shooting. at least four other arrests have been made. today is world aids day. hundreds of people gathered at golden gate park to honor and remember those who have lost their lives to that disease. families and loved ones with candles and flowers left in aids--left flowers at the national aids memorial. more than 500

people were at the memorial. >> after so many years i think people hadst did a little bit forgetful of the impact that the disease still has. there are young people getting infected, people in their 40's and 50's still getting infected. there are many people around the world that are not getting access to care. this is a pandemic that is still a very significant issue. valve and a candlelight vigil was held earlier tonight in the castro district of san francisco. several businesses and restaurants are donating 10-15% of sales to aids campaigns that raise awareness. >>gabe: if you have any

doubt on how popular the new iphone 4s is, check this out, many broke existing wireless contracts costs to get the new wireless iphone 4s. that is a lot of people willing to pay extra for the new iphone. yahoo has released the most popular web searches of 2011. number one was the iphone, no. 2 was casey at the the id in third place, kim kardashian. this >>gabe: the laptops connected to wi-fi may cause fertility problems for men.

a new study found that semen samples placed near a wi-fi connected law talked experienced more dna damage and mobility issues that irregulars firm. after four hours under a wi-fi connected laptop, a 25% of the sperm samples were no longer mobile and 9% showed dna damage. i am giving away copies of the hot new video game by lucas arts, third over 20 story based missions spanning the entire cold wars era, this new game allows people to explore as they make their way to the star wars galaxy. it is the most action packed let go game yet. for your chance to win a copy, log onto www.kron4.com.

>>kimberlee: jon huntsman may not be in a tie at the polls by his daughters are hoping to change that. they just put out a musical parody that they hope will generate does for their father's campaign. check it out.

>>kimberlee: this is not the first video they may, in october they released eight viral video. this video has over 300,000 views. >>gary: coming up later in the broadcast, an authentic original, he stunned the world and mexico city on the olympic stand, the great john carlos will join us later in the broadcast. xi

>>pam: the big story tonight is a wind damage across the bay. in oakland, look at this massive tree that fell onto someone's home. the 100 ft. redwood fell through part of the roof. the family who lives in this home was at home at the time and fortunately no one was hurt. a very unpleasant surprises, a woman just finished taking her children to school, parked her

husband's drug in the driveway and a few minutes later a 40 ft. cyprus fell onto the truck. >>pam: strong duendes continue to wreak havoc on the santa cruz mountains. in scotts valley, dozens of trees came down across town. electricity has been a real problem all day today. in the valleys, the win is expected to die down. in places like oakland, san jose, fremont and santa rosa are a lot calmer and is still pretty breezy in places like fairfield. also it is pretty breezy along the coastline. 24 mi. per hour winds in half moon bay. the winds are

definitely going to play a role and how chilly things get overnight. here's a look at current conditions. fifth temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. same thing and mountain view. here is a look at our weather headlines. it will still be windy and spots over nine but the places we do not see the winds will be a lot cooler. sunny and breezy for tomorrow afternoon. the winds look like they will died down overnight. even in fairfield with the gusty winds could be pretty cold. here is a look at your extended forecast. colmar

conditions into the weekend. >>craig: >>grant: unusually strong winds are doing strong damage. at los angeles international, this was the scene. the lights and power went out at lax. that is one example of what the big winds are doing. the cleanup is already under way in southern california. wind gusts have caused extensive damage knocking down more than four of 50 trees and pasadena lawn. at one point, 200,000 customers were without power and 1200 traffic signals were out. the destruction to businesses, homes and vehicles and prompted

officials to declare a state of the emergency in los angeles county. the sacramento area is assessing damage there. it seems almost anything that was not tied down went for a ride in this unusually fraises a windstorm. the santa ana winds cause and all of this destruction, officials are worried about the threat of fire. they are asking people to stay inside their homes this evening. >>pam: now, to a developing story and the seven people shot in oakland on monday. we have learned that the top of that was shot in ahead is improving. family members of the one-year-old say that the swelling in his head has reduced. this is his picture. although he is in critical condition at children's hospital in oakland, haaziq madyun reports there is also new information in this case. this is a story you only see here on kron4.

>>haaziq: sources say a person of interests has been taken into custody in connection to the shooting of a one-year-old boy who remains in critical condition here at children's hospital in oakland. kron4 has learned that what is being described as a melee broke out inside of children's hospital late wednesday night when the course of interest was spotted by friends of the boy's family. deputies from alameda county sheriff's department intervened, the man was wanted for questioning in connection to monday's mass shooting incident outside of a west oakland a liquor store wounding seven people including the one-year-old boy. >>pam: earlier today the father and other members of the family were seen praying for the one-year-old a victim. the father also took time to refute reports that he is not cooperating with

oakland police and their investigation. >> i cooperated to the fullest of liability. everything i know, everything i have seen, i am praying for my son, to get him out of the hospital. he is all i have. that comes first. >>pam: a former contra costa county use officer: has pled guilty to molesting boys. he will now serve 30 years in prison. the plea comes one week after he pled guilty to produce in child pornography. as a part of this agreement he is under a life term requirement to register as a sex offender and will be tracked by gps.

new details in the police brutality lawsuit against bart. today a federal jury rejected the claim by kenneth carothers that johannes mehserle and four other officers used excessive force, the charges surrounding the arrest and restraint of carruthers in 2008. the seven member civil jury unanimously ruled that mehserle and the other officers were not liable for use of excessive force or alleged retaliation against brothers. kron4's spoke with both sides for every action in today's ruling. >> if the jury system applies themselves diligently and listen to the facts, they will render an opinion or a verdicts that is what our system is designed to accomplish. >> what happened in court

shows that if police do not collect evidence correctly, they can get away with it. >> the police need to be held accountable for what they do with their job. i know that there are other people that are going to fight, i hope that people will fight, the way that i did, to bring justice to other people. >>pam: it's that the jury for hours to reach a verdict. >>pam: some tense moments in san francisco connected occupy movement. more than 100 protesters held a general assembly in the streets as police in riot gear stood by. this was the scene near the encampment at justin herman plaza. occupiers moved barricades in an effort to take over the street and the block traffic. police in riot gear quickly came to take down those barricades and move protesters onto the

sidewalk, keeping the streets of it. eventually the occupiers and moved back to justin herman plaza and now the street remains open. in santa cruz, a group of protesters have taken over a vacant office buildings. 30-40 people spend the night in the building. there were seen setting out for a long occupation. protesters say that this occupation is a symbolic gesture because this building was once a bank. police made a brief appearance that have not returned. we will be right back. thaw

>>kimberlee: i am here with today's issue of take a look at this. check this out, a crane collapsed in northeast atlanta. there were two workers killed, there inside the basket of the crane. there were two men who became trapped and machinery. the accident is

still under investigation. the ncaa is investigating a small plane crash in seattle. the plane crashed into a parked aircraft and sparked a fire in the airfield. the occupants were a flight instructor and student, there were taken to local hospital with minor cuts and scratches. a group of friends got more than they bargained for on a fishing expedition of of carolina. it is a shark. the sharks circled the boat for nearly 20 minutes. >>kimberlee: in michigan state chair later recovered after a really bad fall off. her name is taylor young. paramedic's attended

to her for several minutes before she was eventually strapped to a backboard and lifted onto a stretcher. besides a big bomb on her head, mother says she is fine. >>pam: a member of the raiders are arrested after he allegedly threatened a man and fired a gun. soft

>>gary: good evening, that is for a key member of the oakland raider defense. linebacker cortlandt of mclean was arrested for discharging a firearm after a wednesday night altercation in alabama. the fight escalated when he could then headed--what he could the gun to the head of a man forcing a delay on the floor and fired a round into the ground. he was the eighth overall stake in the 2010 draft. he was in his hometown for the funeral of his grandfather. he was released after posting $2,000 bail. the 49ers are ready to wrap up the division. >> obviously this is new

territory for us. it is something we have talked about every year. all of a sudden, to have it in our hands is great. third >>gary: third march on lynch, 22 carries and 148 yds. 31-14 seattle. the eagles are now 4-8. the nba is back and the warriors open the doors today. >> i am excited to being back and looking forward to what lies ahead. we talked

about the future. we truly believe that the future starts now. >> everyone is agreed to be back. >> we have been chomping at the bit. it is one of those things where we feel like we have gotten a new start. >>gary: more than likely will open the season the day after christmas. tiger woods takes part in the chevron challenge, he played very well today. here is a guy, you keep waiting for him to take off. today, he looked pretty darned good. he shot 68 today. he tied for second place, three strokes behind

kj. >> >>gary: john carlos is a bonafide legend. history will tell you about his courageous stand in the mexico city, when accepting his of metal, he and a teammate, after the 200 m, stood on the victory stand with the black power salute. that was a strong close. carlos joined as earlier tonight. >>gary: let's go back to 1968. how much thought went into that before he said, i am a black man and i am going to college my fist on the victory stand. did you

have any idea that it would cause that much negativity run the world? >> i had a vision as a kid, god should me as a youngster, i realize i was the only individual on the box. third i had an advanced notice that something was going to happen in my life. fortunately for me, i was still down enough that i can remember back to when i was 7 and exactly what happened in envisions it least 15 years later in mexico. >>gary: the majority of black people said go get them! the majority of white people were scared. >> anyone black or white might be afraid of something they never experienced. no one had ever seen anyone stand before the world and make a statement, i do not

know if the majority of white people disliked me, the socialist party liked what we did because they understood what we're doing and why. >>gary: you must have known, i will not be able to get a job in most places, the white man will miami and a lot of blood people will be scared to hire me. >> thing it was not whether or not i could get a job, it was if other blacks to get jobs. there was unnecessarily concern for me, i believe in god and i believe god as taking care of me all my life. >>gary: you can hear him speak tomorrow night at missionize school in san francisco. pam already purchased two of his books. it is funny the way things work in this day and age,

when we report sports, it is a less controversial figures now. this guy really take a stand and economically has paid for it his entire life. a lot of people did not want to let that memory go. he is a great guy. >>pam: jan wahl is coming of next. stay with us.

>> >>pam: it is time to talk movies with jan wahl. third a dangerous nothing. >>jan: it comes out tomorrow. this is terrific. a really good movie. >>jan: i took back everything bad as ever said about your nightly. >>pam: let's talk about the artist. >> a huge oscar buzz. a tribute to classic hollywood. a silent movie.

we have seen this movie, a star is born. the guy is going downhill and the girl is going up though, he gets a depressed and bitter. it is a lovely film. a silent movie that has heart, soul and visuals. it brings back those days of hollywood that we all love. shame is a movie that i think is overblown. i think it is depressing. >>pam: i saw my week with maryland. i love it. >>jan: i love it also. i do

not like when people imitate her, but they got it right. >>pam: the help and cowboys vs. alien is still on dvd is. >>jan: the help is on my list of must see movies. if you like the book, you'll probably like the movie. i think cowboys and indians was funny. it is a little over the top, >>pam: you have a special appearance on saturday?

>>jan: yes at the walt disney family museum. the topic is a fabulous the mills of found. >>pam: good night. this