Boarded up due to worries about postelection civil unrest and are ready for holiday shoppers. Its been a challenging time for our retailers to say the least. Many have adapted, though. The stores are all open, and there certainly is curbside pickup, theres instore shopping. Reporter with the Christmas Tree up, the need for an instaworthy photo op is back. Im all for christmas. Reporter and drawing in shoppers. Got this at macys, 40 off. Want to be out with the people. I want to i dont feel as much anxiety as i did before in the grocery store. Reporter now, of course, things became more complicated yesterday when the mayor announced that Indoor Dining would sho shut down here in restaurants in San Francisco. They say thats a problem with the holiday season, people wanting to take a break from shopping to seat and drink. Nevertheless, the Tree Lighting ceremony for the tree behind me in the middle of union square happens a week from today. They hope it will draw people back into the area
In june of next year. Natural gas is dangerous. Reporter rafael, who sponsored the legislation. Maybe most significantly, natural gas is a potent Greenhouse Gas that contributes to climate change. Reporter since 2010, as hundreds of coalfired power plants have closed, natural gas plants in many cases have replaced them. Natural gas produces about 40 of u. S. Energy needs. Former San Francisco mayoral candidate and activist Richie Greenburg doesnt believe california can make the transition from natural gas to all electric. The state of california does not have the ability to meet the energy needs, electricity needs and home heating through electricity at this point in time. Were not going to be relying on fossil fuels anymore in our buildings. Theres huge Greenhouse Gas savings. Theres Huge Public Health savings. And cost of construction goes down because youre not needing to install a gas pipeline. Reporter groups like earth justice cite the wildfires as a reason to move away. The sky
The boards on the windows have come down. The holiday lights and the Christmas Tree are up. And stores are now hoping for the holiday rush they desperately need to survive. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Lets go to kpix 5s andria borba. Andria, despite the shutdowns, despite the pandemic, businesses are still hopeful . Reporter businesses are still open. Of course, on friday here in San Francisco, indoor restaurant dining will come to a halt per the mayors orders, but brick and mortar retailers and the large stores and small stores supported by them say they need this Holiday Season to be good in order to survive. Its kind of make or break. Reporter union square retailers say they need a big Holiday Season to survive after months of nearly empty streets and few shoppers. Some large chains have already filed for bankruptcy protection and the Small Businesses who feed on foot traffic from Bigger Stores say they are fighting to stay alive. We would really need them t
5 contained. Three homes have burned. Hundreds more are evacuated. Its burn not far from clearlake in a rugged area near the community of lower lake. Cate caugiran is there. She tells us the terrain is a big challenge for firefighters. Reporter it certainly has been. I can tell you now as you said, that fire is still burning. Cal fire says within the past hour that fire kicked back up a notch has burned more than 200 acres within that past hour. You can take a look at this damage. Actually i want to point out these trees. They look like theyre pink, little reddish, thats actually flame retardant. Thats because fire crews are focusing on containment right now trying to keep this fire from jumping major roads. Because as we take a step back here we want to show you just how large the damage is. If you take a look at these hills, its getting so close to what looks like someones home as we are pointing out now. Firefighters say they they are working against Mother Nature batting the flames
Controversial altright speaker, but its costing uc berkeley a big chunk of money. 6 nissan rogue play of the day. Innovation that excites. And fourth quarter, houston up. And then brady finds cook in the end zone for the gamewinning touchdown. And cook flattered them with a tv catch. Afc west action. Broncos taking on the bills. And taylor finds a wide open clay, and turns the broncos defense into frills. And on to kansas city in los angeles to take on the chargers. Smith, a 30yard touchdown. There were no absolutely no Wide Receivers hurt during the scoring of this touchdown. The chargers go 30 with the victory. Lets take a look at what is going on in the afc west. Chaos in the division. The chiefs lead the division with a perfect 30 record. And then the broncos lose. And the chiefs host the redskins and the chargers host the eagles and the only game that matters is the raiders and broncos meeting for the 115th time since october 2nd of 1950. What is at stake . I will tell you what, t