i'm kris sanchez. coming up on "today in the bay," dozens of people are homeless after a fast-moving fire rips through an apartment complex in the south bay. what investigators think started it. plus, the occupy protest on uc campus expands this week. what they're planning to protest at a regents meeting. and hundreds are expected to turn out in the bitter cold today to remember a san francisco mayor and supervisor who were assassinated. this is "today in the bay." and looking live at some of what might keep you on the road a little longer today.

some high clouds. also some fog in the distance. some blue sky ahead as well. thanks so much for joining us on this sunday morning. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. you're watching the fog. we're all watching the fog. we have family coming and going. >> absolutely. we have some high clouds and low clouds that will be filtering in. 40s and 50s outside. let's talk about the wind direction. still slightly offshore. that's bringing in some of that central valley fog. visibility down to a quarter mile through fairfield. air travel for arriving flights into sfo, we're seeing delays 35 to 40 minutes. hour-by-hour forecast shows lots of fog for the morning. eventually the fog kind of retreating back to the central valley. high clouds coming in this afternoon going to keep our temperatures in the mid 50s. we'll show you how much longer we expect the dry weather to

last. >> all right. thank you very much, rob. we begin this morning with the fire that forced entire families to wake up today in a high school gym. dozens of people were forced out by flames. some of them don't even know how much they've lost yet. it happened at the village green apartments in cupertino last night. as monte francis reports, no one was hurt. >> reporter: firefighters worked frantically to keep the flames from spreading from one building to another. residents of all 122 units evacuated. >> we started looking around the house to see if it was, like, a block or something. our neighbors start screaming, it's a fire, it's a fire. >> reporter: investigators said gas lines in the attics of the unit helped the fire to spread

quickly to a three alarm. it wasn't until the gas lines were shut up two and a half hours later that crews got the upper hand. investigators say the fire was sparked by someone heating up oil on a stove. >> they were eating up some oil in a pan. they turned on the stove, walked away. next thing you know, they heard a smoke detector go off. they went back into the kitchen, saw fire coming up from the pan into the hood and spreading to the cabinets. >> units 45, 48 were pretty much destroyed. >> reporter: just next door inside the the gymnasium of homestead high school, residents heard the bad news. 16 units suffered some degree of damage. at least eight were destroyed. david lopez lives just four doors down from where the fire started. >> we didn't know what to grab. we just grab, like, our passport or important documents and left. >> reporter: despite the fire's size and the extent of the damage, everyone seems to return to one very crucial point.

>> at least, like, everyone is safe though. that's the most important thing. >> reporter: monte francis, "today in the bay." >> the american red cross is providing shelter and food to all of the people displaced by the fire at homestead high school this morning. the damage is estimated at $2 million. candles may be to blame for the fire that wiped out a mobile home in san jose. investigators say a woman left several candles unattended in her home in san jose. it didn't take long for those candles to spark the fire that engulfed her home. firefighters quickly put it out. the homeowner was evacuated without injuries, but her cat is still missing this morning. student activists at uc davis are calling for a campus-wide shut down this week. occupy uc davis organizers are planning a general strike for tomorrow to coincide with the uc regents meeting. demonstrators are protesting recent tuition hikes and are voicing their support for other

occupy movements. the meeting will be a teleconference for four different campuses. no word yet on whether any uc board members will be there. classes are expected to be in regular session. a week from thursday, the plan to extend bart to san jose could get a nearly $1 billion boost. an $800 million contract will reportedly be passed. >> once this contract is awarded on december 8th by our board of directors, basically all we're waiting for is the agreement to be signed by the federal government. once that ink dries, we are in place to break ground on the project. >> the project has a total price tag of just over $2 billion. the federal government will decide on federal spending in february. if approved, bart service to san jose could begin as early as

2016. this is what we'll be talking about with our political analyst larry gerston, about feasibility and whether or not this could actually happen. in san francisco, a somer anniversa anniversary. 33 years ago today, mayor george moscone and supervisor harvey milk were assassinated inside city hall by a former disgruntled supervisor who wanted his job back after he resigned. the killings were announced by future senator and then board of supervisors president dianne feinstein. >> mayor moscone and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> a memorial march and vigil to honor milk and moscone are scheduled for tonight. moscone was a popular mayor. milk was the first openly gay man to be elected to major public office in california. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, relief for the families of three american students arrested in egypt.

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good sunday morning to you. looking live at some of the birds that are watching the senole grade there. if you are heading out of town this morning, be careful out there. fog in full effect. 24 pakistani troops killed in a nato cross-border air raid in the last 24 hours have been buried. nato fighter jets attacked two pakistani outposts, killing those soldiers. pakistan's army chief attended the funeral today. it's a blow to already strained relations to the pakistani government and u.s.-led forces fighting in afghanistan. nato says it was responding to

enemy fire along a remote part of the border between pakistani and afghanistan. pakistani leaders call the attacks intolerable, and the u.s. is apologizing. >> the commander of the u.s. security force has stated he's personally paying the highest attention to this matter, and that he's committed to thoroughly investigate. he expresses sincere and personal heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of any member of the pakistan security forces who may have been killed or injured. >> yesterday's attacks are being called the deadliest friendly fire against nato since the war in afghanistan began ten years ago. protests continue right now in egypts a the nation prepares for parliamentary elections. demonstrators are calling for an end to military rule. they say they have no faith in their new prime minister. protesters are camping outside

the cabinet headquarters. tens of thousands continue to gather in tahrir square. meanwhile, the three american students arrested in egypt during the protests this week are now back in their home states of missouri, pennsylvania, and indiana this morning. gregory porter was the first to arrive yesterday afternoon. fellow students luke gates and derek sweeny also arrived home overnight. the three were accused of throwing fire bombs during demonstrations. they were detained last weekend r , but all charges were dropped. overnight, a rocket was fired from the hamas-controlled palestinian territory. as the gaza strip recovers, militants fired a rocket into southern israel. israeli military claims the strikes were in response to two rockets launched into israel over the weekend.

the rockets landed in open areas. no one was injured. a young east bay soldier who was killed in afghanistan was remembered at a memorial held at the high school where he graduated just a year ago. more than 300 friends, family, and community members gathered at danville's san ramon value are lee high school to honor corporate joshua corral. he was killed in afghanistan earlier this month. >> as a marine, i will be thinking of you. you're the bravest, most honorable man i've ever had the privilege to call my friend and my brother. you'll always be my hero. you gave your life so i can continue on with mine. >> tomorrow, his casket will travel in a procession of cars through downtown danville during the noon hour. another memorial will be held

wednesday afternoon at the east bay fellowship church. still more ahead on "today in the bay," including the price of going green. what you're really bringing home in those reusable grocery bags. plus, it's just what the government ordered. why hospitals are working overtime to make sure they make a good impression on you. and here's a look at morning around san francisco. we've got some patchy fog in a few areas. not too bad right here aroundok. look at the rest of your sunday forecast coming right up. yeah, i'm married. does it matter?

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pumping in some of that fog. look at these visibilities. these have been updated in the last 15 minutes. you can see san jose down towards mountain view, a quarter mile or less. you can see as we go into the north bay, also less than a quarter mile around santa row is a. a quarter mile around fairfield. sfo, for some arriving flights, 45 to 60 minute delays. until the low clouds start to lift, we'll probably see these delays ongoing. oakland and san jose still no problems reported so far this morning. if you're going to head out to the raiders game, a nice jacket is going to be just fine. should see low 60s. maybe some mid-day sunshine. we have the fog this morning. we also have some high clouds. you'll see that coming in during the afternoon. monday and tuesday a little bit warmer. things are going to make a drier and windy turn, i think, as we get into wednesday afternoon. so the satellite is actually showing you all the high clouds coming in on top of the fog we have this morning.

wet weather will miss us for the most part, but bring rain for the northern california coastline. it's going to bring more high clouds during the day today. temperatures probably not warming up as much as we would have liked about 24 hours ago. the foggy start to the morning, plus high clouds on top of that. around mid-day, hopefully a few breaks in the clouds. look what happens here towards the evening. this is more mid- and high-level cloud coming in as the system fizzles out to the north. temperatures today around the north bay and east bay, we'll definitely see those low clouds lingering. it's going to be a cool day. 57 for fairfield. san jose, 63. i think the warmest spots will be santa cruz. north bay, highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. monday and tuesday, the offshore wind will back off a little bit. i think we're going to warm up some monday into tuesday. wednesday and thursday, gusty, dry offshore winds. we'll have to watch that. could see gusts getting close to 45 miles per hour. that will be thursday morning.

friday into saturday, starting off december very dry. temperatures not changing a whole lot. looks like next weekend also starting dry. >> i did notice a lot more people on the roads even this morning. when we come in, we come in very, very early, 4:00. did you notice too? >> i did notice. probably through 10:00 this morning, that patchy, dense fog will be sticking around. >> hopefully you can just stick around, have another cup of coffee with your family before you go. >> sounds good. >> thanks, rob. san francisco set a goal of zero landfill waste in 2020. in the meantime, they've set another goal to reduce the city's garbage. here's joe rosato jr. with why. >> reporter: from the crush of photographers at fisherman's wharf today, you'd think paris hilton was touring the crab boat. turns out, center of attention was kelly bennett's garbage. the sudden fame surrounding this

particular load of trash is it represents the one millionth ton of garbage composted since 1996. bennett, the chef where this stuff came from, couldn't be prouder. >> really, it's an honor. we're part of something that's really important. >> reporter: if you think it's a stretch to say the chef is excited about composting, just take a tour of his kitchen. >> anything that was ever alive and grew or that you could grow something in ends up in here. one, two cans right here. we have another one on the other end over there. >> reporter: bennett, who launched the restaurant's compost program eight years ago, is almost as excited about what he recycles as what he serves. >> we've taken people from all over the world on tours to visit our dumpster. >> reporter: san francisco environmental leaders say efforts like scoma's and every day residents have contributed to the city's composting success. the city's recycling company

says it collects 600 tons of organic matter a day. >> the city is converting 70% of its waste from the landfill. >> reporter: san francisco's garbage has become wine country gold. the organic compost is sold to napa and sonoma to fertilize vineyar vineyards. it took recology 15 years to reach the million ton mark. it expects to reach the second million in just five. in case you're wondering how, it's because no a days -- >> this is our compactor where all of our green compost goes. >> reporter: there are more people like bennett who never met a green bin they didn't like. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. a number of shoppers are using reusable grocery bags to bring their groceries home. there might be something else in

your bag other than groceries. bacteria could be growing in them. samples from ten bags made of woven fabric were left overnight at body temperature. seven out of ten came out clean. three bags had high levels of bacterial growth. researchers say taking care of your reusable bags will solve the problem. >> this is one of those things just a matter of common sense. you're putting food in a bag a, and if you're going to be eating that food, you would prefer that it come out of a clean bag. >> starting in january, people in san jose will need to use reusable bags. when the city's single plastic use carryout ban takes place. bottom line is it goes into effect in january. you can't use single-use plastic bags anymore. several other bay area cities, including san francisco, already have laws banning those plastic bags. still ahead on "today in the

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as part of president obama's health care overhaul, soon low patient scores on this will mean fewer medicare dollars to hospitals. at renowned cleveland clinic, there's already a la carte food on demand, a nurse or doctor checking every 15 minutes. even a massage. >> they make you feel at home. they help you through it. they interact with you, get you up moving. doing something instead of staying focused on the reason you're here. >> reporter: hospitals are going to be judged beyond patient comfort. on cutting wait times, preventing deadly hospital infections, and mistakes that cost hundreds of lives a year. hospitals across the country are getting the message, even hiring professional coaches to improve patient care. some hospitals believe the new medicare rules are not fair. >> those hospitals that serve the sickest patients oftentimes look worse on this survey strictly because their patients

tend to give lower scores when they're not feeling well. >> reporter: for anyone facing hospitalization in the future, the hope is that these changes will lead to added comfort and improve the quality of health care for everyone. dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, san francisco. japanese researchers say they figured out a way to make hard-to-see cancer cells glow green. the new sprayable substance makes the cells visibly glow within minutes of application. the team tested the substance on ovarian cancer cells transplanted into laboratory mice. they say with further research, they are hopeful the spray will also be usable on other kinds of cancers like liver, colon, and uterine cancer. well, one research group thinks that it found the secret to having smarter children. a study done by the university of notre dame researchers shows that having children at least

two years apart may be the key to brain power. it says those children born further apart have higher reading and math scores than kids born closer together. oldest child seems to get more of the parent's attention. when the younger one comes at least two years apart, they get their dose of attention as well. the study did find that spacing birth had no effect for the younger child's test scores. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, a large apartment fire leaves dozens of homeless families this holiday weekend. zplnch plus, the latest black friday retail numbers are in, and they hit a record.

good morning to you. looking live at the golden gate bridge, or what we can see of it this morning. lots of fog and lots of fog on the roadways too.

if you have family headed home, you might want to sit still and have another cup of coffee this morning. >> it's true. we got some pretty dense fog, actually, down in san jose this morning. we're noticing some of that showing up on the radar in terms of -- well, these are high-level clouds coming in. we're going to notice more of that into the afternoon. you can see our temperatures this morning. 40s outside. visibility down to about a quarter mile or less around parts of the south bay. fog, the story of the morning. around lunchtime, should have more in the way of sunshine. we're starting to see some around oakland. around 4:00, should see highs in upper 50s. mid 60s for areas south of san jose with some high clouds coming in later on this evening. we'll let you know when the next chance, if there are any, of anymore rain or snow coming to northern california and the full forecast in a few minutes. >> all right. thanks, rob. dozens of people who live in a cupertino apartment complex are waking up in a high school gym instead this morning after a fire ravaged their apartment complex building.

16 apartment units were burned at the village green apartments. more than a few families lost everything. some don't even know how much they lost yet. last night, firefighters worked to keep the fire from hopscotching from one apartment to another while the residents of all 122 units evacuated. >> we started looking around the house to see if it was, like, a block or something. we started hearing our neighbors upstairs. they started screaming, like, it's a fire, it's a fire. >> investigators say gas lines in the attics helped the fire to spread quickly to three alarms. the gas was shut off two and a half hours after the fire started. once they did that, firefighters were able to get that fire under control. it is unknown when pg&e was notified of the fire. the fire started when someone tried to heat up oil on a stove. there were two shootings in oakland within two hours of each

other saturday night. the first happened just after 7:00 at corner of 7th and union streets. two victims were wounded. they are now listed in stable condition. the second shooting happened at 57th avenue. one person was shot. he is also listed in stable condition. police have not arrested suspects in either shooting and aren't saying whether the two could be connected. we're getting word this morning that occupy sf protesters are setting up camp in front of the wells fargo bank near the federal reserve building this morning. this is according to their website. occupy groups have recently protested in front of other wells fargo branches in the city and in oakland and san jose as well. early tomorrow morning, police in los angeles will shut down the occupy l.a. protest camp there. yesterday, officer gave notice to protesters saying they had until midnight to leave the park that they set up where they've set up. many of the protesters say they plan to ignore that order and realize they will be arrested. the camp was set up seven weeks

ago as part of the occupy wall street movement. friday was black friday. saturday, small and local. what's next? cyber monday, of course. some of the best holiday shopping deals are still to be had. online shoppers are expected to turn to the web in droves tomorrow. so far, retailers are pretty happy with the holiday shopping season so far. the early numbers for shopping on the day after thanksgiving this year shattered all the records. spending was up almost 7% from last year to $11.5 billion, which is the highest amount ever for so-called black friday. black friday, of course, gets its name because it's the day retailers hope to get out of the red for the year and into the black. yesterday for small business saturday in san francisco, mom and pop stores offered special holiday deals and perks. in san jose, some store owners say they certainly needed the boost. >> we have to help each other, help the small businesses. if we don't do that, you know, i

would say in the future the small business will disappear like they're doing right now in downtown. i don't know in you notice. there's a lot of vacant spaces. >> san jose is trying to jump start the downtown san jose economy with a program called shop san jose. they started that a few weeks ago. if you google search shop san jose, you can register for local deals and business offerings. the city wants to recapture some of the sales tax dollars that their residents spend in other cities. president barack obama and his daughters decided to help out a small bookstore yesterday as well. just a few blocks from the white house to support small business saturday, they did a little shopping. they purchased a few books, including the very popular new "diary of a wimpy kid" along with a book about relations between the u.s. and pakistan. small business saturday, by the way, started last year. it is sponsored by american

express, google, and facebook, to name a few. they certainly aren't small businesses, but facebook did offer free advertising to many small businesses. bart wants to help air travelers get home quicker during one of the busiest travel times of the year. the agency is planning to run extended times. extra shuttle buses will also be running at oakland. the extended trains will run on the pittsburgh bay point line. cable car service should be up and running this morning on the paul mason line in san francisco. crews have been working overnight to fix mechanical problems there. the line was shut down on saturday just after 6:00. the shuttle buses then were used to carry passengers throughout the night. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, we'll get you ready for your workweek with what you need to watch for ie k.

looking live at san francisco this morning. not f lots of folks enjoying the fresh air after the turkey day festivities on thursday. there's a lot ahead in the upcoming week in the world of business. sue herrera has a look. >> reporter: the november jobs report comes out on friday with the nation's unemployment rate now sitting at 9% on the dot. economists are looking for 100,000 new jobs added to the economy for the month and hope to see that jobless rate move a notch lower. retail sales for november may be slightly higher. some shoppers may have held back a little bit anticipating more spending as we get closer to the holidays. we'll also get a report on sales of new homes, which have seen unexpected growth lately. prices on those homes could continue to fall. if you sat out black friday and small business saturday, cyber monday could be the day for you.

the automakers roll out their november sales figures. they're expecting strong figures again thanks to pent up demand, low financing terms, and lots of other incentives. this friday marks the ten-year anniversary of the enron collapse. this year's rockefeller center christmas tree, a 74-foot, ten-ton norway spruce will be lit in new york city on wednesday. i'm sue herrera. get all your business news on cnbc. >> a reminder, you can gut all your business and tech news week days on "today in the bay" starting at 4:30 in thegrowing women are following the lead of "golden girls." one group of ladies are saving money in this tough economy by becoming roommates. >> reporter: meet dale, gerry, lori, and maryan.

they're all baby boomers, divorced, and up until recently, total strangers. >> this is my space. i got lucky. i got the master bedroom. >> reporter: for the past eight months, they've shared this four-bedroom house in ashville, north carolina. it's a living arrangement that allows them to maintain, even elevate, their quality of life in retirement. >> i could be blanch. >> i'm the old ma m the old mama >> i'm the old ma mma. i'm not quite as goofy. maybe i am. >> yeah, you are. >> reporter: each has her own private space. rent ranges from $550 to $950 a month. >> i couldn't afford to live in this neighborhood if i was living on my own. >> reporter: nearly half a million single baby boomer women now share a home with a female non-relative. with millions approaches retirement, that number is expected to grow. matching services have popped up nationwide. >> in the kpi now, there's a lot of people who aren't quite where they thought they would be in their retirement.

so boomer women are looking at alternative housing choices. >> reporter: money is important, but lori says the companionship is priceless. >> i love the laughter and the sharing. >> reporter: she lives here with her husband, ron. a second marriage for both. >> sometimes it would be nice to have another man in the house, you know. there definitely would be a balance of hormones. >> reporter: on tv, the golden girls stuck together through thick and thin. these ladies are working on a real-life adaptation of their own. >> that looks kind of fun. much more ahead on "today in the bay." will you really be able to one day be able to hop on high speed rail to travel to southern california? we're going to talk with politicalee anysaltar ler g ryot about that.

looking live at where we should be able to see the transamerica building there. we can only see the bottom part because it is super foggy out there. if you're heading out on the roadways, be careful. two recent developments, the expansion of bart to san jose and new caution about proposed high speed rail line show california's anything but consistent on the question of mass transit. for more, we bring in larry gerst gerston. let's talk turkey, bart. this has been on again, off again. all the sudden they say a week from thursday we're going to have money. >> the history of bart goes back more than 50 years. we're relatively new kids to the block. but yeah, it looks more and more likely it's going to be coming

to the valley. all because of the valley transportation authority. that's santa clara county's public transportation agency. it's about to award that contract for nearly $800 million. that's going to get expansion of bart from fremont to san jose. that's assuming federal money. that's a big assumption. if you get that money, then the project could begin within months. if not, it could take longer. once it happens, you're talking about thousands of jobs, improved environment, lots of things that connect san jose with the rest of the area. >> let's talk about how this development compares with the high speed rail project. that one seems to be sputtering to a halt. >> in a word, it doesn't. a couple reasons. the problem is stuck somewhere between neutral and reverse. probably for three reasons. first, we're talking about the root. the leaders are torn between a build-out process that emphasizes the first tracks in

northern or southern california. second, there are huge environmental protests in both areas, north and south, over the actual routes themselves. third third, in some ways the most important concern, the project costs have more than doubled from the original $43 billion to nearly $100 billion. so far, the voters have approved a bond for just $10 billion. they thought that would help a lot. with declining federal funds, you have a big hole. >> but there are some pretty good reasons why it is so difficult to get everything secured and wrapped up. >> yeah. one reason has to do with jurisdictions. people don't think about this sometimes. we're talking about layers and layers of government at the national, state, and local levels. no two of which see priorities the same way. even divisions within the same layers.

at the local level, particularly. another reason has to do with a very impatient public. infrastructure projects like highways and water systems and transit not only cost a lot of( money, but they take a lot of time. yeah, the third reason is the thing we've been talking about all along, money. three years of a bad economy have reduced government reven s revenues, kris. reduced them everywhere. it makes it hard to fund even the most valued projects. one thing is clear. both of these projects will provide many jobs if public officials can get their acts together and the public sees the real benefits. >> it is hard with some of those long-term projects. >> it is. >> before you go, i want to ask you about what's going to happen possibly on uc campuses. the board of regents, they're going to vote on another proposed fee hike. the students are calling for a general strike, some of them. in fairness, we have to say you are a professor in the csu

system. what do you think is going to happen? do the regents have any wiggle room? even if the protests flair up and there is a general strike. >> we've been talking for a long time, you and i, about the state budgets and these triggers that are going to take effect. sure enough, we're not getting the money that a lot of people hoped to get. that's what's leading csu and uc to once again possibly raise division. so yeah, students are really in a mess over it. faculty are unhappy about it. the regents and the trustees are unhappy about it. they don't like doing this either. the question is, it's the oldest question of all, where are you going to get the money? somewhere, jer i hry mcguire, s me the money. >> so they're set to vote on that. a lot of students say they're calling for a general strike. will that matter? >> it will be a very important statement. more than a general strike, more than protesting going to classes

or protesting the regents and trustees, what people need to realize is if you want too keep those things down, you have to realize how to get revenues. that means taxes. from where, from who, and how much? >> thank you, larry. always nigce to put you on the spot. you can get larry's point of view any time at nbcbayarea.com. do a search for prop zero. that's where you'll find our political man. thank you, larry. some occupy protesters in berkeley are making sure protesters in colder climates are able to stay warm. knitters and crocheters got to be activists yesterday. they gathered to make hats, gloves, scarves facing colder climates. they say it was a peaceful and productive way to show solidarity with other occupiers around the country. >> we need to remember that life is about people and sharing and helping each other out.

so we're doing our little part here at berkeley to try to help people out in the colder places. >> the organizers plan to send these items to occupy wall street in new york. still ahead on "today in the bay," it's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a person. he's known as jet man. coming up, his latest adventure over the swiss alps. we've got a lot of low crowds, dense fog, and high clouds coming in. at res ct sufonday forecast com up t of your sund fsuorecast coming up. alright, so we have $10.

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obviously the fog. that's the big story for air travel. also, the blanket of high clouds on top. both, i think, are going to combine for a fairly mild day around the bay area. if not somewhat cool around the east bay valleys. visibility down to a quarter mile or less in some areas. in terms of flight delays, still seems that sfo airport for some arriving flights is delayed 45 to 60 minutes. this will likely continue through midday today. it is cool outside. we get these mornings where we have the fog set up for the morning and high clouds on top to have. sometimes we don't see those clouds burn off as quickly as we'd like. low 60s for the raiders game. hosting the bears around 1:05. around the bay area, fog the big story for the morning. as we head into the afternoon, it will be the mixed bag of mid- and high-level clouds.

the satellite view right now already picking up the outer fringe of a weather system that toss rain to our north. you can see as we speed things up, not expecting rain out of this. this front's going to weaken by the time it drops into lake county. just extra clouds headed our way towards the afternoon. if you're trying to plan to chase sunshine today, i think late morning to early afternoon we'll get a few breaks in the clouds. here you go. more clouds headed our way towards this evening. temperatures are going to be running a little cooler than we would have liked. you can see for our east bay and north bay valleys, calling for 50s today. low 60s in san jose. probably the warmest place we'll find will be near santa cruz towards gilroy. could see upper 60s to the south. midday sunshine followed up by more clouds. the headlines for the week ahead. a bit warmer into monday and tuesday. wednesday and thursday is the time to watch. we could see really gusty winds.

maybe up to 45-mile-per-hour gusts wen gusts wednesday night. pretty dry this week. >> all those leaves will come out of the tree. a lot of raking. thank you very much, rob. the elves at fairmont hotel in san francisco have been building the biggest gingerbread house. look at it. >> you can walk through it. >> i know. there's a special room where kids can write letters to santa and just sit there and take in the smells. 600 hours to bake all that gingerbread. the engineering department moved in working 160 hours to build a framework for the house. no pressure, right. 22 feet tall. twice as big as last year. as we mentioned, there is a special room where kids can write letters to santa. it will be in the hotel lobby through the holidays. by the way, there is a donation box that benefits the leukemia

and lymphoma society and make a wish foundation. well, brazil is obviously known for wild celebrations. now it's taking the christmas holidays to the extreme. last night at a lagoon in rio dejanuarier in row lit up. it is so big the guinness world book of records says it is the world's tallest floating christmas tree. very specific about the categories. thousands of people watched at the event along with a fireworks show and a concert. a holiday classic is getting an over-the-top makeover in china. chinese acrobats are putting on their spin of the classic ballet "swan lake." instead of dancing into the prince's embrace, the white swan princess performs on top of the prince's head. this version includes a traditional chinese marriage ceremony. the two lead roles are played by a real-life couple who have been

performing for more than 20 yea years. and a swiss man likes to think out of the box. yves rossy is known as jet man. yesterday, he took to the skies over the swiss alps in a custom-built jet suit. looks like a plane, but it's not. the suit has four small engines and a 79-inch wingspan. he flew in formation with the two other jet planes before parachuting to the ground. jet man is no stranger to the skies. he served with the swiss air force for 17 years. i guess he knows what he's doing. >> that's impressive. he flew in formation for a while before punching the parachute out. >> not for me. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 tonight. we'll be watching football night in america as the pittsburgh steelers visit the kansas city chiefs. a special edition with robb and diane of nbc bay area news.

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