right now emergency crews are trying to contain a diesel spill on the campus of uc berkeley. >> some 1700 gallons spilled and that's posing a threat to the environment. we're at the scene and i understand some of the diesel has already spilled into he bay. >> reporter: that's right. i'm actually right here where some of the booms are set up. one of the yellow barriers. one of those absorbent booms they set up. i'm at berkeley marina. this is basically where strawberry creek meets san francisco bay, and a lot of the diesel is caked on to this absorbent material was spilled eight miles upstream on the campus of uc berkeley.

>> jars of absorbent booms corral diesel fuel and debris, the last barriers preventing more petroleum frock seeping into san francisco bay. >> the agencies are saying it's a small fraction has made its way 0 into the bay. >> a fuel spill first noticed 7:00 p.m. saturday night by a uc campus police officer who came across a foul smell along strawberry creek. the goopy diesel was seeping through the water. upstream in the basele of stanley hall is the source of the spill. >> 1700 gallons of diesel spilled within the building and a smaller amount, a fraction of that, was released to the creek, strawberry creek. >> crews quickly started siphoning the fuel from the basement with large bumping trucks. this emergency was caused bay malfunction with the fuel for

the generator. the building has a series of pumps that remove natural water that collects in the basement. 100 students were evacuated from the building. a few were disappointed that stanley hall remains closed. >> i use saturday. >> he says he has to postpone his biology experiment in one of the labs in stanley hall until it re-opens. officials hope to have it back online for students by the morning. >> as far as environmental concerns, they're still trying to determine the extent of any environmental concerns. i can tell you this particular area is a pretty popular spot for birds, and also fish in strawberry creek. they're trying to make assessments and determine exactly how much this diesel has affected that wildlife. reporting live in berkeley, abc-7 news. >> "occupy" oakland's plan to shut down the city port tomorrow

is facing mounting opposition, including a disscent from the "occupy" movement itself. "occupy" oakland is planning a repeat of the shutdown. demonstrators say port workers deserve better treatment. they plan to meet at the station and begin marching to the port at 5:30 a.m. they claim to have broad support. >> we just got here last night from "occupy" lake merritt, to get people thinking about the sport shutdown tomorrow. >> the occupier does not have the support of the union, and the con rel chronicle reports some think it will be too confrontational and detract from the intentions. truckers say they stand to lose $700 tomorrow. >> and oakland mayor jean quan's office released an open letter to "occupy" protesters, reading,

how does shutting down the port and caution thousands of workers to lose pay create positive change? she is urging protesters to keep the port open. >> propesters promoted the shutdown. a handful of activists set sail. they're calling it occupation. there's no "occupy" encampment in oakland. no word how long the group plans to stay afloat. >> 55 protesters were arrested this morning. >> they were surrounded before we knew it was coming, and they arrest ode -- arrested us one by one and released us in an hour or two and we have come back to reclaim it. >> after police released them. several protesters came back and

100 officers moved them out and closed down market street and brought in public works crews to clear out the belongings. they face charges of illegal lodging. >> 27 people are in temporary housing after an apartment fire in san francisco. it happened at 5:30 yesterday as a public housing building on ellis street where many of the residents are elderly or disabled. firefighters used ladders to rescue several people from the building. many residents say they didn't hear a fire alarm. the housing authority says the alarm system was working properly, and the alarm didn't sound on all floors because the fire was restricted to one floor. >> had a fire here. first time there was a fire alarm. this time we didn't. i don't know what's going on. >> seven people were treated and released for smoke inhalation and other minor injuries. one man who was burned remains in the hospital. officials say the fire started in his unit when grease caught on fire as he was preparing dinner. >> investigators are looking

into the cause of a fire that bawrnd victorian house near sap france general -- san francisco general hospital. nobody was injured but the victorian at utah and 25th 25th street was severely damaged. >> on to politics where the new g.o.p. front runner, newt gingrich, was the main target during last night's debate in iowa but he came prepared to defend himself, and he did. he also went on the attack. here's more. >> there have been so many ups and downs i'm getting whiplash. >> indeed. another republican debate, another surprise. the new front runner, newt gingrich, expected to be on the defensive, goes after mitt romney. >> the only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> a night when the new front runner solidified his position and the old front runner, romney, made what could be the biggest misstep. rick perry was chiding romney for his role of bringing health

care to massachusetts. >> are you referred to individual mandates. >> perry seemed to misquote romney. romney gave the replay they may come to haunt him. >> 1240u7b bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> the internet exploded. $10,000 is three months pay for the average american. >> michele bachmann lumped romney and gingrich together. >> you look at newt romney they were for obama care. if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> if the front runner does get derailed it will be over the issue of marital infill infill dealt. >> if you cheat on your spouse, you might cheat on your business partner. >> he was a target of a video. it's the first time the democrats have made a web video

about someone other than romney in this election cycle. >> the plan to install kiosks at the mexican border. >> hundreds of people come together in the south bay to fight aids in east africa. >> the last thing you want to see, the benches clear. >> and fists were flying in the latest show of unsportsmanlike conduct, up next, the consequences. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. the weak weather system and clouds cooled us down, and reports of a few sprinkles in south bay, and see how much longer the sprinkles will remain in the forecast.

>> check that out. this geyser is part of the damage caused be a suspected trunk driver in redwood city. the driver took out a fire hide draft just before midnight and mowed down a light poll and a parking meter before his suv came to a stop. the condition of the driver isn't known. he was taken to a local hospital. >> suspension were handed down today after a nasty brawl at a conditional basketball game. a total of four university of cincinnati players were suspended. three have been sidelined six games each for kicking and punching opposing players. officials called off the game with seconds on the clock. some xavier players spoke about it at a press conference. >> we got disrespected before the game. guys called us out. we got gangsters in the locker room. not thugs, and we zipped them up at the end of the game. >> there were apologies and xavier is expected to announce

punishment for its players today. the cincinnati coach threatened to kick players off his team if it happens again. >> we heard of black friday and sign monday but tomorrow is green monday. >> retailers predict online sales will hit more than $1 billion and those who ship gifts are getting ready for one busy day. a closer look at what they expect. >> heading outside, we may get a bit of a warmup during the work week. the forecast is after the

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done some roads. >> the u.s. is proposing installing a border crossing could key qualification in a remote part in texas in big ben national park. it would allow people to scan identity documents documents ana customers officer in another location 100 miles away. it would be a security upgrade. noting that it's currently easy to wade across the shallow rio grande undetected. >> hundreds of volunteered gathered in san jose to help fight aides in east africa. world vision will distribute 1,000 kits to caregivers who go from hut to hut carrying for people with aids. they contain items like petroleum jelly, wash cloths, cotton balls and a hand written note of encouragement. >> our church is fulfilling our mission to make a difference in the world, and we teamed up with

world vision and are sending aide caregiver kits to africa to be used to care for people in the last stages of life dying of aides. >> 14 million africa children have lost one or both parents to h.i.v. a.i.d.s. mostly due to a look of antiviral drugs. you can sponsor a kit for 79.95. >> the holiday shipping season gets underway in earnest tomorrow. fedex is preparing for the busiest day in the company's history. expecting to ship more than 17 million packages worldwide. that's a 12% increase over last year's busiest day, and double the volume on a typical day. 2,790,000 workers will -- 290,000 workers will happen santa. >> online shipping and people like to ship their packages if they're traveling for the ohio and don't want to carry them on the plane.

>> the national retail federation predicts half of us will shop online and fedex expects to deliver a total of 260 million packages during the holiday season. >> starting to feel like the holiday season out there, leigh. >> leigh: much colder today. we had the weak system actually spinning just off the coast. looked kind of threatening all day like it was getting ready to rain. the live doppler 7hd is picking up a few sprinkles. a nice shot, a gray overcast sky right now from the high definition bay bridge cam. you can see the embarcadero holiday lights in the background there live doppler 7hd picking up a little bit of moisture. i told you last night this is not a big system, and most of us point see anything out of it. you can see done towards -- south of san jose, watsonville, hollister, gilroy, a little light rain. low pressure off the coast, and

the circulation around the low is counterclockwise, and this moisture is feeding up and then going back towards the west. so, that's why we will keep a chance of some sprinkles, maybe light showers in the forecast overnight tonight and possibly in through tomorrow. here's the current readings, 48 in napa, novato, 49. san francisco, dense overcast. fremont, 50. 50 in mountain view and san jose, 5. the highlights for next few days, valley fog. it will be dense, especially in the north and east bay locations. a few sprinkles, maybe a light shower south of san jose tonight. we'll keep it in your forecast as well. tomorrow, the rest of us break out to partly sunny conditions by tomorrow afternoon and then get ready for more of a dry weather pattern right through mid-week. >> this is the low. it is a cutoff low and is just sitting along the coast and spinning. looks like it will start to make a move overnight tonight.

and really just a few sprinkles possible here towards the san francisco bay area. but really this low is tracking into southern california and that's when the rain is going intensify there. so keep that in mind if travel takes you in that direction tomorrow. here's our animation. you can see -- there it goes right into southern california. we may sew a little -- may see a little wrap-around moisture. this is 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. a chance of maybe a light shower or a sprinkle in the south bay through tomorrow late day. traveling across the state? north of big bear, looks terrific. big sur, 56. sunshine, sacramento, 58. tahoe, 37. as you head towards southern california, los angeles, san diego, palm springs, expect rain and it could be heavy at times. lows across the bay area, cold els in the north bay. watch out for the fog and maybe frost. 40s elsewhere, and highs will go uniform.

mid-to-upper 50s. more sunshine in the north bay than the south bay, where in higher elevations where we can possibly see a sprinkle, maybe a light shower late tomorrow afternoon. the accuweather seven-day forecast, after this system moves out of here, we will start to dry up, a dry few days after a cold start tuesday morning, and the next chance of showers, thursday night, early friday. >> shu, not the best day for the bay area football teams. >> mike: not at all. a bunch of losers! the raiders came out flat last week. make that two weeks a row in green bay. the 49ers struggled in the red zone again and got ambushed by the cardinals. wow.

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>> mike: i don't know about you but i'd like to see the niners open up their offense also more but jim harbaugh is all about giving what opponents gave him. caught up with him. kevin kolb can do a knee to the head, left and would not return. 3-0 niners in the first. special teams didn't make a play at the end of the corner. 52-yard inside the five. the niners struggled in the red zone. another field goal. 6-0. second quarter, another field goal it's a fake. could have been a touchdown player, blown dead. arizona challenged the previous play, so they ray replay fourth down. i to the third. niners finally find the end

zone. 19-'. the cardinals come back. larry fitzgerald. what a catch. 46 of his 149 yards. it's 19-14. to the fourth, after 53-yard fitzgerald catch, cardinals on top by two in the fourth, fourth and one, al -- alex smith scrollling. niners lose, their first loss in the nfc west. >> the raiders came out float against miami and today they got flattened by green bay. carson palmer not improving his stock. two minutes in and the raiders have a turnover. on the packers first official play they're on the board. ryan grant. know one is going catch him. 7 or packers. second quarter, now 17-0. rodgers to nelson. franchise record 39th 39th touchdown pat for rodgers. gets worse.

woodson, the former raider, picks off palmer and the pack turns the pick into points. packers set a franchise record for points, blowing out the raiders 46-16. they're now 13-0. tim tebow led the broncos to yet another win over the bears. tebow to thompson. ten yards. broncos within three. seven seconds left. 'we go to overtime. broncos recover a fumble. the denver tebows win their sixth straight. they take over the lead in the afc west. >> what a finish in cincinnati. bengals up six late. yates to ross, two second left. the texans beat the bengals 20-19. houston clinches the afc south title. headed to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

>> let's hit the hardwoods. crack came off the bench to score 17 points. gutierrez added seven points and two assists. bears win. improving to 82-with a 73-46 victory. the warriors find deandre jordan to a $45 million offer, we have reaction from green bay next. bad difor our local teams. >> you can call them accept's --

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>> coming up in a half house change is ahead. the new push to get every driver in california insured. >> and "avatar" is back in the news. the man who claims james cameron stole his idea for the film. join us at 6:00. >> santa couldn't make it but his friends came out in the south bay today. >> catholic charities of santa clara county began handing out guests in san jose to families impacted by incarceration or the criminal justice system. >> they have a warehouse of toys for kids and food for hungry families. they helped 800 people and the charity will assist thousands more throughout the month of december. >> that does it for us here at 5:00. >> thank you for joining us.