Francisco like maddie scott share what it was like to lose their own child and pledged to take a stand against gun violence. I have to tell my grandson, your dad wont be coming for your birthday. Your dad has been shot and killed. The scream i heard on that phone 20 years ago is a scream that gets me up off of my bed every single day. Reporter while these people know better than anyone that there is no quick fix to preventing gun violence, they say being here is a start. We can stop everyone but we can make a difference. If it is your child, that difference is the whole world. Reporter you saw congresswoman nancy pelosi was here today, reminding us that the concealed carry permit passed in washington recently, much to her dismay. That means that any carry concealed permits that were issued in any state is valid in every state, regardless of where that permit was issued. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. A glimmer of hope for a breakthrough in the crippling citywide strike in oakland. Both sides say they would be willing to enter mediation if necessary. Strikes now in its fifth day after the Union Rejected the citys final contract offer. The city is offering up to 6 in wage increases over the next 2 years, but the unions want more. Organizers say they are prepared to continue the walkout by 3000 workers indefinitely. Last night, a leading negotiator said his team reached out to the city with the goal of agreeing to a mediator early next week. A lot of the services we provide are basic essential services. And, we want to sit down with oakland to discuss what we have not yet agreed to come and get back to work, to provide those services to the city. Reporter the mayor declared an impasse in the talks. That will bring in a state mediator. Reunions also have the option to request factfinding, where an Impartial Third Party listens to both sides and recommend a solution. But that process can take months. Dozens recovering after their coal private charter bus flipped over in San Francisco. Passengers were heading to a Holiday Party on the peninsula when the bus overturned after 8 00 last night on southbound 101 at seaver chavez. We were on the scene before the chp and our live at sf general where most of the injured victims were taken. Da . Reporter paramedics rushed 22 victims to sf general last night and 20 have since been released, two remain in fair condition. The focus has turned to how this happened. I interviewed the bus driver before the chp started questioning him. May be excess speed. Reporter was the bus driver speeding . Investigators are checking that lead. Chp officers can from alcohol was not a factor and say theyre lucky no one died in the crash. It looks bad when i got here. Many victims standing on the side of the freeway, waiting for paramedics. Some people stayed on the bus to look after two victims trapped and unconscious. All units come into the 101 south bound. Reporter at first, First Responders made their way to the scene, and i saw a lot of raw emotion. A woman crying and in shock. This victim covered in blood appeared dazed and could not answer questions. Underground, a shirtless man comforting a victim by holding his hand. Next to them, a woman getting treatment from a paramedic. The victims were all dressed up, most of them in their 20s and 30s. Weve got a red alert up on the highway and are going to need at least 3 to 4 more ambulance. Reporter the driver of the private charter bus says he was taking them from San Francisco to the crowne plaza in palo alto. We confirmed they were heading to a Holiday Party, hosted by a company that offers online classes. Chp officers did a preliminary visual inspection of the overturned bus and found no problems. They will do an indepth inspection next week. The bus belongs to charter brothers. The bus started fishtailing and then it flipped over. To the tires blowout or what . I dont think the tires were blown out, no. How did it fishtail . I dont know. Express excess speed, i dont know. Reporter were you driving too fast . Know i wasnt. So then why would you say excess speed . Because of hospital curve. Reporter how fast were you going . The speed limit. 50 miles per hour. Reporter Police Officer is not quite buying that. They say if they were going the speed limit, they should not have any issues. It is a tricky curb nonetheless. So they will look at different elements to see how this happened. Meantime, we got another updated release from the company, they are saying that the victims were basically employees, and employee guests. No students involved. We hope they are going to be okay. What do we know about the history of the bus and its Safety Record . Reporter we could not get the history or the record on a saturday, and that is the first thing that the chp investigators will look into. They are going to look and see if there are any mechanical issues. If they can eliminate the mechanical problem, they will look at the human aspect of it. Was the driver speeding . If not, was he distracted . Was he on his cell phone . Those are things they will be looking at and if they find some kind of reckless behavior, they could charge him with reckless driving which is pretty serious. Yeah, it is. Da lin, thank you. A caltrans worker killed in a violent crash at the bay bridge toll plaza has been laid to rest. A motorcade vehicle per session was led through daly city yesterday. The 46yearold mother and wife died one week ago today when an out of control truck slammed into the tollbooth where she was working. The view from chopper 5 showed that tollbooth 14 is now completely gone. Work is underway to replace it and theres no word from caltrans on how long that will take. Tonight, we know the name of a woman found dead along a popular bayside biking trail. She has been identified as 23 yearold trip chuchu mah of mountain view. Divers pulled her body from a n thursday. At this point, there is no word on how she died. Now to Southern California where Governor Browns surveyed the damage from the ferocious thomas fire in Ventura County. Siding epic drought and Climate Change. Brown called the fires, quote, the new normal for california. More than 1000 homes and buildings have been destroyed in the blazes. Combined, they now cover 175,000 acres in four counties. Thats nearly a quarter of the size of rhode island. In fact, it just expended in Santa Barbara county as well. 8500 firefighters are on the front lines tonight, including many crews from the bay area. Reporter greg mills spoke with a woman who lost her home but she says shes grateful for what she has left. Reporter gabby poindexter and her son trevor were snacking on the front steps of their home when we spotted them. Those steps are about the only thing left, after the thomas fire raced through their neighborhood in ventura. I have five beautiful children and 10 beautiful grandchildren. And, if that is what survived, thank god. Shes very grateful her chicken to survive, too. Reporter somehow, the fire skipped over the chicken coop in the backyard. She was surprised to learn that Governor Brown was here today, he tore the neighborhood this morning. We werent here, no. Reporter we are not certain how many devastated fire victims he spoke with. Poindexter certainly would have liked to see him. To say thank you for coming quickly to declare this a state of emergency. Reporter he did that. Authorizing california money and resources to come here and three other counties including l. A. He also asked for and got federal help from the president and fema. With Climate Change, some scientists are saying Southern California is literally burning up. Reporter he says we need to look at what and where we build in the state, and maybe change force policies. Because yearround fire danger is here tuesday. This is the new normal. Reporter the office of Emergency Preparedness scouted locations for him to see on the morning tour. They picked this spot where we are, for a panoramic view of the damage that thomas has done since monday. You will never guess how the poindexter family found out that the home was burning. They were on a 30th anniversary wedding cruise in the caribbean, the daughter called in a panic and said, mom, turn on the tv. Then they saw their home burning thousands of miles away. Reporter greg mills, kpix 5. We have our own effects on the fire, but these are simply scenic. Another smoky sunset in the bay area. Hayes from the wildfires is working its way north. A spare the air alert is in effect through tomorrow. Right now in the bay area, weve got fairly decent visibility, in the central bay, concord in the 50s and its a fairly balmy night. But, it is bad for air quality because that smoke is being trapped by a big dome of High Pressure that is not only diminishing air quality but also keeping things high and dry for quite a while. In fact, we might be dry through christmas. Well have details in the forecast in just a few minutes. Prosecutors in Sonoma County are charging a half dozen local landlords with price gouging in the wake of the country wind fires. It is illegal to raise rent by more than 10 around fire zones. Under an order from Governor Brown that extends into next spring. At the Sonoma County d. A. Office found much bigger increases. One couple is accused of hiking the rent by 32 for a home in roanoke park. Other owners allegedly held a bidding war for a property in santa rosa. Price gouging during a state of emergency can land a person in jail for up to a year. I started yelling at them to listen to the sound of my voice. They were delivering water when suddenly they become fireman. The Truck Drivers who saved a Northern California family from their burning home. Plus, a locker room looters going big at a bay area gym. How police were able to track her down. Talk about getting into the spirit, or spirits, in this case. Why thousands of santas are pub crawling their way across San Francisco tonight. We want to see your Holiday Light displays. Share photos and videos on our kpix 5 facebook page. We got video of this amazing musical display in fairfield. Visitors can listen in on their car radios, and even make a donation to the same two to the st. Judes research foundation. Every path, a sign of potential trouble. We found heavy titles are falling off brandnew Million Dollar kb homes. If this were to follow someone, it could do serious damage. Now, experts are inspecting the walls and marking every bad tile. Somebodys got to be responsible for the end product. Reporter 70 houses in this south bay subdivision will need repairs. Expect original reporting from kpix 5 news. Expect more. Sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Searching for this man. They say he walked into an assisted living facility in broad daylight. And sexually assaulted an elderly woman. Appened novemb tonight, police in San Francisco are searching for a man who walked into a assisted living facility in broad daylight and sexually assaulted an elderly woman. It happened november 26 at a senior home near bush and laguna streets. The man was last seen leaving the facility through a back door. There is a second photo of the suspect. He is wearing dark clothing at a lightcolored baseball cap. He is about 6 feet tall and weighs 170 pounds. If you know him, call police. This next story might make you think twice about leaving valuables in the locker room. Police say a thief swiped all of this stuff by breaking into lockers at two separate gyms in berkeley. They say she also charged 20,000 in purchases. Using credit cards she stole. Police use Surveillance Video to track down 32yearold adriana yancey of richmond. She faces charges of burglary, grand theft, Identity Theft and possession of stolen property. A major milestone today, for Lucile Packard childrens hospital. After more than a decade of planning, the pediatric campus opened its doors. The state of the art facility covered with animal statues and mosaics. Is more than double the size of the old campus with 150 additional patient beds. The hospital staff says every detail was meticulously planned. They actually mocked up patient exam rooms in a warehouse and allowed staff and family to come in and give us feedback on every little detail, from the placement of electrical outlets, or the placement of the beds and tvs. The families had a huge impact in the design of the space. More than 100 pediatric patients were transferred to the hospital this morning. To help run the facility, the hospital hired more than 500 new staff members. A pair of delivery men were in the right place at the right time to save a Northern California family from their burning home. Reporter Nicole Comstock shows us the moment the water truck driver suddenly became fireman. Reporter before the Fire Department made it to this burning home in lodi, two guys were in the neighborhood, delivering water. Yeah, we saw smoke coming out the window and i said to my coworker george, hey, i think the house is on fire. Reporter scott says he saw the smoke getting thicker, heard the windows shattering in the flames, heard something absolutely awful. I heard the screams coming from the window where the smoke was coming from. Scott came up next to me, and he said, there are people still screaming in there. Thats when i ran up in there again and i started yelling at them to listen to the sound of my voice. Reporter here he is on video running toward the flames, into this burning home. In the next few moments, the people inside did listen to his voice. First, a badly burned teenager emerge from within the smoke. He says he pulled her from the floor to the front yard. She was pretty badly burned. I went to look down again where she fell and thats where i saw the baby face up and trying to catch her breath. Reporter here he is on camera cradling the burned baby in his arms, taking her to safety. That was Nicole Comstock reporting. The delivery men both have children of their own and they say thats why they did not think twice about running into the burning home for help. You go anywhere south of san luis, and a friend of mine said, you will not believe what happened, just took this picture of the asphalt. It looks like snow, doesnt it. But, that is flakes of ash that are falling on Santa Barbara a couple of hours ago. In fact, at 4 00 this afternoon officially, the fire moved into Santa Barbara county. The effects in the bay area, not much. As we showed you a few minutes ago, weve got smoke in the air south of san jose. You can see some of that is hayes but for the most part, we are reporting clear to partly cloudy skies over the bay area. 50s in San Francisco, and usually taken the one spot at 63 degrees. High pressure is unrelenting but this is not unlike last year. We began last year in what turned to a wet year with persistent High Pressure. And then, the gates opened. And you know how much rain we got last year. Things are starting out the same. Weve got persistent High Pressure and it looks like dry weather for a while. The forecast shows sunshine for tomorrow, temperatures in the 60s and thats not changing. As we get into next week, we keep it drivethrough next weekend. And there is no indication of anything coming in, between now and christmas week. Thats a long way off. So, we shall see. Meantime, itll be mild and dry. Great weather for heading out to the ski rings, peppered throughout the bay area. We will show you the holiday ice rink on the embarcadero. There is one Near Union Square and finally san jose. 67 degrees and plenty of ice. Heres how it looks heading out of the bay area. In tahoe, partly cloudy skies and a temperature in the mid 50s. Along the shoreline, monterey, if youre going down to lovers point, temperatures will be about 70 degrees. 59 in mendocino, and 60 degrees at eureka. Overnight lows tonight are chilly, 35 in santa rosa, 37 in napa. Numbers are well above average in San Francisco, six degrees warmer than usual at 65. San jose, 71 degrees, much of the south bay near 74 tomorrow. It is going to be a great day for a hike. In the east bay, numbers will be in the 60s for the most part, and that will hold true for the north bay as well. Extended forecast, plenty of sunshine with temperatures in the 60s. That holds true for next weekend. Sports is coming up in a minute, but first, heres tools. This california veteran had no idea he had a daughter until he got a call out of the blue asking him to get a dna test. Still to come, we are there as he meets his match for the first time. Coming up in sports, we preview the raiders and chiefs showdown for the best in the afc west. And, for the second year, a Stanford Cardinal is a finalist for the heisman. Can bryce love break the curse and bring home the trophy . Thats coming in next. 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