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she can't win. >> i can tell them no all day long. they still see commercials that convince them you've really gotta have this. >> this morng she with the help of center for science and public interest filed a lawsuit in superior court. in it at the claim mcdonald's exploits young california children and harms themselves by advertising happy meals with toys a children do not have the developmental maturity t understand the persuasive intest for marketing. they want mcdonald's to offer lower calorie meals. >> should it be government or the parents? it should be the parents. >> i wish sarah palin would start criticizing mcdonald's for these manipulative marketing tricks. >> earlier this year both san

francisco and santa claraounty passed ordinances from including toys with children's meals that don't miss nutritional guidelines. mcdonald's said it does offer lower calorie happy meals and said marketing practices are misinterpreted. >> i spoke to legal analyst dean johnson. he said it wil likely be at least two years before this case goes to trial and if the case goes to trial mcdonald's will most likely file a motion to dismiss. but they're more friendly to fast food cases since childhood obesity is an ever increasing child is the government is outlawing all drop-sid cribs after the deaths of 30 toddlee over the past decade. the consumer product safe commission voted to ban the manufacture sale and resale of those cribs. they have been popular because it makes it easi for parents

to reach change but they have come under scrutiny that could lead to the rail partially detaching or breaking and that creates a gap between the mattress and rail wherethe baby can get caught or sufficient indicate or strangle. >> a 14-year-old boy accused of raping and stabbing her and her toddler brother will be tried as an adult. it happened at the girl's home. police say the 14-year-old suspect identified as alexander entered the victim's home and woke up the girl. he's accused of raping and stabbing her and her young brothe oakland's poce chief are asking federal officials to investigate a shooting death of an unarmed man by his officers. he was shot and killed as he ran from police. investigators say the barber shop owner appeared to pull a metal object from his pan and

that's when offirs fired. it turned out to be a small scale. at a public safety meeting jones' mother told anthony bats she's tired of the officer's explanation. he agreed to condt an independent investigation. >> berkeley police are made nine arrests in armed robberies. nine accidents happened in north berkeley within the last month. poli are not releasing information on the suspect saying the investigion is ongoing and more arrests are possible. in oakland a 72-year-old man is praising his neighbs for helping to get him to safety after his home caught fire this morning. the fire broke out on santa ray avenue just after six. the door requires a key to open even from the inside but the residents key w in a part of the home burning. luckily a neighbor had the resident's spare key as part of the neighborhood watch program and was able to let him out. no one was hurt.

investigators are trying to determine a cause. >> alameda police are warning residents about cious raccoons attacking people and agendas. the most reason attack wounded two family pets after gang of raccoons used a doggie door to get in the house. >> in that most recent attack, four raccoons went in through the pet door, attacked the two pet dogs and now they're under rabies quarantine for 30 days. keep those pet doors shut. maybe that sign should read beware of raccoon. they've en terrorizing ameda for months and neighbors are taking precaution. >> i heard aut the raccoons. we have a door, doggie door in the back where they can come and go at night. it's also got a slide down in to shut the door and i closed that. they dot go outside at night anymore. >> the raccoons come out of night lookinfor food and there's lots of it in garbage

and recycling cans yo find in the stre and now going into the homes in pet dos to enjoy dog and pet food. >> i there weren't people feeding raccoons on purpose, there's some of those. and if there wasn't that, there would be still be food but the population wouldn't get so high where this population stress seems to be affecting the animal. >> what has animal contl people concerned is the aggressive behavior exhibited by some rack roones. some of the earlie incidents where aggressive raccoons reak to their dog. that's really troubling. that's a public safety issue. >> and public safety concerning a raccoon is bothering dan ross. this is a marine. >> i don't want to come out and have one on my leg.

>> the u.s. department of agricultur has come out and trapped some raccoons and removed them from the area but this place is teaming with raccoons and the best advice is walking your dog in the evening keep your eyes wide open. they can come out of bushes to attack your dog and keep those pet doors shut. live in alameda, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> terry, thank you. >> still ahead where you can go today to get an up close look at the giants championship trophy before it goes on a little trip. >> als the senate passes a sweeping tax package that will save americans thousands of dollars. why the fight is far from over. >> and taking a purse to a gun fight. a florida school board members talks about her efforts to disarm a gunman. save $523! 16 minutes couldave you 16%!

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controversia tax deal. it will keep bush era tax breaks, extend jobless benefits and reduce social security taxes. it goes to the house where democrats are serious over the provision. it let's estates pass on at that heir as tax free. >> it's become an almost daily ritual. >> i'm absolutely convinced this tax cut plan while not perfect will help grow our economy and create jobs. >> president obamaoaxes congress to pass the tax cut compromise. >> i know there are different aspects this plan to which members of congress on both sides of the aisle object. >> today he came halfway to his goal. the senate passed the plan with overwelcoming support from both parents. >> t parties ideologically divided have agreed on a major

issue for the american people. >> that leaves the president to focus where he's needed in the house where few democrats support it. >> a win for middle class families. >> the plan would extend the bush tax cuts for everyone for two years. extend unemployment for 13 months and provide $400 billion in tax cuts and credits to boost the economy. nearly everyone found something they disliked, r some the $858 billion price tag. >> not only disgusted people in this country with our actions that we continue to borrow and steal and beg but the financial markets. >> but in the senate few were willing to stand in the way. >> republican leaders want congress to temporari fund the government and leave town. the democratic leaders intend to keep congress working and president obama plans to postpone his hawaii vacation to make sure they do.

>> the man who opened fire during a school board meeting was an ex-con who had planned the attack for some time. clay duke confronted board members complaining about taxes and the decision to fire his wife. a camera was rolli as one board member tried to talk him out of the shooting. >> but why? this isn't worth it. >> please don't, please don't. >> the man didn't listen. he bng randomly but didn't hit anybody. he then exchanged shots with a security guard befe killing himself and check this out. boom. during the ordeal one board member tried to kno the gun out of the suspect's hand with her purse. >> i have three wonderful daugers and they sai mom, are you just stupid? what are you thinking? (laughter) >> and i actually didn't have an answer for that. i don't know if i wasjust stupid and i don't know wh i was thinki. >> we're so thank it turned out

like it did. >> investigators aren't car on duke's motive. he spray paint a v. on the wall during the meeting, possibly a referee to a movie. he referenced the movie and class warfare on a facebk.com page he created last week. >> what a sittion. let's move on to meteorologist mike nicco's forecast. >> let'take a look, show you how the sun is finally coming out. low clouds and high clouds in others southeast from mount tamalpais th morning. you have today and tomorrow to get ready for the big rain this weekend. i'll give you details on that. >> thanks, mike. two big hons for facebook.com. why the company's founder and every facebook.co employee has a reason to smile today. >> also it can burn in seconds. a very visual reminder from firefighters on the importance of fire safety ts holiday season.

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selected in 1927. the thing most influenced the culture and news. not only one of the world's youngest billionaires but newcom to the world of philanthropy. he was in the open show in september when he pledged $100 million to the newark, new jersey schoo system. he signed a pledge to donate the majority of his wealth to chary. and another honorae distinction for facebook.com. s palo alto base companies tops the list of best places to work in the u.s. soutest airlines number two, bane and company rounded out the top through. cooperate based apple ranked 20 and glassdoor.com conducted the survey. it ranks the company solely on the input of employees. >> we rank mike nicco number one as meteorologist here. >> you won't if you're heading to the sierra this weekend.

let's take a lo outside and show you what's going on. so true in this business. heavenly mountain resort. thank you resort sports network for showing such a beautul shot of the snow. not empty chair lifts but not as full as they could be or already starting friday when a lot of folks are off work and out of school beautiful picture there. let's talk about what's going on here and then we'll get to the heavy snow they'r going to get will. lingering low clouds as the slo clearing taking place across the bay area. we can see it really well with our visible satellite. you can see the fog in the central valls hang being around, even san rafael but the high clouds are the big stories. they're dimming the sunshine at least some areas ad keeping temperatures like 43 in san rafael. 46 los gat and 49 antioch while the rest of us are low to mid-50s. around the montey bay, low to mid-50s. 49 gilroy. so our highlights, the first one

for today. the increasing sunshine, the cool temperatures. even maybe a little cooler than averag by a few degrees. speaking of cool, tonight really thick fog. a lot of moisture in the ground and wind evaporating and turns over tonight into dew and eventually into thk fost in those inland valleys. heavy ra here for the bay friday through wednesday and sierra snow even more impressive. jet stream still right over top that's what's bringing in th high level moisture. that's why the low at the surface having a hard time completely clearing us today but definitely seeing some ofit. should hit the mid-50s in most areas. 57 campbell and los gatos. on the peninsula mid-50s for a high so top out about 1:00, 2:00. mid-50s along t coast. up in the north bay seeing the most sunshine. low to mid-50s for you. 56 santa rosa, the warm spot. mid-50s all along the east bay

shore with the east bay valleys pretty much in the mid-50s also. like 55 walnut creek and concord and dubl, livermore, brentwood. around the monterey bay, mid-50s. pretty quiet across e state today wi low to mid-50s from eureka, big sur, 35 tahoe. some clouds, low fog. temperatures near 60 l.a. and san diego. frost napa and santa rosa. most wideread. scattered frost in the east bay valleys. temperatures around the bay will be in the low to mid-40s when you head out tomorro here's a look at tomorrow's afternoon forest where we'll see sunshine and temperatures low to mid-50s. rain will roll in friday. rather heavy. could see some minor flooding saturday. taper a little sunday and another system brgs rain in in under and tuesday. heavy snow up to 10 feet could fall in the sierra. >> the winter arrives with a

major roar. >> probably more flooding in the sierra. >> we have devoping news. the justice department is suing b.p. oil and eight other companies in an effort to recover billns of dollars from the largest oil spill in u. history. a big rig explosion killed 11 workser last april leading to more than 200 million gallon of oil to spew into the gulf. the government lawsuit asked the companies to be held liable without limitation for all damages caused by the spill, includes damages to natural resources. resources. how fast a christmas trecan go up. just like that. it didn't take any time at all. it was consumed in flames in less than a minute. the fire department is tryi to remind residents who turn off the holiday light before you go to bed, water the trees daily and avoid overloing your extension chords. the u.s. fire adminiration

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