weekend. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. let's get a quick look at your weekend forecast with jennifer hill. well, this morning, high pressure is building in. we can see that right here. a little dome of high pressure creating some clear skies for us today. of course, some fog around. some morning drizzle. that will give way to clearer skies. if you want even more clear weather, we are going to have to wait until tomorrow. you are hiding out this morning. temperatures are pretty cool, in the 40s. 48, san francisco. 48, redwood city and 47, livermore. by lunch hour, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. we want to get you started straight away with breaking news. police in new york city say one of bernard madoff's sons is dead of an apparent suicide. a family member found mark madoff hanged in his manhattan apartment just hours ago. mark and his younger brother, andrew, were under investigation

but not charged in the ponzi scheme that fed their father billions of dollars and left thousands of investors pennyless including some here in the bay area. bernie madoff is serving a 150-year prison term. mark madoff was 45. an antioch, police are trying to find a person who may have shoved a woman from a moving car about 5:30 yesterday afternoon. officers found the 42-year-old antioch woman on l street with massive head injuries. she later tiedied. they only have a vague description of the car, a newer podle purple or dark blue mini-van. if you saw anything on "l" street in antioch around 5:30 yesterday, you should call police. a fairfield neighborhood is quiet after six hours of police activity. a cleaning crew called police to a home on 100 block of sparrow lane after finding suspicious

newspaper clippings with glass jars of unknown powders. the findings amounted to a false alarm. a cross-country search for a 12-year-old girl and the man that may have killed her mother ends here in the bay area. this morning, investigators from virginia will pick up the girl and the suspect in san francisco. the nationwide manhunt started in roanoke, virginia, last night an ended in a safeway store in the outer richmond district. the suspected killer and kidnapper is in jail and will soon be taken back. an amber alert was issued for jeffrey easley and his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter, brittany smith, after the girl's mother was found dead in her home. they were spotted in surveillance video buying camping gear. yesterday, a san francisco safeway shopper called police after seeing the two he recognized from a cable tv show.

>> the san francisco police dispatch received a 911 call from a citizen stating that she had observed a male and a juvenile female matching the description of a possible kidnapping murder suspect. >> police were virginia say they are not sure whether brittany went willingly or whether she was kidnapped. police in the east bay are on the hunt for a sexual predator. a man that groped a teenager at a school. this is a police sketch of the man that they say groebped a 15-year-old girl. the suspect is described as a hispanic male, 19 to 21 years old, 5'6", a large tattoo on his right forearm and was wearing a blue rose sear around his neck. a contra costa juvenile

counsel other is busted for possessing more than 13,000 images of child porn. they found a photo of a local boy among those photos. another molestation victim has surfaced. he worked at the contra costa mental health division for several years. they will have to cough up thousands of dollars as the police were accused of roughing up some women. officers stationed near city hall, women say, struck them with batons. they found the officers not guilty of using excessive force. the jury deadlocked in the fourth woman's case. city leaders say the settlement is meant to avoid the expense of a retrial or appeal. oakland police will show members of the media how its officers decide when to use

force. opd says the event will explain police policies and procedures and will also show when force can be used appropriately. our own reporter, cheryl heard, is one of those invited to the seminar this afternoon. she will have a full report for us tonight at 11:00. starting today, east the bay commuters will have another transit link in san francisco. al ame da contra costa transit plans to begin operations at the new trans bay terminal. the temporary terminal is on folsom street between main and booel. treasury secretary, tim geithner, is expected to leave a washington hospital after undergoing surgery to treat a kidney stone. geithner is under rest orders from doctors at george washington university who performed the minor surgery yesterday. he is expected to return to work on monday but he has been forced to cancel appearances on three sunday network news programs,

including our very own "meet the press." power mom, political confident, advocate and wife, today mourners which gather to remember elizabeth edwards and the legacy that touched so many lives. >> reporter: family, friends and the public will say farewell to elizabeth edwards in north carolina at a public funeral service in raleigh today. her oldest daughter, kate, and two close friends will each offer eulogies and then she will be buried in a private ceremony. her parting wish was to be laid to rest next to her son, wade, who died in a car accident when he was just 16. >> my daily prayer is that i have enough faith that i will be one day reunited with him. >> reporter: her final years were full of emotional pain, her fight against cancer and her husband john's infidelity. even though she knew her time on earth was short, she never took pity on herself. >> the one memory of elizabeth

that i will take with me forever and that is, you know, the power of a positive attitude. >> those who knew her best say elizabeth edwards wouldn't want people to say she lost her battle with cancer. >> she thought the battle was to live a joyful and meaningful life. >> reporter: she is survived by her estranged husband and their three children, cate, emma-claire and jest. the westboro baptist church plans to protest outside elizabeth edwards funeral but some of the community are organizing a counter protest. still ahead on "today in the bay," win a day with bill clinton. the unusual way the former commander and chief is chipping away at campaign debts. julian assange, his mother, the founder of wikileaks, speaks out for the first time about the

explosive charges against her son. the controversial new videotape of did any star, miley cyrus, what she says she inhaled from that bong and why it is totally legal in california. "today in the bay" continues in two minutes.

if you have been putting off your holiday lights or getting your christmas tree up because of the rain, this is the weekend to get her done. when we will see blue sky coming up. the mother of wikileaks founder, julian assange, is speaking out in defense of her son. right now, he is waiting to hear whether he will be extra dieted to sweden to face sex crime allegations against him. in an interview, christina soe assange says she is shocked about the charges and praises her son for being, in her words, brave. >> he is brave.

a lot of people would not be able to withstand the pressure he is under. >> she says she believes with all of her heart her son is not guilty of rape charges. in the meantime, his lawyer says that the wikileaks foun kerr could be charged with espionage by u.s. prosecutors. with a little luck and plenty of money you could win the chance to spend the day one-on-one with former president, bill clinton. in an e-mail to supporters, the former commander and chief asks for donations to help pay off his wife, hillary's campaign debt from her failed run in 2008. anyone that donates 5 dolds or more will be entered in a ravel. . hannah montana is growing up and the cameras are rolling. teenage sensation is causing a stir for lighting up what appears to be a bong.

it is all caught on tape. it wasn't an accident. our nbc station in los angeles tells us what she was smoking. >> reporter: this video posted on tmz shows disney star, miley cyrus, basketballing incoherently after smoking from a bong. they claim it was shot at her l.a. home five days after her 18th birthday. she was smoking salvia, legal for adults in california, available for sale online and at smoke shops on california. >> it puts you in an alternate world. it is not a hallucination. you tend to see things. >> reporter: cyrus does at one point think she sees her boyfriend. >> that's my boyfriend. that's my boyfriend. >> it is like a short acting pcp. >> reporter: addiction specialist howard samuel helped

outlaw it for minors two years ago by testifying before a senate committee with the mother of a delaware teen who killed himself after smoking the herb. >> this is a drug that really needs to be talked about, investigated and put on the danger list. >> reporter: as a performer, cyrus appeals mostly to pre-teen girls. some parents are disappointed in her as a role model. >> it is sad to sea when so many girls look up to her. >> reporter: her own four wrote on his twitter page, sorry, guys, i had no idea. just saw this stuff for the first time myself. i am sowed sad. there is much beyond my control now. researchers at johns hopkins university say the first study of salvia says it can be disoriented but does not appear to be toxic or addictive. more study is needed. salvia could be used as a

gateway drug. coming up, gourmet meals on wheels. the new way bay area caterers are rolling out the holiday parties this year. >> i am going to give them the biggest rasp berry i can. >> santa suits up for a big gig and gets revenge on the company that let him go. join the jaguar platinum celebration !

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it is 7:16 now. we are looking live. it is all gray now. it is going to be blue skies for much of what you have planned this afternoon but rain down the road. let's take a look at the weekend forecast with jennifer hill. if you want some sunshine, we are going to have a little bit of it. we have had a lot of rain. looks like we are going to have a lot of rain on either side of this little break of sunshine. we call for improving weather. probably see some fog around and sun drizzle north of the bay. by this afternoon, high pressure builds in. air begins to sink. then, we see that. that is some blue sky.

the blue sky should stick around through today and tomorrow and then on monday, back to some clouds and some rainfall. at least we get a little bit of clear weather this weekend. we are going to use a futurecast here. it shows us the clouds and possible rainfall. starting at 9:00 a.m. today and we will see the gray color, some cloud cover. we see a lot of it out here in the pacific and on the coastline in the bay as well. put this in motion just like we saw in the forecast. by 3:00, we began to see clear skies. we don't see any rain in the forecast for this afternoon. maybe some coastal fog and some of that coming over by this evening. all and all, it is nice to see some clearer skies. overnight, we will see fog beginning to form in the inland valleys that could be thick. be aware of that for sunday morning. some dense fog is possible. 12:00 tomorrow, lunchtime, a little bit of an offshore flow. that should make the area beaches come a little bit clear out of the clouds.

for jast noon on sunday, still looking pretty good. a very small window of time here before the rain would come back. here it is. 11:00 a.m. monday and again, more clouds coming back with the region. if you want some sunshine, you have got to get out there and enjoy it, because it is not going to last long. 59 degrees in fairfield. 58 in san francisco, 60, santa cruz. little sunnier down to the south. we will see the clearing last up to the north. at 4:00, looking at mild temperatures. at least we are in the 60s. 60 in santa rosa, 60, livermore. 63, santa cruz. a little warmer for tomorrow and look at the seven-day forecast, back to the rain. tomorrow, we might make it into the 70s. that will feel good. patchy clogs on monday and a lot of rain coming up in the forecast. holiday parties are going mobile as one south bay caterer tells "today in the bay," some

companies are moving their holiday parties to the parking lot. >> they are preparing for the big holiday bash. >> ready to go? >> reporter: in a catering truck, the folks at parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme say this is how some companies are rolling these days. >> we have seen a little bit of improvement on last-minute phone calls, smaller parties, more group parties instead of the large company-wide parties is what we are seeing. >> reporter: big or small, it's christina vargas' job as executive chef to make sure it is all done with class. >> it is quite challenging but it's' f fun. there are some very long days. this is the drive, knowing that the customer you served is happy. >> a nationwide survey shows this is the worst year for holiday parties in two decades. some say there is no money. others, no mood.

knowing many americans are going to bed on an empty stomach. >> tonight, a small holdy party. >> reporter: that means preparing the pecan pie and the bread pudding for the private house party. for others, the party is on the way. d we are getting word of a holiday bash that could cost upwards of $60,000. mayor gavin knnewsom is hosting holiday party. costs for the party which reportedly includes a snow park area are being footed by donors, not by taxpayers. >> hello, hello, merry christmas. from unwanted to a warm welcome. the santa that was fired by macy's for telling a bit of an

off-color joke was delivered yesterday. he didn't make good on an earlier promise. >> i figure as i pulled past macy's, imgoing to ask that they drive slowly and i'm going to give macy's the biggest ra raspberry. he arrived at his new job helping with a toy job. getting fired, he has got national attention and appeared on "the tonight show" and landed a job that pays more money. still ahead on "today in the bay," the 49ers switching out. does the spread make sense for tomorrow's game. lightning fast. lightning strong.

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morning sports. good morning, everybody. without stephon curry in the lineup due to injury, the warriors have the daunting task of trying to stop lebron james, chris bosh and dwyane wade as miami look to change their six-game win streak and the warriors look to snap their losing skit. we have giant's andre torres. monta ellis to david lee back to ellis who had 20 points. the warriors trailed by just three at the end of the first half. third quarter, here comes miami's big three, chris bosh with the pick to dwyane wade. lebron james, d-wade had 34 points. boesch had 16 and king james, he finished with 25 points. he was getting it done in the paint and here beyond the arc. the heat win their seven

straight, 1 of 684. warriors suffered the season worst. >> we got it going. when we get stops, we rebound and we are very tough to guard, because we get out on the break. our speed is unmatched so far. we was able to get stops and to help get some easy buckets. >> kobe and the lakers in the windy city facing the bulls for fourth quarter. kobe had 23 points. he called this game ugly, because l.a. shot just 43% from the field. chicago's derrick rose was on fire. he finished with 29 points here as chicago notches their first win against the lakers in almost four years. the final, 88-84. college loops, santa clara making the long road trip of eight miles to play san jose state. the broncos beat the spartans 67-63 as santa clara improves to 5-4. college football will take

center stage in new york city as a heisman trophy will be awarded. for the second year in a row, stanford will be represented. last year, kobe gehrhart. this year, quarterback, andrew locke. the quarterback that led stanford to a 11-1 record is up against some stiff competition, auburn's cam newton. the qb will look to become the first stanford player since jim plunkett. >> i am sure there will be a myriad of emotions going through, nervousness and excitement as well. >> run the ball. that may be all the 6-6 raiders need to do against jacksonville to guarantee a win. oakland has averaged more than 133 rushing yards. in their six losses, the raiders have been outgained by 84 yards. the niners will have

quarterbackal smith in again. if they have any hopes of making the postseason as they face seattle on sunday. san fran losers to seattle in week one will look to avenge that loss and remain in the hunt in the fc west. >> should be a big game. it is a huge game. this kind of, it don't kind of, it does say how our season is going to go. >> we are in a playoff mentality. i'm getting the call. that's all i'm thinking about. >> alex smith getting his first start since week seven. that's your sports this morning. much more ahead on "today in the bay." bell ringer busted. why police say he is pocketed money meant for the poor and the doo dark secret he is hiding. east bay kids may not get toys under the tree. the desperate call for help and what you can do. hey, guys !

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maureen van buren was hired and then fired when the salvation army found out about his criminal past. he posed as a bell ringer and pocketed the cast. >> unlike the pot that the salvation army would normally use, his pot was a little pot

that he would cook on the stove and he had taken a metal tin and cut a hole in the top. >> police tracked him down about gps and arrested him. it doesn't appear he committed any other offenses despite his criminal past. an east bay branch of the salvation army is desperately short in the toy department. the antioch salvation army is trying to meet a goal of 13,000 toys in contra costa coasty. as of this week, only about 30 toys have been donated. they are still waiting for the marine corps reserves to donate their donation from "toys for o tots." the salvation army limit is just $10 a toy. if you have holiday gifts to mail out, monday is expected to be the busiest shipping day of the year. fedex tells us it expects to

move almost 16 million shipments on monday and tuesday alone. the company says it will make that the busiest shipping day in fedex history. never mind what's happening with the other shippers and the united states postal department. now, jennifer hill has your weekend forecast. the weather, it is going to get sunny this weekend an we have a small window of sunshine we are going to get today and tomorrow. then, it is back to some more rain. it looks like we are going to see a wet december. this evening, we do see clouds in a forecast. possibly, a little bit of drizzle around this morning. starting out mainly in the 40s with some patchy fog and a little bit of drizzle. don't worry, by this afternoon, we should see blue sky in the forecast. here is a look at the 12:00 temperatures, 58, livermore. 62, gilmore. 60, los gatos. 58, san francisco. highs today reaching the 60s. 60, livermore. 61, fairfield and 61, napa. let's take a gander at seven-day forecast. there it is. temperatures warming up today

and tomorrow. then, they start to cool down yet again with a series of weather fronts rolling through bringing us some rain. coming up on "today in the bay," before and after a shocking weight loss and this local man's secret, how he lost it all without surgery. [ bell rings ] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. you got time for that? you got time to earn more on your savings, online at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! instead of earning squatootski... your savings will be earning three times the national average. now, let's review. capital one interestplus savings... at three times more. go to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? are you a pisces?

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less. experts say visualizing what you are eating can release dopamine, which can help make you feel satisfied. one local man knows all too well how hard it is to shed the extra pounds, in his case, lots of extra pounds. once he tipped the scales at over 600 pounds. now, he has lost more than 300. "today in the bay's" cheryl heard has the story of how he did it without surgery, without pills. arms straight. put it back. >> reporter: working out isn't easy, no matter who you are. >> ten pounds, 14 ounces when i was born. >> reporter: if you are steven lee, being a big baby at birth in his mind may have something to do with his weight problem as an adult. >> the simple act of tying my shoes was difficult. >> reporter: he weighed 655 pounds. >> when you walk through that door, you have that shame,

embarrassment, maybe that's what hinders you. they are not looking at you. how could you not look? >> reporter: he wore a size 7x. the same pants you see wrapped around me as a skirt are the same pants he is wearing in these pre-work-out, pred-diet pictures. his life has changed. he lost 371 pounds. now he weighing? >> 284. i did it without surgery, all hard work. >> reporter: his trainer remembers seeing lee walk through the gym door. >> i walked over and introduced myself as a trainer and started giving him some tips and some advice of how he can maximize his time in the gym rather than what he is doing. >> make sure we are using every muscle in your whole body. >> reporter: he changed his diet, got rid of processed foods and started eating healthy. >> not only was i motivating him. he was motivating me and the way i treat my clients from then on.

if he can do it, a guy almost pushing 700 pounds, just about anybody can do it. >> reporter: lee lived years without a meaningful job. club manager, butch cooper, was so impressed with him, he hired lee as a team leaderment. >> exercise and nutrition is not easy. here is a person that had in his mind an insurmountable amount of weight to lose and he said, you know what, i'm going to do this. >> the one thing i hear the most, i remember when you started. i watched your transition. i watched your journey. i love to hear it every time. it is awesome. >> that's nice to see stories of hard work paying off. that was cheryl hurd reporting. steven lee says he still wants to lose more weight so he can run a 5k race next year and hopes to one day become a certified personal trainer. still ahead on "today in the bay," santa usually packs presents but at one northern california tree farm, he is packing heat. the controversial kriss kringle

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it is saturday morning. we know you have plans for the weekend. here is jennifer hill with your forecast. if you want some sunshine, we are going to have a little bit of it. we've had a lot of rain. looks like we will have a lot. we call for improving weather. probably see some drizzle around the bay. that is some blue sky. the blue sky should figure around through today and some rainfall. at least we have a little bit of clear weather this weekend. we are going to use some futurecast. shows us the clouds and possible rainfall. starting at 9:00 a.m. today, where we see the gray cover, that's cloud cover. we see a lot out here in the pacific. to put this in motion, just like we saw in the sky forecast, by

3:00, we begin to see clear skies across the region. we don't see the green blobs. we don't see any rain in the forecast. noefr j overnight, we will see fog in the inland valley. some could be thick for sunday morning. some of that fog is possible. 12:00 tomorrow, right at lunchtime, we will begin to see a little bit of an offshore flow. that should make the area beaches come clear and out of the clouds. for the afternoon, on sunday, still looking pretty good. again, a very small window of time here before the rain would come back. here it is. 11:00 a.m. monday, more clouds coming back. if you want sunshine, get out there and enjoy it. it won't last long. morning low, starting out in the 40s and 50s. at the lunch hour, 58, livermore. 59, fairfield. 58, san francisco, 60, santa

cruz. a little sun in the south. clearing up to the north. 4:00, mild temperatures. in the 60s. 60, santa rosa. 60, livermore. 63, santa cruisz. warmer for tomorrow. back to the rain. tomorrow, some of us might make it into the 70s. that will feel good. there you see it. patchy fog on monday. clouds return and a lot of rain coming up in the forecast. a central valley christmas tree farm is at the center of a major controversy. people are coming from miles around, not because they have special trees. it is the cardboard chris king ma cringele that's packing heat. the cardboard santa is causing commotion at tracy's tree farm in turlock. >> i try to get the image out of my head all day long. i could not. santa is made for love, bringing families together, not carrying well pons. >> i think it is pretty crazy to tell you the truth. we are just trying to sell trees and got a bunch of commotion.

>> it wasn't long before the santa cut-out was taken down all together. now, santa is back. the gun is covered up. the owner says he put it back because he feels like he really didn't do anything wrong. up next on "today in the bay," silicon valley is full of tough competition. how do tech companies stay ahead of the curve. they spytall u ahtig n long. we'll explain. just ahead. g.

it is a constant battle in the silicon valley, especially if you are a small company going up against the giants already established. how do techs start up and stay on top. "today in the bay" scott budman says, it is all with caffeine and good ideas. >> reporter: you can just tell the intense staring, bouncing feet, the nail-biting, scruffy beard and lots of caffeine.

these people are writing code, creating software to help their company get ahead. >> constantly trying to change how people think about technology. >> reporter: at box.net, they have been going constantly, working 24 hours straight in what the palo alto software maker calls, the hackathon. challenging employees to come up with something new and think outside the box. >> we can kind of step outside of our daily responsibilities and the things we are working really hard on and let people work on completely new projects. >> i have done a lot of thinking about how we can interact with our content on box. >> reporter: so they lined up judges and prizes so the hackers could pitch their new ideas. despite doubling in size and sales, box.net is still in start-up mode. lots of pizza boxes, random dancing.

even a zip line. no sacred cows. box is growing, hiring and hacking themselves to success. >> i should have come clean to be fair. i did take a two-hour nap. >> reporter: all in a day's work when you are trying to give code a human face. scott budman, "today in the bay." >> scott mentioned they have already doubled in size here. the company is hiring. they helped businesses share content on line. the former city employee accused of hacking into a major san francisco computer network may have to pony up as much as $1 million for that crime. terry child will most likely be released from prison in january. he is serving time for hacking. now, lawyers are debating how much he owes for locking city workers out of the computer system. they want child to pay the majority of the $1.5 million

spent by the city or security consultants. coming up next, our pet of the week. looking for a nice home, a forever home. she is a little shy but we are going to meet her. they are traveling across the country after a 12-year-old girl and her mother's killer was found in the bay area. a san francisco shopper spotted the two at a safeco store last night. one of bernie madoff's son is dead of an apparent suicide. they found mark madoff hanged in his manhattan apartment just hours ago. in just hours, loved ones will gather in north carolina to remember the life of elizabeth edward, a former lawyer and estranged wife of former senator, john edwards, lost her six-year battle with cancer this

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some special guests from pets in need. we have lisa simmons with beatrice, a chihuahua mix, very cute but a little shy? >> she is a little shy. she has come out of her shell so much. you wouldn't even believe it. she is not the dog that we first rescued. she used to curl up in a little paul and try to hide. >> i'm impressed if she is shy, it doesn't seem like it. she is not doing that little chihuahua shimmy. >> no, she is not, which is a good sign. she is ready to go. she gets along great with cats and other dogs. she is learning to walk on a leash. that's when you really notice it. she thinks very quickly and she will stop and you will have to cox her along. she is wonderful. >> holidays can be a very

stressful time. maybe not a bad time to adopt a pet. a lot of folks have some time off, right? >> exactly. we encourage it, because all the family members are usually there. we get to meet the new furry family member and it is a wonderful time to bond and bring an animal in. >> she is good to go. she is microchipped and just waiting for you to give her a home. if you want more information, the websites is petsinneed.org. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we want to thank you for making us a port of your morning. we will be back bright and early tomorrow morning at 7:00. have a great saturday, enjoy the blue sky and we will see you tomorrow.