Spots. Ill have a look at your weekend forecast coming up. While there were delays on 880, albeit minor, there were two small accident that managed to shut down some lanes of the freeway. All lanes are open now. And the bridge all look good. Very light here. In fact, all of the approaches are completely clear, so were not tracking on problems there. And the same is true for highway 92 and the san mateo bridge ride. Light traffic day here. If youre heading for the Golden Gate Bridge, youll have an easy ride, and also have the buffer lane running down the middle, as they will not set up the bridge for a typical morning commute, as this is a holele day. James, good morning. Good morning. Protests seem to have calmed down in ferguson, missouri. Tensions are still high between officials and protesters, however. Take a look. Reporter even with protesters at times shouting onsen advertise at police and National Guard troops holding a line in ferguson, missouri, its calmer here than it has been in the last several days, tense, but calmer, after an announcement that a grand jury found no probable cause to indict a police on criminal charges in the shooting of an unarmed teenager. Business own verse also asked why the National Guard and some 500 Police Officers werent able to protect their stores. Officers were overwhelmed by the passion of the people who were out in ferguson, but, also, the tremendous amount of gunfire that at many times forced them to retreat. Reporter earlier wednesday, Police Arrest lead to people after a group of gallon straighters stormed st. Louis city hall shouting shame, shame. Protests have also spread overseas. A group of people in london, england, joined in familiar demonstrations, raising their hands in the air. The majority protests wednesday seemed peaceful, people marching, chanting, and calling for justice. Im Andrew Spencer reporting. The unrest continues in oakland following the grand jurys decision. We have video to share with you from our helicopter. Protests are were ignited across the country. People started gathers here at 7 00 last night. Demonstrations were peaceful for about two hours, but then some protesters broke off through the crowd and started run it will through the streets, clashing with police. Protesters were seen starting small fires on the streets. Was one the middle of the street. Another was started inside a dumpster that protesters then rolled along with them as they marched. People were also seen vandalizing businesses again. The oakland tribune building was vandalized, as protesters smashed windows as they passed by that building. There was a much more visible Police Presence on the streets last night, as officers tried to keep crowds under control. Observe land police again called in additional help from other Law Enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies focused on keeping protesters off the freeways. We have video from tuesday night. At one point, you may recall, protesters shut down both direction of 580. As soon as the pedestrian gets on to the freeway, we have the obvious risk of them being struck bay vehicle. Reporter any way to prevent people from getting on the freeway in the first place, especially when you know that youre going to have these protests . Any way to stop it from happening to begin with if . Thats a difficult question to answer. With enough people, anything is possible. If you can line officers up and down every freeway, then you know that no one is going to get on it. With the resources we have, we have to make sure we can be as efficient as possible. Officers have said theyll arrest anyone who jumps on to the freeway. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, these people arent looking for a turkey this thanksgiving. Well explain. helicopter whirring roars siren wails pop music playing when youre ready ready, ready, ready come and get it get it, get it when youre ready, come and get it na na na na na na na na na na na when youre ready, come and get it na na na na. Female announcer its a great big world and it can all be yours. Here and only here. Come and get it. Were back. 7 08 the time. Youre looking at live pictures from new york as the macys thanksgiving day parade is still underway this morning. Tons of floats. Tons of marching bands and High School Bands and the radio city rockettes, looking forward to seeing them perform, as well. So thats going on as we unofficially welcome the Holiday Season here with christmas around the corner. Theres thanksgiving that we have to enjoy first. A lot of food on the plates for today, and a lot of people traveling, and thousands of those travelers are very thankful today that their trip to the Oakland Airport was a lot easier than it could have been. Theres that new bart connector, of course, in play, and we talked to some of those passengers who took it for a spin. Its fun. Like a roller coaster. Reporter fun is a good description of the 8minute ride from the coliseum bart station to the airport. The view is quite nice on the way in. I was taking pictures. Theyre going to be on my facebook. School. It was fun to watch the cars and the traffic in the parking lot. Reporter some say that money could have been better spent on many other things, bit some passengers i i spoke to said they think it was money well spent. This is so much more convenient than the old bart used to be. Its pretty nice. Obviously the nicest b. A. R. T. Station ive been in. Hope it stays this clean for a long period of time. Reporter did you ever take the old vans to get yeah, awful the time. They worked, but they got frustrating to wait for. Well take a break. Coming up on the kron 4 morning these, well tell you what police are learning about the deadly shooting of a victim in the oakland hills. And temperatures on the warmer side today. Details coming up. Female announcer sleep trains 4th of july sale doesnt just end sunday. Its going out. With a bang through sunday, save 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempurpedic and Serta Icomfort. Big savings and interestfree financing . These deals arent just hot. Theyre explosive sleep trains 4th of july sale ends sunday. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep good morning. Happy thanksgiving. High clouds over the bay area right now. Temperatures for the most part in the low 40s and low 50s. We have a few upper 30s. Perfect weather if youre heading to grandmas house. Take a look at what happens by 3 00 in the afternoon. For those in the south pay, livermore at 71, upper 60s today in oakland, 67 in san rafael. High pressure is still in control over the area. That means were not seeing any wet weather, thats sticking well to the north. This ridge will start to push east, and that will allow rain to drop into our area. When these storms are all said and done, we could see up to five inch offers rain. Santa cruz mountains could get up to 8 inches. Two and a half for those in the east bay. So wet weather really saturday into sunday, wind gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour. We could catch a dry break on monday, but wet weather certainly in the forecast as we head into the middle of next week, and we could see some localized flooding, especially in lowlying areas where drainage is a problem. Lets check on the roads with george. Its a light and easy ride wherever youre heading this morning. Were not track any incidentors seeing any delays. Take a look at the bay bridge where the westbound ride is as light as it gets. The san san mateo bridge and highway 92 an actual good ride here. No problems on the approach or getting off the bridge whether heading east or west, and for the north pay, the ride at the Richmond Bridge exceptionally light this morning. No delays even with all the toll lanes open. 7 15 is the time. Its thanksgiving, but a lot of retailers are getting a jump start on black friday. We have kmart, macys, target, toys r us, and employees thats just some of the and sears, and thats just some of the stores that are opened to for part of the day today. Kmart has been opening on thanksgiving for the last 23 years. Not everybody will be cooking on a cushy this thanksgiving. We have many families a turkey this thanksgiving. We have many families going for honey baked hams, and we found a line for the honey baked hams a at store in concord. Three hours. Were at the end of the line. Around three hours. I came at 12 00 and it was around the clock all the way. This is my second try in getting my ham today. I didnt know the hams were this good. Pretty good ham, i guess. One woman was holding a ticket that was numbered 518. She said she left and wept shopping and someone was nice enough to hold her place in line. The city coroner has won the baton rouge turkey carving contest, so some say he had an unfair advantage. Well, this year, dr. William clark called the prize for best carved bird. No surprise there. Operating scrubs wearing there, working that night. Turkeys were then served to the homeless in baton rouge on thanksgiving. Most fames will pay about 50 to get their thanksgiving dinners on the table, but the most expensive turkey day on record is 35,000. And what does that money get you . The Old Homestead steakhouse in new york city put together these ritzcy meals that includes a ninecourse feast with a turkey with filet mignon, and yams topped with 16,000 worth of caviar. But wait, theres more. The meal also includes grand stand seating at the annual macys thanksgiving day parade, and also a 6,000 shopping spree, doortodoor limo service, and dance lessons to learn the turkey trot no help you get into the spirit of the holiday. Well, the federal government is stepping in and giving cranberry farmers something to be thankful for. The department of agriculture will buy 55 million worth of excess cranberries. Youll see it in School Lunches and food pantries everywhere. If youre waking up this morning and getting ready for the deep fryer, if youre going to do that to the turkeys, experts are telling you now go safe. Here is video of what can go wrong. Watch out for letting the oil in that fryer get too hot. If that happens, it can ignite, causing fires like you see here. And simply putting the lid on it wont stop that fire, and the flames could become dangerous, as well, so just be careful, obviously read the instructions. A popular belief that found in turkey is to be blamed for postfeast naps. Actually chicken have more of this quality to them than turkey do. Doctors just say you need to slow counsel and let your body digest. Your body just likes to shutdown and rest while it digests the turkey. 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. Since wear heading full swing into the Holiday Shopping season, its important to go over a few things before you hit the ground running. First off, this is people braving badly, filmed in front of a live audience. Youve been behaving badly. Youre a watchful eye and a tracking device. Remember, when shopping, always read the lines, especially the noleft turn signs. This driver didnt see the signs. Two signs that specifically show no left turns at any time. Okay. Reporter as much as i warned people about reading the signs. Look for the signs. Reporter what did you not do . I did not see the signs. Reporter so what does that make you . One of the people behaving badly. You have an excellent driving record, and we had discussions. I r really appreciate that. Reporter if youre not driving and you need to 0 smoke, remember, the park lifts are a no smoking zone and a no panhandleleing zone. Uber, you cannot park anywhere you want, and drivers, you cannot block the bus. Remember, we need to make this a pleasant Shopping Experience so i dont have to show up. Well, trending this morning, today is supposed to be a day of thank, was day to spend enjoying family and friends, but sometimes the thanksgiving dinner table can lead to bickering, so we is are some tips to help you avoid a turkey day squabble. Millions of americans will gather today, and when you bring together relatives and mix it with alcohol and putting together a perfect meal, things can get a little snippy, but doesnt have to be that way. So keep tease things in mind. First, avoid controversial topics. Yes, Immigration Reform, ferguson, healthcare reform, theyre all important, but if you know that people at the table have different and often times strong opinions, stay away from that. Talk about the weather. Everybody loves the weather. Next, let things go for the day and do your best to ignore little comments that may annoy you and then focus any the positive. Take the initiative to start conversations about topics that make people happy. If you go in prepared ahead of time, you might have a better chance of a happy thanksgiving. And happy thanksgiving, everybody. Give thanks with the traditional meal of turkey with all of the trimmings is costing a little more this year, bit not much. The price for putting thanksgiving dinner are on the table will average about 49. 41. Thats 37 cents higher than last year. Experts say a rise in dairy prices is the main reason, but the cost of Sweet Potatoes also up this year, too, and if youre upgrading your meal to all organic, that price hand jump by more than a hundred dollars. But if youre off the hook, youre not hosting the big dinner table this year, triple a says gas prices are running a aaa says gas prices are cheaper this year than last year. If ben franklin had his way, the turkey would not be our national bird. Franklin said a turkey was a much more respectable bird than the eagle. And a much tastier one, too, i think we can all agree. Back with more in a minute. [instrumental music] its a marshmallow world in the winter. Happy thanksgiving. Lets focus on the weather. A lot of you probably have plans to head out to see family members today, and were taking about a beautiful forecast ahead. Lots of sunshine expected. You can see the sunrise over the high clouds. We do have some thin clouds up above. Thats actually helping out our temperatures which were there in the 40s and 50s for the most part. So lots of sunshine expected into the afternoon. Your highs range from the upper 60s to low 70s. It will be a little breezy out there, but nothing to consider yourself with. Perfect weather for the thanksgiving holiday. Well see similar conditions into tomorrow, but wet weather arrives as we head into the weekend. Here is george. We are here to be tracking any traffic issues that might pop up on this holiday thursday, and fortunately things are clearing out. The bridges look great, and so do the freeways. No backups or are delays here, and none for the san mateo bridge either. Its a pretty good commute. I should even use the word commute. Its a pretty good drive in both directions here with light traffic eastbound and westbound with no problems at 101 or 880. Youll still find a very good ride here. Currently no traffic getting through in the southbound direction, just because its so light. We begin with our top story, protests continuing across the country after a grand jury failed to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. So weve seen protests all week long. This is video of some of the protests that have been happenling around the country. On the left, you see protesters down in Southern California, on the right side, protests in atlanta and oregon, as well. The parents of Michael Brown, of course, reacting to comments made officer Darren Wilson. We heard this, and it was just like i had been shot, like you shooting me now. Just no respect, though sympathy, nothing. Reporter Michael Browns mother describe it will the moment she heard that a grand jury had decided that officer Darren Wilson lawfully killed her son. My emotions were raging. She takes about the comments by her husband. He spoke out of anger. He did not act. He just spoke out of anger. Reporter as for Darren Wilson, his attorneys say he is aware that his career as a Police Officer is over. For darren, thats the biggest topic of conversation is moving forward, and for darren, being, you know, the private person that he is, i think for him its just kind of continuing to do what he has been doing, laying low. On to Holiday Travel now, thousands of people still not home for the holidays. They are, in fact, stranded. After airlines canceled more than 700 flights and delayed more than 4,000 others thanks to that noreaster thats tearing up the east coast right now. And its not much better for drivers trying to navigate that mess on the ground. Reporter massive winter storms from coastal rain to inland snow battering much of the east coast and parts of the midwest on the busys travel day of the year. I am a man without a flight. Reporter frustrated travelers from montana to maine. I got on the road, and multiple accident all over the place. Reporter more than 5,000 flights trade up to six hours on wednesday, and over 700 cancellations at some of the nations busiest airport. Were sitting in the airport waiting for the next flight out. Reporter many are waving rebooking fees for travelers, but stranded passengers finding it hard to rebook on a day where most flights are already full. Its tough to sit and weight when you dont know what is going to happen, but were hopeful. Reporter for the 41 Million People expected to drive this hole day, its even worse. Visibility is getting really bad. Reporter in the northeast, a wintery mix slowing travel from dwill to new york, while d. C. To new york. Reporter a train ride was a shes home for many at new yorks penn station, but they also faced delays. Be patient and see if you can make it. Reporter this shows the score offers people