You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now on kpix 5, here is a look at our top stories. Holiday shoppers are flooding stores. Of the many opening their doors to lower in shoppers eager for deals. Brick and mortar businesses offering early enticing discounts to bring buyers through the doors to compete with online sales. Reporter shoppers and services goes union square will be seeing additional patrols throughout the Holiday Season. Seven officers have been hired to increase police presence, the officers will be in uniform but not armed. Parts of the bay area underneath a freeze warning, thats after impressive rain totals this week, the seasons first Atmospheric River is set to hit the bay area and less than 48 hours, it could be a wet weekend, all the details coming up in a few minutes. One of San Franciscos most popular attractions closing in store for good. Beach blanket babylon. The citys longest running musical review will go dark at the end of the year. Would take a look back and get a and get a peek backstage. Girl, you need to get yourself on stage. Reporter beach blanket babylon is ready for its final curtain call in the north each neighborhood. The iconic show ends at 45 years of political and pop culture satire featuring trademark hats that have mirrored the changing San Francisco skyline. And characters ranging from President Trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi, to oprah and Colin Kaepernick. After more than 17,000 performances, producer joe shuman silver and announced unexpectedly in april the time felt right to end the show that her late husband created in 1974. It feels wonderful, it really does feel good. Reporter but sadness is also sinking in for longtime actors like kurt brennan who plays king louis. I just want to hold on to every moment. I really do. Reporter what will you miss about being king louis as you have been for the last 25 years . The freedom, the laughter, the joy, the complete reference to whatever is happening. Reporter the story follows a snow white as she looks for love around the world. The cast and crew will miss the fun of weaving in fresh material almost daily. Former stage manager john says that when he sees on the news one morning can end up on stage hours later. Most of the time itll work and we will have somebody rehearsed, and costumed and hatted by that evening. Reporter like when marriage became legal in San Francisco. When louis saying im getting married in the morning, dingdong it such a lovely day, that brought the house down. Reporter before the show goes dark i got a special tour. While the stage itself is small, 24 feet by 20 feet, it is a lot smaller behind the scenes. This is backstage at beach blanket babylon with all the glitz and glamour. Reporter i wasnt allowed to try on the hat or touch the costumes. This is no white dress. Its heavy. Reporter but john did reveal that standing on this white line is the key to navigating the type base. Tight space. As long as she keeps her feet on the right line and follows it over to the center mirror, she wont bump into anything overhead. Reporter no matter how big the hat is, they wanted anything . You havent measured. Down to the end. As long as they stay on the white line, they are good to go. Reporter it is controlled chaos as changing costumes must also be graphed. My fastest change is probably from buster posey into ruth bader ginsburg. And i have about 45 seconds to do that. Reporter after the final curtain, what will happen to the signature hats, costumes, and props . Itll be something really good and everybody, hopefully, will get a chance to see what this looks like together. How fast it is. Reporter meanwhile, the cast and crew are counting up their blessings as they count on the final performances for the show that has become of the citys identity. Would almost be like tearing down coit tower are getting rid of the Golden Gate Bridge or the cable cars. It is that iconic you know. Beach blanket is a part of San Francisco, part of the fabric of the city. Reporter the last two shows will be on new years eve. They will be oneofakind in beach blanket babylon history. In San Francisco, kpix 5. They added extra salt shows to accommodate all the people who wanted to see it one last time. Tickets are all sold out, there is no word yet on what will happen to the collection of costumes, or props. As we look live at the chase center just months after the grand opening, this billion dollar arena has problems. The mercury news reports that today, workers are tearing out the practice facility court below the arena because the wood is warped. There is no word yet on what caused it but it is going to be an expensive problem. A social media meant meltdown for people trying to wish friends and family a happy holiday online. Facebook and Instagram Experience is intermittent outages for hours this morning. Users were unable to post photos or answer messages. The social media giant tells a cnn the company identified an issue and one of their Central Software systems. By about noon, the issue was resolved and facebook tells kpix 5 that we are back 100 for everyone and we are sorry for any inconvenience. We are still hours away from black friday and already reports of trouble for two retailers. Both Nordstrom Rack and coscos website experiencing some issues. Last night and early this morning shoppers friendly frantically try to take advantage of all those early deals, Nordstrom Rack site, now back up and running again, but coscos website warns of slow response times. The tenderloin neighborhood served up a hot dinner for more than 2000 people in need today. Jackie ward introduces us to some of the volunteers who made it a success. Reporter if it werent for the people in this room pulling off a turkey and ham dinner with all the fixings, it would be impossible. But feeding people is a year round effort. Sean johnson says waking up before dawn to cut hundreds of pounds of vegetables is a longtime tradition for him. Is about 15 years, my dad started bringing me down when i was in sixth grade i believe. Its been a great way to start the holiday off. Reporter is one of 500 volunteers carving, chopping, and serving up a hot thanksgiving feast to about 2000 people. Also here to help, lund mayor london breed and the fire chief. W we believe that if you walk into this building to volunteer, you believe in justice, human dignity, you believe that people matter. Reporter is in the people they take care of our changing, and so are their needs. Were seeing more people that may have an apartment but are barely, barely making it because of the high cost of living in San Francisco. We have people who come in and crisis and we try to meet those needs as they show up but were also doing some work in our social justice where we are try to change policies that affect the people that we serve. Happy thanksgiving. Reporter they say one in four san franciscans suffer from food insecurity, making the fight against hunger a year round effort. My family has been blessed us with a chance to give back and a good feeling to know we are giving back and helping somebody out because we never know when we could be in the same situation. Reporter thanksgiving dinner will be served until one this afternoon. Hundreds gather at alcatraz for a sacred event at sunrise. We look at how the native American Occupation 50 years ago sparked a movement. Reporter heavy snow and ice causing major travel headaches in Southern California. An update on the mess that left a driver stranded on thanksgiving. He coming up all new and 600s of people spending the thanksgiving living out there fast and furious dreams. Over 30 carmakers all over the world showing off their best vehicles at the annual San Francisco auto show. In maria medina at the live news desk. A messy start for thanksgiving travelers. This morning in Southern California we are talking wind, ice, and snow that shut down the great divine portion of interstate 5. Both south and north bound as drivers hit the toldommuters to take highway 101 instead, but it was too late for many who found themselves stranded on i five, while others scrambled for detours. We got a was beautiful, i thought we got pretty fortunate because it was sunny and the road was dry. All the warnings for that little period of time were, they were great. But, i would not want to be driving right at the moment, it is pretty bad. Caltrans and finally announced after 3 p. M. That i five reopened in both directions. It was closed for nearly 12 hours. It was such a mess, that caltrans is dubbed it snow gate. Yikes. We can see what they mean. Stay dry, thank you. Foggy morning over Alcatraz Island were hundreds of people gathered for the annual indigenous sunrise service, and this years especial has been 50 years since the occupation, a watershed moment standing up for their rights. It also led to a federal policy shift in late native land rights. Chris mullaney, and kenny choi show is why this group is choosing to remember the island as a beacon of hope. Reporter set against a dark predawn sky, alcatraz stands out like a monument to the once harsh and for bidding crew prison. But a roaring fire on the mainland creates a glow for hundreds of people gathered in darkness, waiting for the sunrise. With a warm glow from the east, everyone welcomes the sun. The rising of the sun, a new day, a new relationship, a new way to Work Together to preserve mother earth. Reporter city drumbeat till the morning air. In the radiant sunlight shines on members of different tribes from across the country, united on alcatraz for the annual thanksgiving sunrise ceremony. Start the day with prayer, and acknowledgment and appreciation for all that continues in our life. Remember those people, the ancestors who are here, but all reporter today alcatraz is not a reminder of an impressive prison but a simple of hope w we consider alcatraz to be the spark of the modernday Indigenous Movement around the world. Reporter the sacred event commemorates the 19 month occupation by native american activist, a movement that was ignited by the vision and perseverance of an inspiring leader. There was a man, his name was richard oakes. He said that something i needed to do as a young man was to go out and help, you know, and be a support in helping the people and fighting for the people, fighting for a righteous cause, that is what brought me to alcatraz. We need to come together as a people, to be recognized. 50 yearsago dians of all tribes occupied the island claiming that under the treaty of fort laramie, any unused or abandoned federal land would be returned to the Indigenous People that once inhabited it. Reporter over 371 treaties, all of which have been violated. However, that does not take away the legal standing and the fact that treaties signed in the last century or two centuries ago, are still valid today as the data they were signed. Reporter although the occupation ended on june 11th, 1971 the movement would break free from the boundaries of Alcatraz Island. Reporter was started as a small occupation grew to a worldwide Indigenous Movement that established now a human rights stand for Indigenous Peoples throughout the world. 375 million Indigenous Peoples throughout the world. I think that his legacy and idea are still going. I dont think he would quit. Reporter as the ceremony comes to an end gathers embrace renewed spirits. Everybody goes away feeling lighthearted, and content. Ski and recognize that spark for 50 years ago is still bright as ever. We will see another 50 years of continued indigenous resistance and is fighting against pipelines, and fighting for protection of the environment and fighting for protection of our future generations. Theres a new exhibit on Alcatraz Island in honor of the 50th anniversary. Itll be there for as long as the occupation lasted, for 19 months. In other news, former manors quarterback Colin Kaepernick also spoke at this morning sunrise ceremony on alcatraz. He talked about carrying on the legacy of the occupation of 1969. Danny glover was also at the rally tonight. Chilly weather do not stop runners from taking pt in the countrys largest thanksgiving day turkey trot. 23,000 runners came out for the largest turkey day race in san jose. The event is a culmination of a 5k or 10k race as well as a costume contest. Even the mayor put on his Running Shoes to take part. There is no better way to celebrate thanksgiving then to huddle in a shivering cold with 25,000 of your closest friends. Everybody gets together and works out a little bit and then we go eat turkey. This years race raised money for local house organizations this is san joses 15th turkey trot. Gathering around a different kind of thanksgiving table why thousands of bridge players were battling it out in the bay area today. He couldve just been the middle class kid who made good. But Mike Bloomberg became the guy who did good. After building a business that created thousands of jobs he took charge of a city still reeling from 9 11 a threeterm mayor who helped bring it back from the ashes bringing jobs and thousands of Affordable Housing units with it. After witnessing the terrible toll of gun violence. He helped create a movement to protect families across america. And stood up to the coal lobby and this administration to protect this planet from climate change. And now, hes taking on. Him. To rebuild a country and restore faith in the dream that defines us. Where the wealthy will pay more in taxes and the middle class get their fair share. Everyone without Health Insurance can get it and everyone who likes theirs keep it. And where jobs wont just help you get by, but get ahead. And on all those things Mike Blomberg intends to make good. Jobs creator. Leader. Problem solver. Mike bloomberg for president. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. We are standing by with the local forecast, darren what is going on . Would focus on two things. It is called the that is the first thing and that is tomorrow morning and after that, the next storm is getting here, second half of the day on saturday, we are not still done with the first one but the next one is already in the forecast, and it looks good. First issue first, here is the freeze warning. Take a look at the areas in red, that is where this is located, this is a north bay issue. Freeze warning starts night at 10 00, and then expires tomorrow morning at 9 a. M. For the area in red which are basically the valleys of sonoma and napa county. If i put some numbers in there look at the 24 for santa rosa. The 24 for healdsburg, those are your morning lows going down to 32, petaluma 31, we call mr. Freeze warning because were going to get down below the freeze mark by more than just a degree or two, you go well below it and stay there for a few hours and that is where we start about protecting pets, bringing them in, plans plants that you care about. Outdoor pipes, now heres why were just focusing on the north bay heres our 24 for santa rosa. Look at everyone else this is definitely a cold night but it is not 24 degrees cold, for most of us thatll be isolated to those north bay valleys that are kind of sheltered, and dont have access to much airflow, they certainly dont have much direct access to the bay and you have the cold air settle in. Were also not done with the storm in terms of the ability to give a stray shower on friday, look at the time there. That is friday as we get into the afternoon, maybe a spotty hit in the shower get some better covered by the time we get into the evening. Then, for the north bay, it doesnt rain in those locations at those times but the idea is we are not done, still a few isolated showers possible for friday. Those are your daytime highs, staying in the low to mid 50s and still will be cold. Now lets look at issue number two and that is the next warm coming away, time frame appear. We are looking very early saturday, 2 a. M. Theres a wall of rain on here, i will play that forward. Watch the way this comes together, we noticed the showers by saturday afternoon but look at the pattern in the rain, you can see how there is almost like a hose right here . A firehose pointed right up at the coast. That is what we mean when we say an Atmospheric River behind the storm those are those narrow ribbons of higher concentration of water vapor pointed at a very specific spot. Heres the challenge with him an Atmospheric River they can bring a lot of rain, if theyve got good aim. This one right here is aimed much at the southern part of the bay area. But, all that has to do is shift like 30 or 40 miles to the north or 30 or 40 miles to the south, and this becomes a completely different forecast. So we are a little too far out to nail down the exact location and timing but here is the take away. At the time we get to tuesday, whatever rain we will have seen a starting to quiet down and when you look at the forecast on the totals, these are impressive. But you have to remember we just looked at three days worth of rain from saturday afternoon through tuesday or at least through monday, lets think of it in those terms. And it could rain continuously in that timeframe, if you get the Atmospheric River right. But itll move back and forth and tracking its movement will be the challenge. Just come away with this idea is a good amount of rain coming that will start saturday afternoon, go through monday. Theres a winter storm watch in this era im not talking about the storm we are dealing with now, we are looking ahead, look at the time frame.