South San FranciscoPolice Officer has lifethreatening injuries. The department recently released a picture of officer robby chon. Hes been on the force for 12 years and was on duty yesterday, thanksgiving day, when he was attacked. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee has the details. My son didnt know that this is a little mental. Reporter the suspect, luis ramoscoreas mother talked to us. She told us her son has mental issues and takes medication. Was he taking his medication yesterday . I dont know. He left very early in the morning. Reporter this grainy security video shows officer robby chon chasing the suspect. He stops and strikes the officer, who goes down. Another Security Camera picks up the suspect running down linden avenue after he attacked the officer. He was captured minutes later. The officer is a 12year veteran of the south San Francisco police department. He is married, and he has two young children. Reporter officer robby chon is assigned to the motorcycle unit. It happened yesterday afternoon in Downtown SouthSan Francisco. Starbucks customers waved down the officer, saying the suspect, luis ramoscoreas, was creating a disturbance. As chon was talking to him, ramoscoreas darted down the street on his skateboard. [ speaking spanish ] Antonio Figueroa was close by. He says there was a short foot chase. An officer in a patrol car joined in. He says the suspect suddenly turned around and struck him in the head with his skateboard, and he fell to the ground. The police chief says he has a long rap sheet. Abc7 news has learned it includes felony battery causing serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon, and resisting arrest for disturbing the peace. Ramoscoreas has been booked on an attempted murder charge. Vic lee, abc7 news. The older sister of the redding wife and mother who went missing for three weeks says her family is thankful and ecstatic that shes been safely returned. Chelsea county sheriffs deputies believe two armed women abducted sherry pa piafeeny whi she was jogging. Papini flagged down a driver while bound by restraints. She was treated for nonlifethreatening injuries before being returned to her family. She was emotional and quite upset but elated to be free. Everyones tireless efforts has made our family whole again this thanksgiving. Thank you for allowing our family time to heal and for giving us our privacy. Investigators have released few details about what happened to papini during those three weeks she was missing. An around the clock manhunt continues tonight for two escaped inmates in the south bay. Row mealio chavez and Laron Campbell broke out of the Santa Clara County jail Late Wednesday. A 20,000 reward is being offered for their capture. Elisa harrington with the latest on the search. Reporter tracking dogs joined the manhunt for two escaped inmates who broke out of Santa Clara Countys main jail. They did find a scent. The animals followed it more than seven miles along the Guadalupe River from the path off west hedding street in san jose to tasman and lick mill boulevard in santa clara. Weve gotten a couple good leads, a couple good tips in a sense where, you know, one of them speaks of them being seen in that area. And with the use of the dogs, you know, that congrefirmed the were in that area. Were getting closer. Rogelio chavez and Laron Campbell have been missing since Late Wednesday night. Sheriff laurie smith says they used a cutting tool to saw through the bars of the window and tied clothing together to form a rope. Things are smuggled into jails and prisons all the time, and i dont know how they got it. Again, thats something that were also going to be looking at is how can we shore up our security system. Two other inmates tried to escape with chavez and campbell but were immediately captured. One of them, 20yearold yasindu dsilva has only been in jail since sunday for an armed home invasion. Investigators now have an idea of the direction the inmates traveled, and theyre looking for video cameras along that route. But they still need the publics help. I want to remind the community these are dangerous people. They are not to be approached. Please just dial 911. A 20,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to their capture. In san jose, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. Take one more look here at the escaped inmates. If theyre found, well send out an alert through the abc7 news app. You can download it now and enable push alerts so you can be the first to know. All right. Rain is headed to the bay area. Lets take a live look outside now from our roof camera. It doesnt show any precipitation right now. That is about to change. Meteorologist drew tuma has more about the coming storm. Drew. Were tracking at least right now a very quiet picture over the bay area. Live doppler 7 showing you we have the clouds that are steadily increasing ahead of our front. The wider picture will show you this cold front still well offshore, but you can already see live doppler 7 picking up on some rain ahead of that front. This is all going to move onshore in the Early Morning hours on saturday. So first drops, the arrival times, in the north bay between 1 00 and 5 00. Very early saturday morning. That front will sink south of the heart of the bay area. Likely those first drops anywhere from 4 00 to 7 00 in the morning. Then in the south bay, the final location to see the wet weather, starting anytime from 6 00 to 9 00 saturday morning. This is just one round of several were tracking of rain over the weekend. Well have the details in that full accuweather forecast coming up. Drew, thank you so much. An extra Police Officer is patrolling Broadway PlazaShopping Center in walnut creek this holiday season. Its part of an unprecedented arrangement. Abc7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley has details. You have such a cute face. Thank you. Reporter walnut creek Police OfficerMark Gonzalez is already making friends. For the first time, the Walnut Creek Police department has partnered with a private company to assign a Police Officer to a Shopping Center. Got nothing but positive response from the management of all the stores. Theyre happy to see that a Police Officer is going to be dedicated to the area, provide service so much quicker than if, you know, we were across town or somewhere else. Reporter officer gonzalez started november 15th to handle shoplifting, credit card fraud and crime here in the middle of a vast expansion project. Weve got new merchants, a lot of new square footage. Reporter the theory is a fulltime officer here will free up other officers to respond to other neighborhood calls. I think it scares off people more. I think security the security guards dont intimidate anybody. But a Police Officer, i think its more intimidating. Having a Security Officer who is also a Police Officer, i think, will be very beneficial for everyones safety. Reporter no matter where shoppers go, top safety tips include locking valuables out of sight in vehicles and not staring at a cell phone when crossing the street. In walnut creek, im Leslie Brinkley, abc7 news. A criminal investigation has been launched into an Early Morning house fire in san mateo that claimed the life of a 70yearold woman. Fire crews found the woman inside the burning home on oak street around 4 30 a. M. , awere not able to revive her. Police have taken over the investigation into that fire thats considered suspicious. This home is known to authorities. Fire Officials Say back in 2011, police shot and killed 35yearold robert caron, who lived in the house at the time. He led officers on a chase to his backyard, then opened fire after earlier threatening employees at a nearby pharmacy with a gun. Its been more than seven months since a San Francisco womans body was found in a shallow grave. Her younger daughter is still missing in whats become an unsolved mystery. The family of nikki and ariana fitts is in the bay area. They came together for thanksgiving and today they spoke with abc7 News ReporterMelanie Woodrow about their desperate search to find the little girl they hope and believe is still alive. Reporter in the time ariana fitts has been missing, she turned 3 years old. Were desperate. Every time i see a little kid who is playing and happy with their family, it just breaks my heart because i want that for arianna. Reporter her aunt believes she is alive and possibly still in the bay area. Someone wanted arianna as their own. Reporter its been more than seven months since ariannas mom, nikki fitts body was found in a shallow grave in mclaren park, her body covered with this piece of plywood. In an unusual move, San FranciscoPolice Previously shared this evidence, hoping it might generate tips about who was responsible for fitts death and where her missing daughter, arianna, could be. San Francisco Police originally focused their attention on ariannas babysitter, helena martin. By phone today, the babysitters attorney said he advised her to stop speaking with investigators because police couldnt guarantee they would not charge her with a crime. I believe that she was not being interviewed as a potential witness but more as a suspect. Were desperate. Reporter its that desperation that has this family pleading for help. Hopeful someone will recognize ariannas pictures and anonymously call police. Shes still out there. Were still looking. Reporter no matter how long it takes. In San Francisco, Melanie Woodrow, abc7 news. Some folks in richmond say they might have to sell their animals in the face of an eviction order. Horses have been cared for at these stables for nearly 20 years. Recently city Officials Say the property was not zoned for horses and issued an eviction notice for december 6th. Horse owners say they would be priced out of any other stables. We dont know what to do if we get kicked out. All the stables around here, theyre just way out of our league. Everybody here is just regular blue collar working folk, and wed have to the majority of people would be forced to get rid of their horse. The city of richmond said inspectors found an illegal solid waste transfer site on the property. The city does promise to extend the deadline if a good faith effort for compliance is displayed. The change in Holiday Shopping that puts more shoppers in danger. Plus the effort to get people out of the mall and outside on this green friday that upset at least one shopper. And its a space race for waste. Why nasa is asking for the publics help to solve a zero gravity toilet problem. Those stories and more when mobile sales this black friday are expected to top 1 billion. Thats the biggest day ever for mobile shopping. Mobile tablet and desktop sales have increased more than 11 this year, taking a large bite out of the brick and mortar black friday sales. With more americans now shopping online, the risk of fraud has also increased. Jessica castro with abc7 mornings tells us how to avoid becoming a victim. Reporter that little chip on your credit card is making it safer than ever when you hit the registers this Holiday Shopping weekend. But thieves are finding a new target. Because of the chip cards now, its a lot more difficult for retail criminals to do instore fraud. So theyre taking it online. Reporter banking experts are warning of a 43 surge in attempted fraud this season. To get around the chip, criminals are taking advantage of ship to store and nextday pickup items that so many Different Stores are now offering, making it easier to charge items with a stolen card number without ever needing to swipe it. And the big ticket items theyre targeting . Hot gifts like fitness trackers, wireless headphones, cosmetics and designer sneakers. Another way cyber fraudsters may try to cash in is by using fake or stolen e receipts. Theyll create with some cut and paste a fraudulent invoice and bring it back and say, i received this as a gift online, and heres my invoice. Reporter the National Retail federation calling it the Fastest Growing scheme affecting some 31 of stores. So beware this holiday season. In San Francisco, jessica castro, abc7 news. Thousands of people packed San Franciscos union square tonight for the lighting of the macys tree. It features 33,000 lights and more than 1,000 ornaments. The ceremony featured choirs, show tunes, and a few songs by r and b star aloe blacc. Abc news was in downtown san rafael for the start of the winter festival today. The big attraction was snow sledding on a street. Tonight the festival continued with a parade, tree lighting, and holiday marketplace. Kids can still go sledding tomorrow as long as the snow hasnt melted. That looks like fun. Today the city of oakland kicked off plaid friday to encourage people to shop locally. The name is a metaphor for Weaving Community spirit using the threads of Small Businesses. Mayor libby schaaf right there decked out in plaid herself visited oaklandish. We wanted people to consider putting their money where their hearts are, and that is in our independent, locally owned businesses here in oakland. We always get a good bump in business on plaid friday. I think that people also come for Small Business saturday. So now plaid friday has become plaid weekend, and i think that theres just more of a sustained message about the importance of shopping local. And to encourage local shopping, parking is free in oakland through this entire weekend and on every saturday for the rest of the year. Such a good deal. A lot of folks gave up the black friday inside and went outdoors, visiting state parks for free. And some retailers used the also giving back to the environment. Abc7 News ReporterCornell Barnard has the story. I was going to get snow snoks. Reporter she got a shock when she found out her favorite store, rei, was closed on black friday. I just thought that they would be open because like all these stores are. Reporter the outdoor retailer gave its employees the day off, urging customers to opt outside on black friday. We appreciate being outside. My family has been outside all day, and i can certainly understand why management would want to give employees an opportunity to spend a long weekend with their families. Black friday is not a huge day for us. Reporter you could say that again. Pat gonna ya stores were open, but making money not a big deal. Saving the planet is. Manager colin says the National Clothing chain is donating 100 of black friday proceeds to local environmental nonprofit groups dedicated to saving the air, water, and soil. Its a great connection to have to our community. Yeah, it makes me feel good to be working retail on black friday. Reporter customer brad singly is giving back and getting a jump on his Holiday Shopping. Once i heard all the proceeds were going to be going to good causes today, i was like i got to stop in. I had a few nick knacks to pick up as christmas gifts. I made it a point to come here first and feeling really good about it actually. Reporter some folks took a break and headed for the forest instead, where admission and parking at 116 California State Parks was free. The state called it green friday. The day after thanksgiving this whole weekend is really about all friends and family, and its about giving thanks for how lucky we are to live in this spectacular place. Reporter an alternative from the malls, a chance to check out some of mother natures best deals. In marin county, Cornell Barnard, abc7 news. Announcer now your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. We are tracking rain moving in overnight and then tomorrow well get a brief break during the day before a second round moves in after the sun goes down saturday evening. Live doppler 7 showing you quite a picture out there. Cloud cover slowly thickening this inning. The rain still well offshore and most of it will move in after midnight tonight. Its a quiet but beautiful night across the region. Temperaturewise, weve dropped into the 40s and 50s in most spots. The forecast feature is going to call for that rain sweeping in here overnight tonight while many of us are sleeping. Well get a brief break in most areas midday tomorrow before another round moves in saturday night. Its a pretty active pattern. Well have a third storm moving in late sunday and into monday morning with some more showers. Current numbers out there, 40s and 50. 44 in fairfield. 55 in San Francisco. Weve dropped to 51 in san jose. Hayward checking in with a temperature of 52 degrees. Bring back the storm impact scale. The storm were tracking that will move onshore overnight, its a light system.