live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. exactly 5:00, the day before thanksgiving on wednesday the 26th. keeping track of the travels and forecast. mike? >> live doppler hd shows the next day or two but it will dry tomorrow. we will need the umbrellas on friday in the north bay. we have a few high clouds but mostly sunny and warmer than average. coolest at 66 to 70 at the coast and the rest of us low 70s. no worries other than "spare the air" day so no burning of wood. >> no worries except for the traffic. today is one of the biggest travel days of the year so give yourself a couple of extra hours to get to the destination.

traffic is expected to be a bear. the bay bridge toll plaza shows the far left lane is stacking up and the rest of the travel, though, interest san francisco is not too bad. to the south, the san mateo bridge, the drive is moving along across the water it is nine minutes from hayward to foster city. we have a new accident in san jose with details ahead. in the news, flying home for the thanksgiving holidays could be tougher this year with hundreds of flight already canceled because of bad weather in the country. the business of the travel days of the year is today. nick? we focused on the travelers pulling up at sfo and they said they are watching what is happening and they want to make sure their plans are not interrupted which is what we are seeing, people are trying to get a jump on the business of the travel days. they know weather is coming.

according to the flight tracking service airlines across the nation have scrapped 226 flights today. all with the expectation of bad weather on the east coast where most of the nation's busiest airports are located. the race is on to beat mother nature for 46 million traveler moving by car, train and plane. three hours to scramble and get here. it has been fun but i have enough time. >> i heard snow was coming in so i am traveling by myself with the kids and the dog and i want a head start. >> we look at the weather, our best friend and biggest challenge. travel experts predict the delays will cause disrupt to the holiday travel plans and carriers have decided to preemptively cancel plans when poor weather was forecast to hit the busy airports the anticipation of poor weather all

big united states airlines have moved to a rebooking fees to cities in the path of the storms. we will move through the airport and talk to some of the travelers and see if they have a new tips and see how we can get to our loved ones in time for the holiday. thank you, knick. oakland is calm after a second straight night violence and damaging protests over the missouri grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer for shooting and killing a black teen. amy hollyfield is in oakland with the profits more widespread the second night. >> that is true. yesterday we found ourselves in the downtown area but today we look at boarded businesses at telegraph and 42 under. a paint can was used to hit an older man in the face trying to discourage violence.

>> a car dealership on telegraph was one of several businesses smashed up and witnesses say last night felt more mobile and more intense than the first night. there were protesters trying to keep activists from turning violent but a large group seemed intent on destroying prope >> this is my city. don't destroy my city. that is not the point of this. >> there were several fires set last night at various intersections on telegraph with dumpsters and mattresses set on fire and protesters through bottles rocks and paint cans at officers. police made several arrests. now, again, oakland is doing what it has done before, clean up, and what a job it will be. lack at this intersection, payment everywhere, big splatters and streaks from the cars driving through so tell

graph is a folkal point as oakland tries to recover from another night of protesters. protesters again shut down two freeways in oakland last night and sky 7 was overhead as police try to round up dozens of demonstrators on 580 rushing an enter says of telegraph and i-580 and blocked traffic in both directions until a few dozen officers moved in and started making arrests. they did the same thing on interstate 980 during the heart of evening commute clogging up lanes and stopping traffic for half an hour. a more peaceful night in ferguson, missouri, ground zero with 44 people being arrested compared to 60 the night before. authorities say there were three times as many national guard troops to deal with protesters and they threw objects at police

but no serious injuries and far less damage to builtings and businesses. >> ferguson police officer darren wilson said he could not have done anything differently in the confrontation with the 18-year-old before fatally shooting him. wilson did the first public interview with george stephanopolis an exclusive offering details of the shooting including the confrontation at his police vehicle. >> i used my door to push him back and yell to get back. he pushed the door shut. i looked back at minimum fists started flying the he hit me in the left side of my face. >> some witnesses said they saw you trying to pull him into the car. >> that would be against every train ever taught to law enforcement officers. >> wilson told stephanopolis that he has a clean conscience because he knows he did his job right. >> a protester rally in

minneapolis turned frightening when a car struck a protest and the woman suffered minor injuries. several hundred gathered near a police outpost to show solidarity with the michael brown procedures and the driver of the car who hit the protester called police soon after to report the incident. >> we are following the protests over the ferguson decision closely both online and on the air. we will bring you major developments during the newscast. our coverage continues on twitter. the air quality district is investigating flames and smoke seen coming from the richmond chevron refinery. the flames and smoke were seen yesterday morning. chevron said it was caused by the safe depressuring of equipment. air quality officials say yesterday was a "spare the air" and the incident was not planned. they are lacking into whether any regulations were violated.

one is dead. another is hurt. they were hit by bart trains in two separate incidents much the first happened at 6:30 last night at berkeley station downtown. police responded it a report of a person under the train. it is not clear how they earned up on the track. before 9:00 p.m. another person was hit by a train at embarcadero. that person was taken to the hop. there is this word on the condition of the patient. san francisco zoo leaders will act immediately on recommendations made by the man investigating the death of a young for april -- kabibe, who was crushed by a closing door this month. the zoo will retrofit doors in the gorilla exhibit and assign a specialist to work with the ask keepers and form an advisory committee to train zoo staff.

>> the oakland city council will reconsider a law to stop the 92 year run of the circus to be banned, batons with sharp pointed hooks that are used by elephant trainers. they say device does not harm the elephants and is needed it safe gar the trainers opponents say it is designed to inflict pain and make elephants submissive. headed into the thanksgiving holiday weekend we have another "spare the air" day. >> no "spare the air" for us as we watch other parts of the country get precipitation we need but north storm will affect us unless you are traveling from washington, dc, baltimore, philadelphia, boston and new york. expect delays. >> chilly in santa rosa, 41 in american can wherein and petaluma and 42 in guerneville. everyone else in the mid-40's to nearly 50 around san rafael and mill valley. san francisco is 56 and alameda is 53 if everyone else in the

40's like 43 in lafayette and san ramon and newark at 45 and cupertino is 42 and redwood city is 49 and san carlos 47. in san rafael, we have a little bit of fog developing along 101 and you can see it is not developing here. at the golden gate bridge we are in the mid-60's at noon and upper 60 to low 70 at 4:00 with a few more high clouds and mid to nearly 60 with a mild evening and high clouds. tomorrow, thanksgiving is the last warm day a nice day to be outside from time to time with rain coming in the evening in the north bay on friday and all of us will be wet, and cooler, on saturday. headed through san jose with 101 at 880, that is the drive up to the san jose airport. if you are making your travel today out of san jose it looks like things are of my along fine and if you learn at this hour senior few of us do. that is the northbound traffic move along without any problem and southbound traffic is empty. 280 is clear away from highway

17. connecting with highway 17 it is clear. a brand new crash along 87. if you are at the 280 connection to northbound 280 we have a car in bushes with debris in the lanes. the first spot of traffic is building over the altamont pass from tracy to dublin, however, still under 30 minutes. take advantage of it. it is 5:11. guess what, barbie is new frozen out of the top spot among fashion dolls for girls. that is next. >> labor activist take aim at a silicon valley giant with workers that could soon be joining union ranks. >> need extra cash? the app turns your closet into a gold mine. >> we have a beautiful bay bridge and we will keep on top

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bay area and we will give you the information ahead. >> more news as,ed labor expands the efforts in the silicon valley with a local union and civil rights activists jesse jackson pushing for better working continues if security guards at apple. the united service workers is looking to yawnize security guards who work on the campus during a growing debate of the widespread use of contract workers. while the testimony workers they serve receive is impressive perks the contractors offer ten struggle to make end's meet. >> another victory for same sex union advocates, two more states have had their bans on same-sex marriage struck down. arkansas and mississippi were overturned by federal judges yesterday with voter approved constitutional amendments that define marriage between one man and a woman. the rulings are on hold pending appeal. >> the united states airlines

are waving change fees for passengers at several airports. >> why? here is america's money report. >> topping america's money airlines getting into the holiday spirit. >> some major carriers drop ticket change fees for passengers flying into and out of the northeast with get aways made more challenging by the nor'easter that is moving up the coast. >> "wall street journal" opens the market evaluation is $690 billion. >> yesterday the technical giant was a first united states company ever valued at $700 billion. >> esla from "frozen," is top of the heed for girls' gift. barbie was at the top of the list and lego is the top for boys. >> thanksgiving is the sweetest company for a sweet roll company. >> it is about pumpkin and apple pie. boston cream pie. >> thank you is america's money.

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bay and we will look at walnut creek and you can see the haze hanging around as we look southbound along 680 into the san ramon valley and as far as what will happen today, it is a "spare the air" day so no wood burning inside or outside up until midnight and it will be warm, tomorrow will be exactly the same although it is not officially exercising the "spare officially exercising the "spare the air" alert on saturday through tuesday and we will make up our yearly rainfall with a lot of upper 60's to low 70's and maybe a few mid-60's and increasing high clouds as we head late into the afternoon. tonight, they will keep the temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40's inland and upper 40's mid-50's around the bay and to

the coast we have only high clouds and no rain through thanksgiving and a line of storms coming in with a lot of water. a few sprinkles on friday and the north bay and overnight through saturday morning and you can see a nice batch of moderate rain and we could have moderate-to-heavy rain and sunday we have a break, just light rain and the next system monday morning we have moderate to heavy rain through monday evening and we will have a last push of light-to-moderate rain tuesday morning and that will dissipate by tuesday evening. and this is what it leaves behind, 3-5" of rain in the north bay and 1-3" for the rest of the us. we will have to what the trees

and the limbs. >> after tomorrow, no more 70's. we are lucky to get into the upper 50's to low 60's monday and tuesday next week. a look at mass transit, we have 41 bart trains on time and ace train has two running in the morning and two are youing in the afternoon tomorrow because of reduced holiday schedule. tomorrow, we will not have any service and friday. service resumes on monday. other mass transit agencies including the ferryies and caltrain will supplement service notice 49ers game but the rest of mass transit, check to make sure you are not going to be stranded. all buses are on time and now at look at the san mateo and dumbarton bridge from the east bay to the peninsula, moving among without problems and 101 away from sfo or headed into sfo

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vandalized on telegraph and blocked traffic on two interstates in oakland. it spilled interest emeryville but does not cause much damage. two, 44 people were arrested following protests in ferguson, missouri, over the grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of teen michael brown. authorities say most of the arrests were misdemeanor and far less damage to buildings and property. san francisco police are investigating a shooting that wounded six people with shots reported at mission and 13th before 1:00 o'clock this morning and officers found four victims at the seen and two with life threatening injuries and two other victims walked into hospitals later. >> it is a in go for thousands trying to get home for the thanksgiving holiday. more than 200, now 265 flights have been canceled this morning because of snow and rain in the northeast with the worst still to come. right now more than 300 flights are delayed. the totals keep getting updated.

preblack friday shopping on thanksgiving thursday could be a thing of the past. retailers do not necessarily see a big boost in sales by staying on thanksgiving. buyersship on thursday rather than friday and do not necessarily buy more. at home it is quiet with "spare the air" day with poor air quality and above average temperatures. the storms are rolling through the midwest causing the flight arrival delays and we will get rain this weekend. it will be a lot. details in the seven-day forecast. an early holiday rush in berkeley and the headlights show the drive westbound direction moving beyond university avenue with pretty heavy traffic out there so be prepared and give yourself a extra extra hours headed out of town by car. even if you are headed to the

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>> i can smell it. i can smell the turkey. >> taste it, too. walnut creek from pleasant hill southbound 680 is looking heavy for this hour. we are looking at pretty heavy conditions across our other freeways this morning because of an early holiday rush. expect to see traffic building quicker than normal and you will need two extra hours. we will take you interest san lorenzo with an 18 wheeler that knocked down power lines with 3,000 local residents without power. grant avenue is where this grant avenue is where this happened. >> in san francisco a single shooting incident injured a total of six people. shots were reported at mission and 13th before 1:00 o'clock this morning. officers found four victims at the seen and two with life

threatening injuries. two other victims later walked into two different hospitals. we do not know their conditions. for ad is day oakland businesses will have to repair and restorm their stores. protesters angry over developments in the ferguson shooting took to the streets and the freeways. businesses in oakland were damaged again. we are at the paint store on telegraph at 42nd. windows were broken. paints have been spilled. they used the cans at weapons and threw them at police and used one on an older protester who was hit in the face with a paint can. he was pleading with protesters to keep it peaceful. he was hit. this happened on fell graph a focal point. they set fires at intersections and vandalized several

businesses and stole merchandise. police told the protesters to disperse but some were confused. >> in was a line of police and a line of police there. they are telling us to dispersion but we can't because they trapped us. >> the protest was very mobile and moved into emeryville. vandals does not only focus on businesses but still from people's garages. there hundreds of police officers out from as far away as livermore and made several arrests. they have put tallied the official number. they say protesters threw rocks and bottles and cans at officers with in word if anyone was seriously hurt. the protests broke up at 1:00 o'clock a.m. this morning and as you can see in oakland it is another morning of clean up they now be facing. protests again shut down freeways in oakland. we were overhead as police tried

to gather dozens of demonstrators that blocked interstate 580 frustrating drivers again. though rushed an intersection of telegraph and i-580 after 9:00 last night and stormed a hill and made it and the eastbound lanes stopping traffic and they moved into the westbound lanes until 100 officers began arresting protests. a few hours earlier 150 protests rushed a ramp on to interstate 980 in the middle of rush hour traffic stopping traffic for half an hour. the police officer who shot michael brown to death finally breaks his silence exclusively to abc7 news but it did not calm the protesters in missouri and across the nation with some peaceful, others not. karen has the details. demonstrators gathered overnight at the ferguson police department headquarters. kelly police used tear gas to

disrupt some who burned a police car and there were reports of vandalism. >> we saw protesters that were out there for the right reason. some are preventing this from happening in the most ideal fashion. >> the man at the center of the firestorm, officer darren wilson, speaking out for the first time exclusively to george stephanopolis. >> wilson described a very physical struggle with michael brown in his police s.u.v. >> i saw him coming back with the left hand in this shape, threw the window and a solid pudge to the right side. >> are trying to figure how to get out of this? >> yes, how to survive the. >> how to survive? >> i didn't know if i could withstand another hit. >> is there anything you could have done differently that would have prevented that killing? >> no the. >> nothing? >> no. >> in dozens of cities last night, large crowds of peaceful

demonstrators took to the streets demanding justice for brown. rebound in chicago said he had no sympathy for demonstrators who destroy their own communities. >> i have never seen a civil rights law or health care bill or immigration bill result because a car was burned. it happened because people vote. it happened because people mobilize. it happened because people organize. >> law enforcement four say some are intent on violence but they hope the increase in resources will keep everyone calm. we following the protests over the ferguson decision closely online and on air and we will bring you any major developments during the newscast. our coverage continues now on twitter. developing news from missouri where two f.b.i.ing as

were shot early today while trying to arrest a suspect at five miles south of ferguson in st. louis. an agent was shot in the shoulder and the other in the leg. the injuries are not considered life threatening and the fbi release add statement saying this shooting is fought related to the protests in ferguson. holiday travel is in full swing but flight schedules across the nation have taken a big hit. according to flight aware, airlines have were jammed 260 flights today and one of the business of the air travel days. you can blame a nasty winter storm threatening the nation with of what of the cancellation s two airports. they are key: new york la guardia and newark liberty. >> travelers driving through san francisco may want to hit the roads before tonight at 8:00

people with caltran closing three lanes of the upper deck of the bay bridge from the yerba buena island tunnel to the fremont secret we exit part of work by crews to replace old and deteriorated expansion joints and some are 80 years old. repair work is expected to take 10-12 weeks. >> santa clara will set aside $2 million for activities related to the super bowl at leaf stadium if 2016. the cost of a evening woo of events leading to have been 50 will be covered including parade and fireworks and food the money would come from the capital project reserve not the general fund. we santa clara failed to get a dust a massive fundraising effort that will pay for events if friend. we have "spare the air" alerts here. what a nasty picture on the east coast. >> it is going to be tough to

get through but at home all is good as far as sfo and oakland and san jose. check out our cool spot, the entire bay area, danville and san ramon are coolest at 38 and 39 and the prosecute of issue in the low-to-mid 40's through the san ramon valley to brentwood andant rock and 48 in pittsburg and mt. diablo is 3,100' at 59. 51 in milpitas. 42 in cupertino, newark is 45 and 44 in foster city and mid-40's to the north bay valley and alameda is 52. the next 12 hours we will have mostly hazy conditions and a "spare the air" day with no burning of wood and mid-60's at noon and upper 60's and near 70 at 4:00 with high clouds streaming and mild this evening upper 50's to nearly sick the tomorrow is like today, but thicker and high clouds and cloudy on friday and dry through the evening and the rest of the us have rain and low-to-mid 60's

on saturday. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is looking heavy with the metering lights not turned on and i imagine they would be soon. look at that, the line of headlights stretching back to the maze. it will be busy, one of the business of the travel days of the year. >>er getting more information as to what happened, and it is an industrial area and a semi hit a power line that is rest on a semi truck at grant avenue. it knocked out power to 3,000 in the area so any are traveling to the area avoid this particular intersection. over the altamont pass headed along westbound direction watch out for the stalled big rig which is blocking the greenville off-ramp and we have slowing in that particular area and all in all to head away from tracy to dublin it is under 30 minutes. next, a little boy with big plans and the inspiring way he

is helping other kids on-and-off the basketball court. >> celebrating the life of peanuts creator charles schultz on his birthday. the bay area cartoonist's passion you can support. >> run away buffalo, chaos caused when this big beast got least in a busy town square. this is san francisco international airport no doubt a busy place today as folks head out of town. weather is looking you are in the know as you begin you are in the know as you begin your

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>> covering present, palo alto, the north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. an 11-year-old still anthro pivot is helping his community, shay launched a nonprofit to help kids explore the joy of sports. physical recently many kids in the basketball league at the boys and girls club played in whatever shoes and colleagues they had like sneakers and flip-flops. shay started a charity to raise $6,000. he delivered 60 gym bags filled with shoes and clothes and basketballs to the kids.

i am happy i does this. or satisfied it went well and i am glad for them and myself. >> a pretty nice guy to raise this money for all of us. his next plan is to raise money so all player on the soccer team can have new equipment. we have a link on abc7news.com. >> you can support california museums by recognizing the birthday of bay area cartoonist charles schultz. apre-orders are taking if a special snoopy license plate that says "museums are for everyone," costing $50 initially and then $40 a year to row and the design needs 7,500 orders to go into production and they have sold 4,700 so they are closer.

it will support zoos, and museums, and gardens and more. >> he made santa clara his home until he died 14 years ago. >> a wild scene after a water buffalo is loose. >> check it out, the beast goes on a rampage through china injuring a dozen people. >> security camera was released showing the buffalo running through the streets and chasing people down in the city running wild for 40 minutes before officers finally moved in and put it down. no word on where the buffalo no word on where the buffalo came from. >> and competing for tax is

giant buddha. there is no roy rogers in china. >> glad they were not wearing red. >> we will be seeing red if you are trying to get around and shopping. it will be quite a storm system. fog is hitting our reporting stations at three quarter in santa rosa and rest of us hazy a remainder that it is a "spare the air" day with no burning of wood indoors or outside least midnight. another warm day. san jose is clear right now as we look at 280 and 17, so "spare the air" warmth today and tomorrow and cooler and dry during day and friday the wet weather moves in and the series of storms soak us from saturday through tuesday and today we will have upper 60 to low 70s

and mid-to-upper sent along the coast and increasing high clouds as we head to the later part of the afternoon hours and they will hang around tonight. we will be chilly but not so cool as this morning with mid-40's to upper 40's inland and high pressure is on top of the bay area with sinking air and offshore wind and the counter clock wise flow will keep the rain to the north and keep us in the stagnant air mass and warm air mass so tomorrow will be a "spare the air" day. >> the storms are lining up through the pacific and we will see how they come in, friday evening is sprinkles to light rain developing in the north bay and overnight, through 8:00, the first front rolls law and saturday afternoon a surge of moisture into the evening hours as the front stalls on top of us and sunday we will get a breakthrough the morning into the afternoon hours with light rain and monday another surge of moderate-to-heavy rain from the

morning into the early afternoon and we will have light rain until tuesday morning, our last push of moderate-to-heavy rain and it will be gone by tuesday evening. rainfall amounts are looking more impressive in the north bay. will there be mudslides? it is possible. it will be breezy at 3-5" in the north bay and the rest of the us are 1-3" wiping out the yearly deficit if this year. the seven-day forecast showing 60's coming in on friday, and maybe 50's monday and tuesday. >> at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza you can see the traffic is light. we have cars that are loading up in the far right hand lanes but the rest of the traffic is moving along smoothly and at the bridge you can see it is five minutes to the north bay. we will have a look at that in a moment but it is busy through berkeley. it is packed conditions arm from the hoffman split to berkeley to

the maze so give yourself extra time that is an area that is evident is holiday travel. in santa rosa the talk of charles schultz we will see how it looks on 101 at top speeds as you make it to rohnert park to petaluma and to the south and marinwood to the golden gate bridge you are at top speeds and accident free and in san francisco if you are leashing to head up to sfo 101 traveling nicely 280, we have a construction property completeed and from southbound 880 it is now open if you are shedded to the shopping mall it will be easier to get there. a holiday tradition kickoff and you can make this a happier holiday season for bay area holiday season for bay area youngsters.

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o'doul's saw a story on abc7 about kids in need at city academy and had toys delivered to all 120 students just before christmas. >> happy faces. >> this morning the wait is over on "dancing with the stars" with the quest for the trophy has ended. >> the new champions of "dancing with the stars" are alphonso and whitney! >> alphonso and whitney are the big winners with performances by trainor and jennifer hudson. he said he waited for 10 years for this moment wanting do condition pete on "dancing with the stars" since season one and he never gave up hope. >> amazing. tough. because of the pain and injuries we stayed the course. we made it. we made it. we got here.

janel was third. the new champions are headed to "good morning america" strutting their stuff. their flight hasn't been delayed but other flights...ly goodness. >> a lot of them because of the snow developing. the nor eater is developing. at home temperatures are ten degrees above average in san jose at 72 and 68 tomorrow. when the rain societies in saturday through tuesday we will be closer to the 62. a high fire danger in san diego until 6:00 this evening with temperatures running 78 to 84 in los angeles and mid-60's to nearly 70 through the central valley and monterey and headed to lake tahoe my seven-day forecast shows temperatures well above the average high of 47 through friday and rain and snow saturday through tuesday. >> we have a new problem as you enter the richmond-san rafael

bridge at main street a disabled truck blocking one lane. helpfully that can be cleared. drive time traffic highway 4 antioch to hercules is 28 minutes and when along i-80 from ford to the maze is left hand and from 85 to the san jose airport traveling out of town, only eight minutes gets you there. new a question that has faced comic book and movie fans faced comic book and movie fans for decades. >> well, we will get back to that story. our apologies. >> darn internet... >> darn it! >> we will tell you about this story just ahead.

>> now, at 6:00, coast to coast, a late night for professors across the country voicing their opposition to the decision in ferguson and well breakdown the major demonstrations across the country and here at home. >> later, in time for thanksgiving, a lucky bird is getting spared from the dinner table. >> a look outside you can see traffic is backing up a little bit at the bay bridge toll plaza and we will keep these up during the commercial break to keep you informed and see you on or side informed and see you on or side of

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. oakland is the target of vandals for the second night in a row. >> an exclusive

white police officer who shot and skilled an unarmed black teen michael brown speaks out publicly for the first time. he has a message if those who doubt the story of the killing of michael brown. >> a look at emeryville camera checking out i-80, it is get away day. you can see how busy it is, if you are traveling by air, by plane, there could be big delays. we talking back east weather problems. it is november 26, wednesday, i am kristen sze. i am eric thomas. we will cover the traffic for you top-to-bottom. >> la guardia has flight delays and philadelphia has already called it. >> travel troubles at half moon bay at santa rosa because of