the wake of the occupy pepper spray incident. a concession from the mayor of san francisco about the 49ers move to here in santa clara. bob redell. that story is coming up. and a live look outside the beautiful bay bridge. it's a cold start to this tuesday, december 6th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. it's 5:00 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jon kelley. let's check in with christina loren. it was so cold you were covering what -- >> last night. >> those things. >> it's a family show, laura. just kidding. 33 in concord now. 27 in gilroy. we have freeze warnings in

place, making this one of the coldest mornings we've had since last winter. yeah, it's very, very chilly. and we could be breaking temperature records. i'll let you know if your city is scheduled to do that today. we'll take you through the full forecast. first let's get you out the door with mike inouye. >> southbound 101 at 3rd. the off ramp there at san mateo. it's clear you'll just see flashing lights. occupy movement protesters will begin a campaign called occupy our homes. this will focus on the foreclosure crisis. "today in the bay's" christie

smith is live in oakland with what's in store at today's nationwide demonstrations. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, jon. the fight against foreclosures and loans that can't be sustained for some homeowners is not going away. in fact, it's heating up. this is a national day of action for occupy our homes. here with me this morning is beth from ace. can you talk about what it is that we're going to see going on in oakland? there are quite a few things happening. >> today in oakland we will be marchg from snow park to to aback to help the family get their loaned modified. this will be members of the community group, other community groups as well as members of the occupy movement. >> at noon here at the courthouse steps, where every day banks sell foreclosed houses

at bargain prices while they refuse to modify a family's home. this afternoon we'll support a west oakland family who was evicted several months ago to move back into their home and reoccupy the home. >> do you offer any guidance or counseling or direction on whether it's feasible to stay or go or what's best for them really? >> our main advice is if you will do nothing, you will be evicted. >> that's the latest here reporting live in oakland. back to you guys in san jose. >> okay, christie, thank you very much. an occupy camp has administrators at one east bay high school worried. officials at berkeley saying the growing camp at civic center park is making it hard to supervise the school's 3,000

students. the park is just across the street from the school. the school sends a letter to parents about the issue. >> uc davis is creating a task force to investigate that recent pepper spraying of student protesters that skauzed a big stir out there. mark udoff appointed 12 uc davis students, faculty, alumni and staff to oversee the investigation. they were all asked to assign blame. the task force will recommend new ways to handle demonstrators on campus. a car thief is in custody thanks to the help of the car's owner. they caught him yesterday after giving chase. the man spotted his car on the

road and called police. then he followed the car, running into it. the man confronted the alleged thief who fired a handgun into the air while running away. the suspected thief faces numerous charges including autothouauto, theft and parole violation. a vote to declare a fiscal emergency in san jose will not happen as planned. chuck reid deciding to put off the vote after reports released indicated pension cost in 2012 will drom drop by $22 million. that's a huge difference from a report in july that said pension costs would rise $33 million. san jose is not out of the woods just yesterday. reed still wants to ask voters to reform the city pension system. >> it is 5:05. a huge step forward for santa clara's plans. they will discuss financial plans and how fast a new stadium

will be built. bob redell is live in santa clara with more. good morning, bob. >> good morning, laura. the city will hold public meetings later today and on thursday so that you at home can learn how santa clara plans to finance this billion-dollar plus 68,500 seat new stadium to be located next to it. the city secured $850 million in loans from three banks. the largest loan a city has ever taken out for an nfl stadium. money that would be repaid in part through ha new hotel tax and redevelopment funds. the city council is expected to approve the deal later today with construction beginning next year. the first game in the new stadium in 2014 or 2015.

an improved vision for moving the team to a new location. the niners repeated they are committed to santa clara. the mayor feels his onlt shot would be if the raiders were to share a stadium can niners. that's a notion the nfl seems to push among teams. mayor lee does say that time is running out. it is 5:07. san francisco's board of supervisors taking another shot at extanding the city's plastic bag band. the board putting off a vote on the issue last month so it could study the economic impact of the plan. some supervisors worried it would place a burden on low-income residents.

there's already a plastic bag ban in place for supermarkets. and a vote today on an offer to for taxes. the sheriff-elect introduced the plan to offer a $10,000 tax break per ex-felon hired to prevent crime. mayor ed lee will likely veto the proposal. opponents say it gives ex-felons priori priority over many people struggling to find a job. the weather may be chilling, but homers are asked not to light up their fireplaces. there's no official spare the air alert but they would like to ask homeowners to voluntarily stop burning wood. the forecast for today calls for

stagnant weather. the spare the air season runs through february. very frosty outside. meteorologist christina loren is here to tell us what it will be like the rest of the day. >> if you parked outside in the north bay, prepare to use the credit card to get the frost of your windshield. temperatures below freezing for the past few hours. we'll see the temperatures rebound. full sunshine. high pressure is in control. but it will take until 9:00 a.m. before that frost is really able to dissipate. temperatures above freezing by 8:00 a.m. in most cities. also forecasting a record if oakland this morning. i think you'll hit about 37 degrees. the old record is 38. this is where we are now. 39 in hayward. 32 in kon record and fairfield. 31 in livermore. in santa rosa, you got 31 degrees. everywhere in the north bay,

below or at freezing. and the coldest point of the day is sun prize. the furthest point from when our heat source, the sun, was warming us up. only 47 degrees as you break for lunch in concord. full sunshine and high pressure will make for temperature this is the 60s yet again. repeat performance of yesterday. if you park in the sun, you'll get a nice treat. headed out to work, mike knows what could slow you down. we still have a few lanes blocked in either direction. that should be picked up over the next 45 minutes. completely clearing by the thim this changes. actually, the numbers just left the screen on the bottom.

but it's a 20-minute ride. on the peninsula, highway 1 is the issue around devil's slide. one way traffic control between pac pacifica and half-moon bay. we see how they end up in oakland. a smooth drive at high street. more construction between fruitvale and 90. >> thank you very much, mike. it's 5:11. 17-year-old cupertino teen is on her way to fighting cancer and just received a $100,000 scholarship. she won the grand prize in math, science and technology. it tarkts tumors, at least healthy tumors instaktd. she's a senior creating a tiny particle she calls a swiss army knife of cancer treatments because of the precision in causing the cancerous tumor. she says it's a cinderella moment for a science nerd like

me. >> stanford quarterback andrew luck has a chance to pad his resumé before he goes pro. he's been named a finalist for the heisman trophy for the second year in a row. he's one of five player that will be honored saturday night in new york. that award honors the top quarterback that best exemplifies character scholastic and academic achievement. >> 5:12 right now. how you can own a piece of the green bay packers coming up. rjs plus a plan to redevelop a park into new houses is not sitting too well with one bay area community. new fallout from the contra costy scandal. one of the alleged victims files suit. >> and onto our werebsnto our website and click weather. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people.

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it is crisp and cool and cold. >> this afternoon just about as warm as yesterday. we'll hover in the upper 50s and low 60s throughout the extended period. no major swings in terms of your temperatures. and no rain in the forecast, even at this point, as we head into december. typically a wet month for us. still bone dry throughout the next seven or eight days. you can stee the biggest difference between yesterday and today are the winds have calmed down. the calming wind in fairfield has temperatures 20 degrees cooler this morning than where we were at this time yesterday. so you're 22 degrees cooler in fairfield. 14 cooler than this hour in novato. san hjose, you're ten degrees cooler. i'm sure you already know it's cold in the north bay interior valleys. if you left a plant that's sensitive, could be damaged by frost, bring that in until 8:00

a.m. that will warm up the frost we turn to dew. frost advisories until 9:00 a.m. this is why. temperatures have fallen towards the freezing mark and below in places like santa rosa over the course of the past few hours. so when you see temperatures at freezing for three or more hours, typically a hard freeze can set in places where you get additional moisture. place where is the sprinklers get left on. you'll have 54 in santa rosa. as you break for lunch and then we round out the day in the '60s. a repeat performance from what we saw yesterday. i want to remind you one more time because of air quality issues we ask you do not burn the firewood this morning. probably better idea to turn on the heater. throughout the next couple of days, high pressure stays in control of the weather pattern, keeping temperatures nice and comfortable. it looks like all we have to deal with is fog. let's find out about the roads right now with mike.

>> aside from being cold on the road, like you said, we have a nice easy drive. a few more cars in the south bay. no issue. there will be construction crews working in the cold weather. you might see a spot or two. those should be clearing as well. 680 through fremont. we told you about the earlier disabled vehicle at washington that cleared from the off ramp. no problems for 68 # or 880 from fremont and construction is completely cleared north of the dublin interchange. a 15-minute drive and easy flow out of the altamon pass. your travel time approaching the maize a nice easy drive. at the limit for most of the routes. 880 is showing a little bit of slowing. we'll track that and a live look out there shows you an easy

drive heading from oakland to san francisco. >> if you purchase tickets you could be in for a refund. we turn to brian shactman with cnbc headquarters. >> good morning. first stock futures are slightly positive this morning. investor focus again on europe and the debt crisis. u.s. markets cut their gains in half after reports surfaced that s&p 500 may downgrade the ratings of aaa companies like france and germany. leaders have to deliver a convincing agreement to resolve the crisis at a summit on friday. asian markets fell overnight. europe is modestly lower at this hour. we don't have a lot of data in the u.s. so we're focused on what's going on in europe yet again. we had the dough up as much as 157 yesterday. it finished up, but only to 1297.

now to ticketmaster. those who bought ticketmaster tickets over the past decade may be entitled to cash back. that's a result of a class action lawsuit filed back in 2003 that was just settled this past fall over processing fees that customers were charged. ticketmaster is e-mailing people who are eligible for a credit. it's 1.50 for tickets bought between 2009 and 2011. it's still something. you can only use two credits at a time and only at certain venues. if you want to own and nfl team but don't have millions or billions, the green bay packers are selling 250,000 shares of stock today at $250 a pop. money will go toward renovating the field. i need to caution you. as an investment it's worthless. it's not traded on exchange. the packers don't pay a dividend for any cheese head fans. and they are super bowl champs. the shares are probably priceless. >> wow.

>> to purchase that you must be a psychotic packer fan. a former contra costa sheriff deputy and private investigator facing a civil lawsuit. a livermore wine maker filed suit after he was caught in a dirty dui squecheme. they are accused of a string of phony dui arrests. his estranged wife hired butd butler to get him drunk and then arrest him. he found out when the men were arrested. the lawsuit names contra costa county, the sheriff's department and the town of danville. 5:21 now. a north bay dog may be getting a second chance at life. the animal center has agreed to send cash, a mastiff pit bull mix to a facility that rehabilitates dog. the man sued the shelter because it would not let him adopt cash.

the man argued the dog simply needs more love and more training. the shelter telling the press democrat it's still concerned about cash's stability, but the conflict drew focus away from the organization's mission of caring for animals. >> it is 5:22. the fremont city council meeting is expected to be packed as community members protest a new development plan. the city is trying to decide whether to rezone the 13-acre open space to allow for homes. a community rec center, which is part of the park, was recently closed for renovations. community members that it will never reopen. tonight's meeting is at 7:00 p.m. it is #:22 now. coming up, dozens show up to voice their opinion on a controversial sports program. plus labor talks lead to a not so sweet result at one bay areas pluanhe ttu

plus the complylated legacy of former hp chairwoman, trisha dunn.

workers on strike for an east bay company that made sweet treats since 1925. talks between the american licorice company plan in union city and the 175 employees just have broken down. wage increases and the the health care costs are the main sticking point. in the past the company gave smaller pay raises in exchange for paying all medical cost. but now american licorice company wants its employees to pay for their own health care plan which could run in the thousands. this morning there's still no decision on a controversial plan to build a new sports come plek. last night dozens gathered in to

attend a hearing on the plan. the $6 million project would include soccer and baseball fields and a dog park. some neighbors strongly oppose saying it would cause traffic dangers to kids. sporters argue there's a shortage of soccer fields in the area and that it needs a park. silicon valley is struggliig trying to figure out the former leader of hp. a pioneer with a checkered past. >> the ceo o, chairwoman of hewlett-packard died of cancer on sunday. best remembered for her involvement in one of hp's darkest moments. shortly after it fired carly fiorina. the board that dunn led approved spying on employees. employers and fellow board members which led to four felon

charges against dunn. she resigned. the charges were later dropped. rather, investigators working for hp will join cell phone companies on the pretext of being customers asking to have their voicemall passwords reset for copies of their bills. not difference than news corp. is accused of in modern times. >> thanks for the update, scott. it's 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay", making way for america's cup. some san francisco businesses will be asked to move out of the big race. and we have a frost warning, a freeze warning in place for the north bay and east bay interior valleys. it's cold out there this morning. we'll tell you how warm it will be this morning. your forecast in just moments. and ple sual ot cple of usual s with u unusual slowing.

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new this morning, struggling homeowners get new help with a new movement, occupy our homes. i'll tell you what it's about and what they're doing in the bay area coming up in a live report. >> and i'm bob redell with why the 49ers move to santa clara is looking more and more like a done deal. plus paypal about face on a little naughty site on the internet. we'll take a look. >> and a live look outside of the bay bridge in the distance. it's a cold start to this tuesday, december 6th. this is "today in the bay." good morning. it's 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everyone.

i'm jon kelley. time to check in with christina loren. certainly tonight. it's going to be a cold one. this morning the coldest air we had situationed over the bay area since last winter. your temperatures are very cold in gilroy. you're at 26 degrees. 31 in livermore. 31 in santa rosa. 31 in napa. we're about 22 degrees cooler than this time yesterday because we had the winds coming through some cities. so we head throughout the morning hours. your temperatures are be on the cold side. we have your seven day forecast in just moments. tuesday with mike inouye. >> we'll show you first the bay bridge toll plaza where i saw early backup a few minutes ago just before the break. the other backup has stuck around. this is westbound highway 4. it's just jammed up all the way.

we typically see slowing, but not this severe. no incidents in the area. i'm going to make sure the sensors are right. that's a lot of slowing. occupiers on their national day of action. christie smith is live with more on where you'll be seeing protests today. good morning, christi. >> good morning to you. one of the protests will happen here on the county courthouse steps. i've been speaking with a group involved with this. they say they chose this location because this is where foreclosure auctions take place midday. they say they want to draw attention to it and try to help homeowners struggling to keep their homes and get a loan modification. it's a collection of difbt community groups coming together on this day of action.

they'll work with homeowners and how one family plans to reoccupy their home. they say it's about trying to get the attention to where the homeowner had little success on their own. and it's coming together with the occupy wall street movement. >> we are helping people go to the bank. we've gotten load modifications and principle reductions so that people could afford their modified loan. they have events planned all day beginning at 10:00 this morning with homeowners sharing the specific stories. they're also going to head to a bank. they say say they were going to demonstrate. one woman was in danger of having her home foreclosed on and auctioned very soon. they say she's since gotten a loan modification an plans to stay put for now.

ed lee will announce plans to move business away from the waterfront to make way for the massive construction projects. they make way for dozens of businesses. including a famous cabaret show to lay out plans to move elsewhere. the america's cup will be held in 2012 and 2013. it is expected to generate $1 billion for the city. california's proposed high speed rail project could be derailed by the same people who supported it. a recent field poll shows 64% of californians want a do-over and they want another vote. only 31% would support the high speed rail project. it is coming as the rail authority in charge is doubling the estimated cost.

voters say they're concerned over spending that huge amount of money during a weak economy. it's not a touchdown just yet but santa clara closer to the end zone for bringing the 49ers to the south bay. let's pass it to bob redell. he's our quarterback on this story. >> reporter: i'm not feeling like one out here. all right. yeah. good morning to you, laura and jon. today andn thursday as well so you at home can learn thousand they plan to finance the billion $plus 68,500 seat stadium to be located next to great america from 49ers headquarters in santa clara. the city secured $850 million in loans from three banks to help pay for the new digs. the largest loan the city ever has taken out. money paid for the new hotel.

after hearing from the public, the city council is expected to approve the deal a week from today. construction would thin begin next year. any chance of the team staying in san francisco seems less and less likely with mayor ed lee expressing little hope to the chronicle that the team can stay in the city where they played for the past 65 years. to pitch an improved vision for moving the team to a new location at hunter's point. that's not far from the current location at candle stick. though they repeated they are committed to coming here. the only shot would be if the raiders were to share a spot, that's a notion pushed among teams. mayor lee does acknowledge that time is running out for keeping the 49 erz from coming down here to santa clara. jon? laura? >> thanks so much, bob. well, paypal is backing off

a ban of a provocative bay area company. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew is in the newsroom. this is a sudden turnaround, right? >> it really is. last night at 6:00 scott budman told you about a fight between paypal and another company. after years of allowing paypal to charge the members money, they were suddenly banned from paypal. this is ironic considering the head was one of the very early employees at paypal. this morning paypal has reversed itself and said they can keep using the service. it cost $12 a month. i checked the site. now this was purely for research. they have yet to add paypal functionali tity back to the si. you will be able to use paypal once again to look at topless girls. >> business and tech reporter scott mcgrew.

>> time to send it to christina loren free of charge. >> it's only for research. we're looking good this morning. i'm researching your temperatures about every ten minutes. and i can tell you they are dropping like a rock in some cities. still on par to break a couple of temperature records. i think we'll do so in santa rosa this morning, where your temperatures are still hovering in the low 30s. we have a little bit of wind blowing through there. the temperatures will start to really drop off. santa rosa is the cold spot with the forecasted low of 25 degrees. oakland, i think you'll hit 37 and break the temperature record as well. as we head throughout the morning hours, we have a cold dense air settling in. what the difference between yesterday is we had a nice breeze to mix the air around. that's not the case today. cool air just settles. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. it all rounds out like this. these are the latest numbers for

you. right now 31 in livermore. 31 in napa. all your interior valleys are below freezing. 45 in san francisco. overall we're running much cooler than this time yesterday. make sure it doesn't catch you off goord. keep the heavy winter cold handy for the morning hours. later on today we have a nice afternoon shaping up with temperatures jumping to the mid 50s by noon and the 60s as we round out the day. let's get you to work with mike inouye. >> we'll take a look at 580 to livermore out of the altamont pass. you have a slowing coming into the city. that's your slow spot, as well as north livermore avenue. better news for highway 4. this is the pattern we expect to see. we have slowing through the alphabet. it's clearing by the time you get to summersville. san mateo bridge moves nicely.

101, the accident has finally completely cleared at 3rd. >> thank you very much x mike. it's 5:39. the president heads into enemy territory today as he tries to push republicans to expend the payroll tax cuts. we'll have details in a live report. and the fight over food trucks in oakland heating up. what the city is planning to do to regulate the bids. plus which bay area post offices branches could the c if the post office moves forward with new cuts. p

welcome back, everybody, on this tuesday morning. we look at san francisco and the bay bridge right now. very cool outside. christina loren will tell us what we can expect the rest of the week and the rest of today. the time is 5:42.

this morning president obama says the pressure is on. the president is calling on republicans to come to the bargaining table before payroll taxes go up 2%. tracie potts is life in the capitol this morning. what's the hold up? >> democrats and republicans have two completely different ideas about to pay the $180 billion to extend the payroll tax cut into next year. democrats want the tax on millionaires. they scaled back. they revealed details scaling back the amount of that tax. republicans, the leadership seems to be willing to at least take a look and compromise. but some republican members say they don't see the need to tax millionaires at all because it could threaten jobs. today president obama is hoping to put the pressure on. he's delivering a speech in kansas, a small town in kansas. the same place president

roosevelt delivered his square deal speech. is focus is on the middle class. the president said it at the white house. don't tax the middle class. get this done by the end of the month. also new this morning, accusations in the legal battle over the worst offshore oil spill. bp accusing haliberton of destroying evidence about the quality of the cement that surrounded the well that blew out causing that spill. it was poured into the deep sea well off the coast. it is 5:44. disgraced politician rod blagojevich will be in court for sentencing. the former illinois governor was found guilty early this year on 18 corruption charges including trying to auction off president

obama's old senate seat. prosecutors are asking for a 15 to 20 year sentence. today is just a hearing. the judge will sentence blagojevich tomorrow. amanda knox is now writing a book about the entire ordeal. knox lawyering up before beginning negotiations with a variety of book publicers. not sharing details about how far along she is in the book process or if she's written anything so far. the announcement just days after knox's ex-boyfriend and co-defendant announced a book deal of his own. back in 2009 knox was of course quitted of killing and sexually assaulting their roommate in italy. that conviction was overturned this year. it is 5:45. i've been talking about cooler temperatures out there. want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> it is so cold up the there.

at 9:00 a.m. this morning we are expecting all temperatures to come above the freezing mark. right now you are still dropping off. i'll show you where the temperatures are in one moment. the biggest moment between yesterday and today is we lost the wind. you need clear skies and calm winds for the frost to develop. that's the case this morning. we're forecasting temperature records in places like san jose. you'll tie a record. oakland, you'll hit about 37 degrees this morning. san francisco, all you have to do is drop to 40. that's a new record. and santa rosa, 26 degrees is the old record. the forecast is 25 degrees this morning. take a look at novato. wind just dropped off there. you dropped to 28 degrees. as a result. you're at 31 in napa. 31 in livermore. in san jose, we're in the upper 30s this morning. it's cold out there. i tried to let my pug out this

morning, he just mean mugged me when i opened the door. just make sure you try to keep an eye on how long they're out there for. it's really chilly. we're 16 degrees cooler than we were at this time in livermore. so the cities that had the wind yesterday, you are really feeling that frost effect. with full-on sunshine you'll be able to climb to the mid 50s in some cities by noon. rounding out the day as warm as we did. 62 in gilroy. 62 in redwood city. now we continue in the stretch of fair weather throughout the weekend. come tuesday and wednesday of next week, there's a system of low pressure that's going to pass us to the north. making for 5% to 10% rain chance in the north bay. still a ways out. that's it. we don't have any significant rainfall for the flst zen or eight days.

>> your chances of slowing a little greater than for the rain. over the last five minute, x i've seen some blips. right now sticking out at the interchange as well. that might be an earlier indicator that it's kicking earlier today. we skppt to see heavier volume than yesterday. nice because it will be moving smoothly without incident. 17 to 18 minutes. there's slowing up towards the dublin area and heading to the dublin interchange. watch for that today. it affects the traffic getting in as well. another live look outside to see how things are shaping up for 880 past oakland. you'll see slowing into downtown. the cash lanes are starting to show the build here and on the other side.

the fast track lanes are still a big advantage. >> thank you very much, mike. it's 5:48. a bay area grocery train is advising customers to close their bank accounts. lucky supermarkets warning customers who use self checkout lines that the grocery chain says thieves lifted customers' bank information by installing skimming devices onto the self checkout kiosks. more than 80 customers and employees say money has been taken out of their account. they first discovered the scam in november and alerted customers and law enforcement. the store since replaced the equipment. well, it turns out the san francisco woman suspected of burglarizing alex tribeck's hotel room won't be sentenced to life behind bars. the san francisco district attorney doesn't think the suspect should be punished with a three strike strikes charge. 56-year-old lucinda moyers broke

into the hotel room and stole a bracelet, purse and wallet. the jeopardy host tore his achilles tendon as he tried to chase her down the hall way. she faces 30 years behind bars if convicted. she's been convicted of four thefts since 1990. several bay area mail processing centers could be affected by the post office's move to cut cost. processing and distribution centers are being considered for the chopping block. if they're closed, the post office says the operations would move to the oakland processing center. they would merge with the center in san francisco. the post office is looking to save $3 billion by 2015 by closing 250 of the processing centers across the nation. the time is 5:50. oakland city leaders expected to

consider new rules to regulate gourmet food trucks in the city. right now they do not have a city wide permitting process for food trucks. they say rules do need to be established. >> some of the illegally operating food trucks are not held to the same standard. so they are paying taxes and workers comp and has benefits for the workers. it would also create food pods. those are spaces away from the restaurants where food truckscan do business. >> it is 5:51. coming up, how you could take a tour of san francisco's film history armed only with your cell phone.

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to the classic invasion of the body snatchers. nay use the city's open data system and gps so users can track trar own location to find the spots that interest them. >> foul play was my favorite. plans to build a megacampus has them worried about air quality. 12,000 employees will report to work at the former hp campus. that will impact traffic. some are concerned about second-hand smoke. one woman we talked to says her exercise route is already smoked out by apple employees. >> i go for a run. the problem is the employees come out to smoke cigarettes. so i have to run through all the second-hand smoke. >> there are no smoking signs on the apple property. forcing employees to light up on the perimeter. at the perimeter of the proposed

apple site is a popular walking booth. that woman you heard from there wants apple to provide an on campus smoking section. she asked the city of cupertino to consider smoking during the environmental review process. and speaking of apple, whoa, whoa, whoa, ipads for $100 off. scott mcgrew is not making any promises. last year tj maxx offered them for way off the price. so can't say for sure. it's so early in the morning. tj maxx is not open to figure it out. but a heads up for you just in case. on the other hand. if today was the day you said i'm ready to bike a dell streak seven it's too late. dell is killing the tablet

experiment. there were streak fives and streak sixes. we keep an eye on europe worries about their debt. they launched an anti-trust investigation to apple. the accusations apple works with publishers to keep prices high. and here's video from shanghai where chinese workers are building china's first amichi's pizza. they have 12 locations in the bay area. now one in china. make sure to call the right one or it will take forever. it is 5:57 now. still to come on "today in the bay", uc davis taking action to prevent what happened at the occupy protest. and temperatures are tumbling to near record lows as we speak.

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