are you a pisces? >>> tonight's headlines, president obama called on bill clinton today to support the tax cut compromise. bill clinton called it the best deal possible. president obama is trying to convince democrats to support the bill. that deal extends jobless benefits also. elizabeth smart now 23 years old, smiling today after the guilty verdict of brian david mitchell. he faces life in prison. >>> the sausalito's marine mammal center is caring for a sea linthat was shot. its left eye was shot. gun shot pellets are lodged in his head. it's too early to know if it will regain its health. who shot the animal is unknown. >>> big changes this weekend, but still rain in the forecast and the extended forecast, we will talk about it in a few minutes. ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts of xmas cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ >>> new developments in the wikileaks story tonight. the organization itself is undergoing an

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are you a pisces?dy the warriors played the national after party to lebron james cleveland return and steve nash the former bronco still hanging on, playing all star ball. you didn't see much of curry, he got cratched in both eyes. richardson the former warriors went off, he was great tonight. 16 assists for steve nash. richardson 25 points. warriors dut can the it to three at one point. veteran players, all things being equal take over. 107-101. smart's team lost 9-11. lebron james returns to cleveland. [ crowd booing ] >> all right. cavaliere fans seemed more inspired than their team, they were messing with him. the problem is, the guy is just too good. if you want to pick on somebody, pick on somebody that can't score 24 points in one quarter. ties a record. lebron james had 38 points, eight assists, 5 rebounds, 24 points in the 3rd quarter. didn't even play the fourth. 108-90, the cavs worst loss of the year. fans can do whatever they want but he is too good. some sharks dany heatley, what does thi

are you a pisces? >>> a judge in virginia struck down a key provision of president obama health care legislation. the court declared the requirement that all mans buy health insurance violates the constitution. >>> the health care bill signed by president obama requires all americans to purchase health insurance or face a fine. the inveesed business for insurance companies will help fund high risk patients. the decision is likely to be appealed, legal analysts calls it a major set back for the administration. >> because there is a substantial body of american law and lawyers who believe that this legislation goes too far. >>> the man behind the rule is a republican clicked named hang them high henry. he was appointed by geroge w. bush. his decision today came as no surprise to the white house. >> the bill will continue to have its day in court. >> the judge has provided -- presided over other high profile cases. >>> there it is. our next wave of rain already impacting and slowly pushing towards the bay

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are you a pisces? what's in your wallet? stormy weather out there you're looking live of the james lick, looking at the golden gate bridge there's ray but as jacqueline bennett tells us we have a lot more on a light. >> a lot more of a lot heavier on the way. we've been seeing lighter showers out the today but it is picking up in intensity this evening. along the coastline down in the south this area of yellow on your screen, also the darker shade of green indicating heavier showers. they're making the way toward the coastline. this will push and for the next half-hour so long beaks salmon to close down the peninsula and the next 45 minutes to an hour. if a water view picture, storm up to the north is calling it a lot of tropical moisture, that's taking direct aim at the bay area. that's why we're going to see a long period of rain plus, periods of heavy rain mixed in between. snow also going in this here right now will talk more about that in a moment. the time of future cast will see this evening. 9:00 p.m. heavier rain pu

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are you a pisces? then the amount people are taking on it is double fought triple. >> is a downside with unemployment so high competition is fierce. at ups applications are up 40% over last year. >> live look the roof cam over downtown san francisco cloudy evening not seen any rate now. that will change as we can will talk about a coming up.

are you a pisces? >>> an inmate at an orange county jail used a gag from the "seinfeld" show to get better meals, and it worked for a while. >> no! >> he made up his own holiday. out of that, a new holiday was born. a festivous for the rest of us. >> well, the orange county inmate disliked salami. so by invoking his devotion to the holiday festivous, he was entitled to special meeflals. it worked for two months until someone caught a rerun of "seinfeld" and the judge threw out the inmate's request. >>> "nightly news" is coming up next.

are you a pisces? . >>> you're watching cbs5 eyewitness news. >> holiday shopping in the middle of a rash of robberies. the bay area community stepping up patrols to protect the public. >>> millions of bonuses for muni workers pulled by the city. yacht city says enough is enough. >>> it's game over at the metro dome in minneapolis. the winter storm strong enough to take down two teams. good evening. buyer beware. during a the shopping be careful of increation street crime. four armed robberies in two hours in the east bay. what police are doing to protect the public. >> reporter: streets to filled with holiday shoppers and this is also the time of year when street crime spikes. we have been providing extra patrols where the robberies have happened and in the areas where they could happen in the future. we have made a number of arrests, issued search warrants and the detectives have out there in the undercover aspect working undercover. >> reporter: officers are looking for suspects involved in a spring

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are you a pisces?et's take a quick look at the stock market the dow down 19 points the nasdaq was down 10 1/2 above. rob is here give us your read on what happened at the stock market? >> not to much. were that late december, 10 days left until christmas kind of mode. there's not a lot of volume going on and when they were a little worried moody's said we may downgrade same as far as their. if we see looming issues with californian their budget deficit when they may need more to borrow. model of good action. nothing a climb in on and say wow. just a rehash day from last couple of days. what they said in december was the same thing they said november. a hate to be boring but, >> this was dramatic key auto yesterday's enacting more layoffs and sell was quoted as saying how low is a dying company which is a rather chilling statement. >> yahoo is internet road kill. (laughter) you could say it from carol barts had an offer for microsoft's $50 billion. it it will be a division of gogol, maybe face book that

are you a pisces? verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. the reports are revealing features that apple might include in its next generation i pad. internet reporter kimberly tells a switch upgrades the tablet device may soon have. >> some of the rumored changes are expected where people thought they would bring about but, some others are really a surprise. let's look at the rumors about this new i pad. first off this is pretty surprising the models could be half the size of the current i pad that currently the i pad is 9.7 in. and this is really a departure from what the steve jobs and said this past october to read he publicly rejected the idea of the seven and i pad site was much too small to support their software. next up another source as saying the i pad could be slimmer, lighter and perhaps have a better resolution display than the first one. it the next one is in a surprise a lot of people expecting it to have a front and back mounted camera at to enable apple face time conferencing service. research firm expects apple this ship 12.

are you a pisces? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] now everyone can explore the world from home. making high speed internet more affordable than ever at only $14.95 a month. one-year price guarantee. stocks closed higher today with the dow ended up 15 points and aztec was up 10. rob what is your read on what happened stocks? >> in large part you saw weakness in energy, you put yourself some strengths to the dollar, east of the 10 year treasury note dropped to 3.25% which means nothing to the average person. what it means there's no longer cheap money to be gotten from banks and mortgage companies and corporations. so, were optimistic on one hand it's good, on the other hand the two men he's gone. were transitioning to a more realistic economy it's got free and cheap money. it's quite to be a there's inflation, pay growth, they were hiring people. the transition is that tough to digest, chew and swallow a little bit of a gag on wall street. >> tell me about mcdonald's, and it read it and the coffee? >> i'm thinking about moving to germany they sell them decrepit 247365 days. it wh

are you a pisces? [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, you're free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. have a problem with letting gays serve openly. >>> a long awaited pentagon report on gays in the military finds that most troops don't have a problem with letting gays serve openingly. more than 100,000 service members. just 30% predicted negative consequences from ending the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. among marines, the number was 46%. >> repeal of don't ask, don't tell though potentially disruptive the short-term would not be the traumatic change that many have feared and predicted. >> the obama administration is committed to repealing don't ask, don't tell. most republicans oppose repealing it. hearings are scheduled before the senate on thursday and friday. >>> is releasing 40,000 california inmates going too far? then again, how long should overcrowding go on? just two questions raised by supreme court justices today as they try to balanc

are you a pisces? >>> if you don't have a backup camera in your car, you will in the near future. the government is about the require them in all new vehicles. each week in america 48 children are injured and 2 die when they are backed over and usually by a family member. a consumer reports investigation found the big ter vehicle the bigger the blind spot. sedans have an average blind spot of 12 feet. minivans, 13 feet. suvs, one foot more than that. and 30 feet behind pickup trucks. the transportation department appears ready to require backup cameras in all new cars by the year 2014. >>> you may not take dolls seriously but the fbi office in sacramento certainly does. their latest cyber crime alert is over a barbie doll. the internal memo warns that barbree video girl has a camera in it and it could be used, quote, it could be a possible child pornography production method. in fairness, tech crunch also found evil potential in the toy saying it was for pedophiles. mattel, the company that makes barbie points out there have been no reports of anyone using those doll to make elici

are you a pisces? >>> did you hear this?ke everybody go -- >> i didn't see the dust. >> everybody that was there, they know and they had one chance to see him and tonight was the only chance to see he had come through because they are in the east. >> here we go. you know what i'm talking about. warriors fans had tonight's game circled on the calendar as soon as lebron james announced to the world he was taking his talents to south beach. king james and the heat making their only visit to the bay area. chris bosh. huge two handed jam. miami led by six after one. warriors kept it close in the second. monte and david lee. setting up the big dunk. led the warriors with 20 points monte. shot from the corner. the three right there. and led by just three at the half. there they come at the break. but lebron james took over in the third off the turnover and you can see it coming. dwyane wade tossed it up for lebron james. pretty alley-oop. part of 13. then the king got hot from the outside. knocked down three threes to end the quart

are you a pisces? >>> i thought baseball was over. >> baseball is never over. rookie of the year. get over losing juan. >> former oakland athletic and 2002 mvp reportedly signed a one-year deal with the giants. 6. 5 million plus incentives. miguel tejada hit.269 with the orioles and padres. expected to play shortstop. but he could be the third baseman too. >>> raiders quarterback controversy just got a lot easier. bruce gradkowski done for the year after suffering a right shoulder separation which ends his season. injured it late in the day sunday against the dolphins. >>> if 49ers make a playoff push as they are they will need to do it without the services of frank gore. gore suffered a fractured right hip last night and will not play again this season as the 49ers placed him on injured reserve. wide receiver also placed on it. two niners done for the year. a power outage forced the sharks to cancel their skate around and power outage apparently continued onto the ice. five years ago tonight, joe thorton. first meeting since san jose. knocking it out of mid-air for detroit. findi

are you a pisces? it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible. >>> there is so much anger over a plan to triple tuition fees in britain, protestors attacked a car carrying prince charles and his wife. they were in london's shopping district when demonstrators kicked their car, chanted off with their heads! the royal couple sped off unharmed. protestors also smashed windows, police did arrest a handful of rioters. the violence broke out after lawmakers approved a plan to triple university fees to $14,000 a year. >>> they are romantic. they are racy. and they can b

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are you a pisces? >>> if you are planning to try to get an early start on the holiday vacation, you and everybody else, make plans because bad weather causing delays at san francisco international airport leading to these long lines at the ticket counter and, of course, security, too. right now, arriving flights are delayed more than 3 1/2 hours. and you can bet if the arriving flights are delayed, chance are departures will be delayed, too. no delays reported at oakland or san jose mineta. >>> heads up though if your holiday plans including hitting the slopes. that winter storm warning is in effect in the sierra and jonas tichenor joins us from the infamous blue canyon to tell us how much snow we will get. it's the last place we can get to live. >> reporter: the memories of many reporters past lie here in blue canyon where they have experienced exactly what i'm experiencing today. this is day one of this storm hitting the sierra very hard. it's going to go on for many, many days and it is making trave

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are you a pisces? "nats taps" the funeral for 19-year-old >>> san jose marine killed the day before thanksgiving was laid to rest today. the funeral for 19-year-old lance corporal oswell was helped this morning. the decorated combat engineer was killed during his first combat deemployment less than two months after arriving in afghanistan. no word on how he died. >>> and another bay area soldier died this week in afghanistan. 26-year-old sergeant matt o'body from piedmont was killed in action thursday. he grew up in piedmont with his father and stepmother and went to school there. he was married and had a 2-year- old son. >>> on capitol hill senators dug in their heels over tax cuts. republicans rejected two proposals to extend them for the upper class. . >> reporter: they say now isn't the time to raise anyone taxes. >> people are struggling. there is a role for the government. but this is not the time for our government to raise taxes on anybody. >> reporter: if congress can't compromise taxes will i

are you a pisces?t have to witness his bruins' record winning streak be broken by a school on t >>> legendary basketball coach jon wooden passed away earlier this year. he will not have to witness his bruins win streak be broken by a school on the other side of the country. uconn is now one game shy. mia moore scored a season high 31 as uconn beat marquette 79- 47 for their 87th straight win. they'll try to make it 88 in a row a week from sunday. ent winning stre >> we're going streaking. yeah. it duke who has w >> uconn has, by far, the longest current winning streak in the majors after the huskies. it's duke who has 19 straight. auburn football has won 14 in a row, 12 for oregon and the kpix news has won 8 years in a row. >>> new owners haven't broken the warriors injury curse. stephen curry's ankle is holding up about as well as the titanic. he sprained his right ankle. the fourth time this season he has injured the same ankle. he is unlukely to play against miami tomorrow. could be out a couple wee

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are you a pisces? what's in your wallet? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] now everyone can explore the world from home. at&t is making high speed internet more affordable than ever at only $14.95 a month. one-year price guarantee. >> last week we told you about the low temperatures of oakland schools. soon as teachers and staff to what they can to keep warm, in this edition of people being badly stanley roberts follows up on the chilly classrooms of oakland. >> this is a heater donated to a teacher at henry j kaiser elementary school located in the oakland drinking hot tea to keep warm, even with the portable heater, i paid a visit to two schools in the oakland unified school district. this time without officials present to check progress. the other school i will discuss in a minute. apparently at kaiser elementary some parents found out about the heating issue. >> about two minutes ago, when you told me. >> so the school never let you know? >> no. we did not get a newsletter or anything. >> since returning from thanksgiving break,

are you a pisces? welcome back sponsors of the same marriages are asking for one of the judges to disqualify himself. because of his wife's role with the. his impartiality might be questioned because his life as an opponent of the update. reinhardt is one of three judges on the panel to hear arguments about the ban on monday. new details about the inmate who escaped in santa cruz county investigators say they believe he faked an injury that led to his escape during a medical transport. the sheriff says 24 year-old maurice knew he would be on shackled during an mri. the 6 ft. 7275 palmette attacked and deputy as she tried to reach shackle him. he better figgered taster with her taser stole her pistol then ran off into the neighborhood he was eventually captured but not before he held a preschool teacher at gunpoint and help people in hostage in their own home. the deputy is recovering from her injuries. bay area weather over san francisco on the right my out to him on the left a lot more clouds this mor

are you a pisces?orm tracker for stronger cells of enough of san francisco moving in shortly rainshowers off and on today and the fog is very thick out there this morning. >> this is from alberta canada 1,600 lb. buffalo nickname bailey jr. rides with his owner he gets in there, and where the they go. were you take a buffalo to the store? the gym, 7- eleven possibly? he feels he's a pet. they do go to the public come on. i don't understand how this but suspension on the car. >> that awful needs a seat belt. >> he is kind of cute. >> market founder of facebook pledges to donate his millions to charity. he says he's doing this because there's an opportunity for younger folks to give back early in their lifetimes. he grew up joined a growing list. >> time for tech news kron 4 date slate has a look at the latest cameras. >> they make great gifts here's what's hot right now on the digital camera world for g fuji films gets a camera on the market that takes three b-pictures it's called the fine text real thr

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are you a pisces? >>> a live look outside on this the first night of hanukkah.ish across the world will light a candle. >>> a rabbi celebrated by setting up a 20-foot minute nora. the gate was the scene of many hitler rallies. today was a way to honor the jews killed in the holocaust. >>> people danced and sang during that ceremony. >>> just weeks after being formally introduced to the world as a princess to be, many are wondering what it's like to be kate middleton. of course royalty has its privileges. royal look alikes aren't without their own perks. peter alexander has more from london. >> reporter: if imitation is the finest form of flattery, this 21-year-old from england named kate fittingly enough is offering kate middleton a royal compliment. kate bev vins is giving up her job at as pharmacy assistant to be a kate look alike. this kate says she's been mistaken for that kate for years. >> reporter: what do people say to you when they see you on the street? >> how's william. >> she's already seeing booking inquiries from the netherlands and the u.s. >> i'v

are you a pisces?. >> put your hands behind your back. >> you have the right to remain silent. >> leaky roofs, faulty wiring, unfinished projects. contractors who promise to get the job done and case peer. taking your money with them. you won't believe what we found on a two day undercover sting to round up crooked contractors. vicky winn has a story you will see only on nbc bay area news tonight. >>> well, the so-called bad santa fired from the san francisco department store is getting more than his 15 minutes of fame turns out. john toomey will be ape guest on the tonight show with jay leno. he has gotten the night off from lefty owe du lefty's. appropriate he made jokes that were for adults and got him sacked. >> can you give us an old-fashioned ho-ho-ho. >> sorry, jay, apparently you can't say ho-ho-ho anymore. it's working girl, working girl, working girl. >> i see. >> ha-ha. toomy was fired for reasons like that. from macy's union scare after a couple complained his humor was a little too risque.

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are you a pisces? >>> it's a difficult problem for cities everywhere, but tonight there are concerns that the lack of cops on the streets in oakland could prove deadly. kimberly tere is there live. kimberly, just the number of officers and manpower they need just isn't adding up. >> reporter: that's exactly right, the numbers are a problem. opd facing some significant challenges, chief among them the ever-shrinking police force here. today we heard from oakland police deputy chief eric besheers who pained a sobering and yet somewhat optimistic of the future of crime fighting in this city. the police department here is dwindling very fast. it doesn't have enough officers to cover its patrols and its investigative units have been drastically cut. while oakland's police chief has commented several times saying that this city needs 925 officers, the department is only 669 strong and that number will drop by the end of the year due to attrition. the department is further impacted by measure bb that just pas