to disrupt black friday shoppers at union squares, as well as the annual christmas tree lighting. and this morning the most complex mars rover recover of developed will launch from tape canaveral. it's armed with high-tech 3d and x-ray vision. >> good morning. there's fog in the north bay. temperatures in the 40s but we are beginning to see a drying trend. >> good morning, i'm terry mcsweeney. occupy san francisco protestors plan to march through the mission district this afternoon where they will hold a 4:00 rally for immigrants rights. yesterday they confronted black friday shoppers in union square and blocked traffic for a time but there were no arrests. >> reporter: occupy oakland and san francisco together in union square as shoppers take in black friday festivities. for the protestors that means occupying the entrances to stores like macy's and saks fifth avenue where they didn't always get a warm welcome. [yelling]

>> but police never far from the action, even as the demonstrators gathered at the tree lighting ceremony. >> it's a really good day to do it. people are hyped up looking for the sales, and not thinking about people at all. they are thinking about money. so it's a good day for awareness. >> this family disagrees. that's the wrong time. just don't care. this is for the kids. it's not for politics. >> if you put your abilities toward getting a job rather than saying someone else is doing something wrong, and maybe there is that in our nation, to spend your time for something more positive would be a better thing. >> there was no trouble at the ceremony. once it was over the occupiers went back out to block more store entrances like an apple on stockton where they used their bodies and a little shove to keep this man from getting in. not all protestors condoned the aggression.

old navy was next. they shut down, keeping shoppers inside the store until the occupy movement moved on. >> we are like water. we stop in one place and they put up all the resistance like the block aids. they can't blockade our love. >> and just like water, after old navy the protestors flowed back up market to justin herman plaza. in san francisco, abc7 news. occupy los angeles protestors have been given the order to move out. the nearly 500 tent encampment has been on the lawn for about two months at city hall. they announced the camp will be closed about 12:01:00 a.m. monday. he said it's time for the area to be cleaned and restored. one said the mayor seems to care more about grass than people. cleanup continues this morning to shore up a 12-inch water main that burst yesterday in san francisco causing serious flooding.

>> it was a mess. water was gushing up there, it looked like yellowstone, seriously. >> the water shot up 60 feet and flooded the neighborhood, surrounding magnolia and palm avenues. authorities closed streets and evacuated several homes. they said crews are still working today to repair the damaged main. >> reporter: this resident had to be rescued from her home by a firefighter. the speed of the water, combined with the mud and rocks, made it impossible for some residents to get out. >> it took some time to get my grandparents ready. i mean, put them on wheelchairs and wheel them across the street. >> the entire garage was flooded, we had to open the back door to the garage to allow it to go back down the steps to go back down to where the river was in the back of the house anyway. >> it resembled a geyser spewing in two directions. >> i thought it was raining and then i looked out and it was water gushing down from the hill.

its like a little san bruno in the making. thank goodness it's water and not gas. >> it was connected to a larger five foot main. >> these are two lines that actually bring the regional water into the 26 wholesalers that get water from us and then they deliver here on the peninsula and east bay. >> both lines had been recently replaced by the san francisco puc. the water had to be diverted before shutting it off. sky 7hd shows the moment they finally did, three and a half hours later. meanwhile the massive amount of water had undermined an empty lot directly behind the pipeline, sending mud and rocks down the hill. >> this has been a nightmare project. it's been a war zone around here for many months and we were glad to see it come back together, get our street back, and now this. >> the cleanup on the streets began immediately. six homes near the feeder line were inspected by city engineers. >> we had inspectors in south san francisco that were out here

evaluating the homes to make sure structural integrity wasn't compromised. they cleared the homes in the entire area. everyone is free to go back into their home. >> they will be shoring up the trench, which means they will put things to support it so it doesn't collapse. in south san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> the owner of a berkeley apartment building that went up in flames last week decided to tear it down. the fire ravaged the sequoia apartment. telegraph avenue and hayes street. until monday the 96-year-old structure remains in danger of collapsing. the cause of the fire still under investigation. sidewalks and streets surrounding the building will be partially closed during the demolition. >> in just under an hour from right now n.a.s.a. will launch the next mission to mars, send being the rover to explore the red planet. you are looking at a live picture at cape canaveral,

florida. weather for the forecast favorable for the launch at 7:02. it is nicknamed curiosity, right out of a science fiction movie, but, folks, it is real. mark brown from our sister station in los angeles has the latest from the jet propulsion laboratory in pass don'ta. >> the rocket will deliver the lab into earth's orbit and then it must be launched into mars. it is this vital step that failed two actioning with in russia, leaving the spacecraft stranded. this is what the designers hope will happen. a set of thrusters will fire, slowing the rover down. then the heavy payload is detached like a sky crane and gently dropped on to the surface. looks pretty tricky, but it has been tested thoroughly here on earth and jpl is confident. >> if something decides to break at that point in time, we are in trouble, but we have done everything we can think of to do. >> curiosity rover is really a

rover on steroids. >> the ten-foot long curiosity is the largest and most complex piece of equipment of to be placed on the surface of another planet. it's two-year mission has been carefully plotted. >> we are going to go look on a place on the planet where we think early in mars history life may have flourished, and we are looking for a spot where we are told water was once on the surface. one set of instruments will look out on the scene as the rover is moving along, find those areas that are interesting, and if it looks really interesting, then we actually drill into the materials, drill into the rocks and take those samples back and analyze them and the instruments are inside the body of the rover. that was mark brown reporting from pasadena. n.a.s.a. does have some extra safety concerns about this launch because the payload includes nearly 11 pounds of nuclear fuel to propel the rover. coming up next, good news for warriors fans.

nba own speakers players reach a tentative deal to end the 149-day lockout. find out when the first games might be played. and no fairy tale ending for this mother goose. kicked out of one home and still searching for another. what she needs to do to care for

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld.

>> this morning all three american students arrested and detained in egypt following a protest have left cairo and are on their way to germany. two left today on separate flights to frankfurt. gregory porter's attorney confirms he too has left egypt. the three were studying at the american university in cairo. police accused the students of throwing firebombs at security forces in tihar square. the students deny those charges. it will be a big christmas present for the nba fans. the nba season is expected to resume on christmas day. the owners and players have struck a tentative deal. the announcement came down early this morning. neither side revealing details, but after a marathon session yesterday, a handshake. they claim, quote, "we want to play basketball." a majority of owners and players still must ratify the deal. the lockout began on july 1st.

>> in marin county there's an ongoing problem with geese along the creek. for years a resident has fed them and cared for them, but herself-assigned job has become a lot more difficult. >> come on. hi, cutie. come on, little girl. >> for those of us who believe in modern day ferry tails or nursery rhymes, here's one she's played out every day for more than two decades. its main character is sigred, better known around these parts at mother goose. >> look at the pretty eyes. pretty faces. they are confident in me coming over and knowing their names, running right over. i can pick up any goose i want to, if i need to. >> she feeds the geese and the geese keep her young at heart as a surrogate mother and nurse, even at 76 years old. >> when they they have a cut foot, when they are blind, they need help. but as idealic as it may seem

it's far from perfect because when it does get sick. sigred needs to take care of it. for more than 100 years she would take them across the creek to an avary, a hospital, but it's gone now. >> here it is today. >> from the fence here to here. >> nothing left, just the puddles and remnants of a foundation after an owner kicked her off the property. >> he said he's going to bulldoze the whole place down. and he said if they aren't out by the 15th of december, he's going to move them out. >> so she moved them instead to this temporary home, but don't let appearances deceive you. to take care of these, the oldest and sickest geese, she must drive as many as two hours every day an windie roads. that's not easy for a 76-year-old woman. she cannot keep this up. >> and if you cannot find a solution? >> i don't know. i just don't know what to do. keep looking. >> ideally she would like to

find a place near the creek but no one has offered. no happy ending here, not for the geese and not for the gentle woman who mothers them. >> that's the only thing that keeps me going right now. >> in larksburg, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> lisa is here and we are going to be talking about some very nice weather. >> yes, a dry spell, an extended dry spell. temperatures will be above normal. take a look at this shot. clear outside our studios and a nice start to the day although lots of dense fog if the north and east bay values. temperatures dropping, relative humidity increasing, we do have some stubborn fog, but you, too, will clear out. we will have a look at the forecast and dry days ahead next. >> also next, a shootout in the desert. layer which beil has highlights in this morning's sports.é"é"é""

>> last night was the 22nd lighting of the christmas tree in front of macy's at union square. the artificial tree, 83 feet tall, covered with 1100

ornaments. how many twinkling lights do you think are on that tree, lisa? >> i don't know. >> would you guess about 33,000? >> yeah. >> you would be right. >> yeah. >> and it is topped with a big, red ribbon. and the weather was great for doing anything last night. a lot of people were shopping and enjoying that. great stuff. >> yeah. remember the lane last weekend, we had the stanford game? >> yes. >> another big game, notre dame and stanford will be dry. no worries for rain today or the next several days. >> are you picking notre dame? >> maybe. >> why would you do that? >> maybe because i went there. a fair weather fan, i guess. i've lived out here for so many years. we are looking at a beautiful start to the day. san francisco with clear conditions but, boy, we have problems around the bay in terms. dense fog. and we are talking about some very nice weather if you like mild numbers. if you are hoping for snow, it will start in the sierra nevada in the next couple weeks, but

it's not going to happen. we are talking about dry conditions. upper 30s have allowed temperatures to drop to cooler levels, in creeing the relative humidity and resulting in dense fog. less than a quarter mile visibility in the north bay. be careful along the coast. san francisco and oakland enjoying a clear start but we had fog in livermore, moving hayward and concord only a mile visibility. we will look at obscured visibility for the next several hours until that weak sun angle against to scour out that fog. it won't be really until 9:00. areas of dense fog this morning. mild afternoon days. in fact temperatures going above normal in the next couple of days with some clouds and cooler temperatures by the end of the week. looks like the rain that we thought may happen at the end of the week doesn't look like it's going to happen. this is why, one of the big reasons right now we are looking at a big ridge of high pressure building into the eastern pacific right over the bay area. it's going to shift a little bit

to the east today. it's going to keep the storm track, the clouds well to the north. tas does we around going to see anything about sunny averages. now with the fog in the overnight hours you might have to wait a little bit for the sunshine. but overall north to south, we are talking dry conditions. the northern sierra 58. southern sierra 65. we are talking low 60s in fresno. boy, a usually a lot of gray conditions in the valley and we are talking about the fog being scoured out there, as well. 81 los angeles. back home we are warmer than we were yesterday. you saw a lot of sun yesterday in san jose. today another sunny afternoon, 68 in campbell, but on the peninsula it was pretty gray. today changing that, mixing it up. 66 in redwood city. 67 palo alto with 59 in pacifica. 64 downtown today. san francisco a sunny, mild afternoon and in the the north bay you will get into some more fair weather after that fog

lifts. 58 bodega bay. everyone else waking up to pair skies. 65 in san leandro and cooler temperatures where the fog sits longer by the delta. 61 brentwood and 62 antioch. we have 70 down around the monterey bay. 71 watsonville and gilroy. the accuweather seven-day forecast, upper 60s. you notice the numbers continue to climb as our ridge holds strong. it will begin to break down but not enough to bring us any showers. we are talking dry. could be two weeks before we see any rain. >> and much of the nation watches us with great envy. >> yeah. >> lisa, thanks a lot. dean harris joins us from new york to tell because is coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america." good morning, dan. >> they are calling it black and blue friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. got a little built ugly, there were shootings, other pepper

spray incident and more. what does it say aboutnous what should the stores do to stop it? talk about that coming up. and game on. overnight the nba and players came to a tentative agreement that could save basketball in time for christmas. fans will be happy to hear about this, but the question is will the deal actually hold? plus the man under suspicion in the disappearance of robin gardner down in aruba, he is now set to walk free in a few days. but what will happen to gary when he comes back to america? we have the latest on that case. and twilight fever. the fourth installment of the hugely popular twilight sags a making people sick and giving some people seizures. it's coming up here. >> that is probably the least embarrassing answer you could give.

>> i did not pass out when my wife gave birth to our two children. >> there you go. if you can manage that you can manage the movie. >> i will check it out and then find out what team i'm on. >> thanks a lot. in sports this evening, number 6 stanford closes out his regular season against 22nd ranked team on the farm. last night cal in a shootout against the sun devils in tempe, arizona. here's larry beil with the sports. >> good morning. the cal bears were in the desert last night trying to finish the regular season with a win over arizona state. and on this night the defenses basically took the evening off. dennis harrison on the hot seat where they want a new head coach. another big game for sofele, who ran for 145 yards. cal finished with 247 on the ground. 10-7 bears. zach maynard running the option there. no defenders in site. 16-yard score. cal was up 24-14 in the second quarter. lots more points to come. before the half on fourth and

ten, to ross. 35-yard score. sun devils down. 27-21. and cal fumbles the kickoff. and osweiler to trevor cole. they shored 2 touchdowns in 20 seconds. sun devils up. and third quarter cj anderson scoots in untouched. 34-31 cal. anderson out of his mind on this game. takes a floater from maynard, and the big man rumbles down the strip, 74 yards. his third score of the night. cal up 41-31. finally some defense in the fourth quarter. and this seals the deal. cal wins, 47-38. they finish 7-5 and could be going to the las vegas bowl. top-ranked lsu and number three arkansas. michael ford crushed by tramian thomas. ball scooped by alonzo, 47 yards and they are yelling. up 14-0. lsu comes back and they come back big.

tyronn matthew on the punt return. aloha. 92 yards. lsu rolls from there. they will meet georgia in the sec championship. houston and tulsa. and sims over the middle. he throws for 457 and five touchdowns. 13-10 coogs at the half. and to patrick edwards had four touchdowns. cougars roll, 48-16. they are 12-0. stanford will play notre dame tonight at 5:00 on abc7. andrew luck's finally home game. all the highlights after the game. and college basketball, syracuse at madison square garden. they had the game in their hands. hard to beat anybody when you turn it over 24 times. former stanford star. allen knight checking out his alma mater.

and bright with the steal. gets the bounce here. he had 13 points. stanford up one at the half. to the second half. josh owens, no. and anthony brown, yes. then bright for three. the cardinals were up by 8 inside of 7 minutes. couldn't hold it. janson on the 10-0 run. joseph hits the banker. joseph had a game high 18. puts them up by un. this is one of stanford's 24 turnovers. waiters gets a goaltending call at the other end and syracuse wins the season tip off, 69-63. stanford with their first loss of the year. again, a reminder, stanford football team in action against notre dame 5:00 right here on abc7 followed by "lexus after the game." have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next at 6:30 the abc7 news i-team tests a local home for toxic residue left behind by a meth lab. it's something that could be contaminating your home. >> in the middle of the night this name raheem kept on coming. >> the name that inspired one woman's nearly two decade long

effort to help feed the hungry.

>> strange question, have you been in a meth house lately? it's possible you have without even knowing it. in fact, it may be the house you are living in. the i-team's dan noyes has been

visiting meth homes and has the tests to prove it. >> margarit and her kids like a late afternoon snack on the floor. but the food may not be all they are ingesting. >> this house comes up as a former meth lab. >> really? >> does that surprise you? >> oh, yeah. >> busted in 2006, the cops came in and took the bad guys away. the state took away the chemicals. but something might be left behind. something gutierrez and her family can't see, residue from a meth lab. >> i've been living here for two months and if that stuff is here, is it in us now? >> the i-team tested gutierrez' rental house. we took samples from the stove, windows in two different rooms and from the heating vent look for meth. >> there's a host of effects. everything, you know, from the central nervous system through the breathing system to the heart to just about every organ system can be effected. >> he's a medical toxicology

fellow with the san francisco poison control center. he says touching, ingesting for breathing the residue from meth makers can be dangerous, especially for kids. >> sometimes they breathe faster than adults do just normally so they may be getting a higher dose for their size than an adult may be getting from some of these chemicals. >> they are my kids, they are my everything and i will do everything for them to protect them and make sure they are healthy. >> she may have to take steps to protect them after seeing our test results. >> i didn't think it was possible, but i guess it is now. >> our initial sample came back positive for meth, but it was under the limit for what the state considers to be safe. but we did a second test. this time just of the heating vent. the result? more than double the state limit, leaving gutierrez and her family living with meth. >> what did they do after they found out it was a meth lab? did they just leave it and let it sit? >> the i-team took the results to the chief of environmental

health and hazardous materials programs officer randy sauer. his department oversees the cleanup of meth residue in homes. >> we don't have any information about this house being a drug lab so i didn't know it until now. >> he said the county couldn't force a cleanup without no information about the house. >> there's other law agencies that do drug busts that do not give us the information when they are doing it. the bureau of narcotics, along with the department of justice. >> sauer gave us documents on the ten meth homes that were reported in the last five years. according to a state agency there were almost 30 homes busted for meth over that same time period. >> many times we aren't notified when they bust a lab in our county. >> the special agent in charge, steven, was at the drug bust at gutierrez' house. >> i don't know if we notified them or not. >> he said there was no requirement to do so in 2006 when the lab was busted but a recent law has closed that

loophole. >> there's a provision in the health and safety code now that mandates notification of a meth lab by the department of justice or a local agency. >> even with the new law, sauer doesn't think his county knows about every meth bust and the documents the i-team has uncovered seem to back that up. >> i'm not sure exactly how to fix it. i know what we have done in the past, we sent outletters to different law enforcement agencies to inform us when they find a drug lab, to let us know this. >> that adds more frustration for margarita. she doesn't have the money to move and she's worried about the possible effects of meth residue her children has already suffered. >> my house is contaminated now. everything i worked for, you know, it's my kids' home and now it's all shattered in one day. >> the one bright spot for gutierrez is that her landlord told her he will do what is necessary to clean up the home. there is no telling how many homes in the bay area are contaminated with meth, but you

can check out the state's list of meth busts dating back to 1995 in a new i-team blog at abc7news.com. >> that's dan noyes reporting. this is the time of year many people give to food banks and think about the less fortunate during the holidays. but one woman has dedicated herself for feeding the hungry for nearly two decades. this is this week's abc7 saw salutes. >> if you spend anytime at all with this woman it seems the only time she is not moving is when she's praying. this chapter of her spiritual journey began in 1993 during the muslim holy month of ramadan. >> i was asking for devine inspiration how i should spend the rest of my life and in the middle of the night, this name, raheem, raheem, kept on coming to -- i kept on hearing this voice inside of me.

>> the next morning she looked under the word in arabic and found it means mercy, compassion and justice. her quest to serve the needy began. this 66-year-old grandmother started collecting food to feed a few families in the south bay and quickly outgrew her garage. from this warehouse in santa clara where the foundation now distributes nearly ten tons of food a month, about 80% of the clients are muslim. the nonprofit is open to everyone and relies strictly on private donation and a partner ship with second harvest food bank. she's from turkey, but she said many immigrants from other countries need an organization they can trust and turn to with dignity. most of the families asked we not show their faces. >> well-to-do people who lost everything in the war and now they are refugees and some of them come with very big sadness saying i never thought in my

life that i would ask for charity and look what has happened to us. >> over the years she has quietly worked miracles and never stopped working. >> imagine anyone devoting 18 years of their life to one purpose and that's really what she has done. >> the founder is as firm as compassionate. xxxxxxxxxxx volunteers say she's organized, tenacious and inspiring. >> it's a delight for all of us to see how she's going and we all try to be like that. >> in the muslim world giving is one of the five essential pillars of faith. she has dedicated herself to a higher purpose and is humble. >> those people who think i am amazing and i'm somebody, i'm not. i thank them very much, but i am a very ordinary person whose quest is to obtain love of god.

that's my belief, that that is achieved through service. >> so we salute her and her work through the foundation in santa clara. if you would like to learn more about the foundation or to donate, go to abc7news.com and click on salute. lisa is here now. >> lots of fog this morning. we show a clear shot. numbers in the 50s downtown, upper 30s where the cloud is situated in the north and east bay valleys but everyone enjoying a milder and sunny day. the details and the 7 day outlook straight ahead. >> also ahead the species that are fining it hard to breathe below the surface of the sea.

>> blue skies, we will have lots of them for a while. >> we will definitely have the fog, too. yesterday pretty gray and temperatures as a result. a few low 60s this morning. 22 at the tahoe valley airport. this is heavenly where, of course, it's probably colder and we are looking for numbers to climb into the low 50s. no new snow for probably ten days, maybe two weeks. so what you see there is going to have to last if you wanted to get will and enjoy some of the

winter time activities. a little early for that. back home we are talking about clear skies in san francisco, and with very little fog around the city and the east bay. we've got 50s but where the temperature is dropping. higher relative humidity. fog here. 37 degrees. 49 in antioch. out by livermore it's 47 with some fog in concord, as well. we are talking about visibility less than a quarter mile for novato. santa rosa up to a quarter mile visibility with a half-mile visibility by the delta. definitely some travel troubles this morning in and around the delta and the valleys of the north bay. once that lifts we will see clear conditions for everyone. mild averages for the next several days and cooler weather heads our way by the end of the work week. not looking at any rain, though. we are looking at dry conditions as high pressure builds into the eastern pacific so this cloud

here, the jet stream, well to the north. we are talking clear through northern california, up through the oregon border. and this dry pattern may get shipped in a little bit by the middle of the week and we will see a now more high clouds but it doesn't look like any stormy weather will be on our horizon. we are talking warm days in southern california, 81 degrees. 50s at the coast. low to mid-60ths central valley, 65 in yosemite. back home we are talking more sunshine. the south bay was the only spot yesterday that had a sunny and mild afternoon. today even mild we're 67 in san jose and redwood city 66, palo alto 64. in and around san francisco 64. b.páe park. the sun in golden it will be cool to start but a nice mild afternoon with daly city coming in at 60. in the north bay the north winds allowing numbers to come up into

the mid-60s after the fog lifts. 65 sonoma, 63 vallejo and on the east bay we are talking 66 in oakland and union city. the fog sitting here for the next couple of hours. we are talking about 9:00. things a little bit more hazy. that fog evaporates and we will see 65 later on in the afternoon in dublin. 71 in watsonville and gilroy. here's the look ahead. today an improvement from yesterday with brighter conditions. then we will warm it up a couple degrees each day. cooling it back, a little cloudier by the weekend. >> lisa, thanks very much. for several years now scientists have been warning that the amount of oxygen in the ocean is dropping. a serious problem that could threaten many ocean animals but there's a lot to learn about what it means for the future. marine biologists in monterey study the impacts of this mystery. here's the assignment 7 report. >> this is the exotic world of the oxygen vinamin zone about a half-mile deep. it was shot by the monterey bay area aquarium research

institute. these animals are especially adapted to live in this habitat where the concentration of oxygen is extremely low. but over the last 20 years that oxygen level has been getting even lower. >> everything in the ocean needs to breath oxygen in the water just like we breathe oxygen in the air. if oxygen goes down things suffer or die in extreme cases. >> william gilly of stanford university said climate change definitely is happening underwater and many scientists believe it's linked to the climate change happening above the surface. >> it appears as though the rate of change is increasing. it's getting more serious as time goes by. >> so scientists and engineers are working together to try to measure the effect of declining oxygen on deep sea animals. they are using a remote control

vehicle about the size of a you volkswagen bus. it's equipped with a high definition camera and guided from a control room where the team watches for creatures they want to study. >> the scientists will be sitting there and say let's get that one. they have learned a lot by just looking at animals in their natural habitat thousands of feet deep. this is a barrel eye. the holes above her mouth or for bothing and the eyes are the big green bowls behind a transparent shield for protection. the eyes rotate to find food hang the in the tentacles of creatures. then it moves it's body upwards, keeping its eyes focused on the food, plucks the food from the tentacles, pivots the body back down. >> for the last four years they have been using an instrument called a respirometer. the pilot steers the instrument to scoop animals into individual chambers. they can live comfortably inside for a day or two until the device measures their oxygen intake. it allows scientists to study

animals without subjecting them to the decompression that happens when they bring them to the surface. it's too early for definitive results, but scientists already no low oxygen is forcing some creatures to find new habitats and their systems are stressed. >> we can certainly see the impact of declining oxygen on the physiological state of these animals. >> abc7 news. >> don't go aquay, 7 on your side is next. >> a 7 on your side report has a nationwide company rethinking it's cou

>> welcome back. you are looking at a live picture from cape canaveral, florida where the rocket is ready for liftoff in about 13 minutes from right now. you see the controllers thinking about it, hoping everything goes well on its way to mars where it is going to be trying to figure out if that planet can support life or if it has in the past. the spacecraft is going to be arriving there through some

amazing technology august of next year. listing off at 7:02 this morning after about a nine-month flight. it's going to be arriving and landing a craft on mars to see if it can support life, if it of has, and best of luck to that mission. >> a 7 on your side report on coupons has caused a nationwide chain to rethink it's policy. tgi fridays had coupons that brought a woman in for a meal but sent her out ticked off. here's michael finney with the details. >> sue and her family ate at this cupertino tgi fridays a while back. they came here at least in part because this tgi fridays buy one, get one free deal. seems simple, but read on down through the fine print. discount applies to item of equal or lesser value. >> we purchased three meals and they took off the least

expensive meal. i just thought that didn't quite jive with the coupon. >> to sue it seemed simple and she feels taken. that interpretation of the coupon cost her family $10.00. >> and it said equal or lesser but they chose the lesser. so that just didn't seem real fair. >> so we contacted the tgi fridays people and they got back to sue in a hurry. >> i heard from tgf corporate and they contacted me and said that they had a lot of missed opportunities to make the situation right. she said that she wanted to make it right and sent me some certificates for use at tgif's. >> $30, very nice, and there was a handwritten note and a promise to take a second look at things. >> they actually said that they were looking into revamping how they their wording was on their coupons. so that was nice to hear.

>> and they confirmed all of that with me, as well. we gladly provided the guest with gift coupons for her inconvenience, which she happily accepted. we are also reviewing the wording on our coupons to ensure that the offer is clearly communicated. we will, of course, keep track and see what the restaurant does and will report back. if you have a consumer problem at a restaurant or anywhere else, let me know about it. go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> coming up next, looks like play land, sounds like play land, only smaller. some amazing creations that are bringing o o o o o o o o o o o c

san francisco landmarks of another era are being celebrated at the annual garden railway show in golden gate park. it's a tribute to playland at the beach. don sanchez shows us some of the recycled creations. ♪ >> it is a nostalgic return to a bigone era. the only thing missing the smell of popcorn and hot dogs. it celebrates playland at the beach in miniatures. playland's roots go back to the 1920s. >> for anyone lucky enough to get to go to playland it would be an awesome chance to come and reminisce and see all the old

things they remember from their childhood. >> it is about repurposing. revolves on an old turntable, the ferris wheel. and the victorian cliff house the buffalo have real hair. street cars and cable cars. and the there's a live camera. so these two sculptures hung in the museum. >> i think museum is a slightly loser term. >> there are length of old arcade games, and in the middle of this, an icon. laughing sal's belly laugh is impressive. this is one of the original bumper cars from 1935. i think the way people drive today, they may have learned on this in driving training. memories of a time that is passed. play land was torn down in 1972.

>> i don't know that you could of really recreate playland really in the capacity that it stood in. >> playland will continue in the conservatory of flowers until april 18th. >> a number of san francisco natives talking about our experience as children there right now. it was a lot of fun. >> and your folks about it. >> okay. >> you know what? a gorgeous day today. we are talking a nice weekend with a mild afternoon. if you didn't see the sun yesterday, we've got it. today mainly in the low to mid-60s. upper 60 he is's in the days ahead. cooler weather ahead in the week. >> next newscast 8:00 a.m. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and abc7 news bay area. talk all about it on facebook. and have a great day! [ mom ] hey guys.

guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. sunday morning ideas made easy. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents?