fortunately nothing was lost except for some peace of mind. >> all right, debora villalon. thank you very much. >>> a small ceremony was held in kabul to mark the formal end of the 13 yearlong war in afghanistan. next month nato's combat mission will be replaced by a training and support mission. more than 13,000 troops will remain in afghanistan. today's ceremony was organized in secret due to the threat of a taliban attack. >>> since 2001, the u.s. has spent $1 trillion on the effort in afghanistan. an addition $100 billion was spent on restriction projects. 2652 young men and women have been killed in the war. >>> and george w.h. bush was admitted into the hospital on tuesday. doctors said they wanted to keep him through the weekend. he suffers from a form of parkinson's disease. mr.bush is the oldest living former u.s. president. >>> the contra costa county coroner has identified the cyclist killed yesterday on a rural road as 40-year-old herman shum. he was slated to become the principal at justin siena catholic school this summer. highway patrol says he swerved to avo

reporting live in berkeley, debora villalon, ktvu news. >> debora villalon there in berkeley. thank you. >>> police and protesters got into a stand off on the university avenue pedestrian bridge at one point. that pedestrian bridge goes over 880. motorcycle police drove up and forced protesters to line up. eventually the protesters made their way off the bridge and toward the freeway. >>> tonight police are looking for a person who attacked a peaceful protester with a hammer. the attack was caught on camera during last night's protest. and a warning now the video is difficult to watch. it shows a man in a bicycle helmet trying to stop people from smashing windows at a radio shack store. suddenly a person strikes that man in the side of the head you just have to be steady. so that you don't give up when we don't get all the way there. >>> the president also said that it is important to acknowledge the progress the the country has made because that gives us hope that we can make more progress. >>> these pictures come to us from chopper 2. these protesters here are now behind the

around the bay area this first week of winter why ktvu debora villalon is with with the extra steps that people are taking to keep people from suffering outside. >> reporter: we're in santa rosa at what is normally a daytime drop-in center for the homes, but with temperatures overnight getting into the lower 30s,people are allowed to bed-down inside and next to the outdoor heaters. after dark the tents went up. hot chocolate and coffee arrive. propane heaters and patience, persistence are things that these folks know as they piece together a fragile life on the streets. when 58-year-old doug became homeless last summer it was a lot warmer thans it now. >> i have tree jackets on and two pairs of pants. i'm fine. >> hat is the most pomp thing for people outside. >> reporter: donations of hats, gloves, coats and shreing bags have been cropping in since the cold

happening now ktvu's debora villalon is live in berkeley where a final showing of the night is under way. debora. >> reporter: ken, five showings here at the elm wood. it's a 580 seat independent theater and all five shows were sold out hours early. >> it's a very, very silly movie. a very, very silly movie. >> moviegoers got the spoof they expected. >> the cia would love it if you two could take him out. >> huh? take him out? >> take him out like for drinks? >> reporter: they came away with a graph of why a real dictator and regime is not in on the joke. >> spoiler alert, by kim jung- un dies so i can't imagine what the fluff was. >> freedom of speech. you need to be here and support. >> reporter: people bought tickets early and lined up early. selling out screens. small theaters benefiting after the national chains dropped the film. >> there's a lot more buzz. >> the majority of people wanted to come, opening day, christmas day. the day america decided to play the interview. >> reporter: some theaters like this one in san jose took extra security precautions. a walk out by police.

reporting live in santa rosa tonight, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the cycling community in contra costa county is dealing with a tragic loss as ktvu's cristina rendon tells us a bicyclist was hid on a rural road when he tried to avoid a collision between two cyclists. >> reporter: an early morning road in the morgan territory hills took a tragic turn for a group of cyclists. other riders and drivers were turned away from the site of this deadly accident around 9:45 a.m. >> it's sad to say, because he one is of my fellows. >> reporter: chairperson chairperson sayschp say two-cyclists at front of this group crashed with each other. >> all the other riders trying to avoid that collision, one of the riders near the back of the pack for unknown reasons crossed over the double yellows and collided with the water truck. >> reporter: that rider died shortly after colliding with the water truck, a tragic experience for not on the other fellow riders, but the driver too, and this biker understands why the cyclist switched lanes. >> he as we probably more concerned about hitting th

ktvu's debora villalon is live at city hall, the site of a mid- afternoon speech. the civic center plaza was a sea of people of all ages, races and backgrounds calling for change. tone the same as across the bay, but the tactic somewhat different. -the million march san francisco contingent let their voicings be heard in front of mission police station. it had already been a long day for protesters. and the police, who have kept pace with them. saturday mite's crowd thinning as it moved on. the tail-end of a huge crowd, that set off from the ferry building earlier in the day. >> hands up! >> dent shoot! their chant the samed as though echoed around the country. >> this banner mourning a man shot and killed this year in san francisco. >> reporter: market streets with a mass of protests are, noisy, but peaceful. and after dark, on market street again, the same. >> i believe in this cause. >> reporter: this attorney attending a conference saw the march and joined in, spur-of-the-moment. >> a ridiculous system are unarmed people can be gunned down and no one held accou

ktvu's debora villalon is live in marin county where people are dealing with rising water. but we begin with bill martin live in our weather center, bill. >> reporter: scattered showers tonight. some people getting wet, others not. it really depends where you are. let's go to live storm tracker ii it's right on top of us. the heavy rains we've had for a time, let's show you the current shot here. we'll stop it and you can see those yellows up toward black point, up toward the sears point area, up toward napa. this is heavy rain right in here. let's move it around and we will see a few scattered showers. out here san mateo out toward the old candle stick park. you see the first moderate rainfall. as we go into the next few hours we're expecting showers to increase as the system starts to get closer to us. here's the model, 2:00 a.m., we start to see the system light up again. heaviest rain going to be some where around 2:00 a.m. to about 4:00 a.m. in the morning. that's what you'll notice when you hear the rain in the rooftops. everyone should get wet. we've already seen .25

ktvu debora villalon has been following the protesters around berkeley, but we start with katy utehs, in the middle of the looting and also where police responded. >> reporter: heather, we're a few blocks from where protests are currently. police are trying to either scatter or rest the remaining protesters. quite honestly it's not safe for us to be near the scene as you will see in the video. you will not only witness an officer hit in the head, but also officers responding aggressively and what is sad about it, all when glass shatters, the message of the protest is lost in the noise. sing in front of berkeley police headquarters. a model protest. on a street named after dr. martin luther king, jr.. >>> the march pivoted at a police blockade. when officers tried to move the crowd heading north. emotion and adrenalin surged from both sides swirling into a chaotic scene. as some still tried to keep the message strong. we became caught in the current. jabbed by a baton, pushed back from the police line. as people hurled rocks at officers. peaceful protesters struggled to keep a raging c

debora villalon was there as calls for unity and healing went out, deb. >> reporter: heather the baby cathedral holds 1,300. fewer than 100 game. maybe it was the rain, maybe the late notice, but it didn't lessen the resolve. >> god is here to begin the healing process in our city. >> we want to say to our community that we love oakland. we care about oakland and we want the best for oakland. >> that all of all of this violence and protesting and burning that something good would come out of this. >> reporter: few cities outside of ferguson saw the violence that oakland did. >> i mean how many times do you have to shoot a man. >> reporter: religious leaders understand. >> to take a life, it doesn't make a lot of sense to us. >> reporter: at this service, prayers of healing for the businesses damaged and forgiveness for those who did it. people the pastors say are without hope. >> would you hear our prayer. >> reporter: we have much work to do. >> reporter: oakland's new mayor calls for resilience and tolerance. >> we as a nation have much work to do. we have much work to do to get ove

debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >> it'll be interesting to see where that next round takes them. debora in lu xburg tonight, thank you debora. >>> the justice department and the fbi are investigating the sony hacking incident. meantime the white house is refraining from publicly blaming north korea. yesterday sony decided to scrap the release of their new film "the interview." if investigators confirm north korea's involvement the department of homeland security says the u.s. will respond. >> we've got to consider a range of serious options, which we're doing right now in the u.s. government. about how to respond to it. >>> the options under consideration could include new sanctions against north korea. >>> a federal lawsuit was filed today accusing sonoma county sheriff about using excessive force after they tased a man. sheriff deputies said roth was resisting and had to be subdued. but his attorney calls it a beating. the lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages against five deputies and the sonoma county sheriff. roth eventually plead guilty to a lesser charge. >>> the swift a

debora villalon is live where she saw firsthand just how ferocious the river is right now, debora. >> reporter: from inside a zodiac boat ken. we are at steel head beach this is the entrance and the parking lot. and you can see, it's all under water. which makes it a good boat launch for the water team. the draft starved russian river, no longer a lazy river. it's wide and wild. you wouldn't want to be in it. but it's a great time to train. forestville fire is on the water practicing swift water rescue even as they explore watching for people who might need help. submerged to the roof. the river five times as deep as behind the storm. >> about 6 feet, six intense feet. we're just a foot over flood stage. >> reporter: and no major rescues, people were warned. got prepared and didn't take foolish chances. the river is flowing at 10 miles per hour. the current much stronger below the surface. >> most of our calls are going to be related to people driving through flood waters. >> reporter: stalled cars traditionally a problem. living on stilts they will try to ride out the flood but then

debora villalon is live at a checkpoint with special significance tonight, deb. >> reporter: ken it was on this street, east moore that daly city saw one of the worse crashes ever. it killed a mother and her son. the only survivor talked to us today. 22-year-old cara sangra walks with a cane. >> that's the call as a parent that you never want to get. >> reporter: a call from the er. sarah was near death after a crash that killed her boyfriend amado, his younger brother josue and their mother. the four were driving to a movie. sarah was in a coma for two weeks. >> she finally told me, you're the only one that survived the accident. you're the only one alive. i just kind of stared at the wall. >> reporter: this dui checkpoint is staffed not only by police officers but volunteers from mothers against drunk driving who themselves have lost loved ones. every day in the u.s. about 28 people die in drunk driving deaths. more than 10,000 annually. the population of the city of piedmont. december is a particularly deadly month with so much socializing around the holidays. >> the difficulty to sa

ktvu's debora villalon was here with how the city and the nation are showing support for the husband and father of two sons. >>> can an eight hour wake went well into the evening with lines around the block and big video screens set up for the over flow crowd. governor cuomo and vice president biden will be at the same church for tomorrow's funeral. >>> the body of rafael ramos was brought to the queen's church where he was a long time usher and helped minister to others. now it is full of those who mourn him. ramos' eldest son eulogized his dad as his rock, his hero, his best friend. supporters have visited the precinct where ramos worked to show their support. now a nonprofit has acknowledged that the families of ramos and liu will not have to worry about keeping their home. >> we want to pay their home in full so they don't have that worry that they have to go for. >> reporter: the uncle of liu wept as he listened. >> you and i can go to bed, our children can go to bed, our parents can go to bed safe because this family and the ramos family sacrificed. >> reporter: officer liu's f

debora villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> at ktvu.com, we are posting information about volunteers for the salvation army. just look for the web links section right on the front page. >>> a teacher, author, and grandfather shot dead on a quiet hiking trail. >> he's going to be missed so many places. >> how his friends and family are working to help catch a killer. >> it definitely made me nervous. >> how the k-9's nose for trouble landed him in the emergency room. >> i told you, there's a strong storm headed our way. up next, a closer look at the timing on the heavy downpours, tomorrow. ♪ the world is your snowball see how it grows. ♪ ♪ that's how it goes whenever it snows. ♪ ♪ the world is your snowball just for a song. ♪ ♪ get out and move it along. ♪ ♪ that's how it goes whenever it snows. ♪ ♪ the world is your snowball just for a song. ♪ ♪ get out and move it along. ♪ >>> a police k-9 is back on the job after is a scare last week. it ingested drugs while searching a car in el cerrito. live in petaluma after talking with the handler about the frightening

. >> debora villalon here now with reaction to what raiders fans called their super bowl. >> they know they're not going to the real one so today was for pride. for bragging rights and yes possibly keeping the niners out of the play offs. >> reporter: within families there are rivalries. >> niners. >> reporter: and within the bay area family, people tend to split niners or raiders. >> you don't take it serious. it's all in fun. you don't take it personal. at the end of the day there's still love and we're family. >> we're not in the stadium but we're here to be family, fun, love each other and at the end of the day go home. >> reporter: the battle of the bay, a family reunion if there ever was one. >> kaepernick is the worse quarterback i have ever seen in my life. >> this game right here is bigger than the super bowl. this game right here i have to hear for 365 days. >> reporter: 49er fans sounded off. >> you have to get your game together. we lost to the weakest quarterback in the nfl. >> reporter: the talk wasn't about win-loss records but about winning this one. >> we know we didn'

. >> so the stretch of river that you're looking at where we were yesterday or i should say debora villalon was yesterday was about 12 miles an hour. experts warn the current is much stronger below the surface. firefighters say they routinely have to rescue people who either refuse to evacuate or got stranded in their stalled cars. residents often need help after they lose power or they run out of supplies. >>> and then there were evacuations along the russian river earlier in the week. they were expecting problems, so the flooding didn't catch too many of them off guard. then debris was also a bit of a problem now. mike i know you were out there earlier or yesterday, and you were out in napa on thursday. and we're looking at these pictures, tell me what we're looking at in terms of what you saw. >> napa was fine, the river was tame, got pretty high, got close to going over. yesterday cruised through forestville, guerneville,mont rio on the west side and a lot of -- not a lot of businesses damaged. if they were, it was kind of some lodges right there in the low lying areas. also there's one