demands of criminal records of more than 100 people. who wants what? >> could volunteers be the key to keep at risk kids out of a life of crime in oakland? we will tell you about a new idea in a live report. >> a live look outside. 880 this morning. we will have a look at the top

stories and the frigid friday forecast and of course mike will get you on your way today in the bay. 4:30. scott has the morning off. rob is hard at work and today is the day he earns his stripes. >> or i go into hiding. we have interesting weather headed our way. not too chilly and clouds moving over the east bay and the rest of the area. winds starting to pick up out of the south southwest and you can see here on the radar, light rain offshore and nothing falling yet, but you can see the clouds dropping down the coast and deeper moisture on the coast. cloudy skies and rain developing later on. look at today's highs. 50s for most of the east bay.

30 degrees cooler than minute. a big cool down and mostly cloudy and a chance of thunder and low snow for the weekend. we will walk you through the details in a few minutes. >> we can get you a peek at the morning commute, but watch out. there could be construction. >> you guys showed 880. we will take you to the maps. you showed the light volume through hayward. construction northbound 880 on the westbound 92. that's the transition you get off early and take you back to 92 heading across the water. we will look at the san mateo bridge and a clear easy drive. much steadier from yesterday and things continue to change and possibly rain or scattered showers. we are watching that. the easy drive heading over the water.

>> i new pilot program is set to kickoff in oakland designed to prevent crime before it happens. the police chief is trying to reach out to kids to help them feel safer at home. christie smith live at the oakland police department with more on how it will work. >> happy friday. the police department ranks were cut drastically and the city doesn't have the resources it once did. it still has people and has parents. the police chief is asking them to volunteer as a means of keeping young people on the right path and away from crime. they talked to residents at a crime tracking meeting and participate in a pilot program to reach auto risk kids an hour or more a week with one child to make students aware of other possibilities so they don't

think of turning to crime. police will increase their presence at those schools in the program. the idea came from a meeting between the police chief and the school's superintendent here in oakland. the chief noted that it can be a vicious cycle. kids in unstable homes often welcome truant and get involved in illegal activity and have children as teens. he is trying to break this cycle and if it works, it will be expanded to all public schools here in oakland. live in oakland, today in the east bay. >> thanks a lot. part of the reason that the chief sees the need for the program is the latest crime report card. we go inside the reason yes the city is on edge. >> one thing i heard the police chief say is you can't arrest your way out of a crime situation. you need the staff, community and outside agencies. with any theory te sounds good and execution is tough.

oakland police chief said he wants his department to be transparent. >> i had more crowd control situations within one year than i had in the city of long beach. >> an observation shared with the public at the community meeting at the oakland museum. >> we have 4,000 less of the most major serious crimes. give a round of applause. >> his command staff, front and center, answering questions about the number one problem in oakland. crime. >> you don't have as many resources available. >> oakland is minus 80 police officers since july. the city dealt with riots, killing and areas throughout the city. >> i top the reduce the murder rate from a number of 60 to 109 of last year.

i thought we were on target until we had to do the layoffs. >> oakland's murder rate is 74. there 90 this time last year. >> they were doing a good job and i like the way they were going out into the community. >> i don't feel the oakland police department or police departments in general from my experience have their pulse on the community. >> the chief telling the crowd he wants to change that perception, but making crowd fighting without enough resources a reality is his toughest goal of all. there will be more meetings like this in weeks to come. today in the east bay. >> activists will call on the district attorney to drop all charges today against dozens of people arrested after johannis mehserle was sentenced. they will hold a news conference and rally this afternoon. police arrested 152 people on november 5th after the former

bart police officer was sentenced to two years with credit for the time he already served. protesters marched to the bart station. it will be at the alameda county district attorney's office in oakland. friends and family are set to remember an oakland man who was shot and killed. derek jones was shot to death after he ran from police and they thought he was reaching for a gun t. turned out to be an electronic scale and he was not armed. his death inspired hundreds of people to march in several demonstrations, protesting police brutality and likened it to osktar grant's death. funeral services are set for tomorrow. >> a memorial plant today. a 9-year-old a hard girl went missing back in november of

1988. she was kidnapped in a grocery store parking lot. the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >> don't forget to drop by safeway and end hunger. personalities will be in stores across the bay area. laura and i will be at a aif way in morgan hill. any donation can help. buy a turkey and help make a thanksgiving a little bit brighter for a bay area family in need. we will talk more about that throughout the course of the morning. the big game tomorrow and both sides are out for blood. the rivals will join together. cal and stanford can compete to see who can get the most donations. they took place on tuesday. cal is up today. the blood drive starts at noon at the pauley ballroom. tomorrow's game could be impacted by the weather.

the kickoff is at 12:30 at memorial stadium. stanford is the favorite ranked sixth in the nation. cal is 5-5 and anything can happen in the big game and especially when weather is a factor. it's a big factor not only for the players, but the fans. >> for stanford to stay, maybe they have a shot trying to become bowl eligible. 12:30 and:temperatures in the mid 50s. scattered showers and the chances of rain will be increasing as we get to the third and 4th quarter. the game may start out with sunshine and likely see the rain coming in. look at the weather headlines for the weekend. rain from a half inch to two inches and hail possible. winds for saturday into sunday. 15 to 35 miles per hour.

snow levels from 4,000 feet down toly as low as 2500 feet. a lot of clouds streaming in and the rain will be developing as we approach the evening. you will see the temperatures mostly in the 50s and bay area-wide. mid- to upper 50s and rain developing as we head through the day. the seven-day forecast with a wild and windy evening. showers into monday and we clear out tuesday and wednesday. another thing we are watching, what that's going to do with traffic. mike as more on that. >> we will take you out to the maps. we will show you this wonderful graphic. cal berkeley also memorial stadium in the heart of berkeley. highway 24 and interstate 80. it will be congested because of the folks heading through the area. off of i-80 and heading over to city streets. it will be slow as well.

popular for parking and my suggestion is take bart to the big game. downtown berkeley station with good parking and you can take bart over there and caltrain via bart. you transfer to millbrae to the richmond line and over to the berkeley station as well. rob did say is might rain. back to you. >> bring the heavy rain coat. unemployment benefits and tax cuts. the latest on where lawmakers stand. happy hour in the friendly skies. the airline trying to make your flight better with reduced prices. 3q lysol knows you work hard every day to help keep your family healthy, especially during cold and flu season. and lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill more germs

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snow levels as low as 2,000 to 3,000 feet by the end of the weekend and mostly 50s. it's not that chilly this morning, but we will not warm up a lot. right now this morning we have mist or drizzle in a few spots. that is so low to the ground it tends to be with the radar shooting up and over. areas of light rain across the north bay and more rain down the coast and the timing looks like we will start to see this fill in. we may catch a break for the holiday food drive at the safeway store. there is good news there and by the afternoon, another round comes in. rain mixed to sunshine and off and on through the weekend and very cold temperatures showing up in the seven-day forecast.

you will see numbers in the upper 50s for most of the bay area. upper 50s around richmond. a quick check of the seven-day forecast will show things will stay unsettled until about monday and we clear out. thanksgiving holiday looks dry as big travel gets under way later next week. >> the food drive. come out and see us. new this morning, ben bernanke wrapped up comments to a group in germany. courtney reagan watch and listened to the entire speech and more now from cnbc headquarters. it was riveting television? >> riveting, not so much. we did get the text ahead of time. there was a question and answer panel afterwards. stocks futures are flat to lower ahead of the opening bell after yesterday's strong rally. investors responded to the positive return to the stock

market after going through bankruptcy and bailout. we will have to wait and see what happens for the second official day of trade. markets were enthused by better than expected reports by a smaller than expected rise for people filing for jobless benefits. like you said, we have been listening to comments from ben ber nank whoa is defending the $600 billion programs in frankfurt. we will start trading at 11,181. the nasdaq posted to the upside to start at 2514. help wanted signs are up at google. they plan to hire more than 2,000 people, roughly half of those in the u.s. most appear to be full time. you can find out more at jobs.google.com. >> have a great weekend.

american airlines trying to make flying more fun by offering reduced prices on cocktails. it is only good on select flightfligh fligh flights. the deal is only available on flights that leave between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. in the evening and that runs through the month of december. democrats will still try to help the middle classes with taxes and unemployment before the end of the year, but lost round one. round two is not looking good. tracie potts has a look at what it means for you. >> before leaving for europe, president obama promised taxpayers you will get your money back. >> taxpayers are positioned to recover more than we invested in gm. >> a bailout?

what about the tax refund? >> we have to do everything within our power to fixate on the tax cuts for the middle class. >> they signalled compromise to preserve tax breaks for those who earn over $250,000, but democrats are planning votes that leave out the wealthy. a showdown with republicans made it clear we won't support that. >> we ought to extend for all americans. >> the bill is not passed. >> if your unemployment runs out december 1st, don't look for another check. they leave two million jobless people without benefits into the holidays. tracie potts today in the east bay. >> time to check what's coming up. for that we say good morning to laura in the newsroom. >> happy friday, everyone. a sex offenders and a sting nets nearly 400 predators.

we ride along with the police at the front of the lines in the fight for your kids. they dropped the excitement for snow season and we will head to the slopes to get you ready for the first ski weekend and get you ready for an nbc bay area saturday. you can help us end hunger. we will show you how later on today in the bay. >> also in town this weekend, a well-known musician. today and tomorrow they will play with the symphony. seven higher worlds. it will be performed at the paramount treater and get tickets to this one? the warriors are back in action and they will not have a player and former knick, david lee.

he is being released from the hospital and spent the past week after an unusual injury. you might remember he accidentally elbowed wilson chandler of the knicks in the mouth november 10th when they played in new york. he was cut on the elbow and that led to an infection. it should be better in the next few weeks, but a bizarre 0 there. the first place oakland raiders are back from the bye week and will take on the steelers in pittsburgh sunday at 10:00 in the morning. they are looking to pick up the fourth win in a row. they have beaten the steelers of the last two times they met. kansas city lost and the raiders beat them the week before. oakland is in the tie breaker now in first place in their division. u.s. treasury will be in town sharing her success despite obstacles as she grew up in the bay area. roesy rios will speak at the

newark fremont hilton. she a graduate who studied at harvard. they were raised by a single mother. rios is an example of what is possible when we invest in the dreams of young people. oakland police chief believes in that and he is trying to help out young people as well. he will launch a pilot program for the east bay middle schoolers and today in the east bay's christie smith live with more on how that plan works. christie? >> she calling on the adults to volunteer at least one hour a week at an oakland public school. since we have a shortage of officers, the city doesn't have the resources it once did. we have a new mayor coming in. now is the time for mayors to step up. the chief unveiled the program at a crime tracking meeting last night here in oakland. the goal he said is to make at risk kids aware of other possibilities so they don't turn

to a life of crime. police will also increase their presence at the middle schools that would be involved in the pilot program. he said the idea came from a meeting with himself and the oakland schools chief. both believe that reaching young people early is the key to bringing crime down in the city. keeping them on the right path. the middle schools are madison, west lake, roosevelt and frick middle school in east oakland. if it works out in those pilot school, it would be expanded to all schools here in oakland. live in oakland, christie smith today in the east bay. >> thank you, christie. hard core harry potter fans lined up overnight for the latest installment of the saga and what could be the end. george kiriyama takes us where people waited several hours for the midnight showing.

>> good morning. fans packed the downtown san jose i-max for the midnight showing of harry potter and the deathly hollows. many stood in line for hours to be the first to watch the film. we are getting reaction from the first movie fans on the east coast. coming into a website which is a social networking. no doubt you heard that the latest harry potter is the darkest yet and it is far and away the funniest. someone learns to take themselves less seriously and we are all the better for it. according to flickster.com, 77% of the critics liked this movie. george kiriyama today in the bay. >> overall sounds like they like it. funding shopping sprees by

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