And heavy bike locks managed to shut down a good portion of the b. A. R. T. System by locking themselves to two trains in west oakland. Its a very big chain. My ancestors were in chains like this. This is nothing. We are especially sending this message today on black friday when we are trying to purposely interrupt commerce. Reporter when it became clear the demonstrators werent moving, the passengers on this train were evacuated. Im trying to get home to livermore. Reporter what do you think . They need to move. I mean, its sad that he lost his life, but i have things i have to do. I agree with the message but it should be done another way. Reporter b. A. R. T. Police gave several dispersal orders before moving in to arrest those in the human chain. Once we separated the person from the train by taking off the piece of the train that they were chained to, we took the entire group off the train. Reporter 14 demonstrators in all, seven on each side, were eventually cuffed and led away. But not before shutting down the station and much of the system for more than two hours. I think the protest is a good thing but theyre going about it the wrong way. I would protest the courthouse. Reporter those arrested were booked on charges of interfering with the Railway Operation and trespassing. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. A welcome sight for thousands of b. A. R. T. Commuters around 1 00 this afternoon, when those trains started running again out of the west oakland station. Sky 7 hd caught the first train going into the transbay tube about two and a half hours after those demonstrators shut it down. That allowed people stuck on both sides of the bay to finally get where they needed to go. Abc 7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez was with some of those stranded in San Francisco and joins us live now with their story. Reporter well, you know, i think b. A. R. T. Officials were glad that this was not a regular commute day. Passengers who had to wait close to two hours were not very sympathetic towards these protesters. B. A. R. T. Employees were quick to help people stranded at San Franciscos embarcadero station. You guys are going up bay, right . Reporter the west oakland station is just a short ride to downtown San Francisco. Shutting it down cut off any access to and from the city. Those coming from sfo were also affected. Im irritated and angry. Reporter Barbara Lubbock spent thanksgiving with friends in San Francisco and was trying to get back to sacramento via b. A. R. T. , then amtrak. I will miss my train so it will just put me out about an hour. Im not terribly affected but still, its inconvenient. Ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous. There could be a medical emergency and somebody would have to be on the train to get to a hospital or something. Reporter fortunately, because of the long thanksgiving break, few people were taking b. A. R. T. Today. A few passengers decided to catch a bus instead and walked to the transbay terminal. Some like oakland resident keith bryant were furious when they found out protesters had chained themselves together to bring attention to the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri. Why am i being punished . I didnt kill mike brown. Go hold up the Police Officer that killed mike brown. Reporter even those who support the protesters were put out. As a human being, you understand why they are protesting. Interfering with people to go to work is not the best way of doing it. Reporter service was eventually restored but the delays lasted several hours. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc 7 news. Another round of protests caught the attention of many shoppers this black friday. Protesters took to the picket lines at 1600 Walmart Stores today including this one to protest low wages. Employees and their supporters are calling on the megaretailer to commit to paying its workers a minimum of 15 an hour. They are also demanding consistent fulltime work. If you are going shopping, weather may be a factor as we take a look outside. The skies are gray and will stay that way for awhile. Folks in the north bay especially may need to get the rain gear out because the entire bay area should be in for a pretty heavy drenching the next few days but in the north bay in particular. Abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma tracking the storms. Drew . We are tracking not just one day of this rain but over the course of five days and we will see several rounds of it starting late tonight. Live doppler 7 hd right now, we will show you the moisture is primarily in the north bay, falling just north of santa rosa but this rain you see on live doppler 7 hd will spread to the south over the next couple hours. Lets time out the evening if you do have evening plans later on tonight. What to expect. The north bay right now, scattered showers. In San Francisco and oakland, expect the rain after 8 00. In the south bay, thats the last location to see wet weather, well after midnight. Time it out starting at 6 00 tonight, you see the rain starting in the north bay, falling to the south and then we will start to get in heavier pockets overnight tonight. But the heaviest of the rain has yet to be seen. I will show whu thyou when that arrives in just a few minutes. The Contra Costa CountySheriffs Office fears that flooding could be an issue with the rainfall thats expected. They encourage residents who live in unincorporated areas to take advantage of several sandbag stations that have been set up across the county. Stations are located in richmond, bay point, oakley and walnut creek and pacheco. You have to bring your own shovel but sand and bagging materials will be provided. Go to abc7news. Com for sandbag station addresses and more instructions. The chp is continuing to investigate that huge side show at the port of oakland wednesday night involving more than 200 people. Sky 7 hd was overhead as more than 100 officers were already a few blocks away monitoring the protests downtown and responded to the illegal gathering around 10 30 p. M. The huge crowd was blocking the streets watching drivers perform dangerous stunts. Officers rushed to form blockades and close nearby exits. They attempted to break through the blockade, assaulting the officers with bottles. This attempt ultimately failed. Due to the known presence of firearms, the officers advanced into the crowd with weapons drawn thoroughly and systematically detaining all parties present. Officers confiscated two hand guns and a bb gun, and impounded more than a dozen vehicles and issued 23 citations. The chp anticipates additional charges after reviewing video evidence. Members of the archdiocese of San Francisco spent black friday visiting the sites of recent murders in the city. Their first stop was where a man was killed early monday morning by three robbers who wanted his smartphone. Among the group that gathered to pray at the crime scene were family members of 22yearold michael marquez. We are here to accompany them not just where the body was found but also through the viewing, the funeral and the cemetery services, and throughout the healing process which can take many years. The prayer group has been visiting the sites of murders in San Francisco and San Mateo County for more than 15 years. The owner of the 49ers takes to twitter and his apology and condemnation go viral. Seems just about everybody has something to say about the 49ers terrible thanksgiving loss and the bigger question of what happens next. Parking lots are full, stores are thrilled, but midnight madness proves too much for some black friday shoppers. The lines were ridiculous. One big website even crashed because of all the people looking for a deal. And is your wifi network too slow . Coming up, 7 on your sides Michael Finney pairs up with Consumer Reports to find the best wifi for your home. Mom . Dad . Big uncle wayne . Nut. Hot chocolate. Green tea. Uh, decaf, cuz. Wow. Im dying for an herbal tea. The all new keurig 2. 0 is here. It means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. But sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic event ends sunday. Through sunday, choose from a huge selection of tempurpedic models, including the new tempurchoice, with headtotoe customization. Plus, get 36 months interestfree financing, two free pillows, and free sameday delivery. Are you next . But hurry sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic event ends sunday. Your ticket to a better nights sleep its intercepted at the 31 why do you throw it . That kind of night for the 49ers. Awful performance against the seahawks left fans really bitter. Callers lit up the phone lines at 95. 7 the game today, criticizing the play calling, questioning coach harbaughs commitment and really ripping quarterback colin kaepernick. Heres some of what they had to say. Kaepernick is the dumbest move they could have done. They should have kept alex smith. For all the talent kaepernick has, he has negative quarterback knowledge. Are we really back to alex smith . Is that where were going . The fans are already anxious about the 49ers next game against the oakland raiders. That will be like the raiders super bowl right there. The tweet from jed york is getting a lot of reaction, including from 49er fans. Not something you traditionally see from a team owner, criticizing his own club. Abc 7 News Reporter chris winn gauged the reaction to the social media outburst. Reporter on this black friday, many 49ers fans woke up in a haze. Kevin mccormick runs the sports fever shop and for him, it has not been a good day. Fans are disgruntled. People buy more when theyre happy. In that respect, we may not sell as much as we would like. Reporter the talk of the football world, 49ers owner and ceo jed york tweeted this after his teams defeat. Quote, thank you 49ers faithful for coming out strong tonight. This performance wasnt acceptable. I apologize for that. End quote. Coach jim harbaugh was told about it in a post game press conference. He initially addressed it, then seemed caught off guard by a followup question. Does that mean it doesnt matter to you one way or another, jim, what your owner tweets . I dont know anything about the tweet. He just told you. What matters is what we do, how we respond as a football team. Reporter local fans had mixed reaction about the tweet. Im really surprised honestly. I have never seen an owner do that. I have seen coaches and players, never an owner. Honestly, he owns the team, he can do what he wants but should have kept it inhouse. Reporter others speculated. Its been up and down all year. I think hes trying to relay to the fans that possibly theres going to be changes ahead. That was my impression from what i read about it. Reporter players for now not taking sides. Vernon davis shared his thoughts following the game. You know what, i try to stay out of that, whatevers going on, upstairs or in the next room. I leave it up to them. I just stay in my corner. Reporter one thing that many people will agree on, it was a bad way for fans and players to begin their thanksgiving weekend. The 49ers play again on december 7th against the oakland raiders. Chris winn, abc 7 news. Life is rosier for San Francisco giants fans who are already looking forward to next season. Dozens of fans spent their black friday lined up outside at t park for their first chance to buy Single Game Tickets for next year. The team distributed its promotion schedule to help fans make their selection. Bobblehead giveaway days are always popular. Fans are only able to buy individual ticket for the first three months of the season. More tickets will be released in february. If you were out shopping today, you already know it was a very busy black friday across the bay area for holiday shoppers. Take a look at this. Sky 7 hd over the southward mall in hayward today. There was not a single parking spot to be found. These folks are driving around just to find single spot. Discounts on top of discounts, thanksgiving and black friday deals at Outlet Stores in livermore were too good to pass up for many shoppers. As abc 7 News ReporterElissa Harrington shows us, so many people showed up its creating traffic and parking problems. Reporter black friday started last night, thursday, and doorbuster sales last through the entire weekend. 50, 60, even 75 off items who were already supposed to be discounted in the first place. Shoppers arrived in droves. The lines were ridiculous, like theres people everywhere. Its crazy. The stores are packed. Reporter theresa lee and her friends drove all the way down from sacramento and stood in line for a michael kors handbag. Its been good. We didnt head out until midnight. It was late for us. But we got a couple things. Reporter many shoppers cut dinner short for a deal. For some, it might have been too much. We found a few people passed out in the food court. Employees say it was initially so busy, traffic spilled on to the freeway. We could see on the freeway all the cars lined up by 7 30 already. There were a lot of people lined up. The traffic was like backed up into the freeway trying to get in here. Im pretty sure they had a hard time and it took awhile to get in. Reporter police are urging drivers to be extra careful. Watch for congestion on i580. There are extra patrols out to keep traffic flowing. One other thing you might have to plan for is parking. There is limited parking this year because of construction at the outlet mall. All of these spots at the front are valet only. There are plenty of lots and signs leading drivers around the construction. Elissa harrington, abc 7 news. Best buys website crashed twice today. The Company Blames the spike in mobile traffic. The glitch of course came at a really bad time. Stores are competing for more than 50 billion in sales this weekend. Whether you are shopping, working or maybe just browsing the web, many of us are really dependent on wifi to access the internet in different parts of our homes. Too often, you find these dead zones where service is sluggish in some rooms. Consumer reports has partnered exclusively with 7 on your side and Michael Finney for this look at the best wifi for your house. For years, Amy Greenstein had dead zones in her home. Places where the wireless Internet Connection would not work. You couldnt sit in the kitchen and say i wonder what the movie schedule is. You had to go back to the other side of the house with your ipad or computer to get the answer. Reporter like many, amy gets Internet Service through her cable provider. The signal comes in through a modem that connects the a router. Then the signal is sent wirelessly through the house. So what can go wrong . Plenty. Consumer reports says start with where your router is placed. Router signals do not go through walls that easily so the fewer walls, fewer closed doors, fewer floors the signal has to travel, the better your chances are of getting the signal covering your entire house. Reporter so if you are having trouble, try moving your router and modem to the middle of your home. Your Service Provider may be willing to rerun the cable where you need it. Also check your service plan to make sure you are getting enough internet speed. For u. S. Homes, ten megabytes per second is the average but you will need 20 or more if you are playing demanding games online or streaming a lot of high def movies at once. If you are paying for enough speed from your Service Provider and you are still not getting good speed in your house or you have some dead spots, then theres a good chance it could be your router and a newer, faster router could actually help. Reporter one to look for, net gears ac 1900 nighthawk. Consumer reports says its good for larger houses and will handle several devices using wifi at the same time. Consumer reports recommends the net gear n 750 although it doesnt use the absolute fast et speed, its a good value for 90. Im Michael Finney, 7 on your side. A foggy start across the bay area this morning. A light layer of fog settled in around the foothills and spilled down into the city. In the sierra, a welcome sight after last winters lackluster ski season. The slopes at north star are open though they have had a lot of help from some manmade snow. Skiers and snowboarders are getting in on the action with several trails already open for the holiday weekend. They are getting ready for more snow and we are getting ready for rain and a whole bunch of it. Thats right. Meteorologist drew tuma joins us with the accuweather forecast. We are tracking several waves of rain over the next 48 hours and along with that rain, we will see some snow in the higher elevations. Lets go to live doppler 7 hd right now. We will show you what were seeing currently. Rain is moving into the north bay right now, very light showers. This is just the beginning stages of our first storm system. Light rain around cloverdale just north of santa rosa and all this activity will be spreading south as the evening goes on. Take you outside, a live look from the emeryville camera. Those clouds will be thickening overnight tonight and with the clouds, we will soon see rain showers. The forecast calls for that rain moving from the north to the south overnight tonight. Periods of rain for both saturday and sunday and this wet pattern lasts through at least midweek next week. Temperaturewise, call it comfortably cool outside. 59 currently in San Francisco. 60 in fremont. 57 in san jose. 61 in concord. Napa currently at 58 degrees. Satellite and radar, we will pull out and show you the wider view. Heres the first area of low pressure dragging a cold front very close to the coast this weekend. That means weekend rain is moving in. But we are tracking a second storm that is just getting going. Its a stronger storm that moves in next week and it looks like tuesday could