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
Entered then pistol whipped a clerk working around the counter. The injured suspect ran out of the store down lynn brook street and collapsed. Law enforcement inside the store taking lots of pictures names of those involved have not been released. I reached out to ken this morning and so far have not heard back. Ktvu fox 2 news. The weekend rain we saw here in the bay the chp and other drivers we heard from last night say you could have your chains with you. Its the sound you hear of chain after chain being placed on tires. Hes on his way to roseville, nevada. Seen a lot of cars sliding off the roads. As snow continues to fall throughout the night. I might be stuck here overnight. Chp officials are urging drivers to prepare for check point. We had a break in the snow the last couple of hours but now its coming back in and looks like it will get bad again. While drivers continue to stop to put chains on their tires before hitting the road for holiday travel,. Be patient with everybody a
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Investigation. Eddy street is blocked off here at van ness. Im going to continue to get more details and bring you the latest. Now we turn to the weather. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma in for mike nicco this morning. There is rain in the forecast. Luckily not today. One final dry day today. We have a live look at sfo just checked, we have no delays at our area airports. The weather cooperating this morning. Youll notice, though, a fair amount of cloud cover in the sky this afternoon compared to yesterday. But despite that, were going to be mild in the afternoon and mid to upper 60s. Thats weather. Lets get a check of traffic. Somebody got the pg e bill paid and we have the lights back on for the bay bridge this morning. It was totally dark this morning for about an hour and a half. It was actually an electrical issue that caltrans solved there. Quick check of drive times. Westbound 80, ab17 across the bay bridge and southbound 101, San Francisco to sfo you are in the green at 17 mi
A handle on it, but smoke got intense. I could see flames racing across a second floor ceiling. Then fire broke through the roof. As day came, it was clear the Old High School could not be saved. Now now, just trying to contain it because of the building it is in, protect exposure. As parts of the roof started falling, firefighters pulled back for safety. It took hours to put most of the flames out. For generations who went to school, it was tough to watch. It breaks my heart. Because of the controversy, they told me. There needs to be an investigation. The mayor says some residents threatened her this morning blaming city hall for the fire. She says she is stunned by it all and wants to know the cause too. The f. B. I. Has been called in to look at this. If theres good news, despite a was injured. Anchor thank you. Stay with us for continuing coverage of the story on air and online at wbtv. Com. We will have another update coming up tonight first at 4 00. Fire investigators are workin