Obsessed about shopping that they lose the bigger picture. More retailers will be open on thanksgiving this year. While it may be better for shopping deals, its not necessarily better for families. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com your realtime captioner is mrs. Linda m. Macdonald. Good morning. Its wednesday, november 27. Im frank mallicoat. Im Michelle Griego. Time now 6 01. The teenager set on fire aboard an ac transit bus could be going home today. Sasha fleischman and his family say they want the teen suspects to be tried in a Juvenile Court. Reporter im anne makovec live in alameda, where firefighters had to rescue a man from a balcony during an earlymorning fire. Others were jumping from their second story windows. And there is reason to believe that a person in the building may have started the fire himself. The fire broke out at about 2 45 on briggs avenue. There are four apartments in this back building. Firefighters say its likely a total loss. Seven people are now homeless, many jumped from a secondstory balcony. I realized the house was on fire and the window blew out. Reporter neighbors say it was started by a man with mental issues. The reason he was taken away because he flooded the house. He filled up his sink, bathtub, the water was just running so the whole upstairs was flooded. Reporter police have one person in custody, they have not yet identified him or said whether or not that person will be charged with a crime. One fire firefighter had to go to the hospital because of heat exhaustion. He is expected to be okay. Firefighters have significant challenges with this fire here. More on that in the next half hour. Anne makovec, kpix 5. We are monitoring the commute this morning on this one last workday before the thanksgiving holiday. If you are traveling 880, traffic is actually looking good including southbound and northbound 880 near Oakland Coliseum or Oakland Airport if you are heading out of town. Your bridges, heres a live look at the san mateo bridge flowing nicely this morning between hayward and foster city if you are heading towards the peninsula, sfo no delays on 101 or 280. And heres a live look at the bay bridge. Still waiting for words when they will turn on the metering lights. The volume is down from a typical wednesday so delays not building in the outer cash lanes. It may be a while before they turn on the metering lights. Well let you know. Mass transit bart longer trains for Holiday Travelers today. That is your latest kcbs traffic. Heres lawrence. Maybe it will be busy in the evening hours. Maybe you should come back then. Thanks, lawrence. Im going out of town [ laughter ] around the bay area today, some partly cloudy skies if you are heading out. Got some good news though on the holiday. We have been worried about the possibility of rain. I dont think thats going to happen now. Looks like that cutoff low will stay off the coastline. Temperatures generally in the 40s and 50s although 36 in santa rosa. As we head toward the afternoon we should see some partly cloudy skies and hazy sunshine. Temperatures will be comfortable though mainly into the 60s s now, its a whole different story along the eastern seaboard. We have been talking about the storm system the last couple of days and what a storm its going to be, bad timing with the system racing all the way up the eastern seaboard. You have a lot of rain ahead of this system and a whole lot of snow on the back side, almost a foot of snow into buffalo so you get the idea this is going to be a wicked storm system, especially if you are traveling and, yeah, looks like its going to be a mess out there. Partly cloudy. East coast delays, you can count on that. Its going to take some time to get out there. Boston looking athe some rain there, partly cloudy in chicago and houston and rain already seeing some delays at jean quan and laguardia. For more on that, lets go to the airport with cate caugiran. Reporter thank you, lawrence. The lines have already stacked up here at sfo, no major delays to report just yet. But we know that that east coast storm will change travelers plans. So far, flights from terminal 2 at sfo are on time. But later on, the airport is anticipating more people and more flights coming in and going out of sfo, more than 63,000 travelers, in fact, will be passing through these terminals. And that means longer lines checking in and security and boarding your flight. As lawrence mentioned that storm on the east coast is expected to complicate thousands of travelers thanksgiving plans. But a couple we spoke to this morning say they planned for that. You go early and you go with the flow if its delayed. And we have our kindles so we have them to read and your cell phones to play on. So well have a good time. Reporter airports in new york, new jersey, philadelphia and boston as lawrence mentioned are already seeing some of those major delays and the problem for bay area travelers is those east coast delays will eventually trickling down here. Now, the most common tip were hearing from airport officials, if you can, come an hour and a half to two hours early before your flight. Not only that if you are traveling to the east coast, its a really good idea to call your airline ahead of time. Reporting live at sfo, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Here at denvers International Airport, were already seeing long lines form not only at security but at checkin counters as well and its expected to get even busier throughout the day. Three times the daily average number of passengers are expected at dia today alone, with more than a million expected over the holiday weekend. Now, not only is there traffic in the security and checkin lines, but also outside of the airport for passengers at both the dropoff and pickup lanes outside of the airport. So that could be a problem for passengers traveling through dia. But as of right now, all flights are taking off on time despite some concerning weather conditions. In denver, kelly werthmann, cbs news. Im Mike Puccinelli at Ohare International airport, where today they expect more than 200,000 people to fly in or out of ohare and midway airports. Looking at the flight information board right now, its looking good. No delays or cancellations to report at this time. But analysts say that could change in a matter of hours. Back to you. Well, the teen who was set on fire aboard an ac transit bus could be released from a hospital today. His father says Luke Sasha Fleischman is making Good Progress recovering from second and thirddegree burns to his legs. 16yearold Richard Thomas is being tried as an adult in the case. But yesterday, his attorney asked a judge to send the case to Juvenile Court. The victims father actually agrees. As a 16yearold, i i feel that he should be tried as a juvenile. A hearing on whether to send the case to Juvenile Court is set for next month. Happening right now, Truck Drivers are staging a work stoppage at the port of oakland. The issue is state air pollution regulations set to take effect january 1. The port of oakland Truckers Association says 800 truckers could lose their jobs. The truckers want help upgrading their trucks to meet the new requirements. They had another work stoppage last august over the same issue. Today will mark 35 years since harvey milk and mayor George Moscone were assassinated at city hall. A march like this one last year will start this afternoon at city hall. Thousands will walk through the streets to the plaza at market and castro streets named in honor of mr. Milk. And its not just students who skip school. Sometimes teachers do it, as well. Yesterday was a prime example for the San Francisco unified school district. 432 teachers called in sick or took a personal day. Thats 12 of the districts teachers. Also 179 teachers aides were absent as well making 611 in total to missed the day before thanksgiving. A lot of us are taking the day or two days off before thanksgiving so we can get on the road early, be with our families be safe going to our Holiday Travels so it doesnt bother me that teachers are taking off. They have a right just like anybody else. A number of districts in the bay area have the week off. A district spokesman tells us San Francisco schools are considering that, as well. Police are looking for a man they say killed two cats in a seemingly random act of cruelty in San Francisco. Monday witnesses say a man approached a woman on pier 14 and took all of her belongings including a cat carrier then tossed them into the San Francisco bay. Authorities were able to retrieve the victims belongings but the cats had already drowned. We only have that he was wearing a black hoodie, 6 feet tall, maybe with a skateboard but we need more information as to somebody who saw it or who he told about this. We need them to come forward. Both cats died. Witnesses tried to keep the woman from jumping into the bay to try and rescue them. In your bay area watch, two bodies were found inside what investigators think was a floating meth lab in the delta near rio vista. Dea agents found chemicals used to make the drugs inside the houseboat that may have had something to do with the deaths. The victims are a 72yearold concord man and a 49yearold martinez man. A setback for dog lovers in oakland. The tribune says the city is abandoning the plan to build a dog park inside snow park. No word on why. There are five dog parks in the city but still, none in the lake merritt area. The u. S. Supreme court is getting in the middle of another battle involve the healthcare reform plan. This time, its whether employers should have to pay for the cost of contraception. Dozens of companies are suing the government now. Some of them say they should not be forced to pay for Birth Control if it goes against their religious beliefs. This case isnt about saying that people shouldnt have access to those things. This case is saying that we just dont want to pay for them. Its troubling to think that someone could pick and choose not not based on science, not based on healthcare, not based on anything, but pick and choose which services to provide to employees. If the high court agrees with the administration, businesses that refuse to pay for contraception could face fines. It is 6 11. Thanksgivukkah is what happens when two holidays collide. The mixture sure to leave your tastebuds satisfied coming your way. The start of ski season, california is missing the snow. How the resorts are gearing up for another dry season. We have some partly cloudy skies around the bay area now. What about for your holiday . Well talk about it coming up. And one of our slowest commutes the ride through livermore. Kcbs sky 3 just flew over spotting an earlier accident still on the right hand shoulder. Travel times after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,, hannukkah. By lighting a g menorah. Lighting begins at 5 pm in u ities are open to tomorrow, San Francisco will mark the first night of chanukah by lighting a menorah. Lighting begins at 5 p. M. In union square. Festivities are open to the public with food, music and childrens activities. Jewish families get to celebrate thanksgiving and chanukah simultaneously this year. Its only the second time in history the two days have collided. Social media is taking thanksgivukkah to a whole new level with everything from t shirts to new recipes. All of a sudden it went from how about this coincidence and it wont happen again in our lifetime to becoming a big commercial thing. Some of the creations, sweet potato latkas and challah stuffing. The next time the two days will coincide will be 70,000 years from now. Thanksgivukkah is trending now on twitter. Also trending is winter weather. That big wall of storms threatening thanksgiving travel on the eastern seaboard. O. J. Simpson a judge rejected the disgraced athletes request for new trial in nevada. Alec baldwin msnbc canceled his show after a rant he had. And arnone milchan the top hollywood producer known for fight club and pretty woman admits he was an Israeli Intelligence able to. Follow us at twitter at cbssf. I dont know, thanksgiving should be trending, too . Im sure its out there. Are you cooking liz . No. [ laughter ] sill be eating though. And sleeping in a little bit tomorrow. All right. Lets go out live. This is our problem spot. If you do have to get to work today, the westbound 580 approach is probably your worst drive time right now because of a couple of different accidents we have been seeing. One earlier one in livermore approaching north greenville. A big crying crash sounds like big rig crash blocking lanes. An earlier accident through the Livermore Valley area, kcbs sky 3 flew over a little while ago and says its still there off to the righthand shoulder slowing down the commute from the Altamont Pass twist of backed up anyway. Past north flynn its better on our travel sensors. Towards the nimitz freeway catching a flight over by Oakland Airport, no problems on 880 both directions, all the drives towards your area airports everything move at the speed limit across the san mateo bridge. Might be a nice drive towards the peninsula. And at the bay bridge, the volume of traffic is definitely lighter than a typical wednesday. Still no metering lights even though there was a small fender bender reported near the metering lights. They never activated them at least not yet. Bart would be a great option today, as well. They are running longer trains for Holiday Travelers. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. With your forecast now heres lawrence. All right. We are looking at changes in the forecast. I think changes that youre going to like. Partly cloudy skies outside right now. Looking like a good day to get around if you plan to travel locally around the country not so. Very big storm making its way along the eastern seaboard. But we have some partly cloudy skies today to start, afternoon sunshine and mix of sun and clouds. And then changes for thanksgiving. Looks like that area of low pressure that we thought might bring showers is going to stay far enough away that well just see clouds and likely to keep us dry on thanksgiving day. Looks like this system is almost going to dive directly south what we call a cutoff low so very difficult to forecast but right now looks like well keep things dry on thanksgiving. Temperatures mild. 60 degrees partly cloudy skies into the monterey bay. Temperatures today up in the 60s in the south bay as high as 66 in san jose. 64 fremont. And 65 in mountain view. East bay temperatures in the 60s, as well. A little hazy toward the afternoon with a few passing clouds. Then inside the bay 62 in San Francisco. 60 daly city. Next couple of days dry. Over the weekend more sunshine and warmer weather. Then cooling down more clouds coming our way toward the middle of next week. Your sunrise time is 7 03 a. M. Sunset is 4 52. And well, you will be sleeping in tomorrow, miss griego . Yes, i will. Enjoying yourself very much. It should be a a dry day on thanksgiving. Ill be watching. Im su you will. Well give you a wakeup call at 5 30. I wont answer [ laughter ] snowmaking machines are working overtime this year to get ready for ski season. Snow totals are impacted by the drought. The mercury news reports most ski resorts in the sierra will open a small number of runs over the weekend. A weather system next week could lead to better conditions. They need snow to get it all greased up, up there. Kobe bryant is getting ready to get back on the court buttoned of his basketball reign may be near. And im dennis odonnell. Coming up, the cal basketball men had a chance to make a huge Statement Last night in hawaii. And who stepped up for a suspend andrew bogut . The answer coming up. Whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com. And we may come on out to your school and feature it right here on the show. ,,,,,,,,,, hello, San Francisco warriors trying to stop a three game slide that came down to the final seconds in new orleans. Jermaine oneal starting in place of a suspended andrew bogut. He had his best night as a warrior scoring 18 points and eight rebounds, 4th quarter Klay Thompson from the corner, yes he had 22 points. Right now the warriors smelling bourbon street. But new orleans had a chance to win it at the buzzer. Eric gordon in the corner, three ball no. Warriors sneak out of the big easy with a onepoint victory. How about day 2 of the maui invitational . Cal and syracuse, there were nine minutes to go and the orange take control kind of like last year, the ncaa tournament against call. Jeremy grant comes flying with the putbaca rear high 19 for that man, syracuse wins 9281. Thats cals first loss of the year. Stanford playing at the Barclays Center in brooklyn. They are taking on pitt. The cardinal never really in the game. Zana sneaks behind stanfords coverage nobody picked him up easy dunk. Stanford falls 52, they lost 8867. They are going to have to pull this one out of their hat merriman catch and fire its on the oh, he made it wow Huntington University wins the game on a prayer to beat marian, that was Shane Merriman who made the shot. And that was of course the number one play of the night. Thats it everybody. Im dennis odonnell. See you tonight. Thats the play of the day but we have already seen it it so we have another one, so this one from the nba john wall from washington does a steel and fly, elevate, do a little 360 and dunk away. He finished with 31 points helping the wizards win 116 111. We always like when the lakers lose and they lost. Always. Thanks to the play of the day right there. That man right there. Looks good. Lakers star kobe bryant is preparing to return to the court after signing whats likely his final contract. The deal will take him into