Run. It was only maybe a few hours before people start speculating about who would ultimately replace ed lee and not just as accounting, not just as interim. One question is when will the supervisors make the call . We need to move fairly quickly. With the big question being is breed a candidate herself . So i havent even thought about that, phil. Its, you know, again im here to do this job and do it well and that is at the forefront of my thoughts. The fact is london breed and a number of other people under and outside that dome have thought about running for mayor and very well could have if this hadnt happened. If it happens now, its going to really change things. What comes next . What kind of timetable are we looking at here . Its an interesting situation. What we have is Anyone Running in the june election has to sign up by january 9th. Interesting thats also the day the board of supervisors reconvenes after their Holiday Season and decides whether or not london breed should stay on as well as acting mayor air have to make a choice herself. Veronica, that is the timetable. It ought to make for some very interesting conversations over the holiday and Christmas Tree as everybody decides who is getting presents and who gets coal in their stockings come the new year. In the meantime the memorial to the late mayor ed lee grows outside city hall. Flowers and notes to the mayors family cover the steps leading up to his office. Many remember him breaking boundaries as the first Asian American mayor. City officials announced plans to honor mayor lee. An official viewing is scheduled friday from 8 a. M. To 7 p. M. The mayors body will lie in repose in the rotunda at city hall. Sunday there will be a Memorial Ceremony at city hall at 3 p. M. A blighted mcdonalds near Golden Gate Park is set to become the site of an Affordable Housing complex. Acting mayor london breed announced the plan saying it was the last piece of legislation she and mayor lee discussed before he passed. Known for fights and drug busts, police have been called to this mcdonalds on haight and stanion streets more than 1,000 times in the last three years, no word when construction will begin. A stunning statistic on bay area families going hungry, housing prices in santa clara and san mateo counties have risen so high more than 1 4 of People Struggle to pay for food each month. Kpix5s en len len ramirez reporting on people now on the verge of going hungry. Reporter the food banks are still not enough to close a growing hunger gap in some of the wealthiest communities in the country. We found more than one in four residents in both counties are at risk of hunger. Reporter thats more than 720,000 People Living on the fringes of a booming tech economy who often dont know where their next meal is coming from. Its all part of a new study on the causes of hunger in the silicon valley. One of the big reasons is not a surprise. Skyrocketing rent and stagnant wages mean many people have fewer dollars to spend on food. Parents may be skipping meal, people cutting back on meals or making less healthy food choices like having cereal for dinner. Reporter over the last decade the number of people Second Harvest serves has gone up by 46 since 2007 and the clientele has changed. Almost nine of 10 people now need Food Assistance have a job. 30 of people have seen their rent increase in the past year. 13 were facing eviction and 26 had lost their job. Reporter the information will be used to help Second Harvest serve more efficiently and stretch because even though donations and volunteer help is strong, its not keeping up with the surging demand. In san jose, len ramirez, kpix5. Walmart employees will no longer have to wait until payday to get paid. The company has begun allowing workers to receive a portion of the wages theyve already earned before their next payday rolls around. Employees can access the funds via an app eight times a year free of charge. After that they will have to pay a fee. Walmart says its hoping to ease some of the financial strain on its employees who might otherwise turn to high interest payday loans. Part of the city of Mountain View has gotten the thumbs up to become googletown. The Mountain ViewCity Council Approved a huge redevelopment right off highway 101 around the site of googles headquarters. The plan calls for nearly 10,000 new homes and apartments and more than 3 million square feet of office space. Developers want to create a dense citylike atmosphere with pedestrian friendly parks, shops and restaurants. It would be available to everyone, not just google employees. More public hearings on the plan are expected before Developers Come up with a timeline for those various projects. Right now teachers in fremont are protesting. They say they cant afford to live in the city where they teach. Theyre trying to call attention to a breakdown in contract talks as well as differences in how the district wants to compensate teachers. The critical piece right now is that the district has refused to speak about a raise of any kind. They are only offering us a one time stipend check. The union says currently only about 40 of fremont teachers live in their district. Many are looking at leaving for better paying districts or have left already. Now to a developing story were watching in the south bay, police are searching for a man in south san jose. Chopper 5 captured the scene near Pocatello Court and hunken drive west of the los lagos golf course. An officer saw what he thought was a suspicious man. He tried to talk to him, but the man ran off. Earlier people in the immediate area are being told to stay inside. A pilot from sausalito was caught in alabama with 150,000 worth of pot in his plane. Look at this picture. You can see more than a dozen big bags of marijuana near that plane. Police were tipped off by the u. S. Department of homeland security. They were told the suspect was flying into tanner, alabama. When he landed, officers say the 56yearold was arrested with 38 pounds on board. He is now facing trafficking charges. A bay area man was robbed at gunpoint while delivering medical marijuana to a home in concord. Police say it happened monday night on carlotta drive and village road. The suspect placed a fake order and waited on the street for the driver to arrive. By the time police got there the suspect was gone. Police say its the seventh robbery of a marijuana Delivery Driver in concord since january last year. We still provide a process for clients to receive medical marijuana, but its really incumbent upon these medical marijuana dispensaries to safeguard themselves and their employees by verifying these clients because these robberies happen when they dont take these steps. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward. A bay area father and son going all out for the new star wars movie with a tribute you can only see from high above, the story behind their giant creation. Soaring prices and long waiting lists, why its so hard to get crab this christmas. And an idea to brighten spirits takes off, how neighbors turn a fire ravaged neighborhood into a dazzling display. Reporter live weather tonight from Beautiful Union square in San Francisco, another dry bay area day. Whens that going to change . The answer in your forecast coming up. My name is Cynthia Haynes and i am a senior Public Safety specialist for pg e. My job is to help educate our First Responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. Everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. I live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. Once i moved here i didnt want to live anywhere else. I love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other peoples lives. Together, were building a better california. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. For the franchises latest installment. Star wars fans all over the world are gearing up for the franchises latest installment, the last jedi opening thursday at midnight. One bay area family may be the most excited. Kpix5s kiet do shows us what theyve done to a field next to their home to prepare. Reporter from the ground it looks like nothing more than a freshly tilled farm field, but from the air it is one boys 600foot wide welcome mat to scifi fans across the galaxy. A welcome mat as in if any x wing star fighters are flying by, theyre welcome to land here. Reporter it is the symbol of the rebellion called the Alliance Star bird also known as the phoenix and represents hope seen on flight helmets on previous installments of the star wars franchise, but with the last installment coming out friday, will figured what better way to celebrate what some critics are calling the best and most exciting film of the series. Will and his dad overlaid the insignia on google maps and using gps coordinates plotted out the design using metal stakes. The 11yearold then steered the family tractor to plow the earth and color in the star bird shape and left the rest untouched for the background. You know, with a tractor its a lot easier than with a lawn mower. Reporter their creation is 7 acres and best seen from sky drone 5. You can pretty much do a lot of stuff you think oh, thats impossible. You can do a lot more stuff than you think. Reporter what do you tell people who say an 11yearold shouldnt do stuff like this . That i just did. Reporter in livermore, kiet do, kpix5. He did. The family is also prepared for long lines at the theater because they bought their tickets to the opening two months ago. New video from corps da cordo ma dear cordo madeira. This car shears sheared off a sheared off a fire hydrant. This fishery north of point arena normally opens december 1st, but its been delayed until the 31st. Officials say the crabs arent ready for harvesting. These crabs are cyclical and were just in a bottom of the cycle. This year will be bad and next year could be bad and then it starts to get good again. The news has sent the price of crab soaring. Many stores are not even taking any more orders for christmas. Theres still some holiday spirit in the coffey park neighborhood that was destroyed by the north bay wildfires thanks to a former neighbor determined to bring in some holiday cheer. Kpix5s emily turner is live in santa rosa with the story. Emily . Reporter its amazing what a little bit of holiday spirit and a lot of aa batteries and Battery Powered lights will do, but it has made a huge difference here at coffey park, not just in what you see, but in how it feels. It is burnt and charred by day, but by night coffey park is Something Else entirely. Thanks to Ronnie Duvall and his crew, the neighborhood is illuminated and festive even if its residents dont quite feel that way. That actually brings a little bit of hope and a little bit of joy. I have not been able to get into the Christmas Spirit at all. Im trying to because i have an 11yearold son, trying to make it as normal as possible for him, but we havent even really gotten a tree or decorated. Reporter ronnie decorates for him. He lost his home in the atlas fire and used to live in coffey park. So this is a way to cope and give hope. You can burn a Residential Community down and take our personal effects, but you dont have an ability to steal our Christmas Spirit. So this is a way to show that we are coffey park strong and Sonoma County strong and we are people that will rise above these ashes. Reporter what started with 30 strands of lights a few days ago has now become a full blown holiday affair. More than 30 trees have been donated from vacant lots. 500 plus strands of lights are hung. Even the most devastated fire survivors have to admit it helps. Reporter it starts at 5 30 when the sun goes down. With each twinkle and tree neighbors say theyve been given a gift thats far more valuable than anything they could open on christmas morning. Coming down here last night i was in awe, brought tears to my eyes, but it was tears of joy, feeling like we as a community, as a neighborhood have banned together and tried to make whats best of a horrible situation. Reporter and the best way to see all these lights in this festive neighborhood is to take a drive down hopper avenue through coffey park. If youre interested in helping, whether its to donate your time or donate more aa or aa Battery Powered lights, you can go to facebook. Com christmasatcoffeyp sky drone 5 checking out the holiday vibe in walnut creek earlier flying over the ice skating rink in civic park. Now would be a good time to grab your skates, jacket, gloves, earmuffs, not too many people there on the color changing rink open from noon to 8 p. M. Every day. Looks like a good time. Kpix5 paul deanno is getting into the holiday spirit at union square. Hey, paul. Reporter hey, guys, how can you not get in the holiday spirit when youre standing next to a 60foot high Christmas Tree . But also its the second night of hanukkah. We have video to show you. About one hour ago the candles were lit on the very giant menorah which is over my shoulder out here live and its the second night of hanukkah, of course, an eight night holiday for folks of the jewish faith, that celebrated at union square as well. High temperatures today, another mild one. The average high is between 56 to 58 degrees. 68 was the high today in morgan hill, 65 in san jose, redwood city and concord 63, San Francisco 60 and san rafael 58 degrees for a high. Union square ice rink which is 75 paces to my right mainly sunny skies tomorrow, 64 degrees. Ill throw in the sunshine through the week. If you want to do some ice skating in between trips to your favorite store, which there are many here. Two home games this weekend, the 9ers taking on the titans after 1 00 sunday here on kpix5. Sunshine in santa clara, 67 degrees. Then the raiders taking on the cowboys sunday night, kickoff 5 30, should be a nice evening for football in oakland, clear skies, 60 degrees. We keep talking about sunshine, sunshine, clear, dry, all those towards were using over and over again. Its because of this blocking ridge of high pressure. Its not moving. Dry air conditions with the offshore wind which means chilly nights but mild afternoons with temperatures running above average. Your high temperatures tomorrow once again mid60s, hazy, sunshine, spare the air day, Mountain View 66, San Francisco 64, san rafael 63, vallejo 64, concord 65. Sunshine in santa rosa,67 degrees after another chilly night down theyre freezing. Eventually well get to it where theres some rain in day six and day seven. Each of the next seven days carries 60s for afternoon highs and will be dry with mainly sunny skies. Back out here live at union square its festive. We have everything from a bagpipe early over one shoulder to an ice rink over bagpiper over one shoulder to an ice rink over there, to a Christmas Tree and menorah and every restaurant and shopping possibility you can find. Thats just San Francisco in a nutshell and were enjoying it. Back to you. Its a new twist on the gift card scam, a bay area man loses thousands of dollars, the questions about why there were no red flags at the register. The warriors coach chimes in on the alabama election. And what did Jimmy Garoppolo get from tom brady, more than just a winning style . Next. See the game right here on the big five and itll be Jimmy Garoppolos first start at levis stadium jimmys the 49ers are home sunday against the titans here on the big 5. It will be Jimmy Garoppolos first start at the stadium. I got some heat for saying 49ers nation, but theyre an awesome fan base. My friends sent a group text and theyre like you got to get this right. These are your fans. It was a little funny thing. Dude owns this town. Jimmy is not the only one still in the getting to know you phase. The media is still learning jimmy gs quirks like taking the field without his helmet. Was that something he picked up from tom brady . Reporter was that an homage to tom brady . A what . Reporter homage . No. Reporter thats what he does. Ive always done that. Reporter any way he interacts with the media . I dont know. I never really paid attention to that. The warriors had the night off, but they were still celebrating a victory. Golden state does not subscribe to sports and had plenty of interest in the Alabama Senate race. Kerr sent out two tweets last night after doug jones was declared the winner. Roll tide and war eagle. Now those are both references to the states main college teams, alabama and auburn. Bowl season, bowl season. Im a big sec football. Its a dangerous time, but thankful the folks down in alabama got it right. Dont care, democrats, republicans, independents. If you put a known pedophile in the senate, what would that have said about them . Lets get to the point where this is all about us and not them, you know, just leadership, character and morality and lets be better and its a good step. That guy should run for the senate, right . What do politicians and bass have in common . They both have big mouths. Alas the return of our catch of the day. Good night, that is a huge fish the catch of the day goes to ethan barros who caught this 6. 3 rain