thanksgiving. your forecast is pretty nice. >> pretty nice. weather pretty good if you have to run off the extra calories from thursday. right now 30s and 40s outside, cool this morning but fog is an issue in santa rosa, novato and probably see some of that drifting into concord and out by livermore this morning. slight offshore breeze helping to bring in some of that fog. you'll notice here that we do have a lot of clouds offshore. it looks a little scary on the satellite view but what's going to stop that system from bringing us any rain is high pressure over the bay area, it's going to help give us the foggy pattern for the morning and for the afternoon you'll notice from time to time we're going to get some high clouds coming in. north bay and east bay fog, notice this, 12:00, still going to see patches of fog inland mainly out towards the delta and in towards sacramento. towards 4:00, highs today climbing into the mid to upper 60s, away from that fog, around santa cruz and san jose, low 60s and we may even see some upper 50s by solano county if the cooler air and some of that patchy fog, the rest of the weekend looks good.

we'll see more morning fog and let you know how long the dry weather will stick around and the full forecast in a couple of minutes. >> we've been watching our forecast carefully. we have lots of plans for the weekend and also watching the forecast at cape canaveral in florida because nasa is about to launch the latest rover to mars, the biggest one it's ever sent, the size of a car, and weighs a ton. we're about a minute away from liftoff and that mars rover is going to be busy. rob, you know a little bit more about the science combinbehind . >> there's a look at the landing sequence and you know the retrothrusters on the vehicle above dropping this down to the surface and it will be able to do the same mission that "spirit" and "opportunity" did. we're about 30 seconds from liftoff of the atlas 5 rocket. >> once this takes off, once the atlas blasts off into space it will take about 8 1/2 months for

it to get to the martian surface, and we can listen now. 15 seconds, this is always a very exciting time. >> t minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, main engine start, zero and liftoff of the atlas 5, with "curiosity," seeking clue tops the planetary puzzle about life on mars. >> the visuals are dramatic and the way they announce the blastoff. it will take 8 1/2 months to take it to the surface of the mars. once it gets there that giant one-ton martian rover called "curiosity" is going to be doing a lot of work. it has a massive drill to drill below the surface and a lalzer that can bust through rocks and

it's going to focus on an area that was a crater where it's believed there was water before and of course water, one of the building wlokz of life. >> we're used to watching shuttle launches. this has four solid rocket boosters on the side of the launch vehicle there, about 64 feet tall each of them. at some point like the shuttle the booster rockets separate away from the main rocket as it continues on its next stage. each of those solid fuel rocket boosters add about 1.2 million pounds of extra thrust to help get it up to that 22,000 miles per hour escape trajectory velocity. >> it's no wonder it means all that extra power because it's the biggest rover they ever sent up, about the size of a car. we're used to the robots teenie tiny. >> booster rocket separation coming up and from an eight-month trip out to mars, so hopefully if everything goes welcome august of next year

we'll get some really amazing sights and pictures. >> one of the champions behind this is obviously the nasa main educator, he's talking about how this keeps kids engaged in science, technology, engineering and math curriculum. awesome. >> that's always a good sign. >> he's joined by will.i.am from the black-eyed peas. he says that computers and the work that nasa does has helped him be the musician and artist that he is today. we'll show thaw interview coming up a little bit later on in the show and we'll keep our eye on this one, make sure that everything goes according to plan. >> very good. >> always cool to witness this. cool so we're going to get back with rob in just a minute. overnight we want to talk about an early christmas present for basketball fans, a tentative deal between nba owners and

players. right now just a handshake deal but it still has to be ratified. if it is, the 149-day nba lockout will be over. that will mean a 66-game season, beginning when? christmas day. more than half of the owners and players have to agree to this deal on the players' side it's complicated because a majority, a simple majority requires that most of the players ratify it but they disbanded their union two weeks ago. we'll see how that plays in and right now, here is a live look at oracle arena in oakland. we don't know the specifics of the deal. we do know that the last time the talks broke down the sticking points were the division of revenues, and certain changes that the owners wanted to curb the spending by large market teams that players saw as limiting or restricting of their options in free agency. again, if all goes according to plan, players will begin reporting to camp december 9th and the first day of hardwood action could be christmas day. good present for all.

this morning, pakistan shut down a border crossing key to nato supply route in response to an attack on an army checkpoint in which 25 pakistani soldiers were killed. pakistani state television reports that helicopters killed 25 soldiers, injured 14 others. last night's alleged attack is a major blow to an already strained relation between pakistan and u.s.-led forces fighting in afghanistan. the attack happened one year after u.s. helicopters accidentally killed two pakistani soldiers near the afghan border, that's when the u.s. pilots mistook those soldiers for insurgents. this morning, nato is only saying that they are aware of last night's incidents. we'll follow developments for you. black friday shoppers who headed to san francisco's union square looking for a good deal and a little holiday cheer got more than that. roving bands of occupy protesters tried to cash in on the crowds, too, stalling traffic, blocking store entrances and tangling with police. "today in the bay's george

kateyama reports. >> reporter: people are taking their holiday pictures and of course the shoppers. >> san francisco! >> reporter: hows of them. joining them is a group many of you are familiar with, occupy san francisco. >> we are peaceful. >> reporter: keeping their usual eye on them, the men and women of the sfpd. as soon as the officers moved somewhere else -- >> off the sidewalk, in the street, come on. >> reporter: the occupiers moved in. >> nobody can come in but you can leave. >> reporter: occupy blocking the entrance. >> any customer who would like to leave the store will be graciously allowed to do so. >> reporter: occupy sf's goal to stop people from shopping and supporting corporate retailers. >> i don't support black friday. this is one of the ways we're

demonstrating that we are not part of this system. >> reporter: but ask the shopper what they think and they say the occupiers are now the 1% this holiday season, the 1% not shopping. >> everyone on the street is having a great thanksgiving and a great christmas, lead-up to christmas and they're the 1% ruining it all. >> occupiers maintained their stance their black is your red. >> i don't have anything against the shoppers. i mean we all get caught up in the frenzy, i'm not going to lie. just trying to raise awareness to the public. >> reporter: but if anything the occupiers are up against a united group, holiday shoppers who want to buy gifts for their families. >> i just don't think it's going to work at this time of year. there's too many of us that enjoy shopping, enjoy christmas and it's up to everyone if they want to spend their money. >> reporter: george kiriyama "today in the bay." >> occupy's motto today "return

everything." we'll see how it shakes out. today small business owners around the bay area ask you to keep your holiday dollars of the registers of the businesses in your community. the shop san jose program shows the people of san jose the importance of purchasing goods and services in their own community. the city is encouraging businesses to use social media to capture some of the $2 billion in sales that are spent by san jose residents in cities other than that one. in san francisco, the north beach business association is holding an event at the corner of want and vallejo streets designed to promote small business. some businesses are offering special discounts to bring in shoppers. others are offering different kinds of incentives so check your local businesses where you are. black friday is over and the rush to buy more for less led to violence once again this year. not only are holiday shoppers out in force but so are thieves and they're getting more aggressive than ever. shoppers showed up early at the malls and at one bay area

shopping center, police say a group of shoppers walking to their car were approached by four people trying to rob them. one man fought back and was shot. a 20-year-old was arrested for suspicion of attempted murder and robbery. in los angeles a woman tried to edge out her fellow shoppers for a cheap x-box by pepper spraying the crowd. she ran off and police have yet to find her. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come a family picture that says so much, a progress report from the family of beaten giants fan brian stow. and it is a blue christmas already for some christmas tree farmers. we'll show you where having to close up shop. are having to close up shop.

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of 420 bucks a piece. if you try the lottery and get lucky you will be notified no later than december 19th. organizers announced the lottery system earlier this month after the first sell-out in event history, and that event is now 26 years old. the eclectic art and music festival will run from august 27th to september 3rd. still to come, christmas tree farms scarce in one part of the country, where the weather is forcing farmers to shut down. and here's a look outside this morning, you can see we've got sunshine as we look out to the alcatraz across the bay this morning but fog can foil your otans in somewe'll look at your we'll look at your weekend oming up.c state farm. this is jessica.

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is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. good morning to you. looking live at the golden gate bridge, you can see the whole span this morning, a little bit of blue sky, but there is fog around the bay area, just not at

that particular spot. right, rob? >> yes, we're getting into an interesting pattern. san francisco right now, one of clearer spots around the bay area, it's our inland east bay valley seeing most of the fog this morning. right now 51 degrees, there's the flog, aboffshore breeze pumping in some of the central valley fog into solano county and radiation fog setting up in the far north bay. this morning, 30s and 40s around parts of the north bay. look at san francisco and oakland near the water not quite as cold, low 50s. 43 chilly degrees in san jose this morning. visibility and mild, fairfield heading up to santa rosa, novato quarter mile visibility so take some, use some caution if you're driving around, could see reduced adviseibilities on the roadways and the slight offshore breeze pumping in the clouds. notre dame, stanford coming up, temperatures around game time close to 60 at 5:00 but cooling quickly tonight, take a nice cardinal sweatshirt if you're getting out to the game t will be cool. dry conditions today but the fog will be really the main story. it's going to cause some real

issues for our temperature forecast. i think of those east bay inland valleys the next couple of days. dry for the weekend and likely in your seven-day forecast as well. you'll also see high clouds today. patchy, low clouds this and impressive fetch of moisture that will miss us and go to the north. futurecast barely brings us showers into far northern california heading into monday. mixed bag of high clouds and low clouds at times. you can see the inland low clouds plus patchy clouds across the north bay and occasional high clouds from time to time as we go through the weekend. so why so foggy? you get a ridge of high pressure that traps moisture at ground level and with cooling overnight radiational fog and with the offshore breezes we get the fog from the central valley that drifts into the east bay valleys. we'll see that this morning, tomorrow morning, monday, u get the idea. we'll see that fog sticking around, keeping temperatures a little cool for livermore and out towards fairfield. upper 50s to near 60 in

fairfield. headed to santa cruz or san jose, mid-60s today so a gorgeous afternoon if you're not foiled by fog this morning, and your seven-day forecast looks good. fog will really be the main concern especially out by livermore and around napa county, too, could see a few areas so don't get out of the fog, but if you stay away on the coast, mid-60s, gorgeous for your weekend plans. >> instead of hitting the mall, spend a little time at the zoo, and it was beautiful weather yesterday. perfect. >> awesome. >> you get all the credit. christmas in the park is officially under way in san jose. >> three, two, one! almost as dramatic as the blastoff, right, rob, christmas tree lighting ceremony brought hundreds to downtown san jose last night and caesar chavez loves doing that every year. christmas in the park has been

held for more than 30 years. because of city budget cuts it almost didn't happen this year but local sponsors stepped up and donated $40,000 to make sure the tradition continued and also cashed in on a lot of folks sentimentality who made donations last year as well. >> the christmas tree industry is taking a bad hit in the south where the drought is not only affecting this season's crop but forcing some tree farms to shut down all together. there are rows and rows of brown christmas trees in texas where drought ravaged the farms. for many families that tradition of cutting down their own tree at the farm is replaced by buying a pre-cut tree at a lot somewhere. tree farm owners are bracing for what could be five years of tough times because the drought killed many of the saplings which would be full grown in that amount of time. this christmas tree farmers are hoping for rain. more encouraging news about beaten giants fan brian stow.

the family released a thanksgiving photo showing stow looking strong and happy with his children. the picture prompted so many comments on stow's family website. "today in the bay's" marianne favro gives us an update. >> reporter: it was a thanksgiving to remember for the family of brian stow, for the first time since he was nearly beaten to death at dodgers stadium in march his family is sharing a photo of him with the public. brian is sitting upright with his beaming children, sisters and parents surrounding him. danny simon, one of brian's best friends and former roommate, visited him on thanksgiving, before this photo was taken. >> he's happy to watch football, because i told him football today, he said he knew. 's it's amazing from someone who was non-responsive, barely alive laying in a bed to where he's at now is incredible. >> reporter: almost every week he reaches new milestones, he can hold a conversation, write his children's names and move

his arms. his friends say brian is determined to get better despite intense pain during physical therapy. >> watching him do physical therapy it is not easy to watch because it's painful but to see him doing that and responding to what they're asking him to do is pretty amazing. >> reporter: danny says he sees brian's personality shine through more and more every visit, as he jokes with friends and therapists. his family says they could not feel more thankful and blessed and dozens of friends and strangers are writing in to stow's website commenting how much this photo has inspired them. still, despite major improvements, brian has a long road ahead. he can't walk and requires round-the-clock care but for now his family is focusing on the picture of progress, a holiday memory offering hope. in santa cruz, marianne favro, "nbc bay area news." >> i wonder what the family christmas crowd will look like,

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if you were shopping on black friday, you were braving the crowds, looking for the best deals, right? well at one southern california shopping mall, the shoppers were the ones who were being watched and their buying habits tracked. so how is it being done and why? tony shin from our sister station in san diego shows. >> reporter: holiday rush is under way at promenade temecua. signs are warning shoppers they're being tracked through their cell phone. >> why would anybody care if i go to macy's or penney's, so, who cares? >> reporter: marketing managers care because they want to know where shoppers like to go.

that's why this mall is one of two in the nation that are testing out this tracking system developed by british company called path intelligence. >> in years past we have to do a shopper intercept and stop and ask you, would you mind answering half an hour's worth of questions. >> reporter: questions like, what are your favorite places to shop or eat? now using transponders like this one, the movements of anyone carrying a working cell phone can be recorded. this is how it works. as soon as a shopper enters the parking lot the transponders get a signal called a ping from the cell phone. the transponders then follow that ping all over the mall. some shoppers say it could be viewed as an invasion of privacy. >> i see that but it doesn't make me nervous because it's like you go with the movement of technology. you go with it. >> reporter: according to marketing managers, the transponders don't have that ability. >> they're not able to collect any demographic. i don't know if your ping is

male, i don't know if your ping is female. >> so what do you do if you don't want to be part of the survey and don't want your movements tracked? all you have to do is simply turn off your cell phone when you come to the mall. >> i don't think i should have to do that. that was tony shin reporting from southern california. the maker of the tracking system says it's not built to capture shoppers' phone number, data, text or any personal details. right now it's only testing phase. no word if any malls in the bay area plan to use it. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come -- >> they're the 1% ruining it all. >> occupy protesters try to block black friday in downtown san francisco. we'll see what happens when the shoppers get involved. check this out, what caused this in a bay area neighborhood. [ dennis ] allstate wants everyone to be protected on the road.

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looking live this morning at your san bruno mountain camera bouncing around, a breezy start to the day but look how beautiful it is. i hope you get to get out and work off that pie f you want to. you don't have to. >> the leftovers of pie and turkey and everything to finish up. >> that's why you're up early? i don't know. thanks for joining us on this saturday morning, auto i'll kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. the cranberry sauce out of the can was the best it's ever been. >> that's nice and easy. the weather today if you're doing any exercising, want to work off some of that you've got a pretty good forecast. san francisco is gorgeous right now but inland it's a different story in fairfield toward santa rosa, inland north bay and east bay valley fog and it's going to be i think a little persistent in sla 2340e county, winds stay offshore during the day. by 4:00 should see a gorgeous

day for san francisco and san jose, sunshine and high clouds coming in for the afternoon. high clouds part of a system you'll notice later on today. coming in from the west but don't worry, no rain with that. how long the raindrops will be out of the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> just when i found my umbrella. thanks, rob. black friday shoppers at union square in san francisco got more than holiday cheer and good deals. in addition to traffic, parking and long lines which they expect they also got this, roving bands of occupy protesters made matters a bit more complicated. protesters blocked traffic, stood in front of store entrances and tangled with police. some shoppers, though are speaking up against the protesters. >> i just don't think it's going to work at this time of year. there's too many of us that enjoy shopping, enjoy christmas and it's up to everyone if they want to spend their money. >> occupy organizers plan to be active throughout the holiday season, whether that means blocking more stores remains to be seen. occupy organizers say they will

hold another march through san francisco from 1:00 to 3:00 today. they are calling this march return everything day. keeping small business in the black, today is small business saturday, and in san jose and san francisco, the cities want residents to dedication a portion of their holiday shopping to businesses in their own back yards to strengthen the local economy. two onts ago san jose launched its shop san jose program designed to show residents about the importance of purchasing goods and services in their own community. the city worked with businesses to encourage them to use social media to recapture some of the nearly $2 billion in sales that are spent by san jose residents in other cities. later today in san francisco, the north beach business association will hold an event at the corner of grant and vallejo streets, designed to promote small businesses. some small businesses are offering special discounts. others have other incentive so check with your local businesses before you shop. the rush to buy more for less led to violence this black

friday. holiday shoppers are out in force this year but so are thieves, getting more aggressive than ever. as "today in the bay's" elear kir shaller in reports, some leads to tragic circumstances. >> reporter: the frenzy started early to find a deal on black friday from the mall in san bruno. >> everything seemed pretty peaceful besides the lines. >> reporter: to more long lines at a walmart in san leandro whereux peaceful. >> we looked around and see people running and just chaotic going to their cars and stuff and it was kind of crazy. >> reporter: police say a group of shoppers were walking to their car when at least four people tried to rob them, a man fought back, then got shot. 20-year-old tony phillips is being held on suspicion of attempted homicide and attempted robbery, but authorities are still looking for the other men they say are responsible for the

violence. >> this whole black friday thing is always so crazy. >> reporter: black friday also took a dark turn at another walmart, this one in por port auranch outside of los angeles. >> it burned and i feel nauseous and i can't breathe. >> reporter: customers came under attack when a woman trying to edge out her competitors for a cheap xbox pepper sprayed the crowd. >> once they released the games there were a whole bunch of people pushing around, i was shoved into a box of games and all of the sudden this lady came out with some pepper spray, my brother was sprayed in the face point blank. he couldn't see. he was on the floor and then shoes taken off and everything. >> reporter: that's when the woman apparently fled. police are looking at security cameras to find her. >> that's unreasonable. i mean that's just too crazy, yeah. i mean, there's no need, right? it's just stuff. >> that was elise kirchner

reporting. walmart released a statement most were safe except for the few unfortunate incidents. a water main break in san francisco caused a geyser of water to shoot up so high in the air, about 100 feet up. a 12-inch transmission pipeline split open spreading a heavy stream of water, forcing the evacuation of six homes and just destroying a couple back yards. it took emergency crews three hours to shut off that water. crews and neighborhoods rather neighbors are working to clean up the muddy mess. >> mud just hitting the fence, it just knocked it over completely and we've got mud in the backyard piled up about that high, almost the whole length of the house. >> neighbors were allowed back inside their homes last night, after officials determined the homes were structurally sound, but at least 12 homes did suffer flood damage. the san francisco public utilities commission owns and

managing the pipeline replaced last month and investigating why the line broke. the company says it will cover all of the costs associated with the rupture. a bay area marine killed in combat in afghanistan will be remembered this weekend. the 19-year-old was killed last week. funeral for marine corps lance corporal joshua chacicoral will be held in san francisco. tonight the sandra moan valley high school will put on a public tribute for the school, at the school's football stadium, i should say. monday the warriors watch riders will escort the family and hearse back from travis air force base after his body arrives. two fund-raisers will be held today and tomorrow to help the family of a young man killed when he was hit by a train. enrique cisneros was struck and killed by a train, he was

wearing head phones and did not hear the train approaching from behind. he was a senior at conley continuation high school and worked at the texas road house restaurant in union city. now that restaurant will hold two fund-raisers to help cisneros' family pay for his funeral. the restaurant is on landing boulevard in the union landing shopping center in union city, near interstate 808. today a car wash will be held from 10:00 this morning until 3:00 this afternoon. tomorrow a baked goods sale will be held from 11:00 in the morning until 3:00. two of three american students who were arrested in egypt are now back on their way home this morning. reports say the third student will be boarding a flight later today. police detained luke gates, derek sweeney and gregory porter for allegedly throwing fire bombs at security forces during a protest at tahrir square earlier this week. the young men deny it. students were studying abroad at the american university in cairo

and said the bag they were caught with belonged to two egyptians they were staying with. an egyptian court ordered the release of the three men on thursday. it looks like the nba lockout could be over. a few hours ago a tentative deal to end the players' 149-day lockout. right now it's just a handshake and has to be ratified but it is good news overnight. pro-babble will have a 66-game season beginning christmas day. a majority on each side needs to approve the deal, more than half of the owners must approve and a simple majority is necessary from players, that's where it gets complicated because players disbanded their union two weeks ago. both sides were divided over the issue of revenues and certain changes sought by owners to curb spending by large teams that the players saw as limiting or restricting of their options in free agency. if all goes according to plan, players will return to camp december 9th and i know that the

folks who work for the warriors are very pleased, even the folks who just work in the arena who have been waiting for work. much more ahead, still to come a 4-year-old girl busted for shoplifting. what happened to the guard who interrogated her. plus the "twilight" movie is not just breakin box office numbers, it's breaking some people down. dad, a big giant bee! get it! hang on, pumpkin. aw! bad call, dad!

hey, sweetie. guess what, the bees came back and i broke the phone... no, no that was unrelated. you know what, why don't you call it to see if it works? pretty sure it's broken. probably right. looks like we're in new phone territory. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay.

this morning apparently tween screaming fits aren't the only side effects to watching a "twilight" movie. it's reportedly giving some moviegoers seizures. "breaking down part one" the first part of the "twilight" saga finale contains a graphic scene where bella violently gives birth to her child. reports the flashing of colors and bright lights kautszed multiple viewers to suffer photo

sensitive epilepsy or seizures. this is not the first film to allegedly cause seizures like this, "127" and "avatar" also reportedly caused some viewers to experience convulsions. a grocery store security guard is out of a job after he detained a 4-year-old shoplifter and told the girl's father she could face criminal charges, this happened in washington state at a safeway store. the child's father wasn't looking when the young girl grabbed the package of dried fruit, opened it and ate a few pieces before returning it to the shelf. the guard had the girl sign a form allowing she wasn't allowed to enter any safeway store again. officials are "appalled" by the guard's actions and had no choice but to fire him. much more ahead, the smartphone company that can boast it has the most loyal fans. and here's a look outside, sunol grade this morning, fog

free but further to the east it's a different story. we'll talk about how fog can really make for some interesting temperatures in your eekend , coming up in just a few minutes. ,

good saturday morning to you. 7:44 right now. let's take you out live to the south bay, san jose, some haze and a few high clouds but no fog. a little bit of a different story if you're watching us from fairfield or santa rosa this morning or novato. we have fog really making for a cool morning, also reducing visibilities quite a bit on the roadways. 43 san jose, 50s around oakland and san francisco. visibility in miles showing you a quarter mile visibility in fairfield and across the inland north bay valleys and a bit of an offshore breeze. what happens when you get this fog that drifts through the central valley, we have to watch and see if it comes through the altamont pass. concord and fairfield most fog in the location this is morning

so no worries about rain this weekend. high clouds coming in at times. if you don't have fog you could get as warm as the mid to upper 60s today but inland eek and north bay valleys could see upper 50s for high this is weekend. satellite view a lot of clouds but hb will keep the rain producing clouds off to the north. the futurecast will show fog being our main concern. you could see all of that fog around the east bay as we go through the day and eventually breaking up some into the evening, reforming again tonight as we get into tomorrow morning and then this foggy pattern will make for some cool temperatures inland but pretty nice out closer to the coast. as we get high pressure that builds in, traps moisture down at ground level and we see fog forming overnight in the north bay valleys and the fog could make for a cool weekend at times around the east bay. for the bay area today though look at temperatures, heading down toward los gatos or santa cruz, upper 60s. i wouldn't rule out close to 70 in some spots maybe by tomorrow, mid-60s around san francisco but

notice the temperature there in fairfield, hopefully that's not too optimistic f that fog lingers we could see highs in the upper 50s for our inner most east bay valleys. is en-day forecast shows we're going to be staying dry for a while. patchy fog could be thick, i think tomorrow morning especially out to the trivalley and north bay valleys again, temperatures not changing a whole lot for the first part of the week and things might get interesting, say thursday and friday, cooling down as the system drives down the sierra, could get breezy and maybe some frosty mornings later next week but holiday weekend looks good for folks trying to head home for the holidays tomorrow morning, watching that fog closely. it won't impact the airports but it will affect your commute in the east bay valleys tomorrow morning. >> folks heading home, thank you very much, rob. san rafael is ready for the holidays for the 32nd straight year the city will put on its popular parade of lights tonight and for those who like snow, san rafael will have plenty of it this morning, though i don't think it showed up on rob's radar.

from 9:00 this morning until noon there will be plenty of snow along with activities for the kids on "a" street between fourth and fifth avenues. get there fast because once the snow melts, the city will close the event as a safety precaution. the parade of lights begins at 5:30 tonight along fourth avenue from "e" street to the city plaza. the city says search welcome to come join the parade. if you want to participate you must arrive at the staging area at "e" and fourth at 5:00. at&t is trying to figure out a way to save its controversial $39 billion for t-mobile. it probably won't be enough, though. the justice department filed a suit to block the deal saying that if at&t, the second largest u.s. wireless carrier and t-mobile, the fourth largest teamed up, it would demolish the competition in the mobile space. at&t responded saying it would divest 40% of t-mobile assets which according to bloomberg

news, that's according to bloomberg news but federal officials have anti-trust concerns and would likely fight that 40% offer as well. a new survey shows the most loyal smartphone buyers who people who just can't live without their iphones. despite problems with the operating software, 84% of iphone users say they will stick with apple the next time it's time to buy a phone according to a survey by a research firm, compares to 60% of users on android platforms and 48% of blackberry owners. much more ahead on "today in the bay." retirement not the golden age after all, what many americans th bee likft will be like after retirement and what they think they can depend on. now through this monday only,

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sustain them. vicki vargas from our nbc station in loss ang less reports on this one. >> reporter: meet rodney, ursula and steve. three colleagues all working at the same internet security company who wonder not when but if they'll be able to retire. >> savings plan definitely, it's not something i depend on in terms of you know, social security. i don't depend on that anymore. >> even if you're putting away money and you say you're doing the right thing, then what would you do, if the pile you have isn't worth anything. >> reporter: according to a retirement study by wells fargo the ung whier the worker less likely will be depend on social security to get through the golden years. workers aged 40 and under say they expect 20% of each retirement dollar to come from the government. those in their 50s expect a bit more, 36% but if you're even closer to retirement age, then the social security expectation is even higher, 46%.

robert aviyt isn't there yet, 68 years old with no plans from walking away from the benefits business he has built over three decad decades. he advises workers to invest in 401(k) plans. >> a problem we have had for a long time is we are not a saving nation. >> reporter: the same study says most of us have saved 7% of what we think we'll need to leave the corner office and predict we will work into our 80s. >> locally owned supermarket chain andronicos is closing its telegraph store in berkeley. new owners say the supermarket is at the right size, just five stores. the remaining locations are san francisco, san anselmo, los gatos and two others in berkeley. it was founded in berkeley in 1929 as the first family owned upstale supermarket in the bay area. at its height the chain had 14 bay area locations, again, back

down to five. if you still drive a car that relies strictly on gas, some good news for you. gas prices are down here in the bay area, and across the country. that dip happening in the last month. the average u.s. gas price is about 50 cents higher than it was a year ago but still 11 cents lower than a month ago, and that is what we are seeing here in the bay area. in the past month, gas in san jose went from $3.82 -- $8 would be terrible $3.82 to $3.70 per gallon and san francisco just under $4 to $3.81 and in the east bay, gas prices dropped from $3.84 per gallon to $3.72 this month. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, nasa's launch this morning of the world's largest extra test reen explorer the mars rover, called "curiosity." we'll show you the unique twist faat has the mission a r usen and a famous sioinr rkg wotoengether.

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some lucky south bay shoppers got a chance to see their idol perform live. james durbin kicked off black friday festivities at santana row with a live singing performance. ♪ he also took the time to sign copies of his new album "memories of a beautiful disaster" and his fans were appreciative. >> he can do a little bit of everything, he's very versatile, i'm sorry people didn't recognize that on "the idol." i think he's got a great career coming. >> it featured the 40-foot holiday tree along with all of those fans lined up as well. an angel opened one of europe's best known christmas markets in the german town of nuremburg. ♪

each year thousands of visitors crowd around wooden stalls with vendors selling everything from grilled sausages to cakes and wooden toys. the market ends on christmas eve when germans traditionally celebrate christmas. this morning we watched live as nasa launched the world's largest extra terrestrial explorer, sending it off to the most mysterious planet in the solar system, a six-wheeled one-armed mars rover blasted off from kennedy space center in florida at 7:02 this morning. it's going to take 8 1/2 months for the unmanned atlas 5 rocket to arrive on the red planet. the rover about the size of a car nicknamed curiosity and rob's been tracking it. rob you say the last of the rocket boosters came off, the heat shields. >> it's on its way which is great news. they were congratulating themselves, great to see. >> they just turned off our feed, we were watching them as they were, woo, sighing a bit of relief and celebrating what was a very successful launch. now we have to wait 8 1/2 months for it to arrive. i'm sure that we will get some

status updates from nasa. they're very proud of this one. and we also talked with william of the black-eyed peas, you wonder what does will.i.am have to do with nasa. >> after they get to the martian's surface we've got some plans to keep them stimulated on the journey there by using music, by using what system simulation and websites, apps, different things. >> yeah, keeping the dialogue. one of its reasons people think kids have a short attention span but we just haven't come up with clever ways of keeping that dialogue with the youth. >> right. >> will.a.am says because of all of the computer work in a shah has done he's able to do the music he makes. "curiosity" is the most complex ambitious rover to explore the planet. we look forward to that. and we thank you so much for making us a part of your

morning. we will have local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and all day long on nbcbayarea.com. happy post-thanksgiving. we'll see you tomorrow. bye.