they stopped in elko nevada and now the teens are heading home. sharon chin is in lafayette to explain why police let them off the hook. sharon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank and grace. the teens are expected back here today after the drug bust. elko police chief says it involves, quote, loads and loads and loads of contraband. this is what elko police in northern nevada confiscated from five tour buses of 250 teenagers as young as 15. drugs that include ecstasy, mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana and bottles of alcohol. police say the group is traveling eight hours to a ski trip in salt lake city when a store clerk reported passengers smoking in a nevada parking lot. police dogs sniffed drugs and elko police say they gave the mostly teenaged passengers a choice. get locked in juvenile detention or turn over the drugs. >> there was people around me that were freaking out because they didn't know if they should turn it in or not because if they didn't turn it in and they got caught, they would like everyone's trip would be ruined becaus

those students are expected to return today after a drug bust at elko's -- that elko's police chief involvedd loads and loads of contraband." this is what elko police in northern nevada confiscated from five tour buses of 250 teenagers as young as 15. drugs that include ecstasy, mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana and bottles of alcohol. police say the group had been traveling about 8 hours to a ski trip in salt lake city when a store clerk reported passengers smoking in a nevada parking lot. police dogs sniffed drugs and elko police say they gave the mostly teenaged passengers a choice, get locked in juvenile detention or turn over the drugs. >> there were people around me that were freaking out because they didn't know if they should turn it in or not because if they didn't turn it in and they got caught, they would, like, everyone's trip would be ruined because they didn't turn it in. >> some of them apparently were smoking or maybe even smoking marijuana outside the bus. and it appeared suspicious to the people at the maverick. >> reporter: they voluntarily turned over the drugs and no one was

this is what elko police in northern nevada confiscated from five tour buses of 250 teenagers as young as 15. drugs including ecstasy, mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana, and bottles of alcohol. police say the group had been travel eight hours to a ski trip in salt lake city and were four to five hours away when a store clerk reported passengers smoking in a nevada parking lot. police dogs sniffed drugs and elko police say they gave the mostly teenaged passengers a choice, lockup or turn over the drugs. >> there was people around me that were freaking out because they didn't know if they should turn it in or not because if they didn't turn it in and they got caught, they would like -- everyone's trip would be ruined because they didn't turn it in. >> some of them apparently were smoking or maybe -- maybe even smoking marijuana outside the bus. it appeared suspicious to the people at the maverick store. >> reporter: they voluntarily turned over the drugs. no one was arrested. elko police say the passengers included students from bay area high schools like acalanes, campolindo, concord, liver

bus were his headed to utah when they pulled over in elko, nevada and that's where the trouble started. we are in the newsroom to take it from there. >>reporter: instead of citing and argue some 250 kids the elko police chef just let them continue on to utah saying getting names and matching the kids to the cop from band would have been a logistical nightmare and with 20 bed at jawvie hall where would he put them all. pipe. bong. booze. pounds of marijuana. all this confiscated tuesday from buses full of bay area hay school students heading to yacht for a ski trip. the bus his stopped for food in elko, nevada and that's when the trouble began. >> some of them apparently were smoking or maybe, maybe even smoking marijuana outside the bus and it appeared suspicious to the people at the maverick. >>reporter: so they called police. >> so our officers went with our canine units and sheriff's department canine there as well to assist us and the drug dog hit open all 5 buses. >> pretty much found an astonishing amount of marijuana and alcohol. >>reporter: trip organized by swat. summer winter

bus were his headed to utah when they pulled over in elko, nevada and that's where the trouble started. we are in the newsroom to take it from there. >>reporter: instead of citing and argue some 250 kids the elko police chef just let them continue on to utah saying getting names and matching the kids to the cop from band would have been a logistical nightmare and with 20 bed at jawvie hall where would he put them all. pipe. bong. booze. pounds of marijuana. all this confiscated tuesday from buses full of bay area hay school students heading to yacht for a ski trip. the bus his stopped for food in elko, nevada and that's when the trouble began. >> some of them apparently were smoking or maybe, maybe even smoking marijuana outside the bus and it appeared suspicious to the people at the maverick. >>reporter: so they called police. >> so our officers went with our canine units and sheriff's department canine there as well to assist us and the drug dog hit open all 5 buses. >> pretty much found an astonishing amount of marijuana and alcohol. >>reporter: trip organized by swat. summer winter

this anonymous soccer player from acalanes high described the scene as elko, nevada police search dogs sniffed out drugs on five buses of teenagers headed to a salt lake ski trip. >> some people were kind of like frantic and others were cool, you know, playing it cool like making it seem like it wasn't a big deal, you know,. >> reporter: but they voluntarily got the stuff out? >> some people, yeah. >> reporter: the police chief said he embraced the teaching moment giving them a choice, juvenile detention or turn over the drugs. then another surprise. >> with all the stuff they found, no arrests?! they just took the stuff and said, all right, you're on your way. >> reporter: elko police say they uncovered several pounds of marijuana, hallucinogenics and alcohol on five buses carrying 250 teenagers from all over the bay area. other acalanes high soccer players practicing this morning tell me that teens can easily get drugs and drug use on the ski trip isn't a secret except maybe to parents. one teenager said he can't go because his parents discovered teen drug use on a sibling's prior tr

but the ski trip was allowed to continue because elko county had no place to put the rest of the 250 youngsters on the buses. tonight elko police say they found pot last winter on a similar trip organized by summer/winter tours. >>> a teenage hockey fan is recovering from a brain trauma she says happened at a sharks game. she supports the vancouver canucks. she was rooting for her team on wednesday, and maggie claims a shark's fan jumped her and slammed her head causing a mild concussion. this after she had undergone surgery to remove a brain everybody stood up and i felt two hands come down the back of my head. i flew forward and luckily didn't hit my head on anything else. >> another shark fan told her to suck it up as she was being taken out of the pavilion. they say it was an accident, and no charges have been filed in this case. >>> extra police are patrolling the streets of los angeles tonight trying to prevent a serial arsonist from striking again. at least 21 fires were set in and around west hollywood. most were started in parked cars. several turned into major fires, howeve

but the ski trip was allowed to continue because elko county had no place to put the rest of the 250 youngsters on the buses. tonight elko police say they found pot last winter on a similar trip organized by summer/winter tours. >>> a teenage hockey fan is recovering from a brain trauma she says happened at a sharks game. she supports the vancouver canucks. she was rooting for her team on wednesday, and maggie claims a shark's fan jumped her and slammed her head causing a mild concussion. this after she had undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor. >> it was second period, the second goal. as soon as they scored everybody stood up and i felt two hands come down the back of my head. i flew forward and luckily didn't hit my head on anything else. >> another shark fan told her to suck it up as she was being taken out of the pavilion. they say it was an accident, and no charges have been filed in this case. >>> extra police are patrolling the streets of los angeles tonight trying to prevent a serial arsonist from striking again. at least 21 fires were set in and around west hollywood. m

away in elko, nevada, a virtual illicit pharmacy with users as young as 15, busted as they made a stop outside the golden arches. >> they stopped at the maverick near the mcdonald store and were going to eat, some of them apparently were smoking or maybe even smoking marijuana outside the bus. and it appeared suspicious to the people at the maverick. the maverick store people called us so our officers went with the k-9 unit and sheriff's department k-9 assisted us and the drug dogs hit on all five buses. >> reporter: the police chief says his officers were given consent to board five tour buses. on board, they found 250 teenagers from bay area high schools like acalanes, kappa lindo, concord, santa cruz, petaluma, gilroy and de la salle. police say the teenagers consented to have their luggage searches. that's when officers found marijuana , huh lou no generals and alcohol. cbs 5 found this trip is not sponsored by one of the local high schools but a group that calls itself s.w.a.t. for the past 15 years, s.w.a.t. has sponsored a ski trip this year to salt lake city. s.w.a.t. claims al

. >> reporter: the elko police chief wasn't available for comment today although he did tell a newspaper that he basically gave the kids a slap on the wrist as a learning experience for them. we tried to reach the superintendent at the school. also not available for comment. so allen, it's not clear whether these children will face punishment here at school. >> thank you, christin ayers. >>> these types of trips seem like an invitation for drugs and alcohol. linda yee looked into the tour company that organized the trip. >> reporter: it's four days of action, sports and entertainment, a $500 adventure package for high school students on winter break, except this week's tour had more than advertised. marijuana, drug paraphernalia and alcohol stashed in suitcases the owner of summer winter action tours or popularly known as s.w.a.t. told me it wasn't his fault kids violated the zero tolerance policy. >> it's a parent issue. >> reporter: he concedes teenagers on break mean trouble but they are often the minority. so in every trip there is a bad apple? >> of course. because i'd be naive. wou

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we saw an elko kha meno when we were on tour and we thought "hey why don't we call the record el comino> stephen: there so there's a back story. (laughter) are your songs that deep? (laughter and applause) >> there's deeper meaning now because that was our tour van. >> stephen: but that's not an el comino. >> el comino means the road or the path. >> stephen: i didn't know that. >> neither did we. we found that out. >> so you've made the decision and made it sound meaningful later? >> we didn't make it sound meaningful. we... we accidentally walked into that. we found the meaning later and pretended it was meaningful. yeah. >> stephen: well, i love that it's not only an el comino, none of the photos, none of them, are el cominos. >> stephen: those are in akron, ohio, where we're from. >> stephen: you guys aring from akron! akron, does it have a big music scene in is akron like its own motown? akron makes tires, right? >> yeah, it's a the rubber capital of the world. >> stephen: it's part of the mo of motown? >> there are a lot of great bands that came from there but it's sort of... depre

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a drug bust from a central or latin-american country but this was just a few hundred miles away in elko, nevada, a virtual illicit pharmacy with users as young as 15, busted as they made a stop outside the goldenarches. >> they stopped at the maverick near the mcdonald store and were going to eat, some of them apparently were smoking or maybe even smoking marijuana outside the bus. and it appeared suspicious to the people at the maverick. the maverick store people called us so our officers went with the k-9 unit and sheriff's department k-9 assisted us and the drug dogs hit on all five buses. >> reporter: the police chief says his officers were given consent to board five tour buses. on board, they found 250 teenagers from bay area high schools like acalanes, kappa campolindo, concord, santa cruz, petaluma, gilroy and de la salle. police say the teenagers consented to have their luggage searches. that's when officers found marijuana , huh , huh hallucinogens and alcohol. cbs 5 found this trip is not sponsored by one of the local high schools but a group that calls itself s.w.a.t. for th

but the ski trip was allowed to continue because elko county had no place to put the rest of the 250 youngsters on those buses. the elko police say they found pot last winter on a similar trip organized by summer winter tours. >>> if you love to watch college bowl games, you have come to the right place. we have highlights coming up and status update on the nine speakers the raiders. >>> good morning, it's the ultimate tease. you own a ferrari, but it's constantly breaking down. the raiders know exactly what we are talking about. they have had three ferraris in the repair shop off and on all year. the good news ford will be back tomorrow against san diego. his first action since being injured against the chargers november 10th. >> i have to be able to be out there and be with my guys and be with the team. it feels good to be back in the meeting rooms and be around. he's been saying try to get the ferraris back. he said he has the yellow one. >> good to have one of them back. the 49ers defense licking their chops for sunday's contest in st. louis. the rams' offensive line is given up

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a cruiser responded to the break onÑiqxd santa clara way in elko. without water tonight and three fire hydrants are out of service. you don't need us toq telle1 yot bay area has a freeze warning is in effect for certain locations. tomorrow is the firstxd winter spare the air day.+ of pollution. let's bring in jeff ranieri for a closer look at thelp conditio now and into tomorrow. >> good evening. aok slight bit warmer than this time last night. not as muche1 of a drop off tha are seeing relative humidity+ levels infá san francisco and s mateo in the 40s and 50e1lps.en ty of widespread 30pl5aé our freeze warning in effect for this isolated areaok along the interstate 80 corridor from Ávacaville intolpko sacramento. the coldest spot is innapa.napa. that's where we have 34 degrees ight out of the we could seexd patchy fog in th north bay and also for the east bayq?u we continue throughout tonight with plenty of 30s. more on that coming up and more on the spare the air alert for . >> thank you, jeff.çó booted off a flight, where was alec baldwin kicke

the elko nevada police chief gave them an option of three days in juvenile hall or turning over all the drugs. many students did in fact turn over the drugs and in fact we spoke to a few students today who told us this truly is, uhm, more than a ski trip. >> i have gone in years past. >> reporter: he says it's more than just a ski trip. >> definitely a lot of partying. >> reporter: are we talking like drugs, hookups, is it that type of thing? >> yeah. pretty much. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it's what student athletes practicing lacrosse on campus today told us most parents don't know about the annual salt lake city ski trip. max's mother let his sister attend a few years ago. >> oh, yeah. it's a ski trip. you can go and she didn't really know about the drugs and alcohol. >> reporter: this time the teens about 250 of them from 40 northern california schools were caught redhanded. a worker at an i-80 rest stop smelled the smoke of marijuana and called police. drug-sniffing dogs found pounds of pot on board, along with paraphernalia, alcohol and a slew of hallucinogenics. a soccer player wh

police dogs searched the buses in elko, nevada, after somebody saw some of the kids smoking during at stop there. elko's police made no arrests. >>> the suspect is finally in custody for the 1999 murder of alice sin. the 21-year-old from pinole was found shot to death in nevada. her boyfriend at the time is the suspect. he was arrested recently after returning to the united states from china. >>> and bay area law officers have a busy weekend ahead trying to keep drunk drivers off the road. they are planning extra patrols and some dui check points. over the last couple of weeks, there have been more than 1,000 dui arrests here in the bay area. >>> traffic and weather and weather before the big holiday weekend coming up right after this. frore. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. is as easy as... making breakfast. omelet? sure. scrambled eggs. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. citi financial tools. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> good morning from the traffic center. dealing with an accident in san francisco

police in elko displayed marijuana pipes, bongs and alcohol confiscated from five buses tuesday night. they say the teens inside the buses were on their way to utah for an unchaperoned ski trip. police were first alerted to the teens by callers reporting teens smoking marijuana. the police chief says it it would have been a huge legal challenge to determine exactly who each bag of drugs belonged to. so he gave everyone a lecture and urged them to be safe on the slopes. >>> if you pay your verizon bill over the phone or online, that's about to gets more expensive. pam cook will be here next with more on the new convenience fees the company says it will be charging. and we now know how many sears stores will be closing next year. where most of those stores are and why that list may be growing. >>> all right. there's a look at the big board. dow down 23 points. not really a lot happening on the markets today. this is the last trading day of 2011. no notable economic data or earnings reports coming in today. so it's expected to just kind of hover with not a lot of movement today. >>> the

elko police shed off the evidence which included marijuana, bongs and rolling papers. police dog found the marijuana after the buses pulled over for a rest stop. chief john wall says he could have arrested them all but logically it would have been a nightmare so he decided to turn it in a teaching moment by forcing the kids to give up their con from band. >>> fremont mayor and long time civil servant bob water man died today after series of illness. his career dates back to 1976 when he was appointed police chief. bob won city council seat in 1992 then became mayor in 2004. 77-year-old is survived by his wife of 53 years and their 2 children. >>> another pass to go talk b.numbers are dwindling and today there is one fawr. i'm talking about the story air man african american squadron that flew combat mission ins world war ii. services held today for dr. caesar and david reports on his life. >> as family friend gather to honor dr. caesar they use the same words to describe what the 93-year-old dentist and philanthropist was like. >> very retiring type person. very modest

instead of citing and arresting them police in a small northern nevada town elko decided to let themutah for a ski trip. the buses stopped for food, that's when the trouble began. >> some of them apparently were smoking or maybe even smoking marijuana outside the bus and it appeared suspicious to the people. >> reporter: they called police >> our officers went with our k-9 units the drug dogs hit on all five buses. >> they pretty much found an astonishing amount of marijuana and alcohol. >> reporter: the trip was organized by summer winter action tours the owner and president wasn't thrilled with how police handled the situation. he spoke to us by phone. >> police said if there is any more contraband on the bus you guys can turn it over and you won get in trouble. >> it is a tough situation to hear about when you are looking at kids who are supposed to be having a fun time. >> reporter: larry is here to watch his 15-year-old daughter play in a basketball tournament. he says police are sending the wrong message. >> i think you have to put an iron fist down, a little to send a message