Than 100 firefighters taxle a blaze on mississippi street. Neighbors poured out on the sidewalk staring at the home as it about urged. The whole house. It had already started to spread. Reporter the bigger concern, it would spread to more houses. The crews battling the fire managed to stop the fire from destroying any other home although one did have some damage. The potential Christmas Day disaster caught the quick attention of neighbors and San Franciscos fire chief. Neighbors helped the nations. Its a cohesive group. Its helpful for us. We got a lot of information. Reporter with the fire only 50 feet away the smell of smoke woke her up. My neighbor and i ran out and started knocking on the doors to wake people up. Reporter one home lost but everyone safe. Firefighters able to stop the spread of what could have been a holiday disaster. Fire crews dont know what started the fire at this point. San francisco Fire Departments arson investigators are having a look around right now to see
Ring each year are some of our better spots. Reporter but many stores asked the Salvation Army to pull their bell ringers because they feared for their safety. We cut our days short at some of the stores because we wanted to get our kettle workers out of the area before the demonstrations would start. [ screaming ] reporter the Salvation Army in oakland saw the lowest donations in its Red Kettle Campaign ever. They are down 67,000 compared to last year. Thats a 55 drop. It will affect our our, um, shelter and the programs right here in this building. Reporter the saligot hit especially hard when people the Salvation Army got hit especially hard when people demonstrated at the oakland and san leandro walmarts on black friday and that weekend, the Salvation Army got hit especially hard. Those are huge days. We make 500 to 600 at the kettle at each site each day which would be a huge loss for us. Reporter during the six weeks of the Red Kettle Campaign, there were roughly 20 protests in t
Something. 8 44, the clue across from Sea Creatures and where the dog pees a fire hydrant near sap center. That is a lot of cash. Im going to get robbed. 135. Cash money. Money for the wife. 15 minutes later the clue. Under a leaf across from fast dog station Greyhound Bus station. Seems like everyone else knew that, too. People crawled and looked. Some climbed on trees a worker in a local Radio Station two blocks away came up with the money. 120 thank you, hidden cash. 12 chn 44 p. M third drop. Oakridge shopping center. A caffeinated mermaid. Starbuc starbucks. Someone found it quickly. But there are is still hope. Were going to find it. The next clue 15 minutes later. Go to the trash. Find the cash across the street. Here. Again, someone grabbed money quickly. There are more disappointed scavengers. Many made it here like a bat out of, well, you know. How fast are you going . Above 80. The mystery man asked if this is a publicity stunt. His answer . No. There is nothing more to it.
Money. Good evening, thanks for joining us. How fun is this . The hidden cash social immediate ra give away moves from San Francisco to the south bay. Moneyfilled envelopes were located by eager twitter followers. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee is hiv. Did you find the cash . Not enough to retire, dan. Ill be working for a long time just like you. No. Actually all we found were frenzied crowds of people trying to find money. And when were on the freeway, there are some of them who are driving crazy, i mean dangerously, weaving in and out, and out of control. By the way, one envelope stuffed with cash was taped. That post next to the gates of the garbage bin storage area of the olive garden restaurant. I looked out on 8th. Oh, man. They were ready to chase the money. It was free. The catch . Find it. It started when the sun was coming up. Hidden cash head s said he wa showing some love. It would be nice. I got six kids. Maybe i can put them through school, buy them a car, or something. 8 44
The evening. At the coast, total sunshine and the breezes keep our temperatures in the low 60s. We have a problem at the bay bridge toll plaza with a stalled car. We are look at heavy backups with metering lights turned on early. As you pull away from emeryville from the maze you are looking at 10 minutes to get up to the bay bridge toll plaza and when you get across, we are looking at Clear Conditions and 92, the san mateo bridge is 13 minutes and Golden Gate Bridge is a tenminute drive and right now, you can see the drive coming into San Francisco is starting to load up a little bit and, also, this week, it celebrates the 77th birthday is happy birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge. Classes resume at Uc Santa Barbara this morning a day after thousands of students gathered on campus to remember six of their own lost in the happens of an angry man. In the bay area, students at Uc Santa Barbara are ready for a tribute with a special service to honor james hong, david wang, george chen, kat