in the news this saturday morning, about two dozen protestors tried to disrupt black friday shoppers at union square. this morning, the most complex mars rover is on its way to the red planet, it's armed with high-tech 3-d and x-ray vision. >> good morning, the mount from view tam, shots lots of sunshine, but milder and sunny this afternoon. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. >> occupy san francisco protestors plan to march to the mission district this afternoon where they will hold a rally for him grants rights. yesterday they confronted shoppers and black market street for a time but there were no arrests. >> occupy oakland and san francisco together in union square, as shoppers took black

friday test activities. for the protestors, it meant occupy entrances to stores where they didn't get a warm welcome. but police never far from the action even as they gathered near the tree lighting ceremony. >> people are looking for sales, it's about money but it's a good day for zbliarns this family disagrees. >> it's the wrong time. kids don't care. this is for the kids, it's not for poll texas. >> if you put your abilities towards getting a job rather than something else is doing wrong, maybe there is that, to be more positive.

>> reporter: there was no trouble at the ceremony. once it was over they went over to block more store entrances like at apple where they used their bodies to keep this man from getting in. not all protestors condoned it. old navy was next. they stepped down keeping shoppers inside the store until the occupy movement moved on. >> they put it all up, blockade but they can't blockade our love. >> and the protestors went up to market to justin hermann plaza. occupy los angeles protestors have been given the order to move out. the nearly 500 people have been on city hall for two months. mayor antonio villaraigosa says it's time for the area to be cleaned and restored. protestors have the choice to

leave on their own or face arrests. one says the mayor seems to care more about grass than people. >> and shoring up a water main that burst in south san francisco caused serious flooding. >> it was a mess. water was gushing, it looked like yellowstone. >> it shot up 60 feet. part of the neighborhood they closed streets and evacuated homes. lyanne melendez says crews are still working today to repair the damage. >> reporter: this resident had to be rescued. the speed of the water combined with the mud and rocks made it impossible for some residents to get out. just in time, put them across the street. >> i had opened the backdoors to the garage and the water to flow down the steps. >> the gushing water with

resembled a geyser spewing in two directions. >> i thought it was raining. i looked out and i saw all this water gushing. it was like a little san bruno in the making and thank god it's water and not gas. >> it was a 12-inch line that broke that was connected to a larger main. >> these are lines that bring like hetch-hetchy they deliver in the east bay. >> both lines had been replaced by the san francisco puc. the water had to be diverted before shutting off. 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. >> that has been a nightmare project. it's been a war zone for many

months but we were glad to see it come back together and now this. >> the cleanup on the streets begin immediately. six homes were inspected by city engineers. >> we had inspectors from south san francisco evaluating the homes. they cleared the homes actually in the entire area, free to go back in their homes. >> they will be shoring up that trench which means they will put things to support it so it doesn't collapse. the owner of a berkeley apartment building that went up in flames last week decided to tear it down. it was telegraph avenue and haight street. it's slated to be torn down. the structure remains in darren of collapsing. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. sidewalks and streets will be partially closed during the

demolition. >> four propositions have been cleared by the secretary of state's office to gather signatures. newest is a tax on all oil and gas in california. the other would. >> one would to legalize marijuana. each proposed measure needs more than 500,000 signatures to make it on the ballot. there are 30 i in addition activities in circulation in california. >> nasa controlers are watching the atlas rocket that lifted off of florida on a journey to mars. >> liftoff of the atlas five with curiosity. >> on board is the most sophisticated mars rover ever built. then comes the mars landing right out of a science fiction

novel. >> nasa's rover is a science dream machine. it's loaded with extra sensors, 3-d cameras and lasers. the explorer will sample sanlt and drill it's way across a giant crater. >> it will look at the places that are happen tackle. where there some type of life on mars. >> first it has to get there. it's a 354 million mile commute that ends in august. >> the novel design is for a rocket jet flight that flies the rover down and lowers it down on a tether and lands it on the ground and the rocket jet flies

off and we're done with it. >> everything has to go exactly right. the history of mars exploration is littered with disappointment. out of 40, 26 probes have failed. >> nasa hopes curiosity has better luck. they are counting on the $2.5 billion mission is to tell us whether mars is safe. >> our next goal, the next goal is to go to mars. good news for warriors fans, north koreans and players reach a tentative deal. find out when is the first gianls might be played. this mother goose, what she needs to do.

this morning, all three american students detained in egypt have left cairo and now on their way to germany. they confirmed that they left to frank for the.

an attorney said gregory porter says that he, too, has left out of egypt. they were accused of throwing fire bombs that clashed with protestors in tahrir square. it appears will be a big christmas present for n.b.a. fans. it's expected to resume on christmas day now they have struck a deal. the announcement came down early this morning. neither side providing much in the way of details but after a marathon 15 hour bargaining session yesterday, commissioner proclaimed we want to play basketball. they must still ratify the deal. 149 lockout begin on july 1st. >> more progress for bryan stow the giants' fan that was beaten at l.a. stadium.

he is seen in a wheelchair in this photo. the family says it's been painful but he continues to improve and shows incredible strength in therapy. >> in marin county there ongoing problem with geese. wayne freedman reports, the job is lot more difficult. >> come on. come on little girl. >> for those of us that believe in modern day fairytales that was played out for two decades. they are better known around these parts as mother goose. >> pretty eyes. they are confident and they know their names running over. >> they are young at heart as

surrogate mother even at 76 years old. >> sometimes they are blind and they need help. >> but this is far from perfect, when a goose gets stick, she ended in to take care of it. she would take it to a little hospital but it's gone now. >> this was the aviar before the problems begin and here it is today. >> from the fence here to here. >> nothing left. just a puddle and a remnants of a foundation after the owner kicked her off the property. >> he said he was going to bulldoze the whole place down. >> so she moved them instead to this temporary home in novato. but don't let it deceive you. the oldest and sickest geese,

they drove two hours a day on windy bodies. >> if you can't 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 close to the creek. no happy ending, not portuguese and not for the gentle woman who mothers them. >> that is the only thing that keeps me going right now. >> lisa is looking to a pretty darn nice day. >> we've got sun around here and cool with the clouds, 15-degree spread from 39 to novato to 50s at our coast. i'll be back with the forecast next. >> also next, a shootout in the desert. they are hoping to improve their

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propelled wing. he flew along two jets after jumping off a helicopter powered jet man performed movers along with the albatross jets. amazing. latest exploit to fulfill his dream to fly like a bird. >> not wonder, there it is. occasion was the 11th annual lighting of the christmas tree. it's an artificial tree covered with 1100 ornament. 33,000 lights and topped with a big, red star. nice night to be out there. it would be a great night to go out there to see it. >> sunny, mild, even warmer.

skating rink that needs the chilly air but they can deal with what san francisco delivers. it will be a mild afternoons. heavenly looking at a lot of sunshine. temperatures in the 20s but 50s later on. no new snow. overnight lows will be cold enough. back home we're looking at mild conditions. there is the golden gate bridge, highs in downtown san francisco, return to the 60s and more sunshine. still waiting on that sun in parts of the north bay where the numbers have been cool, upper 30s in novato. some of that fog will just sit over the delta throughout the day today. we're on our way to a warmer afternoon. 54 half moon bay. here is where we have visibility problems from novato. napa has improved considerably. a problem around santa rosa. within the next hour, conditions

improving. hayward looking hazy. some of the fog is dense. but mild afternoons the next several days. temperatures will continue to climb to above normal readings. clouds by the end of the week. cooler conditions, no rain in sight, we can go beyond two weeks with dry conditions. that is the way it's looking. here is part of the reason why. high pressure is continuing to build in california. you'll notice the clouds, arcing over this darker area. this is high pressure, the center of high pressure just to the south of us, it will continue to build to the golden state. as it does, the clouds push further to the north. the jetstream takes it well to the north into canada and we remain high and dry with unseasonably warm temperatures.

overnight, still have some fog in the valleys. across the state is row 80s in southern california. really from north to south, no travel troubles, in fact that fog will continue to scour out in the central valley. 65 in the southern sierra with temperatures back home once again in the 60s. coming up a few degrees, sunnyvale, fr7 degrees. 65 in san mateo, upper 50s in pacifica. downtown, 64. 65 in novato. 64 in napa. oakland, 66 degrees. union, mid-60s. union city, mid-60s. 71 in watsonville and gilroy in the low 70s.

today a little bit of a warmup, same thing tomorrow. we will have the low clouds. cool where clouds on tuesday and doesn't seem like we're going to see any rain. >> in new york, it's going to be a high of 50. >> it's warmer than average because the storms are set up in the midsection right now. >> stanford closes out against notre dame and san jose state is at fresno state. last night, cal was in a shootout against the sun devils in tempe. >> cal bears were trying to finish the regular seasons with a win over arizona stated. the defense took the evening off. on the hot seat where they want a new head coach. cal finishes with 247 on the

ground, 10-7 bears. running the option there, 16-yard score. cal was up in the second quarter. 35-yard score, sun devils down. wallace to trevor coal, 28-27 sun devils up. anderson gets in, anderson out of his mind, from maynard and big bear rumbles down, 74 yards. 34-31. finally, defense, josh hill with the interception and that steals the deal. cal wins, 47-38 and could be going to the las vegas bowl. >> lsu, arkansas? >>

47 yards and the hogs are yelling it. but los gatos u comes back big. tyrone matthew on the punt return, lsu rolls from there. they'll meet georgia in the championship. >> number 8 houston versus tulsa charles simms for the score for 457 and five touchdowns. third quarter, fourth and ten. a laser to packard who had four touchdowns. 48-16, cougars roll. >> stanford will play notre dame at 5:00. andrew luck's final home game. >> stanford basketball, syracuse at madison square garden.

aaron bright, with the steal and gets the bounce here. stanford up 1 at the half. anthony brown, yes! they were up by 8 inside of seven minutes. chris joseph gets it. he had a high of 18. this is one of stanford's one of 21 fweovs. syracuse wins it 69-63. stanford with the first loss of the year. again, stanford football team against noted dame at 5:00 right here foold followed by lexus after the game. i'm larry beil. >> coming up, i-team tests a local home for toxic residue left behind by a meth lab.

>> the name that inspired one woman nearly two decades long effort to help feed the effort.

strange question but have you ever been in a meth house. possibly you have without knowing it and it may be the house you are living in. dan noyes has the test to prove it. >> luckily to her and the kids, late afternoon snack but the food may be all their ingesting. >> it's a former meth lab. does that surprise you. >> busted in 2006, the cops took the bad guys away. the state took away from the chemicals but something might be left behind. something that she and her family can't see, residue from a meth lab. >> it's two months. is it good enough now? >> the i-team tested the rental house, we took samples from the stove and two different rooms

and from the heating vent looking for meth. >> it affects everything from the central nervous system to the heart, breathing, everything can be affected. >> a medical toxicology fell low with the poison control center. breathing or touching it can be dangerous especially for kids. >> sometimes they breathe faster than adults do just normally they could be gag higher dose from some of these chemicals. >> my kids. i need to protect them and make sure they are healthy. >> she may ever to do steps to protect them after seeing test rul itself. >> i guess it's possible. >> it came back positive for meth but under the limits. we did a second test, this time.

the results more than double the state limit, even she and the family living with meth. >> do they just live leave it and let it sit? >> the officer randy sawyer, they oversee cleanup of meth in homes. >> we had no information except you are bringing it to me right now. >> with no information about the house, he says the county couldn't force a cleanup. >> one of the things are the law agencies that do drug busts but don't give us information when they are doing it, the narcotics along with the department of justice. >> they document of the ten meth homes, according to a state database, there were 30 homes busted for meth during that same time period.

>> many times, it's not communicated. >> bureau of narcotics special agent was at the drug bust as the house. >> he says there was no requirement to do so in 2006 when the lab was busted but a recent law has closed that am hol. >> this there is a providing is that mandates of notification by the department of justice or local agencies. >> but even with the new law, sawyer doesn't think his county knows about every meth bust. >> i'm not sure exactly. where we've been in past, we've sent out letters when there a drug lab. >> that adds even more frustration for her. she doesn't have the money to move. she is worried about the possible effects of meth residue. >> my house is contaminated now.

everything i worked for. my kids' home. >> one bright spotted is that her landlord will do what is necessary to clean up the home. there is no telling how many homes are contaminated with meth but check out the state's list in a new i-team blog at abc7news.com. >> this is time of year many people give to food banks and think about those less fortunate during the holidays. one woman has dedicated her life to feeding the hungry for two decades. here is abc7's saluted. >> if you spend any time with her, the only time she is not moving is when she is praying. this chapter of her spiritual journey begin in 1993.

>> i was asking for divine inspiration how should i spend. in the middle of the night. the name kept coming to me. i kept on hearing this voice inside of me. >> the next morning, she looked up the word in abig and it means mercy and justice. her quest begin. the 66-year-old grandmother collected food to feed a few families in the south bay and quickly outgrew her garage. she now distributes nearly ten tons of food a month, about 80% of the clients are muslim. >> the foundation to everyone and relies on private donations and a partnership with second harvest food bank. she is from turkey but there are

many from other countries needs an organization they can trust. most of the families ask we not show their faces. >> most of the people that left during the war and now they are refugees and some of them good with big sadness. >> over the years she has quietly worked miracles and never stopped working. >> imagine anyone devoting 18 years of their life for one purpose. >> the founder of the foundation is as firm as she is compassionate. volunteers says she is organized and inspiring. >> 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 in

her efforts. >> those people that think i'm somebody i'm not, but i hope very much. i am very organized person whose quest to attain, that is my belief it's truth through service. >> we salute her. if you would like to learn more about the foundation or to donate, go to abc7news.com and click on salute. >> coming to work, is some hours ago, it was very thick fog in marin. >> and we still have it up in santa rosa. in concord, but outside right now, take a look at coit tower, blue sky here. numbers are in the 50s, warming

trend, sunnier for those that haven't seen any sun lately. >> also ahead, the species that are finding hard to breathe below the surface of the sea.

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in the nevada desert. part of the lottery system, the first sellout n the first in burning man's history. >> i know folks that would love to get there for christmas. i do know some folks. >> i know folks that would like sun and warmer temperatures. it's cool. we're chilly with the gray skies beautiful with less sunshine. right now, some areas really have dense fog and that could be a problem for our east bay valleys? >> mount tam, beautiful for some folks with a lot of sunshine but still we're looking at valley fog and cool numbers. an offshore flow may blow some of the fog, tule fog toward the east bay valleys tonight and could create a problem for some of us tomorrow.

right now the fog is confined to north bay valleys, santa rosa and up around concord. elsewhere, sunny skies, 54 in half moon bay. some areas providing obscured visibility is from the north bay and also into concord where fog has dropped the visibility down to half a mile. as for today, it should be scoured out. mostly sunny conditions and light offshore flow, by the nephew, it strengthens, mild afternoons but the following will be something to we'll have to contend the next several days. another weather system may drop our temperatures but still not looking at any rain nor the next several days. high pressure is in control. you can see the cloud cover arcing over in this direction, a clockwise flow. high pressure is building in from the south and clockwise flow.

that north-northeast flow may get the fog closer to the bay. we'll worry about it later on in the day. as for today, we're talking about some very mild conditions as our sunshine already working to burn back and evaporate the fog in our bay area neighborhoods today. h. we have warmer days in the south land with numbers there in the lower 80s. fog will remain thick, 65 in yosemite. ko 58 degrees in lake tahoe today. snow will be melting in the next few days. back home, upper 60s for the south bay. 67 in saratoga. sunnier than yesterday. 64 in millbrae. 59 in pacifica. 54 in downtown today. north bay, numbers will respond

to some sunshine, still a little foggy. but by the afternoon, 66 degrees in cloverdale. about the same in santa rosa. near east bay, low to mid-60s depending if you are upped towards richmond. some of the fog hit buying the delta allowing temperatures to be cooler. down by the monterey bay, light offshore flow, 70 oes's there. with the fog getting dense tonight, slower clearing in the east bay tomorrow, but afternoon highs, to naer and some of that fog will be harder to clear with cooler temperatures. >> thanks v. >> scientists have been warning about the amount of the oxygen in the ocean has been dropping. it's a serious problem that could threaten a lot of animals. here is dan ashley with the

assignment 7 report. >> this is exotic world of the oxygen minimum zone about a half mile deep. video was shot by the monterey bay aquarium. these animals are especially adapted to live in this habitat where the concentration of oxygen is extremely low. over the last 20 years the oxygen has been getting lower. >> everything in the ocean needs to breathe oxygen in the water just like we do in the air. so if it goes down, they suffer or die. >> climate changes are definitely happening underwater and many scientists believe it's happening above the surface. >> it appears as though the rate of change is increasing. it's getting more serious as time goes by. >> scientists and engineers are working together to try to measure the effect of declining oxygen on deep sea animals.

they are using a remote controlled vehicle. it's equipped with a high definition camera and guide frd a control room where the team watches for creatures they wanted to study. >> the scientists will be sitting there, let's get that one. >> they have learned a lot by looking at animals in their natural habitat thousands of feet deep. in is a barrel eye. the holes in the mouth is for breathing. the eyes are the big green balls. they rotate to find food. >> it pivots its body upwards keeping the eyes focused on the food, gets the food from the tentacles. >> and it swims along. >> for the past four years, they have developed an instrument called a resparameter. >> this came back so we can see where we had to deployments of

it. >> they steer the instrument to scoop the animals in individual chambers. they can live for a day or two while the device measures oxygen intake. it allows to study the animals. it's too early for results but scientists know that 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 the animals. >> don't go away. "7 on your side" is next. >> a report as a nationwide company rethinking it's coupons.

a "7 on your side" report has called a nationwide change for coupons. we sent out coupons that brought a peninsula woman for a meal but sent her out. here is michael finney with the details. >> two boys and her family entered the tgif.

they came in part because of the buy one, get free deal. seems simple but read on through the fine print. discount applies to equal or lesser value. >> we purchased three meals. they took off the least expensive meal. i just thought that didn't quite jibe with the coupon. >> to sue it seemed simple and she feels taken. that interpretation, cost her family ten dollars. >> equal or lesser but they chose the lesser. that didn't seem real fair. >> so we contacted the fgi friday people and they back to sue in a hurry. >> i heard from the corporate, they contacted me and said that they had a lot of missed opportunities to make the situation right. she said she wanted to make it right and sent me some

certificates for us. >> $30 worth. it was a handwritten note and a prom to take a second look at things. >> they said they were looking revamping how their wording was on the coupons. so that was nice to hear. >> they confirmed all of that to me as well. we gladly provided her with gift coupons which he is happyly accepted. we are reviewing the wording on the coupons to make sure the coupon is clearly communicated. >> we'll keep track and report back. if you have a consumer problem, let me know about it. go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side. >> coming up next, it looks like playland. it sounds like it. the amazing creations that is bringing old san frara it

here is the winning numbers from the last night's drawing, $55 million. mega number was 43. nobody picked them all. tuesday night's jackpot drawing estimated at $64 million. >> than landmark of another era are being celebrated in gold park. its tribute to playland at the

beach. don sanchez shows us some of the recycled creations. >> it is a nostalgic return to a bygone era. garden rail ray celebrates play plaland. the roots go back to the 1920s. >> we thought anybody was lucky enough to get to the playland, it would be awesome time to condemn anyone's and feel the old stuff. >> merry go round revolves around an old table. there is the ferris wheel. >> they have buffalo have real fair and street cars climb to the stars. here is a live camera on one of them. old sutro baths return.

this is done by a san quentin inmate. >> this museum is slight return. >> many arcade old games. this is one of the original cars back in 1935. the way people drive today they may have learned on this. >> playland was torn down in 1972. >> i don't think you could ever re-create play land in the capacity. >> they will continue in a conservatory of flowers until april 15th. it was fun house. >> the good old days. >> it was lot of fun. >> tell me about it. >> tell me about the future. now i have brushed on the past. >> we are looking at a gorgeous

day today. information has cleared. as a result, everyone will be warmer. 63 in downtown. 67 down on the peninsula with fog returning tonight. even warmer through the early part of next week. nice and dry. >> what a forecast. >> thanks for joining us. next newscast at 4:00. keep track of us on twitter at abc7news.com/bay area and talk about it facebook.com/abc7news. have a great day.

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