Big a deal it was going to be. And like, how harmful it would be. Reporter sasha identifies as neither male or female. The family uses they and them when talking about the high schooler. Identify with a gender, i dont have a gender. Reporter despite what happened on the bus that day, he will return to riding buses with friends and will continue to wear skirts. Im going to keep wearing a skirt. Thats something that im not going to give up. Its a big part of who i am. Reporter laura anthony, abc 7 news. A thanksgiving crime spree in san jose left four people wounded and a suspect shot dead by police. It started with a stabbing and a carjacking. It ended with an officer involved shooting on may jr. Berry road. The driver went the wrong way on the freeway. David louie joins us live from one of the crime scenes. Reporter kirk glen drive has been a crime scene for eight hours ever since a San Jose Police officer shot and killed a suspect who rammed his patrol car after stabbing four people. Its unclear why the suspect stabbed four people. There are bloodstains near the front door and used medical supplies on the front lawn. Police said they believed the victims and their attacker knew each other. The suspect got away by carjacking a minivan on North Jackson avenue. He then got on the 680 freeway in the wrong direction but cant cause any accidents. But once he exited and got back on the city streets, San Jose Police were in pursuit. A neighbor saw him driving erratically. He was going fast. We were on the opposite side and he was zigzagging. Reporter the neighbor then heard gunfire. The suspect turned into a culdesac with an officer on his tail. There were gunshots. Was there any return fire by the police . We dont know. Just five or six times in a row. Yeah, thats it. Reporter the shots came from the officer after the suspect rammed the stolen minivan into the patrol car. The officer feared for his life. The suspect vehicle crashed into a residence and was struck by at least one round. The suspect has been pronounced deceased at the scene. Reporter the four stabbing victims were taken to the hospital for treatment of nonlifethreatening injuries. Some Treasure Island residents face an uncertain future on this thanksgiving night. They have been ordered to move. 24 households received a letter telling them to move. The u. S. Navy is cleaning up toxins from the area surrounding their homes, digging up chemicals soaked under building left behind from when the island was a naval base. Part of that clean up surrounds homes and apartments. You have to give them a little bit of a view of the future. But it hit other people harder than it hit me. The letter promises that it has been and continues to be safe to live in the units on Treasure Island. The Development Authority will hold a cleanup update meeting for residents on december 11th. A rescue in san matteo county overnight. A car rolled about 500 feet down a hillside on highway 92. The witnesses say the car drove off the side of the highway and the crews had to wait for sunrise to hoist it back. A helicopter rescued three people who were riding in the car. A fourth managed to climb up the hill. Investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong. Drinking, drugs, and speeding are not factors. Two people suffered injuries in this accident after a Police Pursuit over 100 miles an hour. The mistried to pull over a driver for droves through a stop sign. The driver and the passenger are not cooperating with investigators. The driver of this car arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after he crashed his vehicle into Martin Luther king middle school. The accident punched a hole in the wall of the school. The turkey is digesting. Maybe you have spent enough time with the family. And now it is time to shop. That is the scene playing out in many bay area house 40eholds tonight. We begin our black friday coverage on thursday evening. Reporter and in just the last few minutes the people have already started shuttling into this best buy. You can see this is now the third crop of people that are waiting to get in and get those big deals. Let me show you five minutes ago is when the doors opened and the first people started flooding in. At one point, a lot of the people in this line patiently waited in a line that snaked around the parking lot and only the most dedicated shoppers were at the front of the line. On this thanksgiving, plenty of people turned to noodles instead of turkey and camped out in tents instead of getting stuffed on stuffing. We have been here since friday. Reporter and sabrina is among the most dedicated. These are her chairs. They are chained together in place for nearly a week, marking their place in line which is a change from years past. They wouldnt allow us to set up a tent here. What have you had to do instead . Sleep in the cars. Reporter i met sabrina last year when she was outside best buy with her friend. They have a strategy. Part of the strategy is to get friends and family in on the action. She does this every year. This is my first time. What do you think joining her . So far, i love it but it is cold outside. Reporter sabrina and josetta have a friendship forged in line four years ago. We met in the best buy line. We only see each other once a year and thats black friday week. Reporter this year retailers opened for business on thanksgiving day. But for those of you at home wondering what kind of people would spend their holiday in line, here you go. Why not invite her over for thanksgiving dinner . Were both busy. You saw the opening of the best buy store. Another wave is getting underway and more stores are opening later tonight. Many retailers are calling their employees in to work on this holiday. Abc 7 News Reporter heather ishimaru has that part of the black friday on thursday story. Heather . Reporter were at the toysrus and the store is packed. People trying to take advantage of a fourhour window for the fourhour deals from 5 00 to 9 00 tonight even though the store is open until midnight. The doors opened at 5 00 and people went in in groups of 15. There were 500 people waiting in line. The first shopper came out at 5 20 with a full cart. In redwood city, the kmart opened at 6 00 and will not close until 11 00 tomorrow night. This seems to be for people who have bought a prefab dinner who is waiting at home. The sales were not frenzied but steady and not all for holiday gifts, either. My mom got me a lego set and tomorrow is my brothers birthday. On my birthday, my dad let him get a lego set. Reporter at this point, here in san matteo, the doors opened promptly at 5 00 with shoppers allowed in in groups of 50 at a time. They want to make sure that the entryway is clear before they let anyone else in. The line started forming at 2 30 this afternoon. Last year the store opened at 8 00. This year three hours earlier in part to make up for six fewer shopping days between thanksgiving and christmas. For some it was a postturkey activity. For others, preturkey. My agenda is to go in before the crowd even though it will be crowded and be out and come home for dinner. Last year i come here too late. So i wait at the very, very end here. So this year i come earlier, hopefully i can get what i want. I never thought i would do anything this crazy, stand in line to get some toys. Whats gotten into you . I have grandkids who like a lot of things. Yeah, those grandkids will drive people to do all kinds of crazy things. This toysrus on this thanksgiving preblackfriday black friday is open until midnight. If you are thinking all of a sudden i should have been there, they do open tomorrow morning at 5 00. Live in san matteo, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. Here are some of the other places you can shop on thanksgiving, walmart, best buy, shorts authority and select stories at the outlets. Seems like everybodys open. This is not the first time that businesses have come underfire for overcommercializing thanksgiving in 1939, president Franklin Roosevelt moved the holiday from the last thursday in november to the fourth thursday in november. He did so with the express purpose of extending the Christmas Shopping season. 25 states refused to observe thanksgiving on that new date. Still ahead tonight here on abc 7 news. A major new milestone. And from san jose tonight, can the bulldogs overcome the odds stacked against them this year on and off the field . And a than and why can you move the tv out here . The wireless receiver. I got that when i switched to uverse. But why . Because its so much better than cable. Its got more hd channels, more dvr space. Yeah, but i mean, how did you know . I researched. No, ii told you. No. Yeah no. The importan and i got you this visor. You made a visor yes that ill never wear. Ohh. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv for just 19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. The san matteo High School Football team went into their final game after a difficult and trying year. They did not win, but did play with character. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee was on the sidelines. Reporter the game was never in doubt. At one point during the second quarter, san jose high was down 310. But they kept the score respectable. It was like david and goliath. San jose high is the Smallest School in the district. Lincoln is double that number. Four years ago, star player matt ballet needed life saving brain surgery after fracturing his skull during the big bone game. And another player suffered a spinal contusion in the big game. In february, another player, Anthony Santa cruz was stabbed to death near the campus. His mother came to the game today. Oh, my god, i have to go home and set the table. Hes not going to be there. Reporter anthonys teammates wore his initials on their helmets. We wanted to tell everybody that the death has affected us a lot. Reporter the coach imposed strict standards, demanding Good Behavior and good grades. I told them without the structure were not going to win. Reporter during the year, 18 mayors left the team. But he had the support of the principal. Where they get in their life is because of their brains. Such a small percentage of students go on to play professionally. Reporter san jose highs record is ten straight losses. But the team held their head up high. In their struggle against adversity they played with pride and passion. Vic lee, abc 7 news. A peninsula youth Football Team hopes that the holidays will help them see the opportunity of a lifetime. They earned a spot in the National Championship in orlando, florida beginning december 7th. This is the first team in the local leagues history to make that far but its they dont have enough money. And that may force the 12 to 15yearold boys to stay home. The deadline is this weekend. Ill do whatever i got to do to get it. Theres no way i can tell them we cant make it to florida. They need to raise 40,000 for trip. So far they have raised 18,000. We have information on our abc 7 News Facebook page. A celebration is underway tonight in San Francisco to mark the start of hanukkah which this year happens to fall on thanksgiving. A short time ago, a lighter of the menorah took place on union square. It wont happen again for another 78,000 more. I think were going to miss the next one. The menorah was put up by concert promoter, bill graham. Spencer may be taken along for that one. I was here for the last one 100 years ago. Turkey keeps you young. Lets look at the live doppler 7 hd. Mainly clear skies. December is almost here and feels like late summer out there. Nice and mild, mainly clear skies. Looking across San Francisco. The current temperature readings finally beginning to dip below 60 degrees. 58 in oakland. Upper 50s at san jose and los gatos. Another live view from the mount tam camera, looking out at downtown San Francisco. We have temperature readings of 57 in santa rosa. 59 at livermore and one more live view along the embarcadero which is nice and bright right now. These are our forecast features. A spare the air day tomorrow. Sunny and mild through the weekend. And much cooler weather next week. It will feel like the season we are in. The satellite image shows a system way off shore that threatened earlier to bring us rainfall. Today it is gone. Far from the coastline taking the moisture with it. So that means we will have a dry holiday weekend. Things improve overnight. Starting the forecast animation, 5 00 tomorrow morning, a few thin, high clouds that quickly disappear. Giving way to sunny and mild conditions from coast to inland. Lets look at the overnight lows. Chilly weather in the north bay. Low to mid40s in most other locations. And the spare the air alert. We have declining air quality. Look for poor quality in the north bay. And other locations no wood burning. This is in effect all day and all night tomorrow. Then tomorrow afternoon, sunny skies in the south bay with high temperatures in the mid to upper60s. 66 at san jose. On the peninsula, highs of 67 in redwood city. Low to mid60s on the coast. Downtown San Francisco 64 degrees. Low 60s in the north bay. 68 at santa rosa. East bay highs from 66 in oakland. And castro valley. The inland east bay, 67 at walnut creek. 66 at concord, by the way. Dont want to overlook concord. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. A little bit cooler on monday. Sharply cooler on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday with high temperatures in the mid50s with more clouds on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday and a chance of showers and light rain on each of those days. I think you need some food. I need a lot of food. Turkey and stuffing and veggies. See if it is waiting upstairs. A bottle of wine. Spencer, thank you. Coming up next on abc 7 news. No rest for the tonight we launch a new campaign to help feed the bay area this holiday season. All you have to do is visit the abc 7 News Facebook page and take the pledge to give where you live. With each pledge we will donate 1 to the feeding america food bank. And your good deed might be rewarded. Everyone who takes the pledge will be entered to win 7,000 cash. So spread the love and help us give where you live. Thousands of volunteers helped to feed the hungry in the bay area today. Crews arrived before sunrise in the tenderloin district. They have hosted special holiday meals for decades now. To give thanks we help feed the homeless. And weve been coming here for the last three years in sacramento we have gone to feed the homeless. I volunteered at different places throughout the city, oakland, richmond and San Francisco and different places. But i keep coming back here. The founding pastor greeted folks as they arrived for the feast. He has been there since the 1960s. He is amazing. People who cant make it to a food kitchen will not miss out. The Salvation Army delivered dinners to seniors and people in need. Families helping out prepared and packed the meals with turkey, mashed potatoes and of course plenty of gravy. A lot of the food donated went through the San Francisco food bank. But they are not taking a break. Look at all the volunteers sorting through the food in the donation barrels. The barrels were emptied so they could collect more for the christm Christmas Holiday season. They need to raise 8 million to meet the demand. More to come tonight. The aborted launch attempt of this rocket. The liftoff called off twice at the very last moment. Also the aftermath of a destructive earthquake that struck overnight in one of the worlds most vulnerable regions. A courageous young man going not one but two failed tries to get the privately owned space x falcon rocket up into orbit. Abort, abort, abort. Aborting. Engineers had a 65minute window to work with this afternoon. The first try was scrubbed with a mere two seconds left on the countdown. Engineers were worried about one of the nine engines that was not putting out enough thrust. And the second try was aborted with 47 seconds left. They will try again. The expectation right now is of course we will detank the rocket, bring it horizontal and bring it back in the hangar, determine the path forward and then be ready to attempt another launch probably within a few days. Space x ceo says, quote, its better to be paranoid and wrong than to go ahead with a problematic mission. Astronomers believe that comet ison didnt survive the encounter. It approached the sun and they lost track of it and they deidnt see it coming out on the other side. They believe that the comet broke up and died and they plan to study those pieces to learn more about comets. At least seven people have been killed in an earthquake in southern iran. The quake scared people out of their homes. The magnitude was 5. 6. They say it was centered about 40 miles from irans only Nuclear Power plant. The plant was not damaged. But in addition to the seven dead, 45 were injured. Iran is in a spot where two plates come together. 90 of the country is criss crossed by fault lines. A San FranciscoAppeals Court has ordered federal immigration officials to reconsider not granting asylum to a gay man in russia. He has been attacked twice because of his sexual orientation. As you may know, russia has adopted a number of antigay policies. A lot of families are giving thanks today. And some are grateful for a program that helps children and families living with cancer. And in tonights assignment 7 report we meet up with a former camper who is helping the camp raise money. I remember distinctly at a very young age believing that everybody did what i did. Everybody was in the hospital. And everybody couldnt play certain sports. Reporter Danny Thompson survived two bouts with cancer when he was little. He is volunteering to help his dad with a fund raiser to make sure other kids can attend this summer camp in the sierra fool hills because it meant so much to him as a child. He said a lot of summers here. It offers free camp to children and families living with cancer. The first time danny was diagnosed, he was just three. It was about the time his baby sister megan was born. We