protesters say they demonstrated in solidarity with oakland demonstrators. bob rendell from kntv has more from california. reporter: good morning. oakland city hall will reopen this morning. vandalism wasn t significant enough to force a shut down, but they have going to reconsider security measures to prevent this happening again. what happened was saturday night, occupy oakland protesters crow barred their way in, started vandalizing. mayor kwan showed the damage, which included a broken window, damage to a children s art exhibit, and historic model of city hall. protesters stole and burned an american flag. both sides are blaming each other for the violence over the weekend. protesters complained police were overly aggressive in the use of bean bag bullets, tear gas, batons. officers argue they were responding to objects being thrown at them.
late last month a woman went into the city hall building in iowa city, iowa, and paid her water bill. then she paid the water bills for 17 other people in iowa city. according to the iowa city press citizen, that one anonymous donor forked over $1,640 to pay off delinquent balances for 17 other local water accounts. 17 families who hadn t been able to pay their water bill who were facing having no running water for the thanksgiving holiday if they hadn t lost it already. 11 of those accounts already had had their water turned off. remaining six were scheduled to be shut down by the end of that day. last week in san jose, california, maria vargas, battling stage 4 cancer, discovered somebody left a bag of avocados on her doorstep. inside the bag of avocados she found also a check for $10,000 from an anonymous donor. he daughter told kntv in the bay
late last month a woman went into the city hall building in iowa, city, awith and paid her water bill. then she paid the water bills for 17 other people in iowa city. according to the iowa city press citizen, that one anonymous donor forked over $1,640 to pay off delinquent balances for 17 other local water accounts. 17 families who hadn t been able to pay their water bill who were facing having no running water for the thanksgiving holiday if they hadn t lost it already. 11 of those accounts already had had their water turned off. remaining six were scheduled to be shut down by the end of that day. last week in san jose, california, maria vargas, battling stage 4 cancer, discovered somebody left a bag of avocados on her doorstep. inside the bag of avocados she found also a check for $10,000 from an anonymous donor. he daughter told kntv in the bay
found also a check for $10,000 from an anonymous donor. he daughter told kntv in the bay area maria vargas has spent her entire life savings on cancer treatment. this money means her mom will be able to keep getting treatment. i should note throughout the past few weeks across the country apparently people have been walking into kmarts and walmarts across the country and anonymously paying for stuff that other people have put on layaway. if you ve never paid for something on layaway, it sort of works as a form of in-store credit. if you can t afford to pay for your items all at once or can t and don t want to use a credit card, layaway, you make a down payment and pay an installment. strangers have been anonymously pays other strangers layaway accounts at big box stores to cover the cost of gifts. the associated press established this map of layaway santa sightings. a yearly survey of charitable giving today, surveyed more than 150,000 people in 153 different
where a shopper was shot over his purchases in a walmart parking lot. this happened overnight near oakland. police told kntv that a suspect shot a man during a robbery after he left the store. the victim is in critical condition. with black friday in full swing, several mom and pop smaller stores are looking forward to small business saturday which takes place tomorrow. president obama is throwing his support behind that idea encouraging shoppers to buy from small businesses in their communities. kristen is live at the white house. another good morning to you, kristen. how is the president weighing in on this today? reporter: good morning to you. president obama encouraging americans to get out and shop on small business saturday. he is reminding americans small businesses are the backbone of this economy. they account for two out of three new jobs in the country.