Ray for an unrelated disease. Well talk more about that at 6 00. Dozens of students marched through the streets of San Francisco today demanding answer against the Police Officers who shot and killed mario woods. Earlier they rallied on the steps of city hall carrying signs with messages like, hands up, dont shoot. Woods was carrying a knife when officers shot him at least 15 times last week in the bayview. The police chief says the killing was justified. And the officers acted in self defense. But kpix 5s cate caugiran shows us, protestors and a prominent local attorney disagree. Cate. Reporter well, veronica, the protests here have been mainly peaceful. The students that were chanting, they were calling for justice for mario woods and others who have been killed by police shootings. We dont feel safe. Dont shoot dont shoot reporter in the crowd of students and protestors were signs of faces of those shot and killed by Law Enforcement in the bay area and across the country. No justice no peace no racist Police Reporter there was this sign, evict San Francisco police chief greg suhr. The group made mostly of Lincoln High School students walked out of class and marched to city hall calling for justice for mario woods. Seeing that especially because it was in the area where i live and i wasnt i dont live too far from it and hearing about that it hurt me. I was really hurt. No reason for officers five or six officers to use their weapons on a young man who had a knife who wasnt actually putting them at real risk. Reporter protestors attempted to go inside a few times but were turned away by police. Chopper 5 video shows as the day continued the crowd grew larger. Officers stayed close by and marched on all the way to union square blocking traffic before they made their way back to city hall. I just think its an affront and an insult to be asking american communities. Reporter earlier today civil rights attorney john burruss filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family. He showed what he called new video of the shooting. He claims it proves woods had his hands down at the time of the shooting. Now, coming up on kpix 5 at 6 00, well have more details on the familys federal lawsuit. Well also give you a look at that new video. Live from San Francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. New at 5 00, just into our newsroom, an incredible photo. Check this thing out. A freak accident. A metal beam comes crashing through the windshield of a bmw on a busy south bay freeway. It was posted on twitter. This happened at noon on 280 near the saratoga exit. The driver escaped with only a scratch. We have a reporter trying to track down some more information on that. Well have more coming up tonight at 6 00. A break in the rain at least for now. But it was another wet commute for many this morning. Our cameras caught a downpour on 3rd street in San Francisco about 5 a. M. The rain, thunderstorms last night left behind a mess around parts of the bay area. Kpix 5s da lin is live in oakland where a tree came crashing down on an apartment and, da, that tree is still there tonight. Reporter yeah, ken. This oakland complex sustained perhaps the most damage in this overnight rainstorm. The city says that eucalyptus tree is about 130 feet tall. Its now leaning against the back side of this complex. And because of the damage, the city yellow tags those two units you see there. This is the view from this mans bedroom window. And heres how it looks outside. Nervewracking, yeah, it is, but im very happy that my family is in one piece. Reporter tony wagner, his wife joanne and their twoweek old baby were sleeping in this bed when the tree crashed on the roof at 2 a. M. Sounded like huge, huge thunder that started rolling. I jumped on top of her and my, um, my child kind of to protect. Reporter they were hoping to celebrate joannes 34th birthday today. Instead, they now find themselves homeless. It being my birthday, it just makes me feel even more grateful that, you know, my family is still here. Reporter after Oakland Building inspectors did a walk through, they yellowtagged tony and joannes apartment and the unit below. The significant structural damage, that theres water leaking into the bedroom right now. [ chainsaw ] reporter in neighboring alameda, a 30foot tree broke a fence and damaged a shed this morning. The whole system is rotted. So its easy to fall. Reporter these tree cutters expect to be busy all winter. [ chainsaw ] because it make it weaker, sick, so a lot of tree dying lately so going to be really busy. Reporter busy on the local freeways as well especially during the earlymorning commute. The chp blames slick roads for the higher number of accidents. Yeah. Tony, joanne and their baby are now at a hotel to try to figure out a longterm plan. Coming up at 6 00, well tell you why the families here blame the city for this problem. Live in oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. The effects of the storm still being felt at the coast. A high surf warning has been extended through 9 00 tonight. You can see the waves slamming up against the pacifica pier. The pier was closed for a second straight day with waves reaching more than 15 feet high. And here is an aerial view of those monster waves from chopper 5. As you can see, the waves start breaking far offshore. And down the coast in ventura, tides are crashing into beachfront homes. Breached barriers are causing whole neighborhoods to flood. The pier has been closed indefinitely after waves broke off support beams. So the rain is now over but meteorologist Brian Hackney is tracking yet another storm right on its heels. That is right, veronica. There is yet another storm well have in the latter half of the weekend. Tonight we get a break but on the kpix 5 hidef doppler, you can see scattered showers most of them offshore right now. So mostly its over for now. But maybe a few near shore showers but thats it. On the futurecast you can see things generally go toward drying up. By saturday at noon, you can see that we have a fairly clear day but as the time lapse goes on, watch what happens. That sunday midday the next cold front comes into the bay area. Its going to mean some heavy rain at times. Going to mean snow in the mountains. Well have details in the forecast. Its definitely going to be slick streets. All right. Well take that. Thanks, brian. A big snow weekend in the sierra on tap. But getting up there is tricky. Check out the car skidding there to the right. A little fishtail. [ laughter ] um, thats one of our sister stations crew who shot that. The driver lost control for a bit on 50 near kyburz. The driver was okay. The reward for making that trek, up to two feet of new snow with more on the way sunday. Na nguyen reports at tahoe where skiers are loving the conditions. Reporter you wouldnt know when youre first driving up highway 50 from sacramento. Whoo reporter but just away is out to sierra tahoe but just a ways out to sierra tahoe, its a good day. Feeling like it wasnt a good day for the office so we had to relocate the office temporarily. Reporter the best kind of day in these parts a snow day. So yesterday was windy and the snow was coming down hard so we didnt open many lifts just two and snow lovers are definitely taking advantage. So all you guys coming up on the weekends im sorry, but me and my buddies are using it all up. Reporter its still coming down. Clearing the deck making it clear for all the borders and people who are coming out to see tahoe to check out this fresh snow. They are so excited. What have you got . Whoo reporter folks came as early as 7 30 to line up for a 9 a. M. Open. Many are saying its the best powder they have seen in four years. Theres a bonus. The resort is allowing people to use last years passes through december 20. Nice. Well, just weeks ago he was the gop president ial front runner. Coming up why dr. Ben carson says he might leave the republican party. Plus, the bay area neighborhood goes weeks without getting any mail. Im consumerwatch reporter julie watts. Why the post office said it couldnt deliver. And some new clues in a disturbing case of animal cruelty. What investigators hope will help convict a suspected cat killer. ,,,, shearedoff fire hydrant crd a 30foot geyser near the oaklandalameda border this afternoon. No wd on how much water was lo thousands of gallons of water down the drain. A geyser near the Oakland Alameda board they are afternoon. No word on how much water was lost but at peak flows a hydrant can pump out over 1,000 gallons a minute. New clues made public to help make the case against a suspected cat killer. Santa clara investigators releasing pictures of two collars found inside the car of suspected catnapper robert farmer. 23yearold man was arrested on felony animal cruelty charges after surveillance cameras caught him snatching a cat on a san jose street. Besides the collars, the investigators are trying to find the owner of an orange tabby found dead in farmers car. This is an extremely disturbing case. Our hearts go out to the family members and owners of these cats that are missing, injured or dead some small solace that the defendant is in custody at this point and cannot hurt any other animals. Farmers bail has been set at 75,000 which is above the scheduled amount. A tragic crash in san jose. Two teens were killed last night when their car hit a truck head on. It happened on alum rock avenue. Police say an 18yearold was driving four friends when he drifted into oncoming traffic. The driver along with another 18yearold man in the car died at the scene. Two girls in the car survived the crash. The driver of the truck has major injuries to his legs. And in sunnyvale a pedestrian was killed this morning after getting hit by two cars. It happened on southbound sunnyvale saratoga road. Police say a man in his 30s was crossing the street before dawn when he was hit. As he was lying in the street another car hit him. He died it the scene. Bay area Islamic Center is closed after an envelope containing white powder showed up in its mail. Security has been stepped up today at the santa clara offices of the council on americanislamic relations or cair. Three Staff Members went to the hospital as a precaution yesterday. The fbi is investigating but we still dont know what the substance was. Cairs National Headquarters was also targeted yesterday. The powdery substance sent there was determined to be harmless. A rough week on wall street. Whats being blamed for the dow tumbling more than 300 points. And fbi dive teams continuing to search now for a second day for a crucial piece of evidence in the San Bernardino massacre. What investigators just pulled from this lake next. ,,,,,, ardino tonight, fbi search teams have pulled an object from a lake where they are searching for evidence in the San Bernardino massacre. The diver emerged with a disk this afternoon and handed it off to investigators. This is the second divers have searched the lake three miles from the shooting scene. They are looking for computer hard drive possibly dumped by the shooters. In the meantime, the longtime friend of one of the attackers reportedly spoke about terrorism and sleeper cells at the Southern California bar where he worked. Thats according to the new york times. Enrique marquez is a relative through marriage of syed farook who killed 14 people along with his wife. Investigators say marquez bought the rifles used in the attacks. Deputies trying to determine the cause of a Helicopter Crash in kern county that killed four people last night. Earlier today investigators in kern county found a debris field by sherwood and highway 65. The medical chopper was flying in heavy rain and thick fog to transport a patient to a bakersfield hospital. The pilot, nurse, paramedic and the patient on board all died in the crash. Wall street capped off an ugly week with another steep selloff. Stocks plunged today. And you can blame oil prices for ruining the typical market rally before christmas. The dow closed down about 310. The nasdaq was down about 112. And the s p fell nearly 40. All three major indices had a rocky week with four days of heavy selling. The nasdaq fared the worst. This chart shows its off about 4 for the week. Crude had its biggest weekly drop of the year falling below 36 a barrel for the first time in about 7 years. That continues to send Energy Stocks lower and it is raising concerns for investors that Global Economic growth is slowing down. Investors also anxious about a possible fed decision on an Interest Rate hike next week. Another threaten defection in the republican party. Dr. Ben carson is the latest to suggest that he will quit the gop. He is angry over closeddoor meetings and talk of a brokered convention. That would have Party Leadership not the voters picking their nominee. I have no intention of running as an independent but i certainly dont want to be part of corruption. Carson says the party should not abandon the will of the voters. Meanwhile, senator ted cruz has jumped to second place in the latest cbs polling. He says that he is not worried about donald trump or ben carson saying gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. Meanwhile a new cbs poll finds support for banning muslim immigration predictably split right along party lines. Take a look. Nearly 6 in 10 americans say the u. S. Should not ban muslims from entering the u. S. Temporarily. But 54 of registered republicans think its a good idea. Democrats and independents oppose it. The public is divided on keeping the government database of mums in the u. S. Send muslims in the u. S. Sending mail to cuba could be legal. The white house says it is launching a Pilot Program to reestablish direct mail service between the u. S. And cuba but there is no start date yet since the countries are still sorting out technical and safety issues. Its been nearly a year since president obama and raoul castro announced they would work to reestablish diplomatic relations. As for snail mail in the united states, u. P. S. Is struggling to deliver holiday packages on time. Its all according to the wall street journal. Short staffing and a boost in online sales after thanksgiving are reportedly causing the troubling. U. P. S. , fedex and the u. S. Postal service are expected to ship over 1. 5 billion packages this holiday season. tis the season for mail but one concord neighborhood had to go without mail for two weeks when they couldnt get answers from the post office, neighbors called consumerwatch. Julie watts on the case of the missing mail. Reporter their mailboxes empty. Their mail slots unused. No christmas cards online orders or even mail order prescriptions for nearly two weeks. Its like blocks around here that no one has gotten any mail. Reporter frustrated, judy haas tried complaining online and called the post office again and again. You might as well win the lottery as a better chance than having the post office pick up a phone. Reporter she went in person. We are told your guy is probably on vacation. Reporter with a fillin postal carrier finally showing up. I asked him if we were going to get a regular mailman. And he said, i dont know. Your mailman just quit. And now, the rest of us all have routes. So it is true that we did have a delivery issue with a certain neighborhood in the city of concord. Reporter but postal spokesman ruiz says they are working as fast as they can to pictures issue training new employees and rerouting existing carriers. The problem vacancies. They need more postal employees. They vacancies for mail handlers, drivers and Maintenance Technicians and overworked staffers are doing the best they can to fill in. Likely the reason he says judy couldnt get anyone to pick up the phone. We are just flooded and just about every person in that post office is out there doing something to get that mail moved. Unfortunately, they may be away from the phone. Reporter the good news is, if youre looking for work, the post office is hiring and mail has finally returned to this concord neighborhood. Judy say just in time. With my husband starting to get you know, and i said, all right. Im going to the news. Im going to call the consumerwatch thing because i dont know what else to do. Reporter now, ruiz says if you are having delivery issues and you cant get through online or on the phone, you can go down to to speak to your local postmaster. They should get you help. If all else fails call us. If you have a Consumer Problem email us at consumerwatch cbssf. Com. What was her husband doing . He was getting frustrated. End to go down to the post. She said no, let me. He wanted to go down to the post office. She said no, let me. Let me talk to consumerwatch. [ laughter ] thanks, julie. Did you wake up to this . Last night the middle of the night, yeah, i did, thunder and lightning captured in hayward about 8 p. M. It was also really coming down in san ramon. And brian, uhm, youre telling us theres more of this on the way this weekend . What was your clue that something had gone wrong kenny that there was lightning . All my lights popped on outside photo electric cells going crazy and the big boom at 2371 at my house. In marin it was 2 00 and i knew it because the dog jumped into bed. We all have our own little alarms going on. Thunderstorms done for now but more rain on sunday for the bay area. Saturday we get a break. In fact it looks beautiful right now. The Golden Gate Bridge the numbers are mostly in the 50s. Commute also seems to be going well. Low 50s right now for the most part. 52 livermore. 53 san bruno. And 51 in santa rosa. Heres what it looks like now. A few cells offshore. But unless youre out fishing tonight we are going to be mostly dry in the bay area. By the pacific northwest, cape mendocino, theres also a few little showers off there. Shouldnt think far enough south to affect us. That low is moving slowly away as it heads inland but another low on the way so we get a break tomorrow with that weak ridge building in. But the next chance of rain comes in late saturday night to the north bay with a few overrunning showers and a cold front blasts through midday sunday. A little chance tonight but for the most part all stations reporting partly cloudy skies right now. It will be cool. A mix of sun and clouds tomorrow. And then gusty winds when that cold front powers through on sunday. In terms of totals, by the time all is said and done sunday night about an inch and a quarter at ukiah. 48 at santa rosa. About. 75 in pacifica and even in the east bay looking like. 75 for the next system coming in. Winter storm warnings posted in anticipation of this for sunday. Heavy snow expected with up to 24 at pass level. So if you head up just make sure you give yourself some time and carry chains of course. Overnight lows tonight, well look at 41 in san rafael. 37 santa rosa. 39 degrees at livermore. 47 for pacifica. Sunrise tomorrow morning 7 16 a. M. And forecast highs for tomorrow should be nice. Partly cloudy skies, temperatures will top out in the upper 50s and low 60s. And in the extended forecast, we are going to be looking for more rain on sunday. Partly cloudy skies for tomorrow. We get wet on sunday. Midday is when its coming through. But then a few showers linger. Monday partly cloudy and dry out. Tuesday through thursday dry but we are getting hints that the system after sunday next time we get wet may be in time for the next weekend. I say stay inside on sunday and watch nfl on cbs. Good reason. Sounds good. Thank you. She is an icon in the 60s, San Francisco music scene. Next, how much Janis Joplins porsche was just sold for at auction. ,,,,,, and its all because the won be s joplin. One very colorful porsche just sold for nearly 2 million. And its all because the woman behind the wheel was janis joplin. The rock star bought this porsche used back in 1968. Its been in the rock and roll hall of fame in cleveland since 1995. But last night, at a new york auction, someone claimed the ride for 1. 76 million. Well be right back. , life. Just when you think you know where its going, it takes you someplace else. Covered california is here to help californians who need Health Insurance get it. Because its more than just health care. Its life care. To save big during sleep trains youretriple choice sale. For a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interestfree financing on a huge selection of tempurpedic models, or choose to save 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. You can even choose 300 in free gifts with sleep trains most popular Stearns Foster mattresses. The triple choice sale, ends soon at sleep train. Sleep train [train horn] your ticket to a better nights sleep causing this deadly Chain Reaction crash in the south. Today sentenc coming up new at 6 00 he says the brakes failed causing this deadly Chain Reaction crash in the south bay. Today sentencing for the man behind the wheel. Plus, it started as an illegal liquor raid. How this led agents to another huge bust. The cbs evening news with scott pelley is next. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com pelley fire at a california mosque. The f. B. I. Is investigating whether it was arson. Also tonight, extreme weather in the west. Its been one storm after another and another is on the way. One of the hottest gifts for the holidays could get dangerously hot. And Steve Hartman with a man who dispenses an antidote for evil. Kindness is the bridge between all people. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. The f. B. I. Is investigating a fire at a mosque in Southern California