battalion. his friends call them ardent and kept up regularly on facebook. on september 23rd posted leaving for afghans more night. later that night tonight is going to be a good night. when even realize that afghan is coming up a few hours. his next process leading three and half hours to less let mike cammies on had to afghan. arden talked about staying on an air force base in europe. one of the most chilling post said it just hit me that i should be a little nervous. his last post was on september 30th from as i phone it said after a few days of traveling were finally going to be an afghan. he died on wednesday in the province of afghanistan the department of defense did not release their circumstances that led up to his death. it thanksgiving closed by a friend of his said it is still hungry real to me and everyone else thank you for everything you've done. thanks for the memories love you rest in paradise.

in san jose jeff bush kron 4 news. >> there's a range war north for tonight and it's headed our way and it should be year around midnight tonight. rain last things for much of the day saturday so it's going to start out at least as a wet weekend but looks a lot better for sunday. partly cloudy skies entablatures and the low to mid 50's terry and 51 livermore in fremont, redwood city currently have 52, san jose 56. here the clouds as we take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza beginning to increase across the bay area. the newly to rain coming up around midnight tonight. starting out in the north bay and that will spread south for the rest of bay area between midnight and 2:00 a.m.. for the morning hours look for periods of rain mainly on the left side but there could be occasional areas of heavy rain carried chance for showers continuing

through the afternoon so that's where we see rain at times, dry weather for a period of time in the rain coming back so often on showers and gusty winds about 20 to 30 m.p.h.. sunday looks mostly sunny was cool temperatures in the mid-50s and breezy winds as we go into next week. look for dry start to the week for monday and tuesday with a chance for re and then returned on wednesday led to know more about the forecast for the weekend and next week coming up later on. >> thank you brian skiers are packing the slopes in the sierra nevada at taking advantage of what really has been some great conditions. some of the best seasons in conditions a long time. kron 4 de no-shows' the conditions if you're thinking of cutting up to the snow. >> in this year mountains more sunshine is still plenty this snow makes for fun for a lot of people. folks need to wait a higher elevation today along with the plastic sleds and their kids. everywhere around he

families were sliding down slopes having still bullfights and building snowmen. this is a truck stop gas station and restaurants. it can get back on the road very convenient. today driving up was easy take a look at the roads moving smoothly all day. cruise virtually removed all the stock for road and as far away from the shoulder as they could possibly get it. the good to try to dissuade into the snow comes back uncovers the road again. in this era hills daniel kron 4 news carried >> they haven't stopped since, reporting year copy harlow, but the woman who took a timeout to talk about her shopping strategy. >> we all know black friday could be crazy, madness at the stores were here at macy's their store in herald square in new york city. they opened their doors at 4:00 a.m. people lining up all night to 7000 people

coming in the door to take a look counting down 54321 busting in the doors of course of looking for the best deals so it been hopping around looking at some of the deals it's on everything from clothing to find jewelery to bedding. i found in case you might need it cut cake maker 999 down from $40 a big discount on something like this. a footbath apparently this is one of the big sellers today not a necessity but a luxury it's about 499 down from $35. you're going to see things that are half off also more than half off. we've been talking to shoppers on having fun the and just coming to see it and others on a mission just like friends who is certainly in a mission for herself and for gifts. what did you find today? >> i was looking for 100 percent cashmere sweaters. they're now 3999 you can't

beat a hundred percent cashmere. >> so these are guess right? he tells of an eye out for things yourself. >> and looking for fossil watch i have a co-worker looking at another store and if they get the sale before they do then all get it there. you check on line first to make sure that it's the same price when you get in the store and i also use my blackberry sign some walking and checking the stores. >> you always want to compare prices and if you're into social media what you wanted to a black friday and cyber monday when you go to the stores check-in on line for square, facebook places if you check and he might get some discounts were hearing their sending 10 or 15% of coupons the best deals to people that action a check and at the retailers. congratulations on your shopping that loss >>. here are tips and shopping expert it's pretty obvious. ec compare prices,

keeping receipts, don't fall for the extended warranty and look for free shipping offers and watch out for identity theft scams. they're reminding people while debit cards to rack up that they also don't offer some of the same protections as most credit cards. first of his black friday then cyber monday now small business saturday to the list of sanctions sought shopping days. american express's to marketing blitz to encourage people to shop locally owned stores. bay area businesses are open the idea will catch on carried >> and it's a good snapback reaction from some people don't like black friday don't want to be out about the malls having the saturday event it's kind of its own entity and it will be great if we get the word out. >> to encourage customers american express is giving a $25 credit to the first 100,000 card members who register their card and use it to shop at a small business on saturday.

organizers say for every $100 spent at a local store $68 they figure does go back to the community. were looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, the left side westbound is in the toll plaza, the west side in oakland did traffic is beginning to mount up. stay with us will be right back. people! look at you!

texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the national average!! three times the national average!!! new school banking at capital one bank. with interest plus savings, go to capitalone.com!!!!! what's in your wallet? somebody help me down. you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking about. if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and archer. next stop hamilton.

[ brakes hiss ] ♪ [ male announcer ] u-verse brings you entertainment across all three screens on your tv, smartphone and online. now get up to $300 back via promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible.

ryan has been telling us about snow in the sierra and more expected this weekend. we're joined on the phone from christine at. tell us about conditions right now? >> we got 100 in. of snow out of the loss storm the entire mountain was covered top to bottom. it's very early opening for a the sierra tahoe resorts. >> i know you have an awful lot of snow. our most of all of the less open? >> yes there some less than

others looking to come on line to more morning. for the most part the entire mountain is keelboat. >> the challenge might be getting there are there a lot of people already hitting the slopes? >> we see in the volume increasing over the last day or so were expecting this weekend to be pretty popular people are looking for a way to get outside and we have this note. >> you sure do have the snow all right thank-you that's kristen thanks for giving us an update. >> and news from the bay to antioch residents are recovering tonight after being shot earlier this morning it happened at 2:30 a.m.. please this 16 year- old girl shot in the leg and arm and a 26 throat man was found shot in the face. both expected to recover no one

caught yet. third best getting a shooting that left one woman dead happen before 9:00 p.m. last night in japan town. the woman has not been identified its 23 year-old, pleas of not made any arrests they say they did not at this point what the motive is. >> future cast showing rain come into the bay area for tomorrow morning a luncheon on how long it's going stick around coming up. this friday only, buy one of these smartphones

and get a great jawbone icon hero headset free. only at verizon.

beautiful sunset over the pacific ocean for tonight i was look for mount tam. as the storm gets closer to the bay area tonight we've been dry for a couple of days but that's going to change for tonight here storm tracker 4. there's your recover radar and as he concedes picking up some brain and that's the rain is going to make its way south of atlanta bay area. around midnight tonight will see the first frame shop in the north bay before midnight

and all that what weather will push through to the south and east bay. for the early morning hours. and steady light to occasional moderate rain for much of the morning tomorrow showers lasting into the afternoon and early evening. shares future cast will start things at 9:00 and some green beginning to show up just of the north of santa rosa of just brown hills bergen clover dale. this most of the south so by 10 to 11:00 the light rain to the north of petaluma, eventually the rain over spreads the entire bay area by 2:00 a.m. with some heavier rain here in to the north and the yellow color shows for the rain comes out a little bit heavier. all of that first batch is out of here i think around 67 for tomorrow morning. the we have dry weather with occasional bursts of sunshine through 1910 at p.m. before the next round shows up. this pushes through between 10 and 2:00

p.m. for saturday. relatively wet day was scattered showers still in the picture here half for four to five possibly even 6:00 before the raid all wraps up. how much to expect to not a whole lot to come of one-third to half an inch for much of the bay area higher amounts in the north bay with about three- quarters of an inch. about an hour ago from our heavenly cam but as a few high clouds there but otherwise was skies and a beautiful scene at lake tahoe. for tomorrow heavy snow in the forecast a winter storm warning in effect and that should wrap up by sending with most the cloudy skies that's when the great scheme will start and sunny skies into beginning of next week with cool temperatures starting out only in the teens of to the 30's for the afternoon. here in the bay area temperatures not as cold as what we see were starting out in the '40's the cloud cover will instantly like a blanket.

for the afternoon look for occasional showers and bricks and signed with highs in the low to mid '50's. your 7 day around the bay sunday not bad, most of sunday and cool and breezy. it cold mornings return for monday and tuesday starting out below freezing in land, around 40 by the bay with highs into the '50s and possibly close to 60 by tuesday. the chance for rain returns wednesday and clearing out for thursday and friday. >> now hear stanley roberts to found some people behaving badly. >> it's been several months since congestive pricing went into effect in the bay bridge. it by now drivers should have gotten used to the hang of using the car pool lanes you know the lanes that require three passengers and a fast track transponder. o.k. it's 3:00 p.m. and the kids just opened. lets you happen. the driver of this toyota is

winning it toll booth #2 win to pay the toll but she is not alone. in togo's never won another driver waiting to pay told these are on occupied goes from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. monday through friday. it gets worse, friendly #to the driver of the toyota is determined to pay cash for bridge toll so she sets, and waits. the packet toll both want a different driver shown here backing up the toll booths. what about the driver in togo's number 2. she's not going to budge even with other drivers honking because someone needs to take your cash. packet towboats what a driver gets out to talk to the driver that was talking backing up but he still wants to act upon change lanes. finally a tollbooth operator ways to the driver the toyota to get traffic moving and togo's number 2. however, the

driver told was no. 1 is still just sitting there with cash in hand. until a toll taker it enters the boos. then they have are rather like the conversation about the fast track lane and if you think the driver got the message? addressed to me so you can pay the bridge toll. while five months later and people still don't get it. in oakland stanley roberts kron 4 news. if you have a comment story idea for stanley millis the people behaving badly at www.kron4.com. in world news video from india with amending off forced to fall. the women apparently had it they were slapping the mend, they say they had been complaining that male commuters have been forcing them to reserve coaches and harassing them please did

help step in and get the men off the train. a russian spacecraft carrying three crew members from the international space station landed today at a cassocks stand two nasa astronauts were on back castle flight engineer shannon walker, this is the dog it he was the man sing hi mom he returned to earth without russian astronauts the craft of made it bull's-eye hitting in an open field. but the crew seem to be doing really well after spending months in space. to check on traffic are looking at the james lick and again this is something we don't see very often that a whole lot of traffic out there. we sure to tune in to kron 4 saturday from 7 to 8:00 p.m. you could see the highlights of the giants world series parade that storm night at 7:00.

billy joel is recovering from surgery mark robert has a new movie role based on video gaming. jessica's

simpson is talking about her engagement with more of the latest with hollywood news. billy joel is recovering from double-dip replacement surgery the 61 year-old singer who opted to have this surgery to treat a congenital ailment last week. a spokesman said is doing well will be back home by the end of the weekend. no word yet on monday plans to return to stage. actor mark wallboard is teaming up with writer-director david russell. the actor tells them tv hopes to begin shooting of an uncharted this summer. the movie is a film adaptation of a place station three videogame. walter russell worked together in several movies including this year's oscar hopeful the fighter. just doesn't is revealing some not so romantic details about her recent engagement and a pre record interview was serious acts them the reality tv star in singer said her fiancee eric johnson kept her ruby engagement ring and issue before giving a tour. she said he is watching tv when

he * did cause and propose. simpson said johnson talked repeat ball parents and sister weeks before the proposal came as a complete surprise to her. here's a look at some top movies they're making a lot of money harry potter quoted 11 and a half million dollars. business can go right to an 8.1 million and unstoppable that came in third making two and half million dollars. the bomb of family christmas tree has arrived at the white house is huge and 18 in half foot douglas fir brought in by horse- drawn carriage. at the first lady and first daughters were there to walk in the delivery the bombs are planning to put this in the blue room of the white house which has very high ceiling. it is expected to take about a week to get a decorated and ready to show off. closer to home the tree in san francisco's union square thises and 80 ft effort it's going to be covered with 1500 red and gold ornaments. but lots of

light spirit to the guests will include san francisco police chief former american idol contestant kathryn mcphee giants pitcher and will have a live report. the black widow spider's severe bite

can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. but there's an even deadlier predator

live this is kron 4 news that 5:00. >> hot deals and hot tempers and shoppers across the u.s. had the stores for black friday in some spots their early morning may add to it quickly turned to chaos. as buyers got out of control tonight kron 4 has a look at the black friday friends across the bay area and why it's not too late to get hands on some great deals. >> a nightmare for shoppers this was the target store in york at least one