Forces. Ve to find him. He goes by will. Hes a u. S. Navy veteran that travels all over. He would give anything to you. His father says he hasnt been acting like himself. Friends brought him to the hospital where he stayed two days. Once doctors determined its okay to release him, friends sea he checked out and disappeared were checking shelters. Areas we assume he may be at. And theyre putting up flyers around the city. Hes a great friend i want will home. I just want him to know his family loves him. And that we nothing else matters, except to know he is okay. Christmas cheer turned into christmas jeers after disappointed shoppers were without gifts christmas morning. Thousands of packages did not make it to their destinations in time yesterday. So apologies and boxes and bags a disappointment for customers, sure. Reporter this is what happened. High volume sxf course, weather. Snow storms in the mid west and this latest. No word yet from fedex. She got flowers. I got a call perfect a friend who said he sent me flowers for christmas diget them . I said no. A nice surprise, a day late. People lined up in front of this Customer Service office to pick up what is supposed to be delivered. I spoke to someone again tuesday night. They said that present in that package. Tori ordered a watch for her boyfriend. I wish i had the watch and tried to intercept it here. It didnt work. Those companies are also blaming bad weather for back ups. Customers werent happy. One person tweeted thanks ups for ruining christmas. One truck had two employees working in one truck to speed up deliveries. Some will have to wait a little longer. Lance ordered wine. It arrived while he was out of town. Ups shipped it back. I think i can make other plans now. Some vendors are refunding shipping and giving 20 credits towards future purchases. In San Francisco, abc7 news. If youre still waiting for a package we want to know about it. Go to our Facebook Page to share your story. Today a crucial day for retailers what consumers are willing to spend. Traditional clearance sales may have lost their we know sales are supposed to be 50 off, many offering that much, and more for a week. Deeper discounts dims a prospect of a retailer turning a profit. They opened early but kicked off with fewer shoppers. This parking is full. Concern is whether sales lost impact. When retailers did so much discounting. Some were offering 50 to 60 off earlier, how much deeper can they go . About 60 to 70 off. That is what youre filling items with . Yes. Shoes and sweaters. Retailers found sales capitalized by a shift by online shopping. Golden Gate University psychologist says improving economy caused a shift in what consumers wanted. People have been shopping online. B, really big ticket items like furniture and automobiles are up. Some of the money is siphoned off for big ticket purchases. Retailers hoping consumers will use gift cards. The strategy is that almost two thirds spend more on the value on the cards. Are you going to use gift cards to pay for these . A little bit. A major retailer may not be around next christmas will reduce competition but give consumers one less choice. In san jose, abc7 news. After those after christmas sales come returns retailers hoping they will exchange them. Things to do on returns i end up spending money i got from returns we want to turn to our breaking news. Family of 13yearold jahi mcmath are making an announcement on the next step to keep her alive. Lets listen in on the family now. That is not christopher dolan. That is amara sealy, the brother of jahis mother. Ive been in contact with him today extensively. He can confirm to us that they will, they have found a place to move jahi, who has been on life support after a tonsillectomy went wrong at Childrens Hospital this, is the attorney. Were having audio trouble. She was 13 and you know it was routine surgery. Something went terribly wrong. Theyre struggling with what to do. Theyre announcing now is. Here we gochlt we have audio. The time has come to let jahi. Weve heard from viewers. Have them have their kids change places. I said have them have their kids change places and see if they feel the way. Its easy to talk about whit its someone elses child this family has done nothing but want the best for their child when it has gone far enough is when god makes the determination. What needs to happen . There is a small procedure something we have to discuss with Childrens Hospital. So that is, once that is set in stone and happens, then, we can move her. When do you want to move her by . As soon as possible. They gave us a ticking time bomb of december 30th at 5 00 p. M. Well before then, if possible we need Childrens Hospital to work with us to get this done so we can move her before december 30th at 5 00 p. M. It seems odd an Insurance Company would be so benevolent. It seems hard to believe Insurance Company would be benevolent than to put someone on life support. Its someone doing the right thing. They have not put a time littit on her life. If there is treatment available the Insurance Company will assist if providing it until such time they deem otherwise she covered. That is what is important. Can you describe the facility . Skilled nurse something were not going to get into details just yet or give out the name of i we dont want people hounding them with cameras in front just yet. But that is time will come well release more information. They have made a xhiment to you . Yes. They said theyre more than willing to accept jahi. Did they reach out to you . No. Weve been burning up phone lines today. Yesterday was a day the rest. Today at 8 00 we started making phone calls its interesting to fight court, another fight here to get somewhere else the family and very been on the phone today trying to find a facility and i will say that a group of catholic doctors reached out ask indicated that they may have access to a facility. That is what led us here. A group of catholics inspired by the holiday to get together as a network to make phone calls and contacts, there was an opportunity but it was in new york. Now this opportunity is in 50 miles whereof we stand. I know it must have been hard christmas for the family. Have you seen any medical changes in jahis condition . Weve seen her Blood Pressure go to normal. And be able to stay normal, there is a lot of times her Blood Pressure was irregular and had a hard time controlling it but shes been stable. Today she had more movement in the body. She was able to move her shoulders today shes showing signs of breathing on her own. Were still very, very hopeful. You ask what would be needed for transport. Two things, theyre needed to meet guidelines of facility as well as for this care. And one of them is a trach tube. This is more permanent tube. Another requested from the court, a g tube. It would provide nutrition. Weve requested the hospital allow that to occur. They seem to want jahi out of here. We have a way. Its just not the way they planned dh ch is in a body bag. The hospital responded at all . That is their spokesperson. Hes at the end of the row. Have they responded snou the hospital Attorney Says hes speaking with the hospital to see what the hospital and cannot do. There are complications for any hospital. Im sure theyre concerned about accusations against them for something to go wrong or getting privileges to a doctor to do it. At this moment, people need to Work Together to do these simple procedures to help her get out of childrens and get on with her life. Anyone else have to sign off on this . Than what . Than the hospital . Just need the hospital to give you green light. Is there anyone snells we need someone to put in a trach tube and a gas trick tube. Logical people are ones in the hospital. Who have ability to do that f they refuse to do that and insist on muflg towards a deadline well just fight in the courts, and keep our feet moving on the ground until we find a facility that will accept her to then move her to where she can have this best chance of recovery. Youre listen together attorney for jahi mcmaths family. To the left is the brother of jahis mother talking about major news, theyve found a location here to take jahi and continue to maintain her on life support. Because theyre working with a deadline the court to wo allow to take her off theyre looking for someone to do a procedure to give her a tube to be portable. Instead of the tube down her throat. Very difficult but that is the latest at this moment the little 13yearold girl. The hospital is not speaking about this case because the family does not give them permission to talk about the case. So that is why youre not hearing from the hospital. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. City College Teachers packed into Supreme Court today, watching two lawsuits aimed at keeping the school from closing. Sergio . Reporter the plaintiff v plaintiff says its a violation of student rights this, is a hearing that went on all day, wrapping up at 4 30 this afternoon the judge made no decision members showed up in force, suing to keep ccsf from closing. Timing is critical. Semester starts in a few weeks. If this continues, more students goring to leave. The accreditation yanked effective july, 2014 from accjc a private commission. Plaintiffs want the hold a trial to reexamine credentials and want the judge to issue an injunction preventing the commission from pulling the School Accreditation its important and people are bailing out. They know there is this date. School leaders say its hedge rajing students and enrollment dropped by 30 . Students cant get aid and credit and degrees will be useless neither City Attorney for Teacher Union have right to ask for release theyre asking for. Some say theyre hope pog for a decision before enrollment closes january 8th. A New California law is set sototake affect january 1st meaning everything from reconfiguring rest rooms to sensitivity training for students and staff. The institute filed a lawsuit accusing some counties of refusing to accept valid signatures. Spencer christian is here. We need rain. Yes. Im now going call it warm. We do have clear skies sxh h. And mild conditions there there are high clouds southwest moving up into our direction but theyll give us sheltered sunshine. Again, this not all time records but for this tomorrow, air quality not so good. Poor air quality in the north bay and santa clara valley. 20th since november 1st. So a series of poor days a live view now looking from our roof top camera. Its 59 degrees in San Francisco. 52 oakland. Another live view, cant see much except city lights now. Its low to mid50s santa rosa and napa. 52 concord. One more live view from our camera, over east bay these features, dry mild pressure dominant feature now. High clouds moving into our direction giving us hazy skies tomorrow. During overnight hours, through. Tomorrow, hazy, sunny skies high temperatures on a mild to warm range low to mid60s near coast and bay. And here is the accuweather forecast. Milder weather saturday, through monday. High temperatures upper 60s to near 70 degrees inland. And new years eve, mild weather again. Its very, very dry. Thank you. Well, still to come here an athlete stepping out to help ne crews are searching for a missing surfer. They received the call at rock away beach. So far, they have not spotted anyone or any sign of a problem theyre not sure if the car was legitimate. They do plan to look until 6 30. So a few more minutes here. The day distributing food boxes and brought food handed out today, a tradition and joined by his wife and member of the family was signed by Memphis Grizzlies this week. San francisco putting new meaning into term Christmas Tree lights. That is because theyre turning trees into bio fuel. Each provides enough from bio fuel to light up a home for a year. One thing you should never do is put knit a compost bin. There is too much acidity in leaves and doesnt turn into good compost. Dont think of burning the tree, either. Spart air restricks shocking i know. Still to come how bad the drought could get also, tourism bringing in big buck buzz one check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Volkswagenwiavo thesales event high speed intesis back. Drive which means its never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. 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I wore a tank top today i took a motorcycle ride up the coast. This is kind of scary. A year later contrast is startling. In west marin, it looks like a desert. Clam shells, high and dry. How low is water here . There is no way i can stand here because id be underwater. This year were on pace to set a new record for most are at 80 of normal that could change, quickly. If we dont get any rainfall from now, until april well be at less than 40,000 feet. That could trigger a reduction campaign. That means restrictions not seen since 1990s. Weve had to revert to using it where we need to put it. Its holding up great. But real white stuff would be better. Soon. Well, tourism is a leading industry. One group says its not getting a fair share of the pie and now is threatedening a boycott. Here is the crux of the dispute. 4 of the population is black the African American chamber of commerce believe it due to a lack of jobs in this city. This is San Francisco travels latest video. There are no images of blacks critics think its symbolic of the lack of that minority from benefitting. Now, the San Francisco African American chamber of commerce threatening to call for a nationwide boycott of the city. Were going to ask our people and organizations that that we belong to spending someplace to. Saying any issue that diminishes standing as well coming community. Is a concern. Calima palmer believes promoting blackowned businesses can help. People say i didnt know it was a blackowned salon. Kevin carol says a survey shows theyre diverse. We believe its close to what the citys percentage would be. The chamber believes they can do more. We dont want to boycott we want jobs and contracts. Hes pushing for a meeting next month. Muni fares set to increase starting january 1st, price of 1, 3, and 7 day pass ports will increase. The ten ride book will be eliminated. Muni encourages riders to load cash values on the cards. Ac transit unionized workers will vote on a new proposal tomorrow and came to a deal on friday. Union leaders say theyre able to make changes asked for so well see what happens. The vote on an agreement that would end a conflict on bart probably wont happen until next week. Just ahead what you need to know if you havent signed up for a new policy. Fighting park joins disease head on. How boxing is making a difference its not too late to sign up for Health Insurance through covered california. The original deadline was this week but state Insurance Exchange offers a grace period after the centers were overwhelmed with last minute apply indications the site down again for several hours today for maintenance. And to investigate an irregularity. A group of patients in Southern California is fighting parkinsons disease in part by fighting each other. Its a program that incorporates boxing. Since dolores took up boxing she noticed changes. My back is straight again. And i am walking with better swing. She was diagnosed a yearing ao, crediting the program rock steady boxing. The symptoms include shaking and slowness of movement. Twice per week they work out 90 minutes in a gym in california. Ann brought it here from indianapolis after seeing it helped her father. I watched him get better and better. And dancing in class. Showing traditional forms of exercise can help with the mobility. But ron says boxing is different from other exercises hes tried. The most beneficial type of thing ive found for wellness. Pretty cool. Still to come we want to share a new years tradition. A rush to complete rose parade were less than a week from the annual tournament of roses parade. Today is the first day volunteers are loued to come and help decorate. After christmas, the trees are giving the gift of green for the rose parade. These are going into the bottom of the floats then putting flowers on. Its day one of decorating. And volunteers begin bringing these to life. From sea, we made roses out of Sunflower Seeds you know . Crazy. I never thought about how much work it is. And time it takes. The floats must be covered from top to bottom weefrment talking a million flowers on floats. And whether theyre people are packed with create activity. People are genius. From canines to killer whales, bears, birds, the sights and sounds will amaze, and entertain. This theme is dreams come true. It will be mazing to see the creativity. There is a lot of work to get done. Abc7 news. And you can watch the parade here on abc7 new years day at 8 00 a. M. Exciting. The ball will be soon dropping but temperatures not around here. Nochlt we want rain. There is none in site. Clear skies over the bay area now. Down south, much of Southern California a red flag wash warning until 10 00 in the morning. Not only dry but strong winds as well. For north ba coast swells may produce strong rip currents and sneaker waves. That could be dangerous. State wide, sunny skies and mild to warm conditions from top to bottom. Another mild day and hazy but sunny skies. High temperatures into mid to upper 60s near the bay and inland low 60s on the coast. Here is the accuweather forecast. Warm this weekend and monday. Low to mid60s on the coast. Tomorrow is our fifth spare the air day. We still have declining air quality. Wow. 20 spare the air days . Yes a mazing. Yes. Sports second thought. Yes. We thought this is the time and our opinion doesnt matter. Nfl takes a look. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. With uverse high Speed Internet. To those whove been waiting welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Sky seven hd is live over a search for a missing child near kennedy park. Its dark there. Bewe dont have details yet but were going to follow this for you on abc7 news bay area. This abc7 news sports report brought to you by Orchard Supply, hardware. Againing good evening. 49ers safety learned its become virtually impossible to deliver a big hit these days. He blasts jackson here, but he doesnt leave with his helmet. The 49ers played sunday in a game that will help determine the fate of both teams. Just some bumps in the road you look at the whole scheme of things. Still have an opportunity to win our division. So its where we want to be. Raiders finishing another disappointing season listed at 13 point under dogs against broncos. Hell be back sunday. One thing this team has done a good job of is focusing on the opponent and task at hand. And its a division game. That is sort of does well, that philosophy. Raider news, aaron rogers broke his collar bone in early november and has been itching to get back on to the field. And will be a game deciding nfl north. There are 35 College Bowl Games this year, everything from beef o bradys bowl to the fight hunger bowl, the only with the goal of beating what separates them is taking time to give back. You know . People its special. Cardinals spent the day at anies any land there. Good one thing is certain these teams do not like each other. Dramon green fined after failing to leave the field on a timely matter. And talking about what is a growing rivalry. There are to make noise. Big one for us f they would have won it would have been it. We started to move into the right direction to continue to try to build on that. 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