christin ayers with how it all ended. it started like this. >>> drivers and spectators met their match when dozens of cops boxed them in on a sideshow. christin ayers with how it end. >> reporter: it started like this, drives spinning their wheels recklessly doing donuts at the port of oakland as close to 200 onlookers stood by. watch this car veer dangerously close to the crowd hitting the curb and a bystander. the event had been advertised on social media but the organizers of last night's oakland sideshow couldn't have picked a worse night. protestors were rioting nearby. 200 highway patrol officers had been called in from sacramento to keep protestors from walking on to oakland's freeways. when this happened, those officers promptly switched gears and surrounded the sideshow. cruisers on one side, sideshow cars on the other. a burning car somewhere in between. some drivers peeled out and fled successfully. others ran into a wall of highway patrol cars. officers swooped in and arrested them. dozens of people removed fr

we'll try to get to christin ayers in just a few minutes. we're ready now so here's what christin ayers with more on what happened overnight in oakland. >>> reporter: the protestors were outnumbered from the start. 220 highway patrol troopers on motorcycles. >> go now. go now. stop. >> reporter: against just over 100 protestors. their ranks diminished by 140 arrests over the last few days. cruisers and motorcycles swarmed interstate on- and off- ramps protecting freeways and frustrating protestors' attempts to walk on them. protestors told us the burning and busted windows that have plagued oakland for the past two days would not be off limits. >> i'm not afraid. they already beat me up once. they can what they wanted. they can do it again. i'm still here fighting. we're going to fight for our justice because this isn't america and i'm not going to let nobody run over me just because of their badge. >> reporter: francisco martinez says he knows a thing or two about brutality. he is the oakland high schooler seen in surveillance video being b

but kpix 5's christin ayers shows us they can avoid the tax by stepping across city limits. >> reporter: the owners of the true value hardware on telegraph avenue missed the berkeley soda tax by inches. >> register right here. >> reporter: the employee says half of their store is in berkeley, but the half where sodas are sold is in oakland and that means no soda tax. >> i think so. >> reporter: because your register is in oakland. the tax passed with 75% of the vote. it adds a penny per ounce to the cost of a soda in berkeley, 12 cents more for a can of soda. 32 cents more for a big gulp and syrup sweetened coffee drinks will be tax today. >> a lot of people they don't like it, say it's too much taxes. >> reporter: employees at oakland's white horse liquor store just half a block from the berkeley border have been hearing complaints about the tax all day. their hope that berkeley's more expensive soda drives customers

christin ayers has been checking on his condition. christin? >> reporter: yeah, that car jumped suddenly in front of the motorcycle officer. that is what caused the crash tonight. the officer is here hospitalized with serious injuries. a highway patrol officer hurt at the height of rush hour in a crash along 680. more than two hours this evening, 680 north was shut down. traffic backed up for miles. authorities say before 5:30, a van trying to avoid hitting a honda civic pulled into the car pool lane at 65 miles an hour right into the path of the officer on a motorcycle. >> that put the van in conflict with the motorcycle. the chp motorist was unable to stop or swerve. he went to ground. >> reporter: there is good news, the officer's injuries are not life threatening. the driver was not cited. authorities are still trying to figure out whose fault this was. reporting live, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> tonight, people up near the oregon border are waiting for the ground to move again. a swarm of earthquakes has hit the area for months so we asked

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christin ayers went to find out how it works, how much it costs. christin? >> reporter: we found out that futuristic tram that will take people from coliseum station to the oakland airport is going to be quicker and more convenient than the bus. it is also going to cost you double. two weeks before it carries its first passengers, the airport connector is still running practice laps to the airport. and riders are still stuck catching the bus to the airport. at $3, it's a bargain compared to what the fee to ride the train will be. >> $6 is still fine with me. >> reporter: that is $6 on top of what you pay to ride bart to coliseum station in the first place. >> it is kind of a lot of money. >> not worth it. >> too expensive. >> reporter: not if you consider the alternative. a shuttle for $26. a taxi for $40. uber can cost close to $50. bobby who was on her way to tucson loves that the new connector will cut the time it takes to get to the airport from 20 minutes to nine. but she can't help but feel she is being nickeled and dimed. >> it is costing us like, you

christin ayers says he is one of several kids shot in the area the last few days. >> reporter: about half a dozen teenagers shot here in richmond and in north richmond in the past week. and ... >> shoulder to cry on. >> reporter: they came from all over the east bay. many of them students, rivals on the basketball court. united for one night against violence. >> who are we here for? >> rodney. >> reporter: rodney frazier, a popular point guard for richmond high. just 16 years old when he was murdered in front of his home. gunmen fired on him 20 times in a tragic case of mistaken identity. >> they stopped him that night and asked him was he with a gang or whatever. and they shot him. >> reporter: his mother is still grief stricken, touched by this show of support. hundreds of candles lit. >> the short life of rodney frazier made a difference ♪ thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ♪ >> i still don't believe it. until i see my son laying in that casket, i won't believe it. >> reporter: rodney was one of six teenagers shot in the last seven days. >> the past week has been a d

christin ayers went to see what it was all about. >> reporter: they call her the egg whisperer. >> i have patients who have coined that phrase for me. >> reporter: dr. saymy is so passionate about per fertility, she is taking it out of the clinic and into the cocktail lounge. >> it's all about knowledge. >> reporter: tonight in a restaurant in walnut creek talking about an egg freezing party. what it takes to put your fertility on ice. >> you can eat and drink and be merry and talk about your future dreams and what you want and how we can make that happen. >> reporter: dr. amy calls it a modern day tupperware parties. there is a lecture about egg freezing. >> egg freezing party is not about scaring women into thinking they are infertile. >> reporter: the seminar hit a nerve for these women at a time when apple and other tech giants have offered to freeze their eggs and received backlash for it. dr. amy herself is facing her own critics saying she is giving women false hope in a process that doesn't always work. >> i don't hear anyone upset that we freeze sperm. we have been doing it

christin ayers reports it all began as a nonviolent way to take a stand. [ screaming ] >>> reporter: the marching continues mostly peacefully although there were some vandalism a plate glass window shattered at a bank, spray- painters scrawled messages on buildings and a few tried it turn our camera away as we recorded. >> do not touch me! >> reporter: but the protestors said this was not about violence or vandalism. this was about justice. >> the total injustice of this country is -- is terrible. there is no justice at the moment in the united states. >> i think everybody needs to come down to 14th and broadway and stay, just stand with michael brown against that killer pig who just got off tonight. >> it's important to be out here tonight because this is not just about michael brown. it's about everybody who lost a life to police violence. so we're going to keep fighting until we see change. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> there were protests in cities across the country including new york. hundreds of people gathered at manhattan union square and marched peacefully to time

christin ayers, kpix5. >>> a cyber stalker terrorized this bay area woman for tech years. tonight, he is finally behind bars. she tells us what it took to put this guy away and why police wouldn't help her. >> and we take you inside the dressing room of the future right here in the bay area. see how it could revolutionize the fashion industry. >> and a lady bug invasion. thousands of lady bugs in the bay area right now. why are they here? well, we find out tonight. ,, ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models, including the new tempur-choice, with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows, and free same-day d

kpix 5's christin ayers reports, the boy was walking with his family at bodega head when he went off the highest cliff in the area. >> reporter: paramedics climb a 225-foot bodega bay cliff. a rescued 4-year-old boy in the basket conscious and crying after taking what could have been a deadly fall. the boy missed the water and landed on the beach. he was stranded for about an hour before a firefighter spotted him. the boy's family was on a hike and he was throwing rocks near a trail when his mother said he disappeared and she realized he had fallen off the fluff. authorities say the child had major injuries and was being transported to a santa rosa hospital. christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> 15 hikers are home safe after a night lost in the mountains in los angeles county. the church group couldn't find its way back after hiking in a canyon on sunday with just one bar of cell reception one hiker was able to send a help text to a family member. that message launched a massive search but thick fog made it difficult for crews. finally, helicopters found them and airlifted them off the mountai

. >>> people in berkeley voted overwhelmingly to tax sugary drinks but christin ayers shows us if you want to avoid the tax, relief could be a block away. >> reporter: the owners of the true value hardware on telegraph avenue missed the berkeley soda tax by inches. employee tom says half of their store is in berkeley but of half what sodas are sold is in oakland so no soda tax. >> i think so. >> reporter: because your register is in oakland. >> right. >> reporter: the tax passed with 57% of the votes. it adds one-cent per ounce to the cost of a soda in berkeley, that's 12 cents more for a can of soda. 32 cents more for a big gulp. and syrup sweetened coffee drinks will be taxed too. >> a lot of people don't like it. they say it's too much taxes. >> reporter: employees at oakland's wize horse liquor store -- white horse liquor store half a block from the berkeley border are hearing complaints about the tax automatic day. their hope that berkeley's more expensive soda drives customers to buy soda in oakland. >> more business for you. >> yes. maybe. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >

christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> san jose has another hotly contested mayoral race. so far, voter turnout has been low. but for those who did make it to the polls early choosing a new mayor was prime draw. santa clara county supervisor dave cortese faces city councilman sam liccardo. recent polls showed cortese with the lead but many voters were still undecided. >> i'm thrilled that we are at the end of this campaign. i think we have done a great job getting out and talking to voters and i'm confident we are going to prevail in a close race. >> what i'm concerned about is the fact that we have lost 400 police officers over the last five years just in the time since i left city hall that we have a crime rate now that is higher than the state national average. >> liccardo supports cutting costs by reducing pensions for city workers. cortese says it's to blame for a mass exodus of cops from the police department. >>> polls across the country start to close, all eyes are on a handful of critical senate races that could flip the balance of power in washington. our ken bas

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kpix 5's christin ayers broke the crude-by-rail story this information. >>> reporter: it's happening at least a few times a week, 100- car trains rolling through richmond carrying dangerous cargo, highly flammable fracked crude oil that our cameras caught being transferred on to trucks at richmond's kinder- morgan facility. the oil is called bakken crude and last year, it leveled a town in quebec when a train carrying it derailed. in a letter to the bay area air quality management district, richmond city attorney says, if a derailment happened in this city, the potential blast zone would impact 27 schools and most of the neighborhoods in richmond. the letter also said the city of richmond had no idea the trains were even running until an investigative report by kpix 5 televised the report showing the operation in action. and it urges the district to stop the trains cold. >> the letter asks that they revoke the permit if possible and go to a complete environmental quality act review. >> reporter: but when we spoke to the bay area air quality management district months ago, they seemed

christin ayers, kpix 5. >> you can log on to kpix.com for the latest on the protests both in oakland and ferguson and elsewhere. >>> and switching gears now let's take a look at the weather. you know, thanksgiving is tomorrow. and so many people want to know what the weather is going to be. >> i think the most important days today is it's a getaway day weather-wise and also tomorrow for thanksgiving and we have a big shift in gears coming up. >> coming home day is going to be tough. >> very dicey. so it's going to be heads up and give yourself some extra time. out the door, a chill in the air. numbers are in the 40s and 50s. the only thing that's been notable is a little bit of patchy fog inland. more like the tule fog. otherwise, it is a second straight day of a "spare the air" day, the third one of the winter season. a little bit of pollution in the atmosphere as it gets close to the surface. it's trapped at the surface so pollution in the atmosphere. today's numbers going up in comparison to yesterday. in fact, today will be the warmest day of the workweek. in the 60s and in the 7

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> police are after three men who kidnapped and robbed a couple at a popular lookout point in the berkeley hills along grizzly peak boulevard above the cal campus at 2 a.m. yesterday morning. the victims told police they were in a car when three men came up and demanded money. two had guns, the other a baseball bat. the couple didn't have any cash so one gunman got into the couple's car, forced them to drive to an atm and once they were at the atm and handed over money, the suspects took off in a red four-door square-style car. >>> happening today, the official kickoff to the biggest public holiday display in the bay area in downtown san jose. at 6:00 tonight, the official tree lighting will take place at plaza de cesar chavez. the extravaganza will include a special cirque du soleil performance. this is the 35th year that christmas in the park will be held in downtown san jose. it attracts about 400,000 people a year. >>> you can also have a festive time in downtown san francisco tonight. it is the 25th annual great tree lighting ceremony at union s

our christin ayers went to check it out in a kpix 5 exclusive. >> reporter: it's one of winningest lottery stores in the bay area dolci espresso in san jose reported 212 winning tickets worth $600 or more in the past decade. the luckiest winner, owner claimed 87 of them. at the jelly donut in daly city, owner frank nguyen claimed 15 winning scratchers worth $1,000 each in just the past two years. and angela couch and her frequent customer jose ruiz combined a whopping 402 wins at her store mjb video in l.a. notice a theme? data obtained from the california lottery shows many of the most frequent winners in california are retailers. >> i definitely see some of them defy the odds. >> reporter: skip garibaldi is a math professor at ucla. he crunched the numbers and estimates if these store owners are really buying their own tickets, they are spending a fortune. like frank at the jelly donut. >> so 642-day span of collecting prizes, i think he was spending about $1,300 a day. >> reporter: that's $840,000 total to win $32,000. numbers like that he says are improbable. >> you can get lucky once

christin ayers went to see what it was all about. >> reporter: they call her the egg whisperer. >> i have patients who have coined that phrase for me. >> reporter: dr. amy is so passionate about fertility education, she is taking it out of the clinic into the cocktail lounge. >> i say it's all about empowerment and knowledge. >> reporter: at a restaurant in downtown walnut creek, hosting what she calls an egg freezing party. talking about what it takes to put your fertility on ice. >> you can eat and drink and be merry and talk about your future dreams and what you want and how we can make that happen. >> reporter: dr. amy calls it a modern day tupperware party, wine, cocktails, appetizers and lecture about egg freezing. >> egg freezing party is not about scaring women into thinking they are infertile. >> reporter: the seminar hit a nerve for these women at a time when tech giants apple and facebook have offered to pay for employees to freeze their eggs and faced public backlash over it. >> i think it's great now that they have this egg freezing coverage. >> reporter: dr. amy herself

christin ayers was with the protestors as cops finally cuffed them. christin. >> reporter: the bart station was shut down for a full two hours before police actually arrested them. the pictures were dramatic. we saw 25 people who showed up to the west oakland bart station chanting. they changed themselves to each other and to trains headed in both directions bringing transbay service to a standstill. one protestor chained his neck to a pole with a bike lock. the protestors were arrested after a couple of hours. 14 were taken to a holding cell at lake merritt station. it was there that the protestors told us why they did this. >> we shut down commerce on black friday to say that black lives matter. >> the country runs on money. if you shut down business, you have to listen to us. >> reporter: after the arrest transbay service picked back up west oakland bart remained shut down for some time afterwards and the delays continued this afternoon. the protestors were taken to santa rita jail and are expected to face charges. online supporters are already rai

life in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> on to tamer vehicular news. you can park for free in oakland every saturday between now and new year's day. the offer is good at street meters, four city-own parking lots, and four city-owned garages. parking will also be free for black friday tomorrow. city leaders trying to get people to shop at local outlets instead of the chain stores. >> san francisco's central subway could be up for an expansion before they even finish the first phase of construction. there's a new study that says extending the line to fisherman's wharf would draw tens of thousands of riders qualifying it for federal funding but don't get too excited. there's no funding for an extension and right now it's not even in the planning stages. >>> they are some of the biggest and baddest toys you will find on display tonight and definitely some of the most expensive. don ford takes us to the international auto show in san francisco. >> reporter: at the 57th annual auto show mobile hot spots common, bluetooth is everywhere. advanced mobile entert

christin ayers found out the same kind of spying is happening right here in the bay area. >>> reporter: you think you are private when you're talking on your cell phone. well, think again. from an undercover car or even strapped to a detective's chest walking down the street, police are using a device called a stingray to gather the serial numbers of surrounding phones. >> any communication that you initiate a voice call or an sms or internet communication, i can monitor that using this device. >> reporter: security expert andrew becherer showed us similar commercial devices available to consumers. they work like a mini cell phone tower hijacking hundreds of phones in the radius. >> if i have this device running and you come in close proximity to me, i can fool your device into believing that i am your wireless carrier and your phone will connect to my device. >> reporter: the devices are legal but andrew says criminals could potentially exploited them. >> so i'm talking on the phone, you have used one of these devices to act as a cell tower. my phone is now connecting to one of these

back to you guys. >> stay with it christin ayers. thank you for that. >>> we have updated numbers from oakland. rebecca caplin tied with joe tuman. juliette goodrich is live at rebecca kaplan's headquarters. >> reporter: we didn't know where we would be in terms of the front runner. early polls were saying that rebecca kaplan had a slight lead. she is in third place now with early returns and a lot of people say it is not over until it is over. what we are dealing with here in the city of oakland is ranked choice voting. that means voters voted for their first, second, and third candidates. so no one is declaring an unofficial mayor tonight. it may not happen until wednesday or thursday at best. so right now, a lot of optimism here at headquarters. >> phil, break down this oakland race for us. we have 15 candidates. ranked choice voting. it is complicated. >> reporter: it is. sand we have seen a shift in the turnout. jerry brown's endorsement of libby schaaf really took her from the middle of the pack and put her up in the lead. rebe

as kpix 5's christin ayers reports, those drivers picked the wrong night for their dangerous stunt. >> reporter: it started like this, drivers spinning their wheels recklessly, doing donuts at the port of oakland as close to 200 onlookers stood by. watch as this car veers dangerously close to the crowd appearing to hit a curb and clip a bystander. the event had been advertised on social media. a short distance away, protestors were rioting over the ferguson grand jury verdict. 200 highway patrol officers had been called in from sacramento to keep protestors from walking on to oakland's freeways. when this happened, those officers promptly switched gears and surrounded the sideshow. cruisers on one side sideshow cars on the other. a burning car somewhere in between. some drivers peeled out and fled successfully. others ran into a wall of highway patrol cars. officers swooped in and arrested them. dozens of people removed from their cars forced to their knees, searched and cuffed. in a statement, chp said sideshows are reckless, dangerous and unlawful. on this night, officers had the ma

christin ayers found out the same kind of spying is happening here right on the ground in the bay area. >>> reporter: you think you are private when you're talking on your cell phone. well, think again. from an undercover car or even strapped to a detective's chest walking down the street, police are using a device called a stingray to gather the serial numbers of surrounding phones. >> any communication that you initiate a voice call or an sms or internet communication, i can monitor that using this device. >> reporter: security expert andrew beckerer showed us similar commercial devices available to consumers. they work like a mini cell phone tower hijacking hundreds of phones in the radius. >> if i have this device running and you come in close proximity to me, i can fool your device into believing that i am your wireless carrier and your phone will connect to my device. >> reporter: the devices are legal but andrew says criminals could potentially exploited them. >> so i'm talking on the phone, you have used one of these devices to act as a cell tower. my phone is now connecting to

christin ayers reports. >> reporter: they call her the egg whisperer. >> i have patients who have coined that phrase for me. >> reporter: dr. amy is so passionate about fertility education, that she is taking it out of the clinic and into the cocktail lounge. >> it's about empowerment and knowledge. >> reporter: she is hosting an egg freezing party talking about what it takes to put your fertility on hold. >> you can eat and drink and be merry and talk about your future dreams and what you want and how we can make that happen. >> reporter: dr. amy calls it a modern-day tupperware party, the wine, cocktails, appetizers and a lecture about egg freezing. >> egg freezing party is not about scaring women into thinking they are infertile. >> reporter: the seminar hit a nerve for these women at a time when tech giants apple and facebook have offered to pay for employees to freeze their eggs and faced public backlash over it. >> i think it's great they have this egg freezing coverage. >> reporter: dr. amy is facing her own critics who says she is giving women false hope in a process that doesn't

as long as something doesn't increase emissions, we give them the permit. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> and because of our story environmental groups filed a lawsuit in september to get the crude permit revoked. the lawsuit was thrown out because it was filed too late. >>> time now is 5:46. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> it's been a really easy commute so far. there's almost nothing in the chp reports as far as major accidents incidents and all the overnight roadwork is officially clear. so we'll show you what's going on. you are seeing areas of congestion. bay bridge toll plaza, they have switched on the metering lights at 5:41, just about 6 minutes ago they activated those lights already stacked up to the overcrossings a good 15 minutes to get on the bridge. we are seeing a little slowing on the incline as you can see from our sensors. but all the approaches still look okay maybe some slight slowing approaching powell coming into emeryville on the eastshore freeway by 580, 24, 880, everything else still looks great. live look at westbound 580 probably the other s

as long as somebody doesn't increase their emissions, we give them a permit. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> because of our story, environmental groups filed a lawsuit in september to get the crude permit revoked. the lawsuit was thrown out because it was filed too late. >>> the man accused of running down an east bay teenager will be arraigned on murder charges this afternoon. alameda county authorities took him into custody last week and have now built a case against 34-year-old sonny anderson. 14-year-old ivan cruz was struck and killed in a crosswalk near san leandro last tuesday night. anderson's long and very violent criminal record includes an attack on animals at a petting zoo when he was 18. cruz was riding a scooter in a crosswalk on 14th street when he was struck. moments earlier the drivers tried to stop the car. >>> the berkeley city council will discuss the merits tonight of warning labels about global warming. stickers like this on gas pumps would be the first of their kind in the country. they cite the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on public health and the e

christin ayers found out the same kind of spying is happening right here on the ground in the bay area. >>> reporter: you think you are private when you're talking on your cell phone. well, think again. from an undercover car or even strapped to a detective's chest walking down the street, police are using a device called a stingray to gather the serial numbers of surrounding phones. >> any communication that you initiate a voice call or an sms or internet communication, i can monitor that using this device. >> reporter: security expert andrew beckerer showed us similar commercial devices available to consumers. they work like a mini cell phone tower hijacking hundreds of phones in the radius. >> if i have this device running and you come in close proximity to me, i can fool your device into believing that i am your wireless carrier and your phone will connect to my device. >> reporter: the devices are legal but andrew says criminals could potentially exploited them. >> so i'm talking on the phone, you have used one of these devices to act as a cell tower. my phone is now connecting to

christin ayers reports. >> reporter: paramedics climb a 225-foot bodega bay cliff. a rescued 4-year-old boy in the basket conscious and crying after taking what could have been a deadly fall. the boy missed the water and landed on the beach. he was stranded for about an hour before a firefighter spotted him. the boy's family was on a hike and he was throwing rocks near a trail when his mother said he disappeared and she realized he had fallen off the cliff. authorities say the child had major injuries and was being transported to a santa rosa hospital. christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the. >> thousands of kaiser permanente nurses set to go strike in a half-hour. ryan takeo reports. >> reporter: this is affecting kaiser hospitals in the bay area, also across the state. nurses say the hospital system is not ready to deal with ebola. that's one of the big reasons why they are striking. now, on the other side, kaiser says that's a scare tactic and a pr ploy. >> frankly irresponsible from our perspective. we think it's very unfortunate that this union has decided to move in th

christin ayers, kpix 5. >> suspected criminals are getting help to make bail now. there is an online crowdsourcing effort to get donations for bail money for them. one person even tweeted they would like to get them home for the holidays. >>> 5:36. and meanwhile in ferguson, missouri, crowds of protestors braved the snow and carried signs and flags through the streets. >> "hands up, don't shoot!" >> they created travel problems but the protests were much less destructive than the previous three nights when the grand jury didn't indict darren wilson for michael brown's death. >> it should be peaceful but at the same time that rioting and looting is necessary. it's brought awareness of our situation. >> the national guard helped the ferguson police department control the crowds. many protestors say they will be in ferguson as long as it takes to "get justice." for continuing coverage of the protests go to kpix.com. >>> police are looking for two men suspected in the shooting death of a hiker at a park in alameda county. the victim from oakland was a freelance writer

. >>> christin ayers saw it all, she's noticed something different about these protesters, christin? >> reporter: still milling around, they've crossed from oakland in to emoryville, and that's one of the things we've seen, the tactics are similar but we've seen the businesses targeted from oakland as opposed to the middle of downtown oakland and protesters targeting big corporations rather than small businesses, some protesters saying that was intentional. for the second night in a row, a peaceful protest evolved in to this. [ shouting ] >> reporter: the doors of a walgreens kicked in, fireworks set off. as protesters scrambled on to a freeway. as chaotic as it was, protesters told me there was a plan tonight. >> everyone's organized, together, following rules. >> the protests look the same, you see the same vandals. >> reporter: graffiti on some businesses, protesters tell me they have a different strategy this time around, they're not targeting small businesses. our cameras captured several protesters tagging, but small businesses went virtually unharmed. and we quickly found out

maybe. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> berkeley voters approved the soda tax on their ballot. a similar proposal in san francisco failed. >>> we'll be right back. ,, silent night not so silent? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. where you'll find our lowest price ever on the c4 queen mattress plus 36-month financing. know better sleep with sleep number. ais. >>> high clouds overhead and patchy fog along the coastline. welcome back to "kpix 5 this morning." looking toward the golden gate bridge right now, the sea breeze is back. more coming up. >>> consumers continue to have a tough time distinguishing among financial professionals. but it may not be entirely their fault. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger says the financial services industry makes it tough for us but she is going to cut through it to help us select the right pro. you say there are two basic types of financial pros. what are they? >> reporter: the most common is someone who is held to a low standard. that's called suitabil

christin ayers was on the ground, there, but they were getting hostile so she moved to police headquarters. >> reporter: the protesters were outnumbered from the start. 420 highway patrol troopers on motorcycles. against just over 100 protesters. their ranks diminished by 140 arrests over the last two days. motorcycles protected freeways and frustrated the protesters attempts to walk on them. the protesters said the burning would not be off limits. >> i'm not afraid. they already beat me up once. "..." those who didn't land in ja >> reporter: some point in the 9:00, 10:00 hour, the from protesters start getting frustrated and taking it out on buildings and cars. at telegraph, they started jumping up and down on parked cars. i talked to one lady who parked her car there. she saw the crowd coming so she took cover inside the fox theater. when she came out, she saw her windows busted out. serena will tell her story. >> it is crazy. >> you had a question about the police? >> they just stood here and watched them do it. they were walking with them. they let them break all the windows and kept w

christin ayers, kpix 5. >> earlier this year state lawmakers proposed some legislation that would have regulated the porn industry but the bill never made it out of committee. >>> there's votes left to be counted but san jose city councilman sam liccardo has declared victory as mayor. his opponent is still not backing down. kpix 5's veronica de la cruz joins us live in the newsroom. now, veronica, a lot is hinging on this race. >> reporter: that's right, liz. the registrar of voters office is expected to come out with updated numbers any minute now. at last check liccardo leads dave cortese by 2%. that's roughly 2500 votes. and there are thousands of ballots still left to be counted. depending on who is elect san jose could be facing a major problem in the police department. last month the police officers association predicted as many as 200 officers would quit if liccardo was elected. today dave cortese met with officers and his message, hold on. >> whether i'm county supervisor or mayor i'm going to be standing with you and with this coalition to get equity so you don't lose any more

. >>> meanwhile in oakland tonight, christin ayers says police are getting ready for a grand jury decision on whether or not to charge a white police officer with the death of an unarmed black teenager in ferguson, missouri. >> reporter: you have to look closely inside dion's store to see the marks of protest past. >> this is something left over from the trayvon martin case here. >> reporter: splintered glass on her window. >> purple spray paint everywhere. >> reporter: the work of violent protesters who set fires in this street when george zimmerman was exonerates. now she wonders if the same thing will happen in the michael brown case. >> as a business owner, we are nervous because we don't know what to expect. >> reporter: mayor jean quan told people toexpect the worst. save recordings of criminal activity. keep the cash drawer empty. this building and three others across oakland will function as healing centers. places where people can come to vent their frustrations rather than taking them out on the city. the city is determined to be ready this time. during the trayvon martin protest

christin ayers found out the same kind of spying is happening right here on the ground in the bay area. >> reporter: that is right, we found out this is happening in oakland, san francisco, and san jose. police are using a cell phone surveillance device so top secret law enforcement agencies done even like to admit they have it. you think you are private when you are talking on your cell phone. well, think again. from an undercover car or even strapped to a detective's chest walking down the street, police are using a device called a sting ray to gather the serial numbers of surrounding phones. >> any communication you initiate, a voice call, or anything communication, i can monitor that using this device. >> reporter: security expert andrew beckerrer showed us similar devices available to consumers. they work just like a mini cell phone tower hijacking potentially hundreds of phones within their radius. >> if i have this device running and you come in close proximity to me, i can fool your device into believing that i am your carrier and your phone will connect to my device. >> report

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> well, believe it or not, that wasn't the only side show in oakland last night. take a look. someone posted this video on youtube of a side show on the 880 underpass in east oakland. as you can see, it is much smaller. we checked with oakland police tonight. they didn't know anything about it. they told us they were busy with the protests and the other side show. >>> police in berkeley are after three guys who kidnapped and robbed a couple in the berkeley hillsful it happened near grizzly peak boulevard at 2:00 a.m. they were sitting in a car when three men came up and demanded money. two of the suspects had guns. the couple had no cash, so one gunman forced them to drive to an atm. when they handed over the money, the suspects took off. >>> it was not a good thanksgiving for the 49ers. they were plucked by the seahawks 19-3. the holiday didn't keep the faithful from coming to the game. prices started at $273. some got into the spirit. others had their dinner in the parking lot. >> we actually cooked the turkey in the parking lot with a whole bunch of

. >> but as christin ayers shows us, it was a feline made famous by the internet for its frown that stole the show. >> reporter: they started lining up early at macy's in union scaringly love her so much. watching and waiting for hours to see the original grumpy face. >> grumpy cat herself! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: she sat on a red cushion surrounded by lights and cameras, faced her fans, and promptly fell asleep while her owner looked on. >> what is it about grumpy cat that everyone loves? >> obviously, her cute face. i'm not sure if you got a good shot of that. >> reporter: oh, we did. so did the hundreds of others of people in line to get her autograph. one frowny face after another. just one catch. >> we can't pet her. we can take pictures of her. that is good enough for me. >> reporter: the point of this, to promote her less famous feline friends. these kittens on display and up for adoption in the macy's holiday window. >> we are so thankful for grumpy cat to kick off this event for us. grumpy cat is here to promote her own movie but she is not really impressed. >> repor

. >> christin ayers tells us how the boy survived it. >> reporter: that was a 20 something story potentially fatal fall, but that little boy got lucky. he hit the beach instead of the water. paramedics climb a 225-foot bodega bay cliff. a rescued 4-year-old boy is in the basket conscious and crying after taking what could have been a deadly fall. miraculously the boy missed the water and landed on the beach. he was stranded for about an hour before a firefighter spotted him this evening. the boy's family was on a hike and he was throwing rocks near a trail when his mother said he disappeared and she realized he had fallen off the bluff. authorities say the child had major injuries and was being transported to a santa rosa hospital. it's unclear exactly what those injuries were. this is the second fall since saturday in this area. a 23-year-old woman also fell from a cliff here. her injuries were moderate. >>> 18,000 nurses at kaiser will walk off the job at 7:00 tomorrow morning. it's a two-day strike at kaiser hospitals and clinics in northern california to demand better protection against