The hot items is a 42 plasma tv for 199. 99 down from almost 500. So lets chat with other people in line. I want to let you know its about 48 degrees out here. But it feels a lot colder and you can see people bundled up. Lets talk to you. I see you have your jacket and your gloves. Whats it been like waiting . Its been fun. We have met a lot of nice people tonight. Its been a good time. But its cold. Reporter is it worth it . Absolutely. Yes. Its a lot of fun. Reporter thank you so much. Again, the store opens at 6 a. M. It goes until 4 p. M. Then it reopened tonight at 8 p. M. With even more deals. Back to you. You have to love the fact that they hand out chairs at kmart. You can sit. Some people are spending thanksgiving waiting in line we just saw for postthanksgiving retail sales. These are people outside best buy in pleasant hill. Some have been there for days now and this scene is playing out in stores all across the bay area. The question is, why . Uhm. Because they were holding
Think that the company has sold all the ipads and imax that they are going to sell ever. Reporter although apple stocks finished up slightly today, its price of 527 a share is not enough to erase its dramatic downhill slide. Dating back to the original ipod and then continuing with the iphone and the ipad, apple has had a string of consumer hits. What it hasnt had a lot of, that is until now, is competition. Microsoft and knew mia is a great example. They are catching up. Reporter some say microsoft with its touchscreen windows 8 technology and surface tablet is outinnovating tablet and goingle with its android phones and nexus 7 tablet is taking away chunks of apples market share. I have iphone, three ipads and macbook pro. Reporter even some apple users admit the recent products are less than blockbuster. Ipad mini is good. I just tested it. But nexus 7 is equally good. So thats apple has to figure out whats the neck thing incremental changes is not what apple is about. Thats not the
Ill turn it over at this point. Reporter and mr. Shirakawa may soon be talking to a judge. Cbs 5 confirmed that the District Attorney is investigating him criminally in two areas, one for allegedly violating state Campaign Ethics laws as well as misuse of public funds. Allen, in addition to that, he is facing potentially tens of thousands of dollars in fines for violating state fair practices area, as well. Thank you, len ramirez. Freedom of expression versus public decency. That was the question before the San Francisco board of supervisors as they voted on a public nudity ban in the city. Joe vazquez is in San Francisco with new rules on covering up. Reporter new rule, no nudity. It was a close vote. 65 here at the botched board this afternoon. After the vote there was an uproar at city hall. Expression of nudity is beautiful. The body is beautiful nudist began to strip and shouting in protest, sheriffs deputies had to cover them in blanketed and removed them from the chambers. Sever
Still potentially on the table . Reporter it is. Thats right. Thats next. If this doesnt work, that could be, as well. , thank you, phil matier in oakland. A recount in Alameda County is called off. This is a story we first told but yesterday. The Alameda County Transportation Commission says it will no longer challenge the results from measure b1. The measure which would have have meant billions for transportation projects lost by a razorthin margin. The commission wanted to spend nearly 5,000 per day for a hand recount. Elections officials said the measure probably wouldnt get enough votes. Pesky birds have been a thorn in the sign for barts new extension to silicon valley. And shooing them away has cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Cbs 5 reporter Ann Notarangelo explains saving birds turned out to be a projector much larger than expected. Reporter the bart board of directors is expected to approve the 5 million price tag for overtime and equipment. The cost of either shooing these
Massive crash that you could ever imagine. Reporter and then, she looked out of her window. Then i saw a wall like water i guess that came off the tree after it hit the house. Reporter the tree also ripped down a power line. Its dangerous. Reporter a neighbor is part of a Neighborhood Group thats been campaigning for six months to get all utility lines in the area moved underground. This demonstrates this is extremely unfortunate event for many individuals on the hill. Reporter for no one more so than scott, who feels fortunate today. Just two days ago he moved his bed from under the spot where this tree fell. It is weird. It is weird. And, you know, thank god that it didnt, you know, come into the house more than it did. Reporter the couple and their three children had no injuries. As for damage to the house, no estimate yet on that. In San Francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. That wasnt the only tree that fell this morning. This one came crashing down on a parked car in San Franciscos ric