. >> off andronico's 'tis closing its store in berkeley.tructuring with new owners who took over last month. the supermarket is now just the right size, at five stores. the remaining locations are in san francisco and two others in berkeley. andronico's founded in 1929 as the first family owned upstale supermarket. at its height, the chain had 14 bay area locations. >>> scientists and fans of science will have an early day tomorrow. doors will open at 6:30 for anyone that wants to see the launch of nasa's latest trip to mars. this is what nasa's $2.5 billion mars science laboratory will look like once it reaches the red planet. the rover is called curiosity. scientists hope curiosity will help them answer the question if mars is or ever could have been a place that harbored life. >> yes, this is the most complicated mission on the surface of mars. the science, kind of demands that. >> liftoff is expected at a little after 7:00 in the morning at cape canaveral. the journey will take 8 1/2 months covering more than 60 million miles. >> set ba

comes after the grocery chain shutdown the university store last night there are five remaining andronico stores. they filed for bankruptcy in august and punched by ranovo capitol. >>> thanksgiving holiday weekend has been anything but a break for shoppers. many pulled all-nighters to tackle the best deals. from sun valley more we report some stores got started earlier than ever. >> reporter: the sounds of stores opening better than -- music. we do it every year. we plan 12 months a year because we know we are going to do it. >> we actually bring her child and her friends to stand in lineup for us. >> they started looking for bargains at 8:00 p.m. last night. at the mall, 4,000 people entered at midnight. it did not stop stores like sears sees hundreds of shoppers long after stuffing their tummies with turk ity. 20% here at a store 50% there, and -- here at h&m some of the racks are empty like these right here. because of deals like this. a fashionable camono for $5 or something that is always in style a little black dress, check out the price tag, just $5. >> reporter: for the less prepa

. >>> and another andronico closing their doors, the 82- year-old chain says that the store on telegraph avenue will shut down, they don't know the date yet. they have more restructuring to do after filing for bankruptcy in august. >>> and bringing bart to san jose, expecting to clear another hulbert. the valley transportation authority is expected to approve a 700 million construction contract on december 7th. the bta still needs 900 million from the federal government to give work next year. the goal is to link san jose by bart by 2016. >>> and another abandoned puppy looking for a home tonight, continue days ago, six puppies were discovered alone at a recycling center. this is in monterey, look at the australia-shepherd mixes, found cold and hungry, the reporter working on the story found another one that was in nicknamed felix, many want to adopt the dogs. >>> and coming up, how some homeowners are recovering from a 60-foot geyser gushing on their street. >> only in the last month has it become very popular? >> how popular. >> very. >> and diving for sea treasures, without the ocean,

for everybody who had to get in your car to go to andronico's -- if they placed a store here, that would probably be in better shape. safeway did not think we were good enough. lucky did not think we're fortunate enough. and look, i loved supersavers. nobody cuts up ox tails like that. i am a community official. on saturday, you see me out there with my kids. i am officials. ok. so i love sam over there at super save. ok? come on, now. he is ok. he is giving his act together. we work with him. but let's be honest. if you wanted some healthier snacks or some fresher chicken without chemicals, did that plays exist in bayview? n no. -- what? no. so you had to get in your car and go to that place. we did not have an option. it did not make any sense. this is a community of over 40,000 people isolated. we cannot go any further east. and yet, we were here. so now we do have the store. and what to say something for, you know, the people that are unhappy. one of the things that the president said during his trials and tribulations in washington that struck me is that the enemy of the good cannot

>>marty: as we celebrate local small businesses one area that is having difficult is andronicos.related to their filing of bankruptcy in august. they do have five stores still open and berkeley, san francisco and los altos. >> in downtown san francisco, police were called after protesters delayed public transportation and blocked store entrances in union square. there were trying to discourage shopping. >> i think we should make up our own gifts and human relations are the best of all. >> democracy can be inconvenient. we have to hit a bottom. before we can make some serious changes people are going to get interrupted and inconvenienced. >> disruptive? we are trying to get around and we cannot get around. they are disrupting traffic, everything. if they want to protest they should find a better way. >>marty: that ended at 9:00 p.m. when it went back to the occupy the catchmen with no arrests mar they returned to their camp. >>ysabel: black friday sales were shoulder to shoulder. many shoppers bought items for themselves this year and spent a bit more money. >>reporter: if you com

that's because andronico's just closed.t seven clock tonight every single one of these spots were taken -- at 7:00 tonight every single one of these spots were taken. when we finally got a spot and went inside, we found people with long long lists. >> the lists just keep growing. >> reporter: that's why she spent much of the day bouncing from store to store. >> this is my third trip. >> today? >> today. you know they didn't have a few things, and i've been shopping all around. >> we have the turkey, we have stuff for cranberry chutney. >> reporter: they hit the aisles hoping to avoid the bigger crowd tomorrow. >> this suspect the rush. tomorrow is going to be the rush. this is beating the rush tonight. so here we are with our two carts. >> reporter: from grocery stores to airports. the closer it gets to thanksgiving the longer the line. concerned about the crowds, kathy murphy decided to fly out today. >> the fares were less expensive and we figured it would be less busy. and it was, the trip was very smooth. >> not too man

that's because andronico's just closed.t seven clock tonight every single one of these spots were taken -- at 7:00 tonight every single one of these spots were taken. when we finally got a spot and went inside, we found people with long long lists. >> the lists just keep growing. >> reporter: that's why she spent much of the day bouncing from store to store. >> this is my third trip. >> today? >> today. you know they didn't have a few things, and i've been shopping all around. >> we have the turkey, we have stuff for cranberry chutney. >> reporter: they hit the aisles hoping to avoid the bigger crowd tomorrow. >> this suspect the rush. tomorrow is going to be the rush. this is beating the rush tonight. so here we are with our two carts. >> reporter: from grocery stores to airports. the closer it gets to thanksgiving the longer the line. concerned about the crowds, kathy murphy decided to fly out today. >> the fares were less expensive and we figured it would be less busy. and it was, the trip was very smooth. >> not too man

andronico's was bought by a .g.ferrari earlier this year. >> the tree lightning ceremony got off to a sparkly traditional. >>> the macy's chris mat tree was lit in union square to the delight of thousands. it's reusable, 83 feet high. it has 33,000 energy efficient lights plus more than 1,100 ornaments. >>> san jose's tree lit up at about 6:00 this evening. the lighting kicked off the 32nd annual christmas in the park festival at cesar chavez plaza. the red suited die is showing up as well. santa visits this weekend from 3:30 to 9:00 p.m. -- and the red suited guy showed up as well. >>> black friday is getting a black eye here and around the country. find out what may be prompting the violence. >>> we could have dead fog first thing tomorrow morning. the one direction temperatures will be headed this weekend. >>> >>> it was an amazing amount of people here. >>> managers at the grape mall filled the mall this morning. system customers said they work out a game plan before arriving at the stores. we found one customer using a children's stroller to carry all their bags of presents throu

andronico's was bought by a .g.ferrari earlier this year. >> the tree lightning ceremony got off to a sparkly traditional. >>> the macy's chris mat tree was lit in union square to the delight of thousands. it's reusable, 83 feet high. it has 33,000 energy efficient lights plus more than 1,100 ornaments. >>> san jose's tree lit up at about 6:00 this evening. the lighting kicked off the 32nd annual christmas in the park festival at cesar chavez plaza. the red suited die is showing up as well. santa visits this weekend from 3:30 to 9:00 p.m. -- and the red suited guy showed up as well. >>> black friday is getting a black eye here and around the country. find out what may be prompting the violence. >>> we could have dead fog first thing tomorrow morning. the one direction temperatures will be headed this weekend. >>> some movement today in a steal mate over dungenous crab. but will it be enough to get crab boats out to sea? you ready for your present? yeah. all right, i'll be right back. okay. ♪ [ male announcer ] sometimes the giving can be just as amazing as the gift. what do you think?

andronico had new owner last month and says it is right-sized with five stores. remaining locations are in san francisco, two in berkeley. it was founded in berkeley in 1929. it's the bay area's first family-owned upscale supermarket. at its height, the chain had 14 bay area stores. >>> we're encouraged to bring those reusable bags to the grocery store, but going green is creating a breeding ground for bacteria. nbc has the lab results. >> reporter: scanning the checkout aisles, we found all sorts of reusable bags being stuffed with all sorts of food. some obviously more clean than others. >> i wash them maybe once every couple of months or something like that. >> i would say my bags are pretty clean. but sometimes i do get meat, and the meat does run. >> we don't clean them that often. it's going to sound awful. >> reporter: we asked shoppers to trade their bags for new ones so we could see how clean their bags really are. large bags, smaller ones, woven, natural fabric, and manmade. some have been used for years, others for weeks. ten reusable bags in all. we t

. >> locally owned supermarket chain andronicos is closing its telegraph store in berkeley. new owners say the supermarket is at the right size, just five stores. the remaining locations are san francisco, san anselmo, los gatos and two others in berkeley. it was founded in berkeley in 1929 as the first family owned upstale supermarket in the bay area. at its height the chain had 14 bay area locations, again, back down to five. >>> if you still drive a car that relies strictly on gas, some good news for you. gas prices are down here in the bay area, and across the country. that dip happening in the last month. the average u.s. gas price is about 50 cents higher than it was a year ago but still 11 cents lower than a month ago, and that is what we are seeing here in the bay area. in the past month, gas in san jose went from $3.82 -- $8 would be terrible $3.82 to $3.70 per gallon and san francisco just under $4 to $3.81 and in the east bay, gas prices dropped from $3.84 per gallon to $3.72 this month. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, nasa's launch this