The only spots on the map that arent lit up in pink or immediate coastline and San Francisco today. As for a chance of thunderstorms that really drops yesterday we had some in the north bay obviously sunday, it woke us up and carried us through the morning. Today we take a step back from that. Just keeping the hot temperatures around todays daytime highs in the 70s 80s at the coast. 90s in triple digits, further inland. Ive got more details on what to expect this afternoon where youre at still to come back to you. All right, lets get back to the big story which are the fires for large wildfires and you can see pictures of all of them here on your screen the burning in the east bay and in the north bay and they were likely sparked by lightning, lets zoom in on the fires and look at them on a map james yes, those begin to the one for this to the south a marsh fire burning near sunil in the regional wilderness area there in Alameda County. Right along santa clara border broke out sunday.
Niemira says only half of americans polled recently have finished their Holiday Shopping. The consumer is behind on their completion. That means we rely much more on the next few days for it to pick up dramatically. Reporter because of all the fiscal cliff doom and gloom, retailers are worried. And perhaps they should be. After all americans think their personal finances will take a hit next year. And that might mean fewer gifts under the tree. We believe that the post black friday lull that weve seen in the last three weeks that consumers are spending at a very restrained rate simply because they dont have the money and theres a little bit of a fear factor out there. Reporter but, there are those who say its wrong to credit the fiscal cliff for the lackluster Holiday Shopping season. More likely they think shoppers are playing a game of chicken with retailers, waiting for more stores to drop prices. If thats true, shoppers may be disappointed. Will retailers react to the softness weve
Reporter retail expert mike niemira says only half of americans polled recently have finished their Holiday Shopping. The consumer is behind on their completion. That means we rely much more on the next few days for it to pick up dramatically. Reporter because of all the fiscal cliff doom and gloom, retailers are worried. And perhaps they should be. After all americans think their personal finances will take a hit next year. And that might mean fewer gifts under the tree. We believe that the post black friday lull that weve seen in the last three weeks that consumers are spending at a very restrained rate simply because they dont have the money and theres a little bit of a fear factor out there. Reporter but, there are those who say its wrong to credit the fiscal cliff for the lackluster Holiday Shopping season. More likely they think shoppers are playing a game of chicken with retailers, waiting for more stores to drop prices. If thats true, shoppers may be disappointed. Will retailer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chair Jerome Powell has been hoping for months that the Federal Reserve could raise enough interest rates to contain strong inflation