and the top stories we're following this morning, it's small business saturday where shoppers are encouraged to ditch the big box store and support local businesses. we have a live report. at many stores it was a chaotic black friday. we'll show you the crowds fighting to get good deals from all over the country. and we have new details on the 85-year-old palo alto man detained in north korea. merrell new man has been detained. welcome to kron 4. i'm marty gonzales. let's get things started off with a look at the weather.

>> it is a foggy start. this is the view as we approach the bay bridge toll plaza. we are dealing with areas of low visibility right now, so half moon bay just over a quarter of a mile there, same for sfo. we are expecting that fog to mix out later this morning, making way for a lot of sunshine. it is going to be a little warmer than yesterday. we'll break down those temperatures coming up in my full forecast. marty. >> thank you. today you can get some holiday shopping and also support local businesses during small business saturday. kron 4's mike pelton mixing a little business and shopping. >> reporter: good morning, marty. yesterday a lot of the big chain stores cashed in, so today you have small business saturday. here in pleasanton you will find a lot of small businesses. object main street they've even hung a banner reminding residents of the occasion. they're encouraging locals to shop at their local stores

today. this is one of many cities participating. in san francisco former mayor willie brown is kicking off an event there at 10:00 a.m. san jose and morgan hill are two other communities participating in small business saturday. officials here in pleasanton say this day helps boost the local economy and grow a sense of community. i spoke to one resident a short time ago who tells me many of these businesses depend on your dollar. >> it means a lot. it means they're going to have food on their tables and going to be able to get christmas gifts for everybody. i think most of the people that shop down here know everybody, know the owners, know the businesses. so it's -- >> reporter: and just walking through there's a lot to see and do. >> there is a lot to see and do down here. all the time there's people walking up and down the street. >> reporter: now, this is the fourth annual small business saturday. it was created back in 2010 by american express. the goal here, of course, is to

get you out and shopping at the local stores. according to american express just last '84 alone $5.5 billion was spent in stores around the country on small business saturday. and marty here of course the goal is you don't have to go out and buy something big. even if you spend a few dollars at a local coffee shop, one of those owners will tell you those few dollars go a long way. >> they certainly do. i'm wondering if you know what time businesses start opening in downtown pleasanton. >> reporter: one business, dean's cafe, just opened at 6:30. a few of them are just starting to open their doors. >> good deal. developing news for new morning. a new report from north korea that says 85-year-old merrell new man, the palo alto man accused of he is spie espionage has confessed to his crimes and apologized.

there's growing concern that his heart condition may be a problem as he is being detained overseas. alecia reid reports on the apparent apology. >> reporter: in a taped statement, korean war veteran merrell newman apologized for his actions. >> they collected information of the kpa and attacked a communication system and killed three innocent operators, delayed the the munition supply and attacked the kpa0 times in the province. the armed association escaped so i ask my guide to help me to look for their families and relatives. >> reporter: the korean central news agency released a statement. it claims it is from newman. he was escorted off his flight last month after a 0-day tour of north korea. the story claims newman tried searching for spice and

terrorists that conducted espionage against the dprk and that he perpetrated actions in slappedderring the socialist system. >> that is alecia reid reporting. newman's family issued a statement saying they are concerned about his well-being and they're hoping that the dprk will quickly confirmed that he is being looked after and is in good health. they're also hoping that he has received his medication and are hoping it will be possible to resolve this misunderstanding so that newman can quickly rejoin his family. new for you this morning a winter spare the air alert is in effect today. it is the fourth regional wood burning ban this week. on winter spare the air days it is illegal to burn wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuels indoors or outdoors. homes without permanently installed heating are exempt from this babb. get more information by visiting spare the air.org. police are investigating a fatal shooting in an apartment

complex in vallejo. one man was killed in that shooting. happened about 5:00 p.m. friday in the 100 block of carolina street. police at this point have no suspects is in custody at this time. wal-mart shoppers saw a lot of action on friday from the black friday deals inside the store to the anti-wal-mart protests outside the store. five people were arrested at one rally in san leandro on friday. it was all part of a nationwide demonstration against low wages. hundreds of people showed up to protest in san leandro, and some of those demonstrators explained why they're upset with wal-mart. >> well, i've actually been here awhile but me and my coworkers are struggling just to make it, where they can't even really afford to -- some can't even hardly afford to get to work. >> the respect, because i work for wal-mart. i just want them to respect us a little more. >> that they're treating their workers unfairly, they're not paying them enough to be able

to provide for themselves on a daily basis. >> wal-mart is the largest private employer in america, and the government report finds that well mart has the highest number of employees living on welfare. wal-mart's ceo responded to those protesters defending the retail giant and the wages that the company pays. >> we pay in the top half of retail. our industry offers the opportunity for people to enter at really any life stage from 16 all the way to 76 if they would like to, and then they work hard and they can build a career. >> the wal-mart ceo also responded to criticism about the store being open on thanksgiving day saying that wal-mart is a service industry, just like hotels and airlines, shop, the store will be open. he also noted that wal-mart has been open on thanksgiving day since the mid-1980s. many retailers opened on thanksgiving day through black friday, and some analysts say this year may cement the transformation of the start of

the holiday shopping season interest a two-day afair. more than a dozen major retailers stayed open for 24 hours or longer on thanksgiving day through black friday. many shopping centers opened at 9:00 p.m. friday, or thursday, rather. other stores opened at 6:00 a.m. thanksgiving morning, crowds forming early and often over the two days. store sales numbers expected to be released later today. the national retail federation says 140 million people plan to shop during the four-day holiday weekend. still ahead on kron 4 news weekend, now that the turkey day has passed christmas cheer is spreading around the bay area. we'll show you the sites and the lights after the break. [ female announcer ] it's a mountain grown morning with folgers lively colombian.

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lighting ceremony took place at san francisco's union square last night. the 83-foot-tall tree is a gift to the city from macy's. adorned with more than 33,000 twinkling energy efficient led lights and 1100 shining ornaments. large crowds showed up. in the east bay in danville another tree lighting but a little bit more history behind this one. it's the old oak tree on diablo road. the tradition started 37 years ago. there was music to accompany the tree lighting by the danville girls chorus, also the san ramon chorus. fallen officers are being remembered this holiday season in san jose. ornaments with the names of 30 peace officers killed in the line of dirpt placed on a christmas tree tenth downtown plaza at caesar chavez.

the volunteers from the fraternal order of police lodge 52 in san jose decorated the tree. some of the names include sergeant lauren butch baker and detective elizabeth butler who were shot to death in santa cruz back in february. still ahead on kron 4 news weekend, 32 people injured when a helicopter crashes into a pub in scotland. we'll have that story when we come back.

four people died when a small plane crashed in alaska. a spokesperson says the pilot and three passengers were killed in the crash. the relatives of the deceased have been notified. there's no immediate word on the condition of the other passengers, nor the cause of that crash. overseas a helicopter crash in scotland friday night kills one person. officials say the death toll is

expected to rise. the helicopter crashed into a crowded pub in glasgow. 32 people were injured. the crews have been working to rescue a still unknown number of people who are still trapped in the bar. scotland's first minister called at black day for the nation. 7:16 now. we want to talk about the weather forecast for this still holiday weekend. and here to do that is janu. >> good morning to you, marty. we have a beautiful holiday weekend in store. we are, however, waking up to some areas of patchy fog but pretty clear elsewhere. this is the view from our roof cam. you can see a mix of sun and fog but lots of sunshine later. highs 60s and 70s. in fact, a few more 70s than yesterday. so all around a little bit of a warmer weekend in store. tomorrow even further warming, but that's not going to last long. we do have much cooler conditions in store for us as we head into your work week. also, the chance of light rain monday nature into tuesday. let's talk temperatures.

a little bit of a warmer start compared to yesterday. 39 degrees if you're heading out the door in no var rough, 43 degrees in oakland, upper 30s through antioch and livermore. afternoon bringing us a few more 70s than we saw yesterday. 72 degrees expected for the valley. upper 60s for those of you in redwood city and palo alto. into our east bay upper 60s in antioch, 69 the high for those of you in castro valley. low 50s at the coast. a mix of 60s and 70s in the north bay. if you are headed up to wine country, napa topping out at 70 degrees. we do have high pressure in control here keeping things mild, dry for us. we are expecting a few high clouds streaming through today, but we do have a system approaching. that's going to usher in that cooler air by monday. monday night into tuesday we do

have a chance of sprinkles but not expecting too much moisture with this system. it's really a cool-down. by midweek only getting to the low 50s for the warmer spots. temperatures dropping down to he freezing temperatures. you can see some of our overnight lows are going to get to the upper 20s. marty. >> janu, thank you very much. a moment of truth is drawing near for tarreddable care act website. the deadline to get the healthcare.gov working again is today. jill doherty has this update. >> reporter: withering criticism of the initial rollout of healthcare.gov has intensified the pressure on the administration to get this fix right for saturday. the white house hopes it can do that, at least for the vast majority of users. >> and this website is going to get fixed. >> reporter: healthcare.gov opened for business october 1st and it's been a disastrous two months. the site crashed, unable to cope with people trying to sign

up. small businesses still won't be able to use the site for another year. insurance industry insiders tell cnn some customers' personal data is getting mangled or even lost. the white house says the site will be able to handle 5,000 users at one time. but they admit there will be times after saturday when healthcare.gov does not function properly. and they're bracing for another possible huge surgery in volume that could force some people into virtual waiting lines for call-backs. officials say consumers who pick a plan by december 23rd and pay their premiums by december 31st will have coverage effective the 1st of january. >> that was jill doherty reporting. by the end of the day today the white house says the website should be working for most people who are trying to sign up for health insurance. president obama says he will release a new national security strategy next year.

the document will update the strategy the president outlined back in 2010. it will also describe national security priorities for the remainder of his term. that 2010 strategy addressed how the u.s. would strengthen its position as a global leader, also end the war in iraq and defeat the al-qaida terrorist network. the strategy also included achieving economic recovery here at home and abroad as well. nearly two dozen children and parents are being treated for an unknown illness outbreak at a las vegas casino. the kids are members of a youth football team that's in town for a tournament. 13 children and five adults were taken to the hospital where they're being treated for food poisoning. authorities on the scene say they're not sure just yet what made the group ill. >> with flu-like symptoms, we can't tell. we don't know the source. it could be airborne virus, or it could be foodborne. we don't know the answer to

that. >> one organizer said there have been as many as 40 people suffering the symptoms. so you were nevada officials say they are investigating the illness and the rio casino says they're working with officials to figure out the cause. police conclude that gas killed two south bay men in a tahoe donner subdivision home. police say the contractor installed a door in a room where a space heat ser locate. according to investigators when the two men turned on the heat tear house filled with carbon monoxide and killed them. police have declined to reveal the name of the contractor or further details due to the ongoing investigation. a couple in salt lake city facing nightmare situation after shopping on-line during the holidays. they received a hefty fine and a hit on their credit score because they posted a negative review more than three years ago. the review was about clear

gear, a shopping website. the couple received an e-mail stating they would be feigned $3500 if the negative review they posted wasn't taken down. now the company has a collection agency targeting them. >> we were shocked that somebody would actually attempt to do this because that's -- it's ridiculous that anybody would turn around and try to extort us like this. apparently we're not the only people they have done this to. we're just the only ones who are fighting back. >> the company cited a nondisparagement clause. that means the clause prohibited them from taking any action that would impact the company negatively, such as writing a negative review. still ahead on kron 4 news weekend we'll introduce you to one family what went all out this black friday buying gifts

for strangers. we'll have that story coming up after the break.

we're back on kron 4 news weekend. all of the black friday shopping hubbub can make it easy to forget about the holiday tradition of sharing and caring. kerry tomlinson introduces us to a pair of door busters hoping to find the right gifts for complete strangers. >> we're in this together. >> reporter: together, mother and daughter. >> oh, yeah, it's really big. >> reporter: going over their shopping list for 120 children in need. >> we believe that every child should have a toy to open on christmas morning. >> reporter: for the children, in honor of rochelle's dad and brenda's husband, nicknamed lucky, who died five years ago right before christmas. >> i know he's smiling down on us. he's happy. >> hi, guys, welcome! >> reporter: happy not because they sped through thanksgiving dinner in 45 minutes.

not because they're joining in the chaos of what's now black thursday. >> you watch the carts? >> yes. >> reporter: happy because they've spent months planning, making spreadsheets. >> i think i have to go this way. >> reporter: trying to get as many gifts for as many kids as possible. >> and we try to give every family a game, to pull the family together. >> less than $5. pretty good deal. >> reporter: it gets the attention of other shoppers. >> last year we actually had people in line around us give us money to help us buy toys. >> reporter: and brenda and rochelle know lucky would have made fun of their thanksgiving shopping spree. >> $422. >> reporter: but he would have been the first in line to deliver the toys to each family. >> it's all about the kids. >> he was always about serving others. for him to know that we're doing this for kids, he'd be excited. >> it's all about the kids. brenda and rochelle hit at least seven stores yesterday.

their next step now is to divide up more than 500 presents, get them all wrapped in tame for christmas. coming up on kron 4 news weekend there's a new report that says that bart unions could be filing a lawsuit against bart next week. we'll explain what that means and how it could impact service. we'll have that when we come back. also, a live look outside, this time you can see the hazy skies. janu has the forecast after the break.

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visibility. 40 degrees currently in santa rosa. 50 degrees in free mobt. and upper 30s currently in livermore. now, as we head into the afternoon it is going to be another beautiful day. a few more 70s out there. 70 degrees the high for napa. 70 expected in san jose and sunnyvale. upper 60s for downtown san francisco, mid-60s in antioch this afternoon. as for the evening we are expecting mostly clear condition, mild temperatures. the futurecast for 8:00, you can see pretty much low 50s across the board. so dropping down to 55 in san francisco, 52 in san jose, 53 for livermore. we are going to enjoy the sunny weekend but we have a big cool- down in store. we'll break that down coming up in my full report. marty. >> janu, thank you very much. a new development to tell you about in the bart contract dispute. a report says that bart's two largest unions are planning to file a lawsuit. they believe that management

illegally stripped the family medical act clause from the contract and the unions have reportedly hired an attorney to file suit on tuesday. this appears to be the latest in a series of conflict regarding bart's new labor contract. here's the bart contract timeline. this is according to the union president. the family medical leave clause was tin original contract but then on june 5th the unions proposed to take it off the table in exchange for agreeing for other proposals. that was promptly rejected bey bart. then on july 11th bryant says the lead bart negotiator reviewed and agreed to the family leave accident. it was then format as part of the contract on july 19th. then on august 7th both unions presented written materials which included agreements to the board of inquiry and to bart, none of which were rejected. on halloween the unions again gave written materials to bart documenting all agreements

including the family leave act. bryant says it was not rejected until november 7th when bart managers say they made a mistake by including that clause in the final contract. new this morning, a fair housing investigation reveals discrimination in several mortgage lending institutions. a north bay nonprofit led the investigation and found discrimination at locations in marin, sonoma, and solano counties. it says that better treatment was given to caucasian customers. the nonprofit group plans to file complaints with the government against the lenders. a big record was broken in san rafael this weekend. officer kevin macdougall made his 100th dui arrest. the officer pulled over a vehicle that was headed the wrong way. the driver was taken into custody and backed at marin

county jail. the officer talks about making his 00th dui arrest. >> well, at the beginning of the year i had set a goal to arrest 100 drunk drivers during the year, and we managed to get to that point. of that 100 i think that two of them i took from other officers because they were doing something else. one i believe was at a crash scene where i took the drunk driver, but the other 95, 97 or so, were all traffic stops that i initiated myself. it's good. it's an accomplished goal. so that always feels good. >> officer macdougall is a 35- year veteran with the police department. he has also led the department in dui arrests year after year. macdougall has received awards from mothers against drunk drivers for the last six years. there have been close to 300 arrests to date so far in 2013 in san rafael related to dui.

officer macdougall has made one- third of those arrests, and he says he plans to keep on going. santa clara is offering a special holiday gift but only to those who have outstanding arrest warrants for minor offenses. it's called operation second chance. it gives individuals a chance to stay out of jail during the holidays. those who qualify have to check in with law enforcement and get a new date to appear in court next year. the program began seven years ago. since then 2400 people have taken advantage of getting a second chance. people who are still very much busy working to raise money for victims of the typhoon hyan. in san francisco on friday a group of a half-dozen or so volunteers raised money for victims of the typhoon. the group says they have raised more than $3500 over four different days. the grass roots movement has raised more than $20 0,000 nationwide for the victims. meantime the u.n. is

scheduled to appeal for more aid for philippine victims. the u.n. says it will seek additional money for a 12-month plan to revive areas devastate by that super typhoon that hit the central philippines. the agency says nearly 5600 people were killed during that powerful store. more than 700 are missing. 4 million people have been displaced. the deadline for those who are living in an encampment on east bay shores of albany have now passed. the place is called the albany bulb, and it's been a home to many people without a home for the past several years. kron 4 reports that even though a judge has ordered the residents to have go it does not appear that anyone is leaving. >> reporter: how long have you been here? >> seven years. me and may boyfriend moved here october 31st, 2006 and we've been here for a little bit over seven years now. >> reporter: amber is one of 50 or so people living in a make- shift campsite here on the

albany bulb. a 40-acre piece of land west of the east shore freeway. after recently losing a legal court battle with the city over the right to remain on the property, bulb residents are now bracing for mass evictions at any time. >> i'm not going to let albany kick me out on the streets from where the police had told us it's okay for us to live for seven years. >> we're here to ask the city of albany to help their plans to evict the bulb residents. >> with what's happened with the temporary trail theres they've established so far you can see how their plan of eviction first, then scrambling to provide services second is a huge failure. >> reporter: amber says not only are the trailers not a suitable replacement for living outdoors on the bulb, she says there's also a major problem with the porta-potties. >> this is the bathrooms that all face the drive way. i'm not even sure how you're supposed to get in there.

there's no back door on the traimplet excuse me, ma'am, cain use the bathroom? >> reporter: she says bulb residents anticipate previously used tactics. >> slowly escalating police harassment of residents, so that's one thing that we're anticipating, trying to harass them sought will be more attractive for them to move into the shelters so we're trying to empower residents to resist that sort of treatment. >> reporter: kron 4 news. still ahead, president obama is hoping for the united states to have have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. we'll explain how he's working to achieve that goal when we come back. [ female announcer ] it's a warm sunris over a classic roast.

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must get a degree in order to reach this goal. one program helping students is the american council on education's american college application program. it's in 39 states right now. it works with schools to focus one week a year on helping students with their college applications. about half of high school graduates from families earning more than -- or below $18,000 enrolled in college back in 2012 compared to about 80% of those whose families earned above $90,000. well, californians have spoken and toyota remains the most popular new car choice here in the golden state. that's according to the new car dealers association. statistics show the toyota prius hybrid continues to be the best selling new car in california. it sold more than 54,000 cars in the first three-quarters of the year here in the golden state. still ahead on kron 4 news weekend, now that black friday is over, cyber monday is the next chance to grab some deals.

we'll show you the best mobile apps to navigate the on-line sales.

we are jumping into the holiday season full on by hitting some of the top restaurants around the area. lo and behold who do we find here? the greek scene. we love this place. >> yes, we do. >> look at this stuff. >> what are we looking at here? >> seasonal pomegranate salad. a little eggplant. there's a wood burning fire with lamb on the spit. they also prepare roasted goose, greek style. and tony at the bar makes a mean pomegranate martini with fruit and lime. a smooth and sophisticated -- at the same time whether you decide to share the season at

home or you decide to hit the town with the rest of us we all want to wish you a happy, healthy, safe, and, of course, delicious holiday season. happy holiday, everybody. to find out more about this and other great places to celebrate go to our website at kron4.com and click on dine and dish. >> thanks, vicki. we want to get you caught up on the weather forecasts. here to do that is janu arasu. >> good morning, marty. this is the view as you push the bay bridge toll plaza. it is lifting a little bit. we are expecting plenty of sunshine later. a little warmer than yesterday with more 70s on the board. tomorrow further warming expected, sunny skies, and we do have some changes to talk about in the weather in terms of much cooler conditions, also a chance of light rain. before that, let's talk about that fog. visibility down to about zero in half moon bay, just over a quarter of mail in sfo.

pretty much clear elsewhere. now we're going to take a look at fog tracker 4. just patchy by nature but it is expected to clear up so we are expecting lots of sunshine later today. as for your temperatures, a little bit of a warmer start compared to 24 hours ago. upper 40s if you're heading out the doirn napa. 43 degrees in oakland. jacket required in novato. as we head interest the an lots of sunshine and a lot of 70s for the south bay. 70 for santa clara, 72 expected forever green. upper 60s for those of you inredwood city and palo al tomorrow. we're looking at upper 60 for livermore, mid-60s for antioch. upper 60s along the east bay shores. upper 60 for downtown san francisco. san bruno getting to 64 degrees. in the north bay mainly upper 60s with 70s expected for napa. now taking a look at satellite and radar we do have high pressure in control here. that's keeping things dry and mild, but we do have a system to the north of us.

now, that's going stream in some high clouds today but we're really going to get the cool air from the system, not expecting too much moisture, but take a look how it affect our temperatures. by midweek highs not even making it out of the 50s. in fact, low 50s are expected. we have freezing nights in store for us, temperatures could get as low as up ther 20s. if we do get any moisture with this it could be monday nature into tuesday, and also because it is so cold, snow levels could drop down to 2500 feet. marty. >> okay, janu, thank you. early morning shopping on black friday turned to chaos over parts of the country. let's take a look at video from a mall in north philadelphia. a shopper recorded video of the fight and one of the women involved even tried to use a taser. yeah, a stun gun. philadelphia police say they never even heard about that incident. there you can hear the taser going off. and then this one comes from knoxville, tennessee, a wal-

mart in knoxville. the company had a deal on rachael ray cookware, and a lot of women you can see there fighting over the boxes, and in the midst of the fight some of them never even got a set. turning now to puerto rico let's take a look at another incident at a wal-mart, this one in puerto rico where a stampede by thousands of people trying to be the first one into the store to get their hands on an hdtv. and now we'll turn to texas where some shoppers got more than they bargained for. this also at a wal-mart where police started pepper spraying the crowd when shoppers got out of control. wal-mart officials say that a mass of people rushed a pallet full of tablets and headphones just as a black friday sale started at 8:00 p.m. police and store staff tried to control the crowd but a young boy got knocked down in the crush and an officer used pepper spray to try and break things up. wal-mart saying these were

isolated incidents, it doesn't represent the black friday experience at most of its stores. well, a black friday crowds were just a little bit too much for you. you can rejoice in another big day on the retail calendar. karen has tips and tricks for shopping on-line with a mobile device come cyber monday. >> reporter: cyber monday has its roots in the old desktop computer and wired internet. shoppers would return to the office after the thanksgiving holiday and hop on-line. even with access to the internet in pockets, purses, couches, and cafes, retailers say cyber monday hasn't lost its luster. >> we know that sign monday is really going to draw the crowds. >> reporter: the national retail federation says eight in 10 retailers will offer special cyber monday deals. laura of the blog beltway bargain moms says's important to be able to separate the good deals from the grit deals. >> you want to take advantage of deal sites as well as on-

line databases that help collect all that information in one place. so it really takes the hard work out of it for you. >> sites like savings.com and price grabber.com pull coupons and deals from multiple retailers. also, the deep on-line discounts will go beyond cyber monday. >> last year, the days cyber monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday were all over a billion dollars on-line. >> after cyber week, this woman says she's noticed another trend. >> around december 15th a lot of discount on jewelry, handbags, other apparel items. they're trying to clear their extra inventory, and they know that us as consumers are looking to go out and bay all the holiday gifts. >> reporter: that times well with the annual free shipping day. hundreds will participated on december 1st with delivery guaranteed by christmas. in washington, i'm karen keifa. >> and we'll be right back.

for the second time in two weeks the warriors and thunder game coming down to game winning shot at the buzzer. last night it was kevin durant leading the way for okc with 25 points and 13 rebounds. the thunder still hadn't lost a game at home. there's seth curry with appear pump fake, putting the warriors up. the game goes into overtime tied at 104. harrison barnes with a sweet move giving golden state a two- point lead. but then it's russell westbrook eventually ending up with the ball here and a 3-pointer at the buzzer. actually, 1/10th of a second left. he hits it. that gives oklahoma city the 113-112 heart break for the warriors last night. here at home the sharks hosting the st. louis blues at the tank last night. brent burns got his first nhl

career hat trick, burns scoring twice in the first period. in the third period he knocks in another one on the pour play. in the final, san jose snap ago five-game home losing streak. they will host the anaheim ducks tonight. and we will have a look at your headlines and the weather forecast after the break. we'll be right back.

and the top stories we're following this saturday morning, it is small business saturday where shoppers are encouraged to ditch the big-box stores and support local businesses. we have a live report coming up. and at many stores it was a chaotic black friday. we'll show you the crowds fighting to get good deals around the country. and overseas new details on

the 85-year-old palo alto man detained in north korea. merrill newman has been held for a month despite pleas for his release. welcome to kron 4 news weekend. i'm marty gonzales. we get things started with a look at the forecast. here's janu arasu. >> thank you marty. we are going to start off with this live shot. a mix of fog, a little bit of breaks of sunshine. sun and fog pretty much throughout the area but we are dealing with some locally dense fog. visibility down to about zero in half moon bay. it has improved a little bit at sfo. we are expecting the fog to burn off later this morning. we'll track that as well as the temperatures in just a bit. marty. >> janu, thank you very much. you can get some holiday shopping and also support your local businesses during small business saturday. kron 4's mike pelton is in pleasanton where he's mixing a little business and shopping. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning,

marty. yesterday we had the wildly popular black friday. today is small business saturday. you will be hard-pressed to find a place with more small businesses than right here in pleasanton. but in case residents needed a reminder a banner has been hung. the pleasanton downtown association is asking locals to shop their local stores today. many cities across the bay arpa fourth annual small business saturday. in san francisco, former mayor willie brown is kicking off an event there by shopping at the ferry building around 10:00. san jose and morgan hill are two other communities also participating in small business saturday. officials here in pleasanton say this day helps boost the local economy and grow a sense of community. i spock with a coffee shop manager who tells me they serve up what bigger chains can't. >> instead of just ringing people up and giving them food, you know, we try to make it a

little bit more personable. i think people enjoy it. >> it just keeps your downtown vital, and without a vital downtown, you have no town. >> reporter: and that's where a lot of residents tell me the best part about local businesses is if it's a restaurant, they know where you like to sit before they even have to ask. a lot of residents say that is why they shop locally. this event was created back in 2010 by american express. according to their numbers $5.5 billion poured interest local stores nationwide just last year. and marty we know store owners would love to see even more than that roll in today. back to you, marty. >> yeah, mike, there's nothing like the personal touch with those small stores can offer, isn't there. >> reporter: absolutely. some of the coffee shop managers this morning tell me their coffee is better than the bigger complains. they say the best thing they can offer to compete with some of those bigger complains is to be a little more person afternoon. they know the same faces every morning. your coffee is ready, you don't even have to order.

>> thru go. mike pelton, thanks, live in pleasanton. a new report in north korea says 85-year-old merrill newman, accused of espionage, has confessed to alleged crimes and apologized. newman and his wife live at an assisted living facility with there's growing concern that his heart condition may be a problem while he is being detained overseas. kron 4's alecia reid reports on the apparent apology. >> reporter: in a taped statement, korean war veteran merrill newman apologized. >> they collected information of the kpa and killed three innocent operators, delayed the munitions supply using explosives obtained from a mine, and they attacked the kpa and harassing operations of the rear face 10 times in the

province area. an armed association escaped to south korea. so i asked my guide to help me to look for their families and relatives. >> reporter: the korean central news agency released a statement it claims is from newman. he was escorted off his flight last month after a 10-day tour of north korea. the agency claims he tried searching for spies and terrorists and that he perpetrated acts vine fringing upon the dignity and sovereignty of the dprk and slandering its socialist system. >> newman's family issued a statement saying, quote, they are concerned about his well- being and that they're hoping that the dprk will quickly confirm that he is being looked after and is in good health. they are also hoping that he has received his medication. they hope that it's possible that this will be resolved, this misunderstanding will be resolved so that newman can quickly rejoin his family. a winter spare the air alert is in effect for the bay area today. this is the fourth regional

wood burning ban this week. in the winter time, spare the air days makes it illegal to burn wood or manufactured fire logs or actually any other solid fuels indoors or outdoors. homes without permanently installed heating are exempt from the ban. you can get more information by visiting sparetheair.org. new for you this morning, police are investigating a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in vallejo. one person was killed in that shooting. it happened about 5:00 p.m. friday on the 100 block of carolina street. police have no suspects in custody at this time. wal-mart shoppers saw plenty of action friday from the black friday deals inside the store to the anti-wal-mart protests outside the store. five people were arrested at a rally in san leandro friday. this is all part of a nationwide demonstration against low wages. hundreds of people showed up to demonstrate insan leandro. some of those protesters explained why they're upset with wal-mart. >> i've actually been here

awhile but seeing my coworkers struggle just to make it where they can't even afford to really -- some can't hardly afford to get to work. >> what does this for your situation that really gets to you? >> the respect, because i work for wal-mart. i just want them to runs a little more. >> that they're treating their workers unfairly. they're not paying them enough to be able to provide for themselves on a daily basis. >> wal-mart is the largest private employer in america. a government report finds that wal-mart has the highest number of employees living on welfare. wal-mart's ceo responded to the protesters saying that he defends the retail giant and the wages that the company pays. >> we pay in the top half of retail. our industry offers the opportunity for people to enter at really any life stage from 16 all the way to 76 if they would like to, then they work hard and they can build a career. >> simon, the wal-mart ceo, also responded to criticism

about the store being open object thanksgiving day saying that wal-mart is a service industry, just like hotels and airlines, and when customers want to shop, the store will be open. he also noted that wal-mart has been open on thanksgiving day since the mid-1980s. many retailers opened on thanksgiving through black friday. some analysts say this year may actually cement the transformation of the start of the holiday shopping season into a two-day affair. more than a dozen major retailers stayed open for 24 hours or longer on thanksgiving day through black friday. many shopping centers opening at 9:00 p.m. thursday, other stores opening at 6:00 a.m. thanksgiving morning. crowds forming early and often over the two days. store sales numbers expected to be released later today. the national retail federation says 140 million people plan to shop during the four-day holiday weekend. it is 8:08. coming up on kron 4 news weekend now that thanksgiving has passed christmas cheer is spreading around the bay area.

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1! >> signs of the season showing up everywhere around the bay area. the 24th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony taking place in union square last night. the 83-fat-tall tree is a gift to san francisco from macy's. it's adorned with more than 33,000 twinkling energy efficient led lights along with 1100 shining ornaments. a large crowd showed up for that event. to the east bay in danville, another tree lighting, but this tree has a bit more history behind it. this is the old oak tree on diablo road in danville. the holiday lighting tradition started 37 years ago here in danville for this tree. there was music by the danville girls chorus, also the san ramon valley high school

chorus, and everyone enjoying a special appearance by father christmas as well as a snow angel. well, coming up on kron 4 news weekend, small business saturday as we mentioned. we have a guest onset here in the studio to tell you about the best mom-and-pop stores in the bay area. but first, that is the james lake freeway under all that dense fog. janu will tell us about when it we come back.

welcome back to kron 4 news weekend. time now 8:16. this is our view from our mount tam camera. we are dealing with areas of fog but expecting lots of sunshine later. highs a little warmer than yesterday. 60s, a few more 70s. as for tomorrow sunny skies, even warmer conditions, so a beautiful weekend in store for us but we do have big changes to talk about as we head into your work week. we're expecting much cooler temperatures. also a slight chance of some light rain. first, let's talk temperatures.

upper 30s if you're heading out the door in santa rosa. 45 in richmond, oakland. about mid-40s in livermore. as we head into the afternoon we're looking at a lot of 70s for the south bay. so 70 degrees for cupertino, 71 in campbell, 72 the high for almadine valley. 68 degrees the high for danville, 66 degrees expected for those of you in heyward. 67 for here in san francisco. a mix of 60s and zentz in the north bay. upper 60s through san francisco and petaluma. taking a look at your radar we do have high pressure in place so that's going to keep things dry and mild throughout the weekend. we are going to expect some high clouds streaming through but mainly sunny conditions. but we do have a system dropping down from canada. that's going to bring in that cool arctic air. take a look at some of the

temperatures on your seven-day. 60s on monday, but by tuesday, wednesday, thursday, struggling to get out of the 50s. we're talking low 50s for afternoon highs, the lows dropping down to the 30s. upper 20s expected fortin land lows. >> janu, thanks a lot. as we mentioned today is small business saturday. if you are looking for some unique local shops to keep that money right here in the bay area we're looking at some one of a kind finds from yelp. here is dominique, area manager. you have been scouring the bay area looking for some different types of local gifts. and we start hear with some bacon-infused candy corn. >> that's correct, yes. food gifts are always a good idea. these are a couple of brands that are based right here in the bay area. both of these are made in oakland. this is a brand called chunky pig. if you liked cracker jacks as a kid -- >> should, and who doesn't.

>> exactly. this is like the more gourmet couch of cracker jacks. they use neiman ranch bacon and vermont maple syrup to create this amazing combination. >> bacon is in fused in more and more things. >> can't go wrong with bacon. makes a great gift. they actually have a yelp page. it's quite popular. >> what do we have here? >> this company was created by a couple, jenna and josh. they wanted to combine their two favorite things, which are sugar and alcohol. these are grown-up marshmallows. be careful who you give them to. they come in a variety of flavors. this one here is their happy holiday flavor. has bourbon, bales irish cream and peppermint. so you pop a couple of those in your hot cocoa and you will be a happy camper. >> how much do those run? >> both of these are about $8. >> let's move on for gifts for

the women. >> for the ladies. we have a couple of great local designers. both are made in san francisco. the first is called impressed by nature. >> those are would you feel. >> she actually takes rare flowers and leaves and presses them into wearable art. so if you know your lady friend's favorite flower, why not give it to her in jewelry form. >> and this necklace? >> this is from a designer that uses all natural hardwoods. she hand cuts, hand paints into these lovely geo metric shapes. both of these designers will be at yelp's nifty under 50 holiday marketed tomorrow. >> obviously the price is under $50. how much is this? >> $20 and $30. >> let's move on to gifts for the kids. >> absolutely. for the style conscious toddler in your life, they can be tough

to shop for. these are both from local designers and they both specialize in organic cotton kids clothes. i wish they made these in my size. they do all kids clothes. you can see the whole collection tomorrow at the nifty under 50 market. these are you should $30. >> we move up here for the guys. >> for the guys. i personally think guys are the toughest to shop for, but that's -- >> my wife says the same thing, oddly enough. >> i think the options are a little more limited. but yelpers have directed me to a couple of great options for shopping for the modern maine your life. the first set comes from homestead apothecary. >> the note that i have says this store is like a candy store for health freaks. >> it's an amazing experience. you go in, and there's all

sorts of herbs on the shelf, and nicholas, the owner, he's an her balancist, so he can set you up. >> he knows what he's talking about. >> exactly. you go in and get free medical advice, basically. so he has these herbal smokes, he calls them. >> these are supposed to be healthy? >> apparently. i'll let nicholas describe that more if you go into the shop. they're actually meant to clean your lungs. if you know someone who is maybe trying to stop smoking this is a great option because it's a healthy alternative. and totally legal. >> all right. that's important. let's move on to what else we have here. >> we have some natural deodorant. it smells very nice. and refreshing. >> yeah. >> so if you have a health conscious guy in your life this is a nice option. and then moving on to another shop, these are from oak common. oak common is on grand avenue

in oakland. and this is a beard kit that was actually developed by a lumberjack in new hampshire. so he knows what he's doing. they're one of the few shops on the west coast that carry this line. so this comes with beard oil, mustache wax, and when i and whisker wash. this is very popular for gaze and girls but this would make a very nice guy for a guy. >> very rustic looking. >> $3 2. >> last but fought least there's this fun manly smelling candle that smells like a lodge. so you could turn your bachelor pad into a lodge just with this candle. >> so a lot of guys might complain about the aroma when they walk into a home and it smells a little bit too flowery. >> you don't want any of those

girlie smells. so this definitely can take care of that. >> all right. tell us before we go about the holiday market. >> absolutely. so this is our annual holiday market hosted by yelp. we invite about 60 local artisan designers to sell their wares at this holiday market tomorrow, december 1st from 12:00 to 5:00 at the historic hotel shattuck plaza. everything will be under $50. >> dominique farrar, thank you so much. >> we'll be right back.

four people died when a small plane crashed in southwestern alaska friday. an alaska trooper says the pilot and three passengers were killed in the crash. the relatives of the deceased have been notified. no immediate word yet, however, on the condition of the other passengers, nor the cause of that crash. a helicopter crash in

scotland friday night injures 32 people and kills one. officials say the death toll is expected to rise. the helicopter crashed into a crowded pub in glasgow, scotland. crews have been working to rescue an unknown number of people still trapped in the bar. scotland's first minister called it a black day for the nation. coming up on kron 4 news weekend a local officer makes it his goal to get 100 drunk drivers off the road this year. we'll tell you how he achieved his goal when we come back.

we're back on kron 4 news weekend. a lot of he is enjoying the holiday weekend. here to tell us about the forecast is janu arasu. >> a beautiful weekend in store. we are waking up to some areas of fog but you can see sunny here over the san mateo bridge. as for your temperatures a little warmer of a start to the day compared to yesterday.

we're look at mid-40s in oakland, 49 in heyward, 44 in san mateo, upper 30s in santa rosa, mid-40s in san jose. as we head into the afternoon we're expecting mostly sunny skies, some high clouds out there but warmer temperatures compared to yesterday. slightly warmer. above normal for this time of year. it is going to be december tomorrow and we've got 70s on the board. 70 degrees in sunnyvale. upper 60s for oakland. 70 for napa today. upper 60s here in downtown san francisco. for those of you headed out this evening we are expecting mostly clear skies, mild temperatures mainly in the 50s. temperatures dropping down in the mid-50s in san francisco, low 50s for santa rosa and napa. 52 for concord, 53 in fremont. we do have big changes to talk about in the forecast. we'll take a closer look coming up, but for now back to married. >> thank you janu.

people are still working to raise money for victims of typhoon hyayan. the group says they've raised more than $3500. across the country the movement has raised more than $20,000 for the typhoon victims. meantime the united nations is set to appeal for more aid for the victims of the philippines typhoon. the u.n. says it will seek additional money for a 12-month plan to revive the area. government disaster agency says more than 5600 people were killed during that powerful storm. 4 million people have been displaced. new this morning a fair housing investigation reveals discrimination in several mortgage lending institutions. a north bay nonprofit led the investigation and found discrimination at locations in

mar rain, sonoma and solano counties. it says that better loans or more favorable treatment was given to caucasian customers in comparison to latino and african americans. the nonprofit group plans to file complaints with the government against those lenders. a san rafael police officer is being recognized for making the streets safer. on thanksgiving morning officer kevin macdougall made his 10th dui arrest. he pulled over a vehicle that ran a red light and was headed in the wrong direction. the driver was taken into custody and booked at that time marin county jail. officer macdougall talks about making his 00th dui arrest this year. >> at the beginning of the year i had set a goal to arrest 00 drunk drivers during the year. we managed to get to that point the other night. of that 100 i think that two of them i took from other officers because they were doing something else. one, i believe, was at a crash scene where i took the drunk

driver, but the other 95, 97 or so were all traffic stops that i initiated myself. it's good. it's an accomplished goal, so that always feels good. >> officer macdougall is a 35- year veteran with the police department. he has led the department in dui arrests year after year. he has also received awards from mothers against drunk driving for the last six years for his dui enforcement efforts. there have also been close to 300 arrests to date in203 in san rafael related to dui. officer macdougall has made one- third of those arrests andy says he plans to keep on going. santa clara law enforcement is offering a special holiday gift but only for those what have outstanding arrest warrants for minor offenses. it's called operation second chance. it gives people a chance to stay out of jail during the holidays. those who qualify to have check in with law enforcement and get a new date in which to appear in court next year.

since that program began seven years ago, 2400 people have taken advantage of being given a second chance. well, the deadline for people who are living on an encampment on the east bay shores of albany to move has now passed. the place is called the albany bulb. it's been home to people without a home for many years. kron 4 reports that even though a judge has ordered the residents that they have to go it doesn't appear that anyone is leaving. >> how long have you been here? >> been here for seven years. me and may boyfriend moved here october 31st, 2006 and we've been here for a little bit over seven years now. >> reporter: amber is one of 5 or so people living in a make- shift campsite here on the albany bulb. a 40-acre piece of land west of the east shore freeway. after recently losing a legal court battle with the city over the right to remain on the property, bulb residents are now bracing for mass evictions at any time. >> i'm not going to let albany kick me out onto the streets from where the police had told

us that it's okay for us to live for seven years. >> we're here to ask the city of albany to help with plans to evict the residents. >> with what's happened with the temporary trailers they have established you can sea how their plan of eviction first and then scrambling to provide services second is a huge failure. >> reporter: amber says not only are the trailers not a suitable replacement for living outdoors on the bulb, she says there's also a major problem with the porta-potties. >> this is the fourth bathroom that all face the driveway so everybody can see you any time anybody uses the bathroom. there's no back door to the trailer. there's a mart lock on the gate. excuse me, ma'am, can i use the bathroom? can you please unlock the gate for me? >> reporter: they anticipate previously used tactics. >> slowly escalated police harassment of residents. so that's one thing that we're anticipating this tame around,

trying to harass them sought will be more attractive for them to move into the shelters. so we're trying to empower residents to resist that sort of treatment. >> reporter: kron 4 news. >> and still ahead for you on kron 4 news weekend, president obama is hoping for america to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. we'll tell you how he is worning to achieve that goal. we'll have that story after the break. in the many time let's take this live look outside the east bay. a live look at walnut creek. we'll be right back.

by 2020 president obama wants america to again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. the president says more low- income and first-generation students must get a degree in order to reach this goal. one program is helping students, the american council of education's american college application campaign. it's in 39 states right now, and they have to work for one

week a year to help students with applications. about half of high school graduates from families making below $18,000 enrolled incollege in 2012. compared to about 80% of those what earned more than $90,000. californian have spoken. toyota remains the most popular new car choice in the state of california over the last nine months. that's according to the california new car dealers association. statistics show the toyota prius hybrid continues to be the best selling new car in california. it sold more than 54,000 cars in the first three-quarters of the year. the supreme court justices will be hearing a case of a frequent flyer who was kicked out of the program for being a frequent complainer. the case will test consumer rights versus corporate rights. the rabbi says the airline told him that he complained too much and abused his privileges.

his world perks platinum elite membership was revoked. northwest airlines says that it has sole judgment on the program's general terms and conditions and the high court will be hearing one hour of oral testimony on tuesday. coming up on kron 4 news weekend now that black friday is over cyber monday is the next big day that a lot of shoppers are looking forward to. we'll show you the best mobile apps to noof gait the on-line sales. in the meantime, a clear view from mount tam this time around. janu has the forecast when we come back.

we are jumping into the holiday season full on bey hitting some of the top restaurants around the bay area. this is my favorite. who do we find here? rosine on the scene. opah! what are we looking at here?

this is beautiful. >> pomegranate salad. of course, these dips, a little eggplant. there's a wood burning fire with lamb on the spiflt during the holidays necessarily prepare roasted goose, greek style. and tony at the bar makes a mean pomegranate martini with fresh fruit and lime, a sophisticated -- at the same time so whether you decide to share the holiday season at home with your loved ones or whether you decide to hit the town with the rest of us, we all want to wish you a happy, safe, and, of course, delicious holiday season. >> happy holiday, everybody. cheers. >> to find out more about great places to celebrate the holidays go to our website at kron4.com and click on dine and dish. >> looks good. thank you, vicki. let's check out the

weather. for that here's janu arasu. >> we're going to start out with this live shot. you can see a mix of high clouds, some fog also, some sunshine. we are dealing with some areas of low visibility this morning but we're expecting lots of sunshine later, highs in the 60s, some 70s out there, a little bit warmer tomorrow, and then much cooler as we head into the work week. we also have a chance of light rain in the forecast. before we get to that, let's talk low visibility. half moon bay, visibility down to zero. turn your fog lights on. down to half a mile, sfo, but pretty much clear everywhere else. taking a look at fog tracker, the fog is patchy, but we are expecting skies to clear later. so a lot of sunshine in store. this is where your temperatures are sitting now. 38 degrees in santa rosa, 4 degrees currently in half moon bay, 50 degrees in sunnyvale. into the afternoon we're looking at 60s and 70s for the

day. so 6 expected for mountain view. 70 in cupertino, low 70s for los gatos. 72 forevergreen. upper 60s for livermore, pleasanton. 68 degrees the high for danville. 6 degrees the high for san leandro today. we're looking at low 60s at the coast, upper 60s for downtown san francisco and low 70s expected for those of you innapa today. now, taking a look at satellite and radar we do high pressure in place here that's keeping things dry, mild, some high clouds streaming through today, but mainly sunny skies, pleasant conditions, but we are expecting some changes. we do after system dropping down from canada, and that's going to usher in that cool arctic air. take a look at some of the highs we're expecting. mid-60s bey monday, and not even making it out of the 50s on tuesday. low 50s for wednesday and thursday. we also have some cold nights in store for us. not expecting a lot of moisture. if we do see anything it is going to be some light sprinkles monday nature into

tuesday. >> thank you january news. early morning shopping on black friday turned into chaos across some parts of the country. take a look at this mall in north philadelphia where a shopper recorded video of this fight between two women. one of the women involved actually pulled out a taser and began to use it on the other woman. you can hear the taser at work. philadelphia police say they never even heard about this incident. now let's go to a knoxville, tennessee wal-mart. a company had a deal on rachael ray cookware. and a lot of women were fighting over the boxes there, and in the midst of all this some of them left empty handed. and we go to puerto rico. this is a wal-mart in puerto rico where the popular item was a television, an hdtv. thousands of people trying to be the first into the store to get their hands on an hdtv. and here some shoppers getting more than they

bargained for at a texas wal- mart. police began pepper spraying the crowd when shoppers got out of control. wal-mart officials say a mass of people rushed the pallet full of tablets and headphones just as a black friday sale began at 9:00 p.m. police and store staff tried to control the crowd but a young boy got knocked to the ground in the crush. that's when an officer used pepper spray to try and break things up. wal-mart says this was an isolated incident that doesn't represent the black friday experience at its stores. well, if black friday crowds were just too much for you, you can rejoice in another big day or two on the retail calendar. karen keifa has tips and tricks for shopping on-line with your mobile device come cyber monday. >> cyber monday has its roots in the old desktop computer. shoppers would return to the office after the thank giving holiday and hop on line. even with access to the internet in pockets, purses, couches and cafes, retailers say cyber monday hasn't lost

its luster. >> we know that cyber monday is really going to draw the crowds. >> reporter: the national retail federation says in a 10 retailers will offer special cyber monday deals. laura harders of the blog beltway bargain moms says it's important to separate the good deals from the great dailies. >> you want to go to websites that help collect all that information in one place. it takes the hard work out of it for you. >> reporter: sites like price grabber pull coupons and deals from multiple retailers. the deep discounts will go beyond cyber monday. >> last year the days cyber monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday were all over a billion dollars on-line. >> and after cyber week, harders says she's noticed another trend. >> around december 15th, a lot of discounts on jewelry, handbags, other apparel items, and they're trying to clear

their extra inventory, and they know that us as consumers are looking to go out and bay all of the holiday gifts. >> that times well with the annual free shipping day. hundreds of retailers will participate on december 18th with delivery guaranteed by christmas. in washington, i'm karen keifa. now let's turn to bay area sports. for the second time in two weeks the game between the warriors and thunder game down to a game winning shot at the buzzer. for okc it was kevin durant leading the way, 25 points, 13 rebounds. here's seth curry with a nice move up and under for the bank shot. puts the warriors up. the game goes into overtime, tied at 104. harrison barnes with a nice move to give golden state a two- point lead. here's what it came down to. russell westbrook for okc hitting a 3-point we are a 10th of a second left. there goes the shot. and that gives oklahoma city the 113-112 victory over golden

state. on the ice the sharks hosting the st. louis blues at the tank last night. the blues maxine la pierre, the first game for him for the sharks since he knocked out dan boyle on that vicious hit. first career hat trick for the sharks, burns scoring twice in the first period, then at one in the third on the pour play and the final score 6-3 sharks. san jose snaps a five-game home losing streak. they will host anaheim tonight. and coming up on kron 4 news weekend we'll tell you about the black friday deal you'll have to see to believe. we'll have that when you come back. grandma is so happy to be here for your very first christm.

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a little christmas cheer has arrived at the white house. first lady michelle obama and daughters sasha and malia welcoming the official white house christmas tree. a douglas fir that came from a tree farm in pennsylvania. following tradition, this tree

will be on display in the blue room of the white texas teen ai like he hit the lottery after getting to bye a car for $1. a houston car dealership sold five cars at that price during a black friday special. the teen was standing by one of those cars when a salesman said unly came by and put the price on the hood. he said, i'll take it. his mother also got a car for one dollar. this dealership has been running this black friday special since 2008. well, coming up on kron 4 news weekend we'll have a look at the top stories for you we're following as well as the weekend forecast. many time, let's take this live look outside. beautiful view from mount tam as the sky begins to clear around the bay area. around the bay area. we'll be right back. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you.

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and the top stories we're following this morning, a small business saturday, shoppers are encouraged to ditch the big box stores and support local businesses. we have a live report coming up. and at many stores, it was a chaotic black friday, we'll show you how the crowds fighting to get to the good deals all over the country. and overseas, new details on the 85 year old palo alto man detained in north korea. merill newman has been held for a month despite family pleas for his release. we have the latest for you. good morning everybody. welcome back to kron4 news weekend. i'm marty gonzalez, let's get the latest from the forecast. >> marty this is the view from our camera, you can see high clouds, also sunshine, we are dealing with areas of fog, so a little bit muggy out there and it is the fourth spare the air day today so woodburning not allowed for most people. as for temperatures low 50s if heading out the door in san francisco and oakland, mid 40s in san jose, 47 currently in concord, 48 in liver more and still those 30s in santa rosa

checking in at 38 degrees. we are expecting a beautiful day and weekend in fact, we'll break down the temperatures afternoon highs in my full forecast but for now let's head back over to marty. >> thank you. of course you can get holiday shopping done and support local businesses during small business saturday. kron4 mike pelton is doing just that. good morning, mike. nice cup of joe. >> good morning marty. this is a regular coffee from the rising lower cafe and the owner tells me every batch of coffee she brews is the best batch she's ever made. now she tells me it's what keeps her in business against some of the bigger chains and that personal touch will be on full display today during small business saturday. now this is the fourth annual small business saturday. it always falls right after black friday, when big chains see big streams of revenue. the pleasanton downtown association is encouraging locals to shop at the local stores and this is just one city participating in small business saturday. san jose and morgan hill are as well and in san francisco mayor

willie brown is shopping local this morning at a bookstore at the ferry building. officials say small business saturday helps boost small business and owners tell me your dollar goes a long way. >> the smaller the restaurant the more higher quality of service and quality of food. any customers tell me they come back for the service. the servers have been here a long time, cooks, basically all my employees have been here quite a while. >> small business saturday was created by american express back in 2010 and by their numbers, more than $5.5 billion came into local stores nationwide just last year, and marty store owners tell me you don't have to spend that much, even just a few dollars on a cup of coffee goes a long way. back to you. >> so small business saturday means big bucks for a lot of these local businesses that you're finding out and talking to in pleasanton this morning? >> well yeah, marty they are hoping to get new clients but a lot of the locals tell me they

try and shop locally every day. here in pleasanton it's a little different because so many of the businesses are small businesses especially on main street but a lot of the locals tell me they do this every day because that personal touch, that you get is just something you don't get at bigger chains. >> great point. mike pelton reporting live. developing story for you this morning, a new report from north korea says that 85 year old merill newman, the palo alt o man accused by the north korean government has confessed to his alleged crimes and apologized. newman and his wife live in an assisted living facility where there's growing concern that his heart condition may be a problem while he's being detained overseas. kron4 alicia reed reports on the apology. >> reporter: in a taped statement, korean war veteran merill newman apologized for his actions. including during the korean war. >> they collected information okpa and a communication system and killed three innocent

operators, delayed amunition supply using explosives obtained and they attacked the kpa and harassing operations of the rear based 10 times in the province area and they escaped to south korea so i ask my guide to help me look for their families and relatives. >> the korean central news agency are leased a statement it claims he was from newman. he was escorted his flight last month after a 10 day tour of north korea. newman tried searching for spies and terrorists that conducted espionage against the dprk, and he perpetrated acts of in fringing upon the dignity of the dprk and slandering its social system. >> alicia reed reporting. newmans family issued a statement saying they are concerned about his well being and hoping the dprk will quickly confirm the newman's being looked after and is in

good health. they're hoping he's received his medication and that it will be possible to resolve this misunderstanding so that newman can quickly rejoin his family. a winter spare the air alert is in effect for the bay area today. it's the fourth regional woodburning ban this week alone. on winter spare the air days it's illegal to burn wood, manufactured fire logs or any type of solid fuels indoors or outdoors. homes without permanently installed heating are also exempt from the ban and you can get more information by visiting spare the air dot.rg. new for you this morning police are investigating a fatal shooting at an apartment complex. one man died in that shooting that happened about 5:00 p.m. friday in the 100 block of carolina street. police thus far have no suspects in custody. more news this morning, wal- mart shoppers saw plenty of action friday from the black friday deals inside the store to the anti-wal-mart protest outside the store. five people were arrested at

one rally in san leandro on friday, all part of a nationwide demonstration against low wages. hundreds of people showed up at the protest in san leandro, and some of the demonstrators explained why they are upset with wal-mart. >> well, i've been here awhile but seeing my co-workers struggling just to make it where they can't even really afford to even get to work. >> it's the respect because i work at wal-mart. i just want them to respect us a little more. >> they are treating their workers unfairly, not paying them enough to provide for themselves on a daily basis. >> wal-mart is the largest private employer in america. a government report finds that wal-mart has the highest number of employees living on welfare. well mart ceo responded to the protesters, defending the retail giant and the wages that the company pays. >> we pay in the top half of

retail. our industry offers the opportunity for people to enter at really any life stage from 16 all the way to 76 if they would like to and then they work hard and they can build a career. >> the wal-mart ceo also responded criticism about the store being open on thanksgiving day, saying that wal-mart is a service industries just like hotels and airlines and when customers want to shop the store, it will be open. he also noted that wal-mart has been open on thanksgiving day since the mid 1980s. many retailers opened on thanksgiving through black friday in some retail analysts are saying this year may actually cement the transformation of the start of the holiday shopping season into a two day affair. more than a dozen major retailers stayed open for 24 hours or more on thanksgiving day through black friday. many shopping centers opening at 8:00 p.m. thursday, other stores opening at 6:00 a.m. thans giving morning. crowds formed early and often over those two days and store sales numbers expected to be

released later today. the national retail federation says 140 million people plan to shop during the four day holiday weekend. still ahead for you on kron4 news weekend now that turkey day passed christmas cheer spreading around the bay area. we'll show you the sights and lights after the break.

signs of the season are showing up everywhere. the 24th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony took place in san francisco's union square last night. it's an 80-foot tall tree, 83- foot tall tree a gift to the city from macy's. it's adorned with more than 33,000 twinkling energy efficient led lights and 1100 shining ornaments and as you can see large crowds showing up for that big event. to the eastbay now, in danville for another tree lighting ceremony but this tree has a bit more history behind it. it's the old oak tree on diablo

road in danville and it's more than 350 years old. the holiday lighting tradition started 37 years ago. there was music as well as the lighting ceremony, the danville girls chorus, the high school chorus joining in the festivities and everybody enjoyed a special appearance by father christmas and a snow angel. still ahead on kron4 news weekend, 32 people were injured when a helicopter crashed into a pubox in scotland. we'll have an update for you coming up on that. [ wind howling ]

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rise. the helicopter crashed into a crowded pub and 32 people were injured in the crash. the crews have been working through the night to through and rescue an unknown number of people who were still trapped inside the pub. scotland's first minister calls it a black day for the nation. let's bring it back home to the bay area and talk weather and here to do this is johna. >> we're still dealing with fog here, some breaks of sunshine, also areas of low visibility this morning but we are expecting lots of sunshine later today with highs in the 60s and more 70s and yesterday even further warming expected into tomorrow, but much cooler conditions as we head into your work week and also with that, we could see a chance of light rain. now let's talk about visibility. it has improved to sfo, at about 1.5 miles before, also a little bit of improvement, just over a quarter mile last check was zero, but pretty much clear elsewhere so tracking the fog for you on fog tracker 4 you could see still pretty patchy

along the bay shores portions of the inland areas but as we put the clock into motion we are expecting lots of sunshine and it is expected to clear later today so expecting a really nice day or weekend, in fact as for your temperatures still in the 30s, 46 degrees currently in santa rosa, low 50s along the east shores, mid 40s in antioch, and low 50s in san jose where it's going to be warming to 70 degrees later today so a lot of 70s for the south bay, pretty pleasant conditions, 71 for campbell, 72 expected for almedin valley, mid 60s for antioch, 68 the high for walnut creek, 66 in richmond and hay ward and 69 for those of you in union city, 67 degrees the high for san francisco today, 63 in bailey city and looking at upper 60s to santa rosa and 67 expected for novato. now satellite and radar showing high pressure in place, that's what's keeping things dry and mild for us, we are expecting

some high clouds to stream through today but we do expect some big changes as we head into the work week. we'll see a system drop down from canada that ushers in cooler air by about monday, highs only getting to the 60s, but take a look at mid week. we have only 50s for our highs on the board. if we're going to have any moisture from this it's going to be monday night into tuesday, but really it's that cool air that we'll be dealing with, highs only getting into the 50s, lows down to upper 20s for the inland spots by wednesday and thursday night. marty? >> thank you. well a moment of truth is drawing near for the affordable care act website. the obama administrations deadline to get healthcare.gov working is today. we have this update. >> reporter: whitherring criticism of the initial rollout of healthcare.gov has intensified the pressure on the administration to get this right for saturday. the white house hopes it can do that at least for the vast majority of users. >> and this website is going to

get fixed. >> healthcare.gov opened for business october 1 and its been a disastrous two months. the site crashed, unable to cope with people trying to sign up. small businesses still won't be able to use the site for another year. insurance industry insiders tell cnn some customers personal data is getting mangled or even lost. the white house says the site will be able to handle 50,000 users at one-time, but they admit there will be times after saturday when healthcare.gov does not function properly and they are bracing for another huge surge in volume that could force people into virtual waiting lines for call backs. officials say consumers who pick a plan by december 23rd and pay their premiums by december 31 will have coverage effective the first of january. >> so by the end of the day, the white house says that the

website should be working for most people who are trying to sign up for health insurance. president obama says he's going to release a new national security strategy next year. that document will update the strategy he outlined in 2010. it will also describe national security priorities for the remainder of this term. that 2010 strategy addressed how the u.s. would strengthen its position as a global leader and the war in iraq and defeat the al qaeda terrorists network. this new plan also includes achieving economic recovery at home and abroad. nearly two dozen children and parents are being treated for an unknown illness outbreak at a las vegas casino. the kids are members of a youth football team in town for a tournament. the 13 children and five adults were taken to the hospital where they're being treated for food poisoning, but authorities say that on the scene, say they aren't yet sure what made the group ill. >> with flu-like symptoms we can't tell. we don't know that right now, we don't know the source.

it could be airborne virus or it could be food born. we don't know the answer to that. >> one organizer says there have been maybe have been as many as 40 people who were suffering all from the same symptoms, southern nevada health officials say they are investigating and the rio casino says they are working with officials to try and figure out the cause. police are concluding that gas killed two south bay men in a tahoe diner subdivision home. police say that a contractor without a building permit or approved plans installed a door in a room where the space heater is located. according to investigators when the two men turned on the heater the house filled with carbon monoxide and killed them. this happened back on october 26th. police declined to reveal the name of the contractor or further details due to the ongoing investigation. a couple in salt lake city is facing a nightmare situation after shopping online during the holidays. they received a hefty fine and hit on their credit score because they posted a negative review more than three years

ago. the review was about clear gear, a shopping website. the couple says their order never arrived in the mail and they couldn't reach anyone on any of the phone number that were listed online. they received an e-mail stating they would be fined $3500 if that negative review wasn't taken down. and now the company has a collection agency targeting the couple. >> we were shocked somebody would actually attempt to do this because it's ridiculous that anybody would turn around and try to ex tort us like this. apparently we're not the only people that they have done this to. we are just the only ones fighting back. >> the company cited a clause in its terms of the use contract. that means the couples acceptance of the sales contract prohibits them from taking any action that negatively impacts the company, such as writing a negative review. so now the couple says they are planning to take their fight to court. the better business bureau also now investigating. welcoming up on kron4 news

weekend we'll introduce you to one family who went all out on this black friday buying gifts for stagers. we'll have that story coming up after the break. in the meantime here is a look at the approach to the bay bridge. hardly any traffic to speak of and partly cloudy skies out there.

all of this black friday shopping hub bub can make it easy to forget about the holiday tradition of sharing and caring. we hope to find the right gifts for complete strangers. >> reporter: together, mother and daughter. >> oh, yeah, it's really big. >> going over their shopping list for 120 children in need. >> we believe that every child should have a toy to open on christmas morning. >> through the children in honor of roclelle's dad and brenda's husband who died five years ago right before christmas. >> i know he's smiling down on us and he's happy.

>> happy, not because they sped through thanksgiving in 45 minutes. not because they're joining in the chaos of what's now black thursday. >> you watch the carts? >> yes. >> happy because they spend months planning. >> what else is on here? >> making spreadsheets. some i think i have to go this way. >> getting as many gifts for as many kids as possible. >> we try to give every pam a a game to pull the family together. >> this year? >> they were less than $5. so the that's a pretty good deal. >> it gets the attention of other shoppers. >> last year we had people in line around us give us money to help us buy toys, [laughter] >> and brenda and rochelle know what they have made of their thanksgiving shopping spree. >> $422. >> he would have been the first in line to deliver toys to each family. >> it's all about the kids. >> he was always about serving others. for him to know we're doing

this for kids he would be excited. >> well they hit at least seven stores yesterday. the next step is dividing up more than 500 presents and getting them all wrapped in time for christmas. welcoming up on kron4 news, a local officer makes it his goal to get 100 drunk drivers off the road this year, we'll tell you how we achieved that goal when we come back. in the meantime this live look outside at ffo where it looks pretty quiet so far this morning. ♪ a tree for you. ♪ a tree for me. ♪ a tree for everyone in the family. ♪ ♪ we're shaking up how we deck the halls, ♪ ♪ and trimming trees that are fun for all. ♪ ♪ that's my kind of holiday. to thosuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage.

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♪ shopping for gifts online. ♪ the perfect way to get into the spirit any time. ♪ ♪ hello target.com. ♪ that's my kind of holiday. we have been enjoying beautiful days this holiday weekend around the bay area and here is john to tell us if it's going to continue. >> hi, marty yeah we are expecting a beautiful weekend in store but we do have some changes to talk about. first let's take this live look outside as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza you could see it's muggy out there, some high clouds, also dense fog earlier today but you could see it has lifted. as for your temperatures this morning, a mix of 40s and 50s out there so 52 degrees in

napa, low 50s along the eastbay shores, 49 in san mateo, upper 50s in sunnyvale, expecting slightly warmer temperatures today compared to yesterday. mostly sunny skies, some high clouds out there but we've got low 70s in the south bay, upper 60s expected for livermore, 66 the high for richmond, upper 60s in downtown season francis could, 69 for santa rosa, and 70 expected for napa. for those of you headed out this evening pretty quiet and mild conditions in store, mostly clear skies, future cast set for 8:00 p.m. and temperatures mainly dropping into the 50s so mid 50s in san francisco and oakland, 53 hayward, 51 santa rosa and 52 in san jose. we'll talk about those big changes in store for us coming up in my full report but for now back over to marty. >> thank you. back to the news this morning, people still working to raise money for the victims of typhoon haiyan. at market and pall streets yesterday in san francisco a

group of a half dozen volunteers raising money for the victims of the typhoon. the group members say they've raised more than $3500 on four different days. nationwide, the phillipine grassroots movement raised more than $200,000 for the victims of the typhoon. meantime, the u-n is set to appeal for more aid for the phillipine victims. united nations says it will seek additional money for a 12 month plan to revive areas devastated by the super typhoon that hit the central philippines. the government disaster agency says nearly 5600 people were killed during that powerful storm. more than 1700 remain missing and nearly 4 million people have been displaced. a fair housing investigation reveals discrimination in several mortgage lending institutions. a north bay non-profit lead the investigation and found discrimination at locations in marin, sonoma counties. they say better loans are more favorable treatment was given

to caucasion customers in comparison to latinos and african americans. the non-profit group plans to file complaints with the government against the lenders. a big record was broken in san rafaealmost this week on thanksgiving morning. police officer kevin mcdougal made his 100th dui arrest of 2013. he pulled over a vehicle that had run a red light and was headed in the wrong direction. the driver was taken into custody and booked at the county jail. officer mcdougal talks about 10 the year. >> well at the beginning of the year i'd set a goal to myself to arrest 100 drunk drivers during the year and we managed to get to that point during the night. of that hundai think two of them i took from other officers because they were doing something else, one i believe was at a crash scene where i took the drunk driver, but the other 95, 97 or so were all traffic stops that i initiated

myself. it feels good. it's an accomplished goal so i always feel good. >> the officer is a 35 year veteran with the police department. he's lead the department in dui arrests year after year. mcdougal also received awards from mothers against drunk driving for the past six years for his dui enforcement efforts. there have been close to 300 arrests to date so far this year related to dui's and officer mcdougal made 1/3 of those arrests. santa clara law enforcement is offering a special holiday gift but only for those who have outstanding arrest warrants for minor offences. this programs called operation second chance and it gives individuals a chance to stay out of jail during the holidays. those who qualify have to check in with law enforcement and get a new date to appear in court next year. since that program began seven years ago, 2400 people have taken advantage of having a second chance. well the deadline for those people who are living in en

campment on the eastbay shores of albany to move has passed. the place is called the albany bulb, and its been home to people without a home for the past year. kron4 reports that even though a judge ordered the residents to leave it doesn't appear that anyone is leaving. >> how long have you been here? >> for seven years, me and my boyfriend moved here october 31, 2006 and we've been here for a little bit over seven years now. >> one of 50 or so people living in a makeshift camp site here on the albany bulb, a 40- acre piece of land west of the east shore freeway. after recently losing a legal court battle with the city over the right to remain on the property, bulb residents are now bracing for mass evictions at any time. >> i'm not going to let albany kick me out on to the streets from where the police told us that it's okay for us to live for seven years. >> we're here to ask the city of albany to halt their plans to evict the residents. >> eric of share the bulb.

>> what's happened with the temporary trailers they've established so far you can see how their plan of eviction first and then scrambling to provide services second is a huge failure. >> and not only are the trailers not a suitable replacement for living outdoors on the bulb, she says there's also a major problem with the port-a-potties. >> i'm not even sure how you're supposed to get in there. there's no back door to the trailer. excuse me, ma'am, can i use the bathroom? can you please come unlock the gate for me? >> bulb residents anticipate previously used eviction tactics by the city of albany. >> slowly escalated police harassment of residents so that's one thing that we're anticipating this time around as well, trying to harass them so it will be more attractive for them to move into the shelters, so we're trying to am power residents to resist that

sort of treatment. >> kron4 news. coming up on kron4 news, president obama wants the united states to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. we'll explain how he's working to achieve that goal after the break. here is a live look at walnut creek this time around. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] with at&t, you call the shots.

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graduates in the world. president says that more low income and first generation students must get a degree in order to reach this goal. one program helping students is the american council on educations american college application campaign. it's currently in 39 states and works with schools to phone us one week a year on helping students with applications. about half of a high school graduates from families making below $18,000 enrolled in college in 2012 compared to about 80% of those whose families earned over $90,000. california ans have spoken, toyota remains the most popular new car choice in the state over the last nine months according to the california new car dealers association. statistics show that toyota's prius hybrid continues to be the best selling new car in california selling more than 54,000 models in the first three quarters of this year. supreme court justices will be hearing a case of a frequent

flier who was kicked out of the program for being a "frequent complainer." now this case is going to test consumer rights versus corporate rights. rabbi ginsburg told the airline that the airline told him he complained too much and abused his privileges. his world perks platinum elite membership was revoked and northwest airlines says it has judgment over the programs general terms and conditions. the high court will hear one hour of oral testimony beginning on tuesday. and coming up on kron4 news weekend, we go to a local san francisco restaurant serving up some tasty holiday feasts and an exhibition of dine and dish. in the meantime live look outside, picture postcard view, we'll be right back.

we are jumping into the holiday season full on by hitting some of the top

restaurants around the bay area, kokari'm being my favorite and who do we find here? >> great scene today. we love this place. come on. >> yes we do. >> look at this stuff. what are we looking at here? it's beautiful. of course these dips, a little eggplant, and one of the main features in the dining room is a woodburning fire with lamb on the spin. during the holidays they also prepare roosted goose, greek style. and tony at the bar makes a menopome began at martini, festive red and green for a smooth sophisticated could be tail. >> so whether you decide to share the holiday season at home with your loved ones or decide to hit the town with the rest of us we all want to wish you a happy, healthy safe and of course delicious holiday season. so that's your test. happy holidays everybody.

>> to find out about great places to celebrate the holidays go to kron4.com and click on dine and dish. in san francisco, kron4 news. vickie thank you. let's go ahead and get you caught up on the weather forecast. >> thanks a lot. marty. we are dealing with high clouds out there, also patchy fog this morning, but we are expecting lots of sunshine today and tomorrow, in fact beautiful holiday weekend in store for us even warmer temperatures tomorrow, but as we head into the work week we do have some big changes headed our way, before we get to that let's talk temperatures. low 50s along the eastbay shores, 51 in san francisco, 50 in half moon bay about mid 40s through santa rosa and upper 40s in concordant 50 degrees in san jose. afternoon highs bringing us lots of 70s to the south bay, so 70 for cuppertino, upper 60s in palo alt o, 72 expected for

evergreen, and 66 through concord, 68 degrees a high for those of you in san leandro, downtown san francisco topping out at 67, and about 70 degrees expected for napa. satellite and radar showing us high pressure still in place here so that's what's keeping things dry, mild, we are expecting high clouds to stream through today but really going to be a beautiful day and weekend but we do have changes to talk about. we do have a system dropping down from canada, ushering in that cool, arctic air so take a look at the highs on monday. on your seven day around the bay only getting into the mid 60s for even for our warmer spots and then tuesday, wednesday, well pretty much the rest of the week only getting to the 50s with cold nights in store for us and if we get any moisture with this system we're expecting maybe sprinkles, monday night into tuesday. marty? >> thank you. well, early morning shopping on black friday turned into chaos at certain parts of

the country. let's take a look at this mall in north philadelphia, where a shopper recorded video of this fight between two women over presumably a gift. one of the women started to use a taser. you can hear it here in a second. using it on another shopper, philadelphia police say they never even heard about the incident. let's move now to knoxville, tennessee the wal- mart there where the can company had a deal on rachel ray cookware and a lot of women fighting over this deal and some of them left the store empty handed. now we go to puerto rico where another wal-mart store, this is outside the store where a stampede by thousands of people trying to be the first to get their hands-on an hd tv, as they're heading into the store going over the barriers. and then in texas, some more shoppers getting more than they bargained for. this also at a wal-mart where police began spraying pepper spray when a crowd of shoppers

got out of control. wal-mart officials say a mass of people rushed a pallete full of tablets and headphones just as the black friday sale began at 8:00 p.m., police in store staff tried to control the crowd, but when a young boy was knocked down the crush an officer used pepper spray to break things up. wal-mart says this was an isolated incident and doesn't represent the black friday experience at its stores. if black friday crowds are too much if you're shopping you can rejoyce it another day and we have tips and tricks for online shopping with your mobile device on cyber monday. >> reporter: cyber monday has its roots in the old desktop computer and wired internet. shoppers would return to the office after the thanksgiving holiday and hop online. even with access to the internet in pockets, purses, couches and cafes, retailers say cyber monday hasn't lost its luster. >> we know that cyber monday is really going to draw the crowds. >> the national retail

federation says eight in 10 retailers will offer special cyber monday deals. the blog beltway bargain mom says it's important to be able to separate the good deals from the great deals. >> you want to take advantage of deal sites as well as online databases that congregate or help collect all that information in one place so it really takes the hard work out of it for you. >> sites like savings.com and price grabber.com pulled coupons about deals from multiple retailers and also the deep online discounts will go beyond cyber monday. >> last year, the days cyber monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday were all over $1 billion online. >> and after week, harder says she's noticed another trend. >> around december 15th, a lot of discounts on jewelry, handbags, other apparel items, and they are trying to clear extra inventory and they know consumers are looking to go out

and buy all these holiday gifts. >> that is well with the annual free shipping day, hundreds of retailers will participate on december 18th with delivery guaranteed by christmas. in washington. >> let's turn to bay area sports now. for the second time in two weeks the warriors and thunder squared off and it came down to a game winning shot at the buzzer. let's go to the highlights. kevin durant leading the way with 25 points and 13 rebounds. here is seth with a nice move to hit a bank shot and then the game goes into overtime tied at 104 and gives golden state a two point lead but then it comes down to this final play, westbrook knocking down a three pointer with one tenth of a second left. here comes the shot and that gives oklahoma city the 113-112 victory over golden state. on the ice, it was a sharks hosting the st. louis blues at

the tank last night and it was a big game for burns for the sharks hitting his first nhl career hat trick, third period burns will knock in another goal and that gives the sharks a 6-3 lead and that will be the end of the game 6-3 sharks over the st. louis blues and think will snap a five game home losing streak and face anaheim tonight. >> and in baseball, vogasong returning for one more season with the giants agreeing to a one year extension with san francisco. contract said to be somewhere in the five million to 6.5 million range with incentives. last year, he had a disappointing season after a strong season in 2011 and 2012. he had a four and six record and he missed a big part of the season with a broken finger. fingers to be in the starting rotation for the fifth spot in

the rotation for the giants this year. welcoming up on kron4 news weekend we'll have much more ahead and a last look at the forecast when we come back.

well a little holiday cheer arriving at the white house. first lady michelle obama and daughters welcoming the official white house christmas tree. it's an 18.5-foot douglas fur that came from a tree farm in pennsylvania and as with tradition this tree will be on display in the blue room of the white house. take a final look at your seven day around the bay. really nice conditions for the weekend, in fact a little warmer tomorrow, lots of 70s and big changes, much cooler as we head into the work week. could see a chance of sprinkles monday and tuesday night but really just going to be a cool week highs only in the 50s by mid week. >> bundle up. that's it for us . i'm marty gonzalez. we'll see you again tomorrow. have a great day.

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