can you stand over there by the palm tree?there are more interesting things to photograph in here than me. no, really, i'm serious. i... i need you in the picture to give the picture a sense of scale. but i... i don't know. please? well, since you've gone out of your way, i guess it's the least i can do. alright, yeah, stand over... that palm tree to your right. right there, perfect. alberto: yes, and turn... yeah, turn around a little bit. there, there you go. yes, yes, yes. what time is it? you look great on camera, thank you. oh, we have to go. hold it right there. my bus leaves in less than an hour. hold it, hold it. alberto, please. there's only one bus a day. i have to make it on time. ( sighs impatiently ) thanks. ( police siren wailing ) oh, man, a cop. hi. do you know how fast you were going? mmm-- maybe 65? 80 miles an hour. license and registration, please. registration. registration, license. officer, let me explain-- we were just trying... i'll be right back. i hope he doesn't give you a ticket. you can say that a

nmi hometown but it no palm trees. just the streets that never and and the buildings that seem to reach the sky. it was just amazing. it was really amazing. >> where did you live in l.a. when you first got your? >> which i first got to l.a. i lived in highland park which is in northeast los angeles. and it was predominantly latino community. >> mostly illegal? >> i think it was a combination. yeah, there were a lot of immigrant families but, you know, there were also the legal and illegal families. >> how did the legals view the illegals? >> i'm not too sure about that, because as a child i don't think i was too aware of that kind of response from the adults. but what i do remember the most is being shocked to school that most of the kids in my classroom were dark skinned and they looked just like me and they had last names like garcia and gonzÁlez and they could speak in language i couldn't speak. and that was really shocking to me, because they looked, they looked exactly like me and yet they weren't. but i would say

like, i remember, all the palm trees. in my hometown we didn't have palm trees and just the streets that never seem to end and the buildings that seem to reach the sky, and it was just amazing. it was just really amazing. >> where did you live in l.a. when you first got here? >> when i first got l.a., i lived in high land park in northeast los angeles. it was predominantly latino community. >> mostly illegal? >> i think it was a combination, yeah. there were a lot of immigrant families, but, you know, that were also the legal and illegal families. >> how did the legals view the illegals? >> i'm not too sure about that because as a child, i don't think i was too aware of that kind of response from the adults, but what i do remember the most is being shot when i got to school that most of the kids in my classroom were dark skin and they got just look like me and they had last names like garcia and hernandez. they could speak a language i couldn't speak. that was shocking to me because they looked dpactly like me, and yet th

largest outdoor ice skating rink in the south bay and one of the few places where you can skate under palm trees. speaking of christmas trees, families are picking out their own tree, but if you can get a real one or a fake tree. we have things to consider. >> now that the holiday season is upon us, many people will be decorating homes with christmas trees. what should you get? a real or artificial one? that depends. maria will help. >> it really smells good. it makes the whole house smell like christmas. these are the frazier firs. they are a lot more firm. you can hang heavier ornaments. these are the douglas. the needles are a lot softer. you can put tiny lights up inside. >> what are the downsides? >> you put fresh water in it every day. you will be throwing it away after christmas. that's the thing. it will shed some needles so you need to put something under it. >> they have a large selection of artificial trees. >> they have lots of pluses. you keep it every year and don't have to worry about watering it. >> many are wired with lights and some of them look very real. >> the pine trees do

efficient evidently the sailor came there and said palm trees, warm weather, and look at the girls. and he remained. that's the end of the second part. the third part is in response to the op ed piece that margaret mcpeek wrote in the chronicle and the letters, i don't know if you've read them -- you should pick up -- the letters that a couple of, you know, irish americans wrote in response accusing cousin mcpeek of not having a sense of humor. it has to do with these tee shirts that target has produced for the st. patrick's day parade in which mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly murphy family gathering, things like that. and they wrote letters poking fun at what i thought was a couragous op ed piece. so this is in response to the irish americans who don't feel the pride that they should. and please excuse if i manhandle the irish manner of speaking. this is a joke told to me by one of my friends. he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he

you can skate under 32 palm trees right here in san jose. and, you know, there is rockefeller center in new york. but i think this rink here on the west coast is our version of. so it's beautiful. and i love to come and skate here. so hopefully all of you out there will too. >> and absolutely tonight you're going to be talking to us about your nonprofit that you started, which benefits underprivileged children. talk a little bit about that. it's called always dream. >> yes. always dream has been around for about 16 years now. and we are one of the beneficiaries i guess of the downtown ice. and, you know, we are excited that hopefully we can bring some low income families and their children here to skate. but always dream actually just launched a couple of reading programs and some of the schools here in san jose as well. so we're excited to be tackling early childhood literacy now, which is our main focus. >> again, we thank you for coming out tonight. it's such an honor to be able to speak with you live and in the flesh. are you going to da

and probably one of the few places where you can skate under the palm trees. coming up, it's not just humans who are stepping up to donate blood anymore. >> bieber is sitting on the couch and saving dogs. >> dogs donating to heaven other dogs. see how it's done. >> plus, a yacht rescue on the san francisco bae. and the 49ers quarterback controversy rolls on. we don't know who's starting on sunday, but coming up in sporlts, the sign that chaked its coming. after a mild day, temperatures are real cold. mid to upper 40s in the nort bay. we'll track your weekend forecast. i'll have the if you will time line of that coming up in that 7-day forecast. >>> authorities are looking into the cause of a natural gas leak. the blast happened in downtown springfield. fortunately, none seriously. police say it could have been much worse. very few people were in the area at the time because it had been evacuated earlier in the day after people reported smelling gas. the man bho played one of the most popular villains died. the actor was best-known as j.r. ewing on the popular

palm trees barely moving and it's a mild afternoon we'll check that out in just a moment. the after flow bloe was a sunset at 4:59. you can see wispy clouds to the best. across the bay, it's gorgus out there. 66 in antioch. santa resa airport 71. san jose, 70 degrees. now, today, has been a gorgeous day. a few high clouds right now. it's going to be seeing live changes that will be trapped not just one storm but more storms to follow. comfortable now. it's 70 degrees right now in downtown oakland. here are the highlights, clouds increased tomorrow, chance of showers tomorrow night. we're looking at periods of rain from friday through sunday. so major changes are coming. tomorrow morning, bundle up heading out of the door. it's going to be chilly again. 40 in nappa. mid-40s around livermore. here is the satellite and radar, you can see clouds just passing through with a george gorgeous day. there is a rain gathering friday. it could get here early as tomorrow night. here is a computer animation of clouds passing through. they're harmless. going to be cooler in the afternoon

>> sunshine, palm trees everywhere.lace for a championship. >> watters world goes to the big nascar championship. >> do you guys ever watch bill o'reilly on the fox news channel. >> i thought bill o'reilly was on the food network. >> bill: we have revved up report. >> caution. you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. a tale of two americans, california and texas. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. over the thanksgiving weekend i was down in austin in houston, texas doing shows with miller. it's been a while since i had visited the lone star state and i took a good look around. next week i will be going tout to california the state with the largest population. texas is second. fascinating to compare the two places because they signify the clash, the clash that's taking place in america right now. texas voted for romney by about 1.3 million votes. california voted for obama by about 2.3 million votes. texas conserv

the palm trees are dying. there were big trees they cut down there for that. so, i'm just asking as a resident for quality of life issue if there was anyway eminent domain, whatever you have to do, i know you put 5.8 million of renovation diamond heights, glenn canyon park. there's 10 million for lafayette park. i mean, you know, i understand economic development, but quality of life, you know. it's getting pretty dense over here. take five blocks, you can see all the new development and, you know, i love my neighborhood. it's getting a little out of hand. >> thank you. >>> sit under a tree, read a book. it would be nice. i've got photos here, patricia's green. >> thank you. >>> but it's not a park. anyway, thank you. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. peter cohan from council community organizations. came to talk about the revised true up. i'm glad to hear there is less of a controversy than there was back in april. i think as it was said, the redevelopment agency using affordable housing money overpaid for parcels purposely so there would be capi

i followed him down to miami beach, because i had -- i wanted the candidates in palm trees, something that was interesting, taking them away from the snows in new hampshire, so i have found out that senator simon was going to be in miami, i arranged for the staff to go down there. this is a contributor's home, very wealthy individual, outside of miami, maybe in coconut grove and i set the meeting for 11:00 a.m., because i wanted to see him and his wife by the peel, palm trees, i hoped they would be. i showed up, it was partly cloudy day but very warm, 11:30 a.m., the house had a beautiful pool in back and the maid let's me in or somebody -- in fact, it wasn't a maid, i think mrs. simon let me in and i went to the back to the pool and i looked to the left and senator simon is in like a recreation room bar, video games and whatever and just like that, like it's 2:00 a.m., with this indirect lighting over the bar, with his pepsi-cola, and there he is on the telephone. what's he doing? he's raising funds. so this is miami beach, beautiful day, hot weather, huge swimming pool outside the d

official opening ceremony of the outdoor ice rink near the fairmont under a beautiful circle of palm treesunderway 5:30 p.m.. a half hour later yamauchi will take part in a community giving tree ceremony on south market. >>> 6:25. a deal that is too good to be true. new scam targeting cell phone users. >> plus, thanksgiving ends in flames at a south bay apartment complex. the families left homeless and the firefighter injured after arriving at the scene. >> black friday frustration, the shopper threatening others while trying to make it inside one big box retailer. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney in san rafael, thanksgiving night concert ends in gunfire two wounded, two in custody, i'll tell you why in investigation won't be >> i'm sue hall in the traffic center looking at live shot of sky 7 hd over wal-mart in san leandro, off of 880 and 580 on hesperian boulevard, folks are there, out shopping, this early morning, 6:26 on a black friday among. we are following your dive and look at other malls around the what -- your drive and looking at other malls around the bay area. >> 6:29 on this

so they put these posters of the hawaiian islands with the palm trees and all that, the royal hawaiian hotel and all-- it makes you wanna get a couple of weeks off and go there, doesn't it? anyway, you see these posters of places. how many posters have you ever seen in a travel agent that posts times? like, you can talk about traveling to south america, you can talk about traveling to the mainland. you can talk about traveling to europe, but can you go to the travel agent today and talk about traveling into time? we got new years coming up. we got a big one pretty soon, 2000, the year 2000, okay? and then 2001, 21st century, yeah? how about someone says, well, i'm not so much interested in that. i'm kind of a futurist. most of my friends are sort of like historians. they study history, where we've been. and it's kind of a real gas to know where we've been and where we are now. but my bit is where are we going? that's what i'm interested in. and what i'd like to do is i'd like to travel to the 25th century. and i'd like to see what human beings are doing for new year's eve in the year 2

i have a warning from the coast guard for >>> at 6:30 let's start by looking at the palm trees on theembarcadero and the flags, those winds are really starting to howl from this storm, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. we have live team coverage on the storm now amy hollyfield is in the north bay, katie marzullo is at the pacifica pier, monitoring the coastal conditions. >> let's begin with meteorologist lisa argen. >>> heaviest rain so far has been in the north bay. you can see the yellows and the greens it is beginning to over spread the entire bay area. the wind gusts have been with utts that's why we are under a wind advisory through 11:00, occidental and bodega bay heavier rain here, highway 116, 101 windsor through rohnert park east bay not much happening breezy and quiet blue representing a little moisture picked up further south into the east bay and along the coast we are looking at the rain increasing as well as the wind today along the coast numbers in the upper 50s to 60 around the bay then already mild, you too will see the rain within the 8:00, 9:00 hour through noon

they put up an ice rink, palm trees, ice, pacific ocean. just a really, really glorious thing.ve this kind of parade of harbor lights and the people check out from the ocean. i think that's the hotel del cor you're looking at. over there. so the boats, it's a great thing for the whole family. >> looks like the grand floridian. which was based on that hotel in disney world. >> take us to colorado, would you? >> for skiing, you may be traipsing around aspen in fur coats, but steamboat springs is a really great cowboy ski town. >> it's a fun town. >> real historical. they are great, because they have this thing if you buy tickets for five days and rent your skis, it's free for the kids and they have daycare and ski schools and all that kind of stuff. that's really great. they are doing a new thing this year where they'll come on a horse-drawn sleigh and take you to a dinner in a snowy woods in a heated tee pea -- tepee. >> this city is one of your spots, too, new york city. >> i love new york, it's my favorite time to be here during the holidays. we were walking around last night

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in a town defined by flash and glam, lamborghinis are as much a part of miami as palm trees and bikinisorghini miami sells more than just about any dealership in the country, with more than $30 million worth of cars on its lot at any one time. brett david is the company's owner and ceo. he has been selling lamborghinis since he was 14 years old went company was owned by his dad. today, brett says wealthy foreigners have replaced the locals as his biggest customers. >> i haven't sold a lamborghini to somebody that spoke english as their primary language in months and months. everybody from mexico, brazil, venezuela. >> one reason this $400,000 car has a waiting list a year long. >> people walk in with the flip flops, short and a t-shirt. >> lambeau miami is marketing not just to the miami crowd but the wealthy around the world. their latest campaign is the au 79, a gold-plated lambeau what has become a global celebrity with its own facebook page, twitter account and online move very episodes. and given the right price -- >> some cars are meant to be sold, not driven. somebody came with t

a risk, take a chance, make a change, and break aw ♪ ♪ wanna feel the warm breeze, sleep under a palm treea fast train, travel on a jet plane far away ♪ ♪ and break away out of the darkness and into the sun ♪ ♪ but i won't forget the place i come from ♪ ♪ i gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and break away ♪ ♪ . melissa: now on to today's jobs report. unemployment rate ticked higher in last few months, something the presidt need in the last few days of the election. still stayed below 8%. compare today's 7.9% number to 1980 when jimmy carter was running for re-election against ronald reagan. unemployment rate on election day back then? 7.5%. it was lower. we all know jimmy carter lost. so with me now to discuss what today's numbers could mean on tuesday, our economist peter morici and nariman bear verb, chief economist at ihs. lcome back to the show. get your reaction to the number today. nariman, was it a surprise to you? >> not really. we expected decent growth. we actually expected unemployment rate to go up by .1 which it did. this is a little better than we thought it is

risk, take a chance, make a change, and break away ♪ ♪ wanna feel the warm breeze, sleep under a palm treeget on board a fast train, travel on a jet plane far away ♪ ♪ and break away ♪ out of the darkness and into the sun ♪ ♪ but i won't forget the place i come from ♪ ♪ i gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and break away ♪ means the world to me. and one of the most important things any parent can do is make sure their kids get active at least 60 minutes each day. studies show that physical activity not only helps kids stay healthy, it can enhance important skills, like concentration and problem solving, which can improve academic performance. this means physical activity can help your kids in t most important game of all -- life. ♪ . melissa: it is a sad, sad day for america. hostess, the maker of twinkies, my favorite, who whos ding dongs, all sorts of confessi shun airy goodness is closing its doors for good. 82 years, 82 years, failed to reach a compromise with its unions. 18,000 people are expected to lose their jobs. the ceo is on the phone from winston-salem, north caro

palm trees weren't bending over sideways like yesterday morning. winds backed off. showers for the most part moving to the east. this is a loop of the last four hours. you can see we did have showers around los gatos and areas around sunol grade but trend for afternoon watching moisture head to the east. 1:00, partly cloudy skies. sunshine. toward sunset we'll see high clouds starting to stream in. that's the outer fringe of a storm system that will bring big-time rain to the pacific northwest. for us temperaturewise today, a cooler start. by 1:00 we're back into the low to mid 60s. clouds fill in toward 4:00. we'll see numbers cooling off in the north bay. upper 50s to low 60s today as we turn drier to wrap up the weekend. the all-important getaway forecast does include a little more rain. we'll talk more about that stormy pattern setting up for the rest of the west coast in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks. president obama is now in thailand. air force one arrived in bangkok a few hours ago. president obama will meet thailand's king and queen today an

look at the palm trees whipping out there now. more rain on the way.e a strong line of storms going to be pushing onshore probably within the next hour or show. you're seeing plenty of pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall right now and more to come through the morning. ,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> it is 8:00 a.m. welcome back to "cbs this morning" as the number of women in congress hit the new high, house republican leaders choose new committee chair men. we'll ask amy klobuchar if congress is really changing. >>> straight talk from justice scalia about the most controversial rulings. first here is the "eye opener" at 8:00. >> we already know the president is a good campaigner. what we don't know is if he has the leadership skills necessary to lead to a bipartisan agreement. >> lawmakers have 30 days left to reach a deal before the fiscal cliff deadline. >> anybody looking at the threat coming out of geng gaz zi, libya, this was an al qaeda storm in the making. >> are they serious about it this time, putting a hold on her nomination if that nomination comes? >> if

anyway, so the member, the heroic international guerrillas is tied up between a couple of palm trees like this, and i'm there to torture him. then i have a better idea. and i say to the israeli secret service, i said taking away and read to him from "the satanic verses" all night. [laughter] and, of course, the totally cracks. [laughter] jinnah, everything but that. stuck at pakistani movie. >> which is usually defamatory. i do get killed but i don't get killed by then i get killed by flying carranza issuing bolts of lightning. [laughter] spent partially fried by the almighty. i thought there is dignity in the. anyway, the film is refused in england because it is defamatory and because they are told if they give it a certificate i can sue them, too. for detaining me. so i have, i decided i can do the trick i'm fighting a free speech battle but i can't be defended by an act of censorship. so i have to write to the british board of film certification informally give up my rights of legal abuse but i'm not going to see. so don't not to give it a certificate on my account. so they did. i

i remember all the palm trees. in my hometown we did not have palm trees. it was really amazing. >> host: where did you live in l.a. when he first got here? >> i lived in highland park which is northeast of los angeles. it was a latino community. >> host: was a mostly illegal community? >> guest: what i remember as being shocked when i got to school is that the kids have last names like me like gonzÁlez and fernandez then they could speak a language i couldn't speak -- and that was really shocking to me. because they look exactly like me. yet, they were not. i would say that that was probably the first time that i was really aware of the fact that there were latinos but they were different from maine. .. i do remember wanting to fit in it not been able to because i was esl student. i worked very hard at trying to finish my esl processing get out of that program. by the time i was in eighth grade, i was enrolled in regular eighth-grade english. >> host: reyna grande, there is a picture we are going to show on the air with you with a saxophone. tell us that s

palm trees, you name it. i did not see one square foot of space were a teenager could be happy. are in 2012. the first children's hospital was founded in 18 02 in paris. they've recognized then that children were not the same as adults. why are we ostriches and have our head in the stand? you could excuse it up until the end of the second world war. people went straight from school and work probably of the age of 14 and there was no choice. there was not at and between group. since the '50s, since all this, -- elvis, since my age group, what is the bloody excuse? [laughter] all i can say is, i think this is something you will do in your country very quickly, because what i love about america is the thing, we can do this, we will do it, we will make it work and we will donate. these are your teenagers. they need your support. they are your community and they are your future. you deserve to have it better. [applause] >> i just have one or two. what inspired you to set up the teenager and young adult cancer center? why there? >> mainly because i was doing a charity show and someone

many years after i moved to joshua tree and 29 palms, a few years later, i met my partner angela garcia who happens to be sitting in the audience who teaches at stanford and written a wonderful book about addiction. i met angela far away from the desert. she's from the desert. and that's one of the things, you know, i think i fell for immediately about her. she was a desert girl. a western girl. capital w. from new mexico. from albuquerque in the south valley, and we ended up living in new mexico together while she was doing research for her dissertation on addiction, she's a medical anthropology at stanford university. shoutout to stanford. we have stanford people renting here tonight. so i followed angela on to another landscape northern new mexico, which i already seen. i had been there a couple of times as a tourist when i was younger. we have seen northern new mexico represented artisticallied a nauseam whether it's, you know, a little, you know, postcard in the car sell, the truck stop, georgia o- kef. how many westerns have we seen that have landscape of -- [inaudible] northern n

many years after i moved to joshua tree and twentynine palms, i met my partner, angela garcia.ere tonight. she has also written a wonderful book about the desert called the pastoral clinic about addiction. i met angela far away from the desert, but she is from the desert. that is one of the things that, you know, i think i fell for it about her immediately. the fact that she was a desert girl. a western girl. she was from new mexico, albuquerque. and we ended up living in new mexico together while she was doing research for her dissertation on addiction. she is a medical anthropologist at stanford university. we have some stanford people here representing tonight. so we went to another landscape, northern new mexico, which i had already seen. i had dinner a couple times as a tourist when i was younger. but we had all seen northern new mexico at nottingham represented artistically. whether it was a little postcard in a truck stop order judge john nichols or george oki or how many westerns, you know, have we seen that have these landscapes? >> it has a powerful drive. the officia

palm trees, you name it. i did not see one square foot of space were a teenager could be happy. it is ridiculous. we are in 2012. the first children's hospital was founded in 18 02 in paris. they've recognized then that children were not the same as adults. why are we ostriches and have our head in the stand? you could excuse it up until the end of the second world war. people went straight from school and work probably of the age of 14 and there was no choice. there was not at and between group. since the '50s, since all this, since my age group, what is the bloody excuse? [laughter] all i can say is, i think this is something you will do in your country very quickly, because what i love about america is the thing, we can do this, we will do it, we will make it work and we will donate. these are your teenagers. they need your support. they are your community and they are your future. you deserve to have it better. [applause] >> i just have one or two. what inspired you to set up the teenager and young adult cancer center? why there? >> mainly because i was doing a charity show

i'm going to be on hand to open the downtown ice at circle of the palms along with kristi yamaguchi for the tree0 tonight. it will be open daily through january 1st from 9:00 until midnight, 9:00 a.m. until midnight. admission is free. donation boxes are scattered around the park so you can keep the annual tradition going. the time now is 6:26. >>> pretty fun. well, a lot of people like to travel this time of year, maybe to vegas? well, why wait to start the party, i suppose. >> a nevada entrepreneur is about to add five more hours of partying to both ends of your trip. >> because that's what people need. >> just what we need. the las vegas railway express is one step closer to bringing the x train to life. the train would start at the amtrak train station in fullerton in southern california and would end up in downtown las vegas. the ceo of the $100 million venture has struck an agreement with union pacific to run the train on its lines. the hope is the first train will hit the tracks on new year's eve, 2013. tickets for the adults-only train would cost $99 each way and would include a meal and

it features the unique sand christmas tree that is being constructed there in west palm beach, floridaure is made, get this, from 400 tons of sand. >> yes. >> it included some lights. they say it is the tallest sand tree ever built. they expect that it will be in place for a month. it cost $48,000. but the city says that is about the same cost as an 18-minute fireworks display on july 4th. >> all right. see that's what i like to see. not being in the south anymore. i miss a warm holiday season. it doesn't have to be cold to feel authentic. but i miss that, really. sunshine. dude is wearing shorts. what i'm talking about. >> i couldn't deal with the warm holiday season. >> got to try it. it's lovely. >>> coming up next -- back to our top story this morning. the big powerball jackpot. and previous winners who have made a difference. >>> and the young star of "two and a half men" finally says he's sorry but can he keep his job on the show? you have to stick around to find out. ♪ that i was such a fool i didn't know ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by olay total effe

palm springs. >>> 5:49. image of a cross found in a tree trunk at a lafayette cemetery is creating a buzz.e have been stopping by the queen of heff excellent cemetery to see it. -- the queen of heaven cemetery to see it. a ground keeper whose brother died a few weeks ago in a car accident says he has been looking for signs and thinks this is it. they are warting for a response from the tie sis to find out what to do about it. >>> -- >>> a woman is alive thanks to quick thinking of her daughter who saved her mother's life by performing cpr. 53-year-old laurie's husband found his wife passed out with her eyes rolled back sunday afternoon while watching the 49ers game. he panicked, calling to his daughter lindsey who came running. she had one cpr lesson two years ago, and she remembered that and knew what she needed to do and started doing cpr, by herself, until help got there. laurie's brain did not have oxygen for nearly 30 minutes. the doctors say the cpr in the critical first three minutes not only saved her mother's life but also probably saved her from brain damage. >> she was gone and

palms at 5:30 tonight. like gold medalist kristi yamaguchi will be there. it's all happening in downtown san jose. the tree will be lit at 6:00 tonight. >>> and our own christina loren is going to be at san francisco's ghirardelli square this evening lighting the tree there. this is the 48th annual tree lighting. i believe that she lights the tree at 5:30 this evening if i'm not mistaken. >> getting into that festive spirit. >> it's fun. >> all ready for it too. right, christina? >> that's right. i get to hang out with the most wanted man in the country, santa claus. i would love to see you out there. if you can't make it to san francisco, you can join marla tellez in san jose. we're looking good right now. 42 in livermore, 42 in sunnyvale. wherever you're headed, if it's just shopping. maybe you want to go to the store because you're all out of milk from all the people in your house, it's cold out there. grab your coat and leave the umbrella at home. 42 in san jose, 42 in livermore, 40 in gilroy. winds are calm and will start to pick up throughout the day today. there's a storm system that's going to sit

palms here. >> how do they know where they are going to end up if they are swinging. they can't control where they land. >> where do you land? there's nothing but buildings and trees. >> there's a park down there they are landing in. one guy missed. >> where are you going to land? where are you going to land? >> crash. >> deland on his back. >> he does come down pretty hard. his chute gets caught under the overhang. he's wearing a helmet. he was okay. you see him jump up and shrug it off. >> look at everybody around where he landed. where did he come from? >> they did it. >> night jump. it's crazy. >> this is part of an 11-day trip. he said he jumped more in those days than most people jump in an entire year. >>> a cop car that's driving a bit differently. >> hey, he's driving backwards. quickly. >> but is this real? the story behind the backwards ride. and twin sisters have a swinging good time. >> they get like an inch from each other every time. >> catch all the fun on "right this minute." [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone rav

found was that bats were flying over the large containers that would sit next to the trees, like a collection of palm sap that would then be sold in the market place and they would urinate, spit, whatever fats do in this palm sap you think people were getting infected the following day as he would drink the palm sap. so so disillusioned with that one was to cover these collection vehicles for the palm sector so this would like they do the same with maple syrup. so bats contributed to the development with a bangladesh but by different routes. >> is that okay, charlie? [laughter] >> now, i want to add one thing to do, and do, and they don't think you mentioned this aspect at least just then, ian, but part of this is a navy force of malaysia where these that's ordinarily would've been feeding had largely been destroyed and largely cut down. so the bats have been displaced from their native forests and, therefore, were not only enticed to come to the mango trees and the other fruit trees planted, but they were driven to look for food in human occupied habitats as both the animal defeat in a traditional h

tree. this does not cost a penny, perfect for the family through the holiday season. it runs tonight through new year's day. back here live underneath the circle of palmsre next to the hawaiian airlines. christy yamaguchi ice. we just held a ceremony with her and she talked to us about her nonprofit called the always dream foundation. >> we are excited and hopefully we can bring some low income families and children here to skate. but always dream just launched a couple of reading programs and some of the schools here in san jose, as well. so we're excited to be tackling childhood literacy now, which is the main focus. >> reporter: such an honor to be in the presence of christy yamaguchi. she's just a precious little thing. downtown ice is open through january 13, so you have more than a month to head on down. you can find out more information at sjdowntown.com. are you a skater? >> i'm not. i was hoping to see you ice skate. >> reporter: if you want to see me break a leg, that's what would happen. >> marla, thanks so much. >>> it's also beginning to look like christmas in san francisco. look at that. here's a look at the tree lit by our very own chris