This is a place that families can come. We want businesses that fit. Reporter almost all the businesses here oppose what would be the first medical Marijuana Dispensary at fishermans wharf. May lynn owns the shop next door. All the customer all the customer i think thats a crazy idea you know this is the first theres a lot of peoples with the families, kids. Reporter but ray says he is not here to get people high. He is in the healing business helping those dealing with cancer, aids, and other illnesses. He says there are no dispensaries on this side of the city. It would give them additional foot traffic. Not another tshirt or knicknack shop. They want a reason to come to fishermans wharf. Reporter while ray has gotten thousands of signatures in support, many visitors think its the wrong place. You might lose some tourism here. I dont want my children or grandchildren to be exposed to it. When they become adults that would be their choice. Reporter both ray and the opposition will be allowed to make their sides of their case to the Planning Commission on december 17. Ultimately the commission will decide whether or not to give ray that permit. Live at fishermans wharf, im da lin, kpix 5. Questions tonight about the special commission thats looking into the beating death of an inmate at the Santa Clara County jail. The first meeting is set for tomorrow. But kpix 5s len ramirez says the chairman thinks its a waste of time. Reporter this Blue Ribbon Commission set up to look at the practices at the jail may come off the rails. Commission members say this process which they say was supposed to be done in full disclosure apparently wasnt. All our meetings will be held in public. Reporter when the commission was set up to investigate the Santa Clara County jail they promised everything would be carried out in full sunshine. This process will be transparent because transparency leads to accountability. Reporter but Commission Chair and former judge Ladoris Cordell called the commissions purpose into question after she learned that the county had already started a parallel investigation with a private consultant to help the county avoid lawsuits from inmates and their families. There was never any secret about it. It was to get the chair up to speed on what was already going on so there wouldnt be any sense of, you know, redundancy or anything like that. Reporter the board president dave cortese says the contractor had two previous contracts with the county for compliance with the americans with disabilities act. He said the county planned to publicly offer it another contract this month to look into liability exposure following the alleged murder of inmate Michael Tyree by three jail guards last august. The company is headed by Michael Brady who has also worked with the state department of corrections and is a recognized expert in jail reform but kpix 5 also learned that brady has a checkered past including being disbarred from the state of california as an attorney because of two felony convictions 17 years ago for receiving stolen property and auto theft. Now, i tried to contact mr. Brady this afternoon but my phone call was not returned. County Officials Say they knew all about his past, that he had been fully investigated and he was hired because he is considered to be the best person for the job. The Blue Ribbon Commission will get started amid all of this tomorrow at 11 a. M. At the county board of supervisors headquarters. Live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. A vigil began the past hour to remember the four people stabbed on the ucmerced campus. These are some photos just getting in just posted by uc merced a large group of Students Holding candles as you can see there. This one even showing the School Mascot joining in. This has been an emotional day as you can imagine. Students returned to classes earlier. They were back inside the same building where wednesdays rampage began. But the classroom 209 was closed. Students and faculty still coming to terms with the stabbings carried out by freshman faisal mohammad. Extra security is on campus tonight and so are counselors who met with students especially those who worked closely with mohammad. Three people were put off to the side to talk to one specific psychiatrist from uc berkeley. They were in labs and partners with faisal. Blue and yellow ribbons were tied near the bridge where mohammad was shot and killed by police . Authorities said he had angry he had been kicked out of a study group. Middletown is celebrating homecoming tonight. Its been a month and a half since a wire tore through the community. A wildfire tore through the community. It killed 4 people and destroyed 1200 homes. Despite that, people who live in middletown say the town is rallying back. Kpix 5s emily turner on how tonights homecoming game is a way to say thanks. Emily. Reporter it is, veronica. In fact, everything that you just said you can see on the back of this tshirt. Still standing, still fighting, middletown strong. Some of it is still standing. They are still fighting and tonight middletown certainly is strong. Today purple and gold are the only colors that matter. Its homecoming for the Middletown High School mustangs after the valley fire almost ruined it. I could fill a whole room i could fill a whole room with people that lost everything. Reporter middletowns homecoming is supposed to happen september 18 six days after the valley fire started. But the flames took football equipment cheerleaders uniforms foot and the floats. Local insurer california casualty replaced it all and is paying for a barbecue for the community to say thank you to local First Responders. We thought homecoming in a town like middletown might be a wonderful opportunity for everybody to come together thank the police and the firefighters the other First Responders that helped save the school save so many of the structures in town. Reporter but just three blocks away are the remnants of structures that didnt make it. Some of the lots have been cleared and there are signs of progress but for many, its been frustrating. Its not as quick a bounceback as i hoped. Reporter but bounce back they will, they say, because even though it will still be months or more before their homecoming truly happens, tonight is a step in the right direction. I think it will be a celebration that were all still here. Thats what its going to be. Reporter the students say this is a homecoming unlike any other that they have had. In fact, the teacher even says its the homecoming. And for the folks who are here experiencing it they say thats what it is. Kickoff at 7 00. They say they can pretty much garn teen a win. Emily turner, kpix 5. The owner of a san jose restaurant shut down after customers got sick is starting over. Mariscos san juan number 3 restaurant is closed october 18th when nearly 200 people contracted the shigella bacteria. After a thorough scrubdown, the Health Department gave the restaurant the okay to reopen. Business at his other two restaurants is down 70 . Not a change just start all over bring new food, new everything. All the food that i had before all the [ indiscernible ] i had before i just throw away. The owner sergio cruz says he is still not sure where the bacteria came from. He believes it was not an employee but someone from the outside who brought it in. He says his employee got sick after customers did. Late this afternoon we learned state officials delayed the start of commercial dungeness crab season. Health official had been running tests on dungeness crabs after finding domoic acid levels way too high for people. Kpix 5s don ford on the people who lost thousands of dollars within minutes of that announcement. Reporter a small city of trailers campers and trucks is assembled in the parking lot above the Half Moon Bay pillar point harbor. Sport crab fishermen and their families who, while disappointed, are staying put. We have been set up for four days and when they closed it on thursday, we make do what we can do. Reporter now instead of a crab feast thats good stuff. Reporter shishkebab. Next door they are making fish stew. It will be our dinner. Reporter and for these folks as they say, the road goes on forever. And the party never ends. But down on the docks for the professional fishermen its not play time. Tom is skipper owner of this boat. The day it was announced 15,000 in cancellations right away. And people just dropping off the books like crazy. Reporter juan came down from alaska for this years crab season but he is running out of time and money. This season is just took a big hit by the domoic acid and i cant wait around that long so im going back to alaska. One of the fellas aid off a crew of nine and himself laid off. Reporter thousands of crab traps are stored in the parking lot waiting for the moment when the crabs are safe to catch waiting to be tossed back into the pacific. While the parking lot is full of crab traps the harbor still full of boats thats one vessel that sees this whole thing as a golden opportunity. Whole shrimp. Reporter the captain imported shrimp, cod and salmon from alaska and is selling it from his boat. Business is brisk. We need the crab revenue as well. Reporter folks believe the season may not open until january. In Half Moon Bay, don ford, kpix 5. You might be wondering about the money involved in crab fishing. Department of fish and wildlife data shows dungeness crab fishing brought in about 60 million to california last year. Wow. Police say she hit bank after bank. Tonight, a south bay robbery suspect is locked up. The crime spree they hope is finally over. Lifts running for the first time this season. Snowboarders and skiers couldnt wait and word there could be more snow on the way. It is not snow but it is rainfall in the forecast for the entire bay area. Live at homecoming in middletown tonight, the kpix 5 mobile weather lab tracking rain moving in. Lets you know when coming up. , [announcer] during mattress price wars at sleep train, save up to 400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Get interestfree financing until 2018 on tempurpedic. Plus, helpful advice from the sleep experts. But mattress price wars is ending soon. Behind bars tonight in san. Police say shes the woman o pulled off three brazen is week. Kpix five a female Bank Robbery Suspect is behind bars tonight in san jose. Police say she is the woman who pulled off three brazen robberies this week alone. Kpix 5s maria medina on how she was caught. Reporter and Police Released the identity of the suspects as 22yearold yvonne roland. Police say she was able to blend in with the crowd but she didnt get very far from police. Its the video you will see only on 5. The suspect in a Bank Robbery Spree handcuffed hiding behind investigate as she is arrested 48 hours after police releasing these surveillance pictures. She said in her note she is armed but no gun has been seen. Reporter on tuesday, chase bank workers on almaden expressway say a woman walked into the bank with a note demanding money. 24 Hours Later Police say this same woman walked into the bank of the west on camden and union and then 90 minutes later hit the u. S. Bank inside a Grocery Store on snell avenue. In all instances, the tellers game the bank robber money. Police believe she would strike again and released the surveillance photo. The concern is she will continue to do this and she possibly would become more aggressive or more violent. Reporter before that could happen, police say they tracked down the woman this afternoon in san jose. Without the movie shades and yoga pants, she allegedly wore to the robberies that allowed her to fit in the with crowd so well. Able to walk in pass the note obtain the money and walk out without being detected. Reporter and police did not say how they were able to track her down and how much money she was able to get away with. In san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. Colin kaepernick speaking out tonight after getting benched this week by the 49ers as the starting quarterback. Listen to what he had to say when asked if its tough knowing he wont be the starter this sunday. Thats selfish. I support my teammates because they have been good to me. Blaine gabbert will be the starting quarterback for the 49ers when they face off against the falcons. Much more coming up in sports. So dust off the skis and snowboards. The lifts started running today at one Northern California resort. Sean bennett shows us people couldnt wait to check it out. Unbelievable. Incredible. Reporter boreal is officially open. We put a lot of energy and excitement into the entire summer preparing for this. Reporter the waiting for snow is over. Last five years we havent had anything. Been going to idaho and montana skiing. Reporter this year Northern California got an early break. Mother nature dropped 10 of fresh snow last weekend to smother and cover the hillside. Its awesome. Been waiting forever for Something Like this. Reporter boreal used 35 snow guns to create snow for 75 hours leading up to opening day to go along with the storm that dumped doubledigit inches this week. The conditions look good. I see they got the blowers going. I mean, they have a fresh coat down so its looking good. Reporter boreal says despite this historic fouryear drought the state is facing, the resort is following strict guidelines when it comes to water and making manmade snow. The beauty of snowmaking is we use the water put it on the mountain as snow in the spring it melts and runs back into the water supply. I think a lot of people were curious wondering what happened and how are you able to do this but i know you guys are following the strict restrictions and the guidelines from the state . Absolutely. Yeah. We want to take care of the drought we consider this very drought friendly. Reporter and its become a friendly atmosphere on opening day. I have been waiting for four years like this. Finally got snow and opened this early. Im pumped. That was sean bennett reporting there. This weeks storm meant a ski resort in Southern California could also open its doors. Mountain high resort in wrightwood is ready for you. But the resort says it really expects its slopes to be crowded once stronger el nino weather hits. Thats going to be something. Paul deanno is live in midtown. Paul, im pumped sunday night its going to drop snow level to 4500 feet. More snow this weekend in the resorts. Well have more beneficial rainfall throughout the bay area. We are live at a special homecoming game tonight. Its clearlake the visiting team playing Middletown High School. Middletown all summer long we talked about it on the news because of the devastating fires in lake county middletown in the middle of that. Now we are seeing a return to normal see. Its in the gold helmets and purple shirts and we have ourselves a Football Game going on tonight. A lot of Community Support up here as temperatures today topped out around 70 but were cool in the mid50s right now. Highs throughout the bay area santa rosa warm spot 72. Oakland 70. Upper 60s fremont san Jose San Francisco and concord. 9ers game this weekend. 1 00 on sunday hosting the falcons Blake Bortles quarterback of the 9ers partly cloudy. Rainfree by the afternoon 63 degrees the kickoff temperature. The ice rink at union square is open tonight if you want to go. This weekend, we are talking a chance of showers on sunday with high temperatures in the low 60s. A better day would be saturday if you want to head into the city and ski. Finally tahoe if you are heading up to ski there, mainly sunny skies. 53 degrees on saturday. Cloudier sunday and late day flurries with high of 48 degreesful all these changes because of our ridge of High Pressure which kept us dry but chilly all week long hanging out for one more day am rain Colder Weather will arrive on sunday so enjoy tomorrow if you want the sunshine upper 60s san rafael, 66 vallejo. San francisco 65. And santa rosa 69 degrees tomorrow. Extended forecast look at the change on sunday. Showers mainly in the morning only the low 60s. Many of you will not even hit 60 on monday with a better chance of a widespread rainfall. Up to. 25 of rain on monday. And then even when the sunshine returns tuesday through thursday, highs will stay in the mid60s. It feels like fall and more rain and more mountain snow coming to the bay area. Notice the mustang sign over there. The crowd is building as we head for kickoff. Its a festive atmosphere. These folks deserve some normalcy and tomorrow homecoming for the local high school team. Back to you. Thank you. Still ahead, uncovering clues from the past. A rare look at the digging and discovering thats happening every day at yosemite. Plus, changing the way we all fly. Tighter security coming to airports across the country as we get ready for the Holiday Travel season. ,,,,,,, its also cascading over the cliffs. Recent storms have fall isnt just in the air at Yosemite National park. Its also cascading over the cliffs. Recent storms have brought Yosemite Falls back to life. Wow. They are usually still pretty dry this time of year but as you can see, they are full and they are flowing right now. Park visitors obviously are loving it. But yosemite isnt just a world class attraction for tourists. Our Juliette Goodrich found out that archeologists dig it, too. Reporter hidden under yosemites Natural Beauty awaits historic treasures of the past. Unearthed meticulously by yosemites