Open trench on santa clara. You have a big pit in the middle of a thriving downtown core. Weve seen how it works in [ technical difficulties ] if about. If we about more time, we should do it. Reporter the b. A. R. T. Board will decide. The timeline is in 2019. Kpix5s melissa caen joins us now live from oakland. Cook r things at home oa reporter were here in front of the purple heart medical cannabis dispensary. What they call equity applicants. [sotgreg minor, assistant to c of oakland] an equity oakland residents will get priority who live in a neighborhood with a large number of cannabis related arrests or have a cannabis restriction on their record. The next time i invite you over to the house for a potluck, it may mean not just cooking, but doing other things at home. Reporter oakland city councilman knoll guyo said when noel guyo said when the city started looking into cannabis licenses, they found something. We wanted to grow it to 16 and found out in the process we had over 250 doing business anyway now owning warehouses in the homes all over the city. Reporter so while the city keeps a tight leash on the number of dispensaries, they decided to make other businesses like growers legal so they can collect taxes and make sure they all follow building codes. They also took the opportunity to bring oakland residents into the business. 50 of all permits must go to what they call equity applicants. Its a business that is opened by someone that is an oakland resident that makes no more than 80 of the average Median Income and either has a cannabis conviction arising out of oakland, california, or lives in certain parts of oakland, california, that experienced disproportionately high amounts of Cannabis Enforcement. Reporter the program is the first of its kind in the nation after a study by the city showed disproportionate Cannabis Enforcement against African Americans. For example, in 2015 71 of all cannabis arrests in oakland were African Americans while only 3 were white. And Public Health studies show that generally all races use cannabis roughly to the same degree. Reporter claudia mccado is getting ready to launch her own cannabis business. In january shell be a distributor. She is born and raised in oakland but is not an equity applicant and we asked what she thinks of the 11 ratio for the appear cants. By applicants. By me showing up, its a really well balanced program if you look at the numbers of oakland. Reporter so far things are working out pretty evenly. Of about 250 permit applications so far about 50 are what they call general applicants and 50 of these equity applicants. Also we were told today cities like San Francisco and los angeles are looking to incorporate this equity Applicant Program into their local rules surrounding Recreational Marijuana sales. Live in oakland, melissa caen, kpix5. This evening uber is once again doing damage control. The companys top security chief is out of a job after uber hid a massive data breach. Kpix5s maria medina tells us that breach happened more than a year ago, but we are just learning about it now. Maria . Reporter also late tonight we are learning the new York Attorney general is launching an investigation into the cover up, but we with the the only ones in the dark werent the only ones in the dark. The new uber ceo said he also learned recently. Its actually been a year since this has happened . Wow. Reporter former uber driver Maria Baretto had no idea she was at risk. A pair of hackers discovered an archive of 57 million uber riders and drivers, stealing names, email addresses, phone numbers and license numbers of 600,000 uber drivers. Its very curious to me if you actually know who the hackers are, why wouldnt you report them to the authorities . Reporter instead uber agreed to pay the hackers 100,000 to delete the data and keep the breach happened in october, 2016. The public including the victims or regulators had no idea until this week. Why do you think uber would want to cover this up . Well, theyve had a long string of bad luck. Its no good. Reporter the San Francisco based company is trying to clean up its image after a camera caught former Ceo Travis Kalanick lashing out at one of ubers drivers. Its facing several criminal probablies by the government and dozen probes by the government and dozens of lawsuits. Uber did fire chief Security Officer joe sullivan this week for the data breach coverup, but cnet executive editor saying uber has a lot of answers to give its customers and employees. They have to prove to us theyre serious about this stuff to keep our trust. Reporter bay area tech expert russ hancock agrees. When something happens like this, always the best policy is transparency. So had uber been forthcoming, they wouldnt be taking a black eye right now. Reporter the big question tonight is did hackers really delete all that information . The tech experts we spoke to say we may never know. Live in san jose, maria medina, kpix5. Trouble on the evening commute, a muni bus has collided with a work truck in San Francisco. Chopper 5 flew over the scene on courtland and banks in the vernal heights neighborhood. The crash involves a bus on the 24 line. This picture from the ground shows the front of the bus near the front door is smashed. Theres no word yet on any injuries. Its the end of an era at hewlettpackard. Ceo meg whitman is stepping down early next year. She plans to take some down time but will remain on the board of hewlettpackard enterprise. The former gubernatorial candidate said she has no plans to seek Elective Office or join a competing company. Company president antonio neary will take over as ceo effective february 1st. San jose fire chief Curtis Jacobson announced his retirement. He joined the department as a firefighter in 1992 his retirement effective december 15th. The assistant chief will fill in while the department looks for a replacement. A bay area construction worker and father detained by i. C. E. Will be home for the holidays. His supporters are handing over the money for the 15,000 bond to get him released from the sacramento area. Kpix5s anne makovec on the ruling his family was hoping for. We have to go in there knowing that we did everything we could and tried our best. Reporter hugo mejias family came to court with hope. Hed been in federal custody since may 3rd when he and another undocumented construction worker arrived to put up sheetrock at a Medical Center on Travis Air Force base. When they couldnt provide proof of legal status, i. C. E. Arrested them. We followed every single thing since weve been here. I never thought that my dad would be at risk for that. Reporter mejia illegally entered the u. S. After being deported in 2001. Yes. He made a youthful mistake in entering unlawfully, but id like to think hes more than that mistake and hes shown that over the last 16 years. Reporter mejias colleague who was arrested with him was deported in august. Today dozens of marias san rafael neighbors tried to stop it from happening to him including the school board president. We need everyone to help each other and hes a model example of what a citizen is. Reporter mejias two oldest kids have daca protection. The full case is pending appeal in the 9th circuit federal court. Theres no timeline for that. It could be months or years. In sacramento, anne makovec, kpix5. Hes the man behind some of pixars biggest hits, a legendary bay area filmmaker on leave over allegations of up wanted hugs unwanted hugs and harassment, how women went to extremes to avoid his advances. Girl scouts telling parents dont force your daughters to hug their relatives. A bay area murder linked to a notorious street gang, the group found to be moving into Surprising New territory. Lots of travel over the next 24 hours likely beginning tonight, many hubs looking quite mild, denver 67 degrees, houston 67. What number stands out . 94 in los angeles tomorrow. Coming up how that impacts our weather here. From former country road to rolling nightmare, where the 580 commute now starts before dawn. We learned one solution to gridlock is converting freeways into tollways. The reason why people use the road so much is the road is free. Just as water has become a precious resource, so will this. Freeway capacity is an equally valuable commodity in california. Expect original reporting from kpix5 news, expect more. Cassidy has died. His family confirming the news in a statement. Were following breaking news right now. Pop star David Cassady has died. His family confirmed the news in a statement. Cassady was a teenage heartthrob in the 1970s. He was hospitalized last week in florida suffering from multiple organ failure. Earlier this year he revealed he suffered from dementia. David cassidy was 67 years old. He is the genius behind blockbuster films like toy story and frozen. Now pixar chief John Lasseter is apologizing for Sexual Misconduct and announced hes taking a leave of absence. Kpix5s Susie Steimle live in emeryville at pixar headquarters for us tonight. Reporter women told the Hollywood Reporter they used to look out for John Lasseters hugs. She said if you didnt turn your head away at the right time, he would end up kissing you on the lips. The 60yearold John Lasseter is one of the most powerful in animation. Now hes one of the latest me men in a position of power to be accused of Sexual Assault. The head of animation at disney and pixar, John Lasseter, is taking a leave of absence following allegations of Sexual Assault. Hes the Creative Genius behind toy story, melana, frozen and cocoa set to debut on thanksgiving. Do you mind . Reporter he sent out a memo to colleagues yesterday apologizing for missteps saying, its been brought to my attention that i have made some of you feel disrespected or uncomfortable. That was never my intent. I especially want to apologize to anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of an unwanted hug or any other gesture that they felt crossed the line in any other way, shape or form. According to the Hollywood Reporter who broke this story, lasseter was well known to insiders for grabbing, kissing and making comments about womens physical attributes. Women would use a move they called the lasseter, holding an arm across their thigh to prevent their boss from putting his hand on their legs. Lasseter told coworkers hed be back here after a six no sabbatical. Month sabbatical. He said hes going to do that to heal and hopes to come back here to work as a better leader. Live in emeryville, Susie Steimle, kpix5. The girl scouts are asking give out hugs over their the holidays. The organization tells reporter joe kwon it is all about teaching girls an important lesson about consent. Reporter this mom says a hug can warm your heart. Definitely to, reinforcing positive, reinforcing and being loved. Reporter but the girl scouts of america posted parents should halt the forced holiday hugs on family and friends. Allowing children, particularly girls, the space to decide how they want to show affection. Reporter the post is a timely lesson in consent. Its important for kids to feel empowered and brave enough to share how they want to share. Reporter girl scout julian king said the post taught her how to say i love you. You dont have to use your body. You can use your words. Reporter a former girl scout said its a lesson she could have used as a kid. Even in college and after that working situations ive been forced to hug people id rather not touch me. Reporter the girl scouts suggest some alternatives to hugging including a handshake, a high five and a thumbs up. A wave, a wink. This is not like an antihug thing. Girl scouts, i think youre overreacting. Reporter she says hugging doesnt require rules. Very, very ridiculous. Reporter she said her family plans on plenty of holiday hugs. You dont know whats going to have tomorrow and you didnt have that chance to hug or kiss somebody in your family. Weather time toasty at the beach today, santa cruz tying a record high 81 degrees, san jose tying a record high today 76 degrees. Other highs throughout the bay area, Half Moon Bay 73, fremont 72, San Francisco officially 69 degrees, san rafael 65, upper 60s in San Francisco. Today two days before thanksgiving was warmer than 65 of the 91 afternoons we had this past summer. That happens sometimes around here. Of course, San Francisco is not that warm in the summer. We can get warm in the fall. Certainly did that in Early September where we hit 106 degrees, the all time record high in San Francisco today, 69 degrees. As i mentioned earlier, los angeles 90s tomorrow because theyre closer to the center of a huge, sprawling ridge of High Pressure. Were on the fringe of that. Well be above average tomorrow by 10 or 15 degrees. The widespread record heat, 80s and 90s, will stay in Southern California. Notice along the periphery of this ridge lots of cloud cover, no widespread rain, mostly cloudy the next couple days. We wont have a tremendous amount sunshine, but well be much warmer than average. Partly cloudy skies overnight tonight, lows dropping to upper 40s to lower 50s, tomorrow San Francisco 56, oakland and fremont 54, napa tonight 51 degrees. Mild to warm tomorrow, perhaps a degree or 2 cooler but well above average because average is 61 or 62. These numbers, higher than that. Concord 70, san jose 75, San Francisco 69, low 70s in santa rosa, napa and mountain view. A pretty strong definitive rain, no rain line staying north of the bay area the next couple days. In Northern California it will pour. Well see a tiny chance for a north bay rain shower thursday and saturday, no widespread rainfall until sunday. Thats when we cool down back to the 60s with some scattered showers and sunshine returns next week, but very unthanksgivinglike weather the next couple days. We will see widespread 70s away from the water. A thanksgiving table that crosses two counties, we give you a taste of the 500 a plate dinner raising money for wildfire victims. Would you recognize Klay Thompson if you saw him on the street . How he became an expert on Street Safety in new york city. Heads begin to roll in oakland as the raiders fire one of key coaches. 49er fans, you will know his name next. Its time for the ultimate sleep number week on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. And snoring . Does your bed do that . Right now during ultimate sleep number week, save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed with adjustable comfort on both sides. Ends monday. Visit sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Straw for defensive coordi it has happened. The raiders gave up 420 total yards against the patriots in mexico city and that was the final straw for defensive coordinator ken norton, jr. , who was fired today. Norton took over that job in 2015 after a really successful run at the seahawks linebackers coach, but norton didnt have the players in oakland that he did in seattle. The raiders ranked 26th in total defense this year and had given up almost 25 points a game. Assistant coach john pagano takes over for norton. We play under our talent level and those things come with consequences. I mean that came down on everybody. Everybody felt it in this building, players. I mean we love norton regardless. Unfortunately, you know, the production wasnt at a High Standard this year and, you know, like i said, its production. Those were fairly diplomatic responses to the news of line backer bruce irvin obviously had a much stronger opinion on twitter. The raiders defense could get back on track sunday against the broncos quarterback paxton lynch making his third start this season. After pulling off a stunt yesterday with Wichita State who is in the control room . Guys, do me a favor. Just roll that basketball highlight, clowns in the control room. At times the bears couldnt throw it over the ocean against vcu. Don coleman had 35 yesterday and ended with an air ball. Less than five seconds coast to coast with the buzzer beater and the three. Jenkins had 27. Vcu wins big, 8369. The warriors have been staying in new york since sunday and in the big apple even rock stars like the warriors remain anonymous. The local fox affiliate in new york was working on a story about scaffolding and in the News Business we rely on what is called man on the street interviews to augment a story. It turns out Klay Thompson was the man to discuss scaffold safety. Reporter nba champ Klay Thompson says he looks up curious but still quickly walks underneath. I usually observe if the piping and stuff is new. Sometimes, you know, stuff that looks like its been there a while, i kind of try and avoid that. Sometimes you just need to get the shot even if it comes from an nba champion. Reporter do you have any idea . No. It was great. It was nice. The cameraman recognized me, but just what i thought about the situation.