i'm bob redell. we're live in oakland. about an hour, an hour and a half away by another attempt by occupy oakland to shut down the port. plus a wm raped just steps away from houses. why no one heard her screams. and diesel fuel. why some are trying to suck it up. it's monday, december 12th. this is "today in the bay."

>> good morning, everyone. the thyme now is 4:30. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm marla tellez. laura garcia-cannon is off. we have a lot to get to. first we want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. definitely a morning you want to give yourself ample time to reach a destination safely. u this is the case for the first part of the morning. keep the jacket handy. first let's check your drive at 4:30. >> we had a problem. but it just cleared. clear, highway 35 and 92. the closure is now clear, but at least there will be some flashing lights.

check through reports and report back to you in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. it is 4:31 right now. and they are at it again. protesters planning to occupy the port of oakland. we have a look at the return visit. good morning. >> good morning, jon. occupy protesters plan to meet here within the half hour and then around 5:30 they're saying they're going to march from here to the port of oakland, which is not too far away. their goal is to shut down the port like they did on november second. they will try to shut them up off and down the coast. they're calling it an alaska against wall street on the water front. by shutting down the ports they hope to hurt the 1%. the big corporations that make money by imports and exports goods. they seem to have the support of workers at the port.

this time around, not so much. the union that represents so many port workers is opposed to the blockade, saying this will cost workers their wages for the day if they're successful. these are the people who protesters claim to support. we don't see how a shut down is going to help in any way on any of those issues. it will hurt the very people these are trying to help. >> that was a spokesperson with the port of oakland. they do have the support. the teamsters have reportedly thrown in their support for today's action. now, this is an action that's going to be going all day long, according to occupy oakland. they have a 5:30 march.

something they need to be planning if you're going to drive through the area. mayor jean quan, the chief of police are going to be at it if not already there in the city of oakland. meantime, reporting live. jon, marla? >> all right. we'll check back with you later in the day and with all the updates. >> and protesters will rally demanding charges be dropped against those arrested during occupy protests. dozens of people are expected outside oakland's courthouse just before 9:00. the rally coincides with a court date for 39 protesters arrested at the uc berkeley campus on november 9th. the sidewalk in front of san francisco's federal reserve building is cleared out after a

police sweep over the weekend. 55 occupy protesters were arrested early sunday morning. police say demonstrators were warned on an hourly basis before the 24 hours leading up to the crackdown. police say no one was injured during the raid. >> this morning warning flyers cover a san francisco neighborhood after a woman was raped. according to a neighborhood e-mail sent hours after the attack, a man grabbed a wok from behind, broke her neck, raped her on fair oak street and then robbed her. she's now being treated at a nearby hospital. neighbors say it happened so fast that no one heard her scream. police say the suspect could be seen here in the surveillance video. this man is wanted in connection

with another attack in november. >> the search is on for a third suspect in a black friday shooting as one man already in custody faces charges in court. police on the lookout who allegedly drove the getaway car out of the parking lot in san leandro on november 25th. watson surrendered to police after a standoff in oakland last week. the shooting victim is recovering. >> they will find out how long the san francisco socialite will stay behind bars. he is facing 50 years to life in prison. last week holland pleaded guilty to killing 46-year-old kathleen horan at her russian hill home back in 2010. investigators say he posed as a

utility worker to enter the home. at the time he was on parole for attempting to kill his aunt in 1999. right now crews soaking up a diesel fuel smile from a tank at uc berkeley. a campus police officer discovered the leak over the weekend when he smelled gas at strawberry creek, which runs through the campus. the fuel was overflowed while being transferred to another storage tank. team workers are teaming up to soak up the fuel. new insight into what pg&e knew to the months and years leading up to the san bruno pipeline explosion. the chronicle reports they declared two high pressure gas pipelines safe here. without the records they say you till till could not have been sure that the lines were safe. and one of the pipes runs through discovery bay and brent wood. the other runs from the valley

to the central coast. in so when it exploded last year. this morning solyndra employees getting career help at a workshop in san jose. the office of economic development offering services to laid off workers. solyndra, of course, built a state of the art facility in fremont and took a half billion dollars in front they are take avg heavy toll on businesses. families and single people. according to the commonwealth fund from 2003 to 2010.

that went from 50% to almost $14,000 annually. family income went up just 4%. for single people, premiums went up 46% to about $4800 while their incomes remained flat. it is 4:39. yes, it is that time of year. temperatures get cold. we get some moisture out. there meteorologist christina loren is here to explain all. >> kind of a cold, cloudy day today. temperatures only maxing out in the 50s across the board. overall we're looking to a much cooler week this week. take a look at what's happening. an area of low pressure is just about on top of the bay area. throughout the morning hours we'll see the most active time period. so it looks like we'll see showers for a few hours. the clouds will remain. it will be a cool day as well. it's so cold this morning we're picking up a little bit of snowfall atop mount hamilton. temperatures are running cool. 47 in hayward.

42 in santa rosa. and we're going to drop off throughout the morning hours. give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination safely as it is slick out there in many spots. 50 in hayward at noon. 53 in san jose. as you break for lunch, still on the cool side. we round out the day in the upper 50s. 58 in oakland. and 58 in san jose. i have that seven-day outlook. i'll let you know when the rain returns. it's back on the map. >> we'll take you to the roadways for an update on a skyline accident. still on the shoulder. no delays there at highway 35. we are looking at the earlier slowdown. we saw 101 south of 92. that has cleared. no incidents reported. not ian construction. you should be okay up and down the peninsula. 101 in the north bay looking fine. highway 12 to the golden gate bridge, you're pretty much at the limit. watch it. there's slickry roads.

there's drizzle that happened overnight. some of the moisture might be on your windshield as well. and there's the bay bridge on the roadway as well. pa pavement might be slick on the offramps. so use a little extra caution this morning while the sun dries things up. >> it is 4:41 now. coming up is a bright shining bay area landmark losing its luster. e mak helps make sure you have fresh seafood on your holiday table. how are fishermen reacting? it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. woo-hoo! [ together ] it's an unbelievable deal. well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below today and get high speed internet for the unbelievably low price of just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need at a great price. you can chill online at a park. here, pidgie, pidgie.

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good morning, everybody. welcome back at 4:44 on the nose. a damp monday morning. >> of course, we already had cyber monday and then there was black friday. today we are happy to report a new milestone for all you shop-aholics out there. how about green monday? for more on that, let's turn it to jackie deangeles who is live at cnbc headquarters. good morning, jackie. good morning, jackie. >> good morning, jon. the futures are lower this morning as wall street comes off a second week of gains. the markets closed near their highs on friday boosted by a strong consumer sentiment report

an relief over the fact that the eu leaders seemed to put the latest plan together to resolve the region's debt crisis. asia was higher overnight, but europe was in the red. it could be the last busy week before the holidays in the states. we'll get reports on retail sales, unemployment and inflation. we saw the dow rise to close at 12,184, the nasdaq gained 50 points to close at 2646. meantime, it's going to cost you a little more to light up if you're a smoker. the three biggest cigarette makers are raising prices for the second time. and shoppers are still choosing to point and click and buy their presents from home. comscore is saying consumers spent $5.9 billion online last week. that's up 15% from a year ago. this coming week is usually the busiest for web retailers.

today is typically one of the top spending days of the holiday season. that's it for us here at cnbc. monday morning. it's a little bit damp and christina larn is here to talk about it. >> it is a little bit wet this morning. we have showers on the radar over the entire bay area. give yourself plenty of time this morning. don't want to go rushing out the door with conditions like this. plus, it's been a while since we had significant rain. when that is the case you find oil on the highway. and it gets loosened up by the rain. throughout the day today, keep that in mind. travel cautiously. we don't have more significant rain in the forecast until the end of the week. 45 degrees in san francisco. 45 in concord. it's cold out there. make sure to grab a jacket. throughout the day temperatures only ending up in the 50s.

we have an area of spotty pressure. this is cold air. after the showers pass we get cold out pushing in. showers are coming down mostly along the peninsula at this point. san jose, you're starting to get a good amount of shower activity from campbell to los gatos all the way to san jose. take it easy. just got hit with pretty good rainfall. you'll hit 59 in los gatos. that means it's sweater weather all day long. throughout the week, temperatures only hitting that 60-degree mark inland. two points wednesday and saturday. coolish, cloudy week. we'll get more rain towards wednesday. but overall looking mild. you're going to need to keep the jacket handy. but dress in layers. a couple days we'll see the 60s. back to you guys. >> thank you. 4:47 now. a new law may help bay area crab fishermen who compete with larger boats from northern california, oregon and

washington state that come to our coach each year to round up crab. santa rosa state senator is proposing creating crab pot limits in california. supporters say restraining the intensity of fishing will ease competition from large boats, and ate creates the frenzy during the season's openings weeks in november. it will also allow people to enjoy fresh crab longer, possibly through valentine's day. but the crab pot limit may have little effect. but would help protect local fishery. >> crab very romantic. this morning san francisco lawmakers tackling the crisis of homeless in the city. there are a total of 37,000 people on the wait list. today representatives from a variety of city agencies. at a meeting at sock this morning taking place at city hall. san francisco voters may get to decide the future of ha neighborhood landmark come june.

the protect coyt tower committee is o petitions to add an initiative to the june ballot that would require the city to put more money the coyt tower generates to improving the park, maintaining the building and restoring the murals. the city's recreation and park department is looking for a new vendor to manage the tower, concession and gift shop. with a new year weeks away, stanford is getting a jump on the game, already welcoming a new crop of incoming students. the university offering admission to 755 high school students under the early action program. that's just 12% of the total number of students who apply for early action acceptance. they expect to get more than 28,000 applications by the regular decision deadline, which is january 1st. 4:49. coming up, a campus in mourning. just ahead, the family of the suspected shooter comes forward. what they are telling the family of a fallen officer.

and then vowing the pressure. a nationwide business under fire after pulling ads from a tv show. why some people are calling the decision un-american. we have an accident on 580 closer to the bay bridge. that's coming up.

4:52. the family of a suspected cop killer is offering condolences to the family. the family of 22-year-old ashley offers prayers to the officer's family in an unsigned statement to the associated press. ashley is accused of gunning down officer deriek crouse last week on the virginia tech campus before killing himself. it is 4:53 right now. the alleged victims in the penn state child sex abuse case will confront former assistant football coach jerry sandusky some time tomorrow. at least half of the men are expected to testify in a pennsylvania courtroom where prosecutors must show there is, in fact, enough evidence to bring sandusky to trial. sandusky's attorney says her client is giving him explanations on why the list of accusers is growing and why the stories are strikingly similar.

>> is it possible that all of them have reacted the same way to the abuse? by staying in touch with jerry and making contacts with him. but the attorney for one of the alleged victims says that idea of collusion is just smoke screen. he maintains his innocence. meantime joe paterno was expected to make a full recovery. a popular home improvement chain is in hot water from pulling its ads from a reality tv show. lowes stopped advertising on tlc's all american muslim after getting complaints from conservative groups. now they're calling for a boycott of the retail giant, calling the decision, quote, un-american and naked religion bigotry. the show premiered last month and criminal kled the lives of five muslim families living in a

detroit suburb. they have not decided if they will run ads during the broadcast. the morning new insight into what pg&e knew in the months and years leading up to the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. they declared two high pressure pipelines safe last year despite several gaps in their records. without those records experts say the yuleutility couldn't vne the lines were safe. one of the lines runs through discovery and brentwood. in some places the pressure is allegedly five times the amount that was running through the san bruno pipeline when it exploded last year. 4:55 now. if you're just getting ready to hit the roads. we want to traffic the commute forecast with mike. >> it's looking really light as far as the volume goes christina -- sorry, marla, but because of christina's forecast in the rain, the drizzle.

we have slicker roadways. we have an accident on the maze. westbound 580 approaching interstate 80. a car went into a retaining wall. no major injuries. the rest of the routes are moving smoothly with no overnight construction because of the drizzles. they just called it off. >> here's a question. what would you do for 50 grand. how about jumpg from a burning high-rise? >> how about being covered in insects? >> nope. >> maybe dangle from a high flying helicopters. >> nothing. >> those are a few of the things con is tes tants will face in the return of fear factor on nbc. >> maybe for half million. >> but 50 dpragrand, no. the reality show is back and it remeres tonight. four pairs of contestants taking on a series of scary, gross and just plain creepy stunts. thanks to new technology the challenges will be more shocking. >> used to be able to drop

someone maybe 10 feet to a line and they would go bounce. now i can drop them at full speed from 100 feet up and stop them inches from the concrete. >> host joe rogan is also returning to the show. you can catch the premier at 8:00 tonight here on nbc. >> getting launched out of the building looks cool. i might do that for free. >> the snakes and the bees, no. >> fear factor on steroids. it is 4:57 now. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." >> we'll be back in two minutes. first here's a live look at the fedex facility in san jose. it's the busiest shipping day of the year. get those presents wrapped. i was told that i was at@risk

for sudden cardiac death. i was 23 years old. i wasn't overweight. i never dreamed this would happen to me. when the doctor told me i had three blocked arteries, i felt like i was punche in the gut. i found out that one in three women die from heart disease. how did i not know that ?

i'm bob redell in oakland where occupy protesters are gathering in an attempt to shut down the port of