vicki, vicki, come on op! c'mon, anybody else? come on up! whoo! standup! come on!ut of your seats, everyone! stand up, stand up, stand up! come on! ♪ >> whoo! thank you all for coming! let's have a great evening. thank you all, everyone. thank you to all of our dancers. have a great evening. thank you for coming. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campai

vicki? >> column of black and blue friday them. our retailers saw a record sale members. they're up by 0.3% which does not seem like a lot but they were it down by the sales numbers were boosted by the large amount of shoppers. bayside 2.2% boost. it was a chance for it the little guys to push some sales. it is nice to come in today. it just looked amazing. saturday is so much better to come out. you're not how low or from drinking too much wine are too much turkey on sank skidding. >> they feel this they eat to highlight their it shops was a much-needed boost as the day began. >> it is a way to put us on this volatile little because wal-mart and target and as i did all of these giant promotions and do it a big deal with a black friday is a this is our way to sort of shrine. >> people are excited to see what we have ended is not everything your record to find at the mall. you get all the more of a personal touch with the crowds of >> it is is a chance to reach out. and to give back to the cu

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vicki? >> the fairly constant up showers cause more problems, murray and cal it shows as the problems that face getting around. >> you can see san francisco police officers lighting fires to warm travers said that if a problem, i tree that came crashing down around 2:00 in the afternoon blocking all of the lanes at martin luther king drive and all of this much whether it saturating this soil is believed to be the problem behind the tree operating. this is the second tree that went down on this rainy sunday and that no trees were hurt this time it was a close call for an occurrence at the end lives. >> read before the tree collapsed be heard at crackling noise and it fell right in front of their right. you're really lucky nobody are a >> her. the roads made it really tough because there was a lot of cards. in that it lines and sheet as date drove down the highway in san francisco. in here and oakland you concede this in coliseum way, this one is so big is even coming up over the sidewalk maki

. >> americans overseas art in hostile territory and the key vicki liviakis 1 bay area coffee companys making sure soldiers can experience field. >> and afghanistan, in the heat of battle. for to run the corner, this screen been cafe. a hot cup of coffee, and all of these cougcomforts. >> and it is very comforting, to have this coffee. or smoothie. >> the green beans cafe are popping up anywhere u.s. soldiers or. >> and i looked at the counter, and >> green beans cafe dozens of cafes and some of the world's hot spots. u.s. bases, ceo, says that there are so close that have been used by insurgents for target practice. >> bullet holes, rocket attacks, and even more signs are getting blown off. and we have everybody drinking coffee, some of these. >> with recycled machines. >> and in some places, the breeze stelarista and the bay as full behind that, on a or first, on our second. >> also, launching a cup of joe, for a cello. you can by an american soldier a cup of coffee, online, at $2. and with thousands of thank you letters that coffee break is a welcome to break. from the battle. in s

[applause] and the key -- and vicky. >> thank you. the evening.upervisor mar and i are pleased to announce finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, the criteria of the award is listed in the program book. emerging leadership, this category is particularly dear to our heart. maybe to you as well, supervisor, as both of us have young children at home. the finalists are all great models, and we all know that it is important for us to recognize the next generation of leaders whose talent, passion, and commitment to serving the apa community is critical in ensuring that our voices continue to be heard and addressed. finalists in the emerging leadership category are -- i'm looking at the screen to see if they are listed. harriet wu, thomas lee, anna liu. >> this feels a little bit like the academy awards, and i wish i had an tombolo and said, "and the winner is." the thank you very much to the organizers for acknowledging up- and-coming leaders in our community for they are the ones that will unite and bring

and vicki liviakis vicki liviakis that public is just the beginning. >> if your taking a trip and checkingo backs? it is an extra $140 roundtrip to- rag to baxter checking to balance if you are checking to bags? did your checking to luggage bags? if you are checking to bag /+ ferran towo bags? ? it is called unbundling. and the airline industry thought that they could fool the public with the cost of fuel. when the fuel skyrocketed, and the decided that there were going to induce more fees with unbundling baggage fees, and this could, water, when the seat, i.e., everything. >> and the airline industry that is not new. what has changed is the scope. you are recognizing that no lo people that have an insatiable need for revenue. >> we have come off of nine years of multimillion-dollar losses. this industry has lost $58.2 billion 2001-2009 lincecum revenue/profits are soaring! 3 billion so far this year. and it is profiting by giving consumers a choice. >> we're going to keep the base fare, the price you pay. low. if you'd like to check your bacyour suitcase? >> 7.5% excise tax on air fare fo

vicky nguyen joins me this morning to talk more about that.uld take a long time for this to change. >> definitely, brent. not a change that would happen overnight. the stay legislature has to draw up the bill to change jessica's law. the task force really wants agents to decide where the parolees can live. in theory, that could put sex offenders right next to a school or day care center. >> that could be a big issue because one of the main parts of jessica's law is they want to keep sex offenders away from the kids so it could be a big issue. >> exactly. you have a lot of folks who were perfectly happy with jessica's law so we do expect some outraged people saying i don't want a sex offender anywhere near my family. the task force is saying would you rather have them homeless and untrackable. they say that 2,000-foot rule is providing a false sense of security. based on data from the last four years, it is making a lot hard tore track sex offenders. >> so if you're upset and want to say something about this, what can you do? >> lobby your stat

vacunar, y ahora que no tiene nada que ver con luis fonsi se le soltó la lengau y nos contó todo >>> a vickya william levy y a su hermana marisol le está buscando novio, mientras tanto yo me apunto >>> sergio descartó por completo los rumores que estaba discutiendo, distanciado con barbara mori acerca del dinero. dio la cara y nos contó solutamente todo >>> y a los tijuanes >>> y jennifer lópez y marc anthony nos confesaron cual es su secreto para mantenerse unidos y felices >>> parece que ahora no es la paciencia, sino más bien la lana, jennifer lópez había retirado, había cerrado su negocio de la ropa porque no le iba tan bien, pero ahora resulta que hay una marca que los está contratando, que les dio una buena lanota. sino para que marc anthony también diseñe rop y bueno, no solamente eso >>> pero marc anthony es uno de los mejores vestidos >>> pero seguramente por asesorías por otras genste, y no solo eso, sino que se le olvida el español >>> comadres y compadres, ayer la pareja del momento jennifer lópez y marc anthony dieron a conocer su contrato con una famosa tienda venderán sus dise

vicki nguyen, today in the bay. >> per we want to check the morning commute. take a look at bart. >> bart was on the normal schedule. businesses as well. it is a parking holiday. the schedule is normal, but you won't have to pay the fees at the station. that's great news for folks. also predicting slowing for antioch and heading towards l. even on a slower holiday. we have an accident report and might see slowing over the next few minutes around the bart station. things held up over the last five minutes. the bay bridge moving into san francisco. a light volume of traffic and no back ups and no metering lights. another hour for that, but a clear view. rob has a look at the forecast in a monday. >> the small business that got a call from the vice president. the second in command decided to give them a call. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should

the moon is shining tonight vicky informed me it is a blue moon in fact. we could not figure it out, but it there for full moons in the autumn in the season, the third one is the blue moon. you might want to check on not just to make sure. storm trackers showing dry conditions with just some small showers here and there. future cast indicating some dry conditions most part overnight there could be isolated thundershowers. some stars popping up towards the morning hours. interrupted tomorrow by occasional areas of light rain tomorrow. some of them could be heavy at times, it should start to wind got a little bit for the afternoon with increasing amounts of sunshine, then buy tamara another wave of showers roles in and that should pick up the rain for the nighttime hours and into tuesday morning as well. temperatures in the north bay and east bay the upper 30's going into tomorrow morning. low '40's there the bay and highs once again stepped in the '50s for tomorrow. it will be a mixture of sun and clouds and showers tomorrow. 7 day at around the bait tuesda

abc's vicky has the details. >> reporter: that's according to a new report from the centers for disease control where researchers asked parents both in 2003 and 2007 if their kids had ever received such a diagnosis. in that four year span it jumped by 20%. >> they're recognizing it. >> dr. my call manos says it's not that it's more pressure lent. doctors, teachers, and parents are getting better at identifying it. >> being disorganized, not having all your materials ready, interrupting people, not listening when speaking. >> reporter: there's an increase in adhd. it's unclear how many also received behavioral therapy in addition to or in place of medicine. >> there are now so many children that don't have to experience the symptoms of adhd and have the problems that come from that. >> reporter: problems that when identified correctly have a chance to be properly corrected. >>> generje jeff ranieri is out amongst you again. he loves being out there. if you think holidays are not around the corner -- >> he's skating on thin ice with the weather. >> nicely done, jeff. don't fall. >> it's a

now, tonight, nbc bay area's vicki nguyen showed us the fix, which may be a controversial change to jessica'saw. >> just steps away from the daily sights and sounds of life in the bay area, another world emerges. >> this is their house. this is where they live. >> reporter: deep in the brush, hidden tent cities teaming with a different kind of life. >> we're looking for offenders at large. >> they cut their straps and they're down there hiding in these encamp mts. >> reporter: she's a california patrol apprehension team. she's heading a sweep of 12 of the biggest encamp mts in san jose. this one above los gatos golf course where hundreds of convicted sex offenders live. ironically, the law designed to flush out these predators and protect children is in part the reason for these hideouts. jessica's law banned sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school, park or daycare center. in 2007, just after the law was passed, 88 paroled sex offenders were listed as homeless. today more than 2100 sex offenders are on the streets off the grid. >> not knowing the terrain and the setup, we can

vicki? >> several bird rescue organization are keeping an eye and segal's after they've been seeing them with beer cans step around their neck. as many as five have been spotted. since september there have been seen from stinson beach to have midday and organizations are trying to raise an athletic to capture the birds. it want to remove that beer cans and release the birds. dave look, was able to locate one in shows is how >> as lucky enough to find this goal at an area near san francisco university. at first thought it was an impossible task to find it amount of hundreds but with the budweiser and beer can that was that run its neck is back out on the west. a purge the bird to get a shot. >> i'm just a few feet away, that is the right there. >> i'm about 12 ft. away from the bird. other birds have plotted i do not of this bird has left because it isn't possible because it cannot fly. >> i wildlife organization called wild west is currently trying to raise funds to build the purchase of $3,

vicki wynn shows you how law enforcement is tracking the dangerous sex predators. >> reporter: the bay area, nine counties, 101 cities and 2,077 convicted sex offenders. >> police department. >> police. >> reporter: we tracked law enforcement on a statewide sweep organized by the california parole conviction team. >> rape of a victim under 10 years of age. >> reporter: on the list tonight the home of a former teacher's aide who said he was wrongly convicted after hugging and kissing a fourth grade girl. agents comb through the clutter to find violations. >> i see there is a lot of overkill in the conditions i have been given. this is the first condition. >> he is clean, but many others are not. this man will go back to jail tonight. he was convicted on child molestation and possession of child porn. agents found x box games and stuffed animals in his home. detectives will open a new felony case on more child porn charges. is it true what they say you have gang paraphernalia and alcohol in your apartment? is this fair or unfair? >> it is not fair. i have a pregnant fiance they are takin

vicki has an update on how the curfew is working and why some feel it's unfair. >> no one can argue that truancy is not a problem. the last time they conducted a sweep they picked up 425 students in three days. richmond becomes the last city in the school district to add a daytime curfew. we rode along with the officer to see how it works and how the program is designed to prevent repeat offenders. precisely 30 minutes after school starts. ray hernandez searches for students skipping school. >> you have students back here hiding in the bleachers and the play structure over here. >> it doesn't take long to spot them. >> how are you guys doing? where are you going? >> these two, 14 and 16 years old tell the officer they go to the continuation, but they attend richmond high and were heading home. before the curfew, they would return the students to class and if it was close to the end of the day, they would go home. now they are taken here to the activities league. >> come on down here. >> a staffer checks the record of absences, issues a citation and counsels them as they wait for mom or d

. >> here is vicki wynn with a story we are working on for tomorrow night. >> tomorrow night at 11:00, your own immune system reprogrammed to fight cancer. it is all right happening and could lead to a cancer vaccine. meet the bay area researchers behind this groundbreaking treatment. >> it is beginning to look a lot like the holidays in the east bay. hundreds of people came out for a free night of skating courtesy of nbc bay area. the rink will be open until january. jeff ranieri promised to go back out and do fantastic skating. >> maybe not on camera. that wasn't the best yesterday. >> it was a lot of fun. >> it was really fun. >> i'm never going to live down that fall. take a look at temperatures. certainly was comfortable, sunny, near average, 66. 67 in fairfield. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s from san francisco down the peninsula. you know the drill with the sunny and clear skies. if we keep those clear skies at night. 44 right now, 41 in novado. livermore coming in with 343. several more hours of cooling. in the north bay we see warming for friday but that large warming a

vicki nguyen has the answers. >> another black eye for the leg industry. >> if you're unfamiliar withs and eggs come from. >> you're looking at inhumane contr control, earlier this month, they recalled nearly 300,000 eggs due to the recall. conditions inside the farms are to blame. >> there is a definite correlation for constrained hens. this family has been in the egg farming business for nearly 11 years. his family pumps out 11 million eggs per day. >> i produce to consumer demands. if the consumer wants to buy it, i'm willing to produce it. >> with. organic chickens are fed an organic diet. free chickens have outside space, conventional chicks. but which eggs are the best? >> i think an egg is an egg is an egg is an egg. but if the consumer thinks it's something different, so be it. >> we would recommend if eggs are a part of your diet, that at a minimum, elevating your purchases of cage-free eggs. >> when you. it doesn't matter if you buy your. they all come fof the same line. there is one thing they both agree on. california egg standards are the highest in the nation -- tracebac

nbc's bay area vicki nguyen is here and tells how parents with k prevent those injuries. >> no parent wants to see their kids sidelined, but it's happening. doctors are seeing patients as young as seven years old. it turns out a few simple exercises can help keep your young athlete in the game. at a sports center for young athletes -- >> back up, nice and slow. >> -- the clientele is getting younger. >> the age we see patients seems to be going down and down and down every year. we're now seeing seven-year-olds with acl tears, which was something unheard of even ten years ago. >> reporter: dr. james policy specializes in pediatric orthopedic surgery. he says a few years of year-round sports and especially at a young age makes kids more prone to injury. abraham barnes has a classic overuse injury: apothicites. he's eight. >> after every game, i started to limp a little, so we didn't know what was happening. >> it's an inflammation of the growth plate in his heel. >> yeah, it's associated with running, skipping, jumping, hopping, anything any kid in sports would do. >> angela says even

vic vicky nguyen takes a look at how to prevent your child from getting hurt. >> reporter: no parento see their peewee athlete sidelined with an injury but doctors are seeing patients as young as 7 years old. it turns out a few simple exercises can help keep your athlete in the game. at the sports medicine center for young athletes, the clientele is getting younger. >> go about maybe five more. >> the age we see patients is going down and down and down. we're now seeing 7-year-olds with acl tears which was something that was unheard of even ten years ago. >> reporter: the doctor specializes in pediatric orthopedic surgery. >> on two, go. >> reporter: he says today's access to year-round sports, coupled with the push to specialize in one sport at a younger age, makes kids more prone to injury. >> they're going to be at higher risk for getting degenerative arthritis as adults. >> reporter: abraham barnes has a classic overuse injury. he's eight. >> it was like in the middle of my baseball season where after every game i started to limp a little, so we didn't know what was happening. >>

vicky has the story. >> reporter: your body may be there at your desk working but where is your brain? focused on your financial report or on the big game from last night or an you coming beach vacation. >> we're not good at being mindful and staying in the moment. >> reporter: a new study from harvard said we sfend half of our waking hours thinking of something other than what we're doing. researchers gathered 2200 volunteers. >> we used the iphone to send people any informatinotificatio motion. >> not only were the study participants often thinking of something else, all of this mind wandering seemed to make them unhappy. it makes sense because people were more likely to let their minds drift when they were doing mundane sedentary tasks like working. they were happiest living in the moment and that was when they were exercising or having personal one-on-one conversations. it turns out, though, nothing was sacred. >> the rate of mind wandering during sex was about 10%. >> harsh. >> the moral of the story is when we can, we should differ t differently spend more time doing things more

good evening, i'm vicky nguyen. happy thanksgiving. tom and jessica have the night off.eff ranieri is here with us and he's tracking a new storm headed our way. jeff, what's in our shopping forecast? >> we certainly have big changes coming in the next

. >> reporter: ask vickie dean if life is easy and she'll be the first to tell you it's not. still, this single mother, who once depended on charity to feed her special needs son, has much she's thankful for. >> i'm thankful for my family, my friends. >> reporter: today dean is not receiving a meal from the north texas food bank. instead she and her son are volunteering to help provide 13,000 meals for others. >> we've pretty much been on both sides, and so this is our way of paying forward. >> reporter: this food bank is one of the largest in the nation. it has provided food like this for 2.3 million people so far this year. but doing that requires a tremendous number of volunteers, 22,000 at this facility alone. with so many in america struggling, unemployment stuck near 10%, 42 million people using food stamps, simple acts of generosity are as important today as ever. >> thank you. >> reporter: and americans are responding. in the last year, more than 63 million have volunteered. in colorado, a bride whose wedding was suddenly called off, decided to go ahead with the recep

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i want to say thank you to the neighborhood parks council, meredith thomas, vicky bell, who we met with this morning, both myself and bill soro, and we're looking forward to raising the money that it takes, whether it be half a billion dollars or whatever to get this funded, built and mabetted for many years to come -- maintained for being years to come. i would like to note that there is a $103,000 balance for embark darrow and i hope it can be used for a project manager. >> crystal, michael, then sam and larry lynch. >> hi, my name is crystal and i'm with delores park works. i'd like to speak with the food vendors and specifically about the complete lack of youth reach to the community and our recent experience with the president buell: and resource development teams. up until now our experience has been stellar and we know you guys like parks and we are well aware of the financial cutbacks and the impacts they're having on our parks. that said, i have read the document that rec and park provided the commission at the last meeting regarding the outreach to the community organization t

. >> reporter: vickie allen lives in las vegas. in time and distance from the miami of her childhood. >> we all grow up in the same neighborhood and we found each other again on facebook. >> reporter: like nearly 5,000 others, on facebook, she relives the day of burr road. >> it makes me feel connected. i'm home. i go on that site and i'm home. >> reporter: not everyone of a certain age is so enthusiastic. why should justice o'connor be on facebook? >> i'm not. heaven help us. >> reporter: at a stanford symposium on aging, sandberg made her case on social networking to her honor. >> even people as famous as justice o'connor use facebook. >> why would you resist it, justice o'connor? >> i don't need anymore publicity, even on facebook. >> reporter: that symposium at stanford, justice o'connor did acknowledge she uses skype to be in touch with her grandchildren, >> and there are a million more other uses, other groups in this age group. >> baby boomers are pouring on social networks and we just discovered a lot of them are having to

. >> the key right smith says that the harassment law will -- vicki wright smith says that the harassment law will help. she says the school told her that they discipline the cyberbullying, but because of privacy laws, they could not tell her what the punishment was. ultimately, the other girls feel that they were victims, too. the bill will be fast track and expect to pass it before the end of the year. >>> at one time suspect in the chandra levy cases and now speaking out. former congressman condit's and dna was found in her underwear, but not in her apartment. there was a cloud of suspicion that this month seemed to fade away. >> i do not know that it will ever entirely behind me. with the creation that the media came up with this perfect storm suspicion. >> he has already written a book about the case -- jack condit has already written a book about the case. gary condit is expected to as well. >>> to get out of here! >> crews were demolishing the smokestack in ohio. it fell the wrong way. it fell towards the crowd. apparently, a set of charges did not detonate on one side. it crashed

. >> reporter: for vickie, the decision to make her first film was personal.aughter was so concerned about school that she began having panic attacks. >> i wanted to understand what was going on. i started talking to parents in my community, to students, to experts, and visiting schools across the country. >> reporter: in her work on race to nowhere, she says she discovered many children who were overwhelmed with home work, tests, activities and the pressures to succeed. >> everyone expects us to be superheroes. >> we are seeing kids who are anxious, predepressed and cheat their way through high school and they're arriving at college unprepared to do the work at the college level. >> what's interesting to me about the film is hearing some of the suggested ways in which schools can be improved. some having to do with less or no homework on certain days. >> let's see what the research says around home work and do what's right developmentally. we need to move away from a one size fits all approach. for me the solution is bringing communities together to have a di

with highs only in the low to mid '50's vicki >> well at the box office this weekend they're due datethird place, they hit the road together. made $15.5 million. debuted in second place the action thriller unstoppable with denzel washington and came in at 23.5 million and for the second weekend out of the estimated three be comedy may get my takes first place, the list cass' voices including where off welfare and cfa mb earned $30 million continuing its box office success. actress daughters of double is back at home tonight. she was admitted friday for a leg infection she was released today will be continued to be treated at home. she's been hospitalized several times this year. jessica simpson is getting married again, the reality started as announced engagement to her boy friend eric johnson. the news comes just weeks after her x nicholas j. got engaged to longtime girlfriend and a seminal. simpson, was spotted in kansas today wearing a ruby red the engagement ring. while the video game six days in call of duty has broken record was bought off, but is receiving criticism of its cont

vicky shows us the solution may be a verse that will change to jessica's law.oad just steps away from the daily sights and sounds of life in the bay area, another world emerges. >> this is where they live. >> reporter: deep in the brush hidden, tent cities teaming with a different kind of life. >> a little early to be drinking. >> reporter: they've cut their straps and they're hiding. andrea is a state parole agency. she's's heading a sweep through 12 of the encampments. this one where convicted sex predators live among the outcast, mostly felons out of work, out of homes and out of luck. ironically, the law designed to flush out these predators and protect children is in part the reason for these hideouts. jessica's law bans sex offender prs living within 2,000 feet of a school, park or daycare center. in 2007, just after the law was passed, 88 paroled sex offenders were listed as homeless. today more than 2100 sex offend did ters are on the streets off the grid. >> not knowing the terrain, in the set up, we can look at it on a map all we want, but you don't r

. >> reporter: among the stranded passengers vicki and tom alvarez. their cousin is in the middle.y left their car before they took them to long beach. >> first cruise, first time away from their kids, their family, and they wanted to go. >> reporter: these are coast guard pictures and video of the "splendor" south of san diego. the alvarezes and 4,000 passengers and crew were stranded. >> i said it can't be. it can't be. >> reporter: navy helicopters are assisting with transport. the "uss ronald reagan" will provide a landing point. the coast guard boat will facilitate a res few. >> it's typical case in the california water. some of the things that need take place, coordination with other countries, mexico in this particular case. >> reporter: mexican tugboats were called to help tug the "splendor" to a mexican port. not a moment too soon for toni sweet worried sick about her cousin. >> how do you think she's handling things now? >> i don't know. i don't think she'll ever go on a cruise again. this the first, i don't think she'll ever do it again. ever. >>> a fire in a bay area st

. >> vicki lives in las vegas, a long way in time and distance from the miami of her childhood. >> weorhood. and weapon found each other again on facebook. >> but like nearly 5,000 others on facebook, she relived the days of bird road. >> it's a repository of memories. it makes me feel connected. i'm home. i go on that site and i'm home. >> what's really important. >> not everyone of a certain age is so enthusiastic. >> why should justice o'connor be on facebook? >> i'm not. heaven help us. >> and a stanford symposium on aging sandburg made her case. >> even people as famous as justice o'connor can be on facebook. >> why would you resist it? >> i don't need any more publicity, even on facebook. >> justice o'connor does not weren't to go on facebook as we heard in that exchange but she did acknowledge that she uses skype to communicate with her grandchildren. your parents don't need to use skype, they can find you morning, noon, and night right here. >> tom, thanks. yes, i live in this studio. tom brokaw. how lame will the lame duck session in congress be. fights over s.t.a.r.t. treaty

. >> kron 4 spec let ya vicki liviakis >> this is coming from the south, with and u.s.uclear airpark. >> the u.s. is trying to get the united nations to tie knots sanctions on the refusal to dismantle its new clear program. >> and our concerns about the smelter activity have only been heightened by north korean debt. >> daniel vilvicki liviakis >> the border police. and this was the latest in a string of such killings this year. and troops were intensifying the taliban and is claiming responsibility for that attack. >> and also, the two being held, sahehane beaur and battal they are appearing of espionage been arrested near the border. their families say that was an innocent hiking trip. this trial is had scheduled for february 6th. >> another cold night overnight! with freezing temperatures in the bay area. chance for rainfall, and all of that coming up in under 10 minutes. >> if you did not spend a lot on a black friday? this is still time with cyber monday. trying to get shipments out on christmas with global the visits with 1.6 million planning on shopping today. th

vicki liviakis kron 4 news. 7 7 >> and a very cold temps on tap with a freeze morning in a frost advisory for the bay area. this is on the purple on your screen. the north bay, delta, inland, central, and for the bay shores, extends to the north bay coastline. temps will be in the upper 20s, low 30's. several hours of and freezing temps from 1:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. with patchy fog and with neighborhood by neighborhood again, we've seen these last couple of mornings. with 20 degrees in napa, 29 degrees in santa rosa,--28 in napa, and oakland, even record- breaking cold. and 33 and san jose, and in the afternoon people warm up. with upper the peace. -temps will warm up, and even upper 50s. and increasing cloud coverage this reason is because this storm to the north is very well defined. it is going to sweep through early saturday morning. we will take a look on futurecast " we're expecting. and the shower activity will go to the golden gate and by 6:00 a.m., widespread shower activity. and that marine band of 9:00 a.m. but scattered shower activity throughout the afternoon. 1:00 p.m., and alrea

today in the bay's vicki nguyen shows us the secrets to balancing demands of motherhood and happinesst's a familiar theme for countless parents. >> how was school? >> school pick up. for piedmont mom elizabeth, this is the secretary time today she has been to her kid's school. >> it's hard work. really hard work. >> sheer has to go back one more time. >> if i'm putting out flyers, i'm not doing well. >> research shows parents today are more unhappy than their parents and grandparents. >> we also know from the research that parents tend to be a lot less happy than their piers. >> she has the job title of happiness expert. plenty of moms are working so hard as being the perfect parent, they lose themselves and their happiness. >> there is so much pressure on kids and it's different. our generation of parents is a little nuts with our parenting and how incredibly focused we are on it and all the things that we give to our kids. sometimes crowds out the more important things. >> one of the most important things is family dinners, five nights a week. a tough thing to accomplish for increas

vicki. dylan, as if he done have enough time, an hour, his own show.> i will go out for breakfast. >> we love dylan. let's go out together afterwards. thank you very much. and of course, 4:00 for more on this coming up. >>> thanksgiving dinner feuds leaves us acting like while animals and the zoo in seattle noise different. the dragon inhaling a raw turkey leg. before you want to wrestle a relative for the last of the sweet potatoes, be thankful this guy's not at your house. our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. whoa! that achy cold needs alka-seltzer plus! it rushes multiple cold fighters, plus a powerful pain reliever, wherever you need it! [ both ] ♪ oh what a relief it is! progresso. hi. we love

as vicki told us, a series of studies done by working mother magazine reveals some moms are hitting the cope far too often. >> being a mom is a tough job. being a mom who works outside the home as another level of stress. ask alexandria delgado. >> it's very stressful. i'm not only a mother, but i work and go to school and take care of the baby. >> how does she destress? >> i drink wine. >> she is not alone. so many working moms turn to wine to unwind. there is a popular facebook page called oh, my god, i so need a glass of wine or i'm going to sell my kids. it has 110,000 fans, but a series of supports done by working mother magazine implies there may be something more serious going on. 40% of those responding to the magazine's survey said they drink to cope with stress and 57% said they misused prescription drugs. >> some people can stop at two glasses and some people it turns into vodka and xanax. >> the doctor is an addiction specialist. >> if they can't meet the expectations, somehow they failed. >> others think it focuses on extreme cases and there is nothing wrong with the trend.

republican vicky hartzler of missouri has received more than $770,000 in farm subsidies over the last years. she justified receiving this money by saying protecting farmers a national security issue. oh, please. now michele bachmann's family has received over $215,000 for the bachmann family farm in independence, wisconsin. kristi noem has received over $3 million. and incoming congressman steven fincher's family has received $3.2 million. are these the the new welfare queens. there isn't a welfare recipient that has gotten anywhere near this money from the federal government. republicans took an important step forward today. so it was really surprising when one of the biggest advocates of pork or earmarks depending on your perspective, minority leader mitch mcconnell said this on the floor monday. >> i know the good that has come from the projects i've helped support throughout my state. i don't apologize for them, but there is simply no doubt that the abuse of this practice has caused americans to view it as a symbol of the waste and out of control spending that every republican in

vicky nguyen is in the newsroom working on the story. >> we spent the past three days tracking sex offendersg along on the biggest sweep in state history. more than 2,000 targets right here in the bay area. child molesters, rapists, and other sex predators on the troll. that's coming up tonight in part one of or report at 11:00. >> we'll see you then. >>> in the meantime, he has been collaborating with michelle branch, chad kroger, michael jackson. ♪ and this weekend, carlos santana is collaborating with the oakland east bay symphony's performance of the enchanted forest. seven higher worlds of music. santana says he loves the texture of classical music, and this particular performance will be one that young people can relate to. it's at the paramount theater. it's friday and saturday night and won't that be fun? >> i love carlos santana. that's going to be fantastic. >> there's no kind of music he can't play. >> there really isn't. >> he's been at it for so long. >> that's going to do it for us at 6:00. we'll see you back here at 11:00. >> thanks for joining us tonight. bye-bye. the black w

." >> reporter: for vicky, the decision to make her first film was personal.enth grade daughter was so concerned about school that she began having panic attacks. >> i wanted to understand what was going on. i started talking to parents in my community, to students, to experts and visiting schools across the country. >> reporter: in her work on "race to nowhere" she said she discovered many children overwhelmed with homework, tests, activities and the pressure to succeed. >> everyone expects us to be super heroes. >> we're seeing kids who are anxious, depressed, cheating just to get through high school. in the long term we're seeing kids in college unprepared to do the kinds of thinking unprepared at the college level. >> reporter: for me what's interesting about the film is hearing some of the suggested ways in which schools could be improved. some having to do with less or no homework on certain days. >> we're not saying no homework. weeg saying look at what the research says around homework and let's do quality homework at the right time, in the right amoun

strategist and former condoleezza rice speechwriter, elise jordan and from ivillage, kelly wallace, and vickieet crackdown. >>> it's the holiday week, air travelers are in for longer lines, bigger delays and hotter tempers this thanksgiving week. complaints escalating and not just from passengers, but on blogs from the tsa agents themselves. this morning this was the

vicki talk to a prosecutor about what's next. >> was justice served? a a former prosecutor >>.s hard for people to comprehend how you can have a dead man and some the only serves two years. the problem is is you go from in voluntary manslaughter to murder which is 15 years- life. it seems like there should be something else in between. >> hammer says he is looking at a release date of june 2011. >> essentially he served 10 months so he's got a year left so in about seven months he will be free and then he will start five years of parole. >> johannes mehserle has been green led >>. exchange members child molesters it is a free game on them. anybody who wants to was authorized the essentially to kill a plan. >> johannes mehserle will likely be given extra security. nothing can bring back to life but things must change. >> the bar police did not do enough training that's what led to this not that they have limited supply of teasers a police officer one night has a left or right handed depending. it's unacceptable. >> did you change your clocks. you probably have plenty of them non

. >> that is kron4 news it vicki reporting if you want to send a copy of joke to a joke log on to the website they are also providing cafe franchises and is 945, a time to check a >> in. this is not your father's opera. the san francisco opera has taken beautiful music right singing and fabulous staging and they have taken it out of the opera house and brought it to. we'll play but is in. (opera singing) (opera singing) >> well come back to kron4 news news weekend, if you want to get somebody to love opera it will not necessarily happen in an opera house. the first opera i truly love was on the computer screen and what you are looking get, what you were looking at is liable and the san francisco opera production which is now immortalize our video and is coming to a theater near you. i'd like to introduce you where david has been for four years the director, the general director. yes, general director and >> we are general directors. >> (laughter) sorry, that is not so surprising. so a in, they did aida at at&t park for 34,000 people last month. >> september. >> yes 32,000 people and n

. >> reporter: the ban comes too late for joe and vicki, who are suing four loko.their son jason, wired and drunk on the energy drink, accidentally shot himself in the head. having deemed them a health risk, the government can seize energy drinks which combine caffeine and alcohol if companies continue to make them. >>> the search is on this morning in southern rhode island for a bear with an apparent sweet tooth. the big fellow went into a trap that was loaded with doughnuts and meat. he took the doughnuts but left the meat behind. then managed to break out of the trap. wildlife experts are anxious to catch the bear because he may have killed several sheep. >>> here's a look at your thursday forecast. another foot of snow in the cascades. rain in the pacific northwest, northern california, idaho, and montana. showers and thunderstorms in south florida. calmer in the northeast. scattered showers in pittsburgh, buffalo, and cleveland. >> mid 50s from boston to baltimore. cooler in the midwest with highs in the 40s from kansas city did detroit. a wet 44 in seattle. 5