including two near disney land and another outside the same new port mall. he remains in jail without bail. >>> the leaders of an independent panel that harassly criticized security in ben tobacco city will explain their findings today. the u.s. ambassador and three other americans were killed in a september 11 attack. meanwhile democrats are rejecting the fiscal cliff plan b by republicans. boehner stays his plan b is a fallback in case they don't get a deal done before the end of the year. his plan is to increase tax rates for those making $1 million a year and keep them the same for everyone else. senate democratic leader harry reid says plan b won't make it through the senate where democrats are in the majority. >>> instar gram is responding to the new terms of service. instagram founder is now thanking users for their input about new rules. one says instagram could sell any photos posted to advertisers without notifying or compensating the account holder. now it says it has no intention of selling user photos. >> a lot of people talking about that yeste

were better than disney land values are more important and more useful. you know you don't teach them that they want they need to buy things to be happy here everyone just gives things and you take and there's no value i mean this mom i mean that like when you go somewhere like disney world they just want you to buy things out there but here the experience is what's important. now is in your job your utopia is showing find me a perfect person and i'll start believing a perfect society. no no there's no perfect society that's kind of a backwards approach to things but i believe in god but i believe that we could all be a reality that we deeply feel we will walk through it but that of but there for everyone to liberty freedom so. i think that's possible both at the same time and i think in some major we are as a test case to our program. as far as i. understand it it's just inefficient. to burn it every year at this ritual so for me i like to yell when the burning like to yell and scream let out all my frustrations and energy from the year before and then s

were better than disney land values are more important and more useful. you know once you don't teach them that they want they need to buy things to be happy here everyone just gives things and you take and there's no value i mean this mom time. that like when you go somewhere like disney world they just want you know like things out there that hear the experience is what's important. now is in your tokyo utopia is silly and find me a perfect person and i'll start believing in a perfect society. no no there's no purpose that's kind of backwards approach to things but i believe and i believe that we can all be a community if we deeply feel we belong to it but that of it but for everyone to liberty to be themselves. i think that's possible both are distinct and i think in some major we are as a test case are pretty. plain. as far as i. understand it just an effort. to learn it every year ritual so for me i like to yell when the burning like to yell and scream let out all my frustrations on the street from the year before and then start. it feels really good

. >> so you're going to disney land. >> exactly.nk some of the guys, mostly the offensive and defensive line will have trouble getting on to the roads. >> stanford is favored over wisconsin. if they win the rose bowl than coach can say they did something neither jim harbaugh or andrew luck ever accomplished. >>> boise state keeps making trips to vegas. from winning the las vegas bowl three consecutive years. this young boise state fan won a mustache boise state goes ahead of washington. broncos usually good for trickery. double pass plays. huffs and puffs and blows his way in for a touchdown. never actually hit the ground. that's a touchdown. they finish 11-2. huskies just 7-6. >>> louisiana lafayette coach led them to the new orleans bowl today. huge fan following. harris had the entire east carolina team following him. tied. louisiana lafayette wins the new orleans bowl and this lovely parting gift. >>> tomorrow the nfl double header day here at ktvu. you see the new orleans and dallas game. then at 5:00 p.m. we will air a special

out that congresswoman sanchez from northern california whose district includes prospectly enough disney land has put out a brand-new christmas card where she is sort of making light of the fiscal cliff. there's a picture of she and her husband. may you dance with joy, just not too close to the fiscal cliff. >> what kind of reaction is she getting? >> she's known for giving and putting out these incredibly interesting christmas cards. last year her christmas card made reference to the occupy movement and said something to the effect that "i hope the holidays occupy your hearts." this is one in a line of christmas cards she's issued. got a lot of press. but made me begin to think that maybe it is the case that the fiscal cliff could be recovered by one particular jolly man who could come help us. i wrote a thing called ", thewas the night before christmas." if you'll indulge me. '', thewas the night before christmas, all through the house, the members were stirring and starting to grow. the job market was steady, the job numbers were fair. the democrats wanted higher taxes for some, and republ

. >> the teachers been a vacation across the country, instead of going do see sea world and disney land they visit historic sites. when i turned 15 i visited -- [inaudible] independence. got to read "grapes of wrath" and visit sign stein beck's home. i think living on the road for family vacation three months in a trailer got me interested in american history. >> literature comes very important thing in community. as a one friend used to say, a writer is someone who has readers. i always thought it was a good simple line. a good simple definition of what writer is. but that effort of creating a community through an art form and enhancing that community and enhancing that general imagination makes having a writer's institute not only worth it but i think a very important. and what we have done, i think, across the years, we have not only exposed people to excellent artwork and writing in particular, but we have educate people to become more descript -- to become more effective judges of what makes something good. and people read. people buy books. it's a very book-loving community. and i

including two that happened near disney land and another one outside of a same new port law. he's still in jail being held without bail. >>> one east bay city is considering a plan to ban the use of surveillance drones. the berkeley city council talked about the no drone zone proposal. alameda county sheriffs office is considering buying and using the four pound machine for short missions. and the drone would only be used over berkeley if authorities in berkeley asked them to use it. supporters of the no drone zone say the use of that drone violates their civil rights. >>> right now 5:49. we were talking about starting at 4:30 this morning. that big crash. way up north. sal has an update. >> that is right pam and dave. the freeway was open just after 5:00. and it was really kind of a tough stretch there. in case you didn't hear was a 60 car pileup that closed this freeway for a good long time. i was just reading some of the notes here from chp they were a lite wary of reopening it. so something like that wouldn't happen again. if you are traveling up north on highway 5 let's

we went to seattle and we went to disney land, which was most important. greyhound buses most of the time, and we rented cars, and we would stay at local motels or howard johnsons, and if there was a pool at one of these mo tells, even if it was justin any, i would be very excited, the ice machine was exciting and the vending machine i was really excited about that. but this is at the time when you didn't have 600 stations and 24 hours worth of cartoons, and so at night if the tv was on, it was what your parents decided to watch. my mother that summer would turn on the tv every night during the vacation and watch the watergate hearings. and i can't say that i understood everything that was being discussed, but i knew the issues were important. i knew they spoke to some basic way about who we were as americans, so slowly during the course of the trip, which lasted about month, some of this seeped to my head, and the person who fascinated me most was this man of japanese decent, with one arm, speaking in this courtly borrow tone full of dignity and grace. an

we went to seattle and we went to disney land which was most important, and we traveled to kansas where my grandmother's family was from, and went to chicago and went to yellowstone. we took greyhound buses most of the time and we rented cars and would stay in local motels or howard johnson's and if there was a pool at one of these motels, even if it was just tiny, i would be very excited and the ice machine was exciting and the vending machine, i was really excited about that, but this is at a time when you didn't have 600 stations and 24 hours worth of cartoons and so at night if the tv was on, it was what your parents decided to watch. my mother, that summer, would turn on the tv every night during this vacation and watch the watergate hearings. i can't say that i understood everything that was being discussed, but i knew the issues were important. i knew they spoke to some basic way about who we were and who we might be as americans. so slowly during the course of this trip which lasted about a month, some of this seeped into my head and the person who fascinated me most was this ma

starting in 2016 the disney characters are coming to netflix. they landed exclusive rights to stream disney movies before they air on cable networks. netflix will get some of disney's classic movies. no financial terms of the deal were released. and just in time for the holidays, starbucks is introducing a $454 gift card. the card is made of etched steel. comes with $400 on it. the reason why it's $450? it costs $50 just to make the card. there will be only 5,000 available and they will only be sold on the website gilt.com. the card comes with a gold level starbucks membership for $400 you can buy 57 cups of starbucks new $7 roast. i didn't know there was a gold level membership at starbucks. but i think i need it now that i know. >> i could use some of that coffee. ashley morrison here in new york. thank you. in sports this morning there's a buzz going around the nba the hornets will change their name. as early as next season they will become the new orleans pelicans. better than the pigeons, i suppose. just some context. it's the louisiana state bird. the

this is from jake in the never lands, pirates, disney jr. property this year. this is the pirate ship from that series. and, again, this is -- this is preschool, up to the young toddlers, really a fantastic toy too. >> love it. >> and finally, not to be left out. i brought angry birds air swimmers. this is radio control air swimmers. and what that means is that the fellow in red there actually flies. and he can be controlled with this radio control. >> remote control. >> remote control to attack the other one. and he can dive or climb. and he swims with his tail there. you can see him swimming. and attack the other one. this one is the -- you know, if you play angry birds, this is the one you're knocking down and he's the guy who is doing it. >> incredibly popular, right? >> well, it's so much fun. even the crew here when we were starting to film this, they all flocked to that one. and why not? talk about bringing a virtual world to the physical world and making it real-life. there you have it. >> i love it. what great toys. and we really appreciate you bringin

walt disney world's new fantasy land is open after the biggest expansion in the 41-year history. the magic kingdom makeover includes giving out pagers and serving beer and wine for the first time ever. the park has been struggling with stagnant attendance. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 5:22. 31 degrees at the airport. asking questions at a town hall meeting. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think eating or putting on makeup should be included in distracted-driving fines? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> a group of students get a chance to fire off questions to the new superintendent. >> there was a town hall meeting on wednesday. question range from school lunches to school safety. >> if you worry about what students will ask you, you are not doing the job. i tell my staff i want to know the real deal. we know what the real issues are. >> he was hired six months ago. 31 degrees at t

. >>> and starting in 2016 the whole host of disney characters are coming to netflix. the online video rental service landedights to stream disney movies before they air on premium cable networks. netflix will also stream some of disney's classic movies. no financial terms of the deal were released. but certainly a big score there for netflix. >> that is a big coup. >> i have a cousin who drinks starbucks every day. now i know what to get her. >> this would make her have a lot of clout there around starbucks, as well. they are introducing a $450 gift card. the starbucks metal car is made of etched steel and comes with only $400 on it. the reason why it's $450, you ask? it costs $50 just to make this steel card. >> are you kidding me? >> no, i'm not kidding you, frank. there's only going to be 5,000 available so get them while they're hot. and they will only be sold on their website, guilt.com. >> i don't think they will sell out. >> we did the math. and if you buy their finca palmilera, that big $7 cup of coffee that's coming out from costa rica, you could drink lattes for 3.5 months. >> that might be good.

. >>> el mundo mÁgico de disney es mÁs grande, la nueva atracciÓn, fantasy land, y en orlando se celebrara comienza en el taller, con el espejo mÁgico. >>> los visitantes se transportan a la biblioteca de la bestia para conocer a bella y disfrutarÁn de una narraciÓn y animada historia. >>> y si tiene hambre visite el nuevo restaurante, (hablan en inglÉs) con un amplio menÚ diseÑado para principes y princesas. >>> el chef se llama rafa y es de puerto rico. >>> sÍ, aqui el salÓn principal el de baile donde la pelÍcula baila la bella y la bestia, muchos detalles. bien detallado como es en realidad la pelÍcula. >>> siendo de puerto rico le das el toque boricua al menÚ. >>> de vez en cuando, cuando puedo. >>> sÍ, un pionono. >>> sÍ, para nosotros mismos. >>> es un restaurante muy tecnolÓgico? >>> sÍ, pueden ordenar la comida en la pantalla, se le entrega una rosa, al entrar al comedor, se sienta y la comida aparece a la mesa. >>> wow!. delicioso. aquÍ solamente falta decir. >>> quÉ bien. > >>> y eso estaba muy bueno, me encuentro con mary santana, gerente de relaciones pÚblicas, la responsabl

in scott lapped tried sword fighting an he was one of the very first to visit disney california adventure park cars lande on faster. >>reporter: he still races out to cover news stories when needed and every week he cost a movie review with bucket of popcorn to rate the show. >> full bucket. half bucket. if you take it seriously pishltion don your friends and fans have loved you for 40 years so we'll give you a really full bucket and we'll see you on the aisle. cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >>> bonnie invoice acknowledge don and congratulations what a terrific guy. he truly is. >> king of entertainment report to go different kind of lights camera action. >> every light is doing its own thing. they are all choreographed. >> really cool. >> it is bother some. >> what is fun for some is nuisance for others. up next. highlights of the holiday season. stay with us. 7 news at 9:00 continues here in just at 9:00 continues here in just a moment. >> rain hang around awhile let's go back to sandhya to update the forecast with live doppler 7hd. >> good idea to happening on to the umbrella and watch out for possibil

. >>> today marked the grand reopening of the new fantasy land at walt disney world's magic kingdom and this doubles the size of the original fantasyland and features new attractions inspired by dumbo, beauty and the beast and the little mermaid. >>> i know you're hungry for some pizza, but pizza hut is breaking into the perfume business. there's now a pizza scented perfume in canada called eu de pizza hut and it's very exclusive. eu only 110 bottles made being shipped to select people who responded to a promotional campaign on facebook. a marketing exec says only time will tell whether eu de pizza hut will make it to department stores. what are you doing? >> is it eu de pizza hut? >> it's how i just said it, with feeling. >> i thought for a minute my flicker was locked in the cell lockup, but i got it out. >> you like that thing, don't you? you better watch that toy. it's going over toer to's. >> we got to -- topper's house. >> we got to watch the car. >> you will not be taking the car. >> call her. pretend to be the queen. >> hello, the queen, may i borrow your car, please? little tin

land o'lakes butter. and when hands get messy quite surely they'll say, "yum! wow! yay! what a sweeter holiday." safeway. ingredients for life. >>> in orlando, a disneye shows off its new look. mickey mouse was on hand for the opening of the expands fantasy land. the park has doubled in size after a $425 million renovation. some of the popular rides include a play room for younger visitors waiting in line. beer and wine being served for the first time inside the magic ki

disney rereel veals a whole new world to you and your kids. we go inside the expanded fantasy land in just 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc works with you to understand yours and help plan for your retirement. visit a branch or call now for your personal retirement review. >> all right new at 11:00, we have a breakthrough good morning treatment for alzheimers. there's a new way of treating the disease here in maryland. they are implanting a pacemaker to the chest to stimulate the brain. so far, findings are positive. >> what we are hoping to see is improved memory and that people don't decline as that's as they would without the treatment. >> it is also being used to treat parken son's disease. it is only in an experimental stage. it slows the progression for people in the early stages of the illness. >>> helping cancer survivors. you wouldn't expect have very green christmas to go pink, but this is. the lake view tree farm is on a mission this season. >> why don't we pick december, one of the busiest seasons and get people to come out and support a

landed the u.s. right to show disney movies. however that won't start until 2016 because right now stars holds the right to disney moves under a deal that expires in 2013. >>> federal investigators have given the right to buy bay area based lucas film. george lucas is to receive about half of that in cash and the other half in newly issued disney shares. he has said he plans to tea -- plans to donate much of the money to charity. >>> and yahoo has announced a plan to buy on the air. it's not clear if yahoo will continue to use on the air's product or if the company is just scooping up mobile computing specialists. >>> one month after bay area voters went to the polls, more than half a million votes were cast and the measure lost by fewer than 200 votes. the measure would raise the sales tax by a half cent. the money would pay for improvements to roads, freeways and public safety. >>> now to san jose where police are looking for a people who converted a rented home into a marijuana grow operation. officers made the find. >> see,

disney was the grand marshal in 1966. this year's float, disneyland's newest attraction, cars land. >> they'll be going up and down, spil smooilingl have 45 moving parts and waterfall. how many flowers? >> hundreds of thousands. >> reporter: to build this float, they'll use 1 1/2 understand the of beads and 2,000 volunteers. this work is not easy, as i quickly found out. wait, if it's not -- it takes six hours just to cover this one car with blew and seeds. >> there you go. >> reporter: not bad. >> not bad at all. >> reporter: every float is unique this year. and for the first time, a wedding will be televised live from atop this farmer's insurance love float. >> we're going to be up there. >> reporter: we were there with the lucky couple from virginia. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> let's not forget who is playing in the rose bowl. wiscsi

landed the u.s. right to show disney movies. however that won't start until 2016 because right now stars holds the right to disney moves under a deal that expires in 2013. >>> federal investigators have given the right to buy bay area based lucas film. george lucas is to receive about half of that in cash and the other half in newly issued disney shares. he has said he plans to tea -- plans to donate much of the money to charity. >>> and yahoo has announced a plan to buy on the air. it's not clear if yahoo will continue to use on the air's product or if the company is just scooping up mobile computing specialists. >>> one month after bay area voters went to the polls, more than half a million votes were cast and the measure lost by fewer than 200 votes. the measure would raise the sales tax by a half cent. the money would pay for improvements to roads, freeways and public safety. >>> now to san jose where police are looking for a people who converted a rented home into a marijuana grow operation. officers made the find. >> see,

. >>> the magic at disney world in florida just got bigger. the new fantasy lands now open and it's double its original size. it's the largest expansion in the park's 41-year history. you can now check out these castles from the beauty and beast and the castle from the little mermaid. hopefully it will shorten some of those lines. >>> same-sex couples in maryland are picking up marriage licenses for the first time. the marriages will not take effect until january 1st. the same-sex marriage ballot question was approved by maryland voters last month. today news4's tony tull spoke with the first woman to pick up her marriage license in montgomery county. >> i'm not hurting anybody. i just want to marry my girlfriend that i love. >> reporter: it's a big day for elizabeth mckenna, she and her girlfriend become the first gay or lesbian couple to obtain a marriage license here in montgomery county. she tells news4 how happy she is that this roller coaster of emotions is finally coming to an end. >> everyone's smiling at me. it's so bizarre. i never thought this would hap

after all, walt disney was the grand marshal in 1966. this year's float, cars landth sally at his side. the 125 foot long float will have 45 moving parts and a waterfall. how many flowers are we talking about covering this entire float? >> hundreds of thousands. >> reporter: to build this float, they'll use 1.5 tons of seed, 200 gallons of glue and 2,000 volunteers, like melissa rodriguez. >> it just makes me feel good to do something good for my community. >> reporter: every float is unique this year. and for the first time, a wedding will be televised live from atop this farmer's insurance love float. >> we're going to be way up there. >> reporter: we were with them when they saw for the first time where they'll be harnessed in and exchanging vows 27 feet off the ground. thankfully the weather is expected to hold up for the parade for that couple. and we also learned some other great secrets. every decoration has to be natural, they used dried artichokes for fur and dried seaweed for windows. >> sounds like sushi. >> you can take it in and also eat it if you get h

after all, walt disney was the marshall in 1956. this year the new float, cars land. >> up and town. it will have 145 moving parts and a water fall. >> how many flowers to cover in float? >> hundreds of thousands. >> they will use 200 gallons of glue, 2,000 volunteers like melissa rodriguez. >> it brings people together in the community. >> and this work is not easy, as i quickly found out. >> wait! >> it takes six hours just to cover this one car with glue and seed. >> there you go. not bad! >> not bad at all. >> every float is unique this year. and for the first time a wedding will be televised live from atop this farmer's insurance love float. we were with the lucky couple from virginia when they saw for the first time where they will hairinessed in and exchanging vows 27 feet above the ground. >> thankfully the weather is expected to hold up for the parade. and because every decoration has to be natural, they use dried artichoke for fur and dried seaweed for windows. abc news, loves. >> you can watch the tournament of roses parade new year's morning beginning at

disney says with its new acquisition was star wars franchise it plans to make sequels to the six part series. >>> organizers of san francisco's outside lands music festival have set the dates for 2013. the festival in golden gate park will run august 9-11. it features dozens of bands over three days along with food, wine and beer. no word yet on the lineup. >>> one contra costa county city has 80% fewer homes for sale than usual. >> as the real estate market heats up, for sale signs are becoming less common. what that means for buyers and sellers coming up. >> then how the results of this recount will affect your east bay commute and your wallet for years to come. >> taxpayer dollars are on the line. >> right after the break, new details on a threat of more shuttered fire stations. when and where they could soon be closed. gentleman firefighters in contra costa county join a heated debate involving the closure of four fire stations. rob rosts is here with when a final decision could be made. >> this fire station on shell avenue in martinez is one of four stations in the county marked for closure. in a meeting that just wrapped up, the cont

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estoy en el reino mágico de walt disney world y los niños se divierten en fgrande y las fantasías no tienen límite francisca, dale play! >>> bienvenidos a fantasy landjar pasar, definitivamente dumbo jamás pasará de moda! >>> aquítodo es mágico con este espejo que nos permite entrar en la historia de amor entre la bella y la bestia y lo mejor de todo es que me dejaron ser parte del cuento! >>> crear toda esta fansía no es fácil y menos si se hace en el fondo del mar! >>> trabajamos con los animadores originales. >>> ahora me muevo como pez en el agua! (mÚsica). >>> si despuésd e tanta belleza y diversión se abre el apetito y en el castillo la comida es bestil. los chandeliers son réplicas exactas de la película. la mejor parte fgueron los postres. >>> puedo probar uno? >>> si, claro! >>> (mÚsica). >>> te gustó ah? >>> claro! >>> (risas). >>> no me podía resistir, es que los postres estaban deliciosos y mari santana es la dueña de la receta de los postres! >>> hasta el perro vino siguiéndonos. >>> ay, me cambiaron a gastón por pluto! >>> ahora sí, en privado me harán una coronación! >>> cuánto tiempo demoraron en crear esta fantasía? >>> en diseño, m

. >>> how about spending it in disney land?ney land is getting ready for the new years 'celebrations. they plan to ring in the new year in an interactive way by using special mickey mouse hats. the ears will light up on the hats on their own at midnight and the special fire works show will begin. >>> here in the bay area we have you celebrate on new years eve various public transportation agencies are doing what they can to help you get home safely. bart will run until 3:00 a.m.. and for those taking muni your trips are free from 8:00 p.m. on new years eve until 6:00 a.m. on january 1st. after midnight samtrans will also be free. >> make sure you have a safe ride home on new years eve. 8:25 how will the weather be looking when we ring in the new year. will it be a little warmer? >>> maybe not warmer but it will be dry. >> dry is good. >> dry is definitely good if you will be out celebrating. and maybe close enough to walk home. morning snow showers at this hour and continuing until 10:00. no advisories in place but carry those