San Francisco Police officer on the tenderloin bicycle beat was struck by a suspects vehicle and was taken to the hospital, police said. The officer is in Critical Condition. The officer was conducting a firearms investigation and believed the suspect had a gun. The suspect struck the officer in the area of turk and franklin street. The suspect fled the scene and is considered at large. They were investigating a vehicle that had a suspect with a gun inside. The suspect realized they were on to him and he took off and hit them. The officer sustained critical injuries and is undergoing surgery at Zuckerberg San FranciscoGeneral Hospital. He has undergone surgery. We expect an update from acting police chief, tony kaplan in a few minutes. We see a lot of command officers. A testament to the seriousness of this case. Mayor atley ed lee and at the hospital. He has significant injuries. They believe it is a lexus suv. We will have more on the car being recovered. The suspect is at large. The officer who was hit is undergoing surgery. That is the latest. Henry, can you share, what is the suspect . Reporter the police will not go into detail. They were investigating a suspect, who they believe had a gun inside the car. The suspect realized the officers were present. He took off in the suv and abandoned it. That is all we know. We do not know the identity. We know the search for the suspect is undergoing underway. Henry lee. We will get more from him as soon as the press conference gets underway. Police say they found the car blocks away near the panhandle of golden gate park. A lexus suv recovered minutes after the initial incident the suspect was nowhere to be found. We will go live to the scene where the car was located. Reporter this car is right behind us. Officers are processing the car. Notice there is front end damage to the right bumper. As well as the driver side mirror. It has been knocked off. A clear indication that there was damage to the car. We were talking to officers on scene and i do believe this was the car that the suspect was driving, when he hit the officer on the bike earlier near turk and vanness. They have been out here for three through four hours. Processing the car. You will notice that this is happening on belt street. There are other cars parked in front of and in back of the suv. I asked if they are part of the investigation. We are told that they are not. However, they are being watched and fingerprinted in case the suspect may have left his fingerprints behind. Earlier, we heard from Police Officers about the link to the car. They observed the suspect and they believe he was in possession of a firearm. It appears he became aware of the officers. And officer assigned to the tenderloin bicycle unit was struck by the vehicle behind me. Between finesse and franklin. Reporter we understand that as soon as the suspect drove away and ended up here, one of the neighbors reportedly saw the suspect get out of the car take off a bright colored vest at the right in the backseat. And off the front license plate of the suv. And take off running. That is why, at linda vista park, there was a lockdown. Police searched the park looking for the suspect. There was no sign of him. They gave an all clear around 1 30 pm. As far as we know about the the suspect has not been captured. They are continuing to process the crime scene. They are taking a really close look at the right bumper. With the front end damage. We believe this is the suv that the suspect was driving when he hit the officer. We have more information, we will bring it to you. They have not released a disruption of the suspect. You mentioned the neighbor. Did she have a description . Reporter unfortunately, he did not. We spoke to a woman, actually. She said she was talking to her neighbor. The neighbor saw him get out wearing a bright colored vest. And take off. Unfortunately, no description of what he looks like. They have a shelter in place in that neighborhood. Reporter they did. As we mentioned earlier, it is an Buena Vista Park area. A heavy police presence. They searched for 30 minutes and gave an all clear at 1 30 pm. Once the press conference gets underway, we will bring it to life. The fires are still burning around the bay area. It is the second date crews from around california and beyond are converging on the bear fire. Burning in the santa cruz mountains. We got our first up close look at devastation near the front lines near Boulder Creek. That doubled the containment of the fire. Despite a drone stopping airdropped for a time. We have an update from jesse. Reporter we are on a Vantage Point from bear creek road. To see that continued Environmental Impact from the flames, burning miles from where i am standing take a pan. There is a smoky haze over this mountain range. As the fire grows. 271 acres. Helicopters carrying buckets of water to release drop points it is a welcome sight. Flames are burning to the north, west and east and steep terrain. Accessible along roads. Much of the land is scorched. Flames are still burning outside homes in the 1600 block of gunz road. Structures have been destroyed. 150 are threatened. 900 firefighters from around california and beyond are using heavy equipment and hand tools to carve out a fire line. Containment is at five percent. Water drops of been suspended for about an hour. It does not seem like much, but the flights are crucial to gaining the upper hand in the firefight. The problem, a drone operator launched in a nofly zone. All air jobs were suspended for safety. Until the drone was cleared from the area. Officials say the loss of an hour of air support is crucial. As you can see the trenton picked up about the same time the air operations were canceled. Anytime that there is wind, fire spreads. We use the helicopters to stop the spread of the fire. Reporter Officials Say the harm done by the drone flight is irreparable. The drone operator faces citations. Also, the santa cruz Sheriffs Department says the Boulder Creek man tried to take advantage of his neighbors during this crisis. 54yearold, marlon coit was arrested for suspicion of looting. He is being held at the county jail. Is charged with the burglary desert burglary during a state of emergency. His bail is 20,000. Will give you an update coming up in the next hour. Live in santa cruz county, jesse gary. Lets go to mark, were a week ago the weather was not cooperating. And has been our friend the last couple of days. Trending in the right direction. Waiting for raindrops as well. Sometimes, we get a powerful storm to wipe out the fire season. That will not be the case. It is a weak system. Enough to help us out with the current wildfires. We are looking out toward the santa cruz mountains. Current satellite shows winds with a nice breeze. A fog bank offshore. With that, moisture levels go up. You can pick out the fire location. Coming in close to give you perspective of Boulder Creek. Out toward lexington hills. Showing you the terrain. The biggest challenge for fire crews. Trying to get access. You have the winds funneling through the valleys. It will be a challenge for the fire crews in this area. Thankfully we are not talking about extreme heat. Strong winds or lowell moisture levels low moisture levels. Temperatures in the 70s, wind observations around 6 through 8 miles per hour. The humidity is around 38 through 46 percent. We will expand the view and show you this. You have heard rumors about a storm moving into northern california. To generate rainfall for us. Here is the system, up to our north. It will be a big factor as we head into tomorrow night. Especially up in the north bay. For the fire zones. Take a look at the forecast model. Look at santa rosa. Over a quarter inch of rainfall. The amounts taper off as you work your way closer to the santa cruz mountains. We are showing you the rainfall in the fire zone. We are starting out with zero. These numbers will be going up. Especially in the mendocino county. 98, nearly an inch of rain. Near the nuns fire and atlas fire. Great news with the rainfall. We will add moisture and a lot of moisture to cool things off near the fire. Rain on the way. The key headline. Forecasted amounts will be a few hundredths of an inch to over an inch along the north coast. It will be the focus area with a moderate to heavy rainfall. A bigger deal moving in thursday evening. We will talk more about the system and bigger changes for the weekend. Containment levels continue to rise in the north bay fires. The tops fire is 90 percent contained. The atlas fire is up to 93 percent the nuns fire is up to 83 percent. The 5000 firefighters are on the fire lines, which is down from 11,000 in recent days. 42 people have died in the fires that started almost 10 days ago. Some of the search and Recovery Efforts are focused on the Mountain Grove neighborhood. Today, search teams were out of sonoma and marin counties searching Mountain Grove parkway for possible remains. We will continue to search around and move on to her next assignment. Sonoma county sheriff crews are trying to locate 50 people still missing, after the fires broke out. Half of those are from the city of santa rosa. The number of Homeless People who are living outside of the fire zone. Teams are looking for other valuables to return to the owners. A couple who is destined who had their phone destroyed is filing a lawsuit a couple whose fire this house was destroyed are suing. A santa rosa couple who lost their home in the tubbs fire sued pg e co. In San Francisco superior court today, claiming the fire was caused by alleged negligence by the utility in maintaining electric lines and pruning trees and vegetation. Wayne and jennifer harvell, who lived on mocha lane, lost their house completely after they fled the fastmoving fire at about 2 30 a. M. On oct. 9, with only time to grab a couple of things, according to attorney bill robins. Robins said he believes the lawsuit is the first to be filed against pg e in the wake of the north bay fires that began on oct. 8. The suit alleges that the fires were a foreseeable risk in the dry, hot and windy conditions and that pg es negligence in fact caused the conflagration. The wine country fires were started when electrical infrastructure owned, operated and maintained by pg e. Came into contact with vegetation inspected and maintained by pg e, the lawsuit alleges. The suit includes claims of negligence, property destruction, trespass by the fire, private nuisance and violation of state utilities and publicsafety laws. It seeks unspecified financial compensation for property loss and emotional harm, plus punitive damages. Wayne harvell said in a statement, this fire has been devastating to our family and to our entire community. Some things can be replaced, but it is the things we cannot replace that is so tragic pictures and videos of our familys memories that we will never be able to see again, the family was in the news last week when the couples son, iraq veteran brady harvell, 31, went back to the ruins of the house to search for the dog tags from his service in iraq in 2013. Have a fires are affecting families psychologically. And how to help your children feel safe again. We sit down with an expert to talk about coping mechanisms. Some 5700 structures have burned as a result of the wildfires in the north a. A majority of those were homes. Tara moriarty has a story of two families facing an uninspected challenge of finding a new place to live. Reporter the past nine days have been rocky for this family. Frustrated trying to find a home. Reporter the family of eight has been crushing at a friends house since the tubs family gutted their neighborhood. 3 kids and themselves. Reporter craigslist has been flooded by families like them, inches to find housing after a week of couch surfing. The problem is real estate prices and rents was already skyhigh before the fire. Nothing has come forward. Nobody has anything. Reporter poly m. J. Webb who last home coffee park came to this complex searching. I came not knowing i would rent a place. She had one left. Reporter they have been responding to craigs list ads, but with no luck. The kids want a place to play soccer. This is the street where they used to live in the south grove neighborhood. You can see that everything has been destroyed. They are hoping to find a new home that will accommodate all of them and cost 3500 a month in rent. We need to find a place to get on our feet. Reporter today, they stop at a shelter, giving away essential items. We are looking for a pack and play for my son. He keeps falling off the bed. Reporter their own bed is what they need. Calling works in the medical industry. Her husband is an uber driver. Unable to work because the family has one car, next to the fire. Their daughter has one wish. To be happy again. Reporter in santa rosa, tara moriarty. Homes have been destroyed. In the north bay fires, thousands of family lives have been turned upside down. That is something that can be very difficult to move on from. Or to know where to begin. More on how victims can learn to cope and move forward. I am joined by the crosses counselor professor at San Francisco state university. We just saw their, for nearly 10 days, families have been going through this difficult process. Losing loved ones and the loss of their home and memories. How is it psychologically impacting these families . Especially fire victims. A lot of people are in shock right now. That is what happens when you are just doing. You are numb. You cannot sleep. You are active. The longterm effects are much greater than the shortterm effects. Even for families if you are a College Student watching your Family Member go through that. They feel so helpless. They feel like they cannot do anything. What are some of the longterm effects . Psychologically, depression is big. The trauma peace starts kicking in where people get triggered. If they see another fire or hear about it in the news, they get triggered quickly. Similar to ptsd when military veterans return home. Absolutely as you noticed in the news, it is not just emotional. It is not having a job, and the economic effects. The longterm peace of how do i rebuild my life . Youre talking about longterm effects. And we see them in children . A family of 8 in that piece going through this. Children return to their home used to be. How do they cope with that . How do parents talk to their kids and help them get through it . To parents dealing with that, give the child as much space as they need to talk. Do not push them. If they are ready to talk, if you cannot talk to them, seek help. Some families have stigma in seeking counseling. It is overwhelming and the child need support. I recommend counseling when they are ready to talk, give them the space. What about other families . You have children who have been directly impacted by the fires. Along with their family have children who have friends in school in the neighborhood who have not been impacted. They may save my friends home is completely gone. And i am seeing fires. How do we feel safe . What can parents say . It depends on their age. Give them the space to talk about it. I would highly recommend not letting the child watch the scenes. They are graphic. It can be traumatic. You need to break it out so they can process and understand. If you notice the child is having nightmares, it may be they are having trouble processing it at night. Perhaps, you need to get help. There are warning signs might not be able to sleep. Not talking about it. Some people do not talk about it, especially children. A lot of great information out there for parents to speak out. We appreciate you being here to talk about this. San Jose City Council has approved a new guncontrol law. What it requires an local reaction at capitol hill. When 4 on 2 continues. Finding Common Ground seems to be president donald j. Trumps goal as he looks to gain bipartisan support on his tax proposal. Reporter the president is pushing for bipartisanship on the hill, as he tries to get tax reform through before the end of the year not everyone is signing on. We will go from being one of the highest tax nations in the world, to one of the lowest ones reporter budget talks are front and center. The key phrase this week is tax reform. The president is pushing for a Major Overhaul of the tax code. Which he says is long overdue. The vast majority of americans will be able to file their taxes on a single sheet of paper. Reporter the white house says the plan is a tax cut for the middle class. Wednesday afternoon, the president met with members of both parties from the Senate Finance committee. Hoping to find Common Ground to keep the plan moving forward. Is a be a win for the american people. If we can do it on a bipartisan basis, it will be durable and something that will be sustainable. Like the tax reform of 1986. Reporter it is not all smooth sailing. The president is facing major opposition from some democrats. Who says the plan does not do enough for middleclass families. And mostly benefits the wealthy. The details are gruesome. Millions of working families will see their taxes go up. The top one percent would get tax breaks worth an average of 130,000. Reporter time is of the essence to get the deals made especially because the president wants a signed tax reform before the end of the year. In washington, caroline sharply. Went last night, san Jose City Council narrowly approved a new guncontrol law. It requires that owners to lock up their guns anytime they lose their leave their homes violators could be fined 1000 and face up to six months in prison. The new law goes into effect on december 1. The medication into what led to them desiccant the investigation into what led to the deadliest the investigation into what led to the deadliest shooting in u. S. History continues. Senator hatteras treated, the deadly shooting was 16 years ago. Conversations on gun violence have faded we cannot. We cannot accept that. Senator feinstein said it has been 16 days. We owe it to them to take action. A woman has died and two others are in Critical Condition after a house fire in oakland