Moments after she was sworn in as acting mayor. He was Grocery Shopping at the staff way safeway with his wife anita when he collapsed. He fell down. And he had a heart attack or something. We were like trying to help them. We even like called the ambulance. He was happy, he was always smiling. He was rushed to the hospital but doctors were unable to save him. He was pronounced dead at 1 11 pm a. M. 1 11 am. We are all devastated. He was at city hall where he served with him. I was just in his office and they boxed everything up, you know, yes. Reporter they escorted his body to the mortuary in daly city. Firefighters stood on an overpass honoring his service with their sellers. Do solemnly swear . I do solemnly swear. Reporter in 2011 he was sworn in as mayor after being chosen by the board of supervisors. He was reluctant at first but he warmed up to the job of the city that he loved. He ran for election later that year then he had a second term in 2015. He endured Many Political battles but and never damper at his spirit. Everyone agrees, our mayor was a good man with a good heart. The mayor once told me that his passion in life was to use his law degree in position to help those in need. Especially the immigrants. Thank you. His absence was felt tonight with the annual lighting of the menorah. The Jewish Community gathered to honor the first night of hanukkah. The thoughts turned towards marilee and his family. Our leader has died with no warning. It will be a real transition for the city. I want to express my condolences. The landing relating is a tradition. Many people have been sharing thoughts from sports to politics. The passing of the mayor is a sad day for San Francisco. All of us who knew him, it is sad. Our thoughts are with his family. And from the governor, he was a true champion. He will be truly missed. From politicians to ordinary citizens people pause today to remember a mayor that was humble and dedicated. A neighbor flew his flag half staffed. This note says, rest in piece. We were proud to call you our neighbor. Thank you for giving your all to San Francisco. He was a community person. He would go out and help. He was one of the better mayors. He was sincere in his work. I miss him and i will miss them. One of his neighbors said that he was always concerned about the city and he says he will be greatly missed. It is a loss for the chineseamerican community that took great pride in his election. His upbringing inspired him to help the immigrant communities. The passing hits hard in the heirs and asianamerican community. Someone could follow his footsteps for future generations. It is possible to retain his position. He is a longtime friend of his. He had a huge heart it didnt matter if it was chinese or africanamerican, hispanics, that is what he is trained to be, a social worker. He was concerned that the rising rents would hurt the town. He had another worry, last week he admitted to a friend, that there were not enough younger Asian Americans entering politics. He encouraged people to run for office and making sure that the chineseamerican community continues to build on its past political successes. He disagrees. We have a wonderful diversity of leadership, with the chinese Asian Community and beyond. San francisco will carry on. He will go down as a historic figure in politics. It wasnt long ago that we had little chinese representation at city hall. He cared about the community. People we spoke with, he was proud of his heritage but he worked hard to be mayor of all the people in San Francisco. O. The president of the board of supervisors, she is the first africanamerican female mayor she will hold the job until june unless the board of supervisors decides to replace her with someone else. She has been the president for the board of supervisors since 2015. Today, she asked for the city support. Our city values have never been more important in the month ahead, lets carryon in his honor. A special election will be held in june to finish his term then there will be another election in 2019. She is San Francisco native. She graduated from uc davis and received her masters in public administration. She was elected to her district 5 seat which includes the Western Addition in 2012. You will find all of the coverage of mayor lee on our website, ktvu. Com. This collision happened along north first street. Sheriff of vessels and fire responded this make sure if officials responded tonight. He was trying to take a shortcut and crossed the tracks instead of using the crosswalk. There have been five pedestrians hit and killed by a bus or the light rail train, so far this year. He has been the sentence with life in prison, the judge handed down the sentence this afternoon. The decision matches the jurys recommendation earlier this year. He was on morgan hill teenager that she was a morgan hill teenager that disappeared in 2012. Todays hearing was emotional for her family. You never have closure. And the pain never goes away, unfortunately. This world will be safer with one less cowardly inconsiderate person on the street. We have some justice. What we really want is sierra. . We will never have that. Earlier in the day the judge denied a request from the defense for a new trial. The judge also said that he will have to register as a sex offender. Henry lee tells us among those that took a stand today was an open fire captain that worried about the conditions inside the warehouse years before. Reporter he testified that he was worried about the amount of material inside the firehouse. They were there because of an arson fire outside of the warehouse. At the time he told the firefighters that no one lived there. He took him at his word. And the captain had concerns about how the building was being use. These two were charged with involuntary manslaughter. He said it was a death trap and the main landlord said he did not have money to fix repairs. There were no alarms, smoke detectors and no exit signs. He said he worked the front door. The tenant, michael russell, he said it was a magical wonderful wonderland. He said many victims were trapped on the second floor where music event was held the night of the fire. Listening to the story, you keep hoping that the story will change but yet, you know that it wont. You know that these people were trapped and could not get out from this inferno. The judge will determine whether the men should go to trial or not. The da has approved the elements of the case beyond reasonable doubt. The polarizing senate race tainted by scandal. But there is now a winner. 2018 we will see fewer opportunities to enjoy the parks for free. Back here with the forecast cool one tonight. [ applause ] a big upset tonight in alabama, a democrat wins the seat in a republican state. It ended up being close at the end, the democrat won 49. 1 of the vote. We have been monitoring the special election from the newsroom. Roy moore has refused to accept. The controversial race brought the surge of voters out by 25 . Thank you. Reporter the people of alabama should decide the race and the first time in 25 years they decided on a democrat. We thought it was about finding Common Ground and reaching across and getting things done for the the people. Roy moore addressed his followers. We have to go by the rules with this recount provision and the secretary of state has explained it to us. It became a national drama. The campaign for roy moore revealed a dilemma. Donald trump took alabama by such a large margin, it was his race to lose until these allegations started to surface. The problem in this case is that there was a deeply flawed candidate. In november a number of women stepped forward accusing him of sexual misconduct. He denied any misconduct. Lets put it this way, it hadnt been proven that he did that. Normally we would go with the republican side but with things going on with roy moore my grandmother said it would be better to go with doug jones. We will see people not bow for a candidate because they vote for a certain party. President trump sent out at tweet congratulating them. The alabama law does demand a recount, but that is not the case, but provisional ballots will be verified next tuesday. But the secretary of state does not anticipate any changing of the results. The National Parks service said that they will drastically reduce the amount of days that they will allow visitors to get into the park for free. There are four free admission days planned for 2018. Last year the fees were waived on 16 days, and this year on 10 days. He has been given the green light to purchase the resort this is Frank Sinatras old hangout. It was undergoing a multimillion dollar upgrade when it fell into bankruptcy 2016. He was reportedly ready to back out of the deal because of the delays but he is ready to move forward as long as the deal is wrap up by january 10. Wednesday starts off cold you will need jackets then ends up warm. 65 santa rosa, 67 fairfield these are the highs from today and they will continue to roll over to the next day until we get around the 21st or 22nd of december when things cool off. There are the clouds, they are offshore. There is smoke from the fires i dont think we will see sunset smoke we will see a little bit less it means that the offshore flow is weakening. It is cooler in fairfield. You have your freezing temperatures and your frost. Tomorrow will be a spare the air day. Here is a picture of the beautiful christmas tree. It is bigger than it appears here. A lot of kids are getting out of school the next week. 49 nampa, it warms up quick, it goes into the 60s by lunchtime. San jose, that is the sky. 38 degrees that is cold to start the morning in san jose. It will be mostly sunny than 60s, late in the day we tap out at 70 degrees for san jose. It is above average, that is impressive. We have to wait until the rain gets here and that is not anytime soon before 22 december. It will be a very dry december and hopefully, it will turn around as we go into the coming months. I am sure we can this is how it goes. Hopefully, it will get wet soon. The baseball winter meetings are in full swing. The giants are looking for an outfielder. They will tell us who is on the shopping list. That is up next. Thank you for joining us and the 11 pm news begins in two minutes. And you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the cla250 for 329 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Jason is here to talk about the winter meetings with baseball. Giant fans hope that the team will do something. But after finishing 40 games, and revamping the outfield it has to be near the top of the list. Could Billy Hamilton be one of the answers . He has been in trade talks with cincinnati. He is considered the fastest man in baseball and an excellent centerfielder. Zach buchanan of the cincinnati inquirer said that the trade could happen before this thursday. But he said that nothing is eminent. The 49ers are a slight favorite to be the titans this sunday. There will be a new target to throw to, he will join the 49ers , he was a star at duke he is not a household name but you may recognize his brother. His father played in the nfl. The lakers put on a pretty good show at Madison Square garden tonight. The rookie didnt disappoint with his first trip to Madison Square garden. Normally we see him delivering the past but he finishes on the break and he throws it down, he had seven assists. The game goes to overtime. The game is upstaged. He had 37 points and three rebounds and five blocks. The final score was 113109. He kicked in an absolutes snowstorm. It dropped his field goal percentage down to 80 . He has a clause in his contract that he could land a 5000 bonus if he finishes the season above 90 . He will have to go five for five in the last three games to get above 90 . Unless they say it is not your fault we will give you the money still. This is one more piece of video the check out. This is tonight against carolina. He was trying to get out of the penalty box and back onto the eyes but look what happened. The officials are trying to hold him back. They are shutting the door. He cannot believe it. He said, let me out there my teen my team needs me. It was confusion. They ended up losing that game 32. It was a bizarre turn of events. Have you seen that before . I havent seen it that is why we are showing a. It is a little different. The referee was immense and would you guys doing . Thank you for joining us. Join us tomorrow. At were here. Is there anything more important than clean water in developing countries . Or a clean glass in this one . Oh. Oh, my gosh. It that anne gibbs, the lady from channel 12 news . [ gasps ] oh, my god its anne gibbs oh, i love her that reaction wouldve been big if it was anne hathaway. Oh, she is hiding quite a figure behind that desk. Okay, whats going on with you and anne gibbs . Come on. We gotta go say hi to her. Okay, were doing this . Mitchell hey. Hi. Hi. Im sorry. Um, i am such a fan. I was so moved by that story you did about the gymnast with the hump. You want to hear something crazy . Yeah. He just got a scholarship to notre dame. No oh, my gosh [ laughs ] yeah. [ laughs ] you probably get this all the time, but i have a story for you. I represent some Homeless People in a case against a corporation that pays them slave wages. How long has this been going on . Since 2012. Were just trying to shine a light on how awful theyre being. Truly awful. Are you working on this, too . Oh, gosh. No, no. Im just this ones husband. Yeah. Im a High School Football coach. Cameron tucker. Yes. Oh, god. Im so embarrassed. Mitchell pritchett. How are you . Really . So you are an openly gay High School Football coach