The problems need to be solved by an outsider who will take a fresh look at the way business is done in san jose. Kenneth kelly, a former board member of san jose Crime Stoppers hopes the new police chief will commit to staying on the job at least five years. We need to hire a police chief who really understands diversity. Who really gets the notion. This is an incredibly diverse town. They need to relate to people from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Others agree working closely with the community will be critical to the chiefs success. Were looking for a leader to invest some time in san jose. Invest in the community in san jose and finish what i believe chief moore started, which is a building process to bring police here to san jose. Chris moore plans to resign by the end of january. The city must move fast to find the best person to be a leader in san jose. Tonights meeting will accept public input until 8 00 tonight. There will be another meeting on wednesday at the Camden Community center at 6 30. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you. New at 6 00 its the season for giving. At least for one top city official. The manager has come up with a unique strategy to entice two high profile workers to stay on the job. Jodi hernandez joins us from city hall. Talk about digging deep. He is digging deep into his own pocket. He feared two of the citys top workers, including the police chief may be lured away by others. He came up with a unique solution. Some are calling it an act of selflessness, others call it self preservation. Its the season of giving and a top official is doing just that. The city manager is giving up a chunk of his salary so two coworkers can get a raise. Ive always felt if you do the right things that certainly you enhance the certainty that your team will stay together. And without people it doesnt work. The people are the magic. Zapata will take a 20,000 a year pay cut so they can each get a 10,000 a year raise. With san jose and fremont on the hunt for new chiefs, zapata hopes his contribution will entice san leandros top cop to stay put. Shes essentially remade the Police Department. Its really made this a safer place. Without her talent, i think we would be in a very different place. Zapata says uncertain Financial Times call for out of the box solutions. And what a better time to dip into your own pocket to give to others than during the holidays. Im feeling great. I can rest better knowing talented professionals are working. And that lets me sleep very good at night. Feel good about the spirit or the holiday season. Now this isnt the first time that zapata has offered to take a pay cut. He did it twice before in a previous position. He said during tough Economic Times its especially important to lead by example. Im jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. The 15yearold suspect linked to a san jose crime spree could be arraigned as early as tomorrow. Authorities finally caught him in concord friday after a week on the run. Hes linked to the november 16th killing of a man during a car jacking in a seven11 parking lot and the attempting killing of a police officer. The suspects name is not billion released because of his age. The first suspect, 26yearold Jonathan Wilbanks faces multiple charges with special circumstances. A San Francisco sheriff deputy was in court and pleaded not guilty to robbing a bank. These fingerprints led police to Deputy Phillip todd. He allegedly handed the teller a note demanding money. The teller handed over 1,700 in cash. He will return to court in november to set a date for a preliminary hearing. The father of two filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. The San Francisco general is going after the dodgers. They want to recoup the unpaid cost for caring sister stow after he was brutally beaten outside a dodgers game in march of 2011. County lawyers have asked a bankruptcy judge to add San Francisco to a list of creditors. They filed for chapter 11 after the owner ran into problems after a bitter divorce from his wife. Attorneys believe it will cost that much to care for him for the rest of his life. The chp says drunk driving was not the biggest problem. The Highway Patrol reports 31 people died from wednesday of last week through sunday. Thats up 48 from last year. Among the casualties, two sisters from san bruno. This accident here happened in palo alto. 21 of the 31 people who lost their lives were not wearing seat belts. It was really concerning for me how many were unseat belted out of those fatalities. Were trying to get the word out on how dangerous it is to be out there without your seat belt on. They suspect the driver in this accident may have dozed off. In the humboldt county town, students at the local high school all wore green today. Thats the favorite color of a student who died. The family was walking their dog on the beach. This happened on saturday, when their dog was engulfed by a wave and swept the dog to the ocean. Gregory went in after the dog and his father followed. Gregory made it back to the beach. When his father did not return, gregory and his mother went back to the water. The older sister and girlfriend watched in horror. A bystander called 911. The bodies of the parents washed ashore. Gregory is still missing. The dog did swim ashore on her own. The state senator will be running for secretary of state in 2014. Now during his years in office the former San Francisco supervisor has made voter rights his top priority. The current secretary of state will be termed out in 2014. Some evergreen teachers may be horse in the classroom tomorrow. Thats because they spent more than two hours marching and chanting, trying to pressure the district to go back to the bargaining table. The district says teachers and administrators are at an impasse and have called for a state mediator. Kris sanchez joins us from san jose with the very latest. Hi there, jessica. You can probably hear me if i whispered with you tonight. Earlier you wouldnt have hear a jet roar as hundreds of teachers protested, asking to return to the bargaining table. The district says the two sides are so far apart they cant get to the middle without a little outside help. Chanting for a fair contract several hundred Evergreen School district teachers got support from their Community Driving by the headquarters. They want the district to return to negotiations that arrived at an impasse on november 25th. Six sessions after they started. They agreed and a state immediate you tor will come up with the next teacher contract. The Teachers Association president says they dont want to meet in the middle. Essentially means this is take it or leave it. Take it or else proposition. This is nonnegotiable. The starting points were too far apart and some promises to teachers were coming at the expense of their students. We have is 00 paid Health Care Benefits for employees and their families, which is just becoming really unsustainable. And were finding ourselves in a difficult position of needing to balance the needs of the employees with the needs of students. Many of the signs at the protest reference the districts 2 million in reserve. Something the superintendent says breaks down to 3 million they cant touch by law and 16 million more that will backlog a budget this year and next. The teachers tried to pressure the district saying that would to longer take on extra duties like coaching and sponsoring Outdoor Activities to make it clear theyre serious about the contracts. Between that and protests like this one. The teacher are hoping the district will be pressured back to the negotiating table, rather than waiting for mediation, which may not happen until next year. There are no negotiating sessions on the schedule right now although theres a discussion behind closed doors of this labor dispute. However, it could be a while before we find out how that contract is going to shake out. Still ahead at 6 00, what does a steroid suspension get you . Apparently a lot of money. The world series bonus for Melky Cabrera, even though he didnt play. One doctor reacts to a controversial treatment involving a 7yearold oregon girl and medical marijuana. That story is coming up. Plus a local university considered among the most dangerous in the entire country. Good evening. Temperatures are cooling off to the 50s for the most part. All the talk is about a series of storms headed our way. Well let you know when the rain drops arrive coming up in just a few minutes. Medical marijuana for a 7yearold . Mckayla suffers from an aggressive form of leukemia. And her mother has chosen to help her deal with the side effects by giving her medical cannabis. We look at the issue and how doctors here are reacting to this treatment. Without the cannabis i feel more tireder and with the kin bus i have more energy to play and stuff. Mckayla is a sick girl. She suffers from an aggressive form of leukemia and this helps to relieve the symptoms she gets from chemotherapy. I knew i would do that. She gets two doses daily. It makes me feel funny. Happy. At age 7 she has a medical marijuana card issued by the state of oregon. She oversees the department where some 60 children are diagnosed with leukemia each year. Its not against the law at all to use cannabis. And however for children it needs to be a precise amount. Thats the piece that may be missing here. Oregon and california have laws on the books allowing patients to use medical marijuana. The doctor says shes prescribed it before with her young patients, but she uses it more often with adolescents. Still, her mom says she was desperate to find something to help her daughter deal with the side effects of her treatment. I felt like i was going to lose my child. At that point i knew that i would do whatever it took to save her life. Speaking of marijuana, it could be the first in the country. A Public University with a department devoted to pot. Humboldt will be taking advantage of its location in the prime growing region. The csu campus will open the institute for research. They will coordinate research mock 11 faculty members from politics, psychology and sociology of pot. Ucberkeley and ucla are two of the largest colleges in california. Theyre also the most dangerous. They averaged crime data over the last four years ucla among the country was number one. Uc berkeley was number three. San diego state is number seven. And uc riverside at 24. Ucla is denying the fining, saying the Police Department also responds to offcampus calls, making this report invalid. The next couple of days will be dicey with the weather dipping. But tonight some of the Homeless Population will get a hot meal and a warm dry place to sleep. Three cold weather stations opened at 6 00 this evening. 275 shelter beds are now available in san jose. And in gilroy as well. And for the first time a portion of the beds will be allocated for the homeless living in encampments and also for veterans. The program will run through march. Get ready to clean out the rain gutters. Lets bring in jeff ranieri with our monday forecast. Great advice to get out and get them ready for a series of storms across the bay area. Today it was pleasant outside. We had sun finally make it out here in the early afternoon. 65 in san jose. Also popped up to 62 in redwood city. We are currently under dry conditions in the 250 mile radius. But in advance of the series of storms coming our way, not just one but at least four storms throughout the end of the week. A flood watch has been issued for the sacramento valley. Well likely see a flood watch here. Mainly up in the north bay throughout the next two days with heavier rainfall coming your ways. Well have the timing coming up. Lets look at the coldest weather. 48 in novato. Temperatures already dipping in the low to mid 50s. Lets take you outside to the live hd sky camera network. This is looking across 80 as you get up to the bay bridge approach. A lot of traffic, as is normal this time of year. And that will be a nightmare into the workweek with rain coming our way. This is still 700 miles out here. But it is powerful by all standards. Its going to be Strong Enough that the bottom edge of the storm getting close to california will be Strong Enough to bring us one to three inches as we head throughout wednesday. Winds that could top 50 miles per hour. It doesnt look like feet of snow at this point. About four to eight inches. It has warmer air. So up across well expect a wide mix of conditions, including rainfall. So tomorrow morning well have some fog, like we had today. Likely in oakland, widespread cloud cover. We wont expect too much sunshine by the afternoon. Then eventually the first storm system will get here throughout 7 00 a. M. Pockets of rain for the entire viewing area and across the santa cruz mountains. The next thing i want to bring your attention to is the wind. On wednesday when the system arrives we could see gusts top 50 miles per hour. Tuesday night looks more typical. Winds 20 to 25 miles per hour. Then throughout wednesday morning at 6 00, look at the magentas and the reds. Follow the key on your screen. Then throughout 10 00 a. M. , thats when the wind will peek out with the first system on wednesday. This could bring down trees and bring down power outages. Overall well see cloud cover increase throughout the day. And wednesdays storm is not the only one this week. Well see showers throughout thursday. Ill have full details later on. Coming up, a type of aggress bird on the rise in the bay area. Also were you full . The 400 million hoax involving google. And a fruit that may not mix well with certain prescriptions. Were back in a moment. Federal prosecutors want eight years of jail time for a California Campaign treasurer found guilty of defrauding at least 7 million from democratic politicians. The u. S. Attorneys office is now recommending a little more than eight years. If the judge agrees, she would have to serve six years and ten months before being eligible for parole. He spent his life traveling the world. He was finally laid to rest. A wreath of roses, an American Flag and a childrens note. According to the Union Newspaper ambassador Chris Stevens was laid to rest in a small ceremony last friday. President obama talked about his birthplace in a speech to the united statesed last month. And stevens is seen standing in front of the foothills. I didnt know much. He told the union the family chose this as the final resting place because i think he felt a bond, an identity. And really appreciated the history and had ancestors as part of the community. My only thought is that they brought him home. She has begun studying the stevens families roots, tracing back to his grandfather, a local teacher and to those who came to work in the gold mine. I think so, yes. Even though the family later moved. He often returned to visit his grps here in the valley. See you soon. At 52 years old. Chris stevens had learned languages and travelled the world. He said this is where we always planned one day to return. Still ahead, more fallout for the socialidentity involved in the David Petraeus scandal. The honor thats now been taken away from her. And liking facebook. New optimism for the social network stock. Im scott budman at paypal headquarters. The numbers are in. Were doing it on our computers. Were doing it on our mobile devices and doing it way more than before. The cyber monday shopping report is coming up. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] [ music box lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers. Of secondhand smoke. And some of them cant do anything about it. [ continues ] [ gasping ] these terms are outdated now. Black friday. Cyber monday. So 2005. The malls are packed and laptops are coming. Its the sign of an improving economy, we hope. We bring in scott budman. Lots of shopping of all kinds. I went to union square and it was packed. And thats the best news of all. It doesnt matter how early the malls were open unless a lot of people were willing to spend money. All these numbers are a reflection that were comfortable shopping online, especially with our mobile devices. You can pretty much boil the shopping world down to this couple we found in a coffee shop. I definitely do most of my purchasing online. Kristen likes to shop from her laptop. I try to avoid the mall. Its hectic and saves time. I dont do much shopping. When i do i prefer to go to the stores or the malls. I dont know. I guess Im Old School like that. Were happy to say theyre making it work. On this cyber monday it seems the new school is making the biggest stride. Shoppers more comfortable spending money online than ever. Thats almost a threefold increase already. She points out that its not just the Online Shopping world growing so fast. Its specifically that were shopping on mobile devices. On smart phones and tablets. The flexibility that people have, they can shop any time, anywhere, any way. Which leaves us more time to hang out in coffee shops. The beauty of it is im not a good sleeper. I can in the middle of the night when im not sleeping. I can do my errands. Do my shopping. Which is a big advantage to me. Im not out there with the crowds. Im not using gas. Staying away from the mall. A big gain in the number of people going online to shop by 24 this year from last year. And about 10 of us are doing all of our shopping from mobile devices. Jessica . Thank you, scott. All the Online Shopping means big bucks thanks to a new sales tax on internet purchases. This cyber monday is expected to bring in tens of millions of dollars. That went into effect december 15th. The purpose is to require retailers to charge customers online the moment they buy something. Usually when they pay their income taxes. So far california officials have only managed to identify a few retailers as being subject to the new law, though. If youre an out of state retailer and you collect m