This time. Police tell us that this woman was rushed to the hospital in Critical Condition tonight. She suffered multiple stab wounds to her body. But she is likely to survive. Police say that they believe that the victim and the suspect knew each other. They say this is not a random crime, so they do want to emphasize there is no threat they believe to the general public at this time or to guests at this hotel. What they are searching for at this hour is a motive and that suspect. They have not released a description of him. A woman in her 30s was stabbed multiple times at the embassy suites. Chaos at l. A. X. Tonight. A loud bang and then passengers were told to hit the floor. Sharon chin in our newsroom with what happened. Reporter it was a mess. All because of this. An suv slammed into a parking grabbing outside terminal 5. The crash was so loud some passengers thought it was gunfire and ran for the exits. Passengers evacuated and officers did a search but there was nothing. Everyone has to be rescreened. We just checked some flights to the bay area from l. A. X. Are delayed for several hours. Sharon chin, kpix 5. Passengers are skittished tonight. It was three weeks ago that gunman shot and killed a security agent at a checkpoint. We got this video, a fire burning near the geysers in sonoma county. It is 2500 acres and only 10 contained a few homes near cloverdale have been evacuated. Gusty winds are making it more difficult to find. Speaking of the wind, wait until you see this. Reporter people have been coming from all over to take a look at the magnitude of the damage done from last nights wind storm. Im standing at the top of a base of a massive 100 year old landmark tree that toppled over in the wind. You can see how large it is and how strong the wind must have been to bring it down. The aftermath is staggering. Amazing that no one got hurt. Reporter a massive 100 year old eucalyptus tree ripped from its roots by the wind. How sad. Completely sad. A little piece of history here in oakland. Amazing to see the roots and how big it is. That wind was really powerful. Reporter tonight gawkers snapped pictures and children climbed the downed trunk like a jungle gym. We pulled back and you can just see just how deep the root structure goes. Im 5 7 and to give you how high the trees base is it would take five of me to get to the top. The city of oakland got reports of 200 downed trees after last nights wind storm. Near Piedmont Avenue this tree snapped and came perilously close to falling on this home. I hope they can fix it and its okay because it didnt fall on my house. Reporter the tree gotten snared in these power lines. Her neighbors were stuck without electricity while pg e figured out what to do. They carefully cut the tree. Saunders was hoping to be back in her home by midnight. Pg e is still working to cut the tree and restore power. They have been successful if not having it drop on that house. As for this tree, it is going to take public works a long time to clean this up. They tell us it will be several days before they have all of the trees cleaned up in this area. This tree could be here until next week. Tonight about 5,000 customers are still without power. Most of them in the north bay. But we see, that lights or not lights, the show must go on. Reporter this is what a dance performance is supposed to look like. Manage the chaos to music. Last night the curtin went up on the winter show in San Ramon Valley high. When the storm hit. The lights went out and we started clapping because we thought it was supposed to start. And then nothing happened. Just as the curtain was going up there was a power outage. Reporter with no lights and no music there was no dancing. The crowd who paid 10 a piece waited 45 minutes for a generator that never showed. When the dancers decided the show must go on. I think the dancers were more concerned about giving the audience something before they walked out the door. Reporter in the age of the smart phone who needs pg e . Watch what happens. Lit by blue screens, they came out. The tappers came out, they made their own music with their feet. It was awesome. They got a standing ovation. Reporter a community outwhitted Mother Nature and warmed the windchill out of the air. It was one for the ages. Tahoe ski resort got the snow they needed but high winds pushed back opening day. This is kirkwood. Heavily, north star, mount rose decided it is way too dangerous to operate the lifts. They will try again tomorrow. San jose state house suspended a fourth student. A Police Report says three white students used racial slurs and forced their black roommate to wear a bike lock around his neck. A student who lived next door to the dorm room sensed something wasnt quite right. They seemed pretty normal and but there was something about them, though, a little different but i couldnt tell what it was and when this came out it all made sense. Reporter the students suspended today isnt being identified because he was a minor at the time. And monday, san jose state will hold a News Conference with the naacp to talk about the pending criminal charges against the four students. B. A. R. T. Trains running at normal schedule after a very rough morning today. A Software Update yesterday caused problems overnight and spilled into the morning commute, shutting down the entire system. Its a hassle so i never know if b. A. R. T. Is going to work or not and i hate driving because of the traffic so its just a hassle. B. A. R. T. Discovered the source of the problem at about 7 a. M. , restored its computer system, but by then the bay area roadways were packed with cars. And on another b. A. R. T. Note, the unions say they are going to take legal action because the b. A. R. T. Board approved a new contract without the family leave provision. Management said that it was included by mistake. The state department has confirmed north korea is holding an american citizen but they wont confirm its merle newman from palo alto. Hes been held since the end of october. He is a korean war veteran and was on a sight seeing trip when he was pulled off the plane. His wife is pleading with the north korean government saying the family fees theres been a dreadful misunderstanding leading to his detention and ask that north korea settle this quickly and return this 85yearold grandfather to his anxious concerned family. Last december a driver pulled over in San Fransiscos tenderloin to look for her cell phone and thats when police say a man robbed her. When the womans dog started barking, police say the suspect reached in, grabbed it, and threw it out on to the treat. It later died. Police arrested 36yearold loris barrett wednesday at his house in vallejo. He is charged with robbery and animal cruelty. No one really knows what happened to this man and whats weirder, he may be connected to a sex tape involving charlie sheen. Reporter it was around 9 00 tuesday when vela took his Chocolate Lab cocoa for a walk and the dog came back without vela. There was cocoa who is our 930 pound labrador and who is very sweet, but doesnt cry. And he was hunched over, he was crying, his tail between his legs. Reporter yesterday developa and mclaren were scheduled to testify in a case. We were witnesses to a crime and without us theres no case. Reporter the entertainment website tmz has reported the case was about arasko. It included an alleged sex tape with charlie sheen. As far as any correlation or anything like that, i its not true, and theres no further comment about it. Its just ridiculous. Reporter its still unclear what happened to darwin vela but friends say he trained in martial arts and it would have taken a couple of people to force him away. A fateful phone call. How a then little known journalist wound up driving Lee Harvey Oswalds mother to visit him in jail. Well hear from the driver who survived this crash. The last thing he remembers before everything went black. And the 99 test that can predict your future. Were back in 80 seconds. Of president kennedy. From dallas. 50 years ago tonight americans were glued to their tvs in shock after the assassination of president kennedy. From dallas to pleasant hill, home of the only university named after john f. Kennedy, eyewitnesss remember the anniversary like it was yesterday. It was a chilling experience. One that marked the turning point for me in my hive. Reporter David Wallace saw the president twice that day as part of a school assignment, once when mr. Kennedy arrived at the airport, the second time after he was shot. I went home and saw my mother and dad and we cried. And the world changed after that, the world changed. This has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. Reporter most americans recall watching it unfold on the tv. President kennedy died at 1 p. M. Central standard time. 2 00 eastern standard time. Reporter the events made Walter Cronkite a household name. The casket is being transferred to an ambulance. I didnt shoot anybody, knows. Reporter with Lee Harvey Oswald in custody, bob schaefer, then a junior reporter with the Fort Worth Star telegram got a surprise phone call from a woman asking for a ride to dallas. I almost hung up the phone and i said lady, were not running a taxi service here and besides the president has been shot. She says yes, i heard it on the radio, i think my son was the one they arrested. It was Lee Harvey Oswalds mother. Reporter schaefer drove her to the Police Station in dallas and stayed with her until she got to see her son face to face. Schaefer was hoping for an exclusive interview with oswald but had to leave when police found out he was a reporter. Amazing story. Strange day and all the players how they fit into this. Changed a lot of peoples lives. Reporter you bet. On today of all days, Robert Kennedys assassin was transferred to a facility in san diego. The fact that it happened today was a coincidence say the department of corrections. Whats more incredible is the driver in this accident lived to talk about it. Everything was fine. I took off. The car was accelerating flawlessly so i knew it was going to be a good run. And then all hell broke loose. I had a cut on my left leg, i had a lot of exploded blood vessels in my face. I was bleeding an out of my eyes, bruised all over my face and i had a collapsed lung. Reporter Brian Gillespie crashed his honda at 178 miles an hour. He was in Southern California putting his car to the test. But the left front tire dug into the dirt. It pitched hard pretty fast. Reporter and then the crash. I have no memory of it. I have seen the video but actually remembering it, no. Its incredible to watch the car i think it was eight rolls and seven end over ends so it was a nuts ride. Brian will be out of the drivers seat for a hill while. His doctor has little while. His doctor has ordered him to take at least a month off. Brian says he needs that time to build another car, anyway. Ask yourself, would you want to know if you are genetically predisposed to getting cancer or alzheimers . The 99 health care revolution. Reporter tonight inside this home, the revolution comes in a box. I think its exciting. Reporter lynn dee is about to take a test. I love the idea of being able to do something we could never have done 10, 15 years ago. Reporter they have to enter a code, spit in a code, and in a few weeks hog on to log on to get results. All for 99. They want to find out if they have an increased risk for Certain Health conditions, such as alzheimers, heart disease, or cancer. The results may offer a road map to what they can do to stay healthy. If i can get a handle on something in advance ill do whatever it takes. I want to engage you with your dna. Reporter ann lugitski, she is named the most daring ceo in america. We want to drive change. Reporter the test provides more than 250 reports on your dna. From the risk of disease to your ancestry. Looking in the mirror, a digital representation of you. Reporter but the test is also driving change by thinking outside the box. 23 and me, its more like 23 and we. Customers are asked if they want to pool their results in an effort to speed up discoveries for the benefit of everyone. Most say yes. Thanks to the new hoe price tag the database is growing. We set a goal of hitting a million individuals and well get that next year in the first quarter. Its revolutionary. Reporter however an ethicist has concerns. A lot of people are doing this without understanding what theyre getting into it. Reporter crowd sourcing genetic data is a great idea but there are privacy issues. He wonders if the companys on line consent form is sufficient. Almost none of them remember if they agreed to be participants in research. Reporter breast cancer, heart disorder, and obesity. An awareness i have that i didnt have before. Reporter greg found out hes neglect if i have for male pattern baldness. And im keeping my hair when if comes to safeguarding data, the system is is based on the most advanced technology available. Holidays are just about here. When you see this. Yeah. The Embarcadero Center in San Fransisco all lit up. Three, two, one, and. There it is. Happy holidays, San Fransisco. Enjoy the fireworks. Voice sound familiar. Yes, it does. Did you get to flip the switch. Are you the guy that turned the lights on. They kept the switch away from the weather guy. You might. Go crazy with that switch switch. It got wipdier than we first thought, its still tonight 24 hours after the peak winds still really gusty up in the north bay near geyserville. A 56 mile per hour wind gusts. Petaluma 35 miles per hour, fairfield 33 miles per hour. For that reason, gusty winds, very low humidity, fire danger is high. We have a couple of big firing burning up in the north bay and it will stay elevated through the day tomorrow. Red flag warning is in effect for those three counties, marin, sonoma, and napa counties because of the low humidity and the gusty Winds Continuing through tomorrow. The gusty winds will prevent you from getting cold tonight. Tonight 45 and 47 respectfully. Livermore 39 degrees. The reason for the wind was the same reason for the rain. That strong area of low pressure moved right over top of us. Its sitting over arizona. Wettest day in phoenix, arizona, in 15 years. As it moves away the wind had relax. The difference between the building high and the departing low was the cause of the wind today. Tomorrow, low is gone, and it will give us sunshine over the weekend, less wind, calmer weather for the weekend. Windy night in the north bay. Anybody in the higher elevations, still windy. Sunny this weekend and much calmer. Good weekend to get outside and rake up the leaves that fell. Next rain chance is moving in, it is on the travel day, but not until next wednesday. Highs tomorrow mid60s santa clara 65, 62 in pittsburgh. Kentfield 65, heading into the city to do ice skating at Embarcadero Center, 63 tomorrow. Sunny sunday and monday. Cloud up on tuesday, raining on wednesday, and thursday morning will be wet as well. Were going to be dry this weekend. Fine, perfect. Good stuff. Window shopping got more fun in union square. As of tonight ah. Puppies, kitties on display at the windows at macys. I think you need one of those kitty cat. Look that the one, i think i do. I think i need one of each. All right. Merry christmas, happy holidays. ,,,,,,,,,, roamed the earth before te trex. Killer dinosaur remains have been found in utah. Scientists think the dinosaur roamed the earth before the t rex. Here is what scientists it looked like. Tipping the scales at 4 tons, they believe the dinosaur was about 30 feet tall and the third biggest meat eater ever found on u. S. Soil how it got the name king of gore. One Football Player in the bay area ran for 7 touchdowns tonight. In one game and the injury books, they bite hard. ,,,,, [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. So much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. A turkey from safeway is just what they crave. A hero of the table, so delicious theyll rave. Fresh, natural, frozen. Its the best selection around. Spend 30 and a frozen safeway turkey is just 59 cents a pound. So raise your glass, pull up a chair, grab a plate. This tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. Safeway. Ingredients for life. Are not just going against them. Nba up top and the warriors and all after sudden the breaks. Theyre not just going against them, its blunt force trauma. They cant win. The lakers, seth curry out again. Gasol, look what he does. Breaking ankles with that move. The injury woes, ig dahha forced to leave after an ankle injury. 150 laker run, and more damage. Off the turnover, nick young, 11 straight losses in l. A. Against the lakers. 10295 the final. And david bails and san jose state in danger of missing a bowl against navy. They need add twopoint conversion to force overtime and they got it. Chandler jones on the receiving end. Were going extra. Third ot, you cant do this on sunday. Thats a turnover. Navy quarterback keenan rult seven rushing touchdowns in the game. 5852 spartans on the short end. Terra nova hosting valley christian. San jose, mcleod scored three touchdowns. They trailed 70 and scored 26 unanswered points. This is the other threat. Quinnby, set up another score. No answers for this team. Warriors by 19, 267. Warrior contract extension for 49 quarterback, block, 16 million, 7 million guaranteed. Number five, going down big bella, jack levine like he was mad at it. Number four, bucks beat in overtime. Heres sidney crosby, goal number 250. They beat the islanders, number two, back to staims, barns, its a block party great one on makes. And number one, for the win, in iowa, to win the State High School football championship. Well be back. We all have our little tricks. Mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. I dont mind, i mean its orange creme. And when mom said bobby was too edgy. sup girl. I just swapped him out for tyler. sup girl. Mom never questioned bobby again. Two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. And everybody wins. 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