reporting live, joe vasquez, kpix5. >> the coroner identified a man found dead at the san leandro marina on friday. he is derek, a student at city college of san francisco. he was last seen november 7 as he headed out to catch the bus to school. his body was found in the water off the san leandro marina around 7:00. he had no history of disappearing. investigators are trying to figure out how he died. get oakland police say a 14- year-old boy used a pellet gun to steal $5 from an 11-year- old. the teen surrendered on saturday and charged with armed robbery. this happened on november 1 on 19th avenue in east oakland. the 11-year-old was walking to school that morning when the older boy demanded his cell phone. he ended up taking the money instead. >>> and dozens of people gathered in san francisco tonight to protest police brutality. protesters spent an hour and a half in front of san francisco police department's mission station. police had the riot gear ready, but it was peaceful. >>> and the people are up in arms over this video from friday afternoon. at the gardens public housing comp

in richmond, joe vasquez, kpix5. >> a short time later, there was another chase. the suv police were after overturned at 82nd just after 6:00. the driver got out and took off running. no word yet on whether he has been caught. >> a curfew proposed for oakland teenagers doesn't seem to be very popular. community members shouted down councilman as he made his proposal tonight. he calls for fines, community service, or jail time for kids or teens who are found outside between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. he says it's a way to prevent crime and violence. >> what about the 18 or 35? you are focusing on the wrong crime. first of all, you deal with that .z. >> oakland tried and failed to enact a curfew back in 2011. interim police chief is not for this one. his officers are needed elsewhere. >> has been on the job for six months now. what's the long-term plan? kristen ayers on who will decide on the city's next top cop. from. >> you have talked about what a chief needs to do. >> the meeting that joe is running at oakland city hall is not like anything he has seen. >> we had

joe vasquez. >> crime stoppers offering a cash reward. >>> an annual tradition of fun and creativity on the beach in san francisco. thousands of people are expected to come watch the leap sand castle contest. because it's on federal land it was postponed last month because of the government shut down. today elementary school students will make elaborate stand sculptures. it starts at 10:30 at the great highway and balboa street. >>> the veterans day parade starts at noon in san jose. this could be the last year for this event. organizers are losing grant money and private funding. there's a save the parade effort underway though. a half a million dollars is needed to keep event going for at least five more years. what do you think? got a parade, big sand castle contest. >> it's going to be a beautiful weekend, nice day for it. >> a lot of people have a three-day weekend. >> then things will change. >>> mostly sunny skies. lookind today. it's chilly to start out with or saturday morning. 44 degrees at concord, san francisco 50 and santa rosa at 35. this weekend, speaking of chilly, th

joe vasquez asked how do they treat the people who work for them. joe. >> reporter: casino management has been bragging about 2,000 new jobs that they created here. a lot of people out here in this area have had questions. what kind of jobs are these going to be? are they minimum wage or could you make a living? are there benefits? labor leaders are pleasantly surprised by the answer. >> will you make any money at the new casino? it's a gamble. >> here it is. come on you guys, right here. >> as for blackjack dealer, he feels like he won the jackpot. >> whoever wants to make a career here, it's possible. >> casino officials say dealers make an average of $40,000 a year, plus tips that can make up another 50 to 100% of their salary. >> i'm happy, you know, i'm stable. you checked me with my new car. the next month or two. >> according to two labor leaders i spoke to today, the man in charge has gone well past their expectation. specifically committing to having the casino staff with a mostly full-time work force, making wages that are well above the m

joe vasquez shows us moments before a life changing surgery, she cranked the music and threw herself a party in the operating room. >> just before her surgery tuesday morning, debra of san francisco turned the operating room into a club. she got the surgery team to turn on a beyonce song and they all danced. the video now has more than 2 million hits on youtube in less than 48 hours. even beyonce posted the video on her facebook page. days beforehand, debra had posted it online that she would be having the surgery here at ucf at precisely 7:30 and encouraged her friends and her family and the whole world to make their own video dancing with her. >> it's been an amazing love. >> those videos are online as well. >> i was nervous how the flash mob was going to go than how the surgery was going to go. >> debra told the right this minute show, she is feeling the love. >> my muscles are sore, so that will require some recuperation. i feel like i have gone 5,000 pushups. >> debra also happens to be a doctor. an obgyn. her colleagues tonight are marveling at their friend's inspirational move

. >> our joe vasquez is with the feds as they hit the streets tonight. joe. >> liz, we've been reporting extensively about how a shorthanded oakland police department has been accepting help from chp, alameda county sheriff's department. it turns out, there's a pretty strong federal presence here, as well. >> 50 yards on the other side of the streechlt >> 85th avenue at international, federal ajents throw the caps on a man who took off running. >> are you on probation or parole. >> as he ran, the cop saw him throw away this small stash of marijuana. as a probationer, he's supposed to cooperate with law enforcement, not run away. >> now, he's extreme violation. he's going to be arrested and spoend the night in jail. >> these officers are part of a multiagency task force helping police chase down the bad guys. >> going to ride with six vehicles all altogether. >> there is a strong flal presence here from u.s. marshalls, the fbi who work alongside other statd and local agencies. sdpr the police presence will make an impact at least for tonight say, hey, the

reporting live, joe vasquez kpix 5. >>> ols, four marines have died. this happened at the center of the base where marines fire artillery and drop bombs from aircraft during training exercises. tonight a san diego newspaper reports the marines were conducting routine maintenance doing a sweep for unexploded munitions when there was an explosion. >>> in a few hours we'll starlet taking your phone calls to help people in the philippines. this is why they need it. take a look at this. at least 2,275 people are dead, 600 thousand have lost their homes, and it may be six weeks before electricity is fully restored. in isolated communities, desperation has set in. people are looting rioting. relief trucks are getting through but not nearly fast enough. >> these trucks drooefing down the roads is welcome. those along the sides of the roads are shouting at the truck, and what's inside these is basically high energy biscuits, something crucial for the early days of such a natural disaster. >> groups across the bay area are mobilizing to help. the national lines

joe vasquez, kpix. >>> we were in the town of laitai. >> reporter: just as we finished this report haiyan unleashed its full fury ripping roofs off. waves crashed into the hotel. everyone rushed to the second floor. >> reporter: the rain didn't stop for hours. we had to change rooms again. for three hours we didn't know if we would survive. nothing prepared us for what the storm moved on. the devastation was complete. >> these images are from space. lay that image over the west coast and you have a storm from seattle to san diego. we will have a phone bank this thursday. go to our website kpix.com. >> reporter: we could also have a dry season. the city so far in downtown has seen low rainfall. the average is 17. we are 13 inches below normal for the calendar year. that is nothing compared to the north bay. we have a 19-inch deficit. look at that rainfall up to the north and the west. most of it will stay there. the rain is not headed here. watch out for slippery roads. it is likely where the showers will stay. who gets the rain and who does not coming up in a few minutes. >>> we often sho

joe vasquez with how more than 13,000 volunteers are coming together to help bat kid save the day. joe. i love this story. >> i do, too. little kids wishes beginning to come true. san francisco has transformed into gothem signal. now tomorrow, it will be up to the bat kid and thousands of volunteers as well as the make a wish foundation to rescue us all. >> this is going to be pretty epic tomorrow. it's bat kid eve. >> turning san francisco into gothem city for a 5-year-old bat kid, that's one challenge. the amount of interest the sheer number of people wanting to help make that happen is off the charts. >> my goal was to have 200 volunteers. i think we overshot that a little bit. >> how many do you have? >> over 13,000. >> little miles from northern california has already won a big battle against leukemia. he is now in remission. when he goes to u battle tomorrow as the bat kid, he will take on the penguin and the joker and he will have san francisco acrobat, eric johnston, by his side playing batman. johnston gave bat kid a lesson this evening. >> he went up there. >> he went all

joe vasquez tells us about the many, many teacher who is decided they wanted to start their holiday early. joe. >> ken, we're talking about the san francisco unified school district. take a look at the numbers. some 432 teachers either called in sick today or took a personal day. that's some 12% of the total number of teachers in the district and also 179 teacher's asd were absent. that's a total of 611 teachers and aids who missed school today forcing a huge call out to substitute teachers, but they weren't the only ones out of class. >> it doesn't bother me a whole lot. they have every right to be with their families just like the rest of us do. a lot of us are taking off the day before and two days before thanksgiving so we can get on the road early, be with our families, be safe while weir going to our holiday travels so it doesn't bother me that teachers are taking off. they have a right just like anybody else. >> so a lot of teachers look the day off. the ones who stayed, a lot showed movies, which begs the question why not take a week off like a lot of districts do. in fact a distr

joe vasquez tells us about the purple people. >> nestled in the rolling hills just east of the caldecott tunnel lies lafayette house, one of california's oldest intentional communities. that's another term for commune. lafayette moorehouse is situated here in a remote area of unincorporated lafayette. they just celebrated their 45th anniversary. many neighbors i talk to have no idea it's here. >> i'm surprised. >> look at the address? >> no. i'm speechless. >> but the old-timers are familiar. some refer to the group as the purple people because their homes and cars and even some of their clothes they wear are purple. >> i'm so used to it, it doesn't surprise me. like, oh, yeah, there's one of the purple people. >> experimental lifestyle. we do all kinds of different things. >> author steve and his wife joined lafayette moorehouse in the 70s and lived there for about two decades. he says they've explored group living and relationships, but what they're best known for is researching and teaching others about women's sexual pleasure. >> facilitating women to have long extended or gachls. >>

reporting live, joe vasquez, kpix 5. >> if they do decide to unionize, it's a process that could take month ifs not yets to complete. >>> sound of gunfire will shoon be heard in parts of saven hose. it's part pof a plan to trap and kill wild pigs. those pigs are roaming neighborhoods, tearing up lawns and the golf course. kiet do, walk us through what is sgoing to happen and when is all this going to start. >> first, you got to get a permit from the department of fish and wildlife. second, you actually have to catch and trap one of these pigs. it is not easy. once you have one of these pigs in your possession, you can put it down with a bullet starting right now. >> just to be clear, the two council members who pushed for the guns say this will not be a free for all or killing spree. >> it's not my intention to go out and commit a pig genocide. we're not talk about hunting season here. weir talking about licensed trappers, controlled environment, and protecting the property and the safety of our residence. >> tonight, the council vote today make an exception to its ban on firing guns

joe vasquez is somewhere out -- >> we're up here in the oakland hills. you can see how thick the fog is. be're finally coming in. you can see my image. little earlier tonight it got to the point where police officers had to come here, park their cars ip here and let people know slow down, visibility is very low up here in the hills, and, in fact, i'm told by paul that this is a common phenomenon following a rainstorm. the fog gets thick in the upper elevations here of the bay area. that's what we're experiencing tonight so take it easy on these roads. reporting live kpix 5. >>> earlier today traffic was a mess. the rain overwhelmed storm drans on 101 in san francisco create thog freeway water fall. in san jose we saw some people trying to dodge the town pours without umbrellas, and cars splashing through huge puddles. paul, give us the numbers. >> weir not going to be adding to those numbers tonight because the rain is now finished, but rain fall toe toles pretty imprez pressive. fart nart to the north weir looking at rain fall totals more than an inch d

. >> joe vasquez, kpix 5. >> the latest cbs news poll shows president obama's approval rating plunged to 37%. the lowest since he took office. >>> 5:09 now. the naacp is calling for more serious charges against four san jose state university students accused of hate crimes. those students are accused of harassing an african-american roommate at campus village. the allegations include caring the victim with a bicycle -- collaring the victim with a bicycle lock and taunting him with racial slurs. activists took part in a rally yesterday at the statue. they want the charges increased to felonies and they want suspects thrown out of the school. >> the suspensions of those students must be converted into expulsion. >> district attorney jeff rosen says the misdemeanor charges reflect the severity of the crimes not the degree of the racism by the students. sjsu president mo cay owe plea spoke yesterday -- cay yahoo spoke yesterday. >>> a judge stopped california's bullet train in its tracks. the judge ruled against high speed rail in two lawsuits. he blocked the sale of bonds needed to build