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Weekend of November 26-28, 2004

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Holiday Merchandise Piles Up at Ports

Delays at the Southern California ports could be jeopardizing Christmas sales. Retailers are concerned that port officials won't be able to bring in enough workers to unload all the holiday merchandise on ships stacking up just off shore.Reporter: Chris Richards


The View From Behind the Register

Everyone knows the day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year. Parking lots are jammed and malls are crowded, but what's it like for the folks who have to work behind the counter and face the shopping public? After 30 years in retail, commentator Mark Weinsteinsays he has seen it all. Guest: Mark Weinstein, co-owner of Amoeba Music, which has locations in Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles.


Chow Magazine

The season of holiday feasting is officially underway, just in time for a new California-based magazine that challenges the way we think about food. Guest: Jane Goldman, founding editor of Chow Magazine.


More Californians Die in Iraq

Amid heavy fighting in Iraq this month, California-based soldiers have lost more comrades.


Friends Remember Fallen Marine

The deaths of U.S. service personnel have taken a heavy emotional toll on their families and comrades in battle. The deaths have also hit friends back home hard. A group of close-knit friends grieve the loss of a Marine from Gilroy.Reporter: Jason Margolis


A Poet Rises

For a poet, San Franciscan August Kleinzahler has been traveling in pretty heady circles this year. While his earlier books brought him underground success, his latest collection "The Strange Hours Travelers Keep" won an international Griffin prize and wider acclaim. But even poets on the rise can keep a low profile. In a new book of prose writing, Kleinzahler uses his anonymity to visit the unexpected. brings us this look at the poet's latest work.Reporter: Molly Peterson


Online Bonus: Kleinzahler's "The Hereafter"

August Kleinzahler reads his poem "The Hereafter."


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