grace is a merited favor? an unmerited favor? i am trying to juxtapose the grace with our increasing arrogance and our increasing elitism. how can we favor this grace, and around the world, they see us as arrogant, elitist, pompous, and increasingly nationalistic. >> if i were writing a book on international affairs, i would agree with you. obama as the leader of the country has had some affect on that, i agree that in terms of foreign policy, we might seem like a bully. we're looking at a different aspect of americans, how they're able to manage strong, divergent faiths. we think that americans are surprisingly tolerant. most americans are very religious. most secular americans say there is a lot of good that comes out of religion for american democracy. we are not as divided as we might think we are. tavis: religion divides and your nights. how does our religion and divide us -- divide us? >> a series of shocks and aftershocks have caused americans to become more polarized. at least outside of the african- american community, t

cherley grace lost her home. the house received a single bid, then bob miles found out he had done business with with grace's husband. >> i told her not to worry. we could work something out. >> miles gave grace her home back. >>> ktvu.com has a link so you can follow santa's flight. you will find the norad tracker on the ktvu front page. >>> michelle obama was telling kids where santa is as he's making his journey. >>> and the sharks are making some noise. >> you know they are getting back to where they belong. up there in the upper eshelon of the nhl. the sharks are home for the holidays. just maybe san jose is back in championship form. santa was at the tank last night. and where is he at? south america. okay, good, good for him. get to work santa. sharks win for the fourth straight win. but it's been a roller coaster season for the sharks so far. partly because they've been on the load so much, and partly because the line has not been scoring. patrick miles scored twice last night and patty knows the team's s

grace? >> live in oakland, phil matier, thank you. >>> a police crackdown on robbery suspects has landed nine people in jail in berkeley. the arrest came over a period of several days but the crimes date back to november. at least five were armed robberies involving pedestrians north of university avenue. police haven't identified the suspects. >> your holiday "to do" list may be daunting but caltrans aims to raise 4 million pounds of steel into place by christmas eve. in all, five section of the eastern span suspension tower will be lifted 40 stories above san francisco bay and set into place by cranes. chopper 5 got these pictures of the first section being hoisted up there this afternoon. caltrans started the job a day early because of the stormy weather in the forecast for the weekend. >> it's all based really on weather. we have enough time to do it as long as we aren't pushed too hard by the weather. segments that make up the tower legs are barged out into place, then they are tipped u

i am currently the council president of grace church. we have sponsored the grace infant care center since 1983. to answer your question, there are 15 families involved. we are restricted by state law because of the size of the facility as to how many children we can have in an infant care center. so we are restricted to 15. we are within the 1,000 feet. i am kind of disturbed that because we are called a day care center we were not considered part of the thousand ft thing, according to the planning commission. however, because we have infants and very young children there, i would question why that does not pertain to us. so i am just here to tell you that we do exist. we are very active in the stability. and we are concerned that we be recognized as existing at that location. thank you. president peterson: i missed it when it was established. >> the center has been there since 1983, a state license to center, required to be licensed by the state. president peterson: thank you. >> good evening. my name is an wong. i live in the sunset d

was your client aware of the grace infant center? >> as part of the actual initial investigation -- maybe investigation is not the right word, but looking into the area, he was aware of each of the actual locations on the taraval corridor. in terms of the grace into center, i believe it is located on taraval but on one of the other side streets. commissioner hwang: within 1,000 feet from the subject property? >> it is, but that is to act would be one of the -- it is not a qualifying institution, as outlined in the municipal regulations. commissioner hwang: why not? president peterson: i have the code in front of me, and it appears to meet the requirements. 790.40, subsection be. >> that requires you to look at another planning code section. that is qualified specifically by 304.5. if you turn to 304.5, it refers to institutions that qualify under the master plan for san francisco. there will not be any smoking on the location in products being sold. the will not be anything along those lines. there will be medical cannabis and medica

i'm grace lee. sydnie and juliette have the morning off. >>> we know the rain is coming, tracy, when can we expect it? how much can we expect? should we take cover? >> oh, my gosh, you're throwing it at me this morning. we could expect up to 2.5" especially in the north bay. when will it hit? best chance later on this afternoon through early tonight. could see about a few hours maybe four to five hours of some significant and heavy rainfall coupled with winds. wind advisories in effect, as well. storm on the way. we'll take a closer look at the details in just a few moments. for your traffic, here's liz. >> in the meantime it's not on the way yet. right now it is dry and everything looks good in the south bay. nice and quiet on 280 heading out of downtown san jose. same thing on the nimitz freeway. this 880 through oakland. coliseum off in the distance. these headlights are moving southbound towards oakland airport. we do have a pothole though causing problems in the east bay completely shutting dow

grace, thanks. we'll see you then. >>> santa arrived at a resort north of bangkok and this santa is really, reall binge. big. six elephants in santa outfits were at the elephant camp and resort. the elephant keepers joined in the fun. santa performed. they threw snacks and toys to the children. the kids returned the favor feeding the elephants bananas. the best thing about those santas and the list? they don't have to

grace? >> all right, sharon chin live for us in oakland this morning. thank you, sharon. >>> another developing story from oakland this morning. a deadly police shooting, this one involves two different agencies. anne makovec is in oakland where police still trying to learn exactly what happened. what's the latest, anne? >> reporter: police from neither department involved the san leandro and oakland pd are saying much. but we were able to piece this much together. i'm standing close to the border of oakland at san leandro, 109th avenue and bancroft here in oakland. apparently at 11 p.m. -- i spoke with a man whose car was hit during this incident. he says he saw san leandro police chasing this jaguar. he says they nicked the jaguar to stop it. the jaguar spun around and hit his car. and then he says police surrounded the jaguar yelling for the driver to get out and then they started shooting. one person died. we do know there were two people in the car. witnesses say the more than died was a woman. so investigators right now are talking to witnesses ba

singing] >> for purple mountain majesties above the fruit and plains, america, america, god shed his grace on thee. and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain. for purple mountain majesties, above the fruit and plains, america, america, america god shed his grace on thee. and crown the thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. [singing]. >> at the beginning of every event we sing the philippino and national anthem. we shall have some [inaudible], that is company and dancers group, they are going to sing the philippine national anthem. >> i am going to read 2 or 3 paragraphs, my last farewell, our national hero. and in english. fair farewell to a stranger who brightens my well. farewell to all who i love to die is to rest. >> thank you. [applause]. [ foreign speaking ] [singing]. [applause] thank you very much. >> patricia leanne caldwell born in tennessee. daughter of robert and irma. at age of 3 moved to missouri and returned when she was 12 years old. patricia grew up with segregation and injustices which

amazing grace was very close to that, and amazing grace in all conditions seems to have a power to transcendrible events after the tragedy of september 11th, which of course we-- none of us will forget, the experience of singing amazing grace at so many of the memorial services and so many of the ceremonies made me feel again that this is a song which can be sung anywhere at any time and gives people a great deal of hope. i think that's been a powerful force, being able to sing that song and songs like we shall overcome. and--the kinds of songs that i was raised with and also recorded-- things like simple gifts and--and pete seeger's great song, turn, turn, turn. i've also made some-- some friends of songwriters that i've been able to record, like both sides now of joni mitchell's and someday soon of ian and sylvia's. so i've had very strong, beautiful lyrics and music in my life from the very beginning. what process do you go through? how do you find songs that speak to you? how do you find songs that fit into what you believe and what you care about? well, they're sort of like love affairs

grace lee, back to you. >> never heard that before. the company considers their employees to be sexual entertainers? is that true? >> reporter: that's true and it's part of the reason why they can hire just women to be part of their wait staff. it's called a bona fide -- that's how they are able to hire just women for their wait staff. >> interesting. all right. grace lee at the wharf. thank you. >>> well, you could chalk it up to growing pains. but in this economy this time of year, there's no wiggle room when it comes to money. and everything that's gone wrong with it so far. >>> and while you and your coworkers sat around talking, these guys were doing. or duking. what motivated them to step away from their desks and how we can all see if it pays off. tens of thousands of californians on disability. this week, the state is >>> turns out the check is not in the mail for tens of thousands of californians on disability. beginning the change over to a new payment system for most state benefits including unemployment. julie watts shows u

this tune was written by grace roberts. ken yes, g.ays ♪ ♪ not any other day, just another day to me ♪ ♪ i'll get the family around the christmas tree, that changes everything ♪ ♪ the weatherman's insisting the most we'll get is misting ♪ ♪ i guess his prophecy ain't that great ♪ ♪ oh, i've seen some flakes got to love the holidays got to love the holidays ♪

grace lee. sydnie has the morning off. check of traffic and weather see how long this rain will hold off for us. >> this morning, we are not expecting much in the way of rainfall today, but we do have some patchy dense fog inland, around the bay, that will be the concern for the morning, for the afternoon just squeeze out more sunshine before another storm system hits the bay area. a closer look at your rainy forecast in just a few moments. >> thanks tracy. not dealing with a whole lot of congestion but we are dealing with low visibility. check out this picture of the bay bridge toll plaza, three dense fog advisories for the bridges. traffic is already stacking up a bit in some of those cash lanes. chain requirements for the sir era. what those are coming up. >>> thanks a lot. 6:01 a.m. the weather is on the other side of the country but causing problems here in the bay area. sharon chin is at san francisco airport passengers struggling, aren't they sharon? yes, they are. we have new information

this is the grace cathedral choir of men and boys.on sanchez brings us their incredible sound. ♪ >> music has always been woven into services since founded in 1906. the boys choir and the men seven years later celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2013. singing is serious business. ♪ >> it's about breathing. ♪ >> and diction. >> getting the pitch perfect, getting the consonant and vowels perfect. you can spend a lot of time doing one thing. >> did i mention breathing? >> when you learn how to sing using your whole body, you have more control over how the sound comes out. >> important because grace cathedral is a big space to fill. >> when you're in the cathedral you have to sing loudly otherwise nobody can hear you. ♪ >> those soaring voices filling the magnificent cathedral with wonderful sounds of musics. they're one of the few choirs remaining in the u.s. part of a 600-year-old anglican tradition. >> i think people recognize this is one of the last ones and i feel people don't want to let that go and they ought not too. >> just seve

the grace cathedral choir of men and boys.ury old and they perform a christmas concert beginning this weekend. don sanchez brings us their incredible sound. ♪ >> music has always been woven in services since founded in 1906. the boys choir years later. they will celebrate their 100th anniversary. singing is serious business. ♪ >> it's about breathing. ♪ >> and diction. >> getting the pitch perfect. getting the consonants and vowels perfect. they can spend a lot of time doing one thing. >> did i mention breathing? >> when you learn how to sing using your whole body, you have more control over how the sound comes out. >> important because grace cathedral is a big space to fill. >> when you're in the cathedral, it's like you have to sing loudly otherwise nobody can hear you. ♪ >> those soaring voices filling the magnificent cathedral with wonderful sounds of music, they're one of the few choirs remaining in the u.s. for the 600-year-old anglican tradition. >> i think people realize this is one of the last ones and people don't wa

grace?>> sharon chen, at sfo, thank you. >> at oakland airport, two jet blue flights going to jfk have been canceled. one was supposed to take off at 7:40 this morning. the other at 9:25 tonight. return flights from new york have also been canceled. jet blue flights to boston, though, seem to be okay for now. and no delays or cancellations to report out of san jose, that's the good news. and unlike much of the country, things are pretty much on schedule. but san jose does not have a lot of flights heading to or from the east coast today. >>> all right. we don't have a lot of time to dry out. it looks like more rain in the bay area. tracy, say it is not so. >> we're looking at the forecast, we checked the latest as far as delays at the airport, and two hourgs hours and eight minutes áp minutes, delays and arrivals at sfo and the clouds and the low ceiling. the big question, will we see any sunshine today? i think we will. here is a look toward the bay. we're expecting the sunshine to slowly b

grace? >> watch out. thanks, sharon. live in oakland. >>> police have identified a young woman found stabbed to death in an oakland park. she is 21-year-old jasmine jordan of fresno. her body was found a week ago with multiple stab wounds lying on rocks in the martin luther king regional shoreline park. oakland police say the victim knew people in oakland and visited frequently. so far, though, no arrests have been made. >>> a santa clara police officer spent the christmas weekend in jail. 36-year-old clay rojas is under a federal indictment akaoudz of passing confidential information to a -- accused of passing confidential information to a member of the hell's angels and he is accused of giving information to william bettencourt because he owed him money. both men were arrested on charges bath in october. >>> a fire chief is criticized for double dipping. kenth waldvogel will continue to work as the fire chief for santa clara county until a new chief is hired. according to the social mercury news, waldrokele will be pai

first, the grace center is around the corner from this site. it has been there from 1983. it is a licensed day care. by definition, it is a public facility that primarily serve as those under the age of 18. there is such a facility within 1,000 feet. you cannot site and mcd there. planning completely missed this. it is not even mentioned in their report. this is the easiest way to reverse this appealed -- excuse me -- to reverse this permit. you cannot grant it due to the existence of this entity there. secondly, the tutoring centers and the dance school -- those are right within 1,000 feet. although the petitioner, or the permit holder, has said he spent 15 months looking for the site for this, he picked a spot next to a church, two doors down from a tutoring center, across the street from a child dance studio, and two blocks from another infant center as well. if you look at the definition of recreation that has been used by the board, by the planning department, they talk about counseling, recreation, cultural activities. are these things not occurring at a dance school

grace lee in berkeley. thank you, grace. >>> well, it is not just poor air quality and noise that may make living near a highway undesirable. why where you live may be putting your kids' health at risk for an incurable disease. >>> and erin brockovich is back. how the people of hinkley are fighting to keep history from repeating itself. >>> and it is perhaps the biggest collection of words. the new tool that attracts culture change with words. ♪ ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find yourself in bed at the end of the day ♪ ♪ you can find some fun on a tropical isthmus ♪ ♪but you'll never find my... ♪ you can find it in your heart to be patient with me ♪ ♪ you can find a new star for the top of the tree ♪ ♪ i don't mean to be coy and i don't mean to be vicious ♪ ♪ but you'll never find my christmas ♪ >>> living near a highway at birth appears to increase a child's risk of autism. that's according to a study conducted by children's hospital los angeles. researchers looked at about

funds to the web site wiki leaks stopped all payments but is still allowed money to flow into the graces of the ku klux klan as we report on this program. and london is recovering from his worst rest of the decade students vented their anger over the raise tuition fees and violence spilling onto the streets. this is r t live from moscow just after one am here now it's kevin zero in with a top story for you this hour and for the first time in more than seventy years nobody was able to accept the nobel peace prize the winner he was rights advocate in china serving an eleven year sentence for subversion chinese authorities angered over the award bad both him and his wife from traveling to was low due to the scandal surrounding with representatives from almost

. >> i'm grace lee. sydnie and juliette have the morning off. it's now 6 a.m. if you are getting up, you know it is chilly outside. the temperatures plunged yesterday. >>> 31 in livermore and fairfield, just above freezing in concord and 32 degrees in napa and santa rosa. 46 in san francisco. we'll have the afternoon highs in just a few moments. here's gianna with the traffic. >> with this cold weather reports of black ice in petaluma caused an accident at the intersection of adobe and stagecoach. a vehicle stuck on the side blocking the road. use caution out the door this morning. wind advisories in effect. details on that coming up in just a few minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> three people including a young girl are dead after an early-morning apartment fire in oakland. sharon chin tells us that survivors actually had to leap from an upper floor. hi, sharon. >> reporter: yes, good morning, elizabeth. yeah, police on the scene here are confirming that three people have died. the red cross has identified them as a woman, a male friend and her three

back to you, grace. >> thank you. in a few minutes we'll take a check on how rain is taking a toll on traffic but first, sharon chin is in larkspur where record rainfall could be a problem for the sewage spill out there. and how is it as far as the rain is concerned now? looks dry, sharon. >> reporter: right now, it is pretty dry but right now here in larkspur officials have been keeping track of the weather and the rain. they don't want to cause more sewage problems here. crews had set up a temporary sewer line here along this road as you can see. an overflow and pipeline break almost two weeks ago caused more than 3 million gallons of raw sewage to flow into corte madera creek. sanitation officials have been monitoring the situation especially with last night's storm. a flash flood watch and urban and small stream advisory for marin, sonoma and napa counties is lived and now drivers have to watch -- is lifted and now drivers have to watch out for debris. >> i like it. it's nice. it makes things a little hard. >> rep

grace? >> ken you know, procrastinators, we see them every year, here is the difference. this time they believe they are going to be spending a whole lot more. >> with just four days to shop before christmas day a lot of consumers seem to be pushing their luck wailing until the last minute. >> have you started? >> started about a couple weeks ago but you know christmas came up all of a sudden and now with only a couple days left a lot less. >> you know it's the same day every year, right? >> yeah. >> some shoppers may have a late start but they are not alone. the international shopping centers predicts 15% of americans, 23 million, will hit the malls on christmas each. >> i've gone christmas shopping on clift eve an it's crazy. >> is it mostly guys? >> it's everybody. grandma's. grandpas. moms, cousins, everybody is out. >> retailers expect the crowd to be skewed, more men than women. >> they expect a lot of procrastinators to be shopping on christmas eve and most are expected to be men. are you surprised? >> no, that's me all over.? you're going to wait until the last mi

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grace? >> sharon chin in larkspur. hopefully we'll have some time to dry off. >>> san francisco's outgoing mayor is working on ways for the next mayor to save money. gavin newsom has found nearly $20 million worth of savings. that after he asked department heads for ways to cut budgets by 20 %. the "chronicl "says the deficit next year for san francisco will be $3 80 million. newsom least the mayor's office early next month to become california's lieutenant governor. >>> the california supreme court is denying governor schwarzenegger's request to sell state buildings. the ruling means that the decision on the fate of the properties will fall to governor-elect jerry brown. three former members of the state building authority sued to stop the sale saying it amounts to an unlawful gift of public funds. >>> time now 6:07. a day of fun turns scary at a ski resort. how 8 people ended up in the hospital. >> plus a pilot based in the bay area goes public. his defense for posting a video exposing what he calls security flaws at

a well articulated encapsulation of exactly what's been going on in grace and around the let me just fill in some of the some of the terms here first. yes or naked c.d.s. you're talking about a credit default swap which is an invention of blights masters over there j.p. morgan a known financial terrorist the credit default swap was sold as an insurance product but it is actually a fake insurance product because to have an adequate qualification as an insurance product you must have some reserves in the bank to reserve against what doesn't exist with the c.d.'s it's a purely it's an invention purely to create financial terrorism and as you point out and this is the one of the points that i think needs to be made here people ask well why would the banks destroy a country like greece why would they use these projects to counterfeit products like c.d.'s and naked short selling because they have as you point out bets on the collapse of greece so as the collapse of greece ensues as the collapse of ireland continues the return on their bets that they've made in these international markets i

i would like to thank him for his grace and goodness to meet. he has given me grace to this point. thank you for the award, all of you. [applause] executive director ford: in our capital programs and construction division, our next awardee will be drew howard. can you step up to the podium? [applause] drew is the office manager of our capital controls project relations at the capital programs and construction division. he has been with the agency for 19 years. his responsibilities have included the project management segment heading the civil and over had engineering groups. he was the driving force behind the successful third street light rail jobs program, which has evolved into the city build a program. -- city build program. he is also responsible for the insurance program and is focusing to have the greatest opportunity for local and small businesses in terms of doing work with this agency. he has been the manager of our softball team as part of the workers' children fund annual softball tournament for the last 10 years. he has been with the project from its early environmenta

. >> i am grace lee. sydnie kohara has the day off. >> yep, i am juliette good rich. weather and traffic, tracy is working on that forecast. that storm door is it open? >> yeah, it is rotating right now. every day looks like something new we are talking about and we are talking about something new today. first and foremost, sunshine expected for monday but more showers, more rainfall, more snowfall moving back into the bay area, for much of the workweek. we will take a look at your seven-day forecast in a few moments. >>> thank you tracy. an update for your sierra travel forecast. no more chain requirements on industry state 80, trucks being -- interstate 80, trucks being screened near king dale but still in requirement for highway 50 and 88. back up to you. >>> thanks you guys. it is not going to be easy getting around the northeastern part of the u.s. this morning. let's take a lookout side. the blizzard pounding the coast from carolinas to maine. some folks are getting more than a foot of snow stranding thousands of people trying to travel by air, rail or bus. some

. >> and coming up next all-boys choir of grace cathedral. and you're going see and hear why they've developed fans around the world. stay with us. >>> a job fair offered 500 available positions. abc 7 co-sponsored this event and there is a good turnout, featuring 11 companies. >> sales, marketing. production technicians, legal, and everything. we've got it. we've got it all. they're applying for it all. >> there is a good company. so i'm sure i'm going to tall back. and land it. >> the range of positions so broad that the companies had 80 job titles posted. >> a san francisco nonhill landmark is home to what is considered a hidden treasure, grace cathedral choir of men and boys is almost a senry old performing a christmas concert beginning this weekend. tonight, their incredible sound. >> music has been woven into the services. the choir will celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2013. singing is serious business. this is about breathing and diction. and getting the pitch perfect. and we can spent a lot of time doing one thing. >> and did i m

grace. written at a time when i'd say was my hungry period. the first is bones. my bones are bleached white under your stare while you warm your hands under my open wounds i swallow the air you exheal and pluck the bones from your rib cage and i will make a man out of you. my bones memorized the weight of your since. they are brittle with forgiveness. my thighs unfold as you press the palm of your hand against my curving spine and plant your bones inside my garden. this one is draft it's the one in thean tholology. he smoothed the wrinkles on my bell and he sucked my bitter fruit. we plowed an ocean in my navel and sowed mountains of regrets into fields. we allowed only the memory of water to sustain our thirst. we dreamt of rain and listened for our trees to bare fruit. >> the next is inspired by my mother, are we all? this is garden. the gate to my mother's garden opened always trees flirt with shadows and the grass says my same. asleep in flowered boxes pay for rain. i open always the gate to my mother's garden. i will plant my sum in a clay pot an offering to

the grace the prestigious patel and the london department store harrods.le. -- they have a small and exclusive clientele. he is among the founding members of the initiative. >> i want to see manufacturers getting more exposure. hopefully, there will be greater communication of what distinguishes them and their products. >> the initiative currently has eight members. among them are the oregon manufacturer, the luxury kitchen manufacturer, and the old royal porcelain manufacturers in berlin. there are high standards for potential new members. to join the initiative. the criteria includes a high proportion of work done by hand and outstanding product quality. they have been making audio systems since 1977. the traditional and craftsmanship meets cutting edge technology. almost all of the components are made and have assembled in berlin by a highly qualified team this subject them to expensive testing. ell>> the more specific the tasr are aiming to satisfy, the lower the volume will be. only a smaller manufacturer can meet that demand. not big industry. we exi

>> reporter: good morning, grace.ice say that the victims are lured to oakland thinking that they are going to seal a great deal on an expensive car and they end up -- beaten crime victims end up at gunpoint by an armed robber. police say they agreed to meet in oakland neighborhoods like the diamond and rockridge districts after answering a craigslist ad. then they get robbed. sunday the victim was badly beaten. officers say the criminals have lurid half dozen victims timms from all over california and as far away as sacramento and lodi robbing them of thousands. oakland police arrested a man in 2009 for similar crimes using craigslist ads and last spring oakland police made two arrest after a sting operation. police have tips to protect yourself. they say that if you are buying from craigslist or any other website, don't agree to meet in secluded or residential areas. don't take a lot of crash with you. and if the person appears suspicious, just leave especially if you don't see the vehicle that you're buying. and po

a san francisco woman saw grace's show. and then she wept shopping near ocean beach where she spotted 32-year-old jeffrey easley and jeffrey smith. >> the person who contacted police observed a television show on cnn saying these are the people from the show. >> the two were near the grocery carts near the store and they were possibly panhandling. san francisco police took easley into custody without incident and britney is okay. her grandmother says the family is overjoyed. >> thank everybody, bless each of you. if i could hug and kiss each one i would. >> i am happy. believe me i am happy and it is difficult to put into words. >> officers feared the worst in this case. britney's mother was found murdered in her home last friday, the same day easley and her daughter, britney, disappeared. police suspect easley in the murder. >> it is a fantastic sense of relief. >> police are beyond thankful to the woman in san francisco for being so observant. 3,000 miles away from their case. we asked shoppers whether they recognized the

i marvel at how -- i marvel at the grace that god has shown me. i marvel at that. >> reporter: it is hard to imagine television without the daily confessional that the oprah show has been for all these years. what is it that oprah has that made it so? maybe the way she has insisted that each person who walks out on the stage look at himself or herself with utter honesty. >> okay, it's hard for me to look at those pictures because i feel like i died as a child. >> reporter: blunt -- >> as i'm reading this, i think, okay, the first time you were essentially raped, on page 108. >> reporter: passionate. >> you are our warrior of the year. >> reporter: intensely empathetic. >> to make herself feel better, she would stand in my shoes and now she doesn't need to do that because she's standing on her own. >> reporter: she's lived the kind of raw truths that she coaxes out of her guests. you are constantly trying to improve other people's lives and to improve your own life. is there anything about yourself that you really want to change? >> i'm too judgmen

andechs, a graceful 14th-century monastery, sits atop the hill. it was built to celebrate the rediscovery of relics that had been brought here from jerusalem by a local count in the year 952. buried in the church is composer carl orff of carmina buranfame. modern pilgrims are drawn to andechs by the potent beer brewed by the monks who live here. this isn't exactly a rowdy beer garden. out of respect for the holy site, no singing is allowed. but the special bock beer is so powerful that it's only served during the week for fear of causing car accidents on the weekends. the food here is nothing if not hearty. now, this is what i call a pig's knuckle. lots of pork, potatoes and the world's best sauerkraut. well into rural bavaria, we catch our first breath of mountain air. the snow-rimmed purple alps provide a dramatic backdrop for southern germany's forested beauty and legendary castles. the bavarian flair for the fanciful is best personified by king ludwig ii and his fantastic creation, neuschwanstein. maxa: truly the image of a fairy-tale castle,

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i'm grace lee in for sydnie and allen. did you notice that we had a brief break in the weather? well, hope you enjoyed it because we're about to get soaked again. tracy is tracking the storm and tracy, parts of the bay area already feeling the rain. >> that's right, grace. we are on storm watch. we are already seeing some light showers across parts of the bay area. hi-def doppler showing most of the bay area looking at some rainfall. pretty wet out there. it will continue to pick up in intensity. so your forecast for this afternoon, cloudy with rain, winds expected to pick up this afternoon through tonight and tonight rain will be heavy at times. in addition to winds gusting as high as 55 miles an hour. high wind watch in effect for the north bay counties, wind advisories for the entire bay area winds gusting as high as 55 miles an hour, and snowfall a whole lot more snow for the sierra. wind storm warning, snowfall up to 30" close to three feet of additional snowfall. coming up we'll let you know when the heaviest rainfall will be moving through and again take a look at how muc

could i ask a question of grace?ne of the comments made was about the empty news racks and how they sometimes contributed to blight. i know that the legislation's attempts to deal with those issues, can you speak to that? >> this is something to the credit of the mayor around the reform allocation. the mayor saw that there were a number of bacon boxes. sometimes it is because the publications have been taken. they're very popular. in other cases, they are just empty boxes. they become an area where blight fills the city. allowing people on a first-come, first-served basis to fill those boxes. we think that many of those smaller publishers that may not have distributed, like your neighborhood newspapers, there may not be able pedestal for rack in place. there may be fewer opportunities for misuse of the boxes. we all looking forward to those informal changes. [unintelligible] thank you. i have a follow-up question for grace. i think that one of the things i am interested in in terms of public comments that we heard ab

in san francisco, grace lee, cbs5. >> more americans can say i'll be home for christmas this year.he air transport association expects about 44 million travelers to be on u.s. flights from december 16th clear through january 5th. and that is up 3% over the same period a year ago. no major delays at bay area airports this year. travelers at s.f.o told us why they are excited about this holiday. >> i'm looking forward to christmas dinner with my family. >> food. i'm starving. >> and presents, of course. >> family. >> see my new grand baby. >> that's exciting. she is 20 months old. >> and as far as the body scans and more thorough pat downs, all of that seems to be settling down. >> we could be in for a change though in the weather. lawrence has that. lawrence? >> yes, quite a bit of change, ken. we have had a break for the last couple days but christmas day looking to be stormy around the bay area. here is the storm system on final approach as it is making its way on shore. a lot of clouds right now. midnight tonight. should be dry for the better part of the night. but watch what hap