Straight night in the row. The protests over the decision in missouri not to indict Police OfficerDarren Wilson. Bob redell has been in oakland since early morning. City officials getting good at cleaning up. This is hardly the first time oaklands seen vandalism. Reporter unfortunately, you are correct. Good morning to you, scott. I have to tell you, the people who own and run these businesses in oakland are getting fed up. The man who manages this store was too frustrated to talk with us, clearly annoyed at the broken windows and the splattered paint that the protesters put out last night. Down the street at import motors, the man who runs that place received the worst kind of phone call from his son last night. Hey, dad, turn on the tv, they are ransacking your business. It hurts the heart, yeah, i mean, the guys here who work on these cars, they live and breathe these vehicles and when you see something get treated that way, it gets to you. Reporter marc anthony is trying to understand what was the point of damaging this 1968 mercedes classic convertible. Someone threw a brick or rock through the window. Reporter what in the world did the destruction have to do with the death of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri . I have a hard time understanding why people would ruin things in their own neighborhoods to try to prove a point, you know, its terrible what happened, but why vandalize, break things . It doesnt make any sense. Reporter last nights vandalism has put him in the highly uncomfortable position of having to notify the person who had entrusted him with this classic that their prized possession is now in need of another 10,000 in restoration. Have you had that phone call yet . No, well be making that phone call a little later this morning. Reporter what will you tell them . Unfortunate, only protect so many things. I mean, we do have an alarm system here in the building, but you get a big group of people, angry people, not a whole lot you can do about it. Reporter eric tried to do something. He and a friend stood in front of his cafe a couple blocks down to thwart and attack on his Largest Store front window, so all the marchers did was threw two gallons of paint through the glass door and the window on the other side of it. What was shared with me wasnt a beef, it was very violent, it was very chaotic. And i think it was very unnecessary. Reporter and were back here at the intersection of telegraph and 42nd, where these marchers took gallons of that white paint from the kelly moore shop, dumped it all over the intersection here, then went up telegraph, as i look down the sidewalk, you can see people sitting outside the arbor cafe where we just heard from eric marquez. Clearly, he was able to get those windows boarded up and get back open for business. Looks like he has a decent late morning crowd out there. The latest numbers from Oakland Police as far as arrests is 92 arrested so far. We believe thats from the night before and last night, along with three officers who were injured. Reporting live here in oakland, bob redell, nbc bay area news. City of oakland literally stained. All right, bob, thank you much. Well, last night our chopper caught several people breaking the windows of this tmobile store. Then the looters run in, they grab some items, and run out again. And before all of this, the crowd managed to shut down traffic on a bay area freeway for the second night in a row. Protesters jumping on 580 near 980 in oakland around 9 00 last night. They blocked traffic for more than an hour, even taunting drivers at times, making a bit of a scary situation for plenty of people who were just trying to get through. Police were eventually able to get them off the roadway and got traffic back to normal, as well. Last night was the second straight night of protests in ferguson, but it was very different picture there. National guard reenforcements last night appear to have prevented a repeat of monday night, when protesters burned down buildings and fired hundreds of shots all around town. The most recent protests were far less destructive, though officers still used some tear gas and pepper spray as they stood alongside National Guardsmen. Jennifer bjorklund has the story from ferguson. Reporter overnight, more anger and more violence in ferguson. The justice system, again, has failed. Reporter as the crowd spilled into the downtown area, police and National Guardsmen in full riot gear rushed in, led by armored support vehicles. Tear gas filled the air, one of the canisters tossed back at a line of officers. Rocks, bottles, a socket extension, looks like broken tent poles that were hurled at the officers. Reporter while others in the crowd tried to find Common Ground with police. Were here for peace. Were here for peace. Reporter looters broke into stores, a Police Squad Car was smashed and set on fire. Still nowhere near the levels 24 hours earlier. The brown family spoke out for the First Time Since the grand jury decision on the today show. Michael browns parents say they are still fighting for justice and want officer Darren Wilson held accountable. Just going to keep fighting. Going to fight for a better outcome. Reporter and around the nation as protests continue to fan out in other cities, as well, on this thanksgiving eve, a plea for justice and peace. Jennifer bjorklund, nbc news, ferguson, missouri. Now, family and supporters of Michael Brown calling for a law named after the teen to require all Police Officers across the country to wear body cameras. They believe if officer Darren Wilson was wearing one of the cameras the day of the shooting, the grand jury might have indicted him. The Union City Police department was one of the first agencies in Alameda County to require body cameras. The cameras are turned on to record every encounter with a citizen, then downloaded at the end of each shift. The cameras dont lie and the video can protect officers later. It doesnt come down to, you know, he said she said, we actually have a real perspective of what the officer had to deal with at that time. Oakland force implemented body cameras, some critics warned body cameras wont completely prevent a fergusontype shooting if the cameras can be turned on and off, they say they can be manipulated to record only certain instants. Police officers will wear body cameras themselves in january. The department is buying the cameras with a state grant. The citys independent Police Auditor and the American Civil Liberties union have both come out in support of bodyworn cameras. So long as they can include privacy protections for citizens and what scott mentioned earlier, limiting the officers ability to decide when the cameras are rolling. Sam liccardo says the cameras make interactions between citizens and officers more transparent. As we know, there are often claims in this city that result in expensive lawsuits and some of them, obviously, are legitimate and we need to address those and some of them are not and we need the evidence to ensure that our officers can feel confident they are not going to get sued every day. There have been five officerinvolved shootings this year. Officers fired on people six times last year, and in 2013, 88 people filed Excessive Force complaints against officers in the department with the independent Police Auditor. Meanwhile, you saw the father of Michael Brown on the today show opening up about his heartbreak of the grand jury decision. He said the jury let him down. It just let me know that where we live is not what we thought, or what i thought. Brown sr. Also described himself as emotionally torn and empty, but says he is more committed than ever to keeping his sons name alive. Be sure to stay with us, by the way, for continuing coverage on these protests. Also any time were not on air, you can go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com for the latest information. Coming up, problems across the country delay Holiday Plans for people in the bay area. Well show you what you can expect if you need to hit the road any time soon, and again we do continue our coverage of the grand jury protests. I think we have a live picture out of koit, as well, and that is where, yes, there she is, extreme closeup, going to kickoff the Holiday Season. Well be live with christina after the break. And were looking at plenty of blue sky across the bay area today. Lots of sunshine continues for your thanksgiving, however, a completely different story across the east coast. Well update Holiday Travel timelines and let you know what kind of rains headed our way here at home. Hey john, check it out. Whoa yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. And the tablet worked just fine. But i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. So i shrunk sharon. Every channel is live just like on tv. But its my phone. Its genius. Shh im watching tv. Tiny sharon is mean. Im right here. Watch any channel live on any device around your home. Download the xfinity tv app today. And welcome back to you. A quiet day on wall street except for, of course, st. Nick. All through wall street everything was quiet as a mouse, how does that go . Go pro is up about 5 this morning. The wall street journal says go pro is going to build its own line of drones. Happening now, lines already forming for one of the busiest shopping days of the year, black friday, in many places it starts even earlier at this best buy in san jose, black friday starts at 5 00 on thanksgiving day. 140 million americans expected to shop over the holiday weekend. So the holidays used to mean you didnt have to work. A state did a study says one quarter of all americans will have to work at least one holiday this Holiday Season, either thanksgiving, christmas, or new years day. A lot will be retailers where youre buying that stuff, somebodys got to work, but fortunately, that also counts firefighters, nurses, Police Officers, and we are darn glad they are at work. And this gal. Ill be with you here tomorrow morning, as well. If you are planning to head out of the bay area today, you are not going to be alone on the roadways, my friends. Today marks one of, if not the busiest, travel day of the year. Looking live across the bay area this morning, you can see quite a good volume of traffic for 11 13 on a wednesday. The weather is certainly not helping people who are driving and flying to their thanksgiving destinations across the country either. A holiday storm system messed up travel plans for countless people. While there werent many delays at our local airports, problems across the country are having a Ripple Effect all the way out to the bay area. Some passengers we talked with this morning said they have had to cut their holiday vacation short. Really high. My wife had to scrounge to find something affordable, so we were able to find something last minute but had to come back saturday. I decided to come back on a saturday instead of sunday because i know sunday is going to be a really hard day for everyone. Well, meanwhile, similar scene playing out in airports across the country. Wendy wolf looked live at one of the busiest in the nation, chicagos ohare. How is it looking there, wendy . Reporter pretty good here, kris and scott. Good afternoon, its crowded, but the lines are moving smoothly. Not much to complain about. Its a far cry from what they are dealing with out east. Whether by air or by roadway, an estimated 46 Million People will travel this holiday weekend. Im coming from the twin cities, im going to ohio. Reporter and with gas prices down 84 cents since april, drivers will have a lot of company on the highways this year. Hate to say it, but under 3, its free. Reporter what isnt free by any stretch, airline travel. Place your larger bag in the overhead. Reporter in fact, ticket prices are up slightly from this time last year. What we tend to see for this holiday period is people will travel regardless. Those extra 1,500 isnt going to keep them from going to visit their family. Reporter but what could hinder those visits, the weather. Very happy, very happy were going to make it out before the storm. Reporter other travellers wont be so lucky as a noreaster is forecast to make its way up the eastern seaboard. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain this year. Reporter and a major storm on the east coast can have a Ripple Effect across the country. The airline advice, check your email and download your airlines app for the latest delays or cancellations. Wed rather have people wait out storm at their homes as opposed to being stuck at the airport. Reporter and no matter what your method of travel, always pack your patience. That is for sure. At this point, those flights that have been cancelled, the airlines are offering rebooking fees, so that is a small but good consolation for weary travelers. Live at Ohare Airport in chicago, back to you. Okay, wendy, thank you much. May get there in time for leftovers, i guess. Whether its mariah carey or the carpenters, one bay area Radio Station is using a month of music to send listeners holiday cheer. Meteorologist Christina Loren live at koit in the holiday spirit this morning, where shes helping kick off a special event that signals really the start of the holidays for many of us who like to hum along. Christina . Thats right, and you know what, its starting to look and feel like the holidays all across the bay area, kris, just driving in i saw a guy with the antlers on his vehicle, so, you know what, were starting to really feel like the holidays. But it wouldnt be the holidays in the bay area without koits 24hour, nonstop Christmas Music. Im joined by terry king, shes a d. J. Out here, and tell me, why is this such an important tradition here in the bay area . You know, koit has been playing Christmas Music nonstop for 13 years now, and everybody looks forward to it. Its the Christmas Season, officially thanksgiving comes, everybodys on their way. One out of three bay area residents listens to koit at some point during the Holiday Season. You know what, we love the holidays, decorating, having our pumpkin pie tomorrow, getting ready to go shopping and enjoy christmas. Youre making me hungry. When youre getting out there, when youre shopping, turn on koit and youll have that Christmas Music going 24 hours a day. Its great for you and the family and coming up at noon we are going to flip that switch live on koit, and youre going to get to watch it happen right here on nbc bay area, as well. Were excited about the holidays. There is some significant weather coming your way. Meteorologist anthony slaughter is going to explain that to you coming up. Right now once more, live here at koit looking forward to christmas. Happy holidays looking forward to that Christmas Music and flipping that switch. Youre wearing nice, whos wearing naughty . Well, kris, good thing you asked. Terry, can you hold this for one second . Im nice for now, but i like that side better. This is going to change. This is whats happening during the break. Back to you guys for now. Good to know they are both true, right . Naughty, you should be nice, too. Just saying, christina put on her naughty hat. Stay tuned, shell have her naughty hat. In the meantime, heres anthony. Naughty and nice, got to have a little both. Even on the weather maps this morning, nice weather across the west and a little bit of that naughty stuff across the east coast. You can see were looking at delays in new york city, up to 30 minutes as now a lot of t rain changed over to snow. Here in the bay area, beautiful weather expected for today, near 70 in San Francisco, same for the east shore of the peninsula, lower 70s for today and the south bay, mid to upper 70s for daytime highs. Here we are a day before thanksgiving, close to 80 degrees. Now enjoy today, enjoy tomorrow, because we have a series of storms lined up across the pacific. This is whats headed our way as we head towards the next couple of days. First, second sunday into monday, then the next one monday into tuesday. Here is a trend over the next few days, youll notice dry weather for the next few, but towards friday night, the showers will start to arrive at the coastline, then San Francisco saturday and sunday look to be complete washouts. If you have outdoor plans, you may want to make a plan b, because look at this timeline as we move through our future cast, rain moving into the north bay by friday afternoon and evening, when the first rain showers arrive. Saturday morning, widespread rain activity, maybe even pockets of heavier rain, then again for sunday morning, the next rain comes in and thats going to last towards monday. Overall, rainfall amounts look really impressive this go around. Were talking about the potential of an inch in the south bay and maybe three to five inches across the north bay. Last system we had mt. Tam got about seven inches of rain, we could see a repeat towards the next upcoming weekend. Well be here to drag you on through. We definitely need this rain and it couldnt have come at a worse time, but well keep you posted of issues, especially considering travel delays. Back to you. Thanks. Still ahead, when we last talked to the Sacred Heart Community service, they were 5,000 turkeys short of being able to help folks they needed to help. They only had days to come up with the meals, so we went back out today to get an update and that storys coming up. Happening right now, another sign that the holidays are upon us. This is a live look at lefty odouls in the city. 14th annual toy drive. It started a half an hour ago officially. You can drop off donations outside. Each year the restaurant collects thousands of toys for glide memorial church. It is such an important, great tradition. Follow up now, they needed more than 5,000 turkeys in less than a week. Yeah, Sacred Heart Community service promised thanksgiving meals to 7,200 families, but when we talked with them on monday, they only had 2,000 turkeys. The south bay, though, came through. We are very pleased to announce that we were able to get all of the turkeys that we needed for this Holiday Season to serve 7,200 families, each one of them will be able to get everything that they need to celebrate thanksgiving together, to celebrate this Holiday Season. Well, the turkeys came from a variety of sources, individuals, groups, businesses, the largest came from presentation high school, which donated more than 1,000 turkeys. Sacred heart was able to buy the rest of the turkeys with a large donation from a local business, kla south bay manufacturer donated 40,000 this morning. That is fabulous and thank you to them. Arent they going to feel proud when they sit down for their dinner . They should. Well be right back. Police are investigating a shooting that injured six people in the city this morning. Four victims were taken to the hospital in ambulances, two others showed up at hospitals on their own later. Two victims are seriously hurt. This all happened just before 1 00 this morning. Police say it happened at a music hall, but they did not say what kind of event was happening or what led to the shooting. Cal students unhappy with recent fee hikes now plan to abandon their occupation of wheeler hall, at least for thanksgiving. Students have been camping out ever since last week, thats when uc regents approved a series of fee hikes. It was always a question about whether the students would remain through thanksgiving, but late last night they issued a statement saying they no longer feel the need to inhabit the area at all times, the statement also suggested some kind of action would resume after the holiday weekend. Developing news in oakland where overnight police, along with chp officers from all nine area counties, problems on the city streets. The angry crowd kept firefighters busy all night, as well. Dozens of small fires lit up the dark city streets, most from dumpsters and couches. Some good news, no homes or businesses were burned. Not only fires, but there were also a lot of incidents of looting and vandalism, as well. Our chopper caught several people breaking windows in this tmobile store, then the looters ran into the store, grabbed some items, then ran off again. Not far away, the kelly moore paint shop broken into. Several people left with gallons of paint in their hand. We later saw them dumping it on the street. They were writing vulgar messages on nearby buildings, as well. And our helicopter caught protesters breaking into the import motors car dealership on telegraph. You can see several people kicking in the windows, then breaking out the broken glass, running inside. No word on whether anything was taken there, but we do know from nbc bay areas bob redell that some folks did step on some of those vehicles and the owner of that business was going to make a phone call to a client saying their car had 10,000 in damage. And before all that, the crowd managed to shut down traffic on a bay area freeway, again, for a second night. Protesters jumping on i580 near 980 in oakland around 9 00 last night, blocking traffic for more than an hour, taunting drivers at times. Certainly, a scary situation for plenty of drivers. Police eventually able to get them off the roadway and traffic back to normal. Back where this all started in ferguson, last night was the second straight night of protests there. A bit of a different picture, though, National Guard reenforcements appear to have prevented a repeat of monday night when protesters burned down buildings and fired hundreds of shots around town. Most recent protests were far less destructive, though officers still used tear gas and pepper spray. National guardsmen remain on alert at this hour in ferguson to help keep those protests under control and that did, indeed, prevent chaos that led to fire monday, but some officers still using tear gas and pepper spray as demonstrators continued. Today Police Showed some of the items people were using as weapons. Looks like broken tent poles that were hurled at the officers, pieces of asphalt, small bottles filled with probably something you could drink, perhaps water or gatorade, other small bottles filled with what appears to be urine, so those are all things that were trying to, obviously, protect the guardsmen and the Police Officers from. One Police Cruiser was set on fire and the windows at city hall were smashed. In new york city, tourists were forced out of times square while hundreds of protesters instead took over. They shut down streets and bridges as they weaved through traffic. In los angeles, protesters brought the 101 freeway to a standstill. Officers eventually moved the protesters off the road, but they marched through other parts of town. Be sure to stay with us for continuing coverage of the violence and the protests and the vandalism any time were not on air, nbcbayarea. Com for the latest information. Well, this morning the nbc Investigative Unit looks at serious crashes on bay area roadways, but many are going unreported. In fact, the unit found in the last two and a half years, Law Enforcement agencies failed to report 15 major collisions involving fedex ground across the country to the department of transportation. That means the collisions are not part of fedex grounds federal motor carrier safety score. We looked at accidents involving fedex ground trucks, but the issue could apply to other carriers, as well, because it is not the companys responsibility to report accidents. Law enforcement is supposed to do that. How important is it those accidents become a part of any Safety Record . Its very important, because once it goes into that Safety Record, its going to show that there are collisions, its going to affect their safety score with the safety administration. So the question is, why did agencies nationwide fail to report the accidents to the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration . Watch the full investigation tonight for an answer on nbc bay area at 11 00. And if you have a tip for our Investigative Unit, give us a call at 888996tips or send an email to the unit. Well, many people lend a hand around the holidays. One group who volunteers weekly in San Francisco has a twist. Thats coming up in todays edition of bay area proud. And here we are on this wednesday looking at plenty of sunshine across the bay area in San Francisco and even in the south bay. Thats where were continuing to see very warm conditions. Were going to let you know about the system out east and how its impacting travel delays coming up after this. Welcome back. Ac dc drummer showed up late for a Court Appearance this morning. Rudd did not enter a plea during his brief and late appearance. The 60yearold charged with threatening to kill, as well as possessing meth and marijuana. Citing lack of evidence, prosecutors earlier dropped a more serious charge of trying to hire a hitman to kill two people. If convicted, rudd will face a maximum of seven years in prison. Private planners are looking deep under manhattan to create the worlds first underground park. The project could occupy a 116yearold abandoned trolley terminal. Its been used for storage since 1948. Street level solar collectors would be used to filter the sun about 20 feet down to bedrock. Not quite uber or yellow cab, but a water taxi business is booming. You may need some dramamine, though. Heres joe rosato jr. Reporter youve heard of magellan, columbus, sir francis straight, so how about taylor louis . In his own way, louis is somewhat navigating uncharted waters. Every day is different on the water. Reporter because two years ago on the San Francisco bay, he launched a water taxi service. We launched in september 2012, right when fleet week and world series. You can stand in the rain. Reporter he launched his business to deliver riders from clogged streets and buses. Were here to support the new Development Growth and alleviate congestion people see on the streets. One of our stops, high street here. Reporter louis upgraded his boat to hold 40 people. The market says they were ready for a larger vessel, more capacity. Reporter which may be a sign the water taxi business has arrived. Weve been pretty steady regularly, everybody from local residents to yacht club members, to employees from social media companies. Reporter the company is one of two water taxi businesses licensed by the port of San Francisco. Louis provides on demand trips at roughly 50 a person. He says some of his most robust business has been delivering passengers to giants games. Reporter our riders from tiburon and belvedere are laughing because most people are just getting to the parking lot by the time we get them home. Reporter this week developer pacific water front partners upgraded its water taxi dock at pier 1. If you build it, theyll come, and theyve come. Its highly frequently used. Reporter so far the city has three water taxi stops with plans to add another one at the exploratorium and even more as developments to the southeast edge, the city continues. Like any explorer gives people more to do. Reporter louis has more journeys up his sleeve. Looking to do a day pass where you can get on all around the bay, working with the Warriors Group with their new building. Reporter the one thing he has discovered, despite a bigger, faster boat, progress takes time. Slow and steady wins the race in our industry. Reporter joe rosato jr. , nbc bay area news. Im from chicago originally and water taxis are very common on the chicago river, but thats super placid. Yeah, choppier in the bay sometimes. Meteorologist Christina Loren is not at the weather wall today because shes at koit flipping the switch, getting us ready for the holidays. Hi, christina. Yeah, hi, guys. I got to tell you, the pressure is building. Im trying to get my hands ready. Ive got a big job to do and if i mess it up, the bay area will not get their 24hour nonstop holiday music, and we know how bad they want it. Im joined with terry king out here, shes a dj, midday damage at koit. You know what, this Christmas Music means a lot to a lot of people across the bay area. Why do you continue to do it year after year . Christmas is the best time of the year. Last year, 2. 4 Million People here in the bay area tuned in for their Christmas Music and im not messing with that. Were not disappointing anyone. In honor of starting Christmas Music today, i have a special gift for you to remember your time here at koit and starting us off every year. Rip it off. Sorry to say, guys, but i just received a gift that i get to open up on television. And this one is one that ill be bringing back here with you. Here we go. Its coming. 12 00 noon. This mans making me nervous. First song, youve got to love that in the Holiday Season. Thats right. Scott mcgrew, this ones going on your desk, sir, right on your desk. Hes cute happy holidays how about that. Well press that button at noon. Weve got to get our hands ready. Thank you, christina. Tune into koit at noon, christina will be changing that over to Christmas Music. That will be fun. More than just the one song after that. Well, christina is not here, we have anthony slaughter. Shes doing the good news, hes doing the bad news. Yeah, im the naughty guy, ill admit it. The thing about this system, we want to show you the east coast, it has caused major flight delays this morning. New york city weve seen flight delays up to two hours earlier this morning and a lot of activity over the water, the rain changes over to snow once it hits that cold land air mass. You can see were looking at flight delays in the northeast, now into boston up to about 73 minutes. Minneapolis had flight delays earlier, those are clear now. In the bay area, back at home, 50s and 60s. Still warming nicely under an area of High Pressure thats going to leave us clear all day long. Close to 80 in the south bay, 71 in the peninsula. East shore at 70. San francisco 68 degrees in the north bay today, expecting 72. We have a series of systems on the way, in fact, three impacting the bay area over the next week or so. First arrives friday night, second, sunday into monday and the third monday into tuesday, so overall the trend turns rainy. Today, tomorrow will be dry in the bay area, more clouds towards friday and the first rain showers will start to arrive across the north bay and the coastline friday, saturday, and sunday look to be complete washouts as these systems come in. You can see for yourself friday 3 00 in the afternoon, those showers will start to arrive across the north bay as this system sags way into the south bay by saturday morning, so everybody by saturday will wake up to showery activity, little break by the afternoon hours and more rain for sunday and this one is the one that i think is going to pack the most punch as far as wind, and the potential for even some thunderstorms as it moves through sunday into monday. So overall, very stormy pattern headed our way. Good news is we need the rain. Unfortunately, we dont need it all at once. Overall, you can see were looking at maybe half inch to an inch across most of the bay area, the farther north you get, thats where were expecting more impressive rainfall amounts, one to three inches expected for places like santa rosa, napa, down at the valley floor as thats how much were expecting. Up in the mountains, you can get five to seven inches easily. We were talking earlier, last rain that moved through produced seven inches, that can happen again down in the south bay, of course, last system brought only about. 3 of an inch. I think well get more than that, but i dont think it will be more than an inch or two. Overall happy about the rain. This couldnt have come at a worse time with all the Holiday Travel we have to get through this upcoming weekend. You can always go to nbcbayarea. Com to track the radar for yourself when youre not at the tv. Guys, back to you. Thanks. Helping us to feed the hungry is something a lot of folks do this time of year, and one group of friends in San Francisco has been helping every sunday morning, but with a twist, or should we say with a snip. Garvin thomas has more in todays bay area proud. Daniel reitter grew up in the east bay but now lives in modesto. Still, every sunday he drives two hours to San Francisco, puts down a folding chair, and starts cutting hair. He hopes in the process changing lives. Definitely. Reporter inside the salon on j street in modesto, it looks to all the world like daniel rita is busy styling hair. From daniels perspective, though, it looks a bit different. To me doing hair is my yoga, its my therapy. My life could be so much worse. Reporter daniel knows that because his life was much worse not all that long ago. After growing up gay in the east bay, daniel in an admittedly impulsive move joined the navy. It was an arrangement that didnt turn out well for him, daniel finding himself living in florida, hiv positive, battling addiction and dead broke. It was a hard experience. It was a lot of growing pains. Reporter daniel says he returned to the bay area with 60 in his pocket and a desire to change his life. Learning to cut hair has given him the money and the structure to do just that. Whats your name . Daniel. Reporter it has also given him a way to hopefully do the same for others. You see, a few months ago daniel and his friends decided they wanted to help San Franciscos less fortunate, so the friends set up a table, topped with food go ahead and have a seat right there. Reporter and daniel set up a chair with clippers in hand. Go ahead and wipe your face for me. Reporter anyone wanting a haircut gets one for free. Its a karma company. Honestly. Its not about the money, its about happiness. Great opportunity for people to come out here and actually, you know, feel better about themselves, getting a haircut, boosts self esteem. Reporter word has spread quickly and now each sunday on civic center plaza, people wait for daniel to come. What type of work are you looking for . Reporter daniel says it means so much more to him than would throwing a dollar in a cup, because he believes with every fresh look he creates, there is a chance for a fresh start. All righty. There you go, buddy. Reporter daniel says hes been so moved by the experience and the people hes met, hed love to expand his haircutting service, perhaps even putting together a mobile haircutting station in a trailer. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. That is nice. If you know someone who is doing something nice for others, as well, garvin would love to hear from you. Go to our website, nbcbayarea. Com, search bay area proud. You can email garvin your idea, follow him on twitter, or you can just watch any one of the more than 200 bay area proud stories that hes put together. Well, still to come, Holiday Shopping in colorado going green, you could say. Up next, why customers are considering picking up their gifts at the cannabis club. Of shaving stuff. And thankfully, being able to find backups. Well, unfortunately with all the holiday deliveries, then come the thieves. Criminals looking to cash in on the packages left on your doorstep. San francisco startup says it can help prevent that. Its called doorman. Heres how it works. Customers have their packages shipped directly to the company, doorman then delivers the package at night when the customer says he or she is at home. The Service Costs 4 a package or 20 a month. Tends to modernize the last kind of broken piece of ecommerce. Right now doorman only serves San Francisco, but other parts of the bay area could try amazon locker, and if you ship through the u. S. Postal service, you are urged to ensure your packages and make sure the boxes or envelopes have to be signed for. Heres something you cant get delivered, taking a green hue in colorado where Recreational Marijuana is now legal during the Christmas Season for the first time ever. Nbcs alex wagner has more. Reporter many colorado Holiday Shoppers at least those of legal age have a new option this year, putting marijuana on their shopping lists to both give and get. And if they are Christmas Shopping in denver, they wont have far to look. Denver has more marijuana dispensaries than Liquor Stores or starbucks. And one of the more popular gift items may be munchable marijuana, known as edibles. You can try lots of different kinds of edibles. We have chocolates, we have drinks. Reporter edibles are almost half of the nearly 1 billion in marijuana products that will be sold this year in colorado, one of the leading companies, Dixie Elixirs makes potbased soda, which may replace champagne in some Colorado Homes this new years eve. We grossly underestimated the demand from the adult use consumer and specifically the infused products. This is hash oil combined with liquor. We average 2,000 to 3,000 bars a day. Reporter companies that make edibles are growing like, well, weeds. But so are the stores which sell them, places like eufloras which looks like a high end apple store. Its been crazy busy, slammed, blowing through all the popular strands. Reporter and as coloradans set off for grandmas house this Holiday Season, they may be bringing a special dessert, marijuanainfused pumpkin pie. For msnbc, im alex wagner. I can see disasters coming if you have all the cookies and pies in the Holiday Season. Well, this sunday night msnbc will be airing a new series that premieres at 10 00 here in california. Well, the president is taking part in a traditional thanksgiving ceremony at the white house this afternoon, one of our favorites, president obama pardoning the National Thanksgiving turkey, not in the rose garden this year, but indoors. The 50pound turkey and its alternate were raised in fort recovery, ohio. George h. W. Bush was the first to issue a pardon, but president s have spared turkeys since the days of abraham lincoln. Why are they inside . Anthony slaughter showed us the map on the east coast. Its really stormy out there. Bring your turkeys in. Well, still to come, the latest addition to a popular zoo. Video baby tigers, we know you want to see them coming up. Well, theres this animal park in southwest china. They welcomed rare quintuplet tigers to the world over the weekend. The five cubs were born sunday at unan wild animals park. One cub currently remains in the incubator at a breathing center because it is a little physically weak. Zoo keepers have been giving around the clock care by keeping a close eye on it and feeding it milk. According to a zookeeper, the other four cubs are being taken care of by their mother, so we get a unique look at it. So rarely can you touch a tiger. Really. This is the only time that you can touch a tiger. See the mom, laid out, oh, im exhausted. Story of my life. So, tell me, gorgeous today, right . Then it gets shaky. Really nice today, same for tomorrow. Even friday is going to be dry, but friday night, rain coming in, especially from the north bay down through the rest of the bay area, showers are expected to arrive first in the north bay about 8 00 in the evening, then its going to rain really saturday, all day sunday, same for monday and even for tuesday. Good news is we need the rain. Unfortunately, we have to get around the travel, as well. Stay in and watch football and eat turkey sandwiches. I think were coming over. Thank you so much for joining us. Our next newscast is tonight at 5 00 and well be with you tomorrow morning, one of us will. Short straw, but its good to be with you guys. See you tomorrow. Happy thanksgiving. Stand by camera two, were live in five, four, three, two, one. Its not unusual to find it out thank you. Dance floor alfonso is crowned the ballroom champ. Welcome to access hollywood. What i love is seeing the judges behind everybody doing it. Not only that dance, he won with the jump on it, remember yesterday, we were breaking down the