mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> he bashed the very show he stars in. you know why angus t. jones won't be appearing in the next new episodes of "two and a half men." >> package thieves raiding porches and taking gifts. what delivery companies are doing to fight back and protect your presence. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] mayor george moscone and suprvisor harvey milk were gunned down at city hall by former supervisor dan white. >>> it was 34 years ago today when george moscone and harvey milk were gunned down at city hall by dan white. this year's event will have two parts. there was a ceremony on the steps of city hall about a half hour ago. and then there will be a candlelight march to milk's former camera store in the castro district. the annual commemoration began with the spontaneous candlelight march and vigil.

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> it is a wake up call for drivers. >> i don't really know why. i think i hit a barrier or a truck. >> setting up special patrols this holiday season. how they plan to catch drowsy drivers. >>> it'll cost $1,300 to fix it. >> victims of super storm sandy getting slammed again. the painful reality of what the government and insurance won't do to help. >>> good evening to you i'm meteorologist paul. the radar is crystal clear tonight. high definition radar picking up zero rain, but that will change big time in the extended forecast. find out when the soakers will begin on a live look outside your forecast next. reason. here's cbs 5 reporter ann >>> the chp is cracking down on drowsy drivers and for good reasons. here is ann notarangelo. >> you catch yourself like not in your lane and not paying attention. it's not good. >> reporter: if you have driven for any length of time it's bad to have happened. do you start dozing off. and then? >> it is the worst thing. you feel the rumble strip. and then you just scare yourself over and over again. >> report

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman with reaction on the new controversial measure. mike. >>> reporter: well, allen, this coca-cola may as well have a bull's eye on it but it's not just coca-cola. some kinds of chocolate milk, orange juice, anything with add sugar or high fructose corn syrup. they want to tax it. >> reporter: a little red wagon carrying 40 pounds of sugar has captured national attention in richmond. >> 40 pounds is the amount of sugar that each of richmond's children take in just from sodas alone every year. >> reporter: richmond city council member jeff ritter man who is also a heart doctor is the heart and soul of measure n. it would tax businesses a penny an ounce of sugary drinks sold. it would be the first of its kind in the nation. >> a third of our latino and a third of our african-american students are obese and another 20% are overweight in each group. those young people are going to die younger than they should. >> reporter: the money raised he says would go towards more health programs in schools. businesses here are fighting it for cost re

mike sugerman reports on the mystery of the missing memories. >> reporter: it's a major metropolis our bay area but sometimes someone breaks through the noise to show we may in fact just be mayberry. with opie and andy skipping rocks down near the creek. >> something very sentimental and obviously very precious to them. >> reporter: fremont police opened the case yesterday literally. they opened a briefcase. turned in to them found at a child care center parking lot. it's their wedding album from 2008 binded in a briefcase. what happened, fight, divorce, someone flung it out of a moving car? >> suspect it was probably stolen and they just abandoned it. >> reporter: part of a bigger burglary figures police property manager carol peterson. today fremont police put an advisory out on its 7,000 strong alert system because they don't know who vijay and ran it are. that's what they do here. >> i had a wallet in my desk for 20 years. i swear to god. and i finally found the owner of it. >> reporter: you did not. >> i did. >> reporter: do you recognize these people? >> no. >> reporter: no? poli

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> well, you know what they say, twinkies might last forever? especially the two i ate this afternoon. but the bakery behind them may be disappearing for good. hostess says it's going to announce sometime tomorrow whether it will liquidate its business. that would shut down a hostess bakery and a distribution center in oakland. the deadline for striking employees to return to work passed at 2:00 this afternoon. the maker of ho hoes and wonder bread says closing down operations would cost about 18,000 jobs. >>> the first boat of the season making its way to port. mobile5 live with early indications of what kind of dunk nevertheless crab season we're in for next. >> and it's a black friday price watch in tonight's consumerwatch. we track the hottest holiday items and find out if black friday isn't the best day to get a deal, then what is? ,, [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand

in livermore, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> no more black friday stampedes. new approach one major store is taking to give you the same deals without the chaos. how it works in tonight's consumerwatch. >> meteorologist paul deanno here in the weather center. now it's cold. check out the lows for tonight. down near 40. perhaps upper 30s in portions of napa, sonoma county, santa rosa 42. guess what. it gets even colder in my extended forecast. ,, it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. >>> all of us here at the late show want

mike sugerman. >>> mike only covered part of the schmutz because once the parade arrived at the civic center, well, there were the formal introductions, the team presentation and an impromptu rally speech where it rained sunflower seeds. thousands upon thousands crammed into the civic center plaza waiting for this. ♪ [ music ] a few brooms... a little beach blanket babylon... >> san francisco! >> reporter: and bruce bochy. >> bruce bochy! [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: because the giants' final victory of the sweep happened out of town in detroit the giants play-by-play announcer dave fleming recreated the moment. >> here's the 2-2 pitch, strike three called! and the giants win the world series! [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: then there was romo -- >> you look at each one of my teammates and we all got a different story. but we all had one goal in mind. we all had one job in mind. we all had one dream in mind to become world series champions as a group. >> reporter: angel pagan. >> may be a better player but i want to say something very special. i want to thank the fans be

. >> mike sugerman, cbs5. >>> the bears and the coach, the chicago bears legend mike ditka recovering from a minor stroke today, what he noticed before checking into a hospital. >> i'm here to have a good time, the beginning of the season, got to make a couple of good runs. >> let it snow. the word from deer snow boarders and sierra businesses banking on a white thanksgiving holiday. we'll be right back. trtrtrtrtrtrtrtrtrain, wishing you a happy thanksgiving. the middle east... after a temporary ceasefire between israel and palestine was br. "shots" ,. >>> the fighting continues in the middle east after a temporary cease fire between israel and palestine was broken. israel's military -- israel's military struck nearly 200 targets in palestinian territory just overnight. the attacks destroyed government and police compounds including a smuggling tunnel and a 3-story apartment building. hamas militants have struck back with nearly 500 rockets. it looks like israel is now getting ready for a ground invasion, and the conflict in the middle east is very much felt here in the bay area. pro

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> do you know what kind of smoke alarms are in your house?re's a good chance you have one that firefighters want to ban. >> they are on santa's naughty list this year. the potentially dangerous toys you can find on store shelves. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, of a second sex allegation. kevin clash is leaving sesae street after 28 years. todaa 24 year old man filed a lawt lly abused >>> the puppetter to advising em mow is leaving sesame street after 28 years. a 24-year-old man filed a lawsuit saying clash abused him when he was 15. another man accused clash of having sex with him when he was a teenager but recanted it a day later in fact. the voice of elmo, kevin clash has denied the claim. >>> consumer groups are warning parents about toys to avoid this holiday season, some too loud or choking hazards. cate caugiran shows us the potentially dangerous products. >> reporter: the scary thing about these toys is that they can be found anywhere, whether it's a big box store or a dollar store. so experts are warning parents before they cash in on those holiday

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> planning on joining the black friday madness?tay home and enjoy leftovers instead. coming up in consumerwatch when you should really hit the stores to get the best deals. >> sea conditions were beautiful. >> it's the first day of commercial crab fishing. the outlook for the season in the bay area. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seagate technologies boughte building in fremont for more than 90- m is 70-percent belo >>> the home of the now defunct solar company solyndra is told. seagate technologies bought the building in fremont for $90 million, 70% below what it cost to build it. solyndra filed for bankruptcy in september of last year after getting a $500 million federal loan. >>> the best black friday deals may not come on black friday after all. cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts shows us when the best deals do turn up. >>> reporter: we see it every year, the shopping stampede shortly after the last slice of pumpkin pie. but this year, you may want to stay home and digest because a lot of those black friday specials aren't so special. >>

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman shows us why larkspur is behind the curve when it comes to the quality ofoads. >> reporter: this is a view of the picturesque affluent town of larkspur. this is another. the point of view of a package. yo. >> really bumpy drive. >> reporter: he drove trucks for a long time. if he could he would spurn larkspur. >> i work for numerous driving companies and this is the most roughest toughest bumpiest road i have seen. >> reporter: a new report from the metropolitan transportation commission says larkspur has the worst roads in the bay area tied for last with sonoma's st. helena. who likes that? bike repair shops. >> in some ways it helps our business. >> reporter: though tom of california bike and bean wishes it wasn't the case. he is an avid rider and a larkspur lover. >> the bikes get beat up. they are going through tires faster and we get a lot of people on mountain bikes, as well. >> it is true that we have some very poor quality roads. >> reporter: the city manager says yes, the town is among the wealthiest in the bay area. but cities have to tax themselv

they spent almost $3 million. >> in richmond, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> no one can break it down like sugerman. >> right to the brass tacks. >>> more election results coming up. including a live report on president obama's victory. his promise to divide it to -- to a divided nation. and how he has already been reaching out to his opponents all coming your way. >> it appears that california voters have rejected a measure that would have ended the death penalty here in our state. but we'll tell you why some say the battle isn't quite over just yet. ,,,, [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin too bad the guys aren't here we're clear. ok, swarm! swarm! hello [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. ♪ ♪ [ girl ] dear santa... ♪ dear santa, i want a ballerina tutu, a pink bike, a unicorn night-light... [ female announcer ] this year, bring their wish lis

but some businesses there tell cbs 5's mike sugerman, there is no need to make a big production out of it. >> reporter: well, allen, at san anselmo it is raining now and i'm by the creek and it's actually a beautiful sight. but it would take coming up to about here to actually flood and a lot of people are saying, i don't think that's going to really happen. it's november in san anselmo and here comes the rain. residents know when that happens, the news comes up to cover it. >> a big pain in the ass, kind of like vultures. >> reporter: san anselmo has had floods in 1982 and 2005. it was under water, $100 million in damage last time. people who live here get nervous when it rains. >> the news media has made it scary to come to san anselmo. >> reporter: susan's business is down this week over past years. >> every time it sprinkles in san anselmo, all the news trucks show up and then it gets on the news and it makes it sound like stores are closed and it's going to flood immediately which isn't true. >> reporter: just to clear things up, the creek level is at less than 3 feet. it needs to

cbs 5's report he mike sugerman explains people in one bay area city now have a chance to choose their own budget adventure. >> reporter: hey, citizens of vallejo, you're going on a shopping spree. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: not that kind exactly. >> installing stop signs, repaving streets is a big one. >> reporter: jeannie brown is helping vallejo residents spend $3 million raised by a special tax during an election last year. it allows people to decide exactly what they would like tax monies spent on. it's called participatory budgeting. >> it's community members themselves who know what the community needs. >> what do you want to spend money on? >> at my house. >> reporter: this 3-year-old girl is too young to is a vote. you need to be at least 14. but granddad ross talbot isn't. >> that would be the first pry order is police department i would say. >> reporter: he would have to go to community meetings where ideas are discussed and narrowed down to a ballot for voting next march. at the good day cafe it's always a good day when rose robinson tops off your coffee. >> supplies in the s

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman shows us how megabus wants to get your business. >> reporter: in an era when you can hardly make phone call to los angeles for a dollar, how about a transit service ready to take you there for a buck? >> it's about us trying to make bus travel sexy again. >> reporter: if bus service ever was sexy megabus.com wants to be your partner again. >> we might get sexy with these type of vehicles. they are new double deckers, glass tops, they have power outlets, wi-fi, sit in comfort, travel long distance express. >> reporter: they will try to make a buck charging only a buck. that's the cheapest price, otherwise most seats range from $5 to $9. they hope to make money packing the 81-passenger buses. >> we can't all be flying first class, can't all be flying or driving. >> reporter: the city travel association figures students young professionals and anyone else hoping to save money will be among the passengers. but isn't it the same company that tried and failed to establish itself here several years ago? >> when they were here before i don't believe they had the

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> i talk to god a lot when my cell phone calls drop but probably not in the way mike was talking about. [ laughter ] >> it's going to be a deluge. >> the heavens will open up over the next couple of days. we'll be seeing a lot of rainfall around here perhaps too much in many locations. north bay upwards half a foot to a foot of rainfall by sunday. a lot of rain in a short amount of time. the first of many storms moving through overnight tonight early tomorrow. how much rainfall? i picked some new cities out. 6 to 9" of rain by the end of the weekend for santa rose. mill valley 5 to 9" of new rainfall. in oakland, even the city of oakland three to six inches of rainfall. a little less down towards san jose but that's still significant too two to five inches of rainfall. right now, cbs 5 hi-def doppler radar is completely dry. but the only television radar that the national weather service employs is ours. and we'll be pick up that rainfall beginning tomorrow morning when lawrence will have the forecast for you starting at 4:30 a.m. wind and rain tomorrow. that's n

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman on how you may be able to help crack the case. >> reporter: it's a majoretropolis our bay area but sometimes someone breaks through the noise to show we may in fact just be mayberry. with opie and andy skipping rocks down near the creek. >> something very sentimental and obviously very precious to them. >> reporter: fremont police opened the case yesterday literally. they opened a briefcase. turned in to them found at a child care center parking lot. it's their wedding album from 2008 binded in a briefcase. what happened, fight, divorce, someone flung it out of a moving car? >> suspect it was probably stolen and they just abandoned it. >> reporter: part of a bigger burglary figures police property manager carol peterson. today fremont police put an advisory out on its 7,000 strong alert system because they don't know who vijay and ran it are. -- and ranjit are. that's what they do here. >> i had a wallet in my desk for 20 years. i swear to god. and i finally found the owner of it. >> reporter: you did not. >> i did. >> reporter: do you recognize these peop

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman shows the finances behind the tax on sugar sweetened drinks. does this kill? they say it causes heart disease, diabetes, heart disease. it's more deadly the soda gun than a handgun. the voters of richmond said we don't want that one-cent per ounce tax and voted it down almost 2-1. one of the reasons could be of all the money spent against it. for every penny proponents spent, opponents spent 40 cents. they spent almost $3 million. mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> 53% of californians rejected prop 37 which would have required special labels on some genetically engineered foods. 60% of expected voters supported the measure just over a month ago but a surge of negative tv ads from opponents in the last two weeks is being attributed to this defeat. >>> coming up, president obama claiming victory. how he swept ahead in one of the tightest he recollections ever and his plan to mend a deeply divided nation. >> i have the results of one of the most talked about issues in california. prop 30. it passed overnight. take a look at what that means for schools and f

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman shows us: soon you'll be rancisco to l >>> say you don't want to spend a fortune on gas or an airline ticket. >> you can get from san francisco to la for less than the price of a pack of gum soon! >> how about a transit service ready to take you there for a buck? >> it's all about us trying to make bus travel sexy again. >> reporter: megabus.com wants to be your partner. >> we make it sexy with these brand-new style of vehicles. double-deckers, power outlets, wi-fi, sit in comfort, travel long-distance express. >> reporter: they'll try to make a buck charging only a buck! that's the cheapest price. otherwise most seats range from $5 to $9. they hope to make money packing the buses. >> we can't all be flying 1st class, or even driving. >> reporter: lori figures students, young professionals, and anyone else hoping to save some money will be among the passengers. but isn't this the same company that tried and failed to establish itself here several years ago? >> when they were here before, i don't believe they had the double-decker buses, and they also didn'

we put mike sugerman on the case. >> very sentimental, obviously very precious to them. >> reporter: they opened the briefcase, found at a child care center parking lot. it's their wedding album from 2008, binded. what happened? a big fight? messy divorce? somebody just flung the thing out of a moving car? >> we suspect it was probably stolen and they just abandoned it. >> reporter: today, fremont police put an advisory out an its 7,000-strong alert system, because they don't know who the couple is. >> do you recognize these people? >> reporter: police have other important stuff to do so i tried to help. >> do you recognize any of these people? >> no. >> good-looking. >> thank you. >> reporter: are you vijay? call fremont police. help them make this an open-and- shut case. >>> the a's lose a key piece of their play-off puzzle. who will be the 49ers starting quarterback? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, chicago monday night, theres been one big question mark. " " >>> ever since colin kaepernick's stunning performance over chicago monday night, there has been one big question mark. is there a qu

mike sugerman takes us for a ride. >> reporter: this is a view of the picturesque town of marksburg.i work for numerous driving companies, and this is the most roughest, toughest, bumpiest road i've ever seen. >> reporter: in the report from the metropolitan transportation commission, larksburg has the worst roads in the bay area, tied for last with sonoma. >> bikes get beat up a little bit more. they're going through tires faster and we get a lot of people on mountain bikes as well. >> it's true we have very poor quality roads. >> reporter: the city manager says yes, the town is amongst the wealthiest in the bay area... >> competing demands are really difficult. >> reporter: don't think the city isn't doing anything to fix its roads up. they just sunk a ton of money into fixing up the city's main road by the high school. and this, this is smooth. unfortunately, it's not an andre carter's route. >> someone has to do something about this. >> reporter: they're trying. >> i want to pursue possibly getting money through a revenue measure through the voters. >> reporter: andre carter can'

ahead at 6:00, cbs 5's mike sugerman explains why. >>> we might be seeing more of this before all is said and done. this tree came down in san francisco's bernal heights neighborhood. crews were trying to clean it up this morning. there have been a number of trees that have come down in many parts of the bay area. >> pg&e crews doing what they can to reduce power outages during the next storms. they took advantage of the little break in the weather to make headway trimming teresa way from the power lines. yesterday more than 1100 homes lost power in pacifica due to downed power lines. >>> cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez in san francisco where crews are also working to prevent sewage spills during the storm. joe. >> reporter: around ocean beach, light rain right now. the wind starting to whip up. you know, they have just finished cleaning up from that sewage spill from last week. they are hoping they won't have to come back out here again. it will be a busy weekend for you. absolutely. this is when we go into overdrive. >> reporter: jean walsh spokesperson for the san francisco public util

i think mike sugerman bathed in it. 4100 kids skipped class in san francisco schools that day despite the fact that the superintendent says you better come. >> we still have some of that on our desk too. >>> in healthwatch, researchers in michigan are testing an experimental device that can help a beating heart power a pacemaker. the device converts energy from a heartbeat and delivers enough electricity to operate a pacemaker. most of them need to be replaced every five to seven years when the batteries run out but the new device could save patients from surgery. >>> it's 4:56. the final push. which state could seal the deal for either presidential candidate? >> plus, thousands of grocery workers on the picket lines today. what's behind raley's' strike and how shoppers are reacting this morning. >> and investigators are still on scene after a fire burned through one business in pleasant hill. we'll tell you the one thing that firefighters found that may make this fire suspicious. ,, >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> and we are following some breaking news right no

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman spent the day with those determined shoppers. >> reporter: they are living large in livermore. "fiscal cliff"? not here. this is an outlet mall the first one built in years the only one in the east bay and the opening stopped traffic. very heavy continues continue through the livermore valley lots of people heading to the new paragon outlet stores off el charro road. >> reporter: this traffic is for a mall. what do you think? >> usually 30, 35 minutes away but today an hour and a half. >> we have the cozy top. she is also wearing our famous cozy. >> reporter: line out the door of prada. 1,000 bucks what would it be normally? >> about 2,000. >> reporter: 2,000? it's a 50% discount. >> females love coach. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that's free advertising. got a big name, coach, on it. >> yeah. >> reporter: they should be paying you. >> i would hope so one day at least. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: mind if i take a bite? that line is long. thank you. >> would you like to try one for today? >> reporter: that's that? >> looking for the wife. >> reporter: you lost you

mike sugerman reports. >> reporter: allen, can i buy a coke? here at tobacco world, coke today costs 1.65? it would be a buck 85 starting i guess next wednesday if in fact measure n passes. will it pass? we're not sure. >> reporter: a little red wagon carrying 40 pounds of sugar has captured national attention in richmond. >> 40 pounds is the amount of sugar that each of richmond's children take in just from sodas alone every year. >> reporter: richmond city council member jeff ritter man who is also a heart doctor is the heart and soul of measure n. it would tax businesses a penny an ounce of sugary drinks sold. it would be the first of its kind in the nation. >> a third of our latino and a third of our african-american students are obese and another 20% are overweight in each group. those young people are going to die younger than they should. >> reporter: the money raised he says would go towards more health programs in schools. businesses here are fighting it for cost reasons. so let's say i bought this 20- ounce coke at la bamba taqueria c

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman has that story. >> reporter: there's a man in richmond who thinks this mighte a killer. he was put on the ballot a measure that would tax sodas one penny per ounce and dragging around 40 pounds of sugar just to e show how much the average teenager drinks every year. >> a third of our will latino students and a third o of the african-american students are obese and another 20% are overweight in each group. those young people are going to die younger than they should. >> and that's the scene here. back to you. >> with a live report from richmond, we'll be back in 25 minutes with more local coverage. >> now we'll throw it back to cbs news and scott pelley. >>> pelley: breaking news of the moment, cbs news projects that mitt romney will carry the state of arkansas. no great surprise there. john mccain won the state of arkansas by 20% in 2008. mid mid will take arkansas and that changes our presidential race map. let's have a look. president obama with 78 electoral votes and the states that you see in blue. mitt romney with 88 electoral votes, the states that you s