occupy campers on the move n the east bay. the clash between protesters and the ar the site of . occupy campers on the move in the east bay. the clash between protesters and the people who live near the site of the future occupy camp. dc lawmakers working around the clock this weekend to meet a new budget deadline. the stumbling block hampering a plan both parties can support. and the son of moammar gadhafi, captured overnight. it is saturday, november 19. looks like we're finally drying out around here. >> we're in between two systems right now, enjoying the break of cool and dry weather. more wet weather in the forecast later on this evening. beautiful outside, though, right

now. partly cloudy conditions, but cold outside. seeing numbers in freezing territory. i'll tell you exactly when you can pull the umbrella out, a little later on in the show. today, supporters of occupy oakland plan to pitch tents at a new location. that's right after a march through downtown they are planning. they are running into resistance from residents. here's what happened during an occupy news conference yesterday. >> tomorrow, november 19-- >> excuse me. we live here, this is not an appropriate place to have this happen. >> this is a public space. >> the location is an empty city lot near the fox theater. protesters say they chose the location because groups representing businesses in the area are, quote, enemies. >> messing the place up, that's not part of it at all. >> i think it's a good thing. >> the city posted no trespassing signs on the lot yesterday. in an e-mail statement from the city, no overnight lodging will

be tolerated in public spaces. the e-mail contained a statement from the mayor, saying, quote, i support the first amendment of the u.s. constitution and freedom of speech. but camping on city property, whether it is in an open park or an open space, is illegal and will not be allowed. extreme measures at uc davis, where riot police faced off against students who refused to leave an occupy encampment they built on campus. [ crowd screaming ] >> the yellow stuff is pepper spray, sprayed on several people in the crowd by police. they were protesting tuition hikes. ten people were arrested, as a crowd of 200 shouted at police to back down. a spokesperson said they gave the campers ample warning to take down the tents and leave. crunch time for the

supercommittee in congress. members are meeting through the weekend, but it's not exactly clear what they may be able to accomplish. as danielle nottingham tells us, each side is blaming the other for the lack of progress. >> reporter: the supercommittee is just days away from its deadline to lay out a plan for slashing at least $1.2 trillion from the deficit. but it looks like that plan may not be ready on time. democrats and republicans are back meeting in the same room after a nearly week-long stalemate. congress created the supercommittee to end the fight over cutting the deficit during the debt ceiling debate. the 12 lawmakers are charged with finding a way to slash the deficit over 10 years that could pass both the house and senate. committee members are facing big disagreements over well-known stumbling blocks, like whether to raise taxes as part of the plan and how to cut entitlement programs like social security, medicare and medicaid. each party argues it's the other

side's fault. >> we are willing to meet their offer, but it has to be in a way that is fair to working families. >> i'm unaware of any offer or any idea from any democrat that did not include the minimum of a trillion dollars more tax increases. >> reporter: if the committee can't come up with a plan by wednesday, the federal government faces a round of steep automatic spending cuts. almost every federal agency will have 10% slashed from its budget. but those automatic cuts wouldn't start until 2013, making it unclear what congress will do next, if there isn't a deal before thanksgiving. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. another one of moammar gadhafi's sons has been captured in libya. he was the last of the sons that were unaccounted for. today, libya's acting justice minister says he was captured late last night in a southern town. he reportedly was with two aids

who were trying to smuggle him out of the country. he had claimed to be a reformer, but backed his father against the rebels. an army national guard member from the south bay has been killed in afghanistan. specialist shawn welch of san jose died wednesday from what the department calls indirect fire. that was the department of defense. a friend posted this video tribute on youtube. fellow soldiers say welch was on patrol when he was hit. specialist welch was 21 years old. a polite, tense meeting between president obama and chinese premier today, the president stressing the importance of china undervaluing its currency. both leaders also discussed territorial disputes over the south china sea, a major trade route under chinese control. dozens of people are homeless this morning, after an apartment fire in berkeley. it took firefighters nearly five hours to knock down this fire. it started around 9:00 last night at a five-story building on telegraph avenue, about two

blocks from the cal campus. the building has commercial space and 39 residential units. firefighters had to hold back from entering originally because the fire was too big and had spread throughout the entire building. nearby dorms were evacuated as well. >> minutes later, i heard an explosion. so i looked out the window and there were actually flames coming out of the building, and that's when it started getting really bad. they told us to pack up our bags with some stuff and maybe call a few friends to spend the night with. >> no one was hurt in this fire. no word yet on what caused it. firefighters in reno reportedly made good progress overnight against wildfire that destroyed or damaged up to 25 homes. the fire forced nearly 10,000 people to evacuate. wind gusts produced flames up to 50 feet high. and a 74-year-old man who was trying to evacuate died of a

heart attack. also, a firefighter suffered first and second degree burns. now, firefighters have put out many hot spots and secured homes that were threatened. >> very grateful that we got a good fire department and they were here and helped tonight. >> we have crews that are literally leapfrogging from one area, one neighborhood to another. >> sixteen people are in the hospital right now because of smoke inhalation. firefighters are now helped by lower winds, snow flurries and falling temperatures. it's expected the people living in the homes who were evacuated will be able to return home by noon today. a drug bust leads officers to a large cache of marijuana and cash. more than 130 pounds of pot and $70,000 in cash were home at a home in watsonville on thursday. lloyd harmon and karl march were arrested in the bust, accused of

selling and cultivating pot. in less than an hour, frugal fash neis stays will have a chance to own their own versace pieces at h & m, a chance to buy pieces with matching shoes at discounted prices. >> looking at the $100 to $200 range for items where the versace line itself, you would be paying in the thousands. >> h & m stores in london, beijing and dubai were sold out of the entire stock of versace collections within an hour. fights broke out, but secret brokers are really the ones cashing in. they have been reselling the clothes on ebay at double or triple the retail price. h & m opens this morning at 8:00. boy, my friend was there last year when they came out with a special collection-- >> and target, too.

they should be looking for designer raincoats, because that's what they will need! later on tonight, we'll see the showers move back into the forecast. i'll tell you when you can expect to pull out the umbrella later on, but enjoy the nice clear conditions this morning. also, the good, bad, and debatable when it comes to rank choice voting. coming up next, a closer look at voter turnout for san francisco's mayoral election. and the difference between real and virtual cash. the smartphone app purchased by kids that could prove painful to your bottom line. we'll be right back. ,,

case in san . 7:11 now. those in favor of ranked choice voting say it increases voter turnout, but that was not the case in san francisco last week, where only 40% of registered voters turned out. that is the lowest turnout in 36 years. opponents of the system say it disenfranchises minority voters, but turns out chinese american voters turned out in record numbers. this morning, a closer look at both sides of what some call

instant run-off elections. >> what's the majority of 26? >> 14. >> reporter: sitting down with terry riley asking him to demonstrate ranked choice voting, to be honest, feels like getting suckered into a game of three-card monty. >> third place gets dropped, second place gets reallocated. >> gives to these people, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: at least i didn't lose any money. he believes voters do lose. that's not the way he felt as the chairman of the campaign finance review and ethics board in san jose. >> i was for ranked choice voting before i was against it. sounded really good. uniform and rainbow. >> reporter: now he's against it as anyone. >> mostly it discriminates against certain classes of voters. >> reporter: usf's corey mccarty's research shows in san francisco errors are more likely

to be made in ethnic communities, but says the error rate is relatively low and he says ranked choice works just like it's supposed to. >> if you look at the race where jean quan won, she won because she was more preferred. she was 08% more ballots than he was on at all. >> reporter: ed lee won the mayoral election with 60% of the vote after ranked choice was implemented. in the initial vote, he had 31%. he cites the supervisor cohen's victory last year. >> she was third place on the initial tally, eventually won the race. in two-stage, she would not have been in the run-off. yet if you look at the data in the elections, she was the most preferred candidate. >> 18,000 voters came out and cast ballots that day and she won with 4321 votes, or about 24% support. how on god's green earth can you determine that 4000 votes out of

18,000 is the majority? it just isn't. >> reporter: perhaps the strongest argument for a ranked choice system is that it avoids the expense of a run-off election. supervisor shawn ellsbury and mark farrow hope to put the repeal on the ballot, but they need four other supervisors to go along with them to get it on the ballot. if you have a story for us, go to our website at closer look. allen martin, cbs 5. 7:14 on saturday morning. looks like it's going to be dry for a few hours. kristy siefken with more details. >> umbrellas are probably still drying out by the door. leave it there, because you'll need it later on. this afternoon, pretty nice, mostly sunny skies by the afternoon hours. and clear for the most part this morning. we are seeing a little bit of cloud cover out there, but certainly not the gray and gloomy conditions we saw yesterday evening. so as we're taking a look outside this morning, looking pretty nice. although very cold outside. look at the shot at the golden

gate. nice and clear here, although we are contending with a little bit of patchy fog this morning, particularly in the inland locations. another beautiful shot in one of those inland spots. our readings today, a lot cooler than what we saw yesterday, as you're stepping outside. look at the numbers, in the 30s. 34 in napa right now. fairfield sitting at 38. 38 in concord. looking at numbers that are 5 to as much as 18 degrees cooler than where we were sitting yesterday. a little cloud cover, like i said, as you're stepping outside. this afternoon, making way to at least some sunshine at the coastline. temperatures not warming up a whole lot, sitting in the 50s for the most part. the reason we're seeing this cooler weather is there is a cold front and a low that's dropping down from the gulf of alaska. you can see some of that precipitation to the north of us. right now we're in the clear, but we'll start to see this system move down, bringing us showers as early as dinner time tonight. let's time that out on future cast. you can see by 5:00, starting to see scattered showers up in parts of the north basement as we make our way to the later evening hours, even seeing moderate cells indicated by all

the yellow on the screen. parts of the coastline certainly into our inland valleys as well. we continue to see rain showers through the night, into the morning. then we clear out by sunday afternoon. actually, a pretty nice weekend in the afternoon hours. hold on to the umbrella if you're headed out for a hike tomorrow morning. today, get outside and really enjoy those nice conditions. pretty nice, although lots of california. lake tahoe, 36. about 20% chance of seeing snow showers there tonight and for tomorrow. fresno, topping out at 57 today. in the mid-50s and high 50s for the most part today. morgan hill, topping out at 56. same story for sunnyvale. antioch in the low 50s today. more 50-degree readings in the central bay. alameda at 58. as we make our way into sunday, seeing showers in the early morning hours. monday and tuesday, we'll start to dry out. we'll see ridging, high pressure building back in, and then look at this for your thanksgiving

holiday. wednesday, into thursday, we are going to see a little bit more cloud cover and we'll see wet weather back in the forecast, seeing as much as three quarters of an inch to an inch of rain in our wettest spots. keep that umbrella out for the rest of the week, i'm afraid. that's your forecast. back to you, ann. >> thanks, kristy. imagine spending nearly $100 on an app. parents learn the hard way when kids played a simple game on their smartphone. apps are of course easy to download and use, but some of them do come with a price. that's the problem. jim steyer and common sense media with the value of the virtual dollar. >> good morning. from angry birds to words with friends, mobile apps have become one of the most popular ways to access all kinds of content today. and if any parent with a smartphone or ipad type tablet or computer knows, kids can be their biggest fan. and parents know the value of

playing a game while in the car or waiting room. however, letting kids access apps on their own presents yet another challenge for parents in the form of in-app purchases. many popular apps allow the user to make a purchase within the game to help finish the game faster. pretty cool idea. they are designed to improve the game experience, but in-app purchases have actually become a problem for parents whose kids have racked up huge bills while playing their favorite games. last year, for example, many parents whose kids played the game smurf village complained to apple and the game maker about easy and expensive purchases their kids made while playing the game. some of those purchases include $99 baskets of smurf berries. as a result, apple changed the process and now requires a password for each specific purchase. but that's a small fix for what is still a pretty big problem. the government is currently examining how in-app purchases

and games targeted to kids should be monitored. in the meantime, it is possible to prevent your kids from racking up big bills with in-app purchases on your smartphones. here are a few simple pointers. first, you can turn in-app purchases off. use your phone for searching to simply turn off the ability for making in-app purchases. every phone is a little different. for the iphone, for example, go to settings, general, restrictions. under allowed content, choose off for in-app purchases. second, keep your password a secret. that's a no-brainer. if you don't want to turn off in-app purchases, you can prevent unwanted charges by not sharing your password with your kid. third, choose the right apps. and finally, teach your child the value of a virtual dollar. i'm jim steyer. have a great weekend. well, you're either go bears or go cardinals. the battle for the axe tonight

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upset in tonight's big game . honey do melons are still coming in, and this fall we're still seeing melons. this time of year, you have to select them and store them

right. otherwise they are not going to taste good at all. let's talk about selection. big selection of honey do melons. buy them, see this color? that's what you want to look for. not too green. this color here is perfect. make sure it's nice and sticky when you rub your hands around there. that means they are full of sugar and ready to enjoy. when you bring them home, unlike cantelopes, honey do melons continue to right. the sugar content continues. leave them on the counter. do not put them in the refrigerator. when they are really sticky all the way around, ah, that's the sugar just screaming! if they are really smooth, in fact they shrivel up on you, that melon never had any sugar. there you go! you'll love it. i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. look at this melon. it's a nice one! 7:24 now. the cal football team is relishing the chance for an upset in tonight's big game

against stanford. the 8th ranked cardinals need a win to have a chance at a bcs bowl game. one member of the stanford defense says there is added motivation. >> we're prepared for these guys like we prepare for anybody else. definitely a little bit something extra. guys are likely to be a little more pissed off this week. we're trying to get the taste out of our mouth. we're not used to losing. stanford beats uc davis in college basketball, and the oklahoma state women's basketball team is mourning the deaths right now of two coaches. kim coyle has more with sports. good morning, everyone. oklahoma state women's basketball head coach kurt budke and assistant miranda serna were killed in a plane crash after a recruiting trip in arkansas. the cowboys football team taking the field with heavy hearts. second ranked oklahoma state blew a 24-7 lead and may have cost itself a spot in the national title game. the game-winning touchdown in

double overtime, as the cyclones stun the cowboys to end their perfect season and shake up the bcs. in college hoops, stanford improved to 3-0 with a convincing 70-49 win at uc davis. at the baseline, a huge dunk. cardinals play at madison square garden next week in the preseason nit. john travolta in the house at the president's cup. tiger woods and johnson defeated choi and adam scott. team usa has a 6-shot lead. that is a look at sports. see you tonight at 5:30. , than number is . right now, one in five adults here in the bay area are at risk of going hungry. for kids, that number is one in four. coming up here in our next half hour, how you can help feed bay area families.

herman cain is more than just a top 10 list. his response to david letterman's questions about sexual harassment allegations. and the wet, cold weather will not stop frugal fashionistas in san francisco. the luxury label on sale at bargain prices. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

prepares to move into a new campsite in the east bay. te mayor's oakland. . occupy protesters prepare to move into a newer camp site in the east bay. the mayor's response to occupy oakland. and a massive fire leaves dozens homeless in berkeley. how long it took firefighters to knock down the flames. plus, another blame game in congress over the budget. the deadline looming for the so-called supercommit event welcome back to weekend early edition. it is 7:29 on november 19. thanks for joining us. i'm anne mackovic. >> i'm kristy siefken. a little bit of a break from the rain rate new. we will need the umbrellas out this afternoon. a little bit of cloud cover as you're making your way to the coastline. still very nice and lots of sunshine in store. i'll tell you when you need to grab the umbrella, later on in the show. today, supporters of occupy oakland plan to set up a new camp at a new spot right after a march through downtown. but they are running into trouble from people who live

around that area. here's what happened during an occupy news conference yesterday. >> tomorrow, november 19-- >> excuse me, we live here. this is not an appropriate space to have this happen. >> this is a public space. >> the location is an empty city lot next to the fox theater. protesters say they chose this area because groups representing businesses in the neighborhood are, quote, our enemies. the city posted no trespassing signs on the lot yesterday. there's an e-mail statement from the city, saying no overnight lodging will be tolerated in public spaces. the mayor said i support the first amendment of the u.s. constitution and freedom of speech. however, camping on city property, whether it is in a park or open space is illegal and will not be allowed. in contra costa county, an occupy rally, urging the 99% to put their money into locally-based banks and credit

unions. the rally starts at 11:00 this morning on summersville road between branches of bank of america and wells fargo. a son of moammar gadhafi has been captured in libya. he was the last of the sons that were unaccounted for. to date, libya's acting justice minister said he was captured late last night in a southern towfnlt he reportedly was with a couple of aids trying to smuggle him out of the country. he has been charged with crimes against humanity. eleven people were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in baghdad today. the device went off as experts tried to diffuse it. there has been an increase in the number of civilians killed in attacks in iraq over the last few months. in washington, the deficit reduction supercommittee is meeting this weekend to try to reach an agreement. their deadline is next wednesday. late yesterday, the six democrats on the committee rejected a republican offer that included very little new tax revenue. lawmakers say they are ready to

work through the weekend to try to reach a compromise. no signs, though, of an agreement yet. >> working families. >> i am unaware of any offer or idea from any democrat that did not include the minimum of a trillion dollars more of tax increases. >> without an agreement, deep cuts would kick in across the federal government, but they would not take effect until 2013. in less than half an hour from now, frugal fashionistas will have the opportunity to own their very own versace outfits at low prices. the sluggish economy and high unemployment is not a factor when it comes to designer fashion. >> reporter: union square spectators don't know what to think. >> are they here for occupy san francisco? >> reporter: yes, tents, but this is a whole other capitalist

take-over. >> i love versace! >> reporter: the line wrapped around the building, just to be their first to lay their hands on versace at h & m prices. >> i know it's a little bit '90s, but i'll bring back the '90s. >> reporter: that's apparently champagne at budweiser prices. >> i lied, said i'm going christmas shopping! >> you lied to your date to sit on the sidewalk! >> reporter: i can't keep quiet and neither can the clothes. hot pink trousers and gold studded skirts. >> we're looking at in the $100 to $200 range for items for the versace line itself, you would be paying in the thousands. >> i think it's kind of crazy. >> reporter: crazy? here's what's crazy. when versace went on sale in london yesterday, fights broke out. >> why are you angry?

>> because these people keep taking pictures of me when i have a reputation to maintain! >> but you're on a sidewalk! what reputation are you trying to maintain? >> my multimillion dollar business reputation. >> reporter: really? i found who really stands to make millions, secret brokers hiding in the crowds. blogers say they raided london already, resaling on ebay at double or triple the retail price. >> do you know people might think there's slightly-- >> i know! >> reporter: robert lyles, cbs 5. dozens of people are homeless this morning after an apartment fire in berkeley. it took firefighters nearly five hours to knock down that fire. it started at around 9:00 last night in a five-story building on telegraph avenue, just a couple of blocks from the cal campus. the building has commercial space and 39 apartments. firefighters had to hold back from entering, because the fire was too big and had spread throughout the entire building. nearby dorms were evacuated as well, but no injuries were

reported. firefighters in reno report good progress overnight against a wildfire that destroyed or damaged up to 25 homes there. check out those flames. the fire forced nearly 10,000 people to evacuate. wind gusts produced flames up to 50 feet high. the 74-year-old man who was trying to evacuate died of a heart attack. and one firefighter did have first and second degree burns. now, firefighters may have put out many of the hot spots and secured homes that were threatened. people are expected back this morning. secret details of president obama's visit to australia somehow ended up in the streets. a 120-page book of logistics, including phone numbers of officials, also details on seating arrangements of the president's motorcade, and which door of his limo he would be getting out of. the documents were labeled in confidence and were found on a street near australia's parliament house. herman cain chatted about those sexual allegations against

him on david letterman's late show last night. >> some of these women are lying. >> they are all lying? >> yes, they are. >> four women, similar circumstances-- >> how did you get four? >> well, you tell me. no, i'm sorry, is it 9-9-9? >> no. [ laughter ] >> david letterman always has a way to bring the funny out. he was on the show last night. cain says the allegations against him are false, also says he's not going to drop out of the race. the former pizza executive has been accused by four women of improper behavior during the time of the national restaurant association back in the '90s. 7:36 now. looks like the rain has cleared up around here. but it's chilly!

>> it's cold. actually freezing in lots of parts of the north bay and patchy fog, but we are dry. change is in store as we make our way into the evening. i'll tell you when you'll need the raincoats, a little later on in the show. also coming up, more bay area families rely on food banks this holiday season. what these special places need for their clients. a representative from the san francisco food bank joins us, coming up. and where liam mayclem found crispy, juicy fried chicken in a lunch bag. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

abuse. but an oakland social worker says she seest in domestic violence. sharon chin with this week's jeffen award winner, and what this woman is doing to root out e cycle of violence. (anchor tosses to weatherca) kristy siefkin., thanks. the tough economy has more . >> actually took a lot for me to come here today. >> reporter: you can hear the sound of healing in a small oakland office. >> stabbed, stalked, and everything in the world you can think, it -- it's been done to me. i had to escape and get away and i'm here today, and that's big!

>> reporter: it's aleah's first economistic violence support group, led by norma ward. >> you are not at all being blamed for what happened to you. it's not your fault. >> reporter: norma is the cofounder of progressive transitions, a nonprofit that helps women and families break free of domestic violence. >> you're saying, you know what? i don't want to do this anymore. i don't want to feel this way about myself. i don't want to be in danger. >> reporter: thanks to norma, aleah's healing has begun. >> feels like a big brick has been lifted off of my chest. i'm going to walk away today and i'm going to feel like -- really g. >> reporter: for 30 years, norma ward has been a social worker in oakland. but throughout her career, she's noticed a troubling trend. >> seeing people on this constant turnstile of treatment, losing kids, having a baby, the child has to go to foster care, there's something going on. >> reporter: norma discovered the root of the problem while counseling women. >> violence is the key that people don't talk about, because

they grew up not talking about it. >> reporter: norma cofounded progressive transitions in 2008. its workshops, counseling and support groups have helped 3000 people shatter abusive relationships by examining how they got involved in the first place. cindy quantum says norma helped her save her marriage. >> in order to have success, you need to look at who you are and how they got there. >> reporter: veronica says after three of these relationships, norma has changed her life. veronica shares what norma taught her, replacing the cycle of abuse with a cycle of freedom. >> you have to love the lord aabove. >> they got the message, they now know i can do it, you can do it. >> reporter: for helping free families from domestic violence this, week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to norma ward. sharon chen, cbs 5. 7:43 now. time to check in on our weather

forecast for the rest of the weekend. boy, it is chilly out there. but at least it's temporarily dry. >> exactly. we'll take what we can get, trade-offs. it's dry, but cold. we're seeing freezing conditions in parts of the north bay this morning. along with that, areas of patchy fog. but this afternoon, pretty nice. we get a little break as we're sitting between two systems. and taking a look outside here, you can see we are seeing a little cloud cover, hazy in this shot. we should see some blue skies, even at the coast today. going to see a few sun breaks. beautiful shot in our inland valleys here. a few wispy clouds. this is what it will look like into the early afternoon hours for today. low clouds in, a little fog this morning, and then partly sunny conditions into the afternoon. showers returning to the forecast, though, by this evening. so don't put the umbrella away quite yet. you will need it as we make our way into the overnight hours for sure. cold outside right now, only 30 in santa rosa. napa at 36. warmer in redwood city, at 43. mountain view, same story, 43 degrees there. we're only going to continue to

see this kind of cold weather, as we see this low dropping out of the gulf of alaska. already seeing rain to the north of us. that's going to bring showers to our forecast for today, and even for tomorrow. future cast showing us we start to see those scattered showers at least move in by 8:00 tonight, parts of the north bay. then it spills into the bay by overnight, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, moderate cells out there through parts of redwood city, livermore. we'll continue to see the wet weather even into the late morning hours for your sunday. so if you have sunday morning activities planned, might want to wait and postpone them until a little later on into the afternoon. now, we are seeing temperatures on the cool side for today, sitting in the 50s for the most part. 59 for mountain view. heyward topping out at 53. today, low 50s in our far inland locations, a little warmer in san ramon. venetia at 53 today. north bay, mid-50s. warmer in alameda at 58.

so showers continuing into tomorrow. sunday morning, monday, we'll see ridging, high pressure building in, bumping numbers up a little bit and bringing us sunshine. then wednesday, into thursday for your thanksgiving holiday, we're going to see wet weather in store there. but mostly cloudy conditions making our way into the end of the week. everybody's asking, what's the weather going to be like for the big game tonight? good news, it's going to be dry, at least for the start of the game. seeing cloudy conditions at the 7:15 start time. 51 degrees. take an umbrella, because towards the second half of the game, might see a few sprinkles out there. back to you, ann. >> thanks, kristy. the tough economy has more and more families turning to food banks for help. almost 40% of those receiving food from bay area food banks right now come from a household with at least one working adult. so this holiday season, cbs 5 is teaming up with whole foods to feed families in need. paul ash, the executive director of the san francisco food bank joins us now. thanks for being here this morning, paul. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the need. we've seen it go up and i've visited with you for the past

couple of years and heard the same thing for you. how bad is this getting? >> we hope it's leveling off. the last two years have been horrendous. our food distribution is increased by double digits. the middle class is getting squeezed. more and more people are dropping into the lower income groups. when a family can't balance their budget, one of the first places they turn is a local food bank. and for good reason. otherwise, we would see obviously people not have enough money for the basic needs. but this is not the people you would normally think of being in that circumstance. this could be somebody in the cubicle next to you. >> right. often times it's not. it's people who have lost their careers, now just looking for a job, any job. some sort of work to bring money in. so you guys can obviously do a lot to help these people. and you do with the physical donations that you get. but also, monetary donations. tell us why you want us to give money instead of necessarily handing over food. >> well, because we have so much

food donated, we have a big leverage factor. for every dollar we raise, we can distribute $4 worth of food. we bring in fresh donated produce from california agriculture. so that's a terrific way for us to get that one to four multiplier on donations. your dollar will go very, very far if you donate it to the food bank. you guys provide food. let me read the statistics for you. 287,000 meals each day. that is what you do on a daily basis, 365 days a year. >> that's our bay area food bank. from san jose to santa rosa, we're all doing the same thing, working together to feed people. this gives you an idea of the magnitude of the problem. >> and this is not something -- as you mentioned, just seen in san francisco. california-wide, demand for food assistance here in the bay area has increased by 45% since 2008. that's an astonishing number. >> if you think of what the

economy is doing over the past few years, how people have been losing their jobs, people having part-time jobs, hours cut back. it's all up and down the economic spectrum. so the holidays is often when we sea people coming up with food and donations and thinking about it, but this is the big time to get that push out there for people. what is the goal for this holiday season? >> well, it is a focus this time of year. people start thinking about their own good fortunes. they start thinking of others. it's a really good thing. our goal is to raise 400,000 pounds of food from the food for bay area families drive this year, with whole foods and cbs 5. that's about a 20% increase over last year. we could really use it. we're really encouraging people to bring their donations to whole foods, to send in a check if they can, and come down and volunteer. not only in the holidays, but jan, february, march when our volunteer slots have more openings. >> it is needed definitely year

round, especially in the summer when you have a lot of kids out of school. so basically the whole foods deal, you just walk in into any whole foods, drop off whatever donation you can make? >> drop off food you bring from home, you can purchase food and drop it in the barrels or make a cash donation. also, go to cbssf.com for more information. paul ash, good luck this holiday season. brown bags are playing a theme in this weekend's liam's list. a treat you can sample in san francisco and napa. we'll be right back. ,,,,

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doing the taste test there at addendum. ad hoc is the tastiest chicken you'll find anyplace, any time. the brown bag lunch served for just two more weeks. enjoy it while you can. to san francisco, ferry plaza market, you'll find the jewish deli. sandwiches are stacked to the gills with a mountain of meat. these guys are sons, and, yes, jewish, and they know how to make a killer ruben. next, donna's tamale stand also at the ferry plaza market in san francisco. there's the lovely tamale. there's the lovely donna, a tasty treat. finally, a quick nod to pacific street in san francisco, oh, boy, the daily brown bag lunch, a shrimp po' boy, red cabbage, the daily specials.

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occupy oakland plan to set a ear the . four minutes before 8:00. looking at this morning's top stories, supports of occupy oakland plan to set up at a new spot, but the mayor says they will not allow overnight camping. a standoff briewsmght. dozens are homeless this morning after an apartment fire in berkeley. it took firefighters five hours to knock down the fire in the five-story building. no one was hurt. son of moammar gadhafi has been killed in libya, the last of the sons unaccounted for. a last look at the weather today. bundle up?

>> yes, absolutely. cold outside this morning, even freezing in some locations in parts of the north basement wet weather will be back in the forecast, but right now, enjoying mostly clear conditions outside. we take a look at our extended forecast, you'll see wet weather is not only in the forecast for this weekend, but a little bit later on in the week as well. seeing showers starting tonight, in parts of the north bay, as early as 8:00, 9:00, continuing with wet weather into sunday morning, then drying out, slightly warming for monday and tuesday. then for your thanksgiving holiday, we will see wet weather there as well. all the better excuse to sit inside, lay around and eat! good excuse! no pressure to get outside and take the walk after your meal! >> you know there will be a lot of people camping out in preparation for black friday. >> yeah. take your rain guard, your rain gear with you inside your tent. going to be wet into friday maybe. >> okay, well that might make it easier for the crowds, a little

smaller at that point. tomorrow on weekend early edition, former mayor willie brown will visit occupy sf. >> what you have is is a collection of people throughout this country who have lost their jobs. in some cases, they have lost their homes. in other cases, they no longer have healthcare and they really are in fact desperate. and their cry is not being heard. there's no politician that's symbolic of responding to their needs. and it's because politicians don't know how to respond. >> mayor brown here, checking out the occupy san francisco camp tomorrow morning on weekend early edition. we'll be back here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. we hope you'll be with us for that. meantime, time for us to call it a morning. thanks for joining us. next newscast coming up at 5:30 this afternoon.

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