dmon demonstrators at occupy oakland are gearing up for a general strike on wednesday. coming up, we'll talk about what that means, plus, ha they may be getting back from the city today. i'm christie smith. that story is coming up. plus a surfer bit in the neck by a shark could leave a san jose hospital today. >> and a live look outside on your way to work or walking to school. feel free to sing thriller, ghost busters or the monster mash. it's monday, october 31st. >> let's move on. >> it's halloween. "today in the bay." >> hey, hey. >> big mac attack. that's how we do it. that's not in honor of the mcrib being back. >> that's every day.

good morning. time to check in with christina loren. she's dressed as the best weather forecaster in the east bay. >> meteorologist, but thanks. if you're wearing your costume and don't want to do the monster mash to stay warm, grab a jacket. the throw it on this norng. 48 in santa rosa. changes as of form into wednesday. tu offshow flow returns. breezy, clear and cool. and when the rain hits your city coming up. the dublin interchange opposite the main commute. the westbound direction is showing the slowdown, which we typically see. i'll take the opportunity to show you the 21-minute and building drive time out of the altamon pass through livermore and 680. the rest of the bay area showing

slowdowns. >> thank you very much. 6:01. trick or treaters will be out in full fours. one group that won't be roaming the street, sex offenders. this year police are starting a new push to keep homeless sex offenders at bay. >> later this morning the attorney general, mayor ed lee, also high ranking state officials will all be meeting where we are this morning. this is the sfran parole office. we're with going to be here to talk about what's new with a program called operation boo. whether or not you heard of it has been around for almost 20 years. the way it works is on each halloween since 1994 it imposed a curfew on sex offenders with a permanent address. it forces these guys to stay inside their home without any lights on.

they certainly can't offer candy to kids. this year they are going a step further and focusing on 2,000 sex offenders in california who are homeless. so tonight these homeless offenders are required to report to the round-up centers from 5:00 until 10:00. san francisco is among three of the state regions setting up the centers. l.a. and san francisco are taking part in this tonight. you could be thinking this will be extremely difficult to enforce. they are required to wear gps tracking units. parole officers will know if offenders aren't in the cure few centers when they're supposed to be. attorney general harris will be leading an 11:30 press conference right here. we'll bring you the latest at 5:00 and 6:00. >> thanks so much, marla.

>> protesters in oakland giving something back that was taken last week. they want to occupy everything. christie smith is live with an update on the story. >> good morning, jon. this camp looks almost as large as it did because police came in and proek it up last week. there are dozens of tents that stretch across the plaza. demonstrators prepared to get some medical supplies back when oakland police and others moved in. supplies found and will be returned later today. protesters are unsure about a statement that demonstrators will try to occupy the mayor's office as the medical supplies weren't returned.

of course, they can always use more. on saturday a march with mostly peaceful. but the city is saying they're investigating reports of graffiti and vandalism in downtown oakland. one demonstrator who gave his name only as max said after they were removed last week and now coming in, they think the movement is stronger. >> they didn't realize that. there was a ground swell of support. the energy was tenser last week because people -- there was a lot of uncertainty about what's going to happen. i think the movement has a lot more confidence. >> now this general strike is calling on workers and students not to check in but instead to come here to oakland and shut down the city. shut down the 1%.

all sishl city services will fupgs as usual. i'm christie smith. back to you guys in san jose. >> christi, thank you very much. the iraq war veteran injured during occupy wall treat protest is expected to make a full recovery. that's according to his roommate. he's still in the hospital this morning and is listed in fair condition. doctors listed him in critical condition after some type of projectile possiblily from police fractured his skull during protests last tuesday. the sfrap police department is catching up on a backlog of disciplinary cases against  officers. two officers were fired. one for excessive force and unlawful arrest of a witness. the other for accessing

confidential information act a citizen. the san francisco examiner reporter the backlog of disciplinary cases for sfpd shrank from 70 in 2008 to 16 currently. it is 6:07 right now. a hells angel biker was buried peacefully this weekend, two weeks after he was shot and kill d at the funeral for another biker at the very same cemetery. many police officers were called in early or on their day off to cover the funeral a thousand bikers road in town for the ceremony. police are still looking for the man accused of killing thompson. a 27-year-old surfer attacked by a shark off the

coast of monterey will fully recover from surgery. check out his surfboard. the shark attacked him at 7:15 saturday morning, just minutes after he and ab friend went into the water at marina state beach. the shark bit tarantino on the neck, barely missing his jugular veins. >> that rate it has 7 out of 10 chance of coming in contact with a shark. if you're surfing in california you know there are sharks out there. it's just a matter of time whether you see one, i think. >> that is some scary stuff. parks an recreation workers plan to keep an eye on the the water for the next seven days. hopefully longer. >> no kidding. stay out of the water. but it's been so gorgeous across the bay area a lot of people are drawn to this the coastline. want to check in with christina lauren. especially with the

sunshine. coming up, i want to know what you two will be for halloween. plentiful sunshine later on today. tuesday into wednesday. an offshore flow pushes that out to scene. we are on a fire weather watch for tuesday and wednesday. dry and breezy. by the later section of this week, we're talking showers. thursday into friday. a really cold air mass moves in. not only brings us rain, but temperatures in the 30s. the coldest air we've had in months. we're going to keep watching this for you. dense fog developing over the golden gate bridge. but the bay bridge is still nice and clear. typically you have a quarter mile or less visibility this year. your future cast shows you all

the low cloud cover a thing of the past. 71 degrees in san francisco. in san jose, good morning to you. 75 in areas like napa valley. an offshore flow moves back in. temperatures are on the warm side. it will be dry. get the candy if you suffer from the dry air mass set in across the area as we head in, the showers arrive. we'll take you through the seven day and your trick or treat forecast, nothing scary there. let's check the drive with mike. >> let's head out to the runway. they're kind of giving you an overview. let's show you a general overview. you see things are starting to

build as far as the number of lights. after two earlier accidents cleared, we have a third now. and a live look at oakland rgs 880 past the coliseum. back do you. >> thanks so much, mike. it is 6:11 right now. >> the u.s. military is leaving iraq. will they go very far? a new report on where troops and sailors are kpmted to go next. >> on the hunt for the real halloween scare. live to the east bay par normal society. we'll speak with them coming up. and for the latest news, traffic, weather, some good conversation, find us on okcefanb aboy c t verizon 4g lte.

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welcome back, everyone. a scary sight for some. happy halloween to you. >> it turns out par normal ak at this time isn't just happening on the big screen. bay area ghost hunters are out today. bob redell is on the lookout in castro valley. what's happening, bob? >> good morning. we're at the unofficial headquarters, if you will. the para normal lab. what is this box right here sf. >> that's an ion generator. it produces electrical discharge to absorb the energy. >> you have your emf indicator and a slew of image recording

equipment. you did an investigation this week. i'm curious about the other images that you've captured out there. >> this is one from the very first investigation. you can see sa a shadow in the background here. i've enhanced it in a line. this has all taken pitch black. nobody was around this gentleman at the time he's taking the picture. we have video to confirm this. there's an explanation for all this. we have all the the members here. by a show of hands, how many here believe in ghosts? that's everyone except him and you. how many here are skeptics? okay, this is what surprised me. you're a skeptic. half of you are skeptics. why are you doing this? >> it's mainly to recreate the things that we've seen in our

youth. we want to recreate it. this is what we saw. or our minds are playing tricks on us. in the two years this team has been together, would you guys say you're headed to being more of a skeptic or more of a believer? >> i want say more of a skeptic. it sounds like you guys are about to break apart as a group. is that what you're saying? so you guys are nonprofit. if something is bugging you and you can't explain it. go to ebparanormal. they were at a nonprofit thrift store in union city this weekend. we'll show you that in a little bit coming up. happy halloween, by the way.

>> same to you, bob. >> appreciate it. i think it's going to be good weather for the trick or treaters. >> and for the adults dressing up. >> i'm machine gun kelly. >> pretty much is. i'm the haggard mom of triplets. >> we are superwoman. i don't know how you do it every day. 6:17 this morning. we're looking good. no matter what you're going to be for halloween, we'll get tons of sunshine later on today. but looking pretty good. future cast shows you you're going to clear out before 11:00 a.m. you will find pockets of fog. overall we're not too bad this morning. pretty clear in the north bay where we usually get the fog. you can see clear conditions over the bay area. a lot of sunshine coming in

early. it will bring your temperature up to 71 today. 72 in fremont. a lot of us will be outdoors later on tonight. hit that music. that's what we're expecting inland. even places like livermore. 51 in san francisco. as we head through the evening, temperaturing rounding out in the 50s. 58 as you make your way home. hopefully loaded with bags of chocolate and street treats. so it will be on the cool side. make sure to bring a jacket for your young ghoul or goblin. we are expecting a little bit of rain activity in the forecast. we have cold, wet weather on the way. we'll take you through the forecast coming up. >> all right, we'll start in the south bay.

that's up towards the limit. right around 87. we have slowings showing up on the sensors with blips of yellow. indicating speeds into the 50s. highway 85. also just after the 101 split all the way up to highway 87. more folks are now funneling into downtown. let's look at travel times along the peninsula. a nice easy drive at the limit. in or out of the city, a nice smooth drive close to the studio there as well. we'll take you to a live look across the bay. starting to build up northbound 880. close to the limit to the bay bridge toll plaza. fast track to locate. back to you. >> it's 9:19. u.s. troops are leaving ooirvg in the next two months. a report says the u.s. plans to bolster military presence in the

per san gulf. new combat forces could be stationed in kuwait. they would be in position to respond if there's a security collapse in iraq or a conflict with iran. more warships could be positioned in international waters as well. and the obama administration is looking to expand military ties with six allies. >> 6:20 right now. celebrations along with warnings today. the seven billionth person is born. some countries held celebrations to mark the occasion. experts putting out warnings that too many humans are for the planet's resources. nobody is sure where the person is alive today. >> halloween candy stuck in my tooth. >> it's 6:20. tomorrow is the big day for

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6:2 right now. this morning california's top leaders could decide to scrap the state's $40 billion high speed rail line. today lawmakers will get crucial details they need to make the decision. high speed rail business plans

will include new cost estimates and funding sources and projected ridership. if california does not break ground on the rail line by this time next year, it will have to give back more than $2 billion in federal stimulus grants. starting construction now in the central slee could mean spending $9 billion taxpayer dollars just to build a small section of track. they are telling lawmakers to expect a financial plan for the proj. some council members hope to approve funding by the end of the year. despite the lean economy, the team says they are confident it will come up with the money. it is even looking to open a year earlier than expected in the 2014 season. jon and scott? >> mark zuckerberg said if he had to do it over, he wouldn't.

>> that's right. he wouldn't come to silicon valley. he let that slip over the weekend. he pointed out when he was first developing facebook, he didn't expect it to become a company, much less a global force. he was working on something cool. then he realized he was creating a company, but he said if he had, he would have stayed in boston. saying there's a culture where people don't commit to things. i feel like a lot of companies built themselves outside of silicon valley seem to be alonger-term cadence. president obama will sign an executive order this morning telling the fda to solve a series of drug shortages that left hospitals scrambling. a san francisco man who had trouble obtaini ining chemo the drugs will be at his side. he'll be asked to report shortages more quickly and alert the justice department if the agency thinks drug distributors are holding out to push prices higher.

well, here's an easy but expensive halloween costume. hi took two i-pads and turned into a hole in his body. the yay pad in back sends a video to the ipad in front making it look like you can see through them. go to a water where you know the wi-fi password. >> that would kill the whole thing. still to come on "today in the bay." ouk oakland get ready to occupy everything. a live reaction from city leader ace head. and police will be out making sure your clirn are safe from convicted sex offenders. zwl and we have a treat in store for you with the halloween forecast. showers move in. we'll take i you through it coming up.

>> and i have meters lights chr r choer found something else going on at the toll plaza.

new this morning, keeping your kids safe this halloween and away from sex offenders. good morning. i'm marla tellez. i'll tell you what's going on in san francisco tonight that's a little bit different coming up. >> and dmon tors at occupy oakland may be getting something back from the city today that was taken during last week's police raid. plus they're gearing up for a big general strike. i'm christie smith. that story is coming um. and a woman is injured by a train overnight. we'll check the morning commute, "today in the bay." what do you know?

h hamburglar taking over the studio. i don't know who that guy is goochltd morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jon kelley. for some reason i'm hungry for a mcrib. >> that platter of cheeseburgers is gone. we're looking good when it comes to your forecast. grab a jacket to put over your ghost or goblin. especially in the north bay. temperatures are in the 40s. 47 in napa. elsewhere we're holding onto the 50s. lots of sunshine in your halloween forecast. stay tuned for that. let's check the drive first with mike. >> we'll take you to a live shot at the toll plaza where we see how the backup is affected by the metering lights.

and our chopper also found a disabled vehicle on the side. this will cause distraction and more slowing up the incline. >> good to know. thanks. >> well, a long list of kids getting the costumes ready for tonight. lis will be out making sure the streets are safe. marla tellez joins us live with how officers are keeping sex offenders off the streets. >> here's an alarming statistic for you. there are more than 90,000 sex offenders in california. well, the department is responsible for supervising 11% of them. with this in mind the attorney general will be here this morning. this is the sfran parole office. she'll talk about a new program designed to keep your kids safe

on halloween in regards to sex offenders. it's been around since 1994. up until this point it's basically imposed a curfew on sex offenders in the states each halloween. what about the 2,000 sex offenders who do not have a permanent address? tonight operation boo has a plan for them. they are to report the transient sex offender roundup centers from 5:00 to 10:00 tonight. that's the time when thousands of kids will be out trick or treating. even homeless sex offenders are required to let you wear electronic monitors. so officials will be able to track them. this is from 5:00 to 10:00 tonight. the attorney general will be here at the san francisco parole

office. so is ed lee as well as officials with the state department of corrections to hash out some specifics regarding operation boo. in the meantime for very helpful information to keep your kids safe tonight, parents, log onto cdcr.ca.gov and just search operation boo. jon? >> thanks a lot, marla. a woman in the hospital after a vta train hit her in a san jose intersection overnight. it all happened before 11:00 p.m. the train was heading into san jose when it hit the woman as she was walking across the street. she was taken to the hospital no. word on her condition at this point. five people were riding the train at the time. san jose police are now investigating this crash. occupiers are calling for a

general strike as they get ready to occupy everything. christie smith joins us live from oakland with more. including from sol city leaders. >> well, this camp is almost as large as it was when police came in last week to break it up. the kitchen is now near the front door of city hall. i wanted to give you a look at the tents out here across the plaza. one of the tents is bhit. that is where the medical center is set up out here. they're going to get some of their medical supplies returned that were taken in the raid last week. the mayor's office says they have located supplies and will bring them back. they didn't know about reports

that some of them threatened to occupy mayor kwaun's office. over the weekend the demonstrators marched again. mostly peaceful in the city. they're looking into reports of graffiti and b vandalism downtown. for now there's a minimal police presence. i haven't seen any out here this morning. one protester says he feels the movement is getting stronger now that the city allowed them back. >> hi think it's good. people bad mouth us a lot. everything is seeing that something really magical is happening. >> now, this general strike is for wednesday. and it's calling on workers and students to forego what they're suppose thod be doing and come on down and strike.

and shut down the city. lit be downtown and the port of oakland. that's what we have from here. i'm christie smith. back to you guys. in other occupy news the protests in santa rosa remains peaceful. this after the city backed off a threat to arrest anyone camping there. they ordered police to stand down. they will revisit the issue. occupy santa rosa has been operating for two weeks. it's been a week. occupy protester first up on a high ledge near the city hall said he's not coming down any time soon. he also says he's pulling away from the occupy movement to raise awareness for hemp

growing. but the group says they're going to support him anyway. >> it is 6:36. two toddlers joined ath birth are ready for a medical procedure that will change their lives forever. tomorrow a team of 20 doctors and nurses will have surgery on 2-year-old angelina and angelica. both girls have organs tightly fused together. if all goes well, as planned. the girls could return home in just a couple of weeks. >> yeah, the miracles of modern technology. the time is 6:37. let's toss it to meteorologist christina loren. >> we have some fantastic science working in our favor this morning. you will find dense patches of

fog. nothing heavy at this point. but mostly clear conditions over the entire bay area. wherever you celebrate halloween, tons of sunshine in the forecast for today. 70 degrees. 71 for san francisco. very similar to yesterday as the momento for you. keep that in mind. gorgeous weather for halloween. for us that means dry conditions. crystal clear starts at the coast. also breezy conditions through the hills of the east bay, the north bay and mount hamilton. that's where we could get snow through thursday and friday. we'll drop off snow levels to 3,000 feet. rain moves in. not a lot of rain. this isn't pack hag lot of moisture.

gusty wind showers and much cooler weather. showers move in thursday to friday. as the system gets closer to us, we'll have a better term of timing. i'll update you on that. >> we'll take you to liver more where it's more crowded. nothing better than 40 throughout the stretch. we're seeing a slowdown. southbound 680 at sheridan. there's an accident moving to the shoulder. a live looko south of there shos you the volume of traffic. speeds in the 50s and 60s. the rest of the north bay commute is looking nice. >> thanks, mike. >> coming up, beautiful weather

out here. heavy snow taking out trees and knocking out power to millions in the east coast. >> what sticks to the roof of your mouth and empties your wallet. what's behind a big jump in peanut butter prices.

you're going to need a lot of bread to pay for the pb&j's. tracie potts is live in washington to tell us what's behind the big price hike of peanut butter and if it's a long term thing. you're going to be shelling out a lot more than you used to. the crop over the summer including california didn't turn out very well. the plants they did get turned out to be good or excellent. peanuts for peanut butter is in short supply. the department of agriculture says not very much came out that they can use. unprocessed peanuts, a ton of them. $450 last year. 1150 this time. that's why you'll see prices at the store go up starting today.

kraft is upping the price of planters. peter pan, 24%. jiffy up 30% to 35%. a lot more people eating peanut butter in the last three years according to numbers. now at least this fall, it's going to cost you more. >> sauls manager, tracie. >> 6:34 right now. comi up's, itup, lo'sal. henweit ♪ going to the bank without going to the bank... that's a step forward. with chase quickdeposit on your smartphone, you just snap a picture, hit send and done.

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welcome back, everybody. the time is 6:46. about 3 million people still don't have power up and down the east coast this morning. that's because nearly 30 inches of snow fell over this weekend. and since most of the trees

still have all the leaves, the heavy snow is weighing down on them. it took down the power lines. now there's another problem. temperatures rising so fast it's just melting all the snow. people are worried that flooding could start soon. >> certainly not in our neck of the woods. >> if you want to leave the chocolate outside your door, not a smart idea. if you want to use the honor system, the weather will koom into play and melt the chocolate. the temperatures today round out in the 70s, as your make your way jut doors, we take you down to 59 degrees in san francisco at 9:00 p.m. so it will be on the cool side as you ghouls and goblins head out. tomorrow changes arrive. might be watching the fire weather. 56 in oakland. 55 in the city to start out. at noon you'll jump up to the 60s and 70s. rounding out the day in the mid

70s. all across the board in the 70s. room temperature is 72. put it into perspective for you. 74 in san jose. our next weather changer comes in tomorrow. high pressure pushes the marine layer off shore. more importantly, dry and breezy, especially through the wind broken areas across the bay. then thursday and friday an area of low pressure drops in. this will bring about a cooling trend. also gusty winds and snow levels down to 3,000 feet. rain, maybe accumulations up town-tenth of an issue. cold, windy and wet late thursday into friday. low 60s at the coast. mid-07s inland. >> we're seeing slowing for 101

in patches. that's where we have speeds clint into the 40s. the bottom of your screen, northbound 85, showing speeds to the 40s and 50s from time to time coming off 101. travel time is moving nicely. southbound side for 101 an 280 out of the city is also nice. you're close to the limit there towards highway 92. a live look on the other side of the bay shows you oakland and 880 picking up the volume. you're close to a 15 minutes past the coliseum towards the toll plaza. the same travel time for the southbound direction. the toll plaza itself. there you see things moving. all lanes are filled but they are moving toward the metering lights that are on right knew. the east shore freeway is a 24-minute drive now. so the volume again, gradual build and slowing. >> grape harvest ends this week.

growers feeling the sting of a less than adeal crop. it could be 20% smaller this year. smallest grape harvest in a decade. early rain in june and cool summer temperatures shortened the harvest window by several weeks. early october rain turned some grapes to rot before pickers could get to them. will any ghost sightings be real today? bob redell zf live on the lookout with ghost hunters in castro valley. good morning, bob. >> i know you're thinking this is an ordinary apartment in castro valley. this is the unofficial headquarters about the east bay. good morning to you guys.

think an ion generator. turn this bad boy on. >> it creates an electronic field. thank you. and it generates the interest of ghosts. perhaps they would come around and come over and party with you guys. then you've got some video that you've been shooting this weekend. jon and laura, they're doing an investigation of this nonprofit thrift store in union city. go ahead and push play on that, steven. show us what you discovered or you think you discovered. >> right here we think this is an orb. we can't figure out what it is. >> do a quick rewind? >> sure thing. >> the person at home watching this will go, that's clearly a bug, that's a fly, a piece of dust. you're going to this say what? >> we've reviewed these for two years now. and we've seen our fair share of bugs and dust.

but you're convinced that has an orb. >> the flight pattern is very consistent, unlike a bug. >> a bug would be more erratic would be your argument? >> yeah. by a show of hands, we have six of you here. how many of you are actual believers in ghost. everyone except for the guy in the black. but how many of you are skeptics? so about half of you, and you're a partial skeptic. >> personally i like the technical side of it. i want to disprove more than i want to prove. i like to know what's going on. i don't like the aspect of i don't know.

i don't know. i don't know what it is. >> all right. i respect that you're trying to challenge that. i know you're thinking this is perfect timing. there's something that's been haunting my bathroom at home. what do i do? who do i call? here's the answer. east bay paranormal society. they're nonprofit. they'll come out and do the job. you're asking for donations, but they don't have a fee. if you think something is not right, if you got one of these flying in your closet you can come clear it out. >> but can they make it go away? >> yeah. how do you guys get rid of this stuff? i didn't think about that. you should be out here. now they just sit on couches.

>> that's enough out of you, bob. for the fifth year in a row the castro district will not host a halloween party tonight. shooting in 2006 put a lid on any talk of hosting a party. city officials say no street closures tonight. police will be looking out for public drinking. neighborhood leaders stay street party has become too big to manage. huge crowds. >> 6:5 h. plenty of kids will be collecting their halloween candy. as always, safety is a top priority. marla tellez joins us live to explain how police are changing the rules for sex offenders to keep kids safe. >> reporter: good morning. it's called operation boo. it's not meant to scare your kids. it's meant to keep them safe. later this morning attorney general, the mayor ed lee and officials with the state department of corrections will

be here to talk about what's new with this program. operation boo. this year they will focus on the homeless sex offenders. they are required to support to round-up centers from 5:00 do 10:00. the idea, of course, being to keep them off the streets when your kids are out trick or treating tonight. you might be thinking this could be hard to enforce. state officials say transient offenders are required to wear gps tracking units. so parole officers will know if offenders aren't in the curfew centers. they're report to roundup centers. including the parole center in san francisco. this 11:30 press conference gets under way at 11:30 this morning.

well, we'll start you out with this 50-foot poo rat ship on church drive in san jose. this spans two driveways. it comes complete with dummy pirates and strands. like it is stranded on a beach. the pirate ship will be on display through halloween night. the most famous haunted house is seeing a steady stream of traffic this halloween. the grounds of the winchester estate transformed into a terrifying experience. it's complete with nightmare inducing tales about the home that was haunted by all of those killed by winchester rifle. tens of thousands of people spent the week going through the

home and checking out this year's attraction. >> my husband and i wanted to do something fun. we didn't want the scary where they jump out of you type thing. >> i thought it was spooky as a kid. i thought i'll take a look at it and see how it affects me now. >> it's a flashlight tour. but they're sold out for tonight. the maze is open for anyone who dares to go through. here's a scary way to spend the weekend. locked in a best buy. this appears to be in maryland. a best buy employee started posting messages over the weekend. he was working late to find the store was locked up. he couldn't reach his manager by cell phone. but he could record this video. well, it happened. it's definitely possible.

hello. anyone there? nope, no one is there. >> wall street, a scary start. dow industrial is down this morning. we had a fantastic october. this is the last trading day of october. >> odd for october, right? >> october has seen terrible plunges. historically we get to the back tail end of the year and things improve. thursday you see groupon starting to trade for the first time. friday we get unemployment numbers for the labor department. >> busy week ahead. what holds in the weather department? >> nothing scary. 71 at 5:00 p.m. as you make you're way out. that's when trick or treating gets under way. you'll round out the evening at 9:00 p.m. with low 60s and upper 50s.

they had a creepy crawl or faster than a speeding bullet. a couple of accidents held folks up. now unusually slow southbound through walnut creek and concord. back to you. >> rock center with brian williams is making its debut tonight at 10:00 p.m. the news magazine features williams with reporters kate snow and a lot more. tonight harry smith will tell you about a town, if you're willing to move there. you're almost guaranteed to get a high paying job. lots of folks could be interested in that one. that debuts tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> the "today show" is just seconds away. the surfer attacked by a shark in monterey bay recovering in san jose. he's getting national attention. hopefully feeling a lot better. an