mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> we have breaking news tonight. firefighters are trying to figure out what is causing smoke to waft from a building that houses a number of restaurants. this is near the corner of san felipe. there is a pasta and a panda express in that building. firefighters believe something electrical may be to cause. about 10 minutes ago they called for a third alarm. we'll report back if anything changes. >> we are clearing out tonight and cooling down. napa 43. san rafel 45. also in the 40s for concord. what about the weekend? i have the answers coming up. oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew the coffee you love -- stronger, bigger, or hotter -- with the keurig vue. trying to figure out what causing smoke to waft from a >>> we want to go back

mike sugerman, cbs 5. ,,,, ,, ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health.t just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. the kidnap and rape of an area teenager, >>> i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for the 6:00 news. the kidnap and rape of an autistic bay area teenager raises the question: did social service workers act appropriately? tonight, we ask if there is anything more they could have done? >> and nearly a half million dollars of stolen electronics recovered. the massive bust in a bay area city. we'll have that and much more at 6:00. >> that is amazing. >> yeah. >> see you in 30 minutes. "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. >> and remember, the latest news and weather are always on cbssf.com. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, raising the stakes. the administration says it's absolutely ready to go over the fiscal cliff unless republicans agree to tax increases. reports from major garre

cbs-5 reporter mike sugerman show: they were brought together s ago by tragedy. and reunited today, by hope: track 1 this is a story abot two young men shared a lot.n takes his "fisca >>> rose parade in pasadena will be a bittersweet moment for a bay area college student and the northern california family that saved his life. cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman has more >> unfortunately the same day they were told they would die. >> doctors had only given me days, like 48 hours. >> alfonso garcia was only 15 when he was told his liver had failed but he is still here to talk about it. >> he was an amazing, an amazing young man. >> 22-year-old george beckert did die that day. a routine sinus infection crept into his brain. alfonso is alive -- alive today because george isn't. george's mom will never get over the death of her son. because his liver was transplanted into alfonso and because alfonso is doing so well today, it hurts a little less. >> it has breathed new light into a place that was very dark that i could have never known. >> on new year's day alfonso will be o

mike sugerman, cbs a. >>> let's check in with your weather. i heard you got a little rain? >> yeah, a couple drops times six million. we got a lot of rain. let me catch you up. seven inches of rain, but ten inches of rain in napa. you know this, you have dealt with it all over the past several days. that's done. a little bit of rain in the forecast, but nothing like the five days of rain we just went through and wrapped up. oakland right now, 55. cloudy. san francisco cloudy. santa rosa, 53. we've got a few light showers offshore. a couple very light showers moving through sonoma and also through the peninsula. then we'll see the slightest chance of a shower north of the golden gate overnight tonight. overnight lows, upper 40s. 48 for fremont, oakland at 51. san francisco at 53. two differences between this storm and the previous three. first off, the atmosphere is not as juicy. the tropical moisture is not there. yes, a front, but not a front producing heavy rainfall. the second change, we have an area of high pressure building to the south, taking the storm track and shov

in san francisco, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> we're following breaking news out of south san jose. police are investigating the apparent murder of a 16-year- old boy. these are live pictures from chopper 5. police were called to a car crash at fairhaven drive around 3 p.m. this afternoon and found a young victim shot to death in south san jose. right now police have no suspects and no motive. >>> subtle evidence of a slight movement away from the "fiscal cliff." what's allegedly going on behind the scenes between the white house and on capitol hill. ,,,,,, main opposition group as th, quote, "legitimate representative" of that >>> new at 5:00, president obama says the u.s. now recognizes syria's main opposition group as the legitimate representative of the country's people. the president's comments paved the way for greater u.s. support as the group tries to oust syrian president assad. >>> meanwhile, as the "fiscal cliff" deadline approaches, indications that the president and house speaker john boehner are reportedly talking again, at least by telephone. among the proposals, the

in san francisco, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> getting weapons off the streets. hundreds line up to turn in their guns for groceries. why critics say five acts like these don't make the city safer. >> and don't be lured by those 47 mpg claims. many mileage estimates are overrated. >> the cars are not getting the fuel economy you would expect. >> the push to make estimates more accurate. >> giving back, not your time or money but your presents. we go into the mall madness to find out what gifts are going back to the stores. ,,,,,,,, decided today was the day to clean out the basement. and he found 5 and a half pounds of dynami! >>> a man who lived in a west oakland home for 30 years decided today was the day to clean out the basement. and what he found was 5.5 pounds of dynamite. at firstk he carried it all back out to his truck but then thought better of it who called police who called the bomb squad. they hauled it away but not before evacuating part of the neighborhood on 37th street. the dynamite dated back to world war ii. >>> gun buy-back programs here in th

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman shows us when you're at the mall, there's more going on than meets the eye. it's calculated to put you in the mood to spend. >> way too much jewelry. >> reporter: jack farmer didn't need it but he bought it. >> so i'm very particular about what i spend money on. >> reporter: maybe elaine of south san francisco has more self-control. there may be more to it than that, though. >> i think most people think that they are really rational when they go shopping. they have no idea that they are actually under assault in the mall. >> reporter: consumer psychologist kit yarrow has looked at studies about consuming and asked her for the highlights so you don't have to do the work. you're busy shopping, after all of, amidst all that red. >> the holiday colors of red and green actually couldn't be worse in terms of budgeting. >> reporter: red stimulates the senses and spending according to studies. >> so they wouldn't just use red to get people spending but it is a color that you would always see for things that are on sale for example. >> reporter: smell something funny

at serramonte mall, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> that's what i wanted to get you, brian. >> really?ou know, mike looks fetching. >> i think this all works. i was at the mall for about three hours yesterday. and i think it does work. >> yeah. okay. >> it got me into spending money. >> i have another week to go to start shopping. >>> it's 8 minutes before 5:00. hey, good for workers but maybe bad for business. the new push to raise the state minimum wage. >> plus balancing the city's budgets. why san francisco drivers may have to pay. >> golden comfort. how these dogs are helping to ease the pay in newtown, connecticut. this holiday, share everything. share "not even close." share "you owe me..." share "just right." the share everything plan. shareable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. hurry in for a droid razr m >>> welcome back. it is cold outside. temperatures are 10-degree cooler than yesterday. we are seeing 30s in the north bay, 40s everywhere else and we have more rain. the seven-day forecast is coming right up. >> and no major accidents to report just lots o

mike sugerman, cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,, francisco...en, despite being more thaa month late, a world series t has been settled. "time with the junior gianto talk about thi >>> let's go live to mobile5. ken bastida in san francisco. >> ken, despite being more than a month late, a world series bet has now been settled? >> reporter: yup. it was put up or shut up. you heard that, liz, when were you a kid, right? betting other kids around the schoolyard. put up or shut up, right? right. [ laughter ] >> reporter: anyhow, today was that day for detroit mayor david bing. he had to put up to san francisco mayor ed lee and so what was at stake? well, uhm, it was a day of community service. that sounds good. so the mayor came one an idea the loser mayor bing would have to come hear and talk to kids from the junior giants program, the underserved kids in san francisco, who get to play baseball courtesy of the giants community fund and so he did. >> talk about things that we have learned through the season and maybe teach these kids something about t

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> when was the last time you went to the library. >> the last time -- i have kids so they love going to the libraries. >> it's been a while for me. >>> it's 4571 on your friday now -- 4:51 on your friday. the dangers pedestrians and drivers face navigating one of the bay area's busiest cities and a tour of a piece of a bay area property if you have $25 million you could own. it's beautiful. >> it's waterfront. coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. >>> here's a live look at our exclusive cbs 5 hi-def doppler. you can see the low pressure system. we have a storm off the coast. here's a live look at some roadways in the bay area. they are doing lane changes across the golden gate bridge . bay bridge and san mateo bridge flowing nicely. for traffic and weather coming up. >> thank you. this next story reminds me, i need to win the lottery very soon. [ laughter ] >> you need a new hou

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> last minute shoppers not onlied a the maul. we go to the grocery store aisles. >> some elves are picking out last minute gifts. >> i did my shopping. >> last minute tomatoes right there. >> the staff is putting on the holiday finest during the rush. >> makes the whole family laugh. >> all day long we've been hugging the customer but we know them by name. everyone is wishing a happy holiday. it is the most incredible experience ever. >> what will you cook tonight? >> noodles with sauce. >> can we all come over for dinner. >> great. we will come by after the newscast. >> hope they bought enough food. >> you have a spare gift at home. how you can make sure. >>> plus, a dare river rescue caught on tape. a current so sock crews needed a boat to pull it off. with my keurig vue brewer, i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? inside the brewer, there's this train that makes coffee stronger, bigger, and hotter! actually, i just press this button. >>> we are getting reports of an avalanche this afternoon. a snowb

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman went to the ends of the earth to find out. >> reporter: oh, whoa! it's going to happen tomorrow? i hope not. could be among the greatest hoaxes played on earthlings. no, it didn't. no, it hasn't. sounds like something out of hollywood. >> it is! >> there is no mayan prophecy. they didn't predict anything. >> reporter: the person from a planetarium knows enough to know that the 13th mayan calendar cycle ends friday 394.26 tropical years after it started. but the mayans didn't think the world would end then. >> doesn't predict nipping. it's just a rollover date just like the odometer in your car goes from 100,000 or 00000 to 1. >> reporter: the rumor apparently started sometime in the '80s. with the internet it spread. >> it's like when i say i get to the end of my tootsie roll, no tootsie rolls. they are all over. >> reporter: this man found that the hubbub had to be explained to his class. >> it means it wouldn't be at the end of the world. >> i don't think so either but that's what people are worried about. >> there's going to be a huge earthquake.

in san francisco, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> a freeze of a different kind going on in the sierra. here's a look at highway 80 at donner lake, cars headed for lake tahoe this holiday weekend. cbs reporter neda iranpour with what you need to know if you're headed that way. >> reporter: some people may envision downtown truckee with cute shops all covered in snowflakes for a quaint christmas. >> we are skiing for the weekend and we love the snow. >> reporter: it's all smiles for visitors who got here before the storm. >> it's hitting today and we'll be in traffic when we do home. >> reporter: they get to enjoy tahoe's playgrounds at their finest. >> perfect, just what we need up here. >> reporter: this will be a common sight. chain controls will likely be in effect all weekend long and if there are several spinouts, caltrans will likely close interstate 80. closed until the wrecks are cleared. either way it will be slow going. cars can spin on all the slush and ice. >> take your time, enjoy. >> reporter: once you finally get to tahoe, hope you're prepared. >> here i have three pairs

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman joins us live now. mike, how does this change commercial breaks for our viewers? >> reporter: well, for our viewers, it shouldn't change much. we apparently don't do it. but i am here in the nerve center, the heart of the television station, the control room where the commercials are sometimes played and we don't, i am told, make the commercials louder. sometimes producers send in spots that maybe get a little loud but from now on if they do that, they are going to get punished. >> our top story tonight. >> our top story tonight!! >> reporter: sometimes you want tv to be louder. [ screaming ] >> reporter: other times -- >> clap on, clap off -- >> this weekend only, furniture, come by! you can't live without it! >> yeah, i can't. i'm changing the channel. >> reporter: banning loud commercials. who could be against that? >> i don't know. i'm not a big fan for overregulation. >> reporter: there's that. a new law went into effect today making loud commercials -- and i mean loud commercials!! illegal. >> than

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman has a look back on his life and legacy. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: if daveas the high priest of west coast jazz and he surely was, this was his temple. a blackhawk nightclub corner of turk and ellis in the tenderloin. today the tender loin is -- the tenderloin. back in the day when dave brubeck held court, this place swung. >> the blackhawk was -- was in reality a dive. >> reporter: toby gleason remembers going to the blackhawk when he was 6 or 7 with his dad ralph and grew up hanging around with dave and other local jazz legends. >> it was dark. it was dingy and smoky. but it was a vibrant scene. >> reporter: a typical jazz club of the day, but dave brubeck was far from typical. for one thing, he was white and a fierce anti-segregationist. wouldn't play clubs where blacks weren't allowed. for another, he was classically trained went to graduate school at mills college. >> dave brubeck's name is part of our history. we're very proud that brubeck was a student here. >> reporter: he came from his family's ranch near where the concord pavilion now stands, a bay

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> brian hackney in and are you writing a new weather chapter? > i am. let's turn the page to another forecast that's playing the sequel to the rain that we had from last week. we are not going to get much the looks like it will get wet about 24 hours from now last through midday saturday and that's about it. right now the doppler is showing not a drop but as we go outside you get a better view of that full moon. your calendar probably shows the full moon as being on the 28th but in fact we're closer to full now than we will be tomorrow night. it's 2:21 a.m. pacific time tomorrow morning full moon. that's gorgeous by the bay bridge and just above the moon is the planet jupiter. and a lot to see in the nighttime sky. surf is up to 20 feet so watch yourself through 10:00 tomorrow night. right now, concord 47. sfo 51. clear and cold tonight, showers late friday. it will clear saturday afternoon. low pressure is over the aleutians and sending energy our way so we'll increase high clouds tonight. rain tonight and in the rest of the bay area tomorrow night. pa

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman shows us how. >>> reporter: hey, it's 12/12/12. what the mayans are cooking up. this is a tasty burrito. at mayan cuisine in san francisco they serve up authentic mayan food and authentic mayan culture. >> mother nature got to have a doomsday date. we are obviously causing it. >> reporter: pedro is originally from what is now southeastern mexico formerly the maya region. 2012 on 12/12, 12/121, 12/23, the date is in dispute it comes from 400 years ago. >> it is the end of an era, of the end of a cycle. >> reporter: another era is set to begin but the world won't end. >> just a wake-up call. >> reporter: the world may end if we keep going this way, pedro says, and his forefathers apparently knew that 400 years ago. >> in fact, this is supposed to be a very extremely positive thing. >> reporter: numerologists sally fabian who levels in the devilishly addressed 666 post street says spirits are helping us clean up our act. >> it's a time when the earth is being helped to survive basically. >> reporter: and so is the wedding business. ♪

mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> you probably don't think of it as a premier shopping destination.ay area city going the extra mile to lure customers. and the unique incentives to shop at his stores. >> a dream house turns into a nightmare for one bay area woman. >> droppings on the stove... >> coming up in the consumerwatch, the unwanted houseguests that infested her home and the fight with the landlord to clean up the mess. ,,,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. everything's different now. sometimes i feel all alone. christmas used to be my favorite. i just don't expect anything. what if santa can't find me? to help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. ways to keep your shopping local. today the city launched a loyalty program for shopper. they say kind >>> the season to shop and union city leaders are coming up with ways to keep you local. they launch

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman gives us a look inside. >> reporter: the rich are just like you and me,have a $133,000 a month mortgage. >> it started at 55 million. it's now -- they have reduced it. it's had a few offers on it. it's now in contract. >> reporter: the realtor gale bruno knows about such things. she sells houses like this one although not this one. 2901 broadway which was reduced quite a bit to roughly $34 million. still, it is san francisco's most expensive piece of real estate. >> this is a small house considering the -- but it's really prominent. the vows are extraordinary. you feel like you're on top of the mountain. you're king of the hill. >> reporter: small for the block. 7,000 square feet, eight bedrooms, 7.5 baths, and balconies you can do shakespeare off of. it is a fixer upper. it's going to need millions in repairs. >> it would be fun to be invited to a ball. seems like they should have ballroom dancing. >> reporter: these two tourists would need an invite from the owners if the deal goes through. we don't know who it is. somebody rich. they were sightseeing a

and as cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman explains, some researchers think it will provide a glimpse of things to come. >> reporter: of all the photogenic spots of the bay area to take pictures of, why is hailey taking pictures of water and cement? [ laughter ] >> it's afternoon important picture. >> reporter: it's the before and after. >> the pictures of the king tideses help yours visualize the dramatic tidal reefs that we're already experiencing. >> reporter: the connector ramp from 101 to marin was flooded today. that happens. but normally when there's a storm. there was no storm of the just very high tides, king tides. >> but are rising tides stuff like this needs to be considered. >> reporter: they are about gravity. the earth, moon and sun are in such a position that tides will be the highest of the year the next couple of days. but it could look like the new normal. oceans are filling up with more water for a variety of reasons, 8" more in the past century. san francisco sewers is an unlikely place for proof. >> when i came near 1990, there was never a time where the tide was actually

well, cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman says starting today you'll get some relief. >> our top story tonight. >> our top story tonight! >> reporter: sometimes you want tv to be louder. other times you don't. >> this weekend only -- furniture. you've got to come buy it. you can't live without it. yeah, i can. >> reporter: banning loud commercials. who could be against that? >> i'm not a big fan of overregulation. >> reporter: but a new law went into effect today that makes loud commercials, and i mean loud commercials, illegal. >> thank god. >> super. >> i never thought when we were writing this one page bill that there would be such an overwhelming positive reaction. >> reporter: south bay congressman anna wrote what's being called the calm, the commercial advertisement mitigation act. >> consumers are pushing the mute button. whatever they're paying to advertise, that message is not coming through. >> reporter: there weren't even standards. now there are. helped set up. >> so we've been working with the industry over many years to help them find new ways of managing loudness and for us the

tonight cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman checks in when the world should have already ended if we make it. tonight at 6:00. >> is that eastern time? >> we have rain tomorrow. >> yeah. well, maybe. maybe. [ laughter ] >> i don't know. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com snowstorm in the heart er america makes pre-holiday ghavel dangerous. hundreds of flights will be canceled on the busiest travel eyy of the season. dean reynolds is there. hopes are fading for the president's christmas wish-- a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. nancy cordes on capitol hill. a new study says a drug taken by millions to prevent heart attack and stroke doesn't work and has serious side effects. dr. jon lapook has details. and remembering dawn hochsprung who gave her life to save children at the it sandy hook y ementary school, the kind of principal every kid would love.

cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman says taxpayers are being asked to pay for it. >> reporter: transportation officials in alameda county really wanted this megabillion ballot measure. it was so close. but they didn't get it. so they are now spending more money to see if they can still get it and as you say that angers a lot of taxpayers. tick, tick, tick. >> yes. yes, yes. >> reporter: someone likened it to watching paint dry. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: most alameda county voters voted for measure b-1, 66.53% of them. but it needed two-thirds majority, 66.67%. the backers of the half cent sales tax that would fix potholes boost bus service and bring bart to livermore decided to buy a recount. >> we have been working on developing this transportation expenditure plan for 2.5 years through a highly public process. because there was so much voter support we wanted -- we requested a recount to make sure all the ballots have been counted appropriately. >> reporter: she is with the county transportation agency a public agency funded by tax money. this recount is being paid for by taxpayers. you thi

many americans did because cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman tells us retail numbers weren't good. >> reporter: i'm at union square which is mobbed. it's swinging. i spent the day here and it didn't get active until a couple of hours ago and as i look around, i don't see a lot of people with bags. i'm not sure they're shopping. but the retailers really hope they will because because they are in a lot of hurt. susan wanted to buy toys for her grandchildren but couldn't manage to go to a toy store. visions of the sandy hook elementary school massacre were in her head. >> i couldn't take the shopping and seeing all the little kids 5-year-olds, 6-year-olds, particularly saddens me. >> reporter: she bought gift cards instead and none of the extra stuff she might have been found being in stores. december retail is a bummer in the news and stores. >> this is not at all a good holiday season for the retailer. >> reporter: it could have been for the customer. >> 495. our price is 179 and an additional 10% now. >> reporter: and no one is buying it? >> not yet. >> reporter: this shop slashed prices as re

. >> okay, mike sugerman, thank you. >>> crafts. 's attorney general is announcing a major shift in the way the state handles illegal immigrants. kamala harris is telling local police agencies don't have to follow federal rules when holding them. cbs 5 political reporter grace lee on why the ag has a problem with the feds. grace. >> reporter: she says the intent was good but the execution is overly brought meaning i.c.e. is deporting too many people. according to her research, about a third of the 28,000 people deported were not even criminals and -- 82,000 people deported were not even criminals and she issued the policy change today. >> that's been some confusion and we have been approached by law enforcement up and down the state asking for clarity. >> reporter: she issued a bulletin to all law enforcement agencies in california. if i.c.e. asks someone to detail someone they don't have to. she believes the program called security community or s-com is voluntary, not mandatory under the law. currently it requires a police send fin