Largest population of Filipino Americans outside of the philippines. You can see volunteers here are taking calls right now. The total at this point 317,000. The number to call is 18885 helpsu. Money really is the best way to help because that way the red cross can buy whatever they need and they can buy it close by at hand so there arent big transportation costs to deal with. We have a lot of reporters out tonight and a great deal of our broadcast tonight will deal with the situation in the philippines. In just a few hours a handful of bay area nurses will be heading to the philippines to try to help out in the relief efforts. Kpix 5s betty yu joins us live from for where they are getting ready for that big trip. Reporter thats right. This group departs sfo around 9 00 tonight. No that once they get to the philippines, they will they know that once they get to the philippines they will face a number of challenges but are confident that their skills and expertise will make a big differ
[cheers and applause] [laughter] craig yeah. Even though this show is live [laughter] i have a feeling that some of the dirty stories that the great mr. Sutherland was telling us may not reach your screen. [laughter] so i guess you should have been here. [cheers and applause] good night, everybody. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org,,,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. Everythings different now. Sometimes i feel all alone. Christmas used to be my favorite. I just dont expect anything. What if santa cant find me . To help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. Bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. This is kpix 5 news. Just when you thought the b. A. R. T. Saga was over, tonight we learned they made a very big mistake. We could hear a grown right now from commuters. Wha
Provision that gives workers six weeks of family leave, b. A. R. T. Management said that shouldnt have been in the contract. We dont know how it got in there and we are trying to work with the unions to resolve this. Reporter the unions already ratified the contract and in a statement they said b. A. R. T. Management is attempting to go back on an agreement that was part of the final deal. B. A. R. T. Board members plan to meet to talk about the problem tomorrow. Reporter is there a responsibility that worse Case Scenario we could be looking at another b. A. R. T. Strike . I dont think that is that has much potential but, of course, anything is possible. Reporter the next step is for b. A. R. T. Management to figure out how costly this mistake could be. They are trying to calculate how much it would cost to give them six weeks paid family time out. Christin ayers, kpix 5. And they will go a week from today. Tonight what looks like another hate crime involving a transgender teen. Report
A bizarre incident in miami, florida. A man is lost at sea after reportedly plunging 2,000 feet from a private plane. The search is under way from a man who fell from an open door with no parachute. The pilots may day call reveals the tense moment. Mayday, mayday, mayday. I have a door ajar. I have a door ajar and a passenger just fell down. You said you had a passenger that fell out of your plane. Thats correct, sir. He opened the back door and he just fell out of the plane. The coast guard has not confirmed whether the pilots call was legitimate. Its not clear how many people were on the plane. The missing persons name has not been released. Police have not indicated foul play. There is more foul play from toronto major rob ford. The latest meltdown on live television. He denied he asked to perform a sex act on a female coworker. His direct quote is too explicit for broadcast tv. He held a News Conference to apologize with his less than happy looking wife at his side. Ive been under
Are moving on interstate 880. We look at 580 coming in from the altamont pass. This is probably the best it will look today. Its nice and wide open. Now lets go back to the desk. We begin with developing news from the south bay. Janine de la vega is the the scene. Janine, good morning. Reporter good morning, brian. Sheriffs deputies are in the early stages of this investigation here in the parking lot of the santa fe taqueria. Police and sheriffs departments received multiple 911 calls that shots were fired. When emergency crews arrived they found a man on the ground unaccording who had been shot at least one time. They were unable to revive him. There were several witnesses in the area and investigators are interviewing them to find out more information. Its unknown what led up to the shooting. We need to find out first of all who this person is. We havent even we are still working on that information. And also what this person was doing here. Were they a customer here. Were they meet