in each attacks, robbers sprayed the victims with pepper spray. kron 4's jonathan bloom spoke to police and restressed the criminal steps. >> this store was the scene of the first out of a half a dozen robberies. in this case, two robbers walked in tuesday morning, spraid a 28-year-old man in the space and took off with watches. police say they are not sure if this robbery was related to the five others that fallowed. in the mission district before 9:00 wednesday night. a woman had her cell phone snatched out of her hands. they sprayed her and kicked her and ran away. then a man here was also pepper spraid bay two men who took his wallets and drove off in the saturn. then two hours late arthird robbery here. a man pepper spraid a 29-year- old woman and stole everything. she ended up going the hospital. thursday night, two more, a 28- year-old woman was surrounded by four men, one pepper sprayed her and another one snatched her cell phone, purse and cash. the second robbery, a woman felt someone tugs at her purse, a man pepper sprayed her, snatched

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two men grabbed a woman's phone and pepper sprayed her. about a half hour later, a robber sprayed a man, stealing his backpack. they reported two robberies saturday night. police are out on foot. they're also running undercover operations, hoping to stop the would-be robbers before they strike again. >> as soon as we just get past seeing them, they hit me in the back with a 2x4 or a baseball bat. >> he has been mugged before. he keeps his phone in his pocket while he walks his dog. police say staying alert is your best defense. >> police don't have a detailed description of the suspects or even the possible getaway car because the victims can't see after they get pepper sprayed. >>> a bay area man pleaded not guilty in santa clara county court today. the charge? assaulting an elderly priest. he plans to use his trial to publicly shame catholic priest lynch for years of abuse. he said somebody needs to be a face for this abuse and i'm prepared to put myself on the line. quote, they can't take anything away from me that they haven't taken aw

we have reports people were pepper sprayed. >> a number of people were pepper sprayed out here as the day went on. abc 7 with a ringside seat for all of that as you're about to see as police and protestors collided. the trouble began when protestors started surging towards e u.c. police line. a few protestors grabbed the barricade and took off wh them. police pushed back, used it on people not moving fast enough and broke out the pepper spray to disperse the crowd. a sort time later a second surge of protestors and more pepper spray. in the front of the first confrontation with u.c. berkeley graduate. you can see him being hit by a officer using her baton. moments late he was sprayedt close range. >> i told them i was a non-violent activist. the officer started hitting me more and an officer came over and took a pepper spray canister and just sprayed us all. >> i understand there's real passionate emotion. all we can hope for is everybody behaves and contain themselv. >> police thought the protestors did not contain themselves and several were rested. all this to protest a proposal at

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. >> reporter: robbers sprayed a victim with pepper spray. happened back over there. market and powell. it happened around 9:00 p.m. although it wasn't reported until 9:30 p.m. two men approached the victim and when he refused to cooperate they sprayed him in the face with pepper spray. of course we have been reporting about a rash of robberies across san francisco where victims were pepper sprayed at least five scattered around the city. and those cases last week the police said the robbers appeared to be targeting people with smartphones. in this case though investigators are not saying whether these are connected. remember, ken, they made some arrests earlier this week and so it is not clear whether maybe this is a larger ring or perhaps a copy cat. >> so they just show up, spray you in the face and grab whatever you've got, huh? >> first, if you comply apparently they take your stuff but if you resist they use the pepper spray. >> joe vazquez. thank you for that. >> okay. >>> another bird has turned up with a beer can around its neck and now wildlife rescue crews

two or pepper spray robberies were reported on thursday.he first was at 940 and bush and scott street and 10 minutes later the board in paris. all the victims of the women in the reports indicated the two male attackers were involved. one of the robberies the victim describe to get away scar as an early '90s saturn. pleas of not confirm the robbery is a world of the same man but the similarities are notable. in san francisco kron 4 news. >> after recent rash of violence and a nightclub san francisco entertainment commission is considering new technology that contract patrons one person enters the club his or her id will be scanned and the information will be recorded treated another technology would take pictures of anybody entering his club and record id information even allow security staff to add information like the patron becomes rowdy no decisions have been made it opponents arguing it's an invasion of privacy. >> a live look outside from our mount tam cam mostly sunny skies but a few clouds out there right now. things will clairaut q

safeway. >>> peppered no more.ice in san francisco think they've arrested the thugs responsible for a pepper spray robbery spree that's been plaguing the city. five people, three of them juveniles, are in custody for a string of robberies. three of the robberies happened last wednesday, two of them thursday night in a well-traveled part of the city. the robbers would pay the victims with pepper spray before taking their purses and cell phones. >>> one bay area sea bird breathing a little easier after being the victim of a sadistic animal abuse. somebody had cut a beer can collar around his neck. >> different strategies we tried, but he was very wary because somebody already caught him and hurt him. we could have caught 30 other birds the last few times we've been up here. it worked. >> they may not be done yet. there may be up to four other birds with similar problems in the bay area right now. there is a reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who is abusing these birds. >>> high-stress. a new st

we have reports people were pepper sprayed. >> a number of people were pepper sprayed out here as the day went on. abc 7 with a ringside seat for all of that as you're about to see as police and protestors collided. the trouble began when protestors started surging towards the u.c. police line. a few protestors grabbed the barricade and took off with them. police pushed back, used it on people not moving fast enough and broke out the pepper spray to disperse the crowd. a sort time later a second surge of protestors and more pepper spray. in the front of the first confrontation with u.c. berkeley graduate. you can see him being hit by a officer using her baton. moments later he was sprayed at close range. >> i told them i was a non-violent activist. the officer started hitting me more and an officer came over and took a pepper spray canister and just sprayed us all. >> i understand there's real passionate emotion. all we can hope for is everybody behaves and contain themselves. >> police thought the protestors did not contain themselves and several were rested. all this to protest a pr

suddenly pepper spray, no warning, in their dispersal. it feels like a chemical burn that doesn't stop. >> he thinks the police used excessive force but will we showed our video to the chief she disagreed. >> i don't think anything that's inappropriate the officers were holding the line the baton is used for that purpose, the individuals charged in the officers. >> a dozen or so rested was ready to unveil several hours later. >> their best people i was one of them, will have a court date and you'll make sure the charges are dropped. speaker does organizers tried to hold his second rally as night fell. police were there and ready few people showed up. >> cruz says the message remains college should not be for the rich. the university's promise of more financial aid for those who cannot afford is simply a band-aid over a much bigger issue. >> it does not solve the problem here is defending that that principle of puttinpublic education being a right. education to be open to everyone low-income, everyone. >> here's a look at why the protester

it's like if i thought this pepper shaker was stupid, and i said, "man, this pepper shaker is so 16-year-old boy with a cheesy mustache." just saying.

exposure to pepper spray was used in lou use in lieu of using -- exposure to pepper spray was used in lieu of using a baton, which is much more harmful. >> they just came charging batons. i kept repeating i'm a nonviolent activist. my hands were down. >> reporter: that man got pepper sprayed in the eye. two officers were injured. the board of regents is expected to vote today on a proposed 8% tuition hike. there is going to be some public comment this morning, as well. if it's anything like it was yesterday, there was a long line of people who wanted to speak out against this. the regents say they just don't have much of a choice. >> thank you, anne makovec. >>> the san francisco man accused of stabbing a cable car conductor in san francisco is expected to enter his plea in court today. 32-year-old george long charged with attempted murder for that attack sunday afternoon. he was arrested after police followed a trail of blood to his home. his arraignment was postponed until today because he was under psychiatric observation. the conductor is expected to recover. >>> it is a fine line

. >> someone is using pepper spray to commit strong-armed robberies. good evening every. >> there is a new crime wave in san francisco. police are telling us about a rash of robberies by criminals using pepper spray to gain the upper hand. we count at least six of those robberies since wednesday night. they have been taking place in neighborhoods all across the city. ktvu's amber lee is live in the marina, the scene of the most recent pepper spray robbery. amber? >> reporter: julie, the incident happened here around this time last night. each incident, police say the attackers used the pepper spray such as this one to catch their victims off guard. along chestnut street tonight we saw plenty of people using their smart phones and other devices and not totally aware of their surroundings. >> guilty as charged. i do it all the time. i try to avoid it as much as possible. >> reporter: good as vice according to police, there have been six attacks in various neighborhoods where two or more young men pepper sprayed a victim, snatched his or her iphone, walle

. >> someone is using pepper spray to commit strong-armed robberies. good evening every. >> there is a new crime wave in san francisco. police are telling us about a rash of robberies by criminals using pepper spray to gain the upper hand. we count at least six of those robberies since wednesday night. they have been taking place in neighborhoods all across the city. ktvu's amber lee is live in the marina, the scene of the most recent pepper spray robbery. amber? >> reporter: julie, the incident happened here around this time last night. each incident, police say the attackers used the pepper spray such as this one to catch their victims off guard. along chestnut street tonight we saw plenty of people using their smart phones and other devices and not totally aware of their surroundings. >> guilty as charged. i do it all the time. i try to avoid it as much as possible. >> reporter: good as vice according to police, there have been six attacks in various neighborhoods where two or more young men pepper sprayed a victim, snatched his or her iphone, walle

one of the news crews was affected by the pepper spray. today in the bay's monty francis is live with what we might expect this morning. protesters have been adamant about having their voices heard over this. >> that's right. good morning. the police are here on campus and the barricades are up and they're ready for potential problems. the uc regents are scheduled to meet here at 8:30 and expected to vote on the 8% increase. yesterday here hundreds of uc students gathered to protest. 13 people were arrest and most were uc students. it comes on the heels of a 32% tuition increase last year. they would raise tuition to $11,000. they fired pepper spray and the officer drew his gun. >> he went down. he was hit over the head with the baton. he got up and drew his weapon. he held it in a defensive posture as the stay tuneds backed away. >> the university said four officers suffered minor injuries. the student accused of assaulting the police officer faces felony charges and if passed, the increase would take effect in the next a.m. demic year. t

. >>> in the north bay, police are using for three suspects who used pepper spray to rob a consignment store. the latest incident happened friday morning at the home consignment center on tamalpais drive. investigators say two men pepper-sprayed customers and employees in the store, then smashed glass display cases and stole jewelry amp third suspect drove a getaway car. they were involved in two hit-and-run crashes as they escaped northbound on highway 101. on september 24th a consignment story was also hit by been banditted armed with pepper sprays. >> a dikous distinction for a bay of bay area cities. the list of the most dangerous places. st. louis is the most dangerous city. followed by camden, new jersey, detroit, and if the michigan. richmond ranks number six. >>> coming up next, call it perfect timing. a new homeless shelter opening in san francisco right now as temperatures are on the verge of plunging. and why there's encouraging news for retailers heading into the big holiday shopping season. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. a nice break today, but live doppler 7 hd already picki

they pepper sprayed customers and employees. during their get-away, the suspects got into two hit and run crashes. police are not saying if the same men are connected to another pepper spray robbery in danville two months ago. last week, police arrested five suspects accused of pepper spraying people in robberies around san francisco. >>> oakland ranks as one of the most dangerous cities in the country, according to a recent study. the annual rankings are based on population figures and crime data compiled by the fbi. st. louis tops the list, with more than 2000 crimes per 100,000 residents. the national average is about 430. next up is camden, new jersey followed by detroit, and flint, michigan, and oakland at number 5. >>> so it's busy enough at the airport during the thanksgiving holiday, but new security measures could mean even more disruptions this week. passengers themselves might be slowing things down on purpose. >> reporter: this week's holiday air travel could be even more frustrating and time consuming than usual. >>

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reporter: hundreds of demonstrators turning a rejects' meeting where police are forced to use more than pepper spray to control the crowd. >>> how an east oakland church hopes to turn a tragedy into an opportunity to reduce violence. >>> and just the idea of charging a toll to drive in a -- drive in from san francisco to the peninsula has drivers fuming. >>> good afternoon. we begin this noontime with rowdy protests. they are gathering at the campus of ucsf mission bay. hundreds of protesters gathered on the campus early this morning and there were some confrontations. jade hernandez joins us now to let us know what happened. >> reporter: good afternoon. the meeting is still going on behind me. they are getting ready to take a break. protesters are quiet now but that answer the case a few hours ago. protesters scuffled with police. we witnessed and incident get out of hand as a campus police officer defended himself >> they started to push we were get in and then people were out of the stairwell and they were hitting the steps with the billy club trying to get us to get out. >> reporter: prote

a new crime wave has hit the streets of san francisco, and the weapon of choice is pepper spray. >> police say young men spray it in the faces of their victims and steel their belongings. there have been five attacks since wednesday. pacific heights and cal hallow area. amy hollyfield joins us now live from san francisco. amy? >> police tell me this is uncommon. it is not your typical street holdup, and they want people to be aware. >> i felt so bad. >> she was leaving a friend's house when she saw a distraught woman on the sidewalk. >> she kept wiping her eyes. she had five or six police officers. >> the woman had just been be roughed. her attacker sprayed pepper spray in the face and hit her in the head and grabbed her purse. >> we don't think of things happening like that in the neighborhood very often. >> 10 minutes earlier they hit in another unlikely neighborhood, lower pacific heights. >> it makes me feel like i need to carry my own pepper spray. i always felt safe on the street. so that is concerning. >> there have been five attacks in san francisco neighborhoods since wednesday. a

later that night, another pepper spray mugging reported on page street.r attacks in cal hollow. >> supporters of a 20-year-old city college nursing student are rallying to try to stop his scheduled deportation. and friends gathered to see support. boxer's staff wet bhet friends and family and said they can do nothing on behalf of just one individual. however, his supporters refused to give up the fight. >> people are writing qlerts here. we've been sending petitions. and and and lee arrested in september when immigration officials and it has been denied an asylum. >> well, right now, more bay area soldiers are headed out and as every military family knows it's a challenging time for men and women on the way. and the onces who wait, and worry well. have the story from travis air base. >> from 80 men and women, this deployment marks the end of their time at home with their families. for one year. the 749th or gold miners are heading to southern iraq. the california army national guardsmen will provide transportation and maintenance services to us us and all

. >>> san francisco police are issuing a warning about robbers using pepper spray as their weapon of choice. they say that the criminals are watching for folks who are distracted, sufs texting or talking on the phone, then surprise them with pepper spray. police say the thieves victimized five people in the last two nights this way in san francisco. some of the victims didn't just get pepper sprayed, some were kicked and one was hit in the head. >> as soon as they got past them, just seeing them, they hit me in the back with either a two by four or baseball bat. >> police say they don't have a suspect description because those victims couldn't see after getting sprayed. one victim did see the thieves leave in a saturn after they stole his wallet, ipod and a backpack. >>> president obama is in japan tonight for one last meeting before heading home. brian moore reports, while the president wraps up his ten-day asia tour, he's already talking about ways to perhaps work with the republican majority back home. >> reporter: as president obama winds down his asian trip, he's looking for way

her attackers sprayed pepper spray in her face, hit her in the head and grabbed her purse.e don't think of things happening in that neighborhood very often. >> ten minutes earlier they had hit in another unlikely neighborhood, lower pacific heights. >> it makes me feel like carrying around pepper spray. i don't know what else to say. i always felt pretty safe on the streets. that's a little concerning. >> five attacks since wednesday. a sixth one happened tuesday on market street. a man sprayed the face of an employee and got away with some watches. the only one involving a store. police don't know if it is related. >> seems like you could do it if you wanted it do it but that's kind of ridiculous and it suction because it's considered one of the safest cities. i don't know how you would take care of that other than police presence. >> investigators don't know if the same men are committing all the crimes. it's possible a couple of robbers pulled it off, bragged to their friends and the friends went out and tried it themselves. >> i would be very startled. i open had doesn'

pepper spray mugings have happened in different neighborhood in the past two days. amy is live in san francisco. same mo. police saying whether these are related. >>reporter: they are assuming they are, dan, or they say it could be that 2 guys went out and did it. saw how easy it was bragged to the friends and friends went out and did it. police just don't know. they say that this is unique. it is not the common street robbery and they want people to be aware. they say the thieves are using pepper spray in the victim faces then they grab the wallet or purse, cell phone and then they run away. it happened on the sidewalks in different neighborhoods 5 times of since wednesday. >> it makes me feel like i need to carry my own pepper spray. i don't know what else to say. i have always felt pretty safe on the street so that's a little concerning. >> troubling. because i walk my dog at night so, you know, don't want to happen to me. >>reporter: sixth attack involve pepper spray happened at the watch store on market street. thief sprayed employee in the face and stole watch

this is pepper spray attack scene number 4 at bush and scott streets in lower pacific heights. this time the loot was a cell phone, a purse, and cash. and attack number 5 at filbert and pierce in ritz ski cal hollow this time the loot was a purse in ritzy cal hollow. this happens only 10 minutes after the fourth attack. san francisco police aren't talking saying they didn't want to encourage more of them. they did say, though, that they are not sure if these attacks are related even though they were all committed with pepper spray. in san francisco, simon perez, cbs 5. >>> under jessica's law, sex offenders are restricted from living next door to your child's school or maybe their favorite park. but anne makovec explains why that law might put more kids at risk. >> i think there's good reason why we do have limits around parts of schools. >> reporter: the concept of jessica's law is simple, protecting children from sexual predators by monitoring them and restricting where they live. the unintended consequences, the restrictions may be making things more difficult for law enforc

pepper spray is the least powerful weapon we possess. exposure to pepper spray was used in lou use in lieu of using a baton, more harmful. >> they just came charging batons. i kept repeating i'm a nonviolent activist. my hands were down. >> reporter: that man got pepper sprayed in the eye. two officers were injured. the board of regents is expected to vote today on a proposed 8% tuition hike. there is the semantic situation between tuition and fees. the board yesterday talked about switching the word tuition with fees and the uc system was supposed to be a tuition had been free university. they say they are now just speaking to the reality that education is no longer free. back to you. >> it's tough for students trying to find more student loans. thank you, anne makovec in san francisco. >>> the man accused of stabbing a cable car conductor in san francisco is due in court this morning. 32-year-old george long charged with attempted murder for that attack sunday afternoon. he was arrested after police followed a trail of blood to his hom

. >> five people are in custody after pepper spray robbys.ice say the suspects would spray the pepper into the faces of people not paying attention. this weekend two men and three juveniles were taken into custody. >>> it was a gorgeous day today and tomorrow will be nice too. little cooler. to start the morning temperatures on the mild side, into the 50s. afternoon, plenty of sunshine. by 3:00 temperatures in the 60s and 70s. this cooling trend will continue through the week. clear skies over the bay area and well out over the pacific. warm, dry air dominating the forecast and sending our storms to the north. it's blocking the storms from getting through. later this week they will break through, especially to the north of us. more on that in a second. plenty of sunshine, 60s and 70s. 73 santa rosa. 71 vulayo. not close to record breaking temperatures but comfortable tomorrow. 71 liver more, 73 in san jose. friday, rain, low pressure, 1:00 in the afternoon, pushing down to the south friday evening. most of the heavy rain misses us to the nort

a new crime wave has hit the streets of san francisco and a weapon of choice is pepper spray. police say young men have been spraying the faces of their victims and stealing belongings. there have been five attacks since wednesday. amy hollyfield reports. >> reporter: she was leaving a friend's house when she sue a distraught woman on the sidewalk. >> she was crying and wiping her eyes. she had five or six police officers around her. >> the woman had been robbed, they sprayed pepper spray in her face and hit her in the head and stole her purse. ten minutes earlier they hit in unlikely neighborhood, lower pacific heights. >> it makes me feel like i need to carry my own pepper spray. i don't know what else to say. i felt safe on the streets so it's concerning. >> there has been five attacks since wednesday. a sixth one happened tuesday inside a store on market street. a man sprayed the face of an employee and got away with some watches. the only one involving a store and police don't know if it's related. >> great way to do it if you want to do it but it sucks because considered

. >>> robbers armed with pepper spray have struck again. no word yet if the suspects are connected to another pepper spray robbery in danville two months ago. >>> check of other bay area break downs. a testla employee killed in a plane crash earlier this year. a rowing boat was the named in honor of the testla worker. >>> in san jose, this could be the sight for a major casino. the garden city casino plans to move here from its current site. if the planning director approved, the $100 million project the card room would reopen in about a year under the new name casino matrix. >>> an oakland will begin the process to continue industrial sized pot factors. four pot farms began the process to be approved. >>> a backlash against a banking industry. >> you can't begin to save by stuffing your cash under a mattress. >> but some people are. the challenge you have to face if you want to opt out. >>> and we could see a few more snow flakes, we'll talk about that, and your morning computer. - - and your morning commute. ,,,,,, ,,,,,, [trumpet playing

pepper spray its everybody it disperses them quickly.crowd moves back that lasted a couple of minutes the camera caught that hasn't happened this morning outside the meeting where they are deciding whether not the problem going to do it to implement and fee hikes on the students. the students say they can't take it anymore another 8 percent hike another $800 for students would be paying more than $11,000 to go to you see. >> 7 day around the bay forecast. >> this bill levels are low enough we may be seeing a dusting of snow as low as mt. tam. ice today and tomorrow not a heavy snow storm we will get rain saturday, sunday. snow possible on the bay area peaks. call street quiet day after yesterday's big plunge we lost 178 the dow drifted slightly positive and negative now opt for. city of san francisco may ease a rolls preliminary approval that would reduce the cost of permits vendors who do business at several locations would no longer have to get multiple permits. inspections could also be scaled back. >> san mateo is racing to put toget

a new crime wave hits the streets of san francisco and the weapon of choice is pepper spray.olice say young men spray it in the face of their victims. there have been five attacks since wednesday in the mission, lower haight, pacific heights and cal hollow. >> nellie was leaving a friend's house at pierce and silver when she saw a distraught woman on the sidewalk. >> she was crying, kept wiping her eyes. she had five or six police officers right around her. >> the woman had just been robbed. her attacker sprayed pepper spray in her face, hit her in the head, and grabbed her purse. >> we don't think of things happening in that neighborhood very often. >> just ten minutes earlier, they had hit in another unlikely neighborhood, lower pacific heights. >> it makes me feel like carrying around pepper spray. i don't know what else to say. i have always felt pretty safe on the streets so that's a little concerning. >> there have been five attacks in san francisco neighborhoods since wednesday. a sixth one happened tuesday inside market street. a man sprayed the face of an employee an

. >> police have not caught two people in the middle of another attempted pepper spray mugging. police say the two muggers took off before they're able to rob victims. that follows six robbery as cross san francisco since wednesday including one at a market street watch store with robbers using pepper spray. five suspects three of them under 18 have been arrested. >> a school district in north sacramento is considering a a.band oning a school right in the middle of the school year. why? because it sits next to a major gas pipeline. the school board is set to vote tonight whether to relocate students and staff at harmon johnson elementary school. the board hired an engineering firm to conduct an independent study after september's deadly gas line explosion in san bruno. the engineers found the underground facility across from the school is at risk. >> and they found they wanted to bring the board together as soon as possible and look at the report. >> and coming up, debt collectors find a friend in face book. >> and getting lead out of toys. 7 on your side looks at a texting prog

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we are making sausage with a stout sauce, sausage and peppers.the big attractions would be the food but there's also dancers, we are an -- we have an irish guitarist. there's a huge pub in the center. a children's area kicking off friday at 6:00 a.p. -- 6:00 a.m. takes place until noon on sunday. back to what we're cooking. tell is what the story is behind this recipe. >> this recipe is from my great fwrand mother. came out of ireland and it's a wild heather honey stout sauce made traditionally with pork they call gamon. we have butter, garlic, honey, time, black pepper. >> and guinness? >> the guinness stout. i had my neighbor last night as a manager of the local restaurant over here called the oregon grill, and he brought me two bottles home last night. because i had none at the house. >> and you have to have that. >> the main ingredient. i'm like oh, my gosh! what am i going to do? >> everything irish. >> the fun, the camaraderie. i have a group of people, family and friends that get upset every year when i tell them i'm not going to do the fo

those that don't know about the salt and pepper -- i'll tell you quickly even though we don't have muchbelieve it or not, once you start to fry the meat makes the meat a little bit tougher on the outside. it actually fries it. >> i didn't know that. so don't put the butter in it. >> the fat from the skin is going to drip down onto the seasonings and season all the meat underneath. >> okay. >> so put parsley, sage or thyme, put that underneath and then on top, we're just going to put some olive oil and season it with salt and pepper and let it cook for about three hours. >> 15 minutes per pound. >> we do something different. folks are wondering who these folks are. these are students from the potomac job corps center. and they actually helped me. we worked on this yesterday. we took the same type of turkey, we deboned it or boned it, we took off the breast like you do a chicken, took the leg off, and then what we did was we butterflied everything, we opened it up, we put stuffing, we have some of our cranberry stuffing here. we layered it, more stuffing. what you end up with after you ti

the men jump up, pepper spray the receptionist and head into the back room while customers scramble out. the first suspect bursts through the door, jumping over the counter and beating up an employee. his accomplice unleashes pepper spray while the other steals marijuana. >> we have had a number of these cases in the last three, four months. >> the criminals got away with $1,000 worth of pot. they recognize one of the men as a former customer. >> there were customers who left prior to the police arriving. >> reporter: one employee and one customer are recovering after mace was sprayed directly in their eyes. >>> when we come back, a surprise finish a at the big bone game. >> plus -- >> happy thanksgiving to everybody. >> we spend thanksgiving with the men and women in uniform on the front lines of afghanistan. >> they come back and play $25, $15. >> we found a way to save you more. it is the black friday shopping secret many retailers in the bay area don't want you tokn.know. >> you may be heating up leftovers, it feels like a freezer outside. low to mid 30s in the north bay as well as

the group targeted people who were distracted then pepper sprayed them.'s been three pep pepper spray robberies. >>> and rangel was charged with 11 counts. rangel is denouncing the verdict as unfair. in a statement he said that any failings of his conduct were nothe result of criminal actions but quote good faith mistakes. the 80-year-old rangel is not expected to resign, he faces possible sanctions including a fine and denial of privileges. >>> the government will stop adding thousands of so called pet projects worth billions of the dollars. as scott mcfarland reports, local communities may lose out on important funding. >> the san francisco police department, homeless programs in san jose, an jose state university all were set to get hundreds of thousands of earmark dollars next year but now those earmarks and pet projects nationwide could be eliminated. this decision has the tea party's fingerprints all over it. they protested against government spending. and they helped elect these people, many that told me they campaigned against earmarks. >> we were

they pepper sprayed customers and employees. during their getaway, the suspects got into two hit-and- run crashes. police are not saying if they are connected to another pepper spray robbery in danville two months ago. >>> well, oakland will begin the process this week to allow industrial sized urban pot farms inside the city limits. several northern california cities are looking to collect tax revenue from large cultivation operations that apply for medical marijuana. tomorrow four pot farms begin the permitting process inside oakland's borders. >>> well, new calls tonight for a less invasive security screening methods at the nation's airports. the patdowns and full body scanners have created such an up roar that even some people in the obama administration say they wouldn't want to go through them. and there could be problems for the airports during the holidays. >> reporter: they're talking about just say no to body scans. there's been a loosely organized internet campaign urging holiday travelers to opt out of what they're c

robbers would fire pepper spray at people and take the purse wallet or other valuable.ice got a good vehicle description and saturday officers arrested 3 juveniles along with 27-year-old jones of hayward and 18-year-old carpenter from san francisco. >> messerly attorneys are asking for his release from jail now while his appeal for his voluntary manslaughter conviction in the death of oscar grant continues. san francisco chronicle reports that messerly bail hearing is scheduled for december 3rd. earlier this month the judge sentence theed the former bart police officer to two years in prison for shooting grant at the fruitvale bart station on new years day 2009. with credit for time served he could be released in seven months. >> crime baffling as it is senseless. someone killed a swan in san francisco over the weekend. and tonight there's very little to go on. lee is at the palace of fine arts with the story tonight. lee? >> yes. the swans have been swimming in the lagoon since 1915 since the panama exposition. there were 14 at one point condition including some babies

starting today if you buy one holiday beverage, that's the pepper minute mocha or pepper minute hot chocolate at any participating starbucks you get one free. the deal runs from 2 until 5:00 each day until november 21st. >> what's the right occasion to open a special bottle of bubbly? well a new occasion to pop the cork on one of the oldest pots in the entire world. it was salvaged where it has been sitting on a sunken ship for 200 years. why did they crack it open? they hope this will get more tourists to the tiny finish island it was found. the plan is to auction off the two remaining bottles. they could go for $135 a bottle. before you bust out your credit card the champagne that was ordered was described as powerful, intense, and mushroomy. that doesn't sound good. >> now the most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate. >> 135 grand for that? i don't know. >> yeah. >> going to have to be good. >> mushroomy? >> yeah. >> i was thinking back to all the gadget stories you ran, ipad. >> mom and dad think about it.? we're still waiting, joce, from the national weather s

police were called and had to use pepper spray to separate the teenagers. several students were taken to the hospital for treatment for the pepper spray. >>> getting a jump start in advance of veteran's day. today baltimore county hosted an annual commemoration ceremony in honor of our troops. abc2 news jeff hager hag more on this very special tribute. >> reporter: the to takes could a center for the orthopedist show choir provided the patriotic tunes but as the wars dragon even some of the veterans themselves have to wonder at times if their service is out of sight and out of mind. >> we get to places we get used to not changes to where they forget about the terrorism and what goes on in the world. really people don't want to know about all what's happening in other countries because they feel they don't compact them. >> reporter: brig. gen. jim adkins of the maryland national guard has personally overseen wave after wave of deployment. >> we've had two deployment ceremonies soldiers going to iraq afghanistan and kuwait. sunday meeting with more troops goi