Heres the late breaking decision. Reporter in a 61 vote the Oakland Unified SchoolDistrict Voted to pass 9 million in budget cuts that parents, students, and teachers said were excessive. The fight over a proposed 9 million budget cut at the Oakland Unified School district began. This is not acceptable. This is a manufactured crisis. All the way into the school board meeting. Once inside the crowd booed their disapproval as the superintendant tried to explain the cuts saying it was a matter of solvency. So i want to go over just the central and school level cuts. Were working to cut contracts. [ indiscernible ] [ booing ] they said Unfilled Positions will remain that way. And more than 5 million will be cut from the Central Office downtown meaning nearly four would have to come from school sites. The president of the Oakland Athletic association said some cuts are necessary but 9 million are excessive. They do have to cut, thats a legal requirement. And they probably have to add more for special ed funds and transportation because we know those go overbudget. Thats were talking about 5 million or 6 million in all, not nine. It wasnt just the adults shouting and waving signs but students pleading their case. You are taking away our education just by taking away money. Teachers are not going to be our teachers anymore. Youre not going to have anymore enrichment class. Parents, teachers, and students say that many schools are already at their breaking point. Many schools Budget Supplies for pencils, for books, for toilet paper is at 0 right now. Tonight police are searching for a burglary suspect believed to be hiding out somewhere in south san jose. Chopper five captured the scene as Police Closed off a number of blocks west of the los lagos golf course. An officer saw a man who was wanted for burglary when he approached him and tried to talk to him the suspect ran off. He followed the guy over and saw him enter into a house. As we were setting up on that house to make contact with the subject he fled and started jumping fences in the area. Our crew on the scene heard police choppers, loud speakers calling for a man named matt santos to come out. Police say he could be armed. Tonight republicans in the house and senate say they have a deal to overhaul the nations tax code. President trump is calling on congress to send him a bill before christmas. But democrats are trying to put a lump of coal in his stocking. Tonight the irs said taxpayers could see more money in their paychecks as early as february if Congress Passes the bill. Democrats are calling on republicans to delay their vote until next year but they appear poised to vote by the end of next week. We want to give you, the american people, a giant tax cut for christmas. And when i say giant i mean giant. The newest tax package slashes the Corporate Tax rate to 21 percent. It also lowers the top individual tax rate to 37 and allows deduction for state and local income or property taxes up to 10,000. It also allows mortgage interest deductions on loans up to 750,000 and repeals the obamaera penalties for those without health insurance. Its dishonest when they say theyre going to pay for itself. Theyre robbing the future. Theyre robbing the future, ripping off the middle class and why . To reward their friends, corporate america. John mccane is back in the hospital recovering from side effects of brain cancer treatment. If he misses the tax vote republicans cannot afford to lose a single defection. Since voters in alabama elected doug jones last night that shrinks gop control in the senate to a one seat margin. Tonight democrats are calling on republicans to delay their vote. Tonight we know how doug jones beat republican roy moore in alabamas senate race. The exit polling shows 96 of African American voters chose jones over the accused child molester. Jones also won two other key demographics, women and younger voters. They were also upscale urban republicans who did not want roy moore, the image he gave the state of alabama. Jones is the first democrat elected to the Alabama Senate in 25 years. In a statement tonight roy moore said abortion, sodomy, and materialism have taken the place of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And moore still refuses to concede the race. Tonight San Francisco city officials have announced plans to honor the late mayor ed lee. A viewing is scheduled for friday from 8 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. The mayors body will lie in repose in the retun da at city hall. Then on sunday a celebration of life at 3 00 p. M. Also at city hall. Meanwhile the acting mayor is getting down to business. I do feel strongly that im qualified and im prepared to do this job. Reporter the supervisor made her first appearance outside of city hall today as acting mayor to promote a Gun Buy Back Program this weekend by an antigang violence group. Sadly i grew up in a community where gun violence was a normal thing. It wasnt long before the acting mayor was sounding like a fulltime candidate for the job as well. Incredible responsibility and just definitely up for the task. I know this city, ive worked for this city for many years. Ive been on the board, ive worked in the community. A lot of this stuff is Second Nature to me. However there are those at city hall who say that her multiple roles as both acting mayor and president of the board of supervisors and a possible candidate for fulltime mayor may be one job too many. Were in the holidays, but obviously at some point the legislative and executive branch should have separate leadership. There are also those that feel if she serves as acting mayor for the next six months that will give her a leg up in the june election. They want a caretaker who wont run. It was only maybe a few hours before people start speculating about who will ultimately replace not just as acting or interim. The one question is when will the supervisors make the call. We need to move fairly quickly. With the big question being is she a candidate herself . I havent even thought about that. Again im here to do this job and do it well and that is at the forefront my thoughts. The acting mayor is just one of several politicians both in and outside of city hall considering a run this june. It should make for an interesting holiday for all of them. Because the deadline for filing is january 9th, the same day the board comes back to decide possibly her fate as acting mayor as well. Two labor groups in oakland have ratified their tentative contract agreements with the city, ibw, and cmea will both get a 4 raise retro active to july. Theyll also get a one percent raise or more in 2019 depending on the citys revenue. The deal still needs final approval from the city council. The city of oakland offered the same deal to other unions still negotiating with the city. A 100foot geyser was spotted tonight. Reporter you can still see damage from this evenings accident. Take a look this fire hydrant was knocked out by a driver and this tree behind it had to be completely cut down and removed by firefighters. It was originally standing over here where there now is an orange cone. Now a viewer sent us this video of water spouting more than four stories into the air to be seen from blocks and blocks away. A worker nearby said an elderly man had apparently fallen asleep at the wheel, veered into the opposite lane and knocked out the fire hydrant and unleashed a geyser of water. And subsequently partially closed the road. All of this happened just after 4 30 p. M. A witness says that this elderly man appeared to be okay and did not sustain any major injuries. The water was just raging and spouting for about 20 minutes before witnesses say firefighters were able to cap it. Now there were no other major injuries reported. Pretty senseless, brutal sucker punch inside this bay area 7 11. The only thing they wanted was a cup of coffee. Package thieves may have met their match. Tonight the unusual tactic in the bay area thats actually working. And these puppies found themselves in danger tonight. How bay area firefighters came to the rescue. Another 2am stroll, huh . Im worried. I have this medical bill. Dave, you have anthem and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help any question you. Is, is he okay . Real people . Living and breathing. Hopefully not breathing like that. For all the things that keep you up at night, Anthem Blue Cross has a solution. Watch as the suspect on the left. Slowly turns. Winding up behind the store clerk. The man then delivers a sucker a violent attack at a 7 11 in petaluma. The man delivers a sucker punch to the store clerk knocking him unconscious yesterday morning. But get this all the suspect stole was some coffee. The suspect didnt really make any statements about why he did it. And just simply to have a robbery all you have to do is deprive the victim of something. Whether its a cup of coffee or a 100 item from the store doesnt really matter. The victim laid on the floor until another employee came to work and found him. Tonight 37yearold dale ostra in, d is in custody. Police say hes a well known homeless man in the area. Tonight on another bay area porch pirate caught on camera. Take a look at this guy. Concord Police Posted this video on facebook. And you can see from this surveillance camera, actually its a woman who walks up to the front door, takes the package and then steals it and walks off. Tonight package thieves may have met their match in campbell. Heres the unusual tactic there thats actually working. Reporter in just one sentence. If you are thinking about taking this package please be aware that i am watching you. She penned a straightforward warning to thieves. I am watching you and so is the police department. She left the note on a package on her neighbors doorstep. I thought it was the sweetest thing. It was nice to know that my neighbor was looking out for me. And someone i had only met once. She didnt know her very well. She also had no idea. The neighbors getting tired of it. How often package thefts are happening in the area. Theyre taking packages at least 2 or 3 times a day. Thieves dont seem to care even when they know there are cameras. Watch as this man helps himself to not one but several packages outside this berkeley home. The owner uses the device to yell after the thief. What are doing . Thats ours. In Southern California this man tries to steal a couple of boxes but gets spooked and leaves behind the goods. Then im like i have to do something what am i going to do. Thats why she said she needed to deliver a message to thieves. Dear thief im watching you. To stay away from her neighborhood. You dont just get to come into everyones neighborhood and do what you want. Shes right Campbell Police are watching. For the second year in a row theyve been working with homeowners to put out bait packages. If stolen theyre able to track them and hopefully arrest the thieves. In the east bay robbers didnt just steal a package they carjacked the entire fed ex truck. The driver said it happened saturday on deacon and 65th street in oakland. Hours later police found the truck. The driver says the suspects were Wearing Masks and had guns. Oakland police are trying to track them down. A bay area couples stolen car, brand new car, finally turned up. They found this couples white honda with lyft sticker on the window and the car had 11,000 extra miles on it. Finding the person responsible might be such a problem. The car was so new when it was stolen it still had the paper plates. Lyft said we are unable to match this vehicle to any lyft accounts in the area. We have new numbers tonight from the big fire burning in ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The thomas fire has burned more than 238,000 acres. Its now 30 contained. 930 homes are destroyed. More than 8,000 firefighters are on the front lines tonight. Reporter tom wait shows us volunteers with the local Humane Society are working around the clock to care for animals that got lost after the flames broke out. These are the faces of the rescued. Its okay, buddy, its okay. Animals who have their own dramatic stories of survival as the devastating thomas fire tore through city after city. At the Humane Society of Ventura County the full staff worked here 24 7 for the past week to either go out in the field and rescue animals in danger or allow pet owners to drop off their horses, dogs, and cats at this safe space. We said no to nobody. We never turned anybody away and i think thats pretty impressive. As the fires raged and evacuation orders were given animals by the dozen were being rushed here. Also pouring in donations. Weve had a tremendous outpouring of support from the community in many forms. Volunteering and also supplies. In many cases owners of horses and other livestock had very little time to escape. We shot this video last week as a horse trailer left just as a wall of wind, flame, and ash was moving in. Some of the stories of rescue are heart breaking. This horse was found emaciated, likely abandoned before the fires but was picked up and saved. Thats okay. I know. Now under the care of the Humane Society. The staff here says each pet has a story and a family. And they know the importance of their job. To be able to reassure the families coming in. And you can see it in their eyes and they can see it in our eyes. All of our employees either at the front staff or the kennel staff were all animal lovers. That was tom wait reporting. Tonight firefighters rescued two people from a burning home in alameda county. Those firefighters responded to this home just before 5 00 this evening. In addition to the two adults they also rescued these two dogs as well as these five puppies from the second floor windows of the two story home. Everybody got out okay. The red cross is assisting. A couple of orphans have a new home tonight at the oakland zoo. This Mountain Lion cub was found in Orange County recently along with another cub that may be its brother. The zoo is testing them to see if they may be related. The upper 30s on our way to sub freezing temperatures inland. Weve been doing it a week and a half, well do it again tonight. Fog in the north bay, San Francisco milder, 52. Oakland 45, san he say 47. Chilly temperatures tonight at or below freezing. Napa and sonoma county. Redwood city 35. But the big story is the complete lack of rainfall. Nothing on the radar tonight. Nothing tomorrow, nothing in sight for the next several days. 02inch of rain this december making it likely well receive less than 1 inch of rain for the entire month. Thats only happened 18 times in 16 years of San Francisco history. Air quality taking a hit the past couple of days. It has been hazy sunshine. That continues tomorrow. Central bay, north bay unhealthy air quality once again tomorrow and likely on friday. Because our ridge of high pressure, well keep talking about it until the time that it moves and then well talk about that it moves. Its still deflecting all the storms to the north. They cant get here because of the blocking ridge. The offshore winds will continue bringing in dry air. Chilly tonight with patchy fog. Well stay mild with patchy sunshine. Any prospects for rainfall, nothing widespread were looking dry for each of the next seven days. San jose tomorrow once again ten degrees above average. 68 for you. Morgan hill around 70. San mateo 66. Hayward sunshine and 62. Discovery bay low 60s. 63 in daly city. 67 for sonoma, 70 in cloverdale. Need some rainfall . Not going to receive any for any of the next seven days. The end of next week into the weekend before christmas kind of throwing out some crazy scenarios out there. Maybe cold, maybe some rain. Wouldnt be surprised at all about a week and a half from now if we have Something Interesting to talk about. But thats a week and a half away and a lot can change. So are you saying theres a chance . Im saying theres a chance. Yes. Tonight sky drone5 shows us how this bay area field is transformed into a star wars tribute. Heres tonights guests on the late show with stephen colbert. This little kitty cat could use some holiday spirit hes just chilling by the tree in a ba humbug santa hat. Share your holiday photos and whoa the mercedesbenz winter event is back and you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the gla 250 for 349 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Tilled farm field in livermore. You can see. Sky drone5 there from the ground this looks like nothing more than a freshly tilled farm field in livermore. But from the air you can see its much more than that. Its a 600foot wide tribute to the new star wars movie. Its a symbol called the Alliance Starbird also known as the phoenix. The 11yearold steered the family tractor to color in the starbird shape. If any x wing starbird fighters are flying but theyre welcome to land here. The last jedi opens in theaters friday. Kind of like outfielders coming to San Francisco. Oh. Segway. Finally a trade for one of the local baseball teams after winter meetings. As red outfielder its all quiet on the western front for the giants at baseballs winter meetings, not so for the as who reportedly acquired outfielder Stephen Piscotti in a trade with the cardinals. He went to high school in pleasanton and later to stanford. He hit 22 home runs in 2016 but slowed that pace somewhat last season. The real winner stephens mom who was recently diagnosed with als and now gets to watch her son play in the bay area. Classy move by the cardinals. The warriors head coach had plenty to say about the Senate Election in alabama. After doug jones defeated em battled candidate roy moore kerr tweeted roll tide and roll eagle. A reference to the big football teams in alabama. Bowl season, im a big sec football. I dont care democrat, republican, independent, if we put a known pedophile in the senate what would that have said about us. To clarify roy moore is accused of sexual misconduct. The rockets looking for the 11th straight win. Enter the 1st quarter against the hornets ball on a race against the clock to the other end gets the three at the buzzer. Part of a 250 run for the rockets. They are red hot, they win 10896. The Tennessee Titans on kpix this sunday. Tennessee coming off a loss against the cardinals and their quarterback wasnt happy. Im just off, thats all. We just lost. He threw two interceptions, the offense scored only seven points. And tennessee is damaging their playoff chances. Not to make any nfl player upset but today mariota owned up to the outburst. I just want to say im sorry for the way i handled the press conference. I was rude and inappropriate and i want to say i apologize for it. I got an earful of it from my mom. Thats how i was raised and i appreciate you our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 430. Michelle griego and kenny choi ou need the late show with stephen