it was a summer of promise for karen christiansen and ken jones. after ten years of marriage, they were expecting their first child. ken was teaching when he got the call... ken jones: it was a person from the y, and when they first started talking about karen, it was very strange because i thought it was going to have something to do with the pregnancy, and then when they said it was a stroke, it took a few minutes for it to kind of sink in. i went to the class, and that's all i remember. i know now that the teacher, she saw that i wasn't acting as normal or whatever that the other women were. the source of the problem was occurring inside karen's brain, the body's control center. dr. saver: the brain is an incredibly complex organ. it's the seat of the personality and thinking in our humanity. it has millions, or perhaps billions of nerve cells, and billions upon billions of connections between these nerve cells. it is organized in a very regular pattern from individual to individual. it is fed by a number of blood vessels that bring nutrients to

ken jones and ron stokes are hitting their spot.two of eight teammates for this east bay no name corn hole team. and they have called out a san francisco team for a saturday morning bag tossing bonanza called the ryder cup of corn hole. >> we have all been playing this game for quite a while and we have game and frankly we feel like this is our home turf. so we're defending the east bay on saturday. >> reporter: corn hole, a game whose roots trace back to kentucky perhaps instead of a ball they tossed around sacks of corn at an open target. one point to hit the board, three if you knock it in. >> everything is missing to the right so if you just put your sight line off just a little bit to the left, got it. got it! whoo! get that? >> the people that tend to really grasp this game quickly and succeed are the guy that played slow pitch softball as a pitcher. bowlers do very well. horseshoe players do very well. anybody that's got that underhand motion. >> that also 11 a.m. tomorrow at croghan's in walnut creek. big crowd expected. the

ktvu's john sasaki jones us from walnut creek with more. >> reporter: ken, the donations are piling up6' 2. this pile is also 6' 2. that's a big pile of coats. we have more than 2000 already. i want to tell you from personal experience, i dug in my closet and thought i would found one or two. i found five coats that i never wear, so i brought them all out. that's how easy it is. if i can do it, you can as well. take a look. total score right there. here in walnut creek, 2028 coats. we are doing quite well. we have a goal of 2500. of course these donations will be coming in here until december 31st. these ladies are girl scouts from the city of concord. you guys are all wearing the great coats donated today. you're a 49er fan, so you're wearing a 49er jacket, perfect. tell me why it is so important to donate to the people in need with this group. >> it is important for people to donate coats because some people cannot afford them or they don't have coats to keep them warm during the winter. >> reporter: it gets cold out here. ladies, thank you very much. what do you say to everybody who

it's the dow jones industrials and despite a hiccup today, up 20% so far this year and the runup has more than a few americans running to the stock market. derrick kennney says be careful. the general rule of thumb is that the closer you get to retirement, the more conservative you have to be. right? explain. >> that's exactly right. one thing we have seen is the market has doubled over the past four years, and who made the money from the market? those professional investors that saw the opportunities back in '09, took the risk, ridden the wave and capitalized on that. then you have the retail investors on the sideline, typically family people, may work full time. may be managing a business. those are the people that traditionally have always come to the dance late and wondered why isn't the music still playing? it's those people right now that i think face the most risk on the precipice of, should i put my money in the market that's already red hot. >> the rule of thumb is that doesn't apply, if you have a ten-year timeline. you can ride these bumps even if it looks like you're buying at a high. doesn't always happen to be the case and ten years af