ktvu's david stevenson is live where the voting results were just released a couple hours ago. >> he says he will hold for another four years. even with thousands of votes to be counted, ed lee said he made san francisco history. those results were released by the department of elections. after 11 round of tabulating results, ed lee won 68,721 votes. san francisco super visor came in second. that is 38.79% of the vote. at his party last night the mayor stopped just short of declaring victory. he held a strong lead ever since he announced he changed his mind to enter the race. based on the results, he won with a comfortable margin. >> the numbers are fairly accurate right now. i am confident that we can use the word victory right now. obviously sounds very good for -- the first elected asian mare of the city. >> like most first runners his margin grows with every round. i think it's same now that san francisco elected its first asian mayor. there are still votes to be counted and that will take several more days. but the votes are unlikely to sway the outcome. he will call his rivals

new at 6:00, ktvu's david stevenson in san francisco where the public defender is also hoping to get elected as mayor just days from now, david. >> reporter: the city's public defender is alleges more cases of police misconduct. though he admits the events come at add bad timing for him -- come at a bad timing for him. >> we're going to present several cases that show a disturbing pattern of theft. >> reporter: five people allege police stole cash and electronics. adachi also says richmond district officers used excessive force and lied on a police report after handcuffing grocery owner charles tran outside his store last august. >> the officer is the one that takes aggressive action against mr. tran and immediately takes him into custody. >> reporter: adachi held several press conferences earlier this year alleging police misconduct. he launched his mayoral campaign in august. today's allegations come five days before election day. >> i did consider delaying it until after the election to you know so there wasn't that perception, but you know after meeting with the individuals. they

david stevenson is there now with the big name who headed back to shore after seeing what he thought was a shark, david. >> reporter: the competition wrapped up two hours ago on a date filled with world class surfing and worry about sharks and surfing conditions. the rip curl surf brought some of the biggest surfers. >> you see we tried san francisco because we think the surf is sometimes right there in the backyard in the middle of city. >> reporter: which made today's shark sighting surprising for some. dusty payne said he spotted a white shark while waiting for a wave. that prompted him to leave the water in the middle of a heat. >> we've seen dolphins earlier in the day it is really common to get them mixed up. >> reporter: still, they ordered a boat to monitor the waters. >> sharks are definitely in the area, however we have never had a shark attack out here at ocean beach. and rarely if ever we'll have a sighting of a shark. >> reporter: life guards say surf conditions caused a greater risk to those on the surf. >> these conditions, a warm day offshore winds and increasing swel

. >>> ktvu's david stevenson is in san francisco where the frenzy shopping is getting an early start this year, david. >> reporter: frank just take a look the line stretching down into the corner. people have been lining up since this morning anxious to get a black friday special. this year some stores are saying customers don't have to wait overnight in the cold for a good deal. >> i'm looking to get the tv, they have a 42-inch flat screen tv for $199. >> reporter: campers outside this san francisco best buy says black friday is worth staying away from home. >> my daughter is cooking right now. hopefully she's bring us some food later. >> reporter: more retailers are opting to open earlier by welcoming customers inside on thanksgiving day. >> it's busy. i think people were out and about and they really wanted to go shopping on thanksgiving. a lot of customers were asking us if we're open for thanksgiving. >> reporter: san francisco's old navy flagship store today officered 3d glasses for customers. in daily city, the sports authority offered aggressive deals to create loyal customer

david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, david. >>> in london, the strike by public sector workers erupted in violence. security guards pushed back protesters trying to storm an office building. demonstrators lit flares and held signs criticizing government. police arrested more than 50 people in demonstrations throughout the city. 2million took part in today's one-day general strike all over great britain. the public sector workers are not happywy government demands that they pay more and work longer for their pensions. the mass protest closed down most schools and limited treatment at most hospitals. >>> ahead why these people are gathered in gal park to make an appeal to -- in golden gate park to make an appeal to the governor. >>> it's official. crab season has begun as restaurants get local, concern frab. -- get local, fresh crab. keurig has over 200 varieties from 20 leading brands, including tully's. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. way to brew. >>> hello, skranton! [ cheers ]

david stevenson is live now at the school with how the boy thought his school about perseverance and determination, david. >> reporter: julie even until the end, this young man refused to let his disability keep him from living his life just like a normal kid. children wrote their farewell to yohan castro. we first met yohan in 2009. >> he brought out the best in everybody. >> reporter: he was 9 years old when we met him and far smaller than other children in his fourth grade class. >> fearless, fearless guy. sense of humor, and he was able to laugh at his own condition. >> reporter: despite his blindness, joham became an enthusiasm skateboarders taking tumbles in strides. >> i didn't know how to ride it, so my first time, and i stand on it i didn't fall. >> reporter: i think kids learned compassion, because they always watched out for yohan and they always made sure that he was safe. >> reporter: his idol proskateboarder tony hawk even sent him an autographed picture. but his illness continued to grow and on sunday he died at home in san francisco with his parents at his side. >> we

david stevenson live in the city where there are signs of police eviction action could be imminent, david. >> reporter: san francisco of public health delivered this notice of violation to occupy. one of a flurry of new warnings mitigating intentions to evict the camp. official arrived to postthe eviction notices. the city originally allowed the camp of 100 small at the present times as it met with protesters about their long term goals. there are now about 200 tents and more than 200 people camping here. the city says it spent $625,000 to police the protest and inspect and clean the plaza. >> our health director, our public works director, our human services director have all registered that this is not sustainable. >> reporter: the city today ordered protesters to remove tents in front of the federal reserve. left unsaid is whether police will step in soon to dis dismantle a settlement. >> if they give us a notice, they can't say we're going to raid. we have political propaganda written on it. we need these tents. >> in about an hour, occupy sf members say they will host a mass training

david stevenson. >> alameda has federal voting monitors. they are here to make sure voting material is available in spanish and chinese. monitors will also in parts of mississippi, texas, ohio and massachusetts. >>> and stay with us for complete election coverage tonight. we will bring you the latest in the big races including the race for mayor of san francisco. >> a ruptured pipeline, tom is live at the site where residents say they could smell trouble before the pipeline burst. >> reporter: you can really smell it now. this is the worst kind of surprise, finding you live on or near a pipeline. residents knew they lived near a weapons station but what about almost on top of a major pipeline? >> i didn't know there was any kind of lines, not this close to my home. >> no idea until yesterday. >> reporter: they now know a leaking pipeline is the cause of the smell. some say they have smelled it for weeks. >> it's just a smell just -- not something that i have smelled before and that is concerning. >> the wind comes into our kitchen and patio

reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson. >> thousands of people remain evacuated tonight near reno as firefighters try to control a wind driven wildfire. it started just after midnight southwest of the city. authorities evacuated 9500 people. an elderly man died of a heart attack. 25 homes have been damaged and two thousand acres burned. right now firefighters say they have the fire largely contained. >> stop the forward progress of the fire. want to caution everybody this doesn't mean that the fire is under control. >> snow fall tonight is helping firefighters. officials say resident is be able to return home tomorrow. >> wind is playing a key role in the fire and bill martin is tracking the conditions for us in the weather center. what are firefighters looking at > >> the wind was -- this is a wind driven deal. the wins gusted to 70 miles an hour. these are down slope winds coming off that back side of the sierra nevada. dropping down six, seven thousand feet. they heat and warm and speed up. this morning they were at 10 miles an hour and then went to 49 and right now the ch

ktvu's david stevenson is here now with what voters didn't do. >> reporter: the election is over but numbers are coming in and it's raising questions how the how future candidates will run their campaigns. >> reporter: all the votes cast in san francisco are counted. today the man in charge said voters offered up twists. >> i was surprised by the attention. i thought the voters would follow suit and it didn't happen. >> reporter: voter turn out stands at 40%. and they had 42% after ballots were counted. there is typically a 50% ton out. 28% of voters were bullet voters. only picking a single candidate. >> we call our selve as involved town. the numbers don't hold up that thesis. >> he says the high turn outamong asian voters offers a lesson. >> with 40% turn out it means 60% of registered voters weren't motivated. if either the left or right in san francisco chooses to put together a permanent group of voters, they can shift the next election. >> reporter: the mare's political pick will have to run for office next november. >> he wants to make sure whoever he supports has a lot of su

ktvu's david stevenson is there and tells us what happened right after that sighting. david-- >> reporter: frank this competition kicked off with a bang with a shark sighting that prompted that world class surfer to head back to shore. >> the rip curl prosearch brought world class surfers to san francisco's ocean beach. one of those surfers said he got an ugly welcome to these waters this morning. >> he believed he saw a shark when he was getting off of a wave. >> reporter: dusty payne told officials he spotted a shark in the water. that prompted him to come out of the water during a competition. >> we've seen dolphins in the water and you can mistake them for sharks. >> reporter: but the surfer it was not a dolphin. >> that's something we wouldn't wish on anybody. but it's mother nature out there. >> reporter: the national park service this morning scrambled a zodiac boat and ski patrol after payne's report. they assured competitors that the action on the water was safe to continue. >> sharks are definitely in the area, however we've never had a shark attack out here

david stevenson to tell you how the stores are bringing in the shoppers before the meal has gone cold. >> this year more retailers are saying shoppers don't have to wait overnight in the cold to spend their cash. these san francisco shoppers cranked up a portable generator and huddled under a tent outside this best buy store. they hope to catch the games while waiting to buy a bigger tv at midnight. >> the deal for the tv is $200 for 42-inches. >> reporter: a line of 200 people camped out waiting for the black friday sale. >> there'll be food at home waiting for me, so i wouldn't really miss it much. >> reporter: the retail federation reports 200 million americans will shop black friday weekend up from 198 million last year. this year, more of the nation's retailers are giving consumers a head start opting to open thanksgiving morning or before midnight to lure in a growing number of shoppers hungry for bargains instead of turkey. flashy thanksgiving day sales are a tradition. >> we have people who are coming before or after their dinner. we get people who don't observe thanksgiving.

we begin with ktvu's david stevenson. he's live at ed lee's election coverage. >> reporter: i'm actually standing outside the restaurant in a moment. more on that in a moment. about a half hour ago, mayor ed lee essentially declared victory on this with more results to be coming in. but essentially he said that the city wants more of what his administration has had to officer. here is a look at more video we shot from inside. you can see supporters, ed lee family's joining him on stage as people celebrated the early results coming in as you mentioned. the mayor's appearance came after those early results indicated he had obtained about 30% of the mail in ballots. but again not quite enough to avoid triggering the other process that's going to take place in this with ranked choice voting. joining us right now out in the parking lot at the victory party is mayor ed lee. we want to thank you for making time for us. you ended upcoming out here because there was quite a bit of crowds with reporters a lot of questions pressing

david stevenson will tell us what these part time protesters are doing to help out the cause. >>> tomorrow is what is being called bank transfer day. urging people to take their money out of big banks, allie rasmuss is here and tell us who can benefit from this. >> reporter: other credit unions have taken ads like these urging people to drop their banks and switch to credit unions. today we caught up to a group of people heeding that call. a group of 40 parents marched to the wells fargo branch. >> i've been a customer for 17 year, i'm going to go withdraw my money. >> reporter: along the rout, drivers honked in support and even employees from other banks applauded. >> my children, they know how to share. and we need the big banks and the 1% to share too. >> reporter: minie ho was one of many customer showing support by taking their money. >> i think if there's people taking their money and putting their money in alternative areas, the bank will have to become good citizens. >> reporter: but wells fargo says they are good citizens. they say last year they donated to nonprofits. but the peo

our live team coverage starts with david stevenson from the city where the mayor is being careful about imminent police officer action. >> reporter: we're live at the scene here in downtown san francisco at herman plaza where people are gathering to celebrate the two month anniversary of the occupy movement. everyone as the city government says they are ready to evict this camp. san francisco this afternoon served a final notice that the encampment in front of the federal reserve must pack up its tents or face consequences. >> they are now not in compliance. we have to get ourselves ready. >> ready for what is unclear. major ed lee today declined to say when the tents lining the park might be removed by police. with an estimate 199 tents, public health officials say the camp on the plaza is a health hazard. the mayor says it's not enough. >> the meetings we've had have been very instrucktive because it indicates to us too that their leadership is not as solidifies as we expected them to be now. >> reporter: the mayor is frustrated that previous agreements to limit the number and locatio

we begin with ktvu's david stevenson. he's live at ed lee's election coverage. >> reporter: i'm actually standing outside the restaurant in a moment. more on that in a moment. about a half hour ago, mayor ed lee essentially declared victory on this with more results to be coming in. but essentially he said that the city wants more of what his administration has had to officer. here is a look at more video we shot from inside. you can see supporters, ed lee family's joining him on stage as people celebrated the early results coming in as you mentioned. the mayor's appearance came after those early results indicated he had obtained about 30% of the mail in ballots. but again not quite enough to avoid triggering the other process that's going to take place in this with ranked choice voting. joining us right now out in the parking lot at the victory party is mayor ed lee. we want to thank you for making time for us. you ended upcoming out here because there was quite a bit of crowds with reporters a lot of questions pressing

. >> and once again that was david stevenson reporting from san francisco. >>> one republican state lawmaker says he is determined to bring high speed rail to a halt. the senator is drafting the legislation to ask voters to reconsider the nine billion bond approved by voters back in 2008. the high speed rail authority released new cost estimates that doubled the price of the rail project to nearly 100 billion. that is more than twice the original estimate. >> it is not going to make money, it will require the dollars from the federal level and from california taxpayers. >>> he says he will introduce the bill when lawmakers return from recess in january. >>> we have been showing you a lot of live pictures here, and these are more from news chopper 2 of the protests going on at the port of oakland that is essentially shut down. the port is shut down tonight. there is another protest going down at ground zero of occupy oakland, that is frank ogawa plaza at 14th and broadway. and ktvu's john sazaki has been there. >> reporter: take a look at 14th and broadway, city hall, that is close if you inc

david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there are two other winners, george gascon elected district attorney. he beat out david onek. and voters chosen city supervisor, ross mirkarimi as san francisco's new sheriff. he won 53% of the vote. election coverage continues online. go to our website, www.ktvu.com, scroll to the election section. >>> breaking news in university of california at berkeley. a huge demonstration going on. there are hundreds of students at sproul plaza as part of a new occupy protest. ktvu's john sasaki is in the middle of it. john? >> reporter: we are standing outside sproul hall. this is the middle of a heck tick day here outside sproul hall. if you can look right here, you see there are a couple of tents set up here. these tents went up, you can see inside, people enjoying their time therein, this all went up here after an extremely big conflict between these students, a thousand people here protesting the 99% versus 1%, this is "occupy cal" as they call it. i want to tell you, at one point the police officers told the students they could not set up tents so

as ktvu david stevenson tells us, the plan is not being understood, it's also bringing a concern with san francisco. eastbound oak and westbound -- most are usually packed with cars sharing revenue in the high school. >> i mostly feel safe. but i definitely had the entire age of really respective interactions. >> bicycle traffic grown in this neighborhood by as much as 40% over the past few years. so much so that the san francisco municipal transportation authority can now consider traffic. >> it's not necessary, not everybody needs to go in a private car, often, all by themselves. >> the proposal is not going over well with some drivers. >> it's not sáeuzable. it's crazy. the san francisco needs to realize that real heel get out here. this - - the san francisco needs to realize the reel heel. it has been a testimony to the lit cal pour of testament that san francisco had added 15- thousand miles. >> i think it's a goal that we're seeing americans anation as pyre to. the leader of the day, authority rice rad bin. another avid months. >> we don't want to go on the board and say cyclin

as ktvu david stevenson tells us, the plan is not being understood, it's also bringing a concern with san francisco. eastbound oak and westbound -- most are usually packed with cars sharing revenue in the high school. >> i mostly feel safe. but i definitely had the entire age of really respective interactions. >> bicycle traffic grown in this neighborhood by as much as 40% over the past few years. so much so that the san francisco municipal transportation authority can now consider traffic. >> it's not necessary, not everybody needs to go in a private car, often, all by themselves. >> the proposal is not going over well with some drivers. >> it's not sáeuzable. it's crazy. the san francisco needs to realize that real heel get out here. this - - the san francisco needs to realize the reel heel. it has been a testimony to the lit cal pour of testament that san francisco had added 15- thousand miles. >> i think it's a goal that we're seeing americans anation as pyre to. the leader of the day, authority rice rad bin. another avid months. >> we don't want to go on the board and say cyclin

david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> ghosts and goblins will be prowling the neighbors tonight. this is the second year that san san francisco's castro district will not have a big street party. owners said they expect a normal night but police will be boosting parole to make sure. >> the police department will have a zero tolerance for alcohol, public intoxication and any violence. >> it will be another story over the hill. thousands of costumed children are expected to trick-or-treat at businesses. >>> just in time for halloween a man learned his haunted house can go on on a smaller scale. it's a story we brought you three weeks ago. he has run his haunted house for 5 years. he charges $3 to see it and the money goes to charity. but this year a neighbor complained and the city shut it down. >> planning on decorating. we will decorate my neighbor's yards. whatever we have left over we will decorate people's houses. >> he is working with the county to find a place to make it bigger and better. >>> a new home for the 49ers. the city is putting the finishing touches on the new hom

david stevenson. >>> tonight members of occupy san francisco held a training session for what to do if and when police raid that encampment. one man showed them how to lock arms together, another occupier said the goal was to respond nonviolently while maintaining their right to freedom of speech. >>> in a few light showers out there to the tune of .4 of an inch. very light shower, both radars working right now. no rain showing up but there is some light drizzle showing up in some of the north bay valleys. that's how it goes tonight. here's how it goes tomorrow. we're looking for, this is the computer model it takes us into tomorrow morning. your morning commute looks relatively dry. watch as we go through the morning hours. napa you have showers, santa rosa, you see how widely scattered that is. that's how tomorrow goes. 1:00, widely scattered shower, you go to the afternoon commute, low widely scattered showers. not a big rain event but keep the umbrellas handy. back here at 10:45, we'll look at your weekend. >>> tonight was the official lighting ceremony for giant led snow flakes on

david stevenson. >>> tonight members of occupy san francisco held a training session for what to do if and when police raid that encampment. one man showed them how to lock arms together, another occupier said the goal was to respond nonviolently while maintaining their right to freedom of speech. >>> in a few light showers out there to the tune of .4 of an inch. very light shower, both radars working right now. no rain showing up but there is some light drizzle showing up in some of the north bay valleys. that's how it goes tonight. here's how it goes tomorrow. we're looking for, this is the computer model it takes us into tomorrow morning. your morning commute looks relatively dry. watch as we go through the morning hours. napa you have showers, santa rosa, you see how widely scattered that is. that's how tomorrow goes. 1:00, widely scattered shower, you go to the afternoon commute, low widely scattered showers. not a big rain event but keep the umbrellas handy. back here at 10:45, we'll look at your weekend. >>> tonight was the official lighting ceremony for giant led snow flakes on

for now, reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu. >>> and across the bay at uc berkeley, police warned the student occupy protesters all day, saying they have to take down their tents or there will be consequences. but tonight that stand-off continues. more live on the cal campus to tell us what is happening, jeneean. >> reporter: frank, the university police officers are walking around here all day, you can see behind me there are two officers talking to student protesters. at any moment really, police could come in, take down the tents. here at the hall, you can see students don't seem to be bothered one bit and don't have any plans to move. they passed the day making music, studying and cleaning up at their camp. and every hour they hear the same message on the bull horn. >> i am ordering you to removal tents and other camping equipment. failure to do so you may be subject to citation or an arrest. >> reporter: not a single person moves. in fact they brought in 40- pound bags of dirt to make it more difficult for authorities to move the at at tents. >> people will sta

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dumps it off to stevenson. 58 yard touchdown. we're tied at seven. ducks strike back, 21 unanswered points. darren thomas find a wide open david paulson for 16 yards. up 14-7. 30 seconds left in the second. thomas throws his third touchdown of the game. this one to barner. oregon's offense was 394 yards in the first half. they'll host ucla in the championship game on friday. we may have basketball after all. they have reached a tentative agreement to end their lockout pending approval from both sides of the table. the two sides met for more than 15 hours yesterday and announced they have agreed on a deal but not saying much about the specifics. good news for the fans is that if both sides can get a majority vote in favor of the new deal, a 66 game season will begin on christmas. the nba players also need to drop their antitrust lawsuit before voting on the deal. there's still drug testing and other issues that need to be sorted out. training camps could get started on december 9th. >> most important key thing here is that, you know, our fans and the

he drops it off to stevenson. look at the empty space. 58-yard touchdown. game tied at 7. but the ducks strike back with 21 unanswered points. derron thomas finds a wide open david paulson. 16 yards, 14-7. 30 seconds left in the second. thomas throws his third touchdown of the game. this one to kenyon vanner. and oregon's offense racked up 394 yards in the first half. ducks win it, 49-21. they will host ucla in the inaugural pac-12 championship game friday. >> let's move over to the ice. sharks and canucks, two teams with history. vancouver knocked man hose out of the playoffs last year and they do not like each other. winchester and volpatti dropped the gloves in the first. i got the jersey over volpatti's head. first period sharks down one. and great behind the pass. and murphy slides it in. first as a shark. 1-1. in the second. >> canucks regain the lead on a power play. handzus with the shot. and niemi, no. 2-1, canucks. 50 seconds later andrew alberts snaps it in from the point, takes a bounce. gets it past niemi. and albert's first goal in the last 50 games. canucks

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