In oakland. Only at 5 00, joe vazquez has the victims story and her ordeal and how bart police responded. I felt a hand come up and try to grab my phone. I clung on to it. Reporter elaine was texting on the bart train. It stopped thursday evening around 6 30, a robber took her phone. She tried to wrestle for it back. He looked at me and said let it be. I said no, give me back my phone. Reporter then he physically attacked her and another man who tried to help. He just punched me on the right side of my head. I get a little emotional. On the right side of my head right here. He ran, and it was my instinct to come after him. I just ran after him and started screaming, yelling, stop him finally one individual did try to stop him. The guy started swinging at him, so he kind of blocked and stopped. I wanted to say thank you to that individual. If you see this, i just wanted to say thank you because out of all those people, no one stopped to help, except for him. Reporter elaine says she continued to chase the suspect down the stairs, but then twisted her knee and fell to the ground. Just then she says an officer arrived and tended to her, but did not chase after the suspect. He said are you okay . I said yes, i just saw him run by. I said okay, let me get down your information. No sense of urgency, no chase, nothing. I talked to bart police chief carlos rojas by phone tonight. His first responding officer did not realize a robbery had taken place. The chief said he thought the man jumping the turnstile running away was a fare evader. Once he realized it was a robbery, the officers immediately sent out a message on the police radio with the description of a suspect and searched the area, but the robber got away. The chief issued this statement tonight, we are taking this situation very seriously. We are going to do our best to identify this individual and take him into custody. He will be facing robbery and assault charges. Joe vazquez kpix 5. A live look now at the bay bridge where there was heavy Police Activity a bit earlier this evening especially on the lower deck. San Francisco Police say around 9 00 p. M. At least two people ran onto the upper deck from Treasure Island apparently during a domestic dispute. Then one person walked downstairs on to the lower deck. There was a Big Police Response leading to lane closures on both levels, we also spotted a red sedan with rearend damage. Police made at least two arrests and they also say there were reports of a weapon. All lanes of the bridge are now open. In a separate story if your morning community normally includes driving over the bay commute normally includes driving over the bay bridge, here is a look at the toll plaza tonight. Four booths are still closed following what you probably heard of, yesterdays terrible crash that killed a toll taker, 46yearold si si han of Castro Valley died early yesterday morning when an outofcontrol truck slammed into toll booth 14 where she was working. The driver daniel berk of foster city was arrested on suspicion of dui and vehicular manslaughter. He is hospitalized with serious injuries. Caltrans is still making repairs. Were not sure when the work will be finished. Commuters are advised to take bart if you can. New details tonight, authorities have identified a man killed in an Early Morning crash in the east bay. 23yearold morton was behind the wheel of this white dodge charger. He crashed into a poll around 3 00 a. M. On 880 near san leandro. When crews got there, the car burst into flames. Speed may have been a factor. Tonight San Francisco crews are trying to figure out how this white pickup truck ended up submerged in the bay. It was down to about 20 feet off Treasure Island this afternoon. Rescue divers searched the truck. Luckily no one was found inside. A possible strike by city workers is looming in oakland. But today a city councilman told kpix 5 he thinks clocks will continue beyond the union dead talks will continue beyond the union deadline. Friday, i believe that will be delayed. The last thing oakland needs is a strike. I need help on the strong level. So i think we may have reached a further negotiation effort. Late last week two unions said in a notice that a strike would begin this tuesday involving some 2,000 city employees. A walk out could cripple a range of departments and Services Including public libraries. A key Sticking Point involves money. For cost of living increases in this case, the union says the amount the city is offering is inadequate in the current bay area economy. Two men accused of the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire are expected to be in Court Tomorrow in oakland. The preliminary hearing comes just two days after the First Anniversary of the inferno that killed 36 people. Master tenant Derick Almena and max harris are charged with involuntary manslaughter. They face 36 counts each, one for each death. During the week long hearing, a judge will hear evidence on whether almena and harris should stand trial. Investigators and people who survived the fire are expected to testify. Tonight President Trump says the fbi is in tatters. Today the president lashed out on twitter responding to reports that an fbi agent was removed from the Team Investigating russian involvement in the election. Reporter Laura Podesta has that story. Reporter President Trump is slamming the federal bureau of investigations. On twitter sunday he wrote the agency is the worst in history and retweeted the fbi director, needs to clean house. The president was responding to reports that a veteran fbi Counter Intelligence agent was removed from the Team InvestigatingRussian Election meddling. That agent was discovered sending antitrump text messages. I would just say this to the president. There is an ongoing criminal investigation. Comey may be a part of it. You tweet and comment regarding ongoing criminal investigations at your own peril, i would be careful. Reporter the warning from the republican comes as the ranking democrat on the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Says her investigation into President Trump and possible russian collusion is also progressing. The Judiciary Committee has an investigation going as well. It involves obstruction of justice. I think what we are beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. Reporter senator Diane Feinstein says evidence for that case is coming partly from the continual tweets from the white house. Laura podesta, cbs news new york. Of course, that is dianne feinstein. An overwhelming number of republicans say roy moore has done nothing wrong. A new cbs news poll found 71 of gop voters in that strongly conservative state say the Sexual Assault allegations against the Republican Senate candidate are false. Among that group 92 think the democrats are behind the allegations. A number of women have come forward to accuse moore of inappropriately pursuing them when they were teenagers. Right now moore leads Democrat Doug Jones by six points among the likely voters. In the end the winner could depend on turnouts. The poll found the contest is dead even among all voters. Former 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick was honored tonight for launching the National Anthem protest movement in the nfl. The aclu presented him with the eason monroe courageous advocate award. His recognition was a surprise to event guests who gave him a standing ovation. Kaepernick wasnt announced on the guest list, but aroused the crowd with a brief speech. We must confront systemic oppression as a doctor would with a disease. You identify it, you call it out, you treat it, and you defeat it. Last year kaepernick began kneeling during the National Anthem. His actions united a debate among athletes and drew criticism from President Trump. In march kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers. Since then no team will hire him. Last month he filed a grievance with the nfl saying team owners colluded against him. The aclu cited this as a reason to honor kaepernick saying he lost his job for taking a stand. Well in other news, the stars were out in Mountain View tonight to celebrate all things scientific. Kpix 5 betty yu was at nasa aims Research Center where innovators of screen stage and sport came together to honor intellectual breakthroughs. Reporter it is a star studded night here on the red carpet at the breakthrough prize ceremony at the nasa Research Center. There are no other awards that give out this much money to recipients in science. Tonight the best in hollywood, tech, and science are all here in Silicon Valley to celebrate. I know youve been to the oscars, but tonight it is being called the oscars of science. How is that different for you . I just think its so special to be here. In hollywood we celebrate ourselves a lot in hollywood, so it is nice to actually be a part of an evening where we are shifting the spotlight and focus on to people who are doing important work. Reporter tonight alist actresses like Kerry Washington join the tech elites to honor the worlds top scientists. On this night 22 million will be handed out across 14 prizes for achievements in fields including life sciences, math, and physics. The youngest winner is from the philippines and receiving 400,000, which includes a college scholarship. This is really huge for me. Since being in this platform, it is going to attract a lot more people into science. Reporter the breakthrough prize started six years ago with russian billionaire and entrepreneur yuri milner, Mark Zuckerberg and more. Its people dreaming. Things we cannot imagine. How big is the universe . Reporter on the red carpet we found sports stars like former nfl player and mathematician john urshel. Theres a lot of common between the worlds. Reporter miss u. S. A. 2018 is a scientist. Hollywood is always going to be there as well, but now we are teaching children you can change the world through science. Rapper wiz khalifa helped close out the show with his record breaking hit see you again. At the Research Center, betty yu, kpix 5. A major merger in the works that could change health care as we know it. A drugstore chain wants to get into the insurance business. Dozens of Senior Citizens being forced from their homes. Why their landlord is telling them to move out. The tool of suspected shoplifters. Why they lined this shopping bag with foil. Well tell you why there is a strange sight in the skies above the bay area tonight even as we look towards the golden gate bridge. You have the forecast for a stunning week ahead coming up. We want to see your hollywood lights displays. Share your photos and videos with us. We will air some of them during our newscast. Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars to those in need. Business. Cvs anno tonight the nations largest pharmacy chain is getting into the pharmacy business. In a 69 billion deal that could help the drugstore giant become a onestop shop for health care, but the merger is not a done deal. In the coming months tonight, they said flu season is off to a fast start and it could be a bad one. Four states are already reporting widespread activity last year at this time. Making matters worse, the current vaccine has not been working that well against this years dominant strain. It was just 10 effective in australia. Dozens of seniors in san jose just learned they have a few weeks to find a new home. The gardens had lost their lease. Kiet do spoke to residents who are now scrambling. For years they have been a peaceful oasis. Surely israel, 97 years old is one of them. Youre saying its the pits . Yes. Reporter the building belongs to the group based in san mateo. Westlakes did not renew the lease. Future plans are unclear. Westlakes did not respond to our request for comments, but the acre parcel is in a blooming area being just five minutes away from the new google campus thatll be home to up to 20,000 new employees. It says it helps to be mad. Its upsetting, disappointing. She has support. Many people here dont have family. Reporter the seniors learned they had to get out earlier this week given six weeks notice. According to california law, each facility must submit a closure plan to the state for approval. They released a statement saying, they are disappointed westlake decided not to renew their longterm lease. We are committed to supporting our employees and residents through this transition process. Are you mad at westlakes . No. Reporter Living Centers are 95 occupied costing on average 4,500 a month in the bay area. Arthur mccaffrey is set to go. You seem at peace with all of this i am, yeah. Im accepting. Reporter in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. A pair of shoplifters thought they almost outsmarted security. Concord police say the suspects stole merchandise from several stores. At least one of the bags was lined with foil to get past the Stores Security sensors, but it didnt work. They are now facing shoplifting and conspiracy charges. Well brian might have blown the forecast just a bit. Did you know that . Okay, just kidding. This is outside the stadium for the San Jose Earthquakes winter fest. 20 tons of snow were brought in. There were also arts and crafts and a toy drive. Of course you never build the forecast. That is a lot in weather. The moon is a star tonight. That is because it is a supermoon. Its also full. And that means its diameter appears 14 larger than it does when it is farthest from the earth, so it will be a Star Attraction all night long in the skies above the bay area. Go out and have a look. Youll be able to too with clear skies from santa rosa down to san jose. Winds will be picking up a little bit tomorrow as High Pressure builds in. Highs in the upper 50s to the 60s. The numbers will plunge tonight down to 45 degrees. Concord down to 42. In oakland its 49 degrees right now. Santa rosa will be freezing before the night is over. The winds will be picking up. As they dig into the inner mountain region, we have the potential for 50 miles an hour gusts in the east bay hills and 30 miles an hour at the coast. In an offshore flow, they are bringing the cool air from the interior out towards the shoreline. Because of the moon being so close, sevenfoot morning times means we have a coastal Flood Warning posted through Tuesday Morning with coastline flooding and roadways and underpasses in the usual places susceptible to really high, high tides. Thatll be through tuesday. Here is how it looks, the forecast looks. We have sunshine on the way with temperatures warming up just a little bit into the low 60s inland. This is whats happening. High pressure beginning to build in. That low pressure is being kicked to the east and the struggle between the two means breezy conditions through tuesday, wednesday. Here is what were expecting. Gusty winds, sunny, cool, dry all the way into next weekend with no rain in sight. Travel Weather Forecast headed out of the bay area looks sunny and windy in the Central Valley as well. Numbers in the 50s except, of course, in the mountains. Overnight lows freezing in santa rosa, 37 at livermore. Forecast highs are very close to average for this time of the year. December, they get cool. So it shall be in the south bay, but sunny. Numbers near 60 degrees. In the east bay sunshine as well, which holds true for the north bay tomorrow where numbers will be in the low 60s. Youll be looking for sunny side up from here to eternity or it might feel that way because now and sunday there is not a drop in sight, but plenty of sun. Juliette . All right, well a community torn apart by wildfire come together for a feast. What the reunion meant to the diners. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up next on game day, the 49ers have their quarterback of the future and a win to go with it. It is one of the more fun games ive been a part of. How about this, your first place oakland raiders. All of our goals are right in front of us. How did tiger woods finish up his first tournament after a long absence . Im excited the way the week has gone on. Game day is coming up right after this newscast. Crews have now cleared more than 12hundred properties. Removing more than 300thousand tons of debris. Toni crews have cleared more than 1,200 properties removing more than 300,000 tons of debris. Tonight neighbors from one of the more devastated areas are reunited. The Community Shared a holiday meal. Reporter its the sound of resilience, the sound of community. For a neighborhood hit particularly hard by the devastating fires. And because we are truly blessed. It is nice to see each other, know were as lucky as you are, but they still have friends and they have people that are willing to help them. Reporter more than 300 people came to the winery tonight where they got a hot meal and great conversations, the events were free, all the food was donated including more than 100 turkeys and all the fixings. This is the reason to bring people back together. A lot of folks will see each other for the first time. Tonights dinner will have another purpose. Organizers put together these maps, so residents could mark where their homes are and then give updated Contact Information in case of another disaster. It was important to just sign up for that and get my numbers up there. In case there is another emergency like fire or whatever, that we were clustered. Reporter she knows the importance of neighbors helping neighbors, since thats how they knew to evacuate. We were mostly contacting each other because we got up in the middle of the night or something. We saw the smoke. We called everyone. Reporter she says tonights events would show the strengths of those community bonds. We are all helping each other with whatever housing, clothes, things for the kids. It is just really neat kids. It is a neat place. In sonoma county, katie nielsen, kpix 5. Check out this donation. This is what they got for their ongoing bike drive. More than 200 new bicyclists courtesy of turning wheels for kids. Firefighters are still busy collecting bikes. So if you would like to help, you can drop off a new or used bicycle, southern moran or mill valley fire station. Well as demolitions go, it was a bit of a dud. This was the implosion at the detroit silver dome. It wasnt really designed to bring down the aging structure. The explosives were just breaking the beams. The rest of the work will be fazed in over the next year. Its been sitting isled for more than a decade, but the bay area football fans, where they beat the bengals in super bowl 16. Well lots of reindeers, but the roar of harley engines, how santas helpers made some wishes come true. As well as pg e. Pg e will make the scene safe. If you are in your home or your first step is to get out, travel to a safe distance until you cant smell the gas anymore and then call 911. The First Responders will come out and theyll make it safe for you and your community. For an early delivery. Motorcycle rumbling well santa ditched his sleigh and hopped on the harley today. Of course, he did. He rumbled into the bay area for an early delivery. It has happened 34 years in a row, in fact. Santa ana friends from around the Motorcycle Club rolled in today with toy donations in tow. This is important to give to the kids. You give to the kids every year, it makes you feel good. It sure does. The tradition gives presents to more than 500 families each year. You need a few hundred reindeers to do the work of this new england ski lift. Dozens ditched their sleds. As they hit the slopes on the sunday river resort in maine. More than 160 costumes have participated in the 18th annual santa sunday. The event raising about 1,200 for local charities. Its got to be good. Yes. Well be right back