Made the discovery in south lake tahoe. Tonight we are learning the badge and the gun belonged to a santa clara sheriff deputy. You spoke to father and child who found the gun and the badge. This would have been a different story if the chirp didnt do the right thing. They notified the parents who called the police. The Sheriff Office confirmed the items belonged to a Current Deputy and were not stolen. Im very angrily about it. He wanted to create memories. It ruined 10 minutes. The kids ran to their rooms to pick out bunk beds. They look into the drawers and they call us and say they found a gun and police badge. Our fist impression was it was fake. It wasnt. He inexpected it. It had a fully loaded clip. Imagine if they were playing with it. It would have been one of the worst things. Four kids found the item including 9yearold josh. At first i was like i was scared. The police picked up the items. The Sheriff Office said it was made aware of the incident the Sheriff Office does not
Accidents blocking lanes. The biggest one is right around Redwood Estates and you have got that right lane blocked there. Traffic is slow there as you work your way approaching that crash. And right at the summit area, summit road we have report of a crash there as well. Right lane blocked on that one also. Busy ride going out of Santa Cruz Mountains this morning. Also busy through the Altamont Pass. Thats coming up in the next report. Right now the battle between some moms in oakland and a Real Estate Company is on the streets with a potential eviction looming. Kpix 5s jackie ward joins us live from west oakland where protests are getting underway. Jackie . Reporter you can see the crowd is growing behind me michelle. They are rallying in support of the moms who live here with their kids on magnolia street. The moms are going to be evicted and theyre not leaving without a fight they say. Judge Patrick Mckenny recently ruled oakland moms for housing must leave the west oakland home the
Paid the ultimate price. Reporter zeng died after chasing after a man that stole his laptop. His cousin flew in from the east coast. Because of chinas one china policy, she considers him to be her older brother. Hes like my role model. And hes always there for me to support me. Like every single time. I know that i can count on him. Reporter zeng held a phd in numerical physics. The man that hired him said he was among the top ten global leaders. Powerful brain. Took on learning basically a total new field and it became one of the very few experts in that field. Reporter zeng was remembered not just for his incredible mind and strong ethics but for always looking out for others. How many people are here, how is your country . How is your family . How are your kids . This will show he was an amazing human being. Reporter zengs parents came from china but didnt attend todays vigil. This memorial made of post it notes will be turned into a scrapbook and given to his parents before they it
The more noticeable rain. I will play this through the rest of christmas day. Most of the day is not going to get rained on by the way. What i want you to see the morning in detail. And we will talk about the chance for snow. Hamilton, maybe not diablo. Ill be back with that a few more minutes. A person you walked into a salvation south bay church did not have the spirit of the season. They walked off with donations meant for those in need, we have andria borba live with more on that story. Reporter tonight, outside of the church of our lady of guadalupe here in san jose the Christmas Lights are up. On the inside there are surveillance cameras that caught two people with no Christmas Spirit at all. The candles glowing at our lady of guadalupe in san jose are players, prayers and intentions for loved ones that members of this workingclass immigrant parish played three dollars a piece to light. Is the money that we were saving to buy the gifts for the children in our community. Reporter
Now at 11 and streaming on cbs and, christmas rain moving into town. Thank you for joining us. It is going to be a rainy christmas in the bay area. Some could see the scene on the right, little snowfall in the bay area mountains. If memory serves you, it was almost exactly a month ago it snowed up there on Mount Hamilton and it is likely to do that again tomorrow. Take a look at the elevations. It is at 4000 feet. As the rain comes through overnight, it will be cold enough for snow to come down as low as 3000 feet. Which means the peaks that are higher than that will get a light dusting of snow christmas morning. Mount hamilton with a inch and a half, not the major snow event. It will look pretty and you might be tempted to drive up to Mount Hamilton, just remember when it happened on thanksgiving the roads were a mess. Lets show you the rain, high death doppler is showing the initial band coming onshore. In the northbay we already have good rain. This spotlight of yellow and orange as