>> alan: fears spirits -- spirits are high for fishermap tonight. at midnight the boats begin hauling crab in a fishery that stretches from point arena to point conception. we're live at fisherman's wharf where they're anticipating the biggest catch in four years. >> reporter: commercial crab season is seven hours away. there are lots of crab boats just waiting to go out and begin a harvest they believe will be a bumper harvest this year. they're also waiting for a test of the first catch to make sure

it meets their quality standards. the sound of crab being cracked and served is heard throughout the area. san francisco known for the delicacy and locals and tourists come here to feast. >> i'm a crab addict for sure. if i lived in san francisco i would be here every day. >> reporter: these fishermap are ready to supply the needs of nip who wants fresh crab for thanksgiving. boats are beginning to fill the docks and piers. crab season launches at 12:01 a.m. the recent they're -- reason they're docked is due to the weather. >> they're giving them day before they set the gear. >> reporter: 35 miles-per-hour winds and 14-foot swells, another issue holding the locals back is whether the crab are as good as the sports fisherman say they are. >> all indications are the

resource is healthy, the size of the crabs are large. >> reporter: as in washington state and oregon, this season crab are being tested before allowing the boats to trap them. >> there's some areas that were questionable about the quality, and they want to make sure the crabs are good. >> reporter: there are always some areas where there are lower quality crab, and fisherman avoid that to ensure a quality catch. the this executive chev chef is convinced he will be able to provide a quality meal. >> they're coming in large and with dense meat. >> reporter: fisherman are happy with the 1.75 price per pound this season. >> last year crab fisherman only brought in a little over one million pounds of crab. that's far short of the almost five million pounds over the

past five or so years on average. so they hope to get somewhere back to normal. abc-7 news. >> alan: a ray of hope tonight for a san francisco city college nursing student set to be detorted tomorrow. the san francisco chronicle is reporting that lee's attorney said federal immigration authorities will not send him back to peru for now. house speaker nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein have been pressuring immigration officials to delay the plan. lee is being held at a federal detention facility in arizona. he came to the u.s. at age 12 and didn't know about his illegal immigration status until recently. the decision could still be reversed. in san jose, investigators say they do not believe foul play was involve in the death of a woman found floating in the guadalupe creek. authorities recovered the body around 6:00 last night in the water near julian street at

highway 87. police believe the unidentified woman was a transient in her 40s. the santa clara county medical examiner is still trying to figure out how she died. oakland police are still trying to determine the identity of a man found unconscious with a severe head injury near lake merritt. police say it's unclear if the man fell to the pavement or was attacked by someone. tonight, he is in critical condition. in fairfield, police believe a man suspected in a double homicide might be headed toward mexico. detectives say the suspect is 50-year-old ricardo martinez. witnesses say martinez waited for his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend to return home on sad morning and then he opened fire on him. yet a s.w.a.t. team surrounded a home where they thought martinez might be hiding. police believe he is drive a

white van with hh03092 license plate. may also be driving a white 1994 ford pickup with oregon license plates 100bwe. if you see martinez or either vehicle, police are urging you to call 9-1-1. in washington, congress gets back to business tomorrow for a lame duck session. lawmakers will debate the bush era tax cuts, fun inissued spending bills and the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. today on capitol hill it was orientation day for the new freshman class. some of the new lawmakers have never served in government. david curley caught up to some of them as they arrived in washington. >> reporter: this washington hotel is a school of sorts today. it's freshman orientation inch the lobby we found this new member who used to work in manufacturing in kansas. >> never run for political office before, and i think that set of experiences is very

relevant for what americans are looking for today. >> reporter: todd young from indiana was heading out to find a place to live. >> start to do the people's work. >> reporter: it's a huge freshman class. at least 85 republicans. nearly half have never served in government. among them, six doctors, three car dealers, two funeral directors, an airline pilot and a pizza restaurant ownerment seven are women two are african-american. including tea party candidate tim scott of south carolina. >> it's amazing. it's fantastic. >> reporter: scott was at one of the preorientation orientations. freedom work, which backed tea party candidates, held two days of intensive training on how to stay true to their conservative campaign. >> we have an amazing turn around with respect to reform are our government, make it once again conforming with the

beautiful mandate of our constitution. >> reporter: the message to the new members? stick together. >> my approach in congress will be the exact approach as hole, which is bringing like-minded thinksers to together. >> reporter: sarah palin sent them a letter saying, stick with the principles that got you there. >> alan: president obama has wrapped up his trip to asia but not before visiting some of his childhood haunts. later, the retired couple freed after being held captive by pirates for more than a year. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. wow, what a day today. 70s and 80s across the bay area. a few high clouds as well. enjoy tomorrow, because after that some big weather changees

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>> alan: president obama is back in the white house after returning from a ten-day tour of four asian nations. it was his longest foreign trip as president. before he left japan, he sat down with rich's president -- russia's president and took in some local spots. >> reporter: before firing up the air force one engines, president obama played tourist. mr. obama visited the great buddha, a 44-foot statute which he first saw as a young boy with his late mother.

>> i was only six. >> reporter: he ate some green tea ice cream. on sunday, he got down to business, holding a one-on-one meeting with russian president dmitry medvedev. the president put pressure on congress to ratify the treaty with russia. >> i reiterated my commitment to get the treaty done during the lame duck session, and i communicated to congress it is a top priority. >> reporter: the two prtz signed the nuclear agreement in prawg -- prague in april. they want to ratify the treaty before the new congress takes over in january. 67 votes are neated for ratification. the republican support is essential. to win over reluctant republican lawmakers. >> no rest for a travel-weary president. he has a busy week ahead,

including a meeting with congressional leadership from both parties and a quick trip to portugal for a nato meeting. >> alan: palo alto based facebook is set to make a big announcement tomorrow morning in san francisco. experts say the company's plans could make it the biggest e-mail service on the planet. industry insiders say facebook may be on the verge of offering e-mail to 500 million members of the social networking site. that would dwarf the biggest e-mail providers, microsoft, yahoo and google. facebook is refusing to deny or confirm rumors about the announcement. >> alan: a new study sheds lying on the health risks of stressful jobs. get ready for changes in the weather. leigh glaser coming up to tell you more about that. [ male announcer ] it's a rule of nature.

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>> alan: stress on the job can increase a woman's chances of suffering a heart attract or stroke. the same study found women working demanding jogs are more likely to have clogged or arter. they looked at women over ten years from 1999 through last year, and some of the women studied happened to work in the medical field. a british couple kidnapped by somali pirates a year ago are finally on their way back home.

>> go to be alive. >> alan: paul and rachel chandler arrived in nye robe bee -- nairobi on their way back to britain. they were held captive for 388 days. the chandlers had both taken early retirement and spent their life savings to buy their yacht. the pirates set them free this morning. all right. meteorologist leigh glaser 0 here. how about that weather. >> leigh: it was great. 70s and 80s. and we learned, con cooked record high, 81 degrees. moffet field, a new record high of 80, and a beautiful sunset out there this sunday evening, this, of course, looking west from downtown san francisco, towards the sutro tower in the background, and the high clouds, and, man, is it still mild out there. antioch, 74.

75 in livermore. fairfield, still there at 75 degrees. napa at 73. 76 in san francisco. mountain view, 72. san jose right now, 75 degrees. the trend for tonight and in through tomorrow is still going to be clear sky. the wind has been gusting at the higher elevations. napa right now reporting winds out of the north at 15. at 18 at fairfield. the offshore winds are helping to warm us up, bringing temperatures into the 70s and 80s in the bay area. we're going with clear skies tonight. windy conditions still remain before the 1,000-foot level. and tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, you're going to wish it was today. showers return to the bay area and cooler air mass. you can see clearly those offshore winds out of the northeast, and we're going to keep a wind advisefully effect overnight tonight. it will be lift ed -- lifted

tomorrow morning. gusts close to 60 miles-per-hour expected above the 2,000-foot level, and the winds will relax by tomorrow afternoon. so with the breezy conditions in the higher elevations, overnight temperatures, 52 in napa. san francisco, 53. 50 for livermore. 49 for morgan hill. this has been the setup high pressure, building in. just about on top of us. so those offshore winds, going from land to sea so we go with sunny and warmer conditions tomorrow. as we head into tuesday and wednesday, the high is going to relax, and that's going to allow some store systems to move in, cool us down, and a return of showers. so tomorrow, enjoy it. 78, san jose, cupertino, 76. breezy at the beaches. very mild. 72 for half moon bay.

palo alto, 77. north bay, hovering near 80. sonoma, 80. napa, 80. east bay, 78 for oakland. interior east bay. concord, 78. 79 for brentwood. 75 on the boardwalk for santa cruz, and gilroy, 80 degrees. you'll notice by tuesday, temperatures starting to cool down. and wednesday and thursday, temperatures will drop 20-25 degrees from where we have been this weekend, and then the showers and also much cooler weather moves in friday into next week. >> alan: now looks more and more we're going to get those showers. >> leigh: you're riesmght. >> alan: on to shu. looks like the 49ers have now become the men of troy. >> mike: the men of tonight. very good.

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>> mike: 49er head coach mike singletary seems to be staging an audition for quarterback troy

smith for the rest of the season and beyond. troy getting his second start with the 49ers today against the rams. i was impressed. watch this throw. a dart. hooks up with josh morgan for the longest play of the season. 65-yard trike. fumbled, though. frank gore breaking tackles, finds pay dirt. now in the second, the rams respond. sam bradford. five yard on that strike. game tied. in the third, more from st. louis. jackson slips a tackle, runs for 67. 17-10 rams. same score in the fourth. smith to davis. unbelievable catch. davis called for hold. one of 14 niners penalties. third time a touchdown was called back because of a penalty. but after converting fourth and

long, smith fires a bullet to michael crabtree, and that score, 20-17, but the rams roar book. sam bradford, 11 plays, 75-yard, find jackson. unbelievable catch. we go to overtime. rams win thes to. 49er d shuts them down. troy keeps the drive alive. niners in field goal range, and joe nedney nails a 39 yarder. niners win 23-20, improving to 3-6. troy smith, 2-0 as the starter. all right. around the nfl. great finish jacksonville. jags and texans. the jags with the lead. to the fourth, game tied 24. the hail mary heave from 50. quinn knocks it down, but right into the hands of mike thomas. and he'll take it.

the game-winning score, the jags' prayers are anxioused, they win it 31-24. the denver win over kansas city, the raiders would be tied for first in the afc west. it's all broncos. in the second. tim tebow from one yard out. want for a score, through one as well. raiders tied for third in the rest. chiefs fall. pga tour in florida with hisser named players trying to make the final cut to be in at the top 125 in the world. the final tour event of the year in lake opinion -- buena vista. love is going to love this shot. a few hops. bottom of the jar. hole-in-one. finished at 11-under. drains it. takes the lead at 21-under. then on 18, garrigus shoots a

final round 64 to claim his first ever pga tour win and a one-year exemption. coming up, we hear from the 49er locker room, and nascar two races left in the chase, and i got a feeling we might not see alex smith the rest of the year. >> alan: i like the presence on the field and in the pocket. thank you, shu. people are still scratching their head over all those creatures that

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>> alan: we have breaking news in san francisco, cable car operator was stabbed near china town this afternoon. it happened just over an hour ago. the operator was rushed to san francisco general hospital. there is no word on his or her condition. police have arrested one man. we'll have more on this breaking news story at 6:00. finally, researchers will be out tomorrow trying to figure out why more than 10,000 jelly fish washed up on ocean beach. the jelly fish appeared yesterday morning. today, few, if any, remain. they washed back to sea with the tide on monday. a park service biologist will begin an investigation into why so many washed ashore at once. a large