People from encampments into permanent housing. Ive been really upset because when i first got here it was deplorable conditions. In the stair center . Yes. It seems to be a glorified homeless encampment. There was so much drugs being used and the doors were slamming every two minutes you cant sleep because they are up all night in and out of the buildings. James says he moved into the stair center in september. During his two months there he says the building has gone a full week without hot water. Had things that didnt work, flooded bathrooms, broken washers and dryers and fire extinguishers that were more than six months overdue for inspection. Doesnt feel safe . No. Is it clean in there . No. That is why it was so deplorable. Bathrooms were disgusting. James said the only suannapeblo t en rmthe firsg t was in usincoonnci when he went to move in, he found out he was going to have a roommate. Someone he had never met. You cant hold it against me. It was rented to me as a single room. The next place he looked at was in oakland. This time he knew it would be a shared room. Most solutions backed offers were. Omthn. Rought off guard t a price reduction, now we are paying 2100 for a small master bedroom. Three people. And i dont even know who they are. In our previous reporting, we found backs regularly places bedrooms with people they have ltmu never met. Often tenants cant access the kitchen to cook. We found one woman was placed in this garage that had a berkeley to respond to the multitude of complaints that we acd ofulin from backs clients, s ac d racy a is about backtervie an be found we are not the only people elevating these concerns to ci tyalofcis. Fiti berkeley activist marsha poole has been corresponding with james since she met him living in a tent on the street five years ago. She says when he checked into the stair center, she visited him multiple times. The place was dirty. The place was just 30. Talking to other residents, she said she soon heard even worse complaints. That there wasnt enough food. Meals on wheels in the morning, but by the time ne got to it it was gone. Anyo pretty much. So they were hungry, there. She worries it is also a potentially dangerous place. Hear all these people sleeping together in a big vast room. This was a man who was afraid that he was going to go to sleep and not wake up. Reporter Jamie Almanza is backs executive director. After denying our request for an interviewtwo months, she finally agreed to sit down with us. We pointed out that Police Records show 79 calls in a year and a half that the stair center has been opened. One was for an assault on james. He says he slept on the street that night, out of fear for his life. Clients tell us they dont feel safe there. A lot of those calls were for assaults between clients who were staying there. Is this a safe place . Is lily. Stthporter jamie saheys and bynumbers. An 82 success rate offinding permanent housing for homeless clients at the stair center. How many of that 82 over the past year and a half are still out . I can most certainly get you data if youre interested on your to date or program to date for the stair center. I do not have that on my person. Do you have the statistics of how many people it stuck for . I would refuse you to the county statistics . The county refers us to backs, saying we are not able to segment by jurisdiction or provider in any way that provides an accurate picture. But you as the executive director do not know what the longterm success rate looks like of how many people stay . In this email to investors that we obtained written shortly after our first report, she encouraged investors to be selective in their viewing of kpix, saying we put Vulnerable People on camera without considering their mental state. James says it is just the opposite. He says backs trieto exploit him in his interview with us. The day of our scheduled interview, james started getting calls and visits from people within backs. And so this morning, mike ordinary comes to me and goes, we need to talk. He says lets go to breakfast. And he is concerned about what i might say in this interview. They wanted someone to sit here with me during the interview that was working for backs. And without you knowin and i felt like you found out that mother goes my credibility. James a setbacks chief critical Strategy OfficerBenjamin Blake asked if he could sit in on james interview with kpix without telling kpix who he was. James a setbacks wanted to ensure that he talked positively about the program to us. In a text message, then says, i ppuld like to be with you to be acceptablesu to you. After the interview, then checks in again, no interview . Jamies response, no, i was interviewed, it went well. Been. Did you talk positively about backs . Can i ask about james wood been and why will i Benjamin Blake asked if he could sit on james woods interview with us . , so Benjamin Blake is a staff at backs, and we offer support to every client in every scenario possible. I actually think its a wonderful thing that a senior level staff what offer support to any individual. James says he feels stuck. He says hes coming forward with the story because he believed backs hasnt helped him find adequate housing and he is losing hope that they ever will. Im comfortable with doing this because ive already accepted the fact that i will probably down the street. And if this doesnt change, theyre not going to be able to get me a place. Reporter backs asked us to clarify that 82 success rate. That means 82 of their clients from the stair center were placed into permanent housing. But not that they were able to stay there. Backs says that is a different measurement of returns to homelessness. And they say only 16 of their clients return to homelessness. We asked for the study that backs up that data, and they didnt provide it. There is some good news. James says that there are improvements made to the stair center after he complained to the city. Susie simo, kpix 5. Portions of our extended interview dealing with the stair center and client housing are available on our website, keep sending us your stories and your ideas to project home at cbs. Com. Serious talk about the first brandnew cal state campus in two decades. Why one e. Bay city may have an advantage. And instagram themis retailer accused of failing to ship orders. Howard is paying up as part of a bay area lawsuit. Coming up on you at six. The expert advice on not getting sick. How to stay healthy during the holiday stress. Struck the promise relief for chronic pain, then comes the pitch. Im not a stupid person. Tonight at seven, patients shelling out thousands for unapproved stem cell treatments. Youre out for your money and that is all that theyre interested in. I got nothing out of it. We confront one of the doctors. Can you tell us why . Watch the 7 pmnews tonight on kpix. Expect more. Prosecutors in california say there was no criminal wrongdoing connected to the dozens of persons at santa anita park. A special task force looked into 30 horse deaths at santa anita but did not find evidence of animal cruelty. Prosecutors made a series of recommendations aimed at improving safety and racetracks. The california horse racing board is also planning to issue a report in january. The cdc is out with a warning. Some puppies bought at pet stores may be linked to an outbreak of drugresistant infections in humans. The agency reported 30 infections across 13 states from early january to november 10. That does not include california. At least four people have been hospitalized but no one has died. The company says it has taken steps to prevent human and puppy illnesses. And the city council will try tonight to extend its ban on unposted shortterm rentals. Council members approved a 45 day ordinance last month. Following a halloween night shooting in an air b b rental in the city that left five people dead. Inattention on lucille was rented to throw a party where more than 100 people showed up. That ordinance will expire january 3. City leaders want to make sure it gets extended before the holidays hit. Concorde is one of five locations being considered for the first new fullservice Cal State School in nearly 2 decades. Other possible locations stockton, a pair of Southern California cities, and a fifth e location to inclbe determined. The state just signed off on a 4 million study to choose the best location based on demand. Projections and cost efficiency. Now, that works in conference favor. It is already home to a csu east bay satellite campus that could be expanded. Today Alameda CountyDistrict Attorney announced a Consumer Protection settlement with this company, fashion know the ink. The civil action accuses the company of violating Consumer Rights failing to ship orders within the legally mandated timeframe. The judgment requires fashion know but to pay imapto consumers, and an additional 1 1 2 Million Dollars in penalties. Fashion of assent is a statement and i saying in part, we appreciate the collaborative spirit in which we came to this agreement with the District Attorneys, and as the da has noted, these allegations date back to more than 18 months ago and were immediately addressed. Shanta showed up early in oakland this year. Not in a sleigh, but on a police motorcycle. He and his helpers cruised through the city distributing toys to kids as part of opds 0 13th annual donated toys. With less than two weeks to go until the end of the year, some bay area food banks are struggling to reach their donation goals. We spoke with the director of the San FranciscoMarin Food Bank about this merchants need. This year it seems like everyone is waiting and that makes us nervous because we have so much riding on these last couple of weeks. So we want to remind people, it is important. People were literally eat or not eat. Monetary donations can help to pay to truck and food donations from all across the country. You too can get online, go to sfm food bank. Org. You can also watch the entire interview on our new streaming service, cbsn bay area. It is also available on kpix. Com. Willing to help us through our food for bay area families drive. Kpix 5 anchor Michelle Griego recently visited the sf Marin Food Bank and spoke with one company not just donating money. But also time. Reporter it is busy here at the San FranciscoMarin Food Bank. That is because they are gearing up for the holidays. Over the Holiday Season the food bank distributes 8 Million Pounds of food. They can do that without ocportant partners like kresac t tk,ng tis,higenerous d we are so proud to be here representing blackrock. In addition to this donation we also volunteer our time. Over the past four years, our employees have volunteered over 3000 hours in the food bank. That is amazing, and ellie were holding a very big check right now, 155,000. Yeah, we live and work in this community and we are so grateful to the sf Marin Food Bank for everything that they do to help those in need. Barbara abbott on this type side of the check, a very big one, you are with the food bank, what does a donation like this mean . With this money we will be able to provide 300,000 meals to the community. This is a very Important Partnership and it has been going on for a while. Yes we are so grateful for your support. Thank you so much and thank you for your donation. If you would like to give it is very easy, just go to kpix5. Com give. Coming up, music with a message. Alameda county students fight back against bullying. The inspiration thi heirnd n a family in atlanta got a prechristmas surprise. They found a lie that will make it yourself at home in their christmas tree. It fit right in with their theme, too. The family says their tree has about a dozen owl ornaments. The bird was discovered after the familys 10yearold daughter got startled when one ornament turned its head. They are not sure exactly how it got there or how long it was in the tree. It makes a tracy top ornament. But with the help of an all expert they caught it and set it free. The owl is much happier, too. Darren beck joins us to look at the forecast. We just cant keep up with all these storms we have been having. You are saying one right after another is what we should expect after the weekend. Smuggling right into christmas, too. Having said that, none of them look like really that big of a deal. It is just a chance for rain that states the forecast. They are not major storms but it is like oh yeah. We might get rained on for the weekend. In fact we will. And then we might get rained on going into Christmas Eve and christmas day. Again, none of it looks bad but it is still some rain. To look at how things panned out today. We didnt get rid of the crowds but we pretty much turned the rain on. You wouldnt know it from the way things look today, but we are in between storms. Today, tomorrow, we are getting rained on but tomorrow is going to be another cloudy day. Take a look at the daytime highs, some of these are nicely above average. 630 for san jose, seve degrees ral above mark. And for San Francisco 59 is where we should be. So, plenty of clouds for us today and over the next few days that doesnt change. Storm for saturday is out here and pulling all that moisture in. We will show you that in one second. First lets see how tomorrow is going to feel. We know it is going to be cloudy for friday but you wont be getting rained on and will be in the mid 60s in the south bay. 64 for santa clara and san jose. Those are our worm spots. Campbell is coming in at 64. Lets get over towards the inland east bay here is a look at contra costa county. Pleasant hill youre going 60, 63 in san ramon, 64 in livermore. Numbers dip into the upper 50s as we get into the north bay. 58 for san rafael, 64 cloverdale and 60 in windsor. That covers friday. Saturday is when the rain is night from that same k storm we were just looking at. So, lets just jump right ahead to saturday afternoon, 4 00. There is our wall of rain. Lets bring it on shore. This is mainly going to be saturday night into sunday morning. At least for the first really good line of organized rain thats going to sweep across the bay area. I stopped it there at 3 am and you could see that was good rain. Once he got to the late morning, in this latest forecast run. The best of the rain has moved to our east. Too early to plan on it happening exactly that way. We may still have to deal with rain. Onagain offagain showers on sunday. You should kind of plan for that at this point. You could also be hopeful that the latest forecast models are changing their mind and saying no, it looks like by the time we get into sunday afternoon, that really good wave of rain w ll be done and it withllin beo but i have seen this change too much in the last 24 hours to write that down just yet. As far as rainfall totals there you go. Close to an inch across much of the bay area for that saturday night going into sunday. As far as the weekend travel is concerned, it is going to snow in the sierra from this. But it will be on sunday mainly when that happens and it is not going to be a lot. But it is enough that it will make the drive a bit difficult when you get up towards the passes. There is a Winter Weather advisory up there on sunday. From 4500 feet and up. That is enough to give you some travel headaches. A big event happening on saturday. 49ers at home. Against the rams. And there has been a lot of curiosity about how this rain would impact that game and the way the timing on the storm is now, it wont. Mostly cloudy, the chance of rain . Yeah. But not very likely that we are going to be able to have a game here without getting the field wet. The seven day forecast, it looks busy. This is what ellen and veronica were talking about at the topic you get into next weekend it seems like storm after storm and that is the way it looks in the sevenday. It wont be that way. Seven days can bedeceiving, because we have got to put that chance of rain on there on monday but it does not look impressive and the chance for rain on tuesday . Christmas eve . Those are the showers that i spotlighted in the christmas forecast earlier in this newscast but we will do that again coming up at six. Mainly focused on Christmas Eve, small chance for a shower to christmas day. Not a big deal though. All right guys back over to you. Six, landlords of one bay area city have free reign on rents until now. A new state law that will close the loophole for eviction. All charges dropped today against. How the two main suspects in the hillsboro heiress murder case got off scot a review app for police. The new t tool of frtheee. B get feedback from the public on officer conduct. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun all we need is somebody to lean on swedens greetings. Enjoy your first payment on us when you lease a new volvo. Now through january 2nd. In oakland a group of Young Students have just become songwriters. Their teacher helped them write a tune about bullying. Marie medina with a lesson found in the lyrics. The song is called bully free zone. If you think its right get it out of here. Reporter theon is in the ssle lyrics. Do your work at school. The songwriters 3rd to 5th grade students at manzanita seat elementary school. All right, let me in the chain. Their teher acster in spirlled to write this song when we heard a 16yearold killed himself because he had been bullied at school. Mister armstrong says not only did the suicide hit close to home for them, att bu ma hnzanithea. Bullying was g on on the campus. And bullying is going on everywhere. I used to get made fun of. And ditched to my friends. Not only is the strong motivation to stop kids from bullying their peers, Mister Armstrong says it is also doing so much more. We are trying to change the narrative of black boys in oakland california. Usually when you hear oak when you hear oh, dont go there. It is a dangerous place. Not really. Its love in our hood. That motivate. And educated and educate. We insured that they are exposed to images of ideas about what it means to be a young black man. The organization of kingmakers of oakland says Mister Armstrong. We dont like a bully. Is teaching not only a lesson in the classroom, but also in life. In oakland, maria medina, kpix 5. Not six, breaking news. A tragedy at north bay elementary school. Student killed on the playground. What the school is telling parents tonight. Man once accused in a love triangle murder case walks out of a bay area gel. How the murder charges seem to have unraveled. And it is like yelp but for police. A new tool in the south bay to give feedback on officer conduct. Our top story on kpix 5 and stripping on cbsn bay area. That the accident on a school playground. That evening im can best efforts Emma Veronica delacruz. Lets get over to ellen martin has details on the tragedy that happened right before the christmas break. In north bay School Community dealing with the death of a young student. The boy died after some sort of playground accident. It happened about 10 clock this afternoon at the mark bay school in san rafael. It is a private k8 school. Now, a letter from the head of school describes a tragic accident and a child being fatally injured. According to the school, staffers were close by and they witnessed what happened and immediately called 911 and provided aid. However, the boy died. A statement from mark bay school says in part, we dont have full details yet about how this occurred, but we are working with authorities to investigate the safety of our students is so important to all of us and we want to understand how this could have happened. A section of the campus where this occurred will be completely closed off. Now, tomorrow, scheduled to be a half day for students before the start of the holiday break. We are told that there will be counselors on campus for students and staff who need support. Can . Thank you for that. To our other top story. A sudden end to one of the highest profile murder trials in recent San Mateo County history. Tiffany lee and cause a buyout where the accused of conspiring to kill the father of lees children. In a bitter custody battle. But kpix 5s Wilson Walker reports, calls for justice for the victims may go unanswered. With no convthe case that has made international headiclines catime to s some t an end today, but not necessarily a final conclusion. After three years in custody, buyout walked out of the San Mateo County jail just afr