Forecast coming up. One of the coldest spots tonight is in livermore but thats not keeping shoppers away. The mobile weather lab is live at the outlets which just opened minutes ago. Shoppers say the hot deals are worth it. I wanted to be home and stay warm, but i think it only happens once a year so im looking forward to the excitement of the shopping. The livermore outlets are open through 10 p. M. Tonight. Sharon chin is in san jose tonight where shoppers wasted no time to hit the stores. Sharon. Reporter if you can believe it, some people even skipped thanksgiving dinner to be here. Hundreds came here to stand in line in the cold for those doorbuster deals at the best buy here on santana row. Whoo reporter the line stretched for several blocks. Then at 5 00 tonight, the first customers flooded in. The first people here to stake their spot at noon yesterday. Some skipped thanksgiving dinner, some rotated shifts standing in line, others brought children bundled in blankets. The big ticket item people are after a 49 hdtv for 150. A discount of 280. Its fun. I love to come out with friends. Having a good time. Reporter this is part of your Family Tradition . Family tradition, yup. Everybody counts on to us get those tvs home. [ laughter ] how many are you guys hoping to bring home today . We got 7. Reporter seven. Once inside was not the frantic scene we have seen in the past. People got a ticket to get their tv and load it up in a separate area. Some customers are leaving with the deal they couldnt pass up an electronic present for themselves and others. Well, best buy closes at 1 a. M. And reopens after daylight. Live in san jose, sharon chin, kpix 5. If you are waiting until tomorrow to start your holiday shopping, be sure to check out our black friday guide online at cbssf. Com. The valley fire fire ripped through middletown destroying homes and leaving many with just their clothes. But despite the destruction the community is still feeling grateful on this thanksgiving. Da lin on how this holiday is taking on a new meaning. Reporter this man has cooked many turkeys. He is preparing a grand thanksgiving meal out of a tiny kitchen in the trailer now parked on his lawn. Its so small i couldnt put two pie this is there. Reporter gone are his large kitchen and everything that was in his house just the foundation left. But he and his wife mary have a lot to be thankful for. I really feel like i was handed a miracle here, you know, with having all my animals live including my horses. Reporter they and their dogs escaped burning flames around their home and somehow the horses also survived. They thought about going to a Free Community thanksgiving dinner at a nearby casino. But they say cooking a holiday meal as part of their healing process. Bringing back theory them of life and things being normal. Reporter hundreds went to twin pines casino to support one another. Im thankful for how close the Community Came out to helping all of us, everyone individual willing to share. Thanksgiving isnt always about the turkey coming out on time or if its burned. It really is about, um, you know the company you keep. Reporter in middletown, im da lin, kpix 5. A special thanksgiving celebration took place today for the poor in san jose. Dozens of volunteers got together in st. James park where they served up holiday meals. Hairstylists were also on hand to give those in line this needed free haircuts. The Group Sponsored the celebration today. Dozens showed up to help the nonprofit glide feed the homeless in San Francisco today. About 5,000 people showed up looking for a hot plate today on ellis street. They had to prepare about 500 turkeys and even more sweet potatoes, stuffing and vegetables. Many volunteers have been doing this for years. I volunteer, my whole family serves meals several times a year and its important to teach your kids to do that as well. Reporter theres still time to help out for the holiday season. Glide is accepting food and toys through the new year. Law enforcement in San Francisco teamed up this turkey to bring a little thanksgiving join to those who arent able to get out and about. Seniors who are homebound had meals served to them today. Members of the citys sheriffs, fire and Police Department were on hand and enjoyed a holiday meal with the trimmings. Hundreds of people took part in the feast. Today is about being grateful for what you have. Could being thankful improve your health . Im already feeling better just seeing Mike Sugerman live in San Francisco with the answer. Happy thanksgiving, mike. Reporter well, and to you as well, brian. You know, so were at a typical bay area family thanksgiving. Could be just like yours right now watching the news. You guys typical . Yeah are you thankful. Yeah see that . Well, being thankful on thanksgiving is one thing. But being thankful the rest of the year is something else. It could be good for you. Thanksgiving is a holiday steeped in tradition. My mom wants to have 49ers for 150. Reporter maybe its sleeping outside to get good bargains or the kids versus adult soccer games, different for every family except for one thing. Im grateful to be close to family and friends. Reporter giving thanks for thanksgiving. Its in the name. Im so grateful that i have 25 pounds of potatoes to peel. Reporter wiseguy. But there is now a growing body of evidence that shows that being thankful grateful for what you have is greater for you. I dont think its magic. Reporter she doesnt deal in magic. She deals in strict neuroscience at ucberkeleys greater good science center. She studies grateful people. Better cardiovascular profile, lower blood pressure, more satisfied in their relationships. Reporter it helps good chemicals flow through the brain and something you can learn. If you want to become someone who is more grateful, try to see the good stuff around you on a daily basis. Reporter we do it today. This year im thankful for my husband and daughter. Reporter after all, it could be worse. Oh. Reporter maybe you guessed, maybe not. This typical family is my family. And this is my thanksgiving table and i am thankful for so many things. Im thankful to be alive which is a big deal not dead. Im thank to feel have my sisters here. I have people from all over the state oxnard and truckee and across the street and it is just such a great life and im very thankful every day of the year. Im very happy that im able to share this with you. Brian, betty, i hope the same for you. Well, mike, you know, im president of your fan club so im thankful that beef you at channel 5 and enjoying that we have you at channel 5 and enjoying your thanksgiving with your family. See you next time youre here. Happy thanksgiving, mike. You, too. tis the season for holiday parties and that means for some drinking. Coming up how Ridesharing Companies are helping to keep drunk drivers off the roads and ubers incentive to keep up with the growing demand. Families left scrambling when a daycare announces its closing. Their fight to keep it open. Plus, why you could be seeing one of the first daughters around the bay area in just a few months. ,,,,,, announcer if youd give thanks for a better nights sleep. [barks] sleep train has just the ticket. [train horn blares] through thanksgiving weekend at sleep train get three free gifts with selected mattress sets save up to 300 on beautyrest, posturepedic, serta, even tempurpedic plus, get up to four years interestfree financing but sleep trains thanksgifting sale ends sunday sleep train [train horn] your ticket to a better nights sleep costcos Chicken Salad linke e coli. Nineteen people the federal government is now recalling the produce used in costco Chicken Salad, produce linked to e. Coli. 19 people across 7 states including california have been infected with the bacteria. Tests point to an onion and celery mix in the salad. Costco gets that vegetable mix from taylor farms in salinas. So far, taylor farms has no comment. The holidays mean more parties and more drinking. The chp says 36 people were arrested overnight in the bay area for dui. Kpix 5s emily turner reports, one Ridesharing Company is helping put the breaks on accidents in california. Reporter tis the season for drinking at football parties. Its high season for drunk driving but uber says its making a marked difference by making sure you get home safely. The smart thing to do. You want to keep yourself others. Why not just make the easy call. Reporter that good call is being made more and more often. Uber did a study with temple university. It found the percentage of alcoholrelated driving fatalities went down 5 in every California City after uber settled in. We see that when people have more choices they are empowered to make the right one and so we are seeing that as people learn more about uber, they are making the right choice instead of driving and getting behind the wheel. Reporter thats he helpful during the time of year that plays host to some of the biggest drinking days. Last night, for example, is known as blackout wednesdays. The bars are packed and uber says their cars work, too. They have seen an uptick in the last year. I like to go home safely and not have the to worry about a dui especially in california. Reporter that would be especially important during super bowl when the city is flooded with thousands of extra people and plenty of them partying. We definitely need drivers right now because the demand continues to increase and we know that during super bowl time theres going to be even higher. Reporter so uber launched an Incentive Program to recruit more drivers to meet that need. In San Francisco, emily turner, kpix 5. Tonight, we are learning a man with a stolen boarding pass was able to get past Airport Security in utah and almost made it on to a bay area bound plane. 61yearold Michael Salata was arrested before the plane took off on november 5. Investigators say he snatched a womans boarding pass that was accidentally left at a checkin kiosk. The Southwest Airlines flight was set to take off from Salt Lake City and was bound for oakland. Police say salata did not have any Dangerous Items on him. Some south bay parents have just days to figure out who will watch their children after their Daycare Center abruptly announced its closing. Kpix 5s len ramirez reports, its also bad news for teachers. Reporter Rochelle Kent doesnt know what she is going to do with her 4 children. Their daycare run by a Company Called four cs is closing its Orchard SchoolLearning Center with little warning forcing her to look for alternates or stop work. It puts me in a predicament where i lose out and i wont be able to support my children. Reporter last week administrators posted this notice saying the center will be closing at the end of the month. There was no warning at all. It was unexpected. Reporter and teachers like joanne will head into the holidays without a steady paycheck. My job will be over on the 30th. And 33 of the families we serve wont have child care. Maybe 5 have found alternative car. Reporter it stands for Community Child care council of Santa Clara County a nonprofit around for 40 years. Unfortunately, no one was available to comment today because 4cs is closed for the holiday. They operate five other sites in the san jose area at low or no cost. Parents say administrators blame the closure on low enrollment but teachers think it might be political. They just voted in the seiu labor union last summer and were working on a contract when the Closure Notice came. Little comments they make, it kind of just makes me wonder why they are doing this especially at this time for the families. It makes me upset. It kind of hurts me because the growth of my kids is whats important to me. Reporter Rochelle Kent says her children have done well with four cs. They are helping me with my homework and its really fun. Reporter so she organized a petition drive against the closure but with just days left, she is running out of hope. In san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. San jose mayor sam liccardo has spent part of his thanksgiving reaching out to the homeless. His all the Way Home Campaign aims to get about 700 Homeless Veterans off san jose streets. Liccardo is urging landlords in Silicon Valley to accept rent vouchers from veterans. The mayor says more than 250 Homeless Veterans have vouchers that would allow them to pay a modest rent but often landlords are not willing to accept them. A grinch like theft didnt keep people away from the annual turkey trot race in San Francisco today. A uhaul being used by organizers to store water, food and supplies for the race was stolen just days before the event. Thousands still showed up for the holiday race this morning. People were mad that thieves targeted an event that benefits local schools. I think its terrible. Who would do this . This is such a great race. Look at the families and kids. Keeping an eye out for the u haul we are getting good leads. Many local Companies Made lastminute donations of water, applesauce and bananas to make sure the race went off without a hitch. Im so glad they didnt lose their thanksgiving spirit. Absolutely. And most of the costumes, too. [ laughter ] do a turkey trot you cant not dress up as a turkey. Right. You needed the extra layers. You know . It was chilly. You could see your breath. Check your out livermore. Down to 43 degrees already. San jose 49. Santa rosa 51. Chilly day and it will be cold tonight coldest in about 10. 5 months. Oakland youre the warm spot at 52. Nothing on the radar, nor do we expect anything when it comes to rainfall or mountain snow for the next three or four days at a minimum. Oakland tonight 38 degrees. Fremont 33. San jose 33. You will be subfreezing in santa rosa, napa, concord, walnut creek, alamo, livermore, pleasanton, fairfield and vacaville coldest night in a long time. Have to go back to the first week of january. Lets talk about why thats happening. We are on the cold side of the jet stream. This will happen often in the wintertime but rarely does it last this long. Its the duration of this event that makes it rare. Late november, we had a storm pass by. Low pressure to the east we get a north wind behind the cold front but this will last five days. This is the second night. We have three more to go. That low is over western utah, Eastern Nevada bringing down a northtosouth wind. Thats direct from canada and the key is no ocean influence. Ocean influence keeps us warmer in the winter. We dont have that now. The north wind will keep us dry and chilly through the weekend. Next week we get the ocean influence. With it, a new area of low pressure system meaning rainfall. Rain returns on tuesday, back to 60 degrees. Muchneeded rain in the forecast for the first day of december which is of course tuesday. San jose tomorrow 55 degrees. Concord sunshine, but only 53. San rafael 56. San francisco 55. Santa rosa your high tomorrow 57 degrees. Saturday we are sunny but cold again, freeze warning tomorrow night, too. A little cloudier sunday and monday but rainfree and lo and behold well see more rainfall and perhaps the beginning of a wetter pattern by the middle of next week and coming up in about 15 minutes, we did a story about what el nino is likely to bring this winter. And the impacts likely will begin as soon as december. Everybody is asking. What is it coming . We have been talking about it for a year. Its about time it actually comes. You have to deliver, paul. Yes. It is 9 degrees warmer in washington, dc right now than in livermore. That doesnt happen that often in it doesnt, especially because its 9 20 at night in washington. A live look at the white house tonight with next week, a bay area woman will be headed for a very special ceremony. 94yearold betty from richmond is the oldest active ranger in the National Park service. She has been invited to the white house to introduce president obama and his family during the annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. When she got the invitation she was stunned and excited. The Tree Lighting ceremony takes place a week from today. Its that time of year when High Schoolers start making decisions about colleges they hope to attend. Malia obama may have a local university on her list. She has visited some of the countrys Top Ivy League schools but also on her college tour list is the university of california at berkeley. According to the first lady malia wants to be a filmmaker. She recently interned on the set of the popular hbo sitcom girls. No word on where she will go just yet. But im sure she will have plenty of options. Still ahead, they have earned their ticket to the big game. But theres one big roadblock that could keep these players from going to the title. ,,, my name is jamir dixon and im a locate and Mark Fieldman for pg e. Most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg e. My truck is something new. Its an 811 truck. When you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you dont hit them when youre digging. 811 is a free service. Im passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. Theyre the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then ill drive it every day of the week. Together, were building a better california. Disadvantaged k