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We will fight. Reporter teachers and parents are rallying together to protest millions of dollars in mid year budget cuts in a financially strapped Oakland Unified School district. Among the items set to be eliminated, money for school supplies. Our children absolutely do not deserve, our families do not deserve any dollars to come from their school sites where they are already struggling to make ends meet. Schools simply dont get enough money to support our students, to support our staff. Reporter Oakland School Officials Say they need to make 5. 6 million in cuts immediately. 15. 1 million in all this year, and another 11 million next year. To head off potential state intervention and makeup for the miss steps of a previous administration. It depends on who you ask. Depends on what youre talking about. But there have been areas certainly thaw that you could argue there was overspending in the past and thats what were trying to rectify. Reporter while the district claims twothirds cuts would be in the Central Office away from the classroom, parents and teachers say any reductions at the school site should be off limits. Special Education Teacher mark air good is especially concerned about any cuts to programs that serve his students. The community has stood up for the young people. These are the students that need the most services and we cant have cuts put on their back. Reporter the board is expected to vote on specific cuts at its next special meeting on december 13th. In oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. And new at 6 00, a pastor at a livermore Catholic Church is under Police Investigation for what the diocese of oakland calls a claim of inappropriate behavior. Father van din of Saint Michael church is on administrative leave until the Police Investigation is concluded. The diocese will not disclose the claim against din, but says it does not involve somebody under age. Some folks in San Francisco are finally back in their homes after a gas explosion blew out windows and prompted a major evacuation this morning. It happened just before 10 00 a. M. On Mission Street near College Avenue in the Bernal Heights neighborhood. Abc7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom is live at the scene with the latest. Jonathan . Reporter residents may be back in their homes, but pg e crews are still here restoring gas service to some 400 customers who were without it, and also trying to figure out what happened. There were no injuries, but a lot of questions, and now a few people who are looking for a new place to live. Evacuated residents returned in time for dinner, in all except the home where the explosion happened. We had been in contact with the building owner. He does have about eight tenants that will now be geting services from the american red cross. Reporter the ordeal began at 10 00 a. M. On a block where one woman said it is the second gas leak in two weeks. S. F. P. D. Is knocking on our doors and the fire guys were knocking on our door asking us to evacuate the building. Reporter while they told residents there was no need to panic, Fire Fighters say this was not a drill. We had Fire Fighters arrive on scene with the smell of gas. They started walking up and exploded. Reporter video from sky 7 shows the damage. Two front windows shattered and a garage door blown clear out into the street. I would expect gas was filling up that garage and hit a pilot light and thats what caused the explosion. There is no other real reason for that. Reporter Fire Fighters said they believe the gas was coming fromnd the street. Pg e crews scrambled to dig up the pavement and cap off the gas line from both ends. It took them just over three hours before they gave Fire Fighters the all clear. This was a tedious task that included turning off two valves at an offsite location as well as digging up these holes behind me in order for our crews to safely access the pipe and stop the flow of gas. Reporter now pg e has hired an outside firm to investigate what happened as gas remains off for 120 customers near the site of the explosion. In San Francisco, Jonathan Bloom, abc7 news. The man accused of escaping a hawaii Mental Institution and flying to the bay area was back in court today in stockton. The maui now newspaper said the judge gave him the choice to amit his identity and agree to extradition back to hawaii or contest extradition at a hearing. The he chose the latter and the judge set a hearing for a week from tomorrow. He had been held at the Hawaii State Hospital since 1981 after he was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. The jury in the kate steinly murder trial did not reach a verdict today. This is the jurys third day of deliberations. Abc7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has the case from the hall of justice. Reporter this morning the jurors had a few questions for the attorneys in the kate steinly murder trial. The parties were called back into the courtroom to clarify a few things. Typically the press is also allowed inside to hear the question and answer session. Not this time. According to ann don lynn, the spokesperson for the San Francisco superior court, the request was made by one of the attorneys to keep the press out of the courtroom. Judge sam fang agreed to the request. The judge was then asked if that meant that we were going to be excluded from every q a session. His response was, no comment. Once the jury announces they have reached a verdict, everyone will have 30 minutes to come back to the courthouse before it is read. A spokesperson for the steinly family has said they will not be there when the verdict is heard. The family says it does not want to further politicize this case. Steinlys death has become part of the immigration debate in this country. Thats because the defendant jose garcia serate is an undocumented immigrant who was deported several times and has a number of nonviolent felony convictions. He is accused of shooting 32yearold steinly at pier 14 on july 1st, 2015. The prosecution has called it an intentional shooting. His attorneys have called it an accident. Garcia serata has been charged with Second Degree murder but the jury is allowed to consider first degree murder or involuntary manslaughter. He can also be found not guilty. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. And you can be the first to know when that verdict comes down by downloading our free abc7 news app and enabling push alerts. We will also bring you the verdict live on air and online at abc7news. Com. New details tonight about a weekend tragedy on i80 in san pablo. A hit and run crash that ended with four family members dead, six others injured. It was just a horrific scene. Abc7 News Reporter dion lim spoke with those who knew them best and say they were an allamerican family, deeply loved in their community. Reporter first it was the wildfires that devastated this tight knit napa community. Then just days after thanksgiving, members of a prominent family here in town taken all too soon. Another reason for everyone here to stay napa strong. My thoughts are with him and his family. Its just like everyone in town is like really devastated. Reporter this is the sentiment echoed by so many in napa who knew 14yearold joe horn and his father darryl horn. The news of their passing almost too much to bear. I wish people would have had a chance to see what joe was going to do. A real special kid. Reporter just days after thanksgiving, darryl was on a family trip with joe and his older son jared and two relatives from washington state. 52yearold troy and his 12yearold son david. While driving down i80 they were hit by fred, he was drunk, his license suspended from a prior drunk driving offense. The familys car crossed the median and flipped. Everyone inside except jared who was driving was killed. Words just cant express. Its utter sadness. Reporter the devastation felt perhaps deepest in the Sports Community at Vintage High School where darryl was a beloved coach. There are few people that had a connection with kids the way darryl did. He had a nickname for every single kid he ever coached. Reporter a communitys hearts are with the surviving members. Mom denise and jared, a star baseball player at cal. The family releasing this the tatement on behalf of the h and bid l families. Saying, these men were dedicated to youth sports and mentoring children. Through the years they have had tremendous impact on the lives of young boys and girls that their communities will benefit from for generations. Theres quite a legacy they left behind. Reporter in napa, dion lim, abc7 news. A sacramento area man who was arrested for flying a drone over the 49ers and raiders games this weekend spoke with us after being released from jail. The drone dropped leaflets, but the stunt alarmed Law Enforcement because of the potential danger. Abc7 News Reporter jeannine dai de la investigate joins us live with the story. Jeannine . Reporter well, kristin, the 49ers are saying that this is never happened here before. They are quite pleased with how quickly Police Caught the suspect. We spoke with that suspect and it seems like he doesnt regret what he did. Was it worth it to get arrested . Well, ive been protesting the same thing for ten years. Reporter tracy mapes told us he knew flying a drone over levi stadium during a sports event offer concert was prohibited but he wanted to get his message out. The drone pilot admitted he is responsible for dropping leaflets for the first half of the 49ers game. They had a red x on them and about free speech. It was talking about his cause, but told us he had to take it to the next level. Somebody doesnt do what i did yesterday because they didnt believe in what they were trying to tell you. Reporter but authorities were quick to track down mapes. Santa clara Police Identified him shortly after the drop occurred and alerted neighboring authorities. They say he then used his drone to drop the same leaflets at the raiders game at the coliseum where he was arrested by oakland police. Anything can be dropped, which is why we take the security measures that we could in place seriously. We are always on the look out for different ways that the venue can be threatened and this was a way that we had long forecasted and were prepared to deal with. Reporter police say mapes faces a misdemeanor for violating a misdemeanor ordinance that prohibits flying drones near stadiums. In Santa Clara Jeannine de la vega, abc7 news. Much more ahead on abc7 news at 6 00, there is plenty of time to catch cyber monday. Next why it is important to do your research before clicking the buy button. Im spencer christian. Its going to be cold in some spots. Ill have the brisk details coming up. A disabled man has just enough to pay for his cell phone till he gets two bills and one month. I happening today cyber monday sales could hit a new record. In the past most Online Shopping was done on fast connections at work. Now cyber monday is an evening phenomenon done on mobile devices instead of desk tops. Abc7 News Reporter david louie shows you what we are spending our money on this year. Reporter sales this cyber monday could hit a record 6 billion, making this the biggest Online Shopping day ever. But consumers shouldnt assume all those double percent price breaks are the best deals. If you look carefully some sites are offering an incentive not to buy online but to go to their store instead for a lower price. The director of the Retail Management institute at santa clara university. When you go online and you shop at best buy or walmart, you will see an item and that item will have an online price but they will also show you a storeonly price and its cheaper in the store. Reporter Adobe Analytics which is tracking cyber monday activity urges shoppers to do research for the lowest price. We see on the same item today up to 33 difference in the highest price to the lowest price on the same item. So, it makes sense to shop around. Reporter the top selling good today including the Google Chrome cast, apple air pod, the Sony Playstation vr and pj mask and pop. Shoppers may be snapping them up for fear it will run out. But with liberal return and free shipping, a high number of returns might result. Consumers are taking advantage of those things and getting everything they are considering right now to their doorstep free, and then i dont think consumers are planning on keeping everything that theyre purchasing. Reporter primetime for cyber monday now falls in the evening after work, unlike the past when people relied on their broadband connections at the office during the day. This benefits a new generation of shopping sites designed for browsing that use your past Shopping Habits to suggest items to buy. This strategy is helping to boost the average transaction to 137, up 3 from last year. I might go back on today and see if there is anything else like more sales. But im running out of money so reporter in santa clara, david louie, abc7 news. And abc7 news was in tracy this morning inside the amazon fulfillment center. Amazon says last year the company processed 64 million items, and they know how to do it quickly. We could have items outside from receiving all the way to shipping by the time you finish singing the 12 days of christmas. Last year amazon customers ordered 740 items per second on cyber monday. San franciscos union square is rolling out the red carpet for holiday shoppers. City Officials Say they want to promote a tradition of safety and cleanliness. Abc7 News Reporter Carolyn Tyler has this story. Reporter union square is San Franciscos premiere shopping destination. And the Holiday Season is crucial to the citys reputation and its bottom line. It will probably add over 6 million just in the next four weeks to our economy. Reporter the citys goal is to make the area clean and safe every day, but there is a special emphasis during the Holiday Season. All your trash cans will be clean. Well be adding some additional steam cleaning. Reporter theyve taken away the disruption of the central subway construction, placing a moratorium on the work until after the first of the year. Streets have been off for pedestrian walkway. There is more Police Visibility on the streets. And ambassadors provided by the improvement district. Police chief William Scott is offering common sense safety tips including dont be distracted, look up from your cell phone. If you use an atm, shield your pin numbers. Dont leave valuables visible in your car. If you put them in the trunk, you might want to think about changing your parking spot once youve dropped off a load of gifts. Sometimes people that are out to do harm, they will watch you put your packages in the car, you go resume your shopping, you come back and your things are gone. Reporter hundreds of thousands of shoppers are expected to pack union square between now and christmas. Carolyn tyler, abc7 news. We should have some great weather for shopping. We really are lucky, it looks like its going to continue. Spencer christian is here with the forecast for the week. Spencer . Clear skies are certainly going to continue. Its going to get quite chilly overnight. Heres a look at live doppler 7. We have clear skies right now, but if youre going to be out and about during the overnight hours, i dont know why you would, but if you are bundle up. Take a live look at our rooftop camera looking along the embarcadero. Here are current temperature readings for you. Mid 50s along all the locations, San Francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy, half moon bay. Heres another view from emeryville camera looking out over the bay. 50 degrees in santa rosa now, 46 at napa, 48 novato, 49 fairfield, are 55 concord, 54 lifr livermore. Sutro tower, these are our forecast features. Chilly and cold in some spots, inland valleys will see temperatures dropping to the mid 30s overnight. Sunny days through friday. Well have showers moving in over the weekend. Lets look at our rainfall for the past couple days before we get to the chilly conditions tonight. Nice little serving of rainfall up in the north bay there. Santa rosa had over an inch of rain. Ukiah over an inch. San rafael nearly an inch. Across the bay in oakland 6 10, lesser amounts farther south, only 1800th of an inch in san jose. Snow has fallen in the sierra in the last 24 hours. Mammoth mountain 10 inches, 5 inches in heavenly. Small totals there. Lets talk about overnight conditions. Clear skies except some fog over in the Central Valley there. Lows will drop to 36 in napa tonight, 37 in santa rosa. Over in the inland east bay 38 will be the low at livermore, south at morgan hill 36 degrees. Lows