thursday night in the north bay otherwise dry once we get past this one cold front. a lot of sunshine, low to mid 60s through the weekend. have a great day. we head back to san rafael, stole following the earlier -- following the earlier crash, off-ramp closed due to accident involving a big rig. lots of slow traffic moving southbound 101 approaching north san pedro road. quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza, starting to see traffic build there. no metering lights yet. it is backed up to 880. quick of drive times. little slow and go out of antioch making your way out to pittsburg, westbound 580, 205 towards the dublin interchange, 24 minutes. along the east shore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze, 19 minutes. for the latest go to abc7news.com/traffic. 6:19. >> cal tran has lunched a new project to prevent accidents between deer and cars on i-280. scientists will study deer movement in the area for the next 18 months. as par of the project the department of fish and game will temporarily capture deer using dart guns and traps, then fit them with radio collars to track movements. officials hope to better stand how to keep the deer from crossing the highway. 6:19. is your cell phone the target? major carrier that says someone is specifically attacking their network. why facebook now says we are all closer than we thought. 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[ unintelligible ] still ahead, a fee for what is free. the city that says it is ready to charge retailers $1,000 for every parking spot that they are letting you use for free. no deal, no crab. the price war that will leave thousands of bay area families feeling disappointed this thanksgiving. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney in san francisco the question paper or plastic may be changed to paper pore paper. it narrows down the -- choices. by the way, they are going to charge for it. the story coming up in a live report. good morning. all airports in california even smaller ones on time. houston, chicago, ronald reagan and philadelphia that would be o'hare, all having delays now. go to our flight tracker atúúúúú good morning. 6:29. opening bell is about to ring to star the trading day. stock futures are mixed the day after the dow plunged 249 points an the congressional committee failed to reach a deal to cut the budget deficit. the commerce department reports the u.s. economy grew slower than government estimates. we'll see what investors make of that when we go live to the new york stock exchange in 15 minutes. we begin with latest on developing news we brought you first at 4:30. within the last hour and a half police cleared out the occupy camp at santa rosa city hall. officers have blocked off parts of sonoma avenue, first street, d street and santa rosa avenue. drivers are being told to an individual that area until at least 8:00 this morning. while crews cleanup. police tell us no arrest had to be may. at least 27 people who previously applied for -- camping permits will be allowed to return. two more meetings expected to draw angry crowds to uc davis today backlash growing over police using pepper spray on protesters as the chance already is brought to tears following a rally takened by thousands. katie marzullo is live with the latest on this. >> reporter: the chance already says she will not resign. the criticism seems to have 10 to her a little yesterday. students made her cry. linda katehi addressed the crowd of 1,000 and apologized for the pepper spraying incident. students shouted for her to resign and she left the stage in tears. students reestablished their occupy camp. there are twice as many tents on campus now and people are dropping off food. students say they are determined to occupy. >> this is a priority for a lot of us to make a difference because this is where educating lies. if we don't make a difference now -- there's not a lot we can do in the future. >> reporter: the chancellor put the campus police chief on paid administrative leave yesterday. the chief said the officers felt trapped by students who had been warned to leave. two meetings are scheduled today, one student body planning to meet at 2:00 this afternoon. at 4:00, the chancellor has planned that town hall meeting during which she says she will answer questions. katie marzullo, abc7 news. right now at uc berkeley students are taking part in a sleep-out in front of sproul plaza as part of occupy cal. when students pitched tents and police responded aggressively many say officers used excessive force against students who were trying to keen the encampment from being raided this time -- this time there are no tents, occupy cal says it wants the focus back on issues which started the movement in the first place. this morning a handful of demonstrators started a new encampment in west oakland. the group began setting up a dozen tents on the launch a home in foreclosure near 18th and linden. the former owner is not sure if the land legally belongs to the bank but says she has given the occupiers her full blessing. police have not made any move to evict those protester. san francisco supervisors getting ready to make the ban on disposal shopping bags tougher. supporters hope it will encourage shoppers and restaurantgoers to bring your own bag. terry mcsweeney is live in the marina with more. >> reporter: for the past four years plastic bags have been banned at big grocery stores and drug stores. this new law would ban all locations and charge for a paper bag this is what we are talking about. the supervisor is behind this new measure which would ban plastic bags at all retail locations, department stores, bookstores, also starting in july, there would be a charge of 10 cents per paper bag going up to 25 cents per paper bag in 2014. we spoke to a shopper this morning who would prefer to ban the ban. >> like me, i mean they steal it then everybody wants to be green and green takes work and effort. in which case if they decide to charge 10 cents a bag we going to see how green everybody is going to be. >> reporter: i guess they will. this are exceptions to the plastic bag law they would be allowed to wrap newspapers for dry cleaning and restaurant patrons who eat and want to take the food home. there would be teeth to this law, $100 fine for the first violation. $200 for the second, $500 for the third for retail outlets. the idea to cleanup the environment. the supervisor says americans use more than 100 billion bags per year he says the same law in washington, d.c. has reduced plastic bag use by more than 80%. there is opposition. if it passes today as expected a group called save the plastic bag coalition is expected to sue. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> the san francisco municipal transportation agency is considering a controversial idea to charge businesses a fee for any free parking spaces they provide. the san francisco examiner reports that local businesses would be charged a $1,000 annual fee for each spot in a free parking lot. transportation officials estimate there are 3,000 unpaid parking spots in the city, including those at the gallery, mall, grocery stores and other retail outlets. officials say the fee would generate 30 million dollars a year to reduce the agency's budget deficit. marin reports managers at health care center in novato have called family and friends and residents telling them not to visit. nursing hope residents are being ordered to stay in -- nursing home residents are being ordered to stay in their rooms. 80 residents and staff have become ill. several cases were reported at another marin county nursing home last week. officials have declined to identify that i willy. this morning police in contra costa county searching for a -- for a man caught on camera vandalizing several banks. this was captured at an atm in walnut creek sunday night. the man used paint and shoe polish to write messages on a bank of america and chase bank windows. also suspected of vandalizing a u.s. -- us bank in concord. it appears seafood lovers will have to go without crab on their table this year. a price dispute is keeping boats from going out and setting traps. this year the fishermen want $2.50. the processors and dispew pores want to pay -- distributors want to a just $2. they say the 50 cents difference is make or break for them. >> 50 cents which is on thousands of pounds, it is a lot of money. >> fishermen bullying by large processors is keeping most small buyers from paying the higher price. they say with the storm on the way even if they get a deal done today, the crab likely won't be in by thanksgiving. let's color that storm on the way you were just -- let's explore that storm on the way you were just talking about. >> mike? >> sprinkles along northern sonoma county that's about it. the bigger storm estimate up to the north where we see heff -- heavier rain. storm behind digging more south on the left side of the screen that's going to come into our neighborhoods tomorrow evening through thursday morning. right now thick fog in central valley from sacramento south, visibility down to -- the rest of us doing okay as far as visibility even though we have clouds. 38 napa, 8:00, the rest of news the 40s. watch these green blobs radar returns and how they will dance across the north bay during the afternoon while the rest of us will see increasing sun as we head south mid to upper 50s. this will stay steady through 4:00 we may hit 60 palo alto, livermore and antioch. the big storm tomorrow evening through thursday morning. thursday afternoon through monday looking dry, temperatures close to average. we are tracking very slow traffic through walnut creek. live look at 6 0 at north main street. -- 680 at north main street. lights headed in the southbound direction. earlier stalled vehicle blocking middle lane looks like that sparked in slow down that has been cleared but the damage is done. further down the line, accident southbound 680 left lane blocked. slow speeds as you approach the scene of that crash. westbound 580 from 205 toward the dublin interchange, 27 minutes. 28 minutes out of antioch towards pittsburg. southbound 1015890 to the golden gate bridge, -- 12 minute ride. metering lights on, traffic backed up well into the foot of maze. slow and go ride into san francisco this morning. 6:39. >> if you are hope to get holiday shopping done while you work you may have to think again. that story just ahead. >> a live report from the new york stock exchange coming up. the dow right now down 14 points after a massive plunge yesterday. what happens now? after a congressional super committee fails to make a trillion dollars in spending cuts. president obama hands down a new threat to anyone trying to an individual the consequences. a baby doll that spews profanity, outrages parents. why are stores leaving it on the shelves? >> reporter: falsifying documents on -- should falsifying documents on a caltrans project be considered a crime? one official thinks so is ready to take it to thep" welcome back. central valley from sacramento south dense fog advisory visibility could be half a mile to 1/8 of a mile. rain in the northern part of the valley up to the border some of that is falling in the form of sprinkles in the north bay and will do during the afternoon most of the rain stays north of i-80. tahoe sun mixed with includes, increasing sunshine and warmth in l.a. and san diego. 7 2 in palm springs. 6:45 now. failure of a special deficit reduction super committee sets up another battle between president obama and congress over renewing a payroll tax cut and jobless benefit force millions. the super committee ended in super failure last night. seven of the 12 said in a statement they were unable to reach a bipartisan dale. in california the head of the state republican -- republican party says duct cuts to be part of any agreement. state department extra tick leaders say their big beef is the gop's refuseal to end tax breaks for the -- refusal to end tax breaks for the wealthy. >> how the hell do do you go to the people saying you want to make sure people making five million a year get a tax break and working stiffs get nothing? >> you cannot raise taxes to solve this problem. we have to get spending under control. >> since the super committee did not agree to the required spending cuts of 1.2 trillion that amount of automatic cuts will go into effect in 2013. president obama now says he will veto any effort by law makers to repeal those automatic cuts, telling them if they want to avoid them, fan a plan that both sides can agree on. >> -- >> yesterday the dow tanked because of this deficit gridlock. today investor are worried about slowing economic growth. >> jane king joins us with that. it is getting harder for workers to get holiday shopping done at the office, jane? >> of course we would never do that right? good morning. kind of -- [ unintelligible ] some economic analysts yesterday saying that the fact there is no budget deal increases the chance we go back into a recession. we had markets sell-off on the super committee that was supposed to cut spending and raise revenue to control government spending. today is a report showing lower than expected third quarter growth. dow, sierra madre, nasdaq all looking -- dow, s&p, nasdaq all looking -- meg whitman holding her first conference call -- [ unintelligible ] bad news if you are planning on sneaking in a little online shopping at the office companies are cracking down on it, 60% of companies are blocking access this year. 23% are allowing it, but monitoring workers activity for excessive use. we like to talk about gadget rumors good one today. all things digital reporting facebook may introduce a phone within the next year-to-year and a it would be made by htc. code name is buffy, according to all things -- it would run on a version of android modified deeply integrated facebook services. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. >> can it have a vampires? >> and get my dry cleaning. >> thank you jane. >> juke ice skate among the palm sprees in san jose. downtown rink opened last night. it bears the name of kristi yamauchi. she kicked off the opening and the skating club she belonged to while growing up in fremont. the rink will be open this through january 29th, free skating days will be overed for low income families. i've been there you have the trees that are all lit up and the holiday lights really, really nice place to go during the holidays. >> it is indeed. like to get dan ashley out there who is a fabulous skater. 6:49. maybe you should ask kristi yamauchi, a little pairs. >> that would be -- >> she did pairs before she did individual. 6:49 -- take a look at clouds this morning towards the southeast from downtown where we are looking. the low clouds are up along the north bay where we are having some of the sprinkles, extreme north bay like the northern -- northwest corner sonoma county. fog central valley into fairfield parts of the east bay valleys. upper 30s fairfield and livermore 40s everywhere else half moon bay 54° around the monterey bay and inland salinas low to mid 40s gilroy clear and cooler 38° all of us will have multi-layer clouds so partly sunny thicker clouds north bay not only today also tonight that's why we keep a chance of light rain in your forecast the rest of us get our rain with the big system in the gulf of alaska now coming down tomorrow evening through thursday morning in the south bay today low 60s and pretty much the same type of temperatures on the peninsula over to the cost in the green upper fives also take over downtown in south san francisco sausalito 59 up the coast mid to upper 50s, mid to upper 50s is where the clouds will be thickest and where the chance of light rain is likelism upper 50s to low 60s -- east bay shore, low 60s east bay valleys, monterey bay upper 50s to near 60. tonight more clouds as system draws near temperatures in the 40s, low to mid 40s inland. san francisco the warm spot at 50°. here's what we are watching high pressure pushed away bay this cold wedge of dry air that is driving this next system today along with the jet stream in the pacific northwest tomorrow it is going to move into our neighborhoods this morning watch through this morning into the afternoon into the afternoon hours how just dancing across the north bay sonoma county are those light rain showers during the overnight hours they hang there with a few sprinkles for the rest of us as clouds and moisture increases tomorrow morning by noon bulk of the rain north bay, by 5:00, 6:00, moving into the north bay across all neighborhoods during the evening overnight through thursday morning. by noon thursday a clearing trend and temperatures back in the 60s. we'll stay in the 60s mainly dry for friday, saturday, sunday and monday. i hope you have a great day. i have ureports from david louie look at pictures he took over san jose yesterday, thank you david for sending that in. if you have photos would you like to share we would love to see them from anywhere around the bay area. just up load them or e-mail them. good morning. still tracking slow traffic through walnut creek. live look at 68 approaching north main. those taillights are headed in the southbound commute direction. live look at the san mateo bridge earlier accident there. westbound direction as you make your way from hayward to foster city crews managed to clear that and still a little slow and go across the span. in san rafael still tracking speeds there, cars on the right southbound direction approaching north san pedro road. no accidents or stalls just slow traffic. checking in with mass advance it is. vta light rail experiencing delays, shuttle busing. for the latest traffic about to abc7news.com/traffic. thank you. a lot of folks thinking about what to buy their kids for holidays. toys "r" us taking heat for refusing to take a so-called trash talking doll off shelves. they are interactive dolls that make baby noises some parents say the pink one utters the phrase you crazy "b" word. the dolls are made for ages two and older. toys "r" us has refused to stop selling them saying the dolls are just babbling, not speaking real words. 6:nifty three. recapping our top stories: -- 6:53. caltrans in the hot see the as committee looks into fraudulent safety inspections. >> amy hollyfield is live at the bay bridge with more. >> reporter: caltrans released thousands of pages of documents yesterday to try and prove the new bay bridge is safe it will come up for discussion today. questions surrounding the new bay bridge surfaced when it came to light that an i falsified safety documents on caltrans projects. this employee examined pile force the new bridge. the new records show he tampered with documents on three other projects, not this one. 0 officials say there is nothing to worry about when it comes to the new -- bay bridge. the acting director is calling the actions of the technician reprehensible and he would like to see criminal charges filed against the technician who has been fired. at the hearing today questions will include how could caltrans convince the public this new bridge is safe and why was in man allowed to work on in bridge when officials knew three years ago about the compromised safety documents? let's check in with katie marzullo she will update our other top story. >> reporter: students and the chancellor at uc davis remain at odds over the police versus protester pepper spray inch depend. officers pepper sprayed a row of seated protesters. officers and police chief are on administrative leave. the chancellor linda katehi attempted to talk about everything yesterday at a rally of about 1,000. the crowd shouted her down, calling for her resignation. she left the stage in tears. students have reoccupied the campus and put up twice as many tents as before. they are holding a 2:00 meeting today. the chance already is holding a 4:00 meeting during which she says she will answer questions. the president of the entire uc system wants a thorough examination of police training and procedures at all of the campuses. katie marzullo, abc7 news. 6: . cloudy, -- the only place we are seeing radar returns northern sonoma county towards clear lake a sprinkle or two especially north bay during the afternoon rest of us partly sunny upper 50s to lower 60s. tomorrow evening through thursday morning healthy amount of rain. one last check of the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on and traffic is backed up well into the foot of maze. slow and go ride as you make your way up the incline into san francisco. vta still experiencing some delays. bart, ace, muni, all on time. thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >> we'll be back with a local update at 7:24. any hot story you want to talk about facebook.com/abc7news. have a great day we'll see you have a great day we'll see you back here tomorrow. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc ...shop jcp.com all day from the comfort of your home, or shop in store friday starting at 4am. find over 500 black friday deals... ...like cozy sweaters for just 9.88... ...stylish peacoats for 49.88... ...over 150 styles of boots from 19.99... ...bath towels for a 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