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starting for a lot you. how busy it will be for those flying out of town. swifties listen up, it is taylor swift versus ticketmaster. what the singer is saying about fans on that site. theranos founder elizabeth holmes just sentenced to 11 years in prison. she had claims about her company's blood testing tech it nothing. she raised just shy of $1 billion. holmes claimed the technology had the ability to perform hundreds of tests with a few drops of blood. the problem is it didn't work. holmes faced about 20 years. her attorneys asked for 18 months due to her pregnancy. it's unclear when she's due to have the baby, but holmes has been ordered to report to prison april 7 of next year and the 38-year-old is expected to appeal the verdict. in the courtroom today, ramirez is tweeting about what he saw and will have

more on the sentencing and reaction ahead at 5:00. today, the feds wrapped up the criminal probes into former president donald trump with news a special counsel will take the lead in those investigations. skyler henry has more from the white house. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general merrick garland announced he is turning over the investigations into former president donald trump to a special counsel. >> appointing a special counsel at this time is the right thing to do. the extraordinary circumstances presented here demand it. >> reporter: jack smith who has been with the doj since 1994 will now oversee key aspects of a probe involving the january 6 insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election as well as the investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. >> as special counsel, he will prosecute independent

judgment. >> reporter: he says the pace of the investigations will not pause or flag under his watch. attorney general garland said former president trump's announcement this week that he would make another run at the white house and president biden saying he too will likely seek re-election prompted him to make a decision now to appoint a special council. >> such an appointment underscores the department's commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters. >> reporter: a trump spokesperson released a statement saying this is a political stunt by a weaponized biden department of justice. house republicans who will be in the majority next year say they will investigate political attacks on the former president. cbs news, the white house. a lot of bay area travelers are in for a busy weekend. holiday travel levels are approaching prepandemic levels and sfo, we know you expect about five million travelers to pass through your gates between

today and new year's day. that's only 15% lower than 2019 levels. we talked to some of you who are traveling already out there on the move. >> i haven't seen it. i just got here. it seems like it's going to get busy, but i think it's -- i don't think it's going to be same amount for people here at the airport. >> we also checked out the friday scene at the san jose airport this morning. the advice from airport officials everywhere, arrive early, give yourself at least two hours for domestic flights and three for international and they say use those airline apps for the check-in process and make sure the baggage-related questions are answered. now for a look at your travel forecast, here is first alert chief meteorologist paul haigen. a change of scenery for you.. >> reporter: yes, i'm at the embarcadero for the lighting ceremony. i'll take my earpiecel

ttsetup. thewill ip the switch to light the embarcadero center one of the coolest downtown during the holidays. it should be a good time overall. hope to see you down here. weather is pretty much perfect for it. let's take a look at our current temperatures. those are running mostly in the 60s. it's 73 right now in santa rosa. 61 degrees downtown san francisco. it feels comfortable even thundershower we are in the shade at the embarcadero center. here is the hour-by-hour forecast as we head through the rest of the evening. temperatures are going to stay nearly steady the next hour or so. once the sun goes down, a little bit of a dip down into the 50s by the time they flip the switch coming up just after 7:00. we'll be here throughout the evening keeping an eye on the weather and keeping an eye on all the festivities. we'll have a check at the complete weekend forecast and thanksgiving in a few minutes. >> i'll be joining you at 5:00,

my friend. thank you so much. less than a week from now, families across the country will gather around the thanksgiving holiday tables and we know it will cost more out of your pocket than in recent years. inflation they are telling us global, food challenges and fly chain issues mean you will likely spend an average of $64 to feed 10 people for thanksgiving dinner. that's about $11 more from what it cost you last year and nearly $20 from what it cost you two years ago. we know that bay area food banks are hard at work ahead of the holidays providing food and at the same time providing a lot of hope for our community. hohn a visit to redwood empire, i learned families seeking help can can find a safe space that's free of shame and judgment. >> there's so much stigma attached with food insecurity and we wanted to create kind of a safe space for people not

only to come and get food, but also to learn about food insecurity in our community. >> that's right. i almost feel like you have a home setup here. one of my favorite things here is this sign that said i had to set my pride aside and ask for food. when you talk to people who come here and benefit from the service, of the volunteers who by the way you see right here in this kitchen, they are actively at work. when people come in these doors, what do you want them to feel? >> we want them to feel empowered, empowered to give back. we give them the tools to do that. we also have a lot more going on here than people think and so many times y the e size of the food bank. when you are serving 100,000 people a year, that's what you get. >> reporter: the thing i love about this is you create a feeling from the minute you walk in the door, that you are home, that you are taken care of and an important part of this community. why was that so important in the design of this

space? >> there are so many people that come together to give back and if you are in a comfortable and welcoming space, it just makes you want to do it that much more. >> reporter: you are seen, you are needed and you are important. there's no shame in asking for help. if you want to be part of helping our food for bay area families drive, you can go to our website kpix5.com/give or scan the qr code on your screen. i'll be back at 5:00 down at the embarcadero center. we'll be talking a lot more about this. hopefully we'll leave you with a full heart. still ahead, twitter offices shutdown for now. where is the company's work force and where this whole mess stands after that huge ultimatum from elon musk. i never could ha imagined inne in e membrane. fa

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welcome back. twitter kind of quiet today at twitter. one of our photographers stopped by in san francisco and we're pushing hard to learn more about the state of the giant's work force. it's after an ultimatum from elon musk to work hard core or quit. a lot of employees quit. sources tell reuters the company's offices

closed until monday. so many employees left they didn't have enough staff to figure out hovers who was working and had to cut services. >> they are worried they will create sabotage on the way out the door. >> this appears to show a scroll of insults aimed at elon musk projected against the headquarters. taylor swift is speaking out among growing outrage aimed at ticketmaster. that company canceled the highly generated ticket sales for her upcoming tour and the feds look into whether the owner is violating antitrust laws. >> reporter: it appears there is bad blood between taylor swift and ticketmaster after the company canceled its general sale for her new tour

citing high demand and low inventory. >> i feel like i'm about to burst into tears. >> reporter: the singer weighed in writing in part it is excruciate to go watch mistakes with no recourse. we asked if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they could. during tuesday's presale, 15% of customers experienced a glitch on the site. ticketmaster says bot attacks and fans without invite codes to the presale drove unprecedented traffic to the site four times their previous peak. >> i never could have imagined how insane this whole process has been. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news that the justice department has opened an antitrust investigation into

live nation, the owner of ticketmaster. the doj says ticketmaster now controls more than 80% of major concert venues. >> there is no other choice and that's what's going on. there is a monoply. ticketmaster and its parent company have faced antitrust scrutiny since their merger in 2010 and that combined promotion, tickets, concerts and management under one umbrella. we'll keep you posted on that. the 49ers are looking to move up in the standings by literally moving up in the world. here is vern glenn to explain. >> this is the volkswagen red and gold report. >> reporter: they practiced thundered in colorado springs as they try to acclimate themselves to the high altitude they'll face monday night in mexico city. back to sunday's win over the chargers where one of the most talked about plays

was greenlaw's hit on quarterback justin herbert which got the linebacker ejected. going forward, cornerback jimmy ward had a warning for quarterbacks who want to take off and run. >> don't like running the quarterbacks. kyler murray, i hope i can catch him. i'll run it. >> . >> with the red and gold report, i'm vern glenn. >> week 11 against the cardinals on the cardinals report streaming on cbs news bay area. big rivalry, big game. chopper 5 was over cal memorial stadium where cal bears and stanford cardinal will face-off. it will be the last big game for bears play-by-play radio voice joe starkey. you might know him from this infamous 1982 call. >> back to the 30. they're down to the 20. the band is out on the field. he's in the end

zone! he's in the end zone! the bears have won! the bears have won! oh, my god! the most amazing, sensational, dramatic, heart -- >> can i get that as my ring tone for everything? the 125th big game is tomorrow at 2:30 and just a couple of hours ago how lucky are we here at the kpix newsroom. watch this. yeah, that's pretty fantastic. how lucky are we? the cal band stopped by our newsroom about an hour ago. they brought that community spirit here to kpix 5 and we are thrilled to share it with you. thank you so much for all the early morning practices, all the family members who got you to your music lessons. we were the benefactors of this excitement and don't we need a little bit of a lift these days. thank you so much. go bears. time for a look at our forecast with first alert chief

meteorologist hanging out live at the embarcadero center. you are a busy man. i saw you tweeted that and got down here in time for your live shot in time. great. >> it helps that we're only about a half mile away from the station coming down here to the embarcadero center. we are at the building lighting ceremony and the carnival that goes with that. that opens up at the top of the hour at 5:00 4:00 across from the ferry building if you want to find us. there will be all sorts of stuff going on. first time in a few years there's been an event surrounding the embarcadero lighting. i want to bring in the president of bxb properties who is in charge of this particular event. it's nice to be out here in person for the first time in a few years. >> it is. it's been since 2019 they've we've got to gather the community and clients together and celebrate the beginning and start of the holiday season. >> reporter: a few changes this time around. there used to be a skate rink here. now we have more of a participatory area around here.

>> reporter: yeah, the ice rink is gone. it's more intimate here. we have a rcusci and will light the buildings with 17,000 bulbs and they will be l.e.d. very energy efficient. >> reporter: 17,000 bulbs. does this stay on the building all year long or do you have to -- >> no, they come down. temporary installation. they go up in october. they'll come down. we'll shut them off on january 2. >> reporter: i love it when it is lit up. it adds more light to the darkest time of year in terms of daylight. it is such a fun event. what time does the lighting occur? >> about 6:50 p.m. tonight. this starts at about 4:00. we'll roll it until about 7:00 p.m. and it should be a great night, great weather and great day out here. >> reporter: and somebody fairly famous flipping the switch for you. who is that? >> we have the mayor willy brown to flip the switch. >> reporter: that will be awesome. at 6:50 lights and take in all the stuff behind us

and the weather is perfect. >> absolutely. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. i'm going to talk weather and not just for today, but heading into the weekend as well. the last weekend before thanksgiving. a lot of folks have decorating on their minds. let's take a look at what you can expect as we go into this weekend. clear skies sticking around. we have abundant sunshine. it will be on the chilly side especially inland and breezy in the hills. mostly sunny, mild weekend in store for us. temperatures maybe not quite as warm as today, but still slightly above average. more clouds on the way next week. rain chances we were tracking over the last few eare. l be maindry as we heet's take a look athcurrent winds and they are gustiest at the highest elevations. we have a couple spots at lower elevations that are reporting 15 plus-mile-per-hour gusts in santa rosa and fairfield, but mainly it will be 2,000 feet where we will see stronger gusts in the 15 to 20-mile-per-hour range. those are going to gradually die down. still an offshore wind as we head through tonight which

means the fire danger isn't going to be zero, but that rain we picked up early last week helping us out as we wind through the day on saturday. winds will still be offshore. they will diminish further by saturday afternoon. in terms of the rain chances, well, we had to take that chance of rain out of the forecast entirely for tuesday, but starting with monday so we can take you all the way through thanksgiving weekend, we'll get through that was giving day and likely black friday. big shopping day without any chance of rain. our rain chances do go up as we look further down the line beyond the scope. there is a chance for the last day of the thanksgiving weekend on sunday. right now severe clear over roa degrees down here in san francisco. temperatures later tonight dropping to the mid- to upper 30s to around 40 degrees inland mostly in the low to mid-40s around the bay and high temperatures are going to warm up nicely into the mithe cooler

hitting the low 60s tomorrow afternoon for the very warmest spots getting close to 70 degrees. the 125th playing of the cal-stanford rivalry. 65 degrees at kickoff. lots of sunshine. it could not be better weather for the 125th reiteration of the big game. cloud cover by monday and tuesday of next week, looks like not only are we going to be sunny and dry for thanksgiving, but we will be warm with temperatures reaching into the mid-60s around the bay. farther inland it will be a mix of low 60s. after you eat if you are going to be one of the folks running one of the turkey trots around the bay area thursday morning, the weather looks great and the weather is great down here at the embarcadero center. we're on the plaza across the ferry building. the carnival gets started at the top of the hour at 4:00. >> it will be fantastic. thank you so much. coming up, she is going the distance to help others. we'll tell but this great lengths story. a california teenager swimming to fight hunger.

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people. we need each other, right? in but are basic, edie is swimming 35 r.he says during the pandemic she realize add lot of people in our community were struggling, didn't have enough to eat and that need has only grown greater as we've learned with our food for bay area families campaign. last year we organized this swim-a-thon to raise money to fight hunger and so another event and is hoping her efforts will inspire other teenagers to figure out where they can give back where they live. it doesn't have to be just a pool where they live. >> i think it's great to focus on what you are good at and tweak it to apply it towards helping people. >> edie says she hopes to make this an annual event with other swimmers joining in. congratulations. we celebrate you. coming up, forget something? what was so important that the pilot was reaching out of an open window

after the plane had already pushed back? coming up, the justice department appoints a special counsel to oversee investigations into former president trump's handling of classified documents and his conduct revolving around the january 6 rye yotd. details coming up on riot. details on the cbs evening news.

all these days later, the race to be the next mayor of oakland still too close to call. a look behind the process and an update with the latest count. a southwest airlines passenger had a stroke of good luck thanks to the pilot. here is the story. the passenger left their cell phone at the gate in long beach before boarding, but thankfully, somebody spotted it and alerted a crew member. this is what happened next. they got it out at the tarmac. you see the pilot reaching out of the window to get the phone. he did it. got it back to the passenger even though boarding had finished. the door was closed and the plane had already pushed back. that is some extra service. now get me to grandma's house on time. that's it for kpix 5 at 3:00. cbs evening news is next. we'll be back with more local news at 5:00 and streaming 24/7 on cbs

bay news area. i'll be down at the christmas tree lighting at 5:00. see you there. captionins >> garrett: breaking tonight, the justice department appoint a special counsel to investigate former president trump, already a candidate for the white house. could this signal indictments over the january 6 capitol riot and classified documents stored at mar-a-lago? the attorney general says this possibl20 rempeand the lawnd eff es intduces us to the veteran prmsecutor juspr. deadly historic snowstorm. winter comes early for 280 million americans and cbs' tanya r