next week is a short week, holiday week, not a lot of traders in. that means low volume, high volatility. if the market continues and it wants to continue to move higher. we're going to see that magnified a little bit. >> reporter: but, other market pros worry about more financial troubles in europe and about higher interest rates. as a result, they say investors may be better off postponing stock purchases until after the new year. market strategist stephen wood says besides there are few catalysts that could push stocks higher before year-end. >> we've got a lot of what the market expected priced in already. so you've got the tax cut which has already happened, that's now at the president's desk. you've got the corporate earnings story which is winding down. also, you've got the stimulus qe2 from the federal reserve. >> reporter: for investors who steer clear of stocks in the next few weeks, it's important to note that most experts are still optimistic about the market in 2011. suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: speaking

>> san francisco cocktail week. it is around the third week of september. we have not set a date this year. this past year, we did it the 21st or 22nd. it started around may 13, which the museum of the american cocktail in new orleans promoted in 2006. may 13 was world cocktail buffet, the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the word cocteau. the reached out to jeff, duncan, and myself, and people in san francisco and around the country to try to throw events to celebrate that. we said why just do one event on monday -- let's create an entire week ending date republic in seminars, cocktail parties -- we said why just do one event on one day. let's create an entire week including seminars, cocktail parties, and all kinds of things. as other cities started developing cocktail weeks, almost in competition with us, we started to realize it made more sense for us to move our week to september, when we had better weather, more produce rolling through the streets, and are not in competition with anybody else nationally. we can help bring more business to

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week 34, i don't have the double wide vagina i was hoping for. with just six weeks to go. instructions for peroneal massage. lock hands. apply lubricant. extra virgin olive oil. hold the thumb in place for two minutes or until it becomes numb. slowly massage over the vagina. it's best done with a partner. instead, i take a back door approach and use my finger. i have a lot of stretching to do. week 41, 3:45 p.m. it feels like i have to pee and poo. she says long contractions indicate early labor. she says call in a few hours. >> dana comes over. she feeds her tea while i'm having contractions. i am in active labor. i am surprised you're so calm. i say, i'm surprised you're so calm. 11:30 p.m. dana drives to the birth center. i tell her right now i am not sad to do this. this is a solo expedition. i dark brown blob of slim e falls out. the mucous plug has to fall out. it's the mucous plug. i am in awe of dana. 1:30 a.m. i am naked. i modified downward dog. i think of the view everyone is getting. no one cares. 4:00 a.m., i am nine centimeters. i am pruned and exhausted. you

fleet week in october -- i've been involved in just about every fleet week. this year's was something off the charts, special, and important. we had a number of members of the fleet week -- they're here today. we want to commend them. fleet week had 8 ships this year. we have thousands of sailors and marines. i hope none of you have to buy a beer. i hope they were free pre we had 10 performances of the marine corps band. we have disaster preparedness programs. we had a high-level meeting that the general put together. i'm looking to be able to meet very interesting people. the general is that the top of the list. he was the chair of the fleet week effort this year. he took it over and brought it to new heights. he is a hero. not only did he served two combat tours in vietnam, he commanded the first marine division during desert shield and desert storm. his division, led by him, and defeated seven iraqi army divisions, sees a 280 international airport, and liberated kuwait city. after that, he went to work for bechtel, where he managed a $22 billion project fo

barring significant weather delays, the work should take place in six weeks to eight weeks. we're looking forward to having this resolved to our satisfaction. again, the area that is being estivate it is approximately eight hundred cubic yards of soil along the besshoreline. i do not see carol anywhere. my congratulations to her for pushing this forward. hopefully we'll have a good report for you in eight weeks or so. next is the schedule of port commission meetings for 2011. it is our standard schedule, which is similar meetings in january, june, july, and august, and multiple meetings in february, march, april, may, september, and october. that is the same calendar as always. we do not fall on any holidays this year. i presume peter has updated you on the america's cup. a busy day. commissioner brandon: it was a unanimous decision? commissioner lazarus: it was a unanimous decision at the budget and finance committee yesterday. it was a 2-0 vote. today, it was an 11-0 vote in support of the america's cup. we are looking forward to having the mayor, and the head of the fund-

i had in complete packages from the previous week as well as this week and i tried to go between the meeting report and the outcome of what was counted and approved but the package was in complete and i have not even seen the previous memo. i would ask that we continue this a little bit further out. >> that a motion? >> yes. >> is there a second? >> seconded. >> demotion to continue -- of the motion to continue. >> there is only one more hearing this year, that would be december 16th. if it needs to go further, it can go further. it electronicly until that -- until that is done. i have a hard cope. so if you want a transcript, can make copies. and provide those for you but it is not in electronic format. >> that would be fine, including the memo which i do not have. if you would indicate whether or not you want a hard copy, i'll make that happen for you. >> i'll make you all hard copy. by doing so, i'll just -- if i get someone to scan it into the system for me, i will be able to make it electronicly available to everybody. >> okay. could woe then make sure because the meeting was ra

we will look at that next week. it briefly, i think commissioner kingsley as a case she would like to add to the agenda for next week. any other items? commissioner dejesus: december 8, we will have progress reports from the police department. president mazzucco: i thought we were going to have one more meeting regarding where we were out before the progress report? commissioner dejesus: i thought he was going to tell us where he was in terms of -- he was going to tell us where they were with the revisions. because there is nothing to work with now. president mazzucco: will there be presentations? commissioner dejesus: they will tell us. president mazzucco: that sounds reasonable. anything else, commissioners? commissioners hammer: i will not be able to attend the meeting next week. other than disciplinary matters, which are closed session, and potentially this regarding shooting at moving vehicles, do we know of other matters that will be on the agenda next week? president mazzucco: there is no hot button issue. co

a big week for president obama.esday cnn has learned he'll have a ceo summit across the street from the white house where he'll try to sell his controversial tax cut plan. then on thursday he releases a year-end review of afghanistan policy. officials say it will show some progress but also note a lot more work needs to be done. >> i'm barbara starr at the pentagon. this week the long-awaited report on the progress on the war in afghanistan. how much progress and how soon can troops really come home? and defense secretary robert gates still hopes that congress will do something about repealing don't ask, don't tell in the closing days of the congressional lame duck session. >> i'm paul steinhauser at the cnn political desk. new york city's independent mayor joins republicans and democrats and other independents to find non-partisan solutions to the nation's problems. the group is called no labels, and it kicks off tomorrow in new york city. later in the week, two men who may want to run for the house, former house s

two weeks ago, we had a review of the urban design opens this proposal. today, we have two important topics to discuss theory the first is the transportation program for the proposed project. second is the housing discussion, including issues related to the development agreement. you have with you a printout of these slides. i apologize we're not in our usual environment, but if you would like to turn around and look at the slides, some of them are animated. it is up to you. following this hearing, next week, we have the force informational hearing, during which we will discuss the economic feasibility and fiscal impact analysis. we do have a slot reserved for issues that due to time constraints and other things we have not covered to date and other issues the planning commission might want to discuss next week if you let us know today, and we are planning to have the initiation of the amendments, which was continued from hearings many weeks ago. then, in february, now february 3 -- it has been pushed back from late january -- what will be before you the

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with you this week.'s a great weekend in your life and that we see you all right back here on monday. until then, good night. >>> new video just released an east bay sex offender chased through a store after the assault of a 2-year-old girl in diaper autos and folsom state prison. cell phones are a huge problem in california prisons. so out of control charles manson got caught with one. >> and a former bart police officer wants out of jail. how the judge answered his request. >> and demolition day for a downtown relic. tonight the $4 billion project to replace the transbay terminal. >> this just in. surveillance video of the suspect in attempted rape of a 2-year-old girl on wednesday. just after he leaves the camera view, a couple customers tackled him, held him down until police arrived. >> the man arrested at that store appeared in court today and was denied bail. he did not enter a plea on four felony counts. the suspected assault happened wednesday inside of a store

heightened alert in embassys this week. >>> here in the u.s. the weather is hampering travels in the southeast. delta cancelled 500 flights nationwide because of snowfalls, that includes 300 of the 800 departures from the atlanta hub. they say all its passengers have been advised of the cancellations. they are go among several carriers that need to reschedule flights over the weekend. so far so good on the west coast. let's get a check on the forecast with kristine hanson. >> we don't have any rainfall quite yet but a line of showers will produce some rain. it will produce some wind. national weather service has issued a wind advisory that will be 7:00 this morning to 4:00, even stronger gusts along the coast. all of this will produce rain for us and snow in the sierra. we'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >>> rain here means more snow in the sierra with some 260 inches, that disclose to a record. -- that is close to a record. >> the ski areas are expecting the busiest week of the year. >> i started boarding a long time ago but i hav

with a heavy heart because our ultimate goal is when we don't have to celebrate inclusive schools week, when we celebrate every day where every child is fully included in a meaningful and positive way in every aspect of education. when our school board took the monumental step in saying that we believe that every child can learn, we believe that every child will learn in our community, special education is not a place or program, this is what we do every single day. this is the beginning of many many more celebrations about including every one of our children in the full array of educational programs. with that, we cannot do it alone. we need your help. what we need is your help and your creativity and your support in making this a reality in every single one of our schools. thank you for being part of our school system. next year, bigger and better. [applause] >> one of our elementary schools did and excel of -- an excellent job of celebrating inclusive schools week and many are here this afternoon. [applause] >> we have decided to use this as a kickoff for really improving our inclus

washington week." >> on this vote, the yeas are 277, the nays are 148. the motion is adopted. >> if we're serious about giving the economy movement again, we have to end all the uncertainty coming out of washington. gwen: republicans claim victory in the house, and democrats claim victory at the white house. >> i'm going to sign this bill to make sure that people are seeing a bigger paycheck come january. gwen: while senate republicans force democrats to slice billions of dollars in projects from both parties out of a budget bill. >> the american people said, enough with the spending. enough with the pork barrel earmark spending. >> but much remains to be completed. >> i don't think that's really what the american people want. we are in session. if necessary, up to january 5. gwen: even as the courts threaten to undercut the president's signature health care law. >> you have to stay within the boundaries of the constitution. gwen: plus, the war efforts in afghanistan. >> there will continue to be obst

louis next week. seahawks play at tampa bay. i mean, incredible. >>> eagles and giants, 14 seconds left, tied, deshawn jackson back to return the punt. >> deshawn jackson gets blocked! are you kidding! deshawn jackson! still not in, and now in for the touchdown! no flag! unbelievable! >>> after being down 28-10, philadelphia scored 4 touchdowns in the final 8 minutes to stun the giants and take over sole possession of first place in the nfc east. >>> for over 30 years, ucla had the longest winning streak in college basketball, until today. uconn women made it 88 straight. hasn't seen his team lose since 2008. buckeyes can't convert the easy layup. uconn takes it the other way. 2 of her 26, streak continues. uconn rolls 81-50, but don't expect it to change the head coach. >> i don't know that that's changing me a whole lot right now. you know, i'm going to a good restaurant tonight, going to have a good bottle of wine. i would have done that either way. it will taste a little better tonight, though. >> he would have had the bottl

we'll see what happens in the next two weeks. if he can't relate to the eight the new board with four new members will choose. it kate thompson kron 4 news. >> of our police officer fired over her involvement in the fatal shooting of a non armed passenger oscar grant is getting a job back. you can see officer here, she's on the laughter that oscar grant marked by the arrow. she was fired in march after a law firm said she lied to investigators and in court about what happened in the near the day's shooting. today an arbitrator ruled that she should be in stated because the law firm did not adequately investigate the allegations that she lied. kron 4 talk to the attorney for the oscar grants family to get his reaction. >> i'm not surprised that the decision, i'm not surprised at it, as for my own case it's no significance, the man at which a boy to prosecute to the civil rights case against the various bart officers will not change. there's nothing in that decision that impacts highway will do the case, our case here is about how

he died on patrol in afghanistan this week. tonight his remains will arrive at dover air force base. fox 5's john henrehan has more from his parents. >> reporter: sean cutsforth was a very athletic kid. his mom snapped this hilarious picture of a young sean sleeping in his catcher's mask. >> it was in his equipment and he just wanted to try it on and he fell asleep with it. he would fall asleep with his new bats and everything. he would always sleep with his equipment. >> reporter: after high school sean won a baseball scholarship to virginia wesleyan college but after three semesters he announced to his family he wanted to join the army. sean's dad, a navy veteran, says everyone in the family was impressed at sean's thorough research. >> he looked at all the services, coastguard, air force and marines and the careers and such. it was a very well thought out decision. >> he wanted to serve his country. that's what we had to let him do. >> reporter: sean told his parents he loved the army and was considering making it a career.

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after gaining 80 points last week. and the nasdaq index gained 5 last week to close at 4622. >>> americans are spending more this holiday season compared to last year. mastercard is in fact keeping track. it says retail revenue is mostly higher than last year, especially from sales from clothing, jewelry and luxury items. and the one exception is consumer electronics. >>> and there could be fewer shopping trips on wall street. "the new york times" reports many back office and midlevel workers will not be getting an wall bonus. that's virtually unheard of in high-finance circles but the best performers will still be rewarded handsomely so. that could mean millions of dollar checks for those at the top tier. >>> well, tv commercials could soon come looking for you.ctv il directv is planning to launch what it calls addressable ads in the coming years. it would match commercials to individual households. for example, families with dogs, would see dog food ads. >>> "tron: legacy" was the make's number one movie. the sci-fi

day this week.t looks, like a sunday morning at 5:00 a.m. instead of a thursday. no delays for the westbound upper deck, no problems reported. your ride to the san mateo, pretty easy one for the last week as well. the changeable message sign is up, no problems reported as you can see traffic is still pretty light on the commute side which is westbound. golden gate pretty good, no problems here southbound on highway 101. minor problems on interstate 580 for your ride through richmond, an accident reported near the central off ramp. that is about the only thing worth of any interest. surf are easy ride for everyone. darya. >> developing straight a deadly shooting that happened last night in said san francisco six people shot, two dead. take a look at this map, it shows you where haven't had a plane and linden avenue. just over highway 101, at this point where the shooters are still on the list. >> to investigators say it happened on a plane, police have tape of this entire area as they continue their

and this week may be the week we start seeing people especially as we get close tort end of the week we could see lighter commutes. and this mornings commute an 280 looks good. at 505 here is steve. >> sal, stretch for me a little bit. we have a pretty good picture from the sierra coming up that has snow all over the place. all right, all right. we're between stuff here. we may have to throw it back here. i have computer issues. i'm going to throw it back. i don't have the computer. you guys go back. >> it will be wet we know that much and we got quite a bit of rain. >> everybody wondering about the end of the week. we'll check back in with steve in a little bit. >>> wikileaks has released new classified documents. the chilling revelation concerning the security of nuclear materials. >>> also north korea backed off its threat. why the north did not retaliate after the latest artillery drills by the south. >>> good morning northbound 101 san francisco looking pretty good getting back to the downtown area. another update on the morning commute and bay weather straight ahead. the moment

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it is up 50% in the past two weeks. the rally was sparked by a new law requiring back-up cameras on new cars by 2014. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: from health care to holiday spending, tonight's "street critique" guest has been doing some stock shopping. she's hilary kramer, editor at gamechangerstocks.com. she joins us from the nasdaq. >> tom: always nice to see you. welcome back. >> thank you, tom. a pleasure to be here. >> tom: a week ago you had three health care picks, shire far pharmaceuticals, and then you also like brookdale senior living, up better than 5.5% in the past week. let's tackle shire first. do you still like it after the small rally? >> i love shire. it is not just a one-trick pony. you have orphan drugs and the franchise globally. >> tom: as we mentioned last week, hilary, we were inviting you, the viewers to be with us. and he asks, why brookdale instead of five-star quality share. b.k.d., up 20%. five-star quality care, f.v.e., 122% return over the past 12 months. why not get this

as late as last week. stop all those presently supplies and i'm sure you are with how easy it was to drive around the bay area. so far, light traffic for the westbound red. i'm not even sure in a call this commute yet is there so few curse. san mateo not much different. lighter than usual for the westbound ride. a lot of folks off this week as well as last. 7 bound, once you're one of the fog expecting the ride into both directions. the bridge has not been configured yet. national weather much different than what we're experiencing, louisa. >> affect a lot of folks who had rounds these terrorist over holidays may be the main lobby but to return or send their holidays over because of the stars. rain now the bulk of the snow is in central and northern portions. to know from maine to vermont, portions of new york. in looks that as though every head to the next couple of days we see it dissipate. some of those flights hopefully running on time. >> and nasties) is rain and winds, storms and little visibility to