That the officer was disciplined they wouldnt say how. And the independent Police Auditor said he knew about the discipline that they handed down and he says he agreed request that discipline. Christian hartnett, kpix 5. Protestors have shut down bart today. Hands up, dont shoot thats what happened. They took over the west oakland station this morning interlocking arms and forming a human chain. It hit the brakes on all bart traffic through the transbay tunnel and created a mess that lasted for hours. Christin ayers was with the protestors as cops finally cuffed them. Christin. Reporter the bart station was shut down for a full two hours before Police Actually arrested them. The pictures were dramatic. We saw 25 people who showed up to the west oakland bart station chanting. They changed themselves to each other and to trains headed in both directions bringing transbay service to a standstill. One protestor chained his neck to a pole with a bike lock. The protestors were arrested after a couple of hours. 14 were taken to a holding cell at lake merritt station. It was there that the protestors told us why they did this. We shut down commerce on black friday to say that black lives matter. The country runs on money. If you shut down business, you have to listen to us. Reporter after the arrest transbay service picked back up west oakland bart remained shut down for some time afterwards and the delays continued this afternoon. The protestors were taken to santa rita jail and are expected to face charges. Online supporters are already raising money to try to bail them out. We checked and so far they have raised over 15,000. Reporting live in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. Many people were off work today but for those trying to get to the office, the shutdown was a major concern. Some even worried it could cost them their jobs. This is the final straw at my job today. If you dont make it, then you might get fired. We were supposed to be there by now at work at 12, yeah. Reporter whats your boss going to say . Own, probably not too happy since its black friday. Its a stressful time i think with the holidays and people are already a little stressed and under a lot of pressure. Many people said they support the message but not the method. It was especially tough for people trying to catch a flight back home. This womans family drove her to the airport from the orinda bart station. Others not so lucky. Some riders stuck in San Francisco say they had to take a cab to the east bay, a 40 trip. Black friday Holiday Shopping was disrupted as protestors continued in and around st. Louis, missouri. No justice, no peace at least 200 protestors stormed a Shopping Mall south of ferguson, missouri. Several stores lowered their security doors or even locked their doors. Protestors chanted for people to stop shopping and join the protests over the grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson. Demonstrators in seattle also targeted black friday shoppers. Dozens of protestors marched through downtown before entering a mall. They also tried to block a key bus tunnel but police kept the tunnel open. All right. Switching gears here, there is a change in the air tonight quite literally. And thats very good news. Chief meteorologist paul deanno is tracking the rain and paul, its going to stick around for a while. It is just arriving now. It is very, very slow to leave. Were talking the middle of next week before the rain chance leaves but some of you in the north bay say its raining outside. Windsor, yountville, cloverdale, healdsburg, bodega bay, almost south to petaluma. Novato up after that, vallejo, American Canyon and downtown napa. So here comes the rainfall. Where it is coming from . Its working its way from the north slowly sliding to the south. I dont think it will cross the golden gate until 11 00 tonight. Big area of low pressure thats been sitting offshore for the past several days has an opportunity to bring that rainfall to us because the ridge that was keeping us dry has now moved out. So what to expect moving forward . Rain moving in overnight tonight. It will be a steady or heavy rainfall. Very early saturday morning, the first half of tomorrow will be rather soggy with drier weather moving in tomorrow afternoon. That will be the the final. It will be coming in, in waves over the course of the next four or five days. And thankfully were also talking about snow in the Higher Elevations of the sierra, tonight, tomorrow, sunday, it will be snowing above 6,000 feet. Windy at the passes as well with 6 to 12 inches of new snowfall likely. So it is all good news everywhere throughout california. Well have more coming up. Thank you. Well, its really a sudden shift, isnt it, from images of parched cracked earth to now sandbags before the storm. Don ford with hour the areas most likely to get rain are trying to prepare. Reporter in mill valley signs say it all storms with heavy rain expected. On miller avenue the 2 a. M. Bar isnt waiting until last call. They flood every year. They have sandbags ready now at every door and next door, joes taco lounge is really ready for the rain hoses, sump pumps, more sandbags. Reporter in addition to this stuff, he has stockpiled several shop vacs and towels. Theres problems in the corner with the storm drain so every year these businesses flood when it rains. Reporter Contra Costa County has set up several sandbag stations free to anyone who wants them. Team work. Bob craig wants 22. His tool shed has flooded many times. So youre a regular sandbagger . You can see i have sandbags that i got the last time i was down here. Reporter in San Francisco last month, heavy rains knocked over several old ficus trees. This weekend there may be even more coming down. When things like this happen, it puts fear in everyone. Reporter from too dry to too wet. Maybe too fast for parts of the bay area this weekend. In San Francisco, don ford, kpix 5. So it was dry today and a lot of people took advantage to get in some shopping on this day after thanksgiving. You know, it wasnt the mad crush that we have seen in years past. But anne makovec shows us retailers have a reason to celebrate. Reporter there was a steady buzz at local stores this black friday but compared to just a few years ago, many were relatively calm. Actually the lines arent as long. Reporter many shoppers relaxed. I didnt get up super early. Reporter because many black friday warriors had already finished their shopping places like the livermore outlets opened on thanksgiving day, americans were expected to spend 2. 5 billion yesterday alone leaving black friday rather blase at this target store. Just came to do my monthly grocery shopping. Reporter who would have thought that was a good idea . I wouldnt have thought so but i gave it a chance and it worked out. Reporter there were plenty of shoppers after the deep discounts. I got a lot of coupons and thats why i took advantage of this. Reporter lo and behold, some of the merchandise people normally camp out for was still left. Good day for tvs. Reporter but the store manager says sales were strong. We received more truck, overnight last night so we meter the products so all the guests get an advantage. Reporter the National Retail federation forecast holiday sales to grow more than 4 this year, the biggest jump in the last three years. I hate shopping so this is the only time i come. Reporter it is make or break time for many retails earnings. As many as 20 of annual sales are made during the holiday season. In colma, anne makevoc, kpix 5. I guess we should be gratified so many people are buying televisions. Some san jose shoppers continued the black friday tradition of an early start on shopping. Walmart on story road, some didnt come looking for any particular item though just good deals. I dont know yet. Whatever they have, thats good on sale. Because walmart is the best. And, um, its open at 6 00 in the morning. I got some great deals. Many retailers are offering deals right through the weekend, as well. Shoppers trying to shop online at best buy today were frustrated when the website went down twice. The company says it was because so many people were trying to log on at once. The first crash happened earlier this morning. The second this afternoon. The website has been fixed and best buy has apologized to customers. Still ahead, black friday of course is known for great deals on electronics and maybe clothes. But cars . How dealerships are driving customers to their lots instead of to the malls. Dozens more Tech Companies moving in. What san jose is selling that businesses seem to be buying. And the paints peeling. Theres mold so why would anybody want to make this aging east bay mural a landmark . Thats next. ,, bulldog bulldog oooh mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer get a serta mattress, any size, for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. The 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Ends sunday, thanksgiving weekend. Ly 200 people watche the chp says justice will be served after a wild sideshow in oakland earlier this week. Nearly 200 people watched as drivers recklessly spun their wheels wednesday night near the port of oakland. As police moved in, they saw one car trying to escape with young kids inside. They say sideshows are not entertainment. I want to stress how dangerous sideshows are. Sideshows often lead to collisions, injuries and death to participants and spectators. Police say watching a sideshow is also illegal and its only a matter of time before arrests are made. Officers say the sideshow wasnt related to the protests over the grand jury decision in ferguson. A chp motorcycle officer is recovering tonight in the hospital after being hit by a car. The accident happened last night in sunnyvale. The car involved in the crash is thought to have ran a red light before hitting the officer. The injuries are being called serious but he is expected to be okay. For the last couple of days we have been telling but shoppers jockeying to be the first in line for black friday or buyers searching for online deals. But on the consumerwatch, julie watts is outside a car dealership with more on a growing black friday trend. Good to see you, hi, julie. Reporter hi there, brian when you think black friday you probably dont think Car Dealerships but that may be about to change. After all, black friday is becoming somewhat of a national holiday. And dealers expect to make as much this holiday as they do 4th of july or labor day. Whoo reporter black friday has become synonymous with camping out for deals on everything from toys to big screen tvs. But lately theres a growing shift in the norm as shoppers like matt snyder are looking for even bigger bargains. This weekend reporter dealers like town ford are getting into the black friday game. We have your walmart and your targets with a lot of people going there for black friday deals. The dealerships and manufacturers saw, hey, lets get into this game. Reporter Barry Johnson says black friday used to be like any other weekend until car dealers began offering a chance to score savings here, too. I have a 2014 f150 that i can give 11,000 off the msrp. Reporter a good sales pitch for a 60,000 truck and with its 1,000 rebate, ford is not alone. Chevy is offering 0 financing with 1,000 cash back on popular models and honda started early with 14 days of black friday most bay area dealerships continuing sales through the end of the month. Got 18,000 off a 28,000 car which is awesome. Reporter matt got 1,000 cash back plus 2,000 extra on his tradein which sealed the deal. But as the old saying goes, deals like this wont last. If you were to come in next week, no, you cannot get the same deal. Reporter now, while they dont have people camping out for deals yet, some car dealers say its only a matter of time that they expect these deals to get better. The one big difference though about these black friday sales, they generally last for more than one day. At the very least, they last the weekend. In San Francisco, julie watts, kpix 5. Relatively quiet black friday on wall street. The market closed early today. The dow was up just half a point, the nasdaq up 4, and the s p 500 lost 5. Can you spot the real or the steal . Most people cant by looking at it but theres usually one tell tale sign the price. Price agents showed off a boatload of confiscated counterfeit stuff, clothes, purses, jewelry, you name it. It usually shows up at flea markets or on some websites. Criminal organizations and in this case counterfeiters have also taken advantage of the internet. They have seen its a marketplace where they can also sell their wares. Some of the counterfeiters have gotten good at knocking off the big name websites, too. Agents say the best way to know if youre buying the real deal, call the phone number. It should be pretty clear its not prada at the end of the line. If you want giants fans to line up early, win the worlds. Giants fans lined up this morning outside at t park to buy Single Game Tickets after the giants won the world series. Giants fans say they had a reason for braving the frigid 54 degrees this morning and standing in line. Because of the service fee that they charge you online and order them close to 4. 50 and a ticket and for the amount of tickets i might by i could get another ticket for the service fee. Tickets on sale starting today are only for the first half of the giants season. Just win the world series, no problem. Do it next year, why not . They have a nice little pattern going on every year. 2016 here we come. We are hoping for a pattern of rain. The pattern is already beginning north of the golden gate. Here it comes. Once it gets hiraman is it not going to be gone for a while . Its spread out for five days. Youll be able to get outside. Download the weather app and talk about that. We are going to get very, very muchneeded rainfall. See the clouds building from the north . Great time lapse from potrero hill looking down on the financial district. Here comes the cloud cover. Right behind it rainfall. No rain in oakland, san jose, San Francisco, you will get that tonight. The first wave of many. But it is raining now and steadily along the marin sonoma coastline far south to novato. And napa. Here comes the rainfall. High pressure moved out and it will be our friend steering the rainfall in. On the periphery of the ridge we find the jet stream. If it moved to mexico the storms would head toward los angeles not so. The ridge will stay just to the south and east allowing storms to kind of hit that wall ride over the wall and this time they are coming right toward the bay area. A lot of tropical moisture will pile in. Not raining 5 days for 24 hours a day. That doesnt happen. Well get waves of low pressure moving through, waves of moderate to heavy rainfall, with some sun breaks and with some clearing periods in between. So this pipeline of tropical moisture is with us for five days. And futurecast does a great job of painting the picture in that we have rainfall tomorrow morning, not so much in the evening. Well have cloud cover but not much rain. Sunday morning here comes another wave especially for you in the south bay but by sunday evening we catch another break. If we can time this out perfectly the afternoons will be dry and the overnights will be wet. Thats what will happen over the next couple of days. How much rainfall . Minimum of an inch and a half to two inches by wednesday some of you in the north bay a half, a foot of rain over a fiveday period. Tomorrow Mountain View 62, fairfield, concord, livermore, low 60s. Each day over the next five days well see partly sunny skies by next thursday but wet more often than not for five straight days. It has been two years since i have been able to say that. Great time to download our weather app. 60s kpix 5 at the app store. Its search kpix at the app store. If you want to time things out and you have the information on the radar like the phone, youll be able to say its not going to rain for a few hours and youll be able to do that tomorrow afternoon, sunday midday. There will be times to get outside but it also will be raining a lot. A great resource. It is. Thanks, paul. Still ahead luring tech businesses and the jobs they would create what san jose is putting on the table to attract those companies. Plus, why a School District sent a private investigator to track a second grader. ,, female announcer through thanksgiving weekend at sleep train, get 36 months interestfree financing. Plus, big savings of up to 400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Even get three years interestfree financing on Serta Icomfort and tempurpedic. Plus, free same day delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. When brands compete, you save but mattress price wars ends sunday, thanksgiving weekend, at sleep train. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep firms. And the jobs that with them. Len ramirez shows us why one company says its the best e theyve ever made. New at. The bay areas big areas are gunning for tech jobs. Len ramirez says why one company says its the best move they ever made new at 6 00. Reporter crowded sidewalks and bustling cafes, fast growing Software Companies and cool new Retail Stores its not San Francisco or palo alto but downtown san jose. Its in the middle of a renaissance of growth and energy. Theres construction cranes, theres new housing being built. Theres new residents moving in. Just a lot more hustle and bustle. Reporter 90 highTech Companies are now located in the Downtown Core one of them exactly. It makes software for Companies Like cocacola. The ceo says the company was lured by the prices. When we first came to san jose it was because it was the best deal in town. When we came down here it was really unexpected surprise. Reporter he is talking about culture and Entertainment Options like downtown summer jazz fest. The company is now doubling down on office space relocating to a bigger building nearby for its growing workforce. If we tried to move our employees would revolt because they love it. Reporter the vacancy rate is 29 to 18 dow