good morning sue hall following your if i day morning commute. walnut creek -- sprinkles out there i witnessed an accident this morning in sutro tower -- in san francisco on the way in fatal accident on 24 could cause big problems. right now let's begin with more news. good morning i'm eric top mass, kristen sze there. we begin in vallejo, one in custody detectives trying to figure pout if there is a second person involved in the murder of -- of a police officer. amy hollyfield is live in vallejo. the veteran officer was killed yesterday during a foot chase? >> reporter: yes. >> this community is reaching out to support its police department during this sad time. look at their entryway, the community is filling it up with flowers, candle, a balloon and very, very nice notes about the officer and how sad everyone is this happen. officer james capoot was kill while chasing a suspected bank robber. he was driving his car and forced the suspect to wreck his suv. the suspect shot the officer as he was running away. police did arrest one man. then officers searched backyards and sheds, all afternoon and evening for a possible second peck. while looking the community started dealing -- with and reacting to what happened. >> he was fair, you know. i believe god is going to give him a pass cause you shouldn't go out that way after serving the community this long. >> reporter: police searched all the way into the night last night for a possible suspect. they've not made any more arrests. they did give up for the night. investigators did go home and gave it up for the night and haven't said if they still believe someone is on the loose or if they feel confident the man they arrested is the only one involved. they haven't released any information about him this was all because of a bank robbery, robbery of the bank of america in vallejo yesterday afternoon. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> officer james capoot was much loved by his fellow officers and the community. his death is devastating to those who knew him. >> reporter: when word spread that vallejo police officer capoot had been killed fellow officers and friends came to kaiser vallejo to be by his side comforted one another and watched silently as his body draped in an american flag was taken away, a full procession to honor the former marine who also worked for the chp. over 19 years officer capoot earned two medals of courage two lifesaving medals and several other commendations recognition those who knew him say he deserved. >> i'm going to miss him. always being there for me. >> reporter: britney fitz is a junior at the high school where the officer coached girls basketball she is a cheerleader who new him personally. >> he was there when i was . i grew up with him. when i was little i remember going to races in antioch, i remember going in my stroller. >> reporter: brity -- britney's mom called her and told her what happened. >> i didn't believe it at first. >> reporter: nicholas found out at the barbershop. >> i was getting my haircut and my barber was said did you hear about the officer who died officer capoot was my staging patrol teacher in fifth grey. he was a really good teacher. >> reporter: teacher, coach, officer and a husband and father with three kids and apparently room for more. >> he had daughters. then recently, two of his friends had passed away and he adopted their kids. >> reporter: >> -- >> many of you are expressing lens on our facebook page. >> i'm so sad to hear the news sending thoughts and prayers to the family of the fallen officer. we welcome you to share your thoughts on facebook.com/abc7news. occupy protesters in san francisco are convinced that police are going to move them out soon. while some have already left others are digging in. some were dancing and rallying in support of their cause last night. those who are worried that police would raid the camp were learning how to passively resist. mayor lee call it an unsanitary environment. people occupying market street were issued a noncompliance order yesterday telling them toe vacate immediately in berkeley -- to vacate immediately in berkeley they say they won't leave now. hundreds gathered for a general assembly the group voted down a proposal to reestablish the encampment but say it could happen next week. big news for bart righters. official, new seats are coming to trains next spring. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: there are two items of interest for commuters. first, a nearly two million dollar gift to bart train riders, clean seats. the board of directors has voted to swap out some of the old cloth seats for vie anyone ones, they are starting with -- vinyl ones. they are starting with 100 cars. they are easier to clean and they cost less. look for those new seats this spring. second, the bart board is moving forward to add late night weekend service via bus. the idea of running trains past midnight has been scrapped. weekend morning commuters had a big problem with the idea because it would have meant delaying their weekend morning trains because crews need a certain amount of time for maintenance in between shifts. running buses after midnight is on the table. the board has asked staff to come up with a prepostal. the president of the bart board suggesting late night bart service a year ago but told the san jose mercury news that making it happen is more complicated than he thought. katie marzullo, abc7 news. 4:37 now. new unemployment figures for california to be released later this morning with the hopes the jobless rate will continue to drop. it fell to 11.9%. california employers added nearly 12,000 new jobs that munch the stay has the second highest unemployment rate of any state in the nation, behind nevada. -- a federal ruling on prop 8 could come soon. yesterday the state supreme court gave prop 8 supporters the legal standing to defend the initiative in court the governor and attorney general have refused to do so. a lawyer who is challenging prop 8 says he thinks the 9th circuit court of appeals will rule between now and february. 4:38. saw a little rain in the lafayette area on 24 as i was headed in. apparently that is roughly the scene of a fatal accident. >> right. let's get details on both beginning with the weather portion. very scattered and starting to fall apart only see radar returns around mount hamilton now. there's patchy drizzle in other areas and clearing starting to take place from north to south. our next system to to the north cool showers around crescent city and eureka. that's what we have in for for the afternoon. more widespread than they were questioned. -- 45 in los gatos, mid to upper 40s napa, fairfield, santa rosa, rest of news the low to mid 50s. by the -- afternoon, mid to upper 50s under a mostly cloudy sky with scattered showers moving. more likely than they were yesterday but still be very light in their precipitation. tomorrow looking drier. chance of rain tomorrow night into sunday morning moving farther over the ocean leaving us drier and drier for the weekend. brief warming trend monday, tuesday. rain likely wednesday possibly spilling into thanksgiving. good morning sue. we have a lot of activity right now. some of it due to the rain. we have fatal accident in lafayette, eastbound 24 pleasant hill road three left lanes blocked. it is the eastbound direction, not your commute direction so it hopefully will not be affecting your drive westbound. we also have an ask in san francisco, the one i witnessed lombard and franklin, trucks, accident median northbound 680 and another accident in san jose at camden on the median as well. >> a lot of problems for 4:40 in the morning. a scare in the escape >> captain has disappeared in the back. i have someone with a thick accent trying to access the cockpit. >> the white knuckle moments aboard a plane when the pilot got stuck in the bathroom. >> mysterious death of actress natalie wood. l.a. sheriff's department reopens the investigation decades after her drowning. 3q during the darkest chill, brighten your home and lift your spirits. it's a new way to greet the holiday season. the winter lights collection from air wick. something in the air wick. good morning, 4:43. traffic in the walnut creek area 680 near north main those headlights heading southbound i believe. you can look carefully at the road you can see it is wet out there and there is a fatal accident to the west of here on highway 24. sue is following it. she will have the latest information coming up. the los angeles county sheriff's tempt is roping the investigation into the -- department is reopening the investigation into the death of actress natalie wood. wood drowned in 1985 after a night of partying with her husband. they were off on a boat off catalina island. sheriffs officials say they have new information. they want to talk to the captain of the boat after hearing comments he recently made about what happened onboard. officials won't give any details. scare in the air after a pilot gets trapped in the bathroom. things were so tense for a few moments that military jets were ready to scramble. it happened on a delta regional flight from north carolina to new york wednesday the pilot badged on the bathroom door after the latch broke and he couldn't get out. a passenger tried to let the co-pilot know what was going on using the secret code used to get into the cockpit that's when the co-pilot radioed for help. the pilot got out of the bathroom on his own and cleared everything up. the airline says the co-pilot did the right thing and should be commended for his actions. 4:44. a sure sign of the holidays, the two traditions kicking off. >> on the eve of a big travel holiday a major airline can't get the bugs out of its reservation system. big precedent-setting mission secretary of state clinton is about to take on in one of the world's most repressed countries. the double challenge forcing schools to teach the history of gays and lesbiansism. >> -- lesbians. welcome back. let's look at various airports across the country. all of our major airports are running on time to the east coast lack of radar returns, quiet pattern across much of the -- most of the country. temperatures warming in denver 63, 68 dallas, 64 new orleans, 70s phoenix and miami everybody he will in the 40s and 50s. when you travel any time, use that flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. don't know what that flight tracker would tell you about virgin america bugs in the new flight reservation system are now into the third week and it seems unlikely things will go back to normal before thaepblgs. michael finney has a -- a look at the cause and effect. >> reporter: bo tried to confirm his flight information on virgin america's website. >> even though this is from a link, confirming my reservation, the system says currently, you don't have any travel booked with us. >> reporter: virgin traces the problem to a new system it installed october 28th. the company's facebook page is filled with comment from irritated travelers. and the airline has apologized. a virgin representative was not able to talk on camera. by phone a spokesperson told us it has been working around the clock to address issues. we hope to have a resolution soon. compounding issues the problem with the website has lead to hold times of an hour on its phonelines. >> i fly over a quarter million miles a year. and i fly on every major airline. and i've never seen anything that approaches this type of fiasco on the reservation side. >> reporter: the biggest frustration has been for customers trying to make changes to their reservations. >> when i finally got through the person on the other line couldn't find my reservation either. >> reporter: the burdenling game-based company has waiveed cancellation fees and offering 5,000 reward points to affected travelers. virgin doesn't expect the problem time pack holiday travel and says no flights have been -- to impact holiday travel and says no flights have been cancelled or delayed because of the new system. officials at the airport are predicting 4 1/2% people -- more people will be flying. sfo showing steady growth in the past several years despite the struggle economy. if the projections are right, 41 million passengers will pass through the airport's gates this year in contrast orbitz predicts san jose international will be the least busy airport in the country for thanksgiving travel. tonight the embarcadero will take on a day . the 25th annual lighting ceremony it started as 6:00 this evening with a performance from disney on ice then the buildings will be lit one by one. the hyatt will light lobby and tree 7:00. another san francisco tradition celebrating a quarter century, macy's on union square will unveil holiday winds featuring cats and dogs. last year more than 300 animals found a new home for the holidays. if you can get down there you want to check out an animal to adopt a perfect pet on the midday show today. >> . >> a lot of traffic this morning. -- sue is with those accidents, let's talk about rain and show what is going on outside. dry now. drizzle earlier and drizzle still showing up on the radar around some of the higher elevations in the south bay as we talked about 10 minutes ago. later today here's a look at live doppler, you can see showers heading towards red way, eureka and crescent city coming in probably by noon and spread across the rest of our neighborhoods during the afternoon. mid to upper 40s, los gatos, fairfield, napa. mid to upper 40s santa cruz, watsonville. here's what i think is going to happen, scattered light showers today, more of us will see them slightly heavier than yesterday, all of us will be cooler today. the weekend trending drier. showers mainly near the coast. wet weather returns wednesdayn spills into thanksgiving. today clear lake ukiah mid to upper 40s. cloverdale 52 everybody else mid to upper 50s. palo alto 57. monterey bay showers will move in during the afternoon and into the evening hours. mid 50s. mid to upper 50s as you head inland. around the state snow breaking up in the sierra 42 tahoe today best chance of rain from 80 northbound scattered showers around the higher elevations of bakersfield through the grapevine into l.a. temperatures in the 59 degree range in fresno, 65 in l.a.. tonight clear not as many clouds more 30s palo alto, livermore, fairfield, vallejo, napa, santa rosa cloverdale, rest of us in the 40s tomorrow morning. cold front moved through yesterday afternoon swept south overnight we'll focus on this cold unstable air mass that you mick in a little sun it creates showers. -- here's the showers by noon moving through the north bay heading into the heart of the bay sweeping through during the afternoon into the early evening. 7:00 drying trend clearing overnight why it is so cold tomorrow, all the sunshine tomorrow afternoon 7:00 building game no worries the rain stays out over the coast. if you are heading to the sierra big winter weather advisory from 10:00 this morning until midnight. temperatures remain in the 50s over the weekend even with the lack of rain. 60s monday and tuesday. that rain is possible wednesday and thursday good morning. happy friday. we have a "sig alert" at this early hour in lafayette eastbound 24, fatal accident three left lanes remain blocked with emergency crews and investigation on the scene. terry mcsweeney is headed to the scene of this accident. eastbound 24 in lafayette. san francisco earlier accident lombard and franklin just cleared out of lanes. to san jose the camden off-ramp of northbound 85 -- pardon me southbound 85 accident blocking, debris scattered all over the freeway. bay bridge remains light one ray of sunshine if you will on our early morning commute. abc7news.com/traffic for the latest. state law requiring schools to teach contributions of lesbian, gay opponents trying to overturn the law. the initiatives come from two groups not affiliated with the organization that failed to qualify a ballot referendum on the law last month. one of the proposals would strip out the inclusion of lgbt people in the law that mandates teaching about minority groups. another proposal would allow parents to pull kids from the classes if they conflict with the family's beliefs. herman cain the first 2010 -- 2010 of presidential candidate to -- 2012 presidential candidate to get secret service protection. the request was approved yesterday and agents are already with the candidate. secret service protection is given to each major party's nominee but can be provided earlier if circumstances warn. president obama announced secretary of state clinton will travel to myanmar next month. the first such trip by a secretary of state in more than 50 years. the president announced the visit in bali today. the president spoke by phone yesterday with a nobel laureate before deepening his engagement with myanmar, formerly known as burma. >> >> 4: . fbi director robert mueller says law enforcement has to stay on cutting-edge of technology. mueller spoke to the commonwealth club in san francisco yesterday. he took the helm of the fbi a week before the 9/11 attacks. the taxes forced the fbi to set new priorities catching terrorists spies and cyber criminals. >> if we in the fbi fail to recognize how the world is changing, the consequences can be devastating. lives can be lost. our national security can be threatened. and the balance of power can tip toward our adversaries. >> a a coalition of groups protested outside they claim the fbi fights terror with racial and religious profiling. a department mourns the loss of a veteran vallejo police officer gunned down while chasing a bank robbery suspect. one person arrested. is there another suspect on the loose? move by congress that could leave california's high speed rail system stopped in its tracks.