Lit up on sunday marking the first night of hanukkah a time of celebration. All of the holidays evolve around celebration because we say in judaism, happiness breaks through all boundaries. A festive time of the year. The last sunday before christmas always draws big crowds. Busy, very busy. It is crazy. We ended up getting a hotel because we did not feel like sitting in traffic on the way home. Reporter picking up presents. He likes the hustle and bustle. People we spoke to are not fans of online shopping. A lot of people do their shopping on line on amazon and stuff but at the end you need to support retails. Reporter the National Retail federation expects retail sales in the u. S. To increase 4 from last year. Stanley steamer hot dog stand say sales are up. The last couple of days really busy. December has been average overall. I think there are a lot of people looking for gifts and for food while they shop. Reporter ronald bought luxury items. Reporter some shoppers scored good dea
45 degrees in San Francisco. 33 in santa rosa, hovering around freezing all morning long. And thats not the only spot. Temperatures very cold in livermore at 36. Oakland slipping to 39 there and san jose at 45. A lot colder this morning for most. Patchy fog for some. As we get into the afternoon, we are going to remain partly cloudy, dry, but on the cool side for some. Ill have a look at your temperatures coming up in just a little bit. If youre traveling to the sierra, snow continues to fall at this hour. Details coming up. We have the latest update on the crash we mentioned in san ramon, Bollinger Canyon road, still multiple lanes closed at that intersection because of the crash, but it is in the clearing stages. Also want to mention northbound 238 at westbound 580, a big rig involved in a crash there. Skip ahead to where we are talking about we want to show you the carquinez bridge, east shore bay, a nice easy drive. When you get to the toll plaza traffic very light. Go back to the
While another suspect held a man at gunpoint. I am lucky to be alive. Reporter the clerk seemed in the video describe the moments that followed. No words were said. He forced me onto the ground. My head was on the floor and i was just trying to get my back straight. I have back problems. Every time i would raise up, they would push me down. The government pistol whipped him three times. They fired at the suspect as he ran away. I didnt even know that i hit him. I just pointed and shot wants. The government did not make it far. He collapsed nearly half a block away and the second man got away. He said he didnt care about the money but only fought back because he feared for his life. What made you decide to fire your weapon . Pretty much instinct. Me being in the military, that part kicked in. One of the suspects did fire at least one shot and that bullet hit a sunglass case. The victim was treated at the hospital and got stitches in his head. He said back in the 1980s and said what happ
Cases dropped up to an inch and a half to 2 inches of rain, the Santa Cruz Mountain inch and a half, most a half inch, nothing spectacular but, with that said it comes at the end of the weekend and folks will be up in the mountains are many for the holiday week, folks in the mountains, these are some of the rainfall totals, you can see bigger numbers coming in at three quarters of an inch, fairfield almost a half inch of rain, the Winter Weather advisory remains in effect in the mountains, they are seeing at least a couple feet, maybe three feet at the higher elevations, and this system, a classic cold front sliding through, the frontal band right there, right . We did not have the last couple of weeks, more Atmospheric River moisture without a lot of dynamics. But here are dynamics. The wind shifts and we get clear skies and with clear skies we see cool nights, valley fog. The next weather feature we talk about his valley fog tomorrow morning, your morning commute is dry, the afternoo
Walkthroughing prior to their contest tonight at clayton valley. Even the jv is disappointed. I wanted to see them play. Its mostly fun to watch. The kids are hurt. Theyve been working hard all week to work, you know, prepare for a game that, you know, we were looking forward to. Reporter san leandro administrators say the nonconference game was called off following a unspecified threat, but there are reports the threats were gang violence, possibly a shooting at the field. Our School Resource officers were contacted, and said there is a threat originating from outside both of the school communities. We heard what was happening, yeah, were concerned that not only the team safety, but the and the kids. Reporter oakland unified released a Statement Today but so far no date or place has been settled on. If one is, School Officials say they wont announce it. Oaklands jv coach said it could affect their players futures. We get calls from san diego state, Portland State s. They could see bot