half a dozen tugboats dragged the cruise ship into the san diego bay yesterday after a fire in the engine room monday left it adrift. here emily schmidt with more this morning. >> reporter: toonie tugboats pulled splendor into san diego, thousands of people welcomed the ending of a vacation that never began. >> we haven't had a hot meal for five days. we had no lights or electricity. we had no flashlight. we couldn't find toilet. >> reporter: a litany of troubles unimaginable when the luxury one week mexican riviera cruise van and vacation videos looked like this. >> it's our first night on the cruise. we have just gotten our meals. >> reporter: but monday's engine room fire changed everything. >> all of a sudden, everything started to go dead. >> we open the doors and there was smoke down the hallway. >> reporter: the fire went out so did the power. a ship adrift pitch-blackness in the rooms, dark hours ahead. >> cold showers and no toilet for 14 hours. that was not fun. >> it got pretty bad. that's where people were sleeping in the hallways. >> reporter: the toilets worked again, refrig

we're looking at what's going on in san diego bay.t's pulling that long stranded "splendor" cruise ship. it has been out since monday out floating without power. now they're saying even though they're bringing it into port, a couple hours before they're able to get people off of that. they cannot wait but they're said to be in very good spirits and, frankly, can't get off soon enough. >>> here's some other stories we're watching for you today. home foreclosures in october dropped by their sharpest margin this year but it's because several major lenders put a stop to foreclosures after accusations that they were handled improperly. >>> walmart using its weight to squeeze its competitors because starting today the world's largest retailer plans to offer free shipping for many of the items they off oron the website. >>> the barefoot bandit has been indicted by a grand jury. he is accused in a two-year string of thefts. that stretched from washington state to the caribbean. >> get out of here! >>> that tower in springfield, ohio, was supp

san diego going with sunshine and in the 70's. here in the bay area it is going to be very similar to today in terms of temperatures for your friday. then we start to notice the upper trend again. 69 in san jose. 68 for new cupertino. on the peninsula mid 60's for san mateo o. menlo park. los altos. 62 on the coast and pacifica. downtown san francisco 66 degrees. really seasonable weather. in the north baylow 70's a little bit warmer than where you should be. santa rosa 68 in san rafael. in the east bay look for 70 again in oakland. hayward 70 degrees. you head inland temperatures are all going to range in the upper 60's. livermore 69. and around the monterey bay 67 degrees in santa cruz. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast low 60's to low 70's tomorrow. notice the temperatures climbing up a few degrees each and every day by sunday mid 70's bay side. low 70's coast inland and we are going to be in the holding pattern for mon monday, tuesday we start to notice the cooling and cooling continues beyond that as well. but really for november, i mean it

. >> several tugboat's have pulled a stricken cruise ship into san diego bay on tuesday. this brings almost 4500 customers back to land. the carnival ship lost power early monday evening, more than 70 kilometers offshore. most people enjoy flying paper plants, but no one has gone into space until now. a team of british enthusiasts launched one from a balloon. >> we have sent rockets to the moon. we have had shuttle's flight in earth orbit. but we have never seen anything quite like this. a paper plane launched from space. the plane was taken up into space on a balloon. 17 miles up, the balloon burst, releasing the plane, which glides gently to earth wall the camera plummet's uncontrollably through space. the project was carried out by a team of amateur enthusiasts who are amazed they succeeded. >> i am really pleased. i knew we were able to get this stuff up to space, but i was surprised were able to track it and find both the plane and the camera afterward. >> the plan took pictures as it re-entered the atmosphere and landed intact in spain, becoming the first paper plan

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. >> reporter: as dawn broke over san diego bay, six tiny tug boats nudged the giant ocean liner slowly through the channel. the passengers manned the rails. it looked like a picture perfect homecoming. at least it looked that way from a distance. >> fun. lots of fun. >> reporter: on shore, hundreds of spectators ready to welcome the carnival splendor in includes lissa who came from kansas city to sell t-shirts. >> i'm a housewife out of kansas city, and saw it on the news and decided, well, they probably need a souvenir. >> reporter: these read, "i survived the 2010 carnival cruise spam-cation." how much? >> $20. >> reporter: profiting from tragedy. >> i know. i feel like an ambulance chaser. >> reporter: cases of spam were among the 70,000 pounds of emergency supplies the u.s. navy had to ferry out to the stricken cruise ship, after a fire knocked out the splendor's engines monday morning. also sent canned crab meat and pop tarts. >> look at these guys passing watermelons so they we can eat. >> reporter: not exactly the typical faerl on a love boat cruise to the mexican river vary ya.

splendor managed to look splendid as six tiny tugboats dragged the crippled cruise liner slowly into san diego bay. but aside from one lone jogger out for a few final laps on the track, the passengers looked like they couldn't wait to get off. the passengers are all gathered on deck. and we can hear sleeks of joy coming from the ship. they're eager for hot coffee, a hot shower, and no more spam sandwiches. and they were clearly delighted to be on dry land again. >> we can beat anyone's bad honeymoon story. we got it beat. >> reporter: some celebrated with song. ♪ the power blew due to a smoke fire ♪ ♪ the toilets did not work ♪ our food was vegetables and fruit ♪ ♪ on the two-day return >> reporter: others with tearful reunions. >> we were worried. we knew they were okay, but just to hear her tell me she's okay, that's what i needed. >> reporter: the splendor's voyage may have been a disaster. but thankfully it wasn't a disaster. no one was hurt. the meals and other creature comforts were the big casualties. and the pictures they took on board are not your standard fare for a luxury voyage. this i

the splendor pulled into san diego bay this afternoon.ngine room fire -- an engine room fire happened monday afternoon. now passengers are telling their horror stories. >> cold showers and no toilets for 14 hours. that was not fun. >> the toilet and smell of rotting food was just god awful and we had no lights for four days, no power at all. >> the splendor left long beach on sunday for a seven-day trip to the mexican rivera. carnival will give customers a full refund and a free cruise in the future. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, was a virginia woman killed by her fellow soldiers in iraq? the victim's family is still looking for answers and tonight we're going to an expert for insight into the case. , h

six tug boats towed into san diego bay this morning. but because the elevator still didn't work, it took hours for everyone to disembark. the ship lost engines after a fire knocked out power monday morning morning. passengers were left in the dark for days. >> the people are outside of the ship. it was great. they had daylight. but for those on inside it was total darkness. >> bathrooms for 18 hours, no bathroom autos are you going on a cruise again? >> yes. >> why? >> because i like it. they're fun. this is a one-time experience. i doubt it will happen again. >> that is also no hot water no, air conditioning and no hot food for passengers. and pool was off limits. the bars did remain top. -- open. passengers saying the crew did a great job. >> never so happy to see land. they're going get their money back and the cruise line is going to give them another cruise. >> if they want to go on another one, right? it's tough. >> there is a great-looking weekend coming up. >> and there is right along the sea here. the weather is going to be awe

carnival splendor docked on san diego bay hours ago. ego now. what are we hearing from the passengers there? are they happy they won't be eating spam anymore, and how mad were they that they didn't get their buffet? >> reporter: well, you know they were pretty upset about that. they did eat spam, although it was like little spam sausages. surprisingly the mood is upbeat despite what the folks have been through. you can see the ship. it hit the dock here around 8:30. the disembarking process began around 9:30 local time. some people reunited with friends and family here at the port of san diego. others will be put on buses and taken back to the port of long beach just a couple of hours north of here. that's where the ill fated cruise ship first set sail. so the journey is not over for some. >> right, and i know they had to deal with these are they willing to go back on another cruise? >> reporter: i know. right. i don't know how many of them will be running to sign up, but i can tell you that carnival that has really reached out to these

. >>> the ill fated carnival ship pulled into san diego bay. today many of the chicagoans on that ship made it back to their homes. >> what a story they have to tell. it may have sounded worse than it was, although, actually, it does sound pretty bad. bit of a nightmare at sea. the people who lived it, just glad it's over. they're not tough to pick out, they're about the happiest people arriving in midway airport tonight. maybe this week. thrilled to be home and to have their ordeal on the high seas behind them. >> it wasn't like we expected but it was like being on gilliganz island. we just cast aways for five days. >> reporter: after an engine fire left the carnival ship dead in the water, 44 miles from shore, early monday. these chicagoans among a group vacationing together aboard the ship left without the air conditioning, hot water and cooked food, the ship was towed into port in san diego yesterday. >> we just laughed with each other, you know, prayed with each other. and we did the best we could do. >> god was good to us, that's the main

we expect to see the ship in just about a half hour coming into san diego bay. >> family members of asengers, they're not there in san diego, or are they? >> reporter: they're not here yet because this was quite a twist. you may recall that yesterday afternoon, the people with carnival was saying midday, midday. we have not seen the first trickle of family members yet but once they get word of the early arrival, then we'll start to see family members come on in, and what carnival has done -- you may have heard they were talking about going into ensenada, mexico but felt there were more hotels in san diego because they need to put up the passengers who came from other parts of the country. they will put them up and pay for their family's trip. >> this ultimately cost carnival hundreds of thousands, and maybe even millions of dollars. paul vercammen, thank you very much. we will get a tally, i'm sure. carnival will share that with us as soon as they calculate all of those numbers. >>> turning to politics now, nine days after the election, and we still have one undecided senate race, in

it is now docked in san diego bay, and passengers started walking off the ship just a short time ago. the first time on dry rand land in four days. a california talked o to our nbc station about his experience. >> over the last four days the worst part? >> the food, the stinky bathroom. we didn't have bathrooms for 12 hours the first day. there was no water. a lot of people weren't table to take showers. and the food -- there was like nothing except for bread. >> reporter: and you did not realize that the world was actually watching the ordeal going on in the ocean, did you? >> no. no. they made a couple of announcements saying there was some news media here, but we had no idea it was this much. >> stephanie stanton joins me from san diego. we watched the passengers walk off calmly. inside you bet they were bursting wanting to get as far away from that ship as possible. >> reporter: absolutely. they've been trapped on the ship behind me for four days. this is the first taste of freedom in four days. they are enjoying it. they started leaving around 9:30 local time. so this process has

. >> passengers cheered as a half a dozen tug boats finally dragged the splendor into the san diego baypresident obama is in japan after the g-20 summit. he got tough with china on trade and currency disputes. >>> a faulty bearing box is the cause of an oil leak in the superjumbo jet last neek. the leak caused one of the a-380 engines to blow out in midair. >>> the cholera death toll in haiti has now soared to 800. an official at the centers for disease control says the epidemic is worsening and could ultimately pose a threat to other nations including here in the u.s. >>> lisa murkowski says she's confident she's head ed for victory over joe miller. nearly 90% of the ballots are for lisa murkowski. >>> police are testing human remains found thursday in the search for a missing 10-year-old girl. zahra carr baker has been missing from her home since october 9. >>> the battle for holiday shoppers dollars is on and it's not going to be just a black friday showdown because retailers are calling it a black friday month. large chains are now offering free shipping and are opening up on thanks

the carnival splendor was pulled into the san diego bay by tugboats yesterday. the 3300 passengers spent days stuck at sea on a trip that was anything but a vacation. the fire caused the shut down of most power on the ship including the engines and left passengers without electricity, hot water and food. their reaction to the ordeal is a little mixed. >> i think the worst part is the food and the smells from the toilets and the rotting food. >> the crew was fabulous. what they had to go through is beyond words. >> carnival said all passengers are getting a free ride in the future. >> a fiscal emergency calling for a special session to tackle a hole in the budget plan. schwarzenegger signed the deal over a month ago, ending the longest stalemate in state history. the firefighter nor's move comes a day after the analyst office projected a $25 billion deficit for 20 months. the special session will start december sixth when lawmakers worn in. >> gavin newsom may have to delay his inauguration. "the insider" blog said the mayor wants to make sure that the next board

engine room knocked out move the electrical power, and tugboats pulled the stranded ship into san diego bay. the navy dropped food including spam and pop tarts but it is not clear if people actually ate that food. we do know that they could not swim because workers had no way to pump in chlorine to keep the pool sanitary on a ship with no pool! but at least the bar was open, finally, and everyone got free drinks. reporters spoke to folks and the theme was "we're all right." great spending family time with no electricity we were playing cards at time and they came out with decks of cards and that was fun, and we had a balcony room so we could catch the helicopters going around ... they had the ronald reagan out here and it was pretty cool. >> we had a couple of friends in need, and we saw each other. and we wrestled. we were bugging the girls. >> i was shocked when we left. i was shy when we left. >> as the ship approached the dock folks lined up, one woman waived -- waved a sign that said "next stop, the dal." y show." all. >> how many passengers were on there? >>reporter: about 2,500 passe

san diego. >> reporter: at daybreak, the "splendor" managed to look splendid as six tiny tugboats dragged the crippled cruise liner slowly into san diego bayooked like they couldn't wait to get off. the passengers are all gathered on deck and we can hear shrieks of joy coming from the ship. they're no doubt looking forward to hot coffee, a hot shower, and no more spam sandwiches. and they were clearly delighted to be on dry land again. >> we can beat anybody's bad honeymoon story. we got it beat. >> reporter: some celebrated with song. ♪ power blew due to a smoke fire the toilets did not work ♪ ♪ our food was vegetables and fruit on a two-day return ♪ >> reporter: others with tearful reunions. >> we were worried. we knew they were okay but to hear her tell me that she's okay, that's what i needed. >> reporter: the "splendor's" voyage may have been a disaster but thankfully it wasn't a disaster. no one was hurt. the meals and other creature comforts were the big casualties. the pictures they took on board are not your standard fare for a luxury voyage. this is at least a fifth carnival cruise ship to catch fire in recent years. and authorit

two tugboats are now pulling the carnival cruise ship "splendor" to the san diego bay where it shld arrive this morning. this comes almost four days after that giant ship lost all electrical power with nearly 4500 passengers and crew on board. kirk gregory has the latest. >> reporter: the carnival "splendor," under tow. and heading home to southern california. >> ourocus has been totally ntered on the safety of the guests, the safety of the crew, and getting everybody home safely. >> reporter: the cruise ship lo power early monday when an engine room fire triggered an electrical shutdown. a scare for the 4500 people on board. including a couple on their honeymoon, who woke up to the smell of smoke. >> it was a little scary for them. they made it out and spent most of the day in their pajamas on the deck. and just been rolling with the punches ever since. >> reporter: the ship drifted off mexico's baja coast for more than a day before tugboats arrived. carnival has delivered food and drink supplies by naval helicopter to the ship's passengers and crew. though passengers and officials admit

between mexico and san diego is one of the most sophisticated ever, running the length of four football fields between a kitchen in tijuana and two industrial warehouses in san diego. nbc bay area's gene cubbison has more. >> reporter: on thanksgiving day the tunnel task force received information that a semi tractor-trailer would come to one of these warehouses and pick up a load of narcotics. based on this information and our overall investigation, we initiated surveillances on several warehouses in this general area. >> reporter: and bingo. they got the right place. >> this tunnel is constructed in the same manner as previous tunnels we've found in o'tay mesa. >> reporter: a staging point coming through a half-mile long tunnel as deep as 60 feet starting at a house in tijuana. it's one of the most sophisticated authorities have ever seen, with electricity and wooden flooring that supports a rail car line. the combined haul of dope from the truck, the warehouse, and ranch in mexico, about 22 tons. worth up to $22 million wholesale and up to nine figures in street retail. >> you are talking about this tunnel stopping approximately 16 or 17 million illegal marijuana joints

beat buffalo are also wins this and this green bay to jacksonville and miami and elsewhere oakland thrash seattle thirty three straight detroit san diego in tampa bay also pledged to victories. moving on to golf and lee westwood says he's not writing off tiger woods after the englishman replaced the longstanding leader to go top. well the world rankings that's what ended the about two hundred eighty one week reign at the top on monday and even though the thirty seven year old englishman is injured at the moment he was able to ask for words after german martin kaymer missed his chance at the weekend a workout to finish in the top two at the end only see a masters last weekend to become the new number one but the germans challenge fell away as he finished ten shots off the pace northern ireland's graeme mcdowell won the event while westwood becomes europe's first world number one since nick faldo back in nineteen ninety four. and finally the president of the russian olympic committee alexander has commended the country's heads of sport after russia's strong performance at the inaugural use them in picks in singapore russia finished secon

this is the line that is expected to tie sacramento and san francisco bay area with los angeles and san diego. but now, its change in party leadership that could pull that money off the project here. the republican lawmaker in line to head up the house transportation committee says he wants to reexamine $10 billion in grants for high speed rail lines. it's been president obama's signature programs but the ranking gop member is saying that he didn't degree with the transportation department's funding selection. not that he supports high speed rail but he is opposed to the regions that may not support the services. there are many that oppose the trains running through the cities because of noise and other reasons. what the gop leader is saying perhaps some of the rojs that were ignored before like in the northeast corridor should be the ones that get it because it's more dense in population. today at 10:00 in sacramento, the california high speed rail authority is meeting to discuss continuing with the project. certainly it will be a hot topic there. >>> california's governor elect jerry brown

san diego. her opponent, jerry brown, is campaigning in the south bay with other appearances zelled around the state today -- scheduled around the state today, including san diego, salinas. he plans to get out the vote rally here in san francisco. and barbara boxer plans to follow him and she also has aston? he toluca -- stops planned. she will stop in toluca lake first. and carly fiorina stopped at a senior group and said she -- >>> the race for attorney general, which pits san francisco's district attorney kamala harris against steve cooley. and proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana potential for personal use and proposition 25 which with change the legislative majority needed to pass the budget from two-thirds to a simple majority. you can read a lot more about tomorrow's election on ktvu.com. just click on the politics tab. you will find more about issues on your local ballot and information to help you find your polling place. >>> most observers believe tomorrow will be a good day for republicans. one website sees the gop taking back the house of representatives. right now its forecast

meanwhile on thursday passengers cheered as a half dozen tug boats dragged the splendor into the san diego bayt on older versions. >>> the cholera death toll in haiti has soared to 800. they say the epidemic is worsening and could pose a threat to other nations, including here in the u.s. >>> the campaign for lisa murkowski say they are confident she is headed to victory. they have double checked the ballots and those challenging the ballots for faulty penmanship and miss spellings of her name. >>> police are testing human remains in the search for a missing 10-year-old girl. zahra baker has been missing since october 9th. they found a prosthetic leg believed to be hers earlier this month. >>> the holiday shopping dollars is on retailers are calling it black friday month. large chains are offering free shipping while others are fighting back by opening up on thanksgiving day for the first time. this as seasonal sales are expected to rise only minimally over last year. >>> it was a rare moment of unity. a jewish, muslim and christian leaders came together in prayer for rain in between bethlehem

san diego. much like today, extreme north bay communities, clear lake and ukiah, upper 40s expected. sewhere, scatter ited showers with us off and on tomorrow. 55 for san rafael and san francisco. 56 for livermore. antioch tomorrow 57. morgan hill 55. maybe a little sunshine for you late in the day. 55 degrees. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, another shot of showers will hit us on tuesday. and then after that, get ready for some cold mornings, especially thursday morning. and warmer temperatures too. by wednesday and thursday, dryer and highs near 60. >> but a dry turkey day. thanks, leigh. >> the raiders and steelers all know they don't like each other. who got the right now, verizon has the new samsung galaxy tab. at just seven inches, it's the only tablet designed for maximum mobility. and it's android-powered and flash-enabled for the best web browsing experience. get yours at verizon. singletary's conservative nature is holding his team back. he wheeled in troy smith this weekend and it may have cost his team a victory. they are in town and won only once. we go to the second

elsewhere clint rush the gap of thirty three three to troy san diego new england and tampa bay also registered victory. to the hardwood now where. help the utah jazz beat the oklahoma city away one hundred twenty to ninety nine forty seven nineteen points including this done to make it one hundred seventy to jasmine in the final carried bans and force this also to his name on the night i would be comfortable to avoid it much now we're starting thirty one years that jazz have not started real three since two nine hundred seventy nine eighty season but franchises. other sunday get the funny champions the l.a. lakers golden state home one hundred seventy two eighty three they're one miami and dallas came out with a way big trees as they beat new jersey and the l.a. clippers respectively. in other news now golf has a new world number one england's lee westwood replaces tiger woods at the top of the martin missed his chance to take the crown a karma had to finish in the top two the andalusia masters this weekend and woods's two hundred eighty one week rain but the germans challenge fell away as he

bay area. in california news east san diego by people have been killed in a crash involving seven motorcycles. authorities say it that it happened this afternoon after a car and tried to add a dozen motorcycles on a two-lane highway. oncoming car swerved out of the way what net loss control. authorities to look deeper on and it tried to pass the motorists. also in southern california a marriage proposal to rid of week after the woman refused. police say 22 per hernandez is suspected of trying to run down his gulf after she said no to the proposal. she was able to get away and not injured hernandez was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. governor supports a maker has weeks just looked in the office, he is scrambling to fill a $6 billion hole in the state budget. heat spreader is proposing more than 12 billion in tax cuts but legislative only agreed to cut 7 1/2 billion. another republican governor says he's lawmakers to work with them to close the gap. however as reported, this may not be as easy as it sounds. >> during his visit to sacramento, the governor talked about his

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today in the bay's stephanie stanton is in san diego with a look at the latest on a long rescue effortrning. passengers certainly can't wait to escape the nightmare on the high seas. the ship is outside the harbor about six or seven miles offshore. take a look at a live picture. you can see what's happening. the ship is being towed by two tugboats. four vessels are going out to meet the 113,000 ton ship. once the sun comes up, they will maneuver the ship into port. it is expected to be here as early easy 7:00 a.m. local time. at that point passengers will begin the process of dis-em bashing. one of the reporters from one affiliate in bakersfield, california was speaking to one of the passengers on the cell phone. she was explaining that each passenger is being given a number and they will be going in groups in an orderly fashion to get off of the ship. as you can imagine, that can't happen soon enough. they lost power when a fire broke out in the engine room. a power with a generator. it has been drifting offshore. they have been without air conditioning, hot food or telephone service.

the ship is expected to stay in san diego for repairs and the ntsb is investigating. damian trujillo, bay area news. >>> all around the country today people stopped to mark veterans day. on the peninsula, speak took part in the special flag-raising ceremony to mark the holiday. a u.s. flag flown during active duty in iraq is now flying over the college of san mateo donated to the school by army captain justin erikkson whose mother is a business instructor at the school. erikkson served two tours in iraq. >> it's crazy. the fact that it's something i brought and a piece of my life, i grew up here i grew up 20 minutes away from here and it ties me to the community more and i really appreciate the fact that the bay area and san mateo county is so supportive of their vets. >> reporter: the flag will be flown for two weeks and displayed at the college's veterans' resource center which opens next fall. some 300 dependents attend the college of san mateo. >>> could it be the key to happiness? still ahead at 5:00, why researchers say a wandering mind might affect your mood. >>> also ahead, the fo

today in the bay is live in san diego with the latest on the slow ride to land. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, laura. as you might imagine, they went wait for the nightmare to come to an end. look at a live picture of the ship being pulled into port. just outside the port, we are told that it could be another four hours before we see that first passenger get off the ship. he sold us can will take two hours for the tugboats to maneuver the 113,000 ton ship through the channel of the port. another two hours for the docking process. we are looking at four hours before the persons get off the ship. when they dis-em park, they will be taking buss to long beach, about two more hours north from where we are at here. that is where the ill-fated cruise originated from the port on sunday. a fire broke out of course in the ship's engine room and so far the engineer his anything but a luxury cruise. they had no air conditioning or hot food or 7 service. cell service was coming back yesterday for passengers and they were able to call friends and family and talk abo

the east bay city has chosen san diego police captain guy swanger to be its new police chief.s currently head of the investigations division in san diego. he also wrote a book on policing, which is used by universities and police training schools. swanger will replace chief david livingstone, who was elected contra costa county sheriff. swanger starts work on january 3rd. >>> the san francisco police department today honored the life and career of former police chief alex fagan. the department held a memorial service for the former chief at san francisco st. mary's cathedral. fagan died suddenly last week after collapsing during a walk in london. he worked his way up to chief after joining the department in 1973. but it was the incident known as fajitagate involving his officer's son in 2002 that many still remember. chief fagan was cleared of any wrongdoing in the scandal, and friends say he should be remembered for his dedication to the city and its people. >> chief fagan, one of a kind. the thing i will remember most is how much he cared about the troops and how much he car

safest city is el paso, followed by honolulu, new york city, san jose and then san diego. >>> traffic and weather around the bayly wanted one toy this year. i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy stores are reporting long lines and empty shelves. a robosan 4000. [ mom ] and i mean no one. so i did most of my holiday shopping on citi specials. with the money i saved, i bid online -and got exactly what he wanted. -a robosan 4000! [ television ] introducing the new robosan 5000. [ mom ] at least for now. [ male announcer ] make your happy holiday stories come true with citi specials. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> chopper 5 found a slow spot. stall on northbound 880 as you pass the coliseum. so yeah, cars are trying to avoid that lane and it looks like a tow truck is out there now. but it is causing backups past hegenberger and the coliseum. on the maps, this is a little slow, westbound highway 4 approaching somersville . accident cleared to the right shoulder. but that's in antioch. we don't have sensors in this area, but we got word of an accident on san pablo dam road.

bay area. the toe peco zoo is giving him to the san diego zoo. he will take up residence in the newly renovated exhibit. he recently became a phat tore a baby hipo named vision who will stay at the zoo with his mother. >> i'm not sure that is the most flattering picture. >> i'm not sure if you can get a flattering picture of a hipo. >> you're right. the awards just keep coming in major league baseball. >> they do a good job even throughout the winter and bruce bochy did a fantastic job manning the giants here, but he is not the manager of the year. that honor will go instead to bud black aformer giants pitcher, as a matter of fact, and just edging out dusty baker by one point. baker, of course, led the reds to the central division title. black had his padres in it until the final day of the season when most people counted the padres out from day one of the season. in the american league it was ron gardenhire of the twins beating the rangers ron washington for the american league manager of the year. boy, the a's just keep on making moves, an i do

bay 5-2. >>> michael allen leading cook by one stroke in golf. >>> san diego and houston.aiders and kansas city. followed by "the 5th quarter." >> huge game for the raiders. could be the turning point of their season. >> thank you, kim. >>> here is a question i know you have been pondering. hallowe'en is over. what do you do with all those pumpkins? >> eat them. >> that's even better. >> yes, i knew you will like this, lawrence. in delaware they are being used as ammunition for homemade cannons. some punch pumpkins flying more than 4000 feet. cannons not cheap. >> how does that fit in your garage? >> it doesn't. you just shoot it at your neighbor. >> have a good night. >> have a good night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com [ 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.

san diego as early as tomorrow. that's not soon enough for one bay area woman who said her aunt is on board and today, ktvu's tom vacar spoke with the woman is worried that the ship lacks basic supplies to keep her aunt healthy. >> reporter: when you think about it, when the cruise goes bad, the passenger's friends, family suffer, worry, and wait too. ms. longs has family on the "splendor." >> she's diabetic and my biggest concern was is she getting food for one, and obviously to keep her insulin refrigerateed. >> reporter: today they finally heard from their uncle. >> i know that my aunt had started feeling like she was going into diabetic shock and my uncle notified the crew members and they gave her one tic tac to give to her. >> full refunds for not only the cruise fare but the airfare and any land options that they purchased. they will get all transportations costs paid for to get back home and they are gonna get a full cruise credit for a future cruise of their choice. >> reporter: 35 other triple-a members are scheduled to go out on the "splendor" cruise scheduled for this weekend. >> they can transfer to anoth

san diego and los angeles. temperatures will be around frosty conditions, napa, cloverdale all below freezing but the bay will be up a little bit. upper 40s around the coast. two areas of high pressure looks like the same pattern we've had for the better part of this month. we have a cold front that will eventually crash between. dry and warmer conditions the next few days. temperatures tomorrow could reach 50 in most areas. same thing on wednesday with an increasing clouds with a slight chance of a shower in the north bay wednesday night. rest of us will get showers thursday. hi, frances. >> we're going to take a look at north bay where frosty conditions in santa rosa and napa. so far, so good. here is 101 in san rafael, headlights southbound, delay free down to the golden gate bridge and pretty nice ride along the san mateo bridge. no trouble at all in either direction, that is westbound traffic on the right looking good into foster city. in the south bay, traffic still light at the 280 and 17 interchange. if you are heading southbound on highway 17 through the santa cruz mountains. there is stalled big rig ne

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green bay wins 45-7 putting them on top of the nfc north. >>> san diego's phillip rivers threw four touchdowns, against the nfl's worst pass defense, talking about the houston tex cans here. that gave the chargers their first road win of the season beating the texans 29-23. to oakland, we go. the raiders jason campbell threw a 47-yard pass to the rookie in overtime and set up this 33-yard field goal. oakland beat kansas city 23-20. the cleveland browns pulled off another upset beating first place new england. the quarterback scrambled for a touchdown. 34-13. you know what, we'll tack on a point. 34-14 instead. browns over the patriots in had that game. >>> more than 40,000 runners took part in sunday's new york city marathon. the men's time was won by gebre gebre mainian of ethiopia. rescued chilean miner needed five hours and 40 minutes but made it to the finish line. when we come back this morning, another look at this morning's top stories and just 47 shopping days until christmas but retailers are bringing out the holiday bargains now. you don't need a rematch, but a rethink. with lunesta

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markets in jeopardy of blackouts this year, including ones that have already happened in san diego in detroit in tampa bayhing else. the oakland raiders, 11 straight blacked out games. they're starting to win, they sold out last week on tv. just win, baby, al davis says. that cures everything. >> win, baby, win. boxing, manny paquio, does anybody care, even know that the paq man is fighting tonight? >> who? yeah, they do care. the bottom line, is this going to be a big fight? they'll break the attendance record of 60,000 and why not, hispanic market, big deal. and margarito, he's fighting for the first time in a while. pacquiao, raising over $1 million in sponsorship, plus the attendance, it will be a big deal. >> and the last one here, new orleans, the hornets, nba had a pretty good start to the season. they're going to be a good case for them to keep that team in that city? >> yes, they will. and the bottom line is winning like we said about the oakland raiders. they've been winning. but the other issue, by the way, t.j., is ownership change. george shin owned it since the inception in charlotte. sold t

the marines three of whom are from the east bay, the rest from out of state are here through sunday. they plan to drive back to camp penddelton in san diegosgiving but tonight police are hard at work trying to solve a string of robberies in the east bay. the most recent may have been this morning. three suspects, one with a bat the other with a large knife robbed a market. >> reporter: it is too early to tie the robbery early this morning here at the black diner restaurant in walnut creek to a string of robbery, armed robberies which started in september in contra costa county, but there are similarities. the description of the suspects black males wearing masks and black clothing, possibly hooded sweatshirts makes this morning's robbery similar to other recent robberys in central contra costa county. a difference is that this business was closed when the perpetrators struck. >> one of the employees stepped out of the back of the rest rant to dump garbage and assaulted by three men. struck in the head and knocked down. >> reporter: the suspects got away with a small amount of cash. in neighbors pleasanthill, four business have been struck