johannes mehserle. there are a lot of broken windows. thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. i'm kris sanchez. first, we want to check in on our forecast with "today in the bay" meteorologist, craig herrera, who says we may not get the rain today but we will get it tomorrow. we are going to get soaked tomorrow. quite a bit tomorrow. today, clouds this morning, mist, cloudy and breezy later this afternoon. wind gets heavy. so does the rain tomorrow. extended forecast. a couple of showers for the north end of the bay on tuesday. delays for some arriving flights due to the low ceilings. 29 minutes. call ahead of time if you are waiting for somebody to come in at sfo. none reported at san jose or oakland. low to mid-50s, a couple of 60s out there due to the cloud cover. highs today into the 60s. most places in the 60s. a couple of raindrops later. heavy rain tomorrow. more on the seven-day forecast. we also set the clocks back one

hour tonight. >> happy about that. thanks, craig. >> certainly. this morning, we begin with developing news overnight in the east bay where a man is dead and two others are injured after someone opened fire outside a house party. this happened on capistrano drive in east oakland. police arrived on the scene at around 11:00 and found two victims lying outside a house. one of the victims had been shot in the chest and died at the scene. police say it is possible that a third gun shshot victim fled th scene. a bizarre kidnapping tale. a south bay man tied up and beaten and held for hostage jumped out a second-story window to escape the men holding him for ransom. they are questioning the men they believe are responsible. this happened on fargate circle on valley crest drive in east bay. they tell us that he was

ambushed by at least five men as he left his home on thursday to run errands. as the men held the victim hostage, one of the suspects used the victim's only cell phone to call the man's family and demand money. last night, police were able to pinpoint and stake out the hostages situations and location. after four of the suspects were nabbed, the victim managed to jump out of a window to safety. he is injured but will survive. his alleged kidnappers are at the santa clara jail facing felony charges. it is done but not over. former b.a.r.t. police officer johannes mehserle is now sentenced but the community is not at peace. more than 150 people are in jail after a peaceful rally at oakland city hall. they and many of the more peaceful protesters are infuriated at the fact that he got the leanest penalty possible for killing oscar grant on new year's day, 2009.

>> while oakland is peaceful this morning, right now, police say 152 people were arrested, most for unlawful assembly and disturbing the paechlts one police officer was hit by a car. at one point, a police officer had his own gun taken from his holster and had that gun aimed at him. that suspect was later apprehended, the gun recovered. protesters also damaged seven buildings during the night. it all started with a peaceful rally outside city hall where as many as 500 people gathered together to sing songs and give speeches in oscar grant's memory. a splint ter group of protesters left that rally into neighborhoods. some of the people told nbc bay area they were heading toward the b.a.r.t. station where johan n mehserle shot and killed oscar

grant. protesters smashed the windows of buses, cars and stores. police cut off the group of about 100 people or so at sixth avenue and east 17th. dozen of police officers in riot gear surrounded them on every block. that's where an oakland police officer was hit by the car but not seriously injured. the oakland police strategy was different for sentencing day than for the day the verdict was announced. there were more police officers on the street both in uniform and in plainclothes. at east 18th and sixth avenue, police were told to hold the line as part of the department's strategy to corral the protesters. the chief says he has had enough resources to execute this plan with precision thanks to the help from the albany, san francisco and hayward police department. but some residents say the strong police presence may have escalated the violence. >> then, i saw street after street after street as the police corralled the protesters,

herded them over here. >> i am trying to send a message. you don't get to do this in oakland. you have a right to protest and freedom of speech and a right to voice your discontent. you do not have a right to tear this city up. >> the police would not say how many police officers were on the street overnight. some were carrying cameras to document their response. >> all of this is sfaparked by los angeles judge's decision to give joe haan ness mehserle two years behind bars. >> reporter: people protested after a judge made rulings he admitted no one will be happy with. four months after a jury convicted b.a.r.t. police officer of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 killing of oscar granted, judge robert perry sentenced him to

two years in state prison for the crime. >> i want to make this clear. johannes mehserle is still in custody and still behind bars. i won't be happy and rest until he is out of custody. >> reporter: the sentence could have been much longer. the judge threw out a gun enhancement after concluded the court mistakenly failed to instruct the jury clearly enough. >> to now decide that is a judicial error, to throw out what we all knew was right and then admit that i am so sorry that i made that gross of an error showed that there is something wrong with this criminal justice system. >> reporter: for the first time, grant's family got a chance to tell the judge just how much they have suffered. his mother said she is not sure how she will continue without her son and begged the judge to throw the book at the former officer. his aunt called mehserle an uncaring monster who has no

remorse. johannes mehserle got a chance to talk to. he said, i, with all my heart, have been and always will be sorry for taking oscar from them. i pray one day they will find it in their hearts to forgive me. >> his message to the bay area was that he is so sorry that he took the life of oscar grant. he did not mean to. he lives with that reality every day. he feels so sorry for the family. he apologized to them. >> he did not take responsibility for his actions. he never stated that. he put it back on oscar. he put it back on the young men on the platform. >> reporter: jody hernandez for "today in the bay." mehserle is now sentenced and will spend the next seven months in jail. the legal wrangling in this case is just beginning. the u.s. justice department and the fbi are investigating the shooting to see whether mehserle should be prosecuted in federal

court. his mother and a few of his friends who were with him on that b.a.r.t. platform, they have filed lawsuits against that could eventually go to trial. still ahead on "today in the bay," watch where you park. we will show you which bay area city plans to make big bucks off the dimes and nichols you forget to put in the meter. milestonebay area lynn. [ son ] my parents have always lived in the states. until two years ago, when my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly. found their local deli.

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good morning to you. waking up nice and dry. your honey-do list will probably be pretty long today. you won't be able to get anything done tomorrow. super soaker on the way. in san francisco, parking in a no-parking zone or forgetting to feed the meter is more likely than ever to get you a ticket. apparently, parking enforcement officers have been too kind in the past few months writing fewer tickets than usual according to the san francisco examiner. that has left the department budget $7.5 million short.

the city is budgeted to bring in more than $256 million from parking tickets for the fiscal year. so watch yourself. tonight, a bay area religious landmark is set to make history. dr. jane allison shaw will be the first woman to lead grace cathedral in san francisco and also the first openly gay leader. it is one of the largest eppiscopal churches in the country. a stunning turnaround in the race for oakland mayor. councilwoman, jean quan, has catapulted into the lead ahead of former state senator, don perata. she received a boost when third place candidate, rebecca caplan, was eliminated. her votes were awarded to the two remaining candidates and

quan received 75% of those votes. until yesterday, perata held a comfortable lead and had been expected to lead. the latest tally of votes put quan in front with 51% of the vote. california's attorney general race could take weeks to desite after claiming victory prematurely. steve cooly is trailing camilla harris by about 12,000 votes. so far, 7 million votes have been counted. more than 2 million late or provisional ballots remain to be counted before the end of the month. harris' campaign says they are confident they will pull out the win. cooly's camp says they are not making any more predictions. voters won't have a say in who takes over for gavin newsom as mayor of san francisco now that he is headed to sacramento as lieutenant governor. the decision is in the hands of the board of supervisors. how the decision will be made is still up in the air. on tuesday, the president of the board will get the ball rolling

on setting out the process for choosing an interim mayor. the board president becomes the acting mayor until a majority of the board approves a new mayor. voters will get to elect for themselves their mayor in next year's november election. the former contractor whose sexual harassment allegations cost mark hurd his job as ceo of hewlett-packard is now leaking something else. the allegations surfaced in yesterday's wall street journal. a source close to hurd says it never happened. oracle hired him. the new details come as hp and oracle currently involved in a bitter dispute. coming up on "today in the bay," new concerns for a san bruno neighborhood devastated by a gas line explosion. could winter weather threaten to

wash away the homes before they are even built? plus, the king of pop lives on through his music. a concert of sorts from michael jackson. >> live right now right over san francisco, cloud cover. a lot of mist. more rain in the forecast. heavy at times tomorrow. details coming up. [ male announcer ] we went to germany's nurburgring

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chase what matters. sign up at a branch today. good morning to you. looking live at oakland where the raiders will take on the kansas city chiefs tomorrow and the weather. we are expecting a bit of a soaker around the bay area. rain this weekend could cause big problems in the damaged neighborhood of san bruno. heavy rain could trigger mudslides in that neighborhood. this comes after this week's news that pg&e's cost related to

the san bruno explosion could hit more than $1 billion. that is fueling fears over how much the bill customers may end up paying. we watch for mudslides whenever we have a fire. this is a unique situation where the gas pipeline exploded. i remember that they were putting gas in. it seemed kind of superficial at the time. now, we know why. >> you needed it. without that brush or the grass to hold on to some of the moisture, you usually get some mudslides and landslides in some cases. >> we are going to have half an inch to an inch of rain in that area. it is going to be kind of messy. we will watch that for you close. it is a good, soaking rain that comes through. it will go through quickly but sit there for at least four, five hours. that's enough time to do damage. that will happen tomorrow. right now, cloud cover. we will watch that for you tomorrow. from san francisco, looking out towards alcatraz. we have some mist and drizzle and some delays at sfo for some

arriving flights. next shot over oakland. plenty of cloud cover here too. this is all ahead of the next storm coming through. there is one storm moving to southern california, a very weak one. the next one, the big one, is coming to us tomorrow. that's san jose live right now with the headlines throughout the rest of the morning today. a lot of clouds, mist and drizzle for the morning hours. becoming breezy tonight. rain comes in. heavy at times. especially, from about 11:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon. extended forecast will have some dry days. the next chance for rain for the north end of the bay, mainly, will be on tuesday. the delays at sfo, talking about our 29 minutes for arriving flights due to low ceilings at sfo. right now, mostly 50s up and down the entire bay area. low to mid-50s at that. a couple places close to 60. we are only going to warm up another 5 to 10 degrees in some cases in and across the bay area with all the cloud cover in place. this is headed into the central and southern half of the state.

that's where they will have showers. if you are traveling south, you can expect some rain. the bulk of the next storm, right in through here. look at all this energy. it starts to move to the south and heads directly to the bay area tomorrow. main driving engine, right up into the north. all this moisture going directly at it. support to the north. clouds and breezy today. the showers start moving to the north end of the bay. the rain into southern california today and the central part of the state. if you are driving, watch that. the heaviest rain tomorrow. notice the north end of the bay, right ang long the peninsula. a good half inch to one inch of rain. across the see area, plenty of snow. we will have about a foot of fresh snow, above 7,000 feet. winter storm warning in place beginning tomorrow. 83 palm springs. note those raindrops as we head over point of conception into san lewis habispo.

sunset, 6:06. tomorrow, we will take an hour after because we are going to lus the hour or gain an hour. look how cute that is. the macy's holiday window is coming up. all of the pets you will see in those windows at macy's union square will be looking for homes. also, the unveiling for palo alto macy's. seven-day forecast, look at the rain. it will be a cold storm tomorrow. a lot cooler, 50s and 60s. showers for the north end of the bay. tomorrow, a soaker. we will watch it closely. you are talking about the mudslide areas. it's a big concern. it will move through slowly and give us a lot of rain. >> the last thing they need there. thank you very much, craig. i know you are listening to this one. michael jackson fans, clear your

schedules for 2012. the king of pop music will live through cirque du soleil's immortal tour. it is a joint project that features acrobatics set to some of michael jackson's creative hits. the tour kicks off in montreal in october of 2011 and will make its way to san jose on january 13th of 2012 and on to oakland, january 18th of 2012. i know it is a long way off. we are telling you today that again the tickets go on sale at noon on ticketmaster.com. how can you know if you are going to be free? still ahead on "today in the bay." after the weight of his life, this man is about to attempt the run of his life. coming up in sports, stefan curry returns to the lineup just in time for the warriors. plus, do we have a panda diet this off-season? the raiders finally sell out a

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on your mark, get set, go, the new york marathon is off and running on the streets of manhattan. among those that laced up their sneakers this morning, edison pena. if you don't know the name, you will know his face, one of the 33 chilean miners trapped undergrowth for more than three months. this is his first marathon. he has competed in a triathlon before. this time around, his training regimen was a little different. he jogged as many as six miles a day underground by cutting his steel tip work boots to ankle height. he ran in 85-degree heat, pitch darkness, guided only by the light of his helmet. now, he says, he is running to celebrate his life. wow! the confetti isn't completely clear from the streets in san francisco. fans are already asking, what's next for the g-men. laura has that and more.

thanks to that nagging ankle, stefan curry wasn't supposed to play for the warriors. after his pre-game routine, they said he was ready to go. back in the starting lineup after missing two gameses athe warriors tried to stay perfect at home hosting utah. fourth quarter, tied at 72 with under three to play. curry went on a run here. driving layup, scored five straight points. nine in the final 2 1/2. that made it 76-72. curry, 20 points later in that quarter. jazz with that. monta ellis, the jumper had a game high of 23. a gritty win, 85-78. now, 4-1 as undefeated at home. last night, he was on hand at oracle taking in the basketball game. earlier in the day, he was a big subject as bruce bochy and brian sabian met with the media.

pablo sandoval. the gm will be placed on a strict regimen. if she doesn't lose weight, she will start next year in the miners. the giants have big decisions to make this season. what to do with free agents, juan uribe and aubrey huff. signing them is a priority. >> we have reached out to both his agent and uribe's. it doesn't appear that they are in too much of a hurry, which is understandable. they want to soak this in. i hope it is if and when. you don't know what the outside world is going to present. >> it only took 13 1/2 months and two straight wins. the blackout has been lifted. yesterday, they sold out sunday's game and it will be back on local tv. that's a good thing. oakland is playing a pretty solid brand of football right now just in time to welcome in

the division-leading chiefs. >> we lost the division game. so you can't get no greater than that. we learned in the division right now. we are going to stay that way. >> if we win this, we will have the inside track to win the division. that's been the common goal since training camp. if the sharks want to snap their two-game losing streak, they will have to do it without their captain. they suspended joe thornton, two games for this illegal blow to the head from thursday night's lost to the blues. he was ejected because of the hit. he said he was shocked to learn offer the punishment. the sus spinnings will begin with tonight's game against tampa bay. the links. where the championship went into round two at harding park in san francisco. tom layman trying to stay at the top of the pack. that will do it. he shot a three under, eight under overall choicing this guy. check this out.

juan cook on the par four. lands three feet from the hole. he is your leader at nine under. one shot up heading into today's round three. that's your morning look at sports. coming up next at 7:30, a bay area socialite murdered. how the killer conned the victim into letting him inside her house. lawmaker rs n lawmakers are not ravabbayre cr. cracking down on the cow palace just ahead. s of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig.

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tomorrow morning. i had some giants' withdrawals. come on, i need a game. we do have rain in the forecast for tomorrow. so if you want to get something done today outside, get it done. tomorrow, it is all over. the rain and wind come on in. cloudy most of today. 50s right now. a couple places close to 60. again, it will not be a whole lot warmer than we are we are at. on the left side of screen, right in the center, big plume of moisture headed in our direction. that will reach us late tonight into tomorrow. snow falling across the see area. be prepared if you are headed to the higher country. bring your chains and patience and be prepared for any type of delays. mostly into the 60s through the remainder of the week. a few showers into tuesday. i will have more on that and the raiders game, the rain tomorrow for them in a bit. >> i guess they are pretty lucky it is the first time it is sold out and it il with be on tv. >> so it will be interesting to watch with all the rain. >> they bought tickets to watch it at home. san francisco police have arrested a suspect in the murder

mystery of a russian hill resident. mr. is say -year-old publicist kathleen horan was robbed and killed inside her home last week. investigators put out a sketch of the suspect who posed as a utility worker to gain access to her apartment building. they arrested 43-year-old gary scott holland. they noticed him laying on the ground and went up to him and talked to him. it was strange enough that they called police. when officers got out there, they put two and two together and arrested holland. >> we are glad to make an arrest but hearing about it is shocking. >> holland was on parole for attempted murder in fresno. he has been arrested on suspicion of murder in this case. this morning, an east bay woman is reef covering from injuries after allegedly jumping out of a window to escape police. a 46-year-old woman stabbed a man inside a home near quals

circle. when officers arrived on scene, they discovered the woman lying injured on the ground outside the home after jumping from the second story. both the woman and stabbing victim are expected to survive. as soon as the woman recovers, police plan to charge her with assault with a deadly weapon. the controversial cow palace could soon be under control of daly city. in the past six months, two fatalities and many emergency room visits for attendees of cow palace events. as a result, the teachers, residents and leaders of daly city scheduled a press conference for 11:30 this morning. they will introduce legislation they want passed to provide the city with control of the cow palace. attendees would have to be 18 years or older and require more safety, fire, and police roe tex at cow palace events. last weekend's event that sent people to the hospital. it was an event for 16 and up. alameda police have arrested

one of the two men they say stole a dog from an 80-year-old owner over the weekend. deuce, the dog, is still missing. the 19-year-old stockton man accused of taking the terrier tells investigators that he sold the yorky to someone who does not know the dog was stolen. along with robbery, the suspect is charged with violating his probation. police are still searching for a second robber and have established a reward fund for information leading to deuce's safe return. hopefully, whoever bought it will do the right thing. coming up on "today in the bay," your holiday travel plans could be in jeopardy but they don't haveim strple thicilatk l w eonget imple trick that will ge you the best deal out there. diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes.

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a move it or lose it, that in a nutshell is one tip we have for you when planning your holliday travel this year. if you wait for the last-second deals, you may be left behind. "today in the bay," garvin thomas has a few more tips to help you get where you are going cheaply and safely. >> reporter: your holliday travel, consider this, your warning. it could be a bumpy ride, because if you don't book soon, you might not just miss a good deal. you might miss out all together. >> the difference is actually pretty stark compared tos la the year. >> reporter: the travel website travelzoo says competition is high for seats this year because airlines are making sure there are fewer of them. >> they have been slowly cutting back capacity, switching to larger aircraft for smaller aircraft, simply not adding flights on certain routes. creating the demand that now is

driving prices up. >> reporter: with that in mind, sharpen your bargain flight searching skills. what he recommends is not limiting yourself to just one ota or online travel agency. he says, try at least three. >> a lot of these agencies have exclusives with certain airlines on certain routes. it could very well be that by checking that third ota, it's going to really come up with a price that the other couple are not giving you. >> also, follow your preferred airline on twitter or like them on facebook. these days, those are often the first places that sales show up. book on tuesday afternoons or wednesday mornings. that's when the sales are the best. don't forget fees for bags, leg room, pillows and blankets. the cheapest ticket doesn't always mean the cheapest trip. our next tip is for folks flying out of one airport in particular. san jose, you might want to give yourself a little extra time

this year. >> one of the things that tends to slow down hol diiday travel, passengers that don't fly that much and aren't used to things that run. in san jose, they have a whole new airport to figure out. >> reporter: when it comes to security, as of november 1st, the aairlines are required by law to give the tsa your full name, gender and date of birth before you travel. make sure the name on that ticket exactly matches the one on your i.d. or you may not be allowed to fly at all. making it one of the shortest and unhappiest holiday trips you have ever taken. garvin thomas, "today in the bay." still ahead on "today in the bay," failure to launch the shuttle "discovery" is headed off for its final miss. that is,it er ge. come on, kids, come inside.

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good morning to you. we are expecting a lot of rain this time tomorrow. so the honey-do list will grow. >> as you say with a smile. >> i know. somebody is going to be very happy. >> he is going to be very busy. tomorrow, all the rain is coming on in. so the gutters need be cleaned out. >> yes, they do. >> i better stop adding to that list. sorry my friend, chris. >> cushions. >> all of the above. good morning to you. happy saturday. first weekend of the month. we start off with a live shot in san francisco looking out toward the golden gate bridge. beautiful day today. a little cooler than yesterday. the clouds are coming in. a live shot over oakland. some haze, a little bit of mist and drizzle in spots. especially closer to the water and closer to the bay waters and the ocean. you can't make off the mountains in the distance with the clouds and haze. your weather headlines moving forward. still cloudy and breezy,

especially later this afternoon and into the evening hours. rain and wind, heavy at times. tomorrow, rainy day. it will move through by the time we get into monday. it il with be with us most of sunday. extended forecast, a couple more showers into tuesday. most of those look like they want to stay into the north end of the bay. we have delays. 29 minutes for some arriving flights due to low ceils, not unusual. we will continue to watch those. no reported delays at san jose or in oakland. 50s right now. a couple of 60s. a little chilly this morning. temperatures are coming down after the warm weather we had over the week. things are changing as we move into the weekend. one little storm passing into central and southern california brings some showers there. this, look at all this moisture. it is all pointed directly at the bay area. all coming our direction beginning tomorrow. anywhere from .5 to 1 inch of rain. wind too especially close to the coast. today, cloudy and breezy. the clouds continue to roll on in ahead of the front.

as that storm moves on in, look at the rain. the heaviest rain, especially the north end of the bay, the peninsula and santa cruz mountains and the east side of the bay, snow across. we will expect another foot of snow, above 7,000 feet. winter storm warning that begins tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. 70s for the central, san joaquin valley. north end of the state, 70s here. 60s in places like lake tahoe and reno. bring your chains if you are traveling even if you are coming home on sunday. you will need them coming back home on sunday. forecast for the area, 60s today, 64 oakland, 62, san francisco. cooler. sunrise, 7:40. sunset, 6:06. tomorrow, we set the clocks back one hour. an extra hour of sleep. the game tomorrow. tomorrow's forecast for the raiders day game. rainy and breezy tomorrow. an extra hour of sleep. a lot cooler with the next storm that comes on in. a few more showers into tuesday.

next weekend, we start to warm back up again and see more sunshine. tomorrow's rain is going to be quite a soaker. so the to-do list will get lost today. >> thank you very much. you guys. houston, we have another problem and this time, it is not the weather. space shuttle "discovery's" final voyage is delayed for the fourth time this week. the launch is pushed back until november 30th at the earliest because of a large fuel leak. when it does finally launch, it will be the 39th and final flight. nasa is ending the shuttle program next year after three decades after the white house instructed nasa to shift its focus from launching astronauts into orbit to sending them to astroids in mars. they can achieve that only by ending the costly shuttle program. up next on "today in the bay," seasons giveings. thousands of bay area families are lining up to make sure they

have toys to put under the holiday tree. we will show you how you can help and with how little, just ahead. good morning. "today in the bay." berkley is going to kick off at 10:00 this morning. more than 28 groups are going to be on hand at rosa parks elementary school to give you tips on education and nutrition. each kid that attends is going to get a free book and a dental kit. a cool combination. more. a celebrity appearance by clifford the big red dog. make sure you go out and give him a little pat on the head. for adults who are ready to learn, also, we are looking to do some schooling. join me at club auto sport in san jose for the junior league silicon valley trivia challenge. the third year they are having this competition. tickets for spectators are on sale. santa clara county tax assessor is the judge. so be sure to bring your property tax files along with you. just kidding.

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halloween candy still isn't out of the house. yet, the holiday season is upon us. not just a season of getting. of course, it is also a season of giving. the executive director of sacred heart community services joins us today. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, kris. glad to join you today. >> obviously, this is an unfortunate sign of the times that you have 3,000 folks lined up already this morning looking to sign up for holiday gift season, right? >> yes. it is really devastating to see what's happening with the economy and the toll it is taking on working poor families. we have an extraordinary need. we have not seen these kind of numbers before. we are hearing the economy is supposed to be getting better.

we are not feeling it yet. >> you were telling me just a second ago that 3,000 people are lined up. you expect 6,000 people will make their way through your doors by the end of the day. how does this compare to last year? remember, the experts are telling us, the recession is over. >> yeah, in fact, we are seeing people that started lining up instead of lining up at 2:00 in the morning. we had people lining up at 7:30 last night. we had people that are really, really struggling in this economy. they are just signing up literally today for the chance to actually provide holiday food box and toys for their children this season. so we are just overwhelmed with the response right now. we are ready to try to step up and meet that demand. that's why i am talking to you today. we need help from the community to make it happen. >> we always hear that aid groups saying there is no donation too small, no donation too small. if you don't have a lot to give, the best way to give is a small cash donation versus trying to

buy something. is that right? >> that's probably the best way to stretch those dollars to make sure we are able to feed these families and purchase toys or gift cards for the family so they could make sure they have part of the joy of the holiday season. being able to come to our website at sacred heart or contacting us at 408-278-2170, we could try to help folks and try to connect people up with ways they can get involved. that's a big part of the work we are doing here. >> i was just wanting to mention, we have your information up on our website and on our screen right now. we are not just talking about the toys for the holiday season. we are talking about critical needs type stuff, socks for the babies and diapers and formula. that sort of thing, right? >> exactly. that's really the work that happens year-around here at sacred heart community service where we have thousands of volunteers that come help us

each year here to help get involved and make sure we can make a dent in poverty. the point is being able to provide things like food, frozen turkeys an chicken. being able to provide things like diapers and sox and underwear and other things we are provided to folks that can't afford these basic necessarities. the great things about the holiday season, we could enjoy things like being able to provide toys to kids that wouldn't otherwise have that. >> you guys are masters of stretching a dollar. i can take my ten dollars and buy ten cans of green beans. you guys can turn it into so many meals for so many people. thank you, poncho, for joining us today. if you want information for how you can donate to sacred heart community service. go to our website or theirs, sacred heart community services. coming up next on "today in the bay," our pet of the week needs a loving home. two of them, in fact. nut mi tes.'lab in just minute [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in,

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if you love "the brady bunch," you are going to love our pets today, bobby and cindy, a bichon frise mix and a poodle. >> they are the youngest. a bonded pair. they are looking for a home together. they are sprayed, neutered, microchipped, ready to go loem today. that extra hour you get to sleep in tomorrow and that rainy day tomorrow, spend it with "the brady bunch." >> also, you are having a kitten adoption event. $10, right? >> any cat or kitten during the entire month of november, just $10. those are available at our peta, annual community center and our petco in saratoga and our new sunnyvale petco. we have a satellite adoption center opening next saturday.

>> thank you so much for joining us. thank you for joining us. you can find out more about bobby and cindy and the kittens by going to hsv.org. we will see you tomorrow morning.