The man who paid a lot of money to combat tenure and the mark he leaves behind. Reporter the socalled supercop is back in new york. The mayor elect named William Braton the job he had under giuliani. This is a beacon of light for the rest of world. Reporter his record of cleaning up crime was what attracted the oakland officials, paying him 250,000 to tell them how to tackle crime here. A yearlong contract job that ended a month ago. I think what bill did was that he came in and he watched how we were implementing different things, from time to time, our crime analysis. Even though you can do the form of it, do you do the heart of it, try to predict where the crime will happen . Having someone who is the nations expert on him was really important, i think. Reporter a major strategy he pushed was breaking down the city into five districts, with Police Commanders tasked with building relationships and being responsible for the crimes in their communities. The mayor believes the strategy has worked to reduce the violence. Reporter in fact the mayor credits his ideas as well as other changes in the Police Department for the 25 drop in the homicide rate this year. So far this year, there have been 85 homicides. At the same time last year, the number was 112. Reporter some who live and work in oakland are not so sure. It doesnt feel any safer or better. Im not totally in love with the idea of bringing in outside consultants. Reporter the tomorrower San Francisco police chief and now director of usf criminal justice leadership thinks oaklands police chief could have done the job without braton, but he credits him with oakland using his system of tracking crime. Hes a brilliant guy, and i think a lot of people look at his brain child as a Technology Program that has brought the Police Strategy into the 21st strategy. Reporter was it worth the quarter of a Million Dollars contract to oakland. The fact that crime is trending down in the city. Yes. Reporter in oakland, linda yee, kpix 5. The department is still being reviewed by the feds avena officers were accused of making false arrests and using excessive force. If you went out for a quick bite to eat today, you may have found yourself in a protest. Its far beyond a single cheese burger. Chances are you dont work in the fast food restaurant, but the forces driving todays protest, they affected all of us. Reporter from washington to denver to oakland, the message was the same. I work 40 hours a week plus, and i cant even make it for myself, let alone my child. They are no longer teenagers, they are major breadwinners for their families. Reporter its part of a grim larger picture of the economy. They are bad jobs, most of them. The jobs that are coming back pay less than the jobs we lost in the great recession. We have a growing army of low wageworkers. Reporter but the story did not start with the recession. It goes back decades. Starvation of wages and decline, in fact of many peoples wage, has been going on since the late 1970s. We didnt really recognize that. Reporter instead americans found different ways to cope. In the 70s and 80s, huge numbers of women entered the workplace, partly to boost their family income. In the 90s, americans found themselves working longer hours. When they didnt work, people used their homes as piggy banks or backed out their credit cards. And now all of the coping mechanisms are exhausted. People have to face the fact that wages are going nowhere. Reporter that hurt the any for all of us. If they dont get paid more, they cant turn around and buy stuff. Reporter the cost that employers will not cover, thats picked up by you. Rest of us subsidize the employers by paying for the medicaid and food stamps and other things the people need to get out of poverty. Reporter this is not just true for fast food workers. The middle class is stuck in the same current. 80 of americans are no better off today than they were before the recession in 2008. We dont create jobs like we used to . We dont create enough high paying jobs like we used to. The best example. Silicon valley. The percentage of the households safely in the middle class has been falling for more than a decade as most people find themselves taking lower paying jobs. If you find yourself with a better job or raise this year, you are extremely lucky. Thank you. Well, its been another chilly day, and we are headed into another bitter cold night tonight. Temperatures will be below freezing for many areas. And people are bundled up in coats and scarves today to stay warm in san jose, the cars were frosted over before the sun was out today. Ice crystals covered the roofs, and even the seat of that motorcycle. Our chief meteorologist paul deanno is in walnut creek tonight. We are going there again, huh . We are. The freeze warning is up for some of you. Away from the water, just as cold as it was this morning. Closer to the water, a couple of degrees milder. Bottom line, below freezing for several hours once again. The mobile weather lab, down to 42 degrees, and we have lost 8 degrees off the high. As soon as the sun went down, the temperatures went down. The dew point, 18 degrees. Thats bone dry air. You feeling it . Maybe your hands are dry. Your cold air over the bay area. Freeze warning over the bay area. Perhaps not as cold this morning. Widespread, mid20s low 30s. Freemont, 32. San francisco dropping down to 42 once again. Its not just cold. We are talking snow. A winter when advisory is in effect for tomorrow night for the east bay hills, above 2500 feet, and we may likely see 24 inches of new snowfall as the storm passes built the impact of the snow in the sierra and talk about when it will finally, finally warm up. Thats coming up in my full forecast coming up. Paul, thank you for that. You can find out how cold its going to be in your neighborhood by logging on to kpix. Com, and clicking on weather and then enter your zip code. A teacher believed to have ties to the bay area has been killed in libya. Ronald smith was shot jogging in benghazi, the same city where terrorists attacked the u. S. Consulate last year killing Christopher Stevens and three others. He was a chemistry teacher at an international school. We offer our deepest con doll lances to the victims family, friends, and loved ones. We are in contact with the family and providing all the appropriate assistance. No one claimed responsibility for the killing. Smith described himself as libyas best friend on his twitter account. The race to be mayor of san jose is officially underway. Len ramirez has the issues voters want resolved. Reporter ten members of the city council, half of them, plus two others joined the race to succeed mayor chuck reid. A lot of people are look at the election as a turning point. Reporter ron gonzalez should know, he was elected mayor in 1998 and reelected 4 years later. A lot of people i talk to feel the city has been in reverse gear for 8 years now. We have lost ground and traction, and we dont seem to know where we are going. Thats no vision for the future. Any one of the candidates has an opportunity to, in my opinion, tell the voters where they think the city ought to be going over the next 10 years. Reporter so far the declared candidates candidate include they will be up against the Current County supervisor and former southside councilman, forest williams. All of them will have the challenge of raising money in a crowded field. Reporter mayor chuck reid made the pension issue his signature issue. It has created a great divide between the city and its officers. The next mayor will inherit the needs, budgetary pressures, and the issues they want solved. It would be great, very, very great if they lower the crime rate and keep the gangs off the state. The issue for me would be traffic safety, simply because theres accidents and fatalities. The top issues have to be the police, getting more cops on the streets and beefing up the police force definitely. Reporter joining in now live from the San Jose City hall, its going to be an interesting political battle. Many of the candidates want to appeal to organized labor to get that vote, while at the same time trying to appeal to the 70 of the voters who recently passed measure b. Mayor reids reform issue in 2012. Difficult waters for all the candidates to try to navigate. Reporting live, len ramirez, kpix 5. Today marked the official start of the election cycle to raise and spend money. Election day is 180 days away. Coming up, how two decades of persistence finally paid off in solving the cold case murder of a bay area girl. Something else is really heating up. It doesnt look festive at all. Its brown and ugly. How one of the nations biggest retailers is a big eyesore. nzczczc arsenault on how investigators ether the cl tonight a cold case broken wide open, some 20 years after the murder. Casandra with more on how the investigators pieced together the clues. Theres always certain cases that haunt you. Reporter steve clark is talking about the one unsolved case every officer cannot shake and takes home with them every single night. Sergeant butch baker and another officer were killed in the line of duty earlier this year in an incident that rocked the community. For him it was that one case. It all started here at poganut park when two hikers found a dead body in the 1990s. Police could not identify the victim. They didnt have the capabilities or a filed missing persons cases. Butch baker was one of the lead investigators on the scene. In 2000 he caught a break. We were able to have a dna material taken from the evidence. Reporter they waited 7 years until the family submitted dna. We learned she ran away in 1993. The family didnt report her as a missing person until 2007. It wasnt until 2008 her bilogical mother submitted a dna sample. Reporter they went all the way to washington where they finally caught a break. There were difficulties in locating the officer of the victim to make the confirmation dna match, but it led us to an adoptive sister in the state of washington. She had a fingerprint card that was taken from our victim when she was four or five years old. Reporter bingo, it was a match. They have finally identified her as corey joann lamaster. Butch would have been doing cart wheels in the hallway, but we also feel like we are honoring his legacy and the hard work he. Did reporter in santa cruz coreys death is an open inside case. Police have identified two persons of interest and are looking to the public for help. Another night below freezing. More on how the cold weather can actually bring red hot business. Ryan . Reporter this cold is not the most popular type of weather among the shoppers, but some businesses are loving it. Reporter when fixing shoes is your business, a cold front is the wind fall. When the weather goats cold, its really business. Reporter on a normal day, they fix five pairs of boots. Today they fixed at least 40. Across the street at pelican rock, sweaters sitting on the shelves since september are now selling at a quicker pace. Our sales have jumped 500 on sweaters and jackets. Reporter it caters to guys, and Matt Gearhart owes his sales to mother nature. Its time to layer up, guys. Reporter next door at the ice cream shop, hot chocolate sales are up, but the ice cream sales have not dipped much. Those fixing heaters are in high demand. Tricity heating just installed this thermostat. The workers feel spoiled. I am now. Its totally nice. Reporter they can wear their high heels and not boots is and dont have to wear gloves himself. I would rather it be warm outside all the time. Reporter some dont share that sentiment, whether its repairing your heat or your soles. Tricity heating is twice as busy this week as they were last week. Some Heating Companies are taking reservations for the middle of next week at the earliest. Meteorologist paul deanno is live in walnut creek where he is definitely feeling the chill. Reporter its cold outside. The holiday spirit is the only thing kicking us warm. We have the holiday Tree Lighting festival ready to go at 7 00. The band is playing, and hundreds of folks are out here, bundled up for a good reason. Oakland, high of 54. Napa, 53 degrees. Its not just the freeze warning, its a Winter Weather advisory tomorrow night into early saturday, into the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains, above 2500 feet. We will likely see 24 inches of snowfall. Look at mount diablo. It will probably be white on top. Heres the deal. High pressure to the north and west. Bringing down the arctic air. Calling it the arctic express it will continue. Low pressure dropping down tomorrow that will fire off the rain showers for us. In the Higher Elevations as i mentioned, its snowfall. The temperatures a degree or two milder than today, but not by much. Santa rosa, 53. Your extended forecast, right on through the weekend, a lot of you doing your Christmas Shopping it will be cold. We will clear out saturday afternoon. Highs around 50. Another freezing night sunday. Mid50s on monday and tuesday, and finally, back to the 60s on wednesday, and back out here live in walnut creek. The bands name appropriately called the mistletoes, and folks are getting ready for the Holiday Party here. Live at walnut creek, meteorologist paul deanno. We should call them the chilly toes right now. How a cat was reunited with his bay area owners more than 3 years after he disappeared. ,,,,,,,, were damaged during a prote over the George Zimmerman verdict. And the sears on broadway s its been 5 months since some businesses in downtown oakland were damaged during the protest over the George Zimmerman verdict, and the sears still has not replaced the windows. Neighbors are asking why. It looks gross, as if its out of business. Reporter no store wants to give a negative impression. Did does not look festive at all. Reporter thats the exact impression people are walking away with. Its an eyesore. Reporter in fact the building inspectors in october cited it for blight. It invites graffiti. Reporter its because of the boarded up windows. Protesters broke them back in july, but 5 months later, sears still has not replaced them. Neighbors and Business Owners say its not the better way, but the bad way to do business. We want you to come and spend your money, but we dont care. Reporter tina johnson runs a fast food place nearby, and she is sympathetic to what they are going through. They should make a decision as to if they want to continue to do business in oakland, and if so, they need to clean them up. Reporter the company said they are Custom Windows dating back to the 1930s, and replacing them is harder. The city said if they dont start to clean them up, they will charge them with violation. In oakland, im da lin. Sears officials have 1 month to come up with a plan to fix the windows. A cat missing for more than 3 years is back with its bay area owners tonight this is dasher. His family had him microchipped when he was a kitten. They moved, and dasher was scared and ran away. Someone found him, bringing him to the animal shelter. Hes been gone for so long, i lost hope we would find him. I was really surprised, especially when they ran the chip, and it was him. Maybe hes around the neighborhood, he cant go far, but sure enough, 2. 5 miles away, there he is. Yeah, its just great the family says that dasher is doing quite well. They say they will keep him inside from now on to prevent any more escapes. Coming up in our next half an hour, Nelson Mandelas bay area visit. Plus Barbara Rogers is joining us on the set and shares her memories of meeting the president. Crews narrowing the clues to find the missing bay area pilot and his family. Why milk prices could double in a few weeks. ,,,,,,,,,, world is paying tribute to nelson our founding president of our democratic nation has departed. From prisoner to freedom fighter. Tonight the world is paying tribute to Nelson Mandela. He spent almost 3 decades in prison fighting appartide, as it was known then, its what he stood for that made him known worldwide as he sat behind bars. How he literally changed the face of south africa. Reporter South Africans gathered near Nelson Mandelas home to remember the man who led their cubry into a new era. He passed away after a long illness that left him bedridden for several months. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves. Reporter mandela was born into a privileged family in 1918 and grew up to be a lawyer. In the 50s and 60s, he became active in the movement against apartide. He was convicted of sabotage and conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison on the infamous robin island. After 20 years in prison, he was freed. I cherish the idea of the youth of africa, so help me god. Reporter he was south africas new black president and crafted a new constitution. He won the Nobel Peace Prize and traveled the world promoting tolerance. He retired from public life but continued to meet with dignitaries from around the world in his home. He achieved more thanked be expected from any man. Reporter in june he was rushed to the hospital, suffering from a reoccurring lung condition he suffered in prison. He eventually went home but was in critical condition. He toured the United States with his last stop being the bay area. He was greeted like a rock star at the coliseum. Barbara rogers, you were there for the memorable experience. First of all, great to see you back. Thank you. Tell me about that day. That day was so exciting. On that day, we broadcast live from the coliseum, and it was a crazy, crazy day because we had to get everything together to get everything back live. The crowds were so loud, we could hardly hear, but its a day i will never forget. The bay area, let us welcome, Nelson Mandela reporter it was in june of 1990 when Nelson Mandela came to the bay area. The more than 70,000 jams into the Oakland Coliseum to see their hero for the years thanking for activism against the apartide. It is you, the people of oakland, the people of the bay area, who have given me and my delegation strength and hope to prosper and to