a live report. >> we know oakland is clear of occupy protesters for now. that does not mean the bay area protests are over. we'll look at ahead at the day on "today in the bay." good morning morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jon kelley. time to get your weather forecast and check in with christina loren. >> he'll be inside watching football all day long. we're looking really good

morning. we haven't had any major rainfall out there taking place right now. highways are slick in many spots across the bay. fog is so thick the that it's generating drizzle. they arrive at 5:01. first let's talk about your drive. >> before the sun dries everything out, still have slick roads. over here at gilroy gardens heading away u, they're cutting they tree up a right now. a disabled vehicle is moving to the shoulder. i got word of another vehicle on the bay bridge. >> we'll check back with you. thanks, mike. this morning police are trying to track down the vandals who hit three banks over

weekend. they peel some of the signs left here. four of them on the front door. bank of america. there is also paint on at least one of the atms out here this morning. this is the bank of america on oak grove road on walnut creek. the same bank was hit two weeks ago in a similar fashion. the chase bank was hit in a similar way. we didn't see any damage there. and also police say a u.s. bank in concord was hit as well. we have calls to the police department to try to find out

when the graffiti was written. some of it was found late afternoon. clearly they have written the word foreclosed out here this morning. that's the latest from here. reporting live in walnut creek. back to you in san jose. occupy oakland was raided overnight. no encapments for the first time since late october. dozens of officers entering the park after midnight. reports say it was quick and it was peaceful. protesters were allowed to temporarily stay at frank ago what plaza last week. they may be down. but they're not out. protesters working on another plan to strike at all west coast ports. we have video from a recent strike at the port of oakland.

the west coast port shut down set to hatch monday, december 12th. the plan is to disrupt operations on a large scale. they say the strike is in response to coordinated attacks on the occupations and attacks on workers across the nation. in san jose the occupy movement is mobile. occupy san jose protesters parked in front of city manager's home in the rose garden late last night. we have video of the group on saturday in front of mayor lee's driveway. last night they waved signs, chanted "power to the people." they blame her for refusing to give them the right to camp at san jose city hall. it is 5:04 right now, the former bart officer will be in court this morning. this time around he's being sued for excessive use of force on

another bart rider. marla tellez is live at the oakland coliseum station with more on this story. good morning, marla. >> reporter: jon, good morning, this time around mezerli is not the only defendant in the case. mezerli and four other bart officers are accused in the alleged beating that happened right here in oakland. this is just six weeks before the controversial shooting death of officer grant. it was in november of 2008 that kenneth caruthers of oakland. he heard e mim say the officers were lazy. four other officers piled on top of him and began punching and kicking him. he was taken to the hospital and

treated for his injuries. they filed the civil suit two months after he shot and killed oscar grant at the fruitvale bart station. the negotiations have been unsuccessful. today jury selection begins. opening statements could happen as early as tomorrow. now mezerli is expected to testify in the trial. keep in mind he was just released from jail five months ago after serving one year of a two-year sentence for the shooting death of oscar grant. this morning i have reached out two attorneys on both sides of the state. caruther's attorney is not available for comment until 8:30 this morning. i'm marla tellez. remembering danville marine joshua carel this morning. the 2010 san ramon grad was just

a year into his service when he died. the bay city news service says he's in delaware to claim his body. he was the sec member killed in the past week. . on wednesday 21-year-old sean walsh was killed in eastern afghanistan. he was the member of the national guard. >> an investigation is under way after a pedestrian was hit. a person was walking in the same direction before noon today. they did not stop him from hitting the pedestrian. early reports are the victim made no effort to move before being hit. the victim's name is not yet released. the grandmother accused of kidnapping her granddaughter is expected to face charges this morning. she'll be arraigned at 8:30.

she broke into her son's home and took her granddaughter. she returned to southern california and tried to act as if the little girl was her own. >> it is 5:07. christina loren checks back in. after a couple of days of wet and rain we're getting a little bit of a break. >> enjoy the crisp, clean air. nice and refreshing when it comes to the air quality. whenever it rains we get nice air. it's brisk out there this morning. breathe it in with a clear conscious. 48 in san mateo. 42 in santa cruz. no low 30s to report. we're expecting temperatures to drop off as we get closer to sunrise. that's the coldest time of the day. we have a little bit of fog in the north bay. ten miles or better in fairfield and kon cords. mown on the view starting to drop off a little bit. five miles of visible. you can see showers are coming down to our north.

but they're not going to be able to see the area of high pressure. and for us going to keep us dry through the first part of your wednesday, and then things start to change. watch out for drizzle because of the fog. really thick in the marin county area this morning. especially by the coast. 50 in san jose today. 61 in gilroy. let me show you what's on the way for wednesday. yeah, we have a lot of rain. another cold front on the way. we'll continue to time this out. just be advised, we have a major storm on the way as we head to the midsection of your week. good news, though, it will clear out of here before your shopping, black friday. i know mike has been gearing up for months. back to you. >> i've been training. working out. the elbows. working out here on the bay bridge, the toll plaza with a light volume of traffic. stall on the upper deck shouldn't be a major factor. it is in the slow lane because there's not much of a shoulder there. we'll get you back to the maps. easy drive on the northbound

speed sensor ls. we have a disabled vehicle clearing there at the top of your screen. northbound side of 101 at lawrence expressway. should be cleared in seconds. we have this sticking around as well. northbound 101. that's blocking your left lane. we watch that out of morgan hill. no slowing. traffic is pretty light right now in that direction. a south bay institution is gearing up to help families in need during this thanksgiving holiday. san jose's sacred heart community service will give out food boxes to 4,000 low-income families starting this morning. but they still need your help. they only have 600 frozen turkeys in your freezer. they need donations to make sure every family has a complete meal. the giveaway lasts until wednesday. sacred heart expects to see more families line up for assistance this year because of the economic downturn. right now we would like to take a moment to sincerely thank everybody who came out this weekend, donating to nbc bay area holiday food drive. great cause. great meeting everybody. scott, christina, marla and i

were all at the safeway in santa clara on saturday. we saw laura and brent in morgan hill. we're collecting food and partnering with food banks for the drive. this year safeway made it simple to help out with prepackaged bags available for $10. the bags have $16 worth of food in them. since wednesday we have collected more than 18,000 bags, but this goes on. if you want to help go to your local safeway, come see us, say hi, and buy a bag. >> if you missed out this weekend, come down to san jose's ice. it's officially open today. you could join us at the event. did you know this, jon? >> we will all hit the ice. everything starts at 5:00 p.m. downtown ice will be open

through january of next year in honor of the championship that will take place. >> i got to find my skates and sharpen up the blades here. >> we'll rent some for you. >> i want to see a triple axle. a bay area university getting the vote after 500 students received the most prestigious awards in education. plus the company offering low income students in the bay area help to pay for higher education. and holiday deals o et a budget. it can also lead to serious dental problems. [ male announcer ] new act total care dry mouth is alcohol-free and has fluoride to strengthen teeth. stronger teeth and dry mouth relief.

all this weather caused a southern california road to crumble. take a look at this. the 900-foot section of road

just slid off on sunday. crews trying to figure out how to clear the debris. they are looking at other sides of the hillside for more signs of a potential landslide. let's check our forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> we have a big week. everybody wants to know what will the weather hold when you have your time off. a lot of people have friends and family in the bay area to enjoy thanksgiving. so the good news is we get nice weather for the first part of the week. it is going to be rough come late wednesday into thursday. however, nothing major. nothing that is going to last more than 24 hours. so this is what we're talking about. as you can see, we have high pressure moving back in. clouds arcing up around the ridge. it will keep all of this moisture out of the bay area. we do have drizzle out there. we do have fog o developing.

take it easy on your way to work this morning. and we have chilly temperatures as well. not as cold as we saw last week. a couple of days temperatures dipped below the freezing mark. across the bay, visibilities are looking good for now. we'll let you know when the numbers start to come down. 56 degrees in santa cruz. our next rain event arrives late wednesday into thursday. there's a lot of moisture. but it's going to come in with a quick punch. so we're not going to have to deal with it for more than a 24-hourperiod. by 3:00 p.m. on thursday, we should get a nice dry break. a few showers onfriday. morning fog saturday into sunday. overall warming back up as we kick off the weekend. cyber monday. temperatures look conveniently nice and mild. if you want to take your ipad outside, you can do. how do the roads look? >> a lot better than 20 minutes

ago. but this right here, northbound 101. the stall has cleared from the roadway and the rest of the southbound freeways, nothing blacking your way. that disabled vehicle is removed from the roadway. so that's great news as well. we still have a tree blocking the roadway just before you get to gilroy gardens. highway 129 is your alternate. both directions are blocked. looking like another 45 minutes before we expect to clear that out of the roadways. still showing a disabled vehicle over the water there. treasure island is the location. blocking your slow lane. but no major slowing across the span itself. a clear drive for 80 between downtown and the coliseum spot. this construction is in between both directions. back to you. thanks so much, mike. it's 5:17, wall street is getting ready for a short week

of trading thank to the thanksgiving holiday. for a look at what is happening we turn to jackie live at cnbc headquarte headquarters. good monday morning, jackie. >> futures are lower as investors are going to react to the likely lood they wi llihood to strike a deficit. the ongoing deficits in europe are the issue. the vice premier saying he sees a long global recession. european and asian markets are in the red. and we're going to get a ton of data this week despite the short week in the united states. including reports on consumer sentiment, gdp and minutes from this month's fed meeting. this morning we get existing home sales. the markets were mixed on friday, but down sharply for the week. the nasdaq was off 15 points. and a swiss youth protest party

is planning to greet the world's elite when they gather for the annual world's economic forum in january. they're calling on activists to stage an occupy event from igloos set up in the ski resort. they say the same of the protest will be to draw attention to the undemocratic nature of the forum, which is attended by many heads of state and industry. and living social is going national for the holidays. the daily deals site is best known for offering coupons for local businesses. it's unveiling two sets of deals today involving larger national chains. living social will offer special deals on black friday and unveil more on cyber monday. that's it for me here at cnbc. laura, back to you. there's now a way to help struggling teens.

it's a nonprofit called collegeset.org that launches tomorrow. it will allow individual donors to make direct contributions to college savings accounts for low income teenagers. the goal is to set up 1,000 savings accounts. 500 for bay area students right here. donors who put in $500 into a student's account would get the account. stanford university is known for the high academic standards. this is proof of how great a university it is. it's broken its own record with five students or recent graduates chosen for this year's road scholars. each student will receive scholarships for up to three years to study at the university of oxford in england. the road scholar was created in 1902 with the hopes to bringing together the brightest minds to study at one place. in case you're wondering harvard university boasts the most

students chosen in one year. >> i never had the honor, but we did plenty of good road trips. >> my brother was a finalist. >> really? >> yeah. he was. he went to cambridge. >> 5:20 now. coming up, apple cofounder steve wozniack caught on enemy territory. plus the president ready to sign a bill to help veterans returning home. and lots of money pouring into the peninsula as linked in starts to sell shares. [ mom ] hey guys. guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. sunday morning ideas made easy.

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welcome back, everybody. president obama will sign a new bill to get veterans back to

work. they will get tax breaks. they will have access to new job training and counseling programs. this is the first part of the president's $447 billion jobs plan to get approval. >> apple cofounder steve wozniack caught checking out the competition. he was spotted at google headquarters on friday pixing up his own smart phone. >> is that a giant doughnut? he was looking for the smartphone at best buy. googleug invoited him to pick unup. it's on sale in the uk, but it's not yet arrived in the u.s. he was one of the first in line last month to get the apple iphone 4s. he says he's a fan of technology and usually carries multiple phones. >> of course, he does. shares in linked in under some pressure today. this morning because of employees that will be selling that stock.

business and tech reporter scott mcgrew joins us. why the big sale? >> because they can. it's been 180 days. and the lockup has been lifted. so today in mountain view, you have a lot of people who were rich on paper who are are now just plain rich. the boss says everyone will show up to work today. business as usual. >> the employees of the company really continue to focus on the work at hand. and while there's certainly stuff that's going on on the market, it's very much a head down kind of culture here. >> you mentioned pressure on the stock. there's additional pressure on the stock today because linked in will follow more shares selling more of the company in a second market. you have a lot of shares flooding the market. monkey and shadow. the most commonly used passwords according to an annual study. password is a common password.

also commonly used, 123456, 11111, iloveyou and qazwsx. and that's where that one comes from. and jon, yes, it was a giant doughnut. they name the releases after jummy snacks. you have things like ice cream sandwich. yes, it was a doughnut. >> nicely done. thank you for the insight. scott mcgrew covering all the bases for us. >> you're hungry. >> i am hungry. >> that's enough. >> just one. it was little. still to come on "today in the bay" honoring the vallejo officer sadly killed in the line of duty. friends and family gather to pay respects. >> those in the business of selling luxury are expecting more due to the newly minted millionaires scott was referring to.

. we have a nice dry break before the rain returns. we'll talk about that in the full bay area coming up. and the stall is cleared from the bay bridge. we have a stall for 580. i'll show you where the slowdown is happening.

new this morning, mehserle is set to stand trial again. we'll have the story coming up. and new video of an overnight car fire. a person trapped inside had to be rescued. we have all the details coming up next. plus the case against a man who stole a picasso sketch will wrap up today. r. and we give you a live look outside san jose.

u that's the hp pavilion. >> this is "they in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. it's 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. let's check in with christina loren to find out how our week will look. >> well, we'll see two sides to this week. the start looks pretty good. this morning we're watching cold temperatures. but we're not talking about widespread frost. 7 in gilroy. and 47 in san francisco. i'll take you through the forecast and tell you when the rain arrives. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> just ever the break, the stall on the upper deck of the bay bridge has cleared.

and it's a little bit early for this amount of slowing. 15 or 16-minute drive. the bulk of that in north greenville. >> thank you very much, mike. emotions will no doubt be high in oakland as a court hear willing take place for the former bart police officer who is a central figure in the grant shooting. marla tellez is live with an update. >> reporter: good morning. mehserle shot and killed oscar grant at the station almost three years ago. now he's accused this a beating that allegedly happened here at the oakland coliseum bart station just weeks before the controversial shooting. now kenneth, carrethers is the plaintiff. he says mehserle and four other officers punched, kicked and hog tied him after overhearing him comment that the officers are

lazy. he said the offer's behavior was not out of line, saying carrethers threatened to hurt them. why is this coming to light now? carrethers filed the suit two months after he shot and killed grant, negotiations to reach a settlement have been unsuccessful. today the jury selection begins. mehserle is expected to be at the trial every day. he's also expected to testify. in june mehserle was released from jail. that was in november of last year in 2010. he served one year of a two-year sentence. i'm marla tellez. jon? >> thank you very much for the update. new this morning, three men are being called heros for rescuing a man out of his cab just seconds before it exploded. take a look at this video. the cab droiiver ran into a lig

post around 1:30 this morning. three men saw that crash. they ran to get him out. he may have been unconscious. despite gas leaking from the car, the men persisted to use a street sign to break open the car window. they were able to free the driver just seconds before the car burr into flames. >> they ran over into the middle of the street, and while i was on 911. and i just thought it was incredible. the flames were bigger and bigger and bigger why they try to get this guy. >> amazing. the cab driver is being treated at san francisco general hospital. >> the man accused of shooting and killing a veteran vallejo police officer is expected in court today. 37-year-old henry albert smith jr. of fairfield will face charges in the killing as well as a bank robbery. smith accused of killing jim cap

o capoot. last night hundreds gathered to remember him. close friends and family as well as many others attending because they say the officer went above and beyond the call of duty for them. >> any police officer dying is terrible in the line of duty. but when you have a man like this who becomes the father for hundreds of children that gets killed h way he got killed, it's just so unreasonable. >> he was my hero. testifies a true role model. >> the former marine was the police officer of the year in 2000. he found time to coach the women's basketball team of vallejo high school. the family released this statement saying we would like to say thouank you for the

outpouring of love and support. words cannot describe how much jim will be missed. a funeral will be held on november 30th. the man who snatched a picasso sketch from an art gallery will learn his fate. 31-year-old mark lugo will be sentenced this morning. he is expected to spend 16 months in jail and then be extradited to new york to face separate theft charges there. in the meantime the gallery has the sketch back. it will hold a ceremony to rehang the sketch. >> we heard plenty about tech ipos. bob redell with more on how this affecting businesses in and outside the tech world.

good morning. for example, portions of steven's creek tell the associated press that they're expected to sell more cars over this. the reason they just opened location is because they see growth. experts say there are good reasons to be optimistic. it's come out of the mandatory lockup period which means employeescan cash in their stock options. workers and investors sold shares worth over half a billion dollars. that's quite a chunk of change. that's the expectation. one realtor who deals in mansions says they're more confident they can sell the homes in the $# million to $10

million range and more are expected to be minted. pandora is coming out of the mandatory lockup period. there's another one called facebook. >> amazing. thanks so much, bob. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren. she will tell us about a couple of nice days. >> you can see from the satellite radar compilation, wowe have showers to the north. we have a 10% chance of that happening in the north bay. everything leads me to believe it's going to be fog and patches of frost. otherwise we're looking good. cold temperatures in some cities. temperatures ranging from the upper 30s to mid 40s.

throughout the afternoon we hit the 60s in the warmest spots across the bay. not much cloud cover. otherwise the bay area is getting a nice break. for us our temperatures end up in the 50s and 60s. in my next report i'll tell you when the rain arrives and i have the seven-day outlook ret di to go. no big deal. heading north of flin we have 40s. we're looking over here where we have 40s. still showing a traditional spot. not as severe as we often see on monday. we look at the rest of the drive towards the bay bridge. 580 and 880 through oakland. and we'll show you the toll

plaza. the volume starting to pick up. no metering lights. that's the second of the morning. the there could be slowing as you approach. no metering lights just yet. we'll looking at another half hour for those. >> coming up, what the tsa is doing to breeze you through security. plus the uc system under firing for police handling of a campus occupy protest. and a terror plot in new york city could have had a fiery end according to police. how they avoided this outcome coming up. [ woman ] hmm...game day party idea

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gift to all of us. >> good morning, everyone. speaking of gifts, if you're taking any during this holiday and into next month as well, if they are wrapped put them in your checked bags. otherwise going through security you may have to unwrap them if they see something they don't like. tsa is making changes. kids 2 and under don't have to take off their shoes. and the full body scanner that a lot of people complained about, they switched the software. now they'll only see a generic outline. not specifically yours. hopefully if you're flying you already got your ticket. prices are up 20% so far this year compared to last year. only 18% in the bay area. that was a while ago.

hopefully you've already gotten that ticket. the top five destinations for people leaving the bay area, new york, l.a., las vegas, seattle and chicago. happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you, too. >> what will the holidays hold for us? i want to check the forecast with christina loren. >> we're going to see a nice start to the thanksgiving week. it looks like the rough weather is right in the heart of your thanksgiving feast if you're having it early on thursday. this is what we're looking at. 45 in concord. 47 in san francisco. thanks for waking up with us. we have shower activity on the radar. nothing heavy. this is all drizzle. you can see the storm track well to the north. high pressure is in control for us. expect cool sunshine for today. a mik of sun and clouds. wednesday and thursday, widespread rain and a cold

blast. 57 in concord. your temperatures are going to be a little bit on the cool side. still if you're going to get sunshine, you can peel off a layer. let's check your drive with mike. >> we'll take you to the bay bridge where earlier we talked about a couple of stalls. the second stall was still there. now converted to an accident report. no injuries. a live look at the toll plaza itself shows you the volume itself. a good steady stream of headlights. no metering lights. unless this is a frob for the treasure island span, those don't turn on until 6:00:1. a nice volume of traffic is starting to build here. you're still close to the limit. 15 minutes between 238 and up towards the bay bridge toll

plaza as well. all lanes cleared for the freeways. we have stalls. those have cleared. we take you to gilroy. highway the 152. that drive is clear. this is west towards gilroy gardens. we still have a tree across both lanes. u.s. highway 129 for the time being as an alternate. still waiting for an update. i'll let you know. new york mayor michael bloomberg. this is what police say the suspect is trying to pull off. new york city police releasing this video to show the effects of a bomb they say is very similar to the one built by 21-year-old pimentel. investigators arrested him on saturday after, they say, he had

finished building a bomb. officials say he acted alone. today we'll hear from a special committee investigating the child sex abuse case at penn state university for the first time. the group is an investigative committee formed by the university's trustees. this is surrounds the scandal involving penn state defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. he is accused of sexually abusing eight young boys he met through a charity he founded. 49ers don't have a lot of time to enjoy their latest win. they play thursday in baltimore. san francisco coming off an extremely solid showing yesterday. they outplayed arizona on every level. the 49ers are now 9-1. they have won eight straight

games. second best record. darius hayward bay carried off the field. he was taken to the hospital and released to fly home from minnesota with the team. so hopefully that's all good. the hit overshadowing the raiders 27-21 win over the vikings. head coach hugh jackson was more upset with the refs than his team. after the game he promised to reach out to the league. he says he doesn't normally complain about the officiating but he feels his team was unfairly treated on the field on sunday. the stanford cardinal up to number six in the national rankings. this after stanford held onto a big game on saturday, defeating cal 31-28.

cardinals get to keep the act for another year. they'll have one more game before the season ends. they play notre dame on saturday. protesters say they will be back on the cal campus trying to reoccupy part of the school. group is calling on students to come to school in pajamas to hold a mass sleepout and pa jam ma party. protesters were cleared out on friday morning. that was not the case on friday. student protesters pepper sprayed the students. and now the president of the system is reacting. mike is live with the latest this morning. good morning zblmplt good morning. we are live on the campus of uc davis. the fallout continues to grow. basically the question now is who is next?

take a look at the video. this is on friday when students peacefully protesting on campus were pepper sprayed by campus police. the president of the entire uc system has now called for a statewide review of campus police tactics. tons of this video here. this weekend we were told two of the officers were placed on administrative leave. just this morning around 4:30 this morning, demonstrators made us aware the campus police chief has now been placed on administrative leave. the chancellor called on the attorney to investigate the use of force tactics here. also speaking of the chancellor, there are growing calls for her to resign. they called for her resignation because of failed leadership.

a student who was pepper sprayed here has petitioned a drive that has garnered 50,000 clicks online calling for the chancellor to resign. today at noon is chancellor is expected to meet with the students here at uc davis. it will be interesting to see how she is reacting to the growing calls for her now to join the fallout from friday's incident. >> breaking news in regards to the story. the police chief has been suspend suspended with pay. and coming up the fight over who gets to play steve jobs in an upcoming movie. two actors say they would be perfect for the part. there's a mess ahead on wall street aeeommi ser comeemitt cannot get the job done. we'll take a look coming up. sa . mouthwstores enamel ]

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it consumes no gas for the first 50 miles. trust us, it's not cheap. it costs you about $100,000. a few lucky people got to test drives the models and take him for a spin. hollywood is trying to figure out who can play steve jobs. george clooney and noah wylie are both in the running. >> don't give me the crap! you're pirating the software! i trusted you! >> you may remember wylie played a young steve jobs in the tv movie "pirates of the silicon valley" in 1999. the movie is due to start filming next year. a holiday window at macy's union square trying to get you thinking about furry friends.

the san francisco spca is partnering with macy's once again with adoptable puppies and kittens in the 25th annual window display. it's open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. most days. all the puppies and kittens will be available for adoption until new year's day. it was voted one of the top ten places to press your nose against the glass sochlt go do it. 5:# 5. blue ribbon team commissioned to balance the budget and save the government from economic collapse probably won't scott mcgrew joins us. who can do it? >> probably nobody. they haven't failed yet. they are close. if they fail to reach a bipartisan agreement to get the financial house in order, all kinds of bad things happen. including massive cuts to the

military. and the penalty for not finding the solution if the same amount of money will be cut from the budget automatically. it was supposed to be a doomsday device. you wouldn't really use it. it was supposed to motivate the committee into action. id dit not. government spending is what keeps the economy growing. in fact, the latest word from washington is the super committee is arguing about who should announce it failed. a lot of people are saying you do it. no, you do it. other news early monday morning. the dismissed ben par. hez has confirmed he's out. we don't know much else. there's been a lot of churn in the blogging world. people leaving six figure jobs. jim we'll monitor this and find out what happened. >> thank you very much.

>> still to come on "today in the bay" alleged occupy protesters hitting bay area banks over the weekend. details coming up in a live report. plus a bay area family in mourning. a danville marine killed in action in afghanistan. the second bay area service member to die this week. and it's a cold start, but we'll stay dry today. the busiest travel day of the year. thanksgiving and black friday. 72 hours. a lot happening. we'll see rain time out just within the three days. we'll get you that forecast coming up. then we approach 6:00. the volume starts to build. i'm still watching the accident that has to clgefr om ubry idge.

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