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he goes back to his native phoenix scottish dale area, brandon mccarthy no longer wearing green and gold for the oakland a's. have a great saturday afternoon. cbs5 at 5:30 and 6:30 will be straight ahead with me a little bit later on. >>> one last look at our top stories that includes high court jumping into the debate over same-sex marriage. we'll be right back. ne ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is just one of 20 homen the area using up to 150 >>> check out this festive home, just one of 20 homes in the area using about 150,000 lights. thanks for the picture. you can e-mail your photos to us at mornings@cbs5.com. a bomb squad detonated a large explosive device in pleasant hill. teens were arrested after finding a pipe bomb to blow up a mailbox. >> u.s. supreme court will take up california's prop 8 which was ruled unconstitutional by an appeals court. court's decision means gay marriages are on hold and we could get a decision next summer summer. >>> tomorrow on eyewitness news this morning, debate over tasers in san francisco. >> have you ever been tased? >> i have. when he was mayor we loo

. >> according to reports, brandon mccarthy last year's opening day pitcher for the a's agreed to a two year contract with the arizona diamondbacks. he was hampered by injuries last year. he was hit in the het by a line drive in september. he was cleared to resume his regular off season routine. no answers in sight as the raiders season is down to its final three games. the quarterback taking the heat for last night's loss to denver. oakland's sixth loss in a row. palmer lost a fumble. that led to a touchdown run. the broncos in front by 16. oakland falls to 3-10. everybody is in the firing line, especially the quarterback. >> he made a couple mistakes the last couple weeks but yet he is one of the reasons why, you know, specifically earlier in the year why we had a chance in certain games. i am not down on carson at all. we want to see some younger guys play. >> wasn't a good night for bay area schools playing tonight for the right to respect california in the state championship games. three more games will be played tomorrow. tomorrow night for the 4th time, manny pacquiao and juan ma

. >> according to reports, brandon mccarthy last year's opening day pitcher for the a's agreed to a twocontract with the arizona diamondbacks. he was hampered by injuries last year. he was hit in the het by a line drive in september. he was cleared to resume his regular off season routine. no answers in sight as the raiders season is down to its final three games. the quarterback taking the heat for last night's loss to denver. oakland's sixth loss in a row. palmer lost a fumble. that led to a touchdown run. the broncos in front by 16. oakland falls to 3-10. everybody is in the firing line, especially the quarterback. >> he made a couple mistakes the last couple weeks but yet he is one of the reasons why, you know, specifically earlier in the year why we had a chance in certain games. i am not down on carson at all. we want to see some younger guys play. >> wasn't a good night for bay area schools playing tonight for the right to respect california in the state championship games. three more games will be played tomorrow. tomorrow night for the 4th time, manny pacquiao and juan manuel m

next time you see brandon mccarthy pitch here in person it will be at att park.no longer an oakland athletics. this scary skull fracture last season that he suffered, he is my an arizona diamondback. he gets reunited with former a trevor dayhill. two seasons with the a's. >>> very quickly to basketball. the warriors lead the nets late in the game. story coming up on the late show. >>> you never know who you might bump into at a raider game. actor/producer marlin wayons. >> you must have some game growing up. you do a lot of physical comedy. >> physical comedy had to do. it is a lot of work. we're athletes. we just don't have the cool that they have. i look really awkward. they can't fall like i fall. me, i can snap and twist and i will be fine. see this? if that happened to one of them, they would be out for the season. >> just spend little time in the black hole if you want that. you'll get plenty. >> look, i'm blanch they turn me white. i'm like excuse me. i'm sorry. excuse me one second. i'm sorry. go raiders. >> all right. the 49ers and dolphins square off su

. >>> baseball news, when a's fans think about brandon mccarthy, this moment will be the first thing that flashes in their minds. a line drive that could have killed him. turned out it was his last pitch for the a's. he's agreed to a two-year deal with arizona for $15.5 million. he posted a 8-6 record for the green and gold last year. to the ice. the bulls hosting the colorado eagles. the third period they were down 4-0. but we need one san francisco goal because this was teddybears night. he delivered with the goal and fans delivered with the teddybears on the ice, all to be donated to charity. the bulls lose, but the kids win. good stuff right there. that's a wrap on morning sports. mike will be here with the heisman trophy winner. who wins it? we will find out at five, six and eleven. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next, need help on the down payment on a home you want to buy? homeowners are applying for free mortgage money. find out if you qualify. and they trusted a dealer to >> some families in the east bay now have $20,000 to make a down payment on a home.

. >>> baseball news, when raise fan think about brandon mccarthy, this moment will be the first thing that flashes in their mine. line drive that could have killed him. turned out it was his last pitch to the raise. he's agreed to a two-year deal with arizona for $15.5 million. he posted a 8-2 record for the green and gold last year. to the ice. the bowls hosting the colorado eagles. the third period they were down 4-0. but we need one san francisco bowl because this was teddy bears to night. he delivered with the goal and fans delivered with the teddy bear on the ice, all to be donated to charity. the balls lose but the kids win. that's a wrap on morning sports. mike will be here with the heisman trophy winner. who wins it? we will find out at five, six and eleven. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next needing help on the down payment on a home you want to buy? homeowners are applying for free mortgage money. find out if you qualify. and they trust add dealer to help them sign their cars but now a >> coming up on 5:30 some families in the east bay now have $20,000