happy thanksgiving. it is a wet thanksgiving all across the bay. we will for you the weather maps in a minute. craig skalar is live in hayward with all the latest on conditions there. it is already reading. >>craig: i got here about an hour-and-a-half ago. it is like someone turned on a rain machine and captive at the same setting. i am near the tennis and exit. here is an overhead view of traffic. it is lighter traffic today. a lot of people are scared difficulties. getting back to this picture, it has not gotten heavier or lighter periods >>justine:

>>james: storm tracker 4 is showing us how the front continues to push by. hayward is right about there, we will push into get a closer look at the south bay. san jose, cupertino and campbell, those are the areas where we are seeing rainfall. nothing too heavy. as we push the maps towards hayward, that is where credit is. he has a light rain over top of him. this will continue to track to the east. becker out to the lease things are on the a lot better. in an earlier report, the entire stretch of 68580 from dublin to tracy was underneath widespread light rain. it is beginning to break up. pskov and downtown san

francisco, the cell has steadily moved to the city. the richmond district, the presidio, those areas are starting to dry out. tasso's sphere tryout in the north bay. this is the front that is pushing for right now. we have another thing that could give the no. 8/54 if you're is worth of the far at the mall the theory if we

keep the weekend, then will get better. >>george: an easy ride of from the bay area. there will not be a commute. on the bay bridge westbound, very light traffic on all of the approaches. problem free across the span. there is not a lot of traffic density. take a look at this, very few cars in either direction. at the golden gate bridge, traffic will be wide enough that they will actually leave the buffer believe in place. no problems were found were southbound. here is a quick

check from the south bay. all of the freeways look good. there are no problems. the only issue to report, there are reports of flooding that were issued two hours ago for 101 northbound at lucky drive. none of the southbound lane for a fifth ferry if fifth >>mark: fact is facing off sphere live memorial turf-- glide memorial turf is looking to feed more than 5000 people. yoli aceves is live with the latest. >>yoli: they started looking back in november, but they are starting to get the carving under way. some of the turkey is already on the table. more volunteers have come in, they will stand in front of each station and start carping. this is for

the thanksgiving breakfast starting at 7:00 a.m.. then, around 9:00 a.m. they will start serving thanksgiving dinner with a full and around 2 30 ft. of. fifth you have festivals' cough and then down beloved " is where you have the rest of the kitchen. >>mark: we lost yoli. we will check back in later. for >>justine: it is early but a lot of people are already moving past the turkey and stuffing it focused on the shopping. those black friday bargains are starting today. 33 percent of people

will spend money to date. that is up from 27% last year. reggie kumar found out why people are so excited to start spending. >>craig: fill rate schlossberg from wealth capital management tells us why our area has weathered the recession better than other parts of the country. >> if you look at san francisco, and to limit growth has been running ahead of the national average. a lot of that was centered initially on teflon. and limit is up from a year ago in the silicon valley area. >> steel industries tend to pay more because the things

they sell, the services and goods tend to have a higher price than more sophisticated--there are more sophisticated and debris in higher revenues. that allows businesses to hire more skilled workers. >>reporter: as the bay area economy continues to grow ahead of the national average, some retailers are still not expecting a record-breaking sales of if fan of the al believes very cautious. the international council of shopping centers in federation of retailers for not looking for a fantastic christmas season by any they are looking for sales to grow less rapidly. >>justine: here is a look at stores that are opening at midnight for earlier 50 e.f.

>>mark: off at the shopping begin. we will be right faceoff from a year is a live look in new york city of sydney things given date for a fifth father is a beautiful day in the year the city the chilly. 37 at the rate is kicking off on the upper west side of manhattan. fog thick

>>mark: and get a lot of people traveling in the bay area. if the hpv out in force from now until then they and what they call the annual enhanced enforcement program. four officers will

target to drunk drivers, drivers and taxi in those not wearing seat belts. fog of the >> people enjoy getting together but many people do not know when to say when. they have a tendency to get into their vehicles and drive away. we try to get those people off of the roadway before they hurt themselves or someone else. i am driving, watching traffic in front of me and behind the to make sure that i do not see aggressive driving more people following closely. that leads to road rage. if, if you're driving down the road, if someone is a half a car lengths of a survivor, it is unsafe if people are unaware of their

surroundings. >>justine: we will take a quick break and be right back with a live look at what is happening along the james lick freeway in san francisco. it is wet out there. we will be right back.

>>mark: is a rating on this thing as the morning. here is a live look for in the james lick. it's a reflection of the broadway as the cars go by. if rain instead francisco and over a good fit of these things but it has improved. heavy rain overnight. some areas reported up to 2 in. of

rain. it is a widespread but we do expecting things to break up in little bit. the weekend will looking pretty good. let's take a look escalator. we will be tracking the progression of this fall's fires has his face. furious the rain is fixing to the the east shore of lake, 880 from milipitas north, depending on where you are will depend on if you are seeing rain. off 1/2 flight of rain beginning

full of growth. hough highway 4 from antioch through concord, of we are still standing light rain. that continues to the case. fog in san francisco, a band of light rain. al-qaeda. once it is cleared out you will see more light revealed if we will invoice small breeds of sun. b.f., maybe the will spot at 60. here is your 7 day around the bay. more breaks in sunshine and warmer weather as we head into sunday. we will begin next week for on a flight

snowfall from of the fifth a little off 1/5. short of having a pretty good ride around the bay area. there are no hot spots. there is no defect. if it is a light and easy ride for your westbound truck of the bay bridge. there are no delays there. faugh on the stand until bridge is a good >> cried eastbound and westbound even with the volume of a little kid there are no problems as it had a cross. your ride on the golden gate bridge is still in a v one. there will be a bluff lane on the average for most of the board for. in the east bay, the growth rate sensors tell the story. white traffic all the way around. in the north bay you may experience some flooding in your traveling northbound on 101 in the vicinity of what the drive all the south bell lanes are

reported to be affected. >>justine: it is possible that you or someone you tell are headed into a tall hoax. j.r stone is there to show less of what the conditions look like >>j.r.: i am trying to get a close look at conditions in the sierra. at 4,000 ft. the you can see that things are looking good on the roadway. dry conditions and not much traffic. at a little over 4,000 ft. i am seeing snow for the court's time and i did new is, it is on the side of the road and not affecting traffic. " while conditions might look similar keep in mind at the higher elevations, fax there are small bridges and at the temperatures drop and the wind picks up, things can become slick on the roadways and slick on those bridges. i am now above

6,000 ft.. one of the issues that we have here is the wind. there is a flat bond pretty hard in the distance. it is an anemometer. it measures when speeds fury of right now we have when gusts of up to 30 mi. per hour. i am now at the north stars ski resort. behind me you can see get no one is skiing.-going to show a few sulcus conditions thursday evening. >>mark: people are lined up for black friday deals. jackie sissel is live san francisco at best buy. >>jackie: there are people out here greeting the weather, sitting in front of best buy and. it is in a little different. last

friday coughlin friday. for 54 people have been here and waiting in the rain since 1:00 a.m. yesterday. they will be sitting in this wet, cold weather for over 36 hours. i spoke with a guy at the front of the line and said he's waiting for a television in the game system. he is hoping to save a couple hundred dollars. if you like to get a jumpstart on black friday, it is to lead. i would guess there are probably 30 people in line already. mark, what time is it? 6:15 a.m.? we have a long way to go before it opens up. there is a lot of rain yet to come. these

people are truly hard-core. they are hardcore shoppers. >>jackie: thank you for the update. we are getting ready for black friday on this thanksgiving thursday. we will be right tech as the kron4 news continues.

>>mark: this helicopter pilot was behind the controls when this crash and says the seat belt saved his life one day after the camera crew captured this plunge for. look at that! >>reporter: 24 hours since

he dropped from the sky, >> it happened so quick. >> this is what is left,-- the twisted, rig. but somehow, he escaped. >> i have a little breeze right here. >> for such a memorable moment, he does not remember much. >> this is the bill is attached to the floor of the aircraft. i just shook around inside a bit. >> instead of being spit out by the reuters, this kept together? >> yes. since i was not wearing that, it would even worse. >>reporter: it is amazing to see the force at which this ended. surprisingly the

helicopters will be covered by insurance. the machine is $1.5 million. >> while civil aviation of pickup the remains, the how did you survive questions become how did you actually happened >> i do not think they want me back. >>justine: we are back with more on this thanksgiving day as we take a look at what is happening in new york at the 85th annual thanksgiving day parade. we have some cooling on tap. 3.5 million people are in new york watching from the

streets and 50 million will be watching from home. we have more fun facts from the parade when the kron4 one these returns. jeff flock that act ninth on sunday and

to give the truck to walesa on sunday or monday and called her to tell hairball all its core from her fondue is what it will you worry about you've though never the this sheaths she saw she got less than the so-called against ace or maybe they

should talk to our dan lassiter is to combat the second time fear life for analyst angela because these mummies fivefold on defect size >>james: this is things giving is a wet one. here is a live look at storm tracker 4. we have a claim pushing through. this cold front began acting beef of north bay quite a while ago. fifth it is taking a little bit of time to work its way across the bay. the south bay is looking a lot better than the radar shows. widespread light rain not long ago. we have portions of san jose if campbell seeing a light rain. it will continue tracking to the east. people and evergreen should expect rain in short order. in san leandro, hayward and union city, the san rafael bridges underneath light rain. the rain is fully pushing its

way to the east. it will impact more of 680. from walnut creek to danville and force of the san ramon, light rain fury if more rain on the way. look for things to get wet in the next half- hour. off highway 4 continues to be wet from antioch to 685 and the 24 interchange. sphere martinez, concord half of walnut creek conflict white rain at the moment. hopefully that will clear out pretty quickly. if the peninsula have been cut in half by a light rain, for right now over the data rate is heading towards the family android. things will begin to get them on the roadway. temperatures this afternoon will look like this, a 453 a few select locations that could hit 60 degrees. 56 in downtown san francisco today. here is your 7 day around the bay.

tomorrow, saturday and sunday we are looking for sunny skies and with temperatures increasing day after day. gore

>>george: there is not a morning commute. traffic is very light. there is no ace train this morning. caltrain is on a sunday holiday schedule. fifth >>mark: freight charge and that of the skull is planning to feed more than 5000 people. yoli aceves is live. it will flight preparations are underway. >>yoli: preparations are in full effect. they started about 10 minutes ago. they are pretty busy. they will be serving, by the end of today, approximately 5000 people. what is interesting is, some people love volunteering here. this is an event where you sell out

on trying to be a volunteer here. it is something people enjoy doing for thanksgiving. this is just a cup. she says she has been doing this for a sense >> i started when i was 6 years old. i am 16. fly modified as athletes of ccf " it is a fund to help out theories will result would be used with smart phone for >>yoli: she said when she first started used to wrap up a napkin and now she has moved up to sharp utensils. >>yoli: it will you do to turkey next year? maybe. >>yoli: a lot of people volunteered to this. if he did not get to volunteer for thanksgiving, glide memorial has nine more events

throughout the month. if you want to volunteer and help, just contacted them to try to volunteer. if they have a solid drive costs they have a jam fast or the proceeds go to the church furious did not get in on thanksgiving, you can volunteer for another event. kron4 >>justine: off mayor ed lee has been speaking with people from the occupy san fiscal movement about possibly relocating the encampment. one of the ideas is moving protesters to a vacant school, for this city there are a lot of legal hurdles. for protesters it is unclear if they would evil to a less visible location. >>mark: a suspect is still on a loose after a stabbing and the chigoe. contra costa of sheriff's responded to a home where a victim had been

stabbed after an argument. there's no word on the victim's condition. >>justine: thank you for watching the kron4 morning news. here's a quick break in a live look outside. on the day bridge, there are not a lot of people out there. tests

>>justine: we are watching a developing story is. authorities are on the scene of an accident in the east bay. to get as the latest, lowe's and is live with details. fifth full >> here is that trust. this accident had said at 5:30 a.m.. fortunately, the driver was not injured. this was a two vehicle accidents. according to the oakland police department, two cars collided. here is the other

car, a hyundai's sonata. we are not sure who is at fault. it is a he said, she said situation with no independent witnesses. the front of this vehicle is crumpled on to the side of this building., there was no dui or erratic driving, just a simple case of someone running a red light and someone having a green light. if >>justine: we will continue to watch that story. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues siri here is a live look outside of this since the maurice at the macy's thanksgiving day parade is now heading down central boulevard west as they are waiting for floats to come by. sunshine and 37 degrees in new york city for if

>>james: we are going to

walk you through weather headlines. this afternoon lee will begin to cry out. this evening things will be partly cloudy, cool but dry. that is the good news. here is a quick look at storm tracker 4. the cold front is continuing to move east, in the south bay things are steadily improving. san jose and the clear. in evergreen have some things headed your way. otherwise things are looking cliff. the east shore, the same story. light rain all morning long. we have light rain near hayward. for the people in castro valley along 580, the court light rain should end in the next half hour or so. >>james: here is where rain is falling on 680. in santa

monica near walnut creek, highly for continued to beat lexus ceasefires such as his losses heartiness al from haiti. we have a light rain fell up for the gulf. we should start to try things out in short order. he is where we see temperatures this afternoon. upper 50s and low 60s. so we are looking at 59th in santa rosa phillies this is this is chances of this level flying as lead is the afternoon and evening. here is your 7 day around the bay. we're looking for things to get better as we head into friday. saturday and sunday what are looking pretty good with temperatures steadily on the rise. let's get your

thanksgiving traffic kron4 with george. >>george: we are looking pretty good around the bay area. an accident san francisco on the 280 extension the traffic is light. it is not affecting the ride after mayor posted. there is a stall on the bay bridge but it will not affect your trip. with traffic this light, you could block three lanes and it would not slow the rise heading across the upper deck. cost the san mateo bridge is with out delay or problem. the toll plaza camera is looking westward. on the golden gate, you will see a wet deck the that is about it. no problems north and on for southbound. xi a quick check on an 101, fear is a look at the peninsula commute. the right onto 80

and 101 shows green on all of the sensors. >>justine: for more bart police officer: johannes mehserle took the stand on top of this that he and other officers of salted for him with excessive force during an incident four years ago. terisa estacio was in court and gets as of today. >>terisa: , bart police officer johannes mehserle is seen here and ready in or is squeezing the. he testified on the stand that he stepped in and grabbed the kids if because he believed carruthers was going to attack another officer. following his testimony, carothers spoke about seeing mehserle in the the other officers accused of beating him. >> there is still fear their. i am glad that the truth is coming out, a place where they're not allowed to hit anyone were duty one

up. >> this is about can carruthers, he spoke his mind off fed never touched an officer and they did not liked what he said so they slammed into the ground and tied him up like taking and laughed at him. the damage he is a convicted felon. i am sure he will say whatever he wants to say to get himself off the. johannes mehserle was convicted of killing an unarmed passenger back into the nine. gemma he challenged officers to fight. >> a jury will make their decision, i trust the jury.

an unmarked have asked >> i trust the jury system. cox >>mark: for the first time in nfl history, two brothers are facing off as head coaches. jim harbaugh and the 49ers are in a baltimore taking on his brother john and the ravens. john harbaugh is looking to be to read in. the 49ers are off to their best start since 97. they are 9-1. they say that the only other time

they competed against one another in was at a high- school kid. kickoff is at 5:20 p.m.. >>justine: all of the games are revolving around food. the dinner game, the lunch game. if we will take a close race as the safe for a live look at what is happening is york at the v c thanksgiving day parade. fifth there are 40 balloons, thought 27 floats, 800 clowns and 1600 cheerleaders. >>mark: that this year hall. a cheerleader for every clown. we will feel like that as the kron4 news continues. he

>>erica: welcome back. and

help headlines how, and a new study the average american consumes around 4,000 cals in one meal at holiday. food is to blame for drowsiness. if many americans also trained to much wine. if you would like to read the story in its entirety and heavily on my face of fan page. >>justine: not all parking spots are treated equally. not knowing where you are allowed to park could cost you. >>stanley: this command is discussing a parking ticket he received while parking at the potrero shopping center in san francisco. apparently he left the property to visit the post office across this street which is why he was issued this ticket. this is not your average parking ticket, it is a private

property parking ticket. i bet he did not know the even existed. the cause of the ticket is $40. if you wait too long to pay, it jumps to $63. allow me to introduce you to #six. that is the name he gave me. few patrols a lot looking for parking violators. instead of a ticket, this parking enforcement officer gets a warning. this car parked between the lines will get a warning this parking job will more than likely result in a parking ticket which by the wave may not affect your driving record of could affect your credit rating if you ignore them. one more thing no. 6 in forces, apparently some drivers get a parking permits and true

to people behaving badly, there are counterfeits. here are two of them i am holding in my hand, they are fake. the things some people do to get away with parking. in san francisco, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >>justine: if you know anyone behaving really, e- mail >>stanley: @ www.kron4.com. >>mark: the latest on your weather forecast coming up. here is a live look at the golden gate. rain and fog. earth's if

>>justine: did morning and happy thanksgiving. what a thanksgiving it is turning out to be. craig skalar is joining us from hayward with the latest on the weather conditions. >>craig: the way has finally stopped after 2.5 hours of my being here.