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representing california is jett teela. the group will share tips and tricks to enhance or save your thanksgiving meal, all on the "today" show, right after "today in the bay." >> a lot of cooking there. >> making me hungry, too. >> it's thanksgiving coming. >>> back to our coverage of our first significant winter storm of the season and if you're headed to the sierra, make sure you bring the chains, extra clothes and some water. >> blankets, snacks. brian hickey, see if he took it with him, you're in colfax, brian? >> reporter: we've already plowed through the snack this is morning at colfax. they have the road basically set up behind us here, you talk about the first significant storm of the season, this is really something because we're seeing snow all the way down to applegate, which those of you who know the area around 1500, 2,000 feet so low snow we're lucky to see in january or february but here we are, our first big storm of the season, we have low snow. chain controls from colfax over to the nevada state line. the