unused toys.em off at the wal-mart listed on abc2news.com, state police barracks, fire stations. we are teaming up again with the bso orchids program for example you have an old unused instrument lying around, drop them off as well. >>> the bullets start flying and dozens look on. >>> a california boy is fighting for his life after caught in the middle of a shootout, that story is coming up. >>> american business man suspected in the death of a maryland woman is getting ow of jail. more on the release of gary giordano. >>> a woman is kidnapped and carjacked in baltimore county on thanksgiving day. i'm linda so, where it happened. ? >>> time for your news to go. i'm charley crowson. weather could be a factor, say hello to justin berk. >> taking a look at the map. unique perspective. show you the storm, wrapping its cold air across the south and mixing in snow near huntsville, alabama, cold air locking on the backside. that is pumping in tropical like feed from the carolinas and bringing it up thro

we did the math and that works out to $34.3 billion in unused vacation time. the most common reason for not taking days? employees say they don't have the money to travel and lack of planning. the tough workplace environment plays a role. workers feel they need safe time at the office because companies are doing more with less. in the long run, employees feel that sacrificing a couple vacation days is a good way to save money and boost job security. >>> speaking to holidays, it's that type of the year, the decorations are up, the lights are twinkling, it's time for the toy drive. we're a very proud sponsor. when you're looking for gifts, you have until december 22nd to donate new unused and run wrapped toys, drop them off at 15 wal-mart stores. state police barracks and once again, this year, the toy drive is partnering with the kids program. if you have any old instruments, you can drop those off with the toys you are donating. great cause. >>> coming up, a popular cholesterol lowering drug is about to get a lot less expensive. the patten is running out allow

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inactivity fees are allowed, but only after a card goes unused for 12 months. tgif came through and actually is going to refund that $10. i want to thank them for that. we will have all of those on our website. you will have access to all of this information during the upcoming holiday shopping. >> it is complicated. >> thanks, michael. >>> the weather forecast is a little less complicated to understand. >> it is november and it is starting to feel like november. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. >> that's right. it is going to feel like november. the winter chill is coming to the bay area and i want to show what you is ahead as we head into the next 24 hours. live doppler 7 is showing the signs of what is coming. the rain is moving into crescent city and the rain will be here by morning in the bay area. right now though you can see that it is getting cold outside. 45 in santa rosa and 46 in napa. livermore is down to 49°. compared to a few hours ago we were 20 in santa rosa and cooler in napa. we have a dry air mass in place and valley plus plus into friday

inactivity fees are allowed, but only after a card goes unused for 12 months.came through and actually is going to refund that $10. i want to thank them for that. we will have all of those on our website. you will have access to all of this information during the upcoming holiday shopping. >> it is complicated. >> thanks, michael. >>> the weather forecast is a little less complicated to understand. >> it is november and it is starting to feel like november. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. >> that's right. it is going to feel like november. the winter chill is coming to the bay area and i want to show what you is ahead as we head into the next 24 hours. live doppler 7 is showing the signs of what is coming. the rain is moving into crescent city and the rain will be here by morning in the bay area. right now though you can see that it is getting cold outside. 45 in santa rosa and 46 in napa. livermore is down to 49°. compared to a few hours ago we were 20 in santa rosa and cooler in napa. we have a dry air mass in place and valley plus plus into friday night

only after a card goes unused for 24 months.anded cards, like visa and mastercard have different rules. they can expire after five years. promotional cards can expire after one year. inactivity fees are allowed but only after a card goes unused for 12 months. >> i wanted to thank tigi friday for taking care of that. we'll have all the information posted on our website at abc7news.com. you'll have ago system to it. >> up next, don sanchez reviews >>> in theaters this weekend, new comedy tower heist, ben stiller and eddie murphy h head an all-star cast. it centers around a financial scandal similar to bernie madoff but you may get swindled if you see it. here is don sanchez. >> good morning. >> alan alda as a wall street heavyweight. he lives in a penthouse that looks a lot like trump's tower. he handles the pension of the building employees. he has a role mood el, bernie mad onoff it's a search and recovery mission. >> you were robbed $20 million from there. >> yes. >> these guys don't know anything about robbery. so they find an

found one employers funds that says it cannot cover dental or visual expenses leaving a lump sum unusedt employees can scoop up and use for anything. >> spend mean spend doesn't mean keep it in an account and pocket it at the end of the day. >> reporter: while businesses can spend the unused funds however they want, they can also set the surcharge as high as they want. here at the way fare taverns patrons pay an additional 5%. >> i assume it's been monitored by someone and it's being taken care of. >> reporter: actually the city has no power over the surcharges or how they are spent. at zazi at cole valley. jennifer piot does not use the use the money for her employees. instead she does what many others do, she buys health insurance for her employees. >> today when we walked through the restaurant every single employee you saw had full coverage health insurance. i think that's a great thing to be able to offer people. >> reporter: legislation was approved with a final vote next week to tighten guidelines and allow more time before an employer can cash in on those surcharges. in san fran

leaving an average of 11 vacation days unused. they're either nervous asking for the time off or feel guilty. >>> thanksgiving day is becoming black thursday. toys "r" us will open its doors at 9:00 p.m., the earliest announced so far. walmart opens at 10:00, two hours earlier than last year. other stores plan to open at midnight. >>> we'll update our breaking news as we return. an overnight crackdown at occupy wall street in new york. >>> a new medical marvel. a way to reverse heart disease. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. test how fast it works for you. love it, or get your money back. has focused on making the best-tasting... sour cream for over four generations. it's made with farm-fresh cream that

how far, i believe it can be done at a cost less than the require 1d% and the unused portion can be paid to the art trust at the project sponsor's option. thank you. president olague: thank you. and just for the public's sake, there are two bells. the first bell is a 30-second reminder. that is all. they changed the bells. it's confusing sometimes. >> not saved by the bell. hello, commissioners, directors, and i really am excited and encourage the adoption of the proposals put forward by the planning department. this is exciting to expand the program to other much-needed areas within the city and of the groups working on the related proposals at the western soma task force and i hope to see both itch implemented. and residential larger than 50 units and office development of 50,000 square feet and pedestrian levels design and ability. and follows san francisco planning code and products be applied toward the inclusion of publicly displayed art work. and for new developments, 150 thousands square feet and should be set aside for dedicated arts uses as defined in the zoning code and 1% of

inactivity fees are allowed, but only after a card goes unused for 12 months.o thank tgi friday's for taking care of that. now, we will have all of this information posted on our website at abc7news.com. that way you will have access to it during the upcoming holiday shopping season. michael finney, seven on your side. >>> muslims around the world and here in the bay area are celebrating a muslim festival of sacrifice. the last prayer service of the night is underway right now at the muslim community association in santa clara. the center expects to host more than 8,000 people during the four-day holiday which includes several family events and the distribution of need for the needy. >> we come together for the goodness and stand together for those who are in need. >> the islamic holiday follows the pilgrimage to mecca and the willingness to sacrifice his son. >>> olympic skiey johnny mosley. how you can get your kids up on the slopes and how to get your body ready for ski season. >> and can "puss and boots" claw its way to the top of the box office? the big wi

. -- an unused fort in virginia is becoming the newest monument. this is the land where dutch traders first brought african slaves. it was abandoned in a government cost-cutting move. >>> coming up, he has made a big splash in the ballroom and now chaz >> from gay-rights activists to the ballroom, chaz bono has made a big splash. he opened up with anderson cooper who is your life in new york. are you a big fan of "dancing with the stars?" >> i watch it from time to time. i have watched nancy grace, i have watched chaz bono. it has been a great season, obviously a controversial one. >> chaz has had a great run. what has he set about his time on "dancing with the stars?" >> there was controversy about him being on the show in the first place. he was upset about what the judges said about him. cher called into my show this afternoon and she talked to chaz and about -- end to the audience about what she thought the judges said. we also talked about what it has been like for a mom watching this transition. >> that has been an interesting transition to w

found one employers funds that says it cannot cover dental or visual expenses leaving a lump sum unused use for anything. >> spend mean spend doesn't mean keep it in an account and pocket it at the end of the day. >> reporter: while businesses can spend the unused funds however they want, they can also set the surcharge as high as they want. here at the way fare taverns patrons pay an additional 5%. >> i assume it's been monitored by someone and it's being taken care of. >> reporter: actually the city has no power over the surcharges or how they are spent. at zazi at cole valley. jennifer piot does not use the use the money for her employees. instead she does what many others do, she buys health insurance for her employees. >> today when we walked through the restaurant every single employee you saw had full coverage health insurance. i think that's a great thing to be able to offer people. >> reporter: legislation was approved with a final vote next week to tighten guidelines and allow more time before an employer can cash in on those surcharges. in san francisco, heather holmes, ktv y

it's unusable. >> she says women don't belong in some shed in a court yard. rather in the mosque itself. she doesn't hold back when talking to the imam. >> you have a separate space here. the women can go here. >> in my opinion you shouldn't challenge traditions. women should pray at home. even with my supervisor standing right here, i have to say what i think. >> during the time of the prophet, women and men went to the mosque together. the men in front, the women in back. and we want to reintroduce that original state. don't interpret me, we'll talk later. -- interrupt me, we'll talk later. >> things may get a bit uncomfortable for turkish men. kadria is determined to reclaim women's place to pray. her goal so make istanbul's mosques the most women-friendly in the world by next spring. >> until this summer, this was just an island around oslo. a right wing he is stream -- extremist held a bloodbath there. only 500 meters long, there was nowhere to run and hide. a perfect hunting ground for a murderous gunman. now locals mourn the loss of life, but they also

itas unused land, which means it was good for the exterior shot. infrastructure was in place, a train station and an address to plant. >> soon, new studios rather added. it was the era of silent movies. fritz lang, one of the most famous directors, shot many of his films here, including his masterpiece "metropolis." babelsberg expanded. "the blue angel" with marlena dietrich shot here, one of the first sound films, and it was a great hit. >> ♪ [singing] ♪ >> it became later a studio involved in propaganda film making. they said there was no place here for jewish workers. many directors had to emigrate. it now stood for anti-semitic propaganda. one of the first postwar films made at the stud, "murder is among us," dealt with the course of that recent past. they were then taken over by the state, which commissioned the film's, though some critical ones did slip by the censors. after german reunification, the studio was modernized and expanded again. the french mededia giant vivendi bought it and put another in charge. he was an artist, not a business

you have until december the 22nd to donate new, unused toys or musical instruments. for more information, just log on to abc2news.com. you'll find the information right there on our home page. >>> here's a look at what's coming up tonight. you wouldn't let your kids smoke pot but would you let them buy a treat that looked like it. the controversy. marijuana looking lollipops. >> pot on the street is strong. at the same time they're getting mixed messages that it's safe, harmless and now it's a candy. >> we'll tell you where we found the pot pops. that story plus wyatt's forecast. join us at 11. ? >>> we're almost drying out. >> the eastern shore, you're still getting the rain, a wet weather scenario through cecil county. baltimore westward, basking in dry weather. tomorrow we stay generally dry, could see midday drizzle. clouds around, a chilly night coming tomorrow night, so much cooler tonight and colder tomorrow night. the sun will be back thursday and things improve. you smell the fresh cut poinsettias? >> that's all for us here on abc2 news at 6:00. we'll see y

donate new, unused toys. for more information, just log on to abc2news.com and you'll find the information right there on our home page. >>> all right. here's a look at what's coming up tonight man is fighting corpe america and southerly calling it a david versus goliath situation. why chick-fil-a is taking on a small t-shirt company. >>> an overweight child is taken from his parents. tonight, why social workers say this was a case of maryland cal neglect. i'm kelly swoope. we'll have those stories and more plus the complete forecast. >>> you a system -- awesome. we'll start with drizzle in the morning. by lunchtime. showers. steadier rain with that temperature topping off at 63. temperatures -- the rain will dwindle as we go into the evening. wednesday looking pretty good, although we will be chilly by thursday, plenty of sunshine by the end of the week. the chill will continue with the temperatures in the upper 40s. >>> look at those lows. castle is on at 10:00. we're back here at 11:00. hop you join us. ab

from now until december 22nd, donate new or unused toys or musical instruments you may have. for more, log on and find the information on the home page. a look at tonight, for many of us, the holiday season is the most stressful time of the year and now your phone can help you manage holiday madness. we're working revealing applications to help you manage every holiday pitfall. >>> you've heard warnings about the impact of violent video game on the children. how playing the games changes the way adults think. those story and more . >>> the columbus statue across from little italy lighting up tonight. >> it's a nice night. seeing the lights coming up all over the place. a chilly one out there. showing you some of the winds out there. the peak gusts around 29-30 miles per hour. you can see the winds dying off. the air temperatures in the 40s. going out to the lightings tonight. tree lightings, dress warm my friend. into the day tomorrow, we have a nice rebound into the low 50s, sunshine comes back, winds die off. a nice start to december. >> 60s when? >> towards monday. >> that

the 13th annual event we're always asking you to help donate new unused toys to be handed out to kids who really need them this holiday season. the dry goes on until december 22nd that. 's when police and firefighters help us here pick up those toys and deliver them to the kids. drop off locations across our state including all fire stations and the county as well as in -- 5:10. let's take a look at some of these highlights. with e ear going to ease this as much as we possibly can. let's take a look back at thanksgiving and bell air. and very light traffic and that's not a common scene. but it was done wall to wall. check out baltimore as we run through the day yesterday. check out the beautiful evening glow. mother nature -- right. we knew what was going on? temperatures this morning now 43 in pass dina. 44 earl -- while we've got temperatures across the board that are running basically from the low 40s, even some upper 30s. 7:01 sun rise. yesterday we had 60. we should beat that by midday at 65. i'm aiming for 70 as above the mark of two degree high. then we'll pull back over the we

workers aren't taking vacation, leafing 11 days unused in the year.an a third say they are nervous about asking for time off or feel guilty for leaving. >>> family is lucky to be alive. what happened when the van they were traveling in careened in to a lake? . a campaign underway to find this guy. it's a show many of us watched growing upment details when good morning maryland continues. [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child ] i call first player. [ child ] no. [ father ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. [ dealer ] hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ dealer ] hello? [ male announcer ] but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get the all-new passat. that's the power of german engineering. get zero first month's payment, zero down, zero security deposit and zero due at signing on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com. >>> police step in to clear out the new york prot

just drop the new unused toy at the walmart stars lessed, the learning center or fire stations in baltimore anne arundel counties. the toy drive is partnering with the kids program. if you have hold instruments lying around -- old instrument the lying around, you can drop those out. looking for ideas? check out our website. have you considered giving apps for christmas? we've got a story explaining how to do that. our toy expert testers can clue you in on which one your kid will enjoy the most. >>> no kelly, i don't want an app. i'll take some jewelry. it was nice outside. still quite nice if you're looking at temperatures, only at 64 degrees. it will be slow to drop off. we have clouds. the winds out of the southeast at seven miles an hour. that visibility is good. as we go into tomorrow, we have a chance for patchy fog. so bell hair today looks pretty good. we did have those clouds to start off the day, but look how we clear out. then the clouds start to move back in. i'm going to call it a mostly cloudy day. not dropping any rain from those clouds but it's going to be a different story a

if you want to make a difference in the life of a child, donate used unused toys toy drive. you have until december 22nd to donate. abc2 news is teaming up again with the bso orchids program. if you have instruments drop those off with the toys you are donating. >>> news this morning in the democracy 2012, developments you don't want to miss. >> more trouble for herman cain as another woman comes forward with accusations of an affair. more coming up. >>> five things you need to know at 7:00, a meeting at the jcc greater baltimore to talk about child abuse in the wake of penn state scandal. one of four hearings on child abuse will be held in baltimore today. >>> martin o'malley is in india, his staff had four maryland businesses sign an agreement. >>> jury scheduled to begin hearing testimony in the case of paul suric a aid to bob ehrlich. he faces charges of robocalls in the election day of 2010. >>> the 30th anniversary of in accidental drowning death of natalie wood. the investigation in to her death was recently re-opened as a homicide investigation. >>> sentencing for co

sometimes someone we didn't know would put something under the mattress, making the cot unusable for several days. someone would come by and take the hardware away in a shopping bag and that would be it for a week or so. there was often a black photographer who would come to the shop with an empty shopping bag. when he left, he with leave in a zigzag and eventually get on a bus going south. >> i wanted to read a poem that was sent by the poet that i invited to the recent san francisco international poetry festival from iraq i've been in touch with for more than a year and a half. after the united states would not give him his visa, i asked him -- i told him about mutanabbi street and he wrote a poem and he wrote it in english, though he writes in, of course, in arabic. but this one he wrote in english. so i'll read it. one figure in the poem you should know, humbaba, which is an ogre, a monster of immemorial age. that was a special big garden, a forest, where all types of trees and flowers grew. the trees bending down gently flinging branches. our orchard grew like a crown on the sun

all you have to do is pick up an new and unused toy to donate and drop it off at any of the locations. just go to our website, and if you take lipitor to lower your cholesterol, you may want to listen up. the drug has not run out of time, or the patient house. the new development on how you can save money. and information on toll that most people thought they could avoid. >>> and you're on the ground, read please tell telling the protesters to get out of. they're 48 hours or past due. lapd is the beginning. we will be back any day. >> this time, 4:44. president brock. president brock obama will be on the road today. the president will be in scranton pennsylvania discussing the american jobs. from there he will travel to new york to attend campaign events. >>> despite accusations by an atlanta woman of an extra marital affair, kings spokesperson says he has no intent of dropping out of the presidential rate. and the army psychologist charged in carrying out the 2009 army massacre is going to tort today. >>> and the hurricane season for 2011 is officially over. the cities produce the to

they are also looking for unused unwrapped toys for their toy drive happening next month. grace? >> it's not over yet. gill, you just can't help but be inspired by the volunteers and the people ju thankful to be there. >> reporter: people are inspired this year to give back to the community. bay area residents are very giving around here. grace. >> absolutely they are. all right, gil diaz in san francisco, thank you. >>> a lot of kids there, too, this morning and families which is, you know, really great. >>> well, he was helping to put up a christmas tree when his chopper crashed. >> now the pilot's firsthand account of the crash. we'll hear from him and what he credits for his survival. >>> plus, the risks associated with one of the nation's most popular painkillers coming up. no sign of survivors after a >>> the bay area seeing scattered showers throughout the morning continuing to see some sprinkles out there. will it be dry for your black friday shopping? i'll tell you when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> there are no signs of survivors after a small plane crashed into an

on saturday we showed you this site in walnut creek where folks could drop off their unused drugs.it also keeps drugs out of landfills and water ways. >>> it's that time of year, crab season is about to open. what you need to know beginning at midnight. >>> a crack down on registered sex offenders that landed them in jail again. the success police say they had this halloween night. >>> a san francisco police  officer remains hospitalized following a crash tuesday morning. an unmarked police car struck a light pole on the way to a call in the mission district. three officers were treated and released. another left the hospital on wednesday. >> more than 100 sex offenders were arrested on monday as part of the operation boo. each year police round up sex offenders while kids are trick or treating. this year 119 sex offenders were arrested for several reasons. >> it gives us an opportunity to know where transient offenders are. even though they're on gps, we know they're in a security area. >> so operation boo was successful and police say they plan to do it next year. >>> prosecuto

over the years, this mechanic bought up all the unused parts, moved to houston and be the go-to guy for7,000 delorean owners around the world. a few years ago, he had an idea. why not bring this '80s antique back to the future with electricity? so this is it this is the battery? >> this is the battery pack at the rear. >> reporter: plug into the wall and he says the batteries will take the care between 70 and 100 miles on a full charge, at around two cents a mile. >> this is where you plug the car in. >> reporter: but since you'll pay between $90,000 and 100,000 bucks for one, you probably want to know how it handles. can we take it for a spin? >> let's do it. >> reporter: all right. off we go to the houston motor sports park, a track too tight to open her up but enough to get a sense of what an engine free ride is like, nestled into an interior designed during the reagan administration. the decision to take these electric is so interesting. it's so ironic. this symbol of '80s excess in a lot of ways -- >> yeah. >> reporter: you think there's an earth conscious market for it now? >> i d

this legislation is to promote the building of new student housing or the conversion of retail or unused housing into student housing rather than to put protections against -- i feel the city should center its acquisitions rather than more restrictions on private markets. what we have done is driven the prices up rather than a prohibition it will require mandatory conditional use currently, they are defined as housing and through a lot of reasons they don't have anyone in them. these things that come into this category, the historic factors that will, i think, in the future, cause the housing stock to be uninhabitable and the marketable. we could open up a lot more housing. there could be situations where an owner will come up and build compensatory housing to replace that stock and put new housing in that will help through the loss of the rental units. i am not saying this would be a requirement, but this would be another way. i am not saying that this is necessarily a good application for student housing, but there may be some instances where very large single-family homes might serve

the amendment could have a major impact on ivf, outlawing the freezing or destruction of unused embryosnow common practice. critics say the initiative could punish couples who suffer from infertility. >> i absolutely do not want the government telling me what my medical treatment options are. that's for me and my doctor to decide how we build our family. >> reporter: supporters say ivf could continue, but a couple's fertilized embryos would have to be used or given up for adoption. with some of the strictest abortion laws in the nation, and just one abortion clinic serving the entire state, mississippi is favorable ground for the amendment. and if it passes here, it's likely to fuel similar movements in places like ohio, michigan and florida. with the battle being waged in front yards and on the local news. >> how has one paragraph become so divisive? >> reporter: an issue that's deeply divided mississippi, and may have an impact well beyond state lines. janet shamlian, nbc news, jackson, mississippi. >>> up next here tonight, we'll remember an american champion. >>> a heads up here ton

week the board of supervisors is said to approve guidelines that will extend the time period before unused funds is returned to the employer. >>> the los angeles county sheriffs department -- they have received new information about the 1981 drowning death of actress natalee wood. the west side story star drowned after a night of partying with her husband robert wagner and actor christopher watkins. today's l.a. times reports this new development involves the captain of that yacht. >>> the spca is offering a $500 reward to find out who abandoned six puppies at a royal oaks recycling plant. the two-year-old puppies are receiving medical care at the spca. when they found the puppies they were hungry, dehydrated and flee infested. >>> 5:50 is the time right now. billions of dollars lost in california's high-speed rail funding. how the cuts effect the future of the project. >>> and the apparent prank played on police. ! >>> occupy wall street. >> new york police arrested 65 occupy protestors after they tried to block traffic on the brooklyn bridge. this happened last night after a day of actio

. >>> and things are a little safer over at the occupy san francisco camp, toilets were unusable. the crew arrived today to clean the plaza, including the toilets, no word yet on who paid for the service. but the portable toilets were given to the protesters by private donors. >>> and tonight, parole officers as well as trick-or- treaters were knocking on doors. they were paying a visit to the sex offenders. their program is called operation boo. the parole agents have made the visits an annual halloween event for the past 18 years. beginning this year, homeless cell homeless sex offenders were ordered to gather during the evening hours at certain locations. >> the idea is we would rather have one evening where we know where they are, where there are children all over the neighborhoods, some supervised, some not, we just don't want the accidental crossing. >> the critics say there are problems with living conditions. >>> and a man who had a close call with a great white, the shark attached the man in an area known as the red triangle because of all the shark attacks. elizabeth coo

there was 9,000 schools destroyed or rendered unusable. 1/2 million kids displaced out of school. in earthquake, they call it the coy mot that means this apocalypse. at first there was a very heroic effort. infer natio international community helped. after katrina red cross got 2,000,000 for help and for this earthquake red cross received 6 million dollars. the united states sent in helicopters that conductd the greatest air lift in the history of mankind. moved about 20 thousand on thes in the mountains to keep 1/2 million people a hive during the wintertime. it was very heroic and people were grateful. aid has dropped 70 percent after a year in the wake of that void many jihad and people labeled terrorists have set up camps. this is one here. in pakistan. and in that camp, there are many kids that are previously were going to school and now they have no school and the cost to help them go would be about one month per month per child. fifth grader 20 bucks a year. first grader five bucks a year. they get their food in the back on the mess tenth and then on the left is an extreme

that period so workers can accrue up to two years of funding in their reimbursement accounts before unused revers back to employer. the law makes illegal for restaurants to place a health care surcharge on a customer's bill unless all the money collected is used specifically for that purpose. >>> 4:38. the day before thanksgiving, very busy travel day. we are going -- are we going to see rain? >> and when is that rain going to get here? >> looks like it is going to be a little later than what we talked about yesterday. the sis stem is slowing ash -- the system is slowing that means you have more time if get around. if you are heading north you are going to drive into it this morning and into the afternoon radar returns off the coast around crescent city and eureka system digging farther south and deeper and that's slowing the forward progress a lot of moisture ahead of this system watch out along the coast into the north bay today the most likely area to see scattered showers. increase in clouds now keeping temperatures up compared to yesterday cool spot fairfield 38, a lot of 40s until yo

time for 13th annual toy drive and we're asking you new unused toys to be handed out for kids who really need them this holiday season. the drive goes until december 22 december 22nd. that's when police and firefighters help us pack up those toyens an deliver them. drop off locations throughout the state including fire stations at baltimore city and the county offered. for complete list of drop off locations head to our web site abc2 news.com. >>> taking a look out west, we've been talking about the weather that hit california, frequent snowstorms in the rocky. the flooding we showed you a couple of days ago with fish salmon trying to cross the roads. they continue stormy weather pattern and cool air zipped all way back down to the deep south four corners picking up some snow. colorado, parts of arizona. i show you that because we're on the warm side of things, very quiet weather here while it's stormy out west and being reversed next week. enjoy what we've got right now. one of the nicest things in the month going to be today. it's a shame so many people are going to have to sleep throu

your driveway or parking space going on unused? parkcirca can help you make money on it. turn your private bathroom public with in site called cloo. kenny's dream is to make it in the movie business. meanwhile, the $1,000 a month he makes will be nice this holiday season. the can-do attitude is not lost. >> it shows in hard times, by nature, we'll dig down and come up with what we have to do to survive. >> for tim, that means leaving your pride at the door and looking ahead to future opportunities. >> having any job makes you more attractive to any employer. >> that is creative. tim says it's the most money he's made so far was from a thanksgiving weekend garage sale. not only did he make hundreds of dollars, but many people are happy to buy gifts. >> you're saying i can rent out my loo for money. >> tell us where it is and how much are you doinging. and are you going to be there? a celebrity loo. >> it got my attention. let's look at the highs today. we have cold weather in the south bay. the fog hang under for quite a bit. only 65 for san jose. san francisco was warmer.

turkey back to the store where the manager says it was an honest mistake and the store usually donates unused food to the needy or churches. she got a fresh turkey from another store and will always look at the expiration date before heave the store. >>> thousands of -- leaving the store. >>> thousands expect to lint street for the macy's thanksgiving day parade. yesterday the balloons were being enflated and -- inflated and we have the sock puppetinand sonic the hedgehog returning. besides the balloons the parade features more than 40 balloon creations and 27 floats and 800 clowns, and 1600 cheerleaders. >>> a very special christmas tree is traveling. the 65-foot spruce made a stop in the mountains of north carolina on the way to the nation's capital. it's from the national forest in california. and it is on its way to washington to be the capitol christmas tree and will be put up on december 6th. >>> never gets old a family in colorado got the best thanksgiving ever. they were in front of their class reading a book about a soldier when their dad walked in. both kids ran across the room to h