Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20171224 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20171224

Throughout the afternoon on the cool side. Low 50s with plenty of clouds by noontime. It will be a cool afternoon. Highs just in the mid50s. Overnight lows once again with cloud cover in the 40s. A few 30s. But we have milder and slightly sunnier weather to talk about for Christmas Day. Thieves are getting creative this holiday weekend. Police say they have seen a spike in car break in this is time of year and are warning lastminute shoppers about it. Melaniewood explains. Its create chaos. Its not that bad. Reporter it seems there are bigger concerns this year than lastminute shopping kro inping. Police are are warning shoppers not to place belongings in the trunks. It used to be to put things in your car. Theres a number of trunk breakins. Its not fun. Especially during the christmas season. Reporter the advice from authorities, carry all purchases from store to store. You see that in the commercials and it looks like fun, but not in real life. Its terrifying i cant run in, take stuff to the car and run to target without being terrified, thats horrible. It tem tels you there are people that are desperate. Its sad and scary. Police say despite active patrols, they the want shoppers to be extra vigilant. Its literally nothing in the car. Nothing in the car. Reporter . Windy weather friday nugt at its massive air hub in memphis disrupted its flight some packages havent arrived yet. But fedex says most deliveries should make it on time before crihristmas. A celebration of life was held yesterday to honor the firefighter who died fighting the thomas fire in ventura county. The 32yearold was from san diego and served as a cal fire engineer tr the past eight years. Hanna mulens has the story. Reporter it took 30 minutes for people to file into the church. A final salute for one of their own. It was probably ironly two days before christmas were having a celebration of life. I really do believe cory was a gift that was given to all of us. Reporter this was personal it for the chief. We are truly a family. Reporter cory was one of his brothers, but his heart aches for his widow. Its our extended family. Reporter his grief compounded by guilt. I feel this happened on my watch. Reporter 2,000 people turned out to honor kory. I was able to see and honor him like that. It was really a beautiful gift. Reporter friends say he was born to be a firefighter. 15 years old yet he was hiking with the inmate crews. Reporter his family was supposed to grow to four, but their unborn daughter taylor will never meet her dad. They are going to have a hard time getting over this. At least they know their father was a hero. That makes that family just my responsibility for the rest of my life. Reporter crews have pulled together for ashley. The local fire stations decorated the house because they didnt want her to come home without christmas lights. Reporter firefightered fill the calendar to do yard work. Were going to standby that family for the rest of our lives. She knew that as she thanked his brothers one after another. That was hanna mullens reporting. A 3monthold baby died after suffering a medical emergency. The infant fell ill yesterday afternoon Pleasant Hill bart station. She was taken to the Medical Center where she passed away. Theres no indication of foul play. This morning a vow not to let fear win after word that a popular tourist spot in San Francisco was the target of a terror plot. A former marine is now in jail after hatching the plan. Reporter saturday holiday fun goes ob at peer 39 after the foiled a planned terror attack at the San Francisco destination. When i looked at my phone it said that theres a threat of terrorist at pier 39. Im here. Reporter trisha was visiting friday when she learned about the alleged plot. 26yearold everette jamison, an exmarine, planned to stage the attack around christmas. Hes now in jail. This is our country. Reporter some visitors noticed more patrols. There are dangers in everything we do. But i trust in the security i have seen around here. Reporter according to a federal criminal complaint, he had radical jihady believes and social media posts that suppo supported terrorism. His family is in choshock. An fbi agent was alerted by jamisons dialogue. A big take away that hope others take notice to this radicalism. Even though this was an fbi informant, this tip could have come from anybody in the public. Reporter everette has a hearing scheduledoranuary 5th. He will plead not guilty. Abc 7 news. Governor brown has granted pardons to two men who were to be deported pl both men were picked up during immigration raids in october. A 42yearold of modesto and a 39yearold of davis r were set to be deported tomorrow in defiance of the Trump Administration Governor Brown pardoned the two putting those deportations on hold. In Southern California state officials believe a bottled water giant is piping water that it doesnt hold the rights to. Nestle bottles Arrowhead Spring water. That comes from the San Bernardino national forest. Nestle is allowed to bottle more than 8 million gallons per year. However, the desert Sun Newspaper reports state regulat regulators say nestle piped 32 million gallons last year out of the forest. Nestle insists it has valid rights to the water. Several people helped capture a suspected robber a few block was from San Franciscos fishermans wharf. The suspect tried to run away with the victims camera. A Good Samaritan tripped him. Two coworkers restrain ed the suspect until police arrived. Both had arrived from usa traus. One of them hurt his shoulder. Happening today San Franciscos Memorial Church will serve thousands of people a special prime rib lunch tr the holidays. Te house of prime rib donated 3700 pounds of meat along with salad, mashed potatoes and dessert. It runs from 10 30 until 1 30. There are morning celebrations from the sanctuary. The first one starts at 9 00 this morning. Lisa is here. Its great to see our Community Members come together during this time of year. We could eat anything at 9 00 in the morning. Good morning, we are looking at a milder start to the day with a lot of cloud cover. Theres a system awfully close to us. Its 43 in livermore. Will it offer us any rain . Well talk about it, next. Also ahead, a Christmas Gift for a family that needed a reason to smile. The generous donation and what you can do to help more families get back on their feet after the north bay wildfires. Plus christmas came early for two kids after a special surprise from someone they thought wasnt after cigarette taxes were raised, Convenience Stores are now seeing a spike in crime. Thieves are stealing cartons of cigarettes. Our sister station in fresno has more on the latest heist that turned into a brutal encounter. Reporter video shows the moment the suspect dives behind the Cash Register at the beginning of a tenminute struggle inside this liquor store all for 150 cartons of cigarettes. Punched him, hit him, sprayed him in the face with some sprays and stuff. Zip tied his hands. Reporter a lieutenant has noticed the most sought out item is is cigarettes. Now that the tobacco tax raised the price, suspects know they are a gauaranteed value and eas to resell for cash. The robbers in this situation in this incident they never touch the Cash Register at all. Reporter cigarettes were taken recently during a deadly mini mart robbery. Thieves were captured on camera carting out boxes of cigarettes. The clerk never fought back, but was shot and killed as the suspects left. Two men w men w of homicide. Despite the serious injury to the clerk in the latest cigarette theft, he was a witness and able to help police solve the crime. He described this as scary. Doesnt know whats going on. But the good thing was he was able to recognize voices and their body movements and stuff to help identify the people. Reporter detectives recovered 35 cases of cigarettes at a home just two blocks away from the liquor store. A man and a woman were arrested for the crime and the female gave police a full confession. Officers believe the pair scoped out the mart and figured out where the cigarettes were stored. Abc 7 news. A reason to smile this morning for a north bay family thats been through a difficult past few months. They have a new temporary home just in time for christmas. Its not christmas. It doesnt feel like christmas at all. Reporter the Holiday Season has been tough for the swan family. They lost their home in octobers redwood complex fire and have struggled to find a place to live. Rents are high and housing competitive. I havent wanted to listen to any Christmas Music or im not in the christmas mood. It sucks because my husband loves christmas. Now we just want it to be over. Reporter just in time for christmas is this rv. It was donated through rvs without borders. Its so much more of a belief. I feel like woor going to be able to relax and not have to worry about whats the backup plan. Reporter the program aes goal is to help the shortterm housing shortage and allow fire victims to stay in their communities. They need to have some place to call their own so they can rest their nervous system. Reporter its also up to residents who did not lose their homes to offer up their drae driveways. Those that have undamaged homes can play a very important role. It has a queensize bed. Reporter they will park in a family members yard. Their goal now is to save up for a new house. Alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. A local family len joy christmas together following a sailors surprise return from overse overseas. He spent nine months serving our country overseas. Yesterday he helped serve his family lunch along with a bigger surprise of his presence inside the shops. He learned friday he would be home just in time for the holidays. Me missing my boys birthdays, but christmas, itch down moment for us. I was so emotional. I was just so touched. The uso provided this video. He expects to be home for the next nine months. Enjoy that time together. Hundreds of kids now have new bikes they can pedal around San Francisco. All thanks to santa clause and his helpers at the fire department. Abc 7 news was inside the toy program warehouse where the site of 300 new bikes and riding toys brought a smile to so many faces. Two of the new bike owners tell us where they plan to ride. To the store. Maybe to the park. I grew up in the mission district. Didnt have a lot. Single mom. We just want to give back and make sure that every kid has toys and just fun stuff. The kids also received free helmets to wear while they ride their new bikes. Final orders are coming in for another holiday dinner tradition that some consider Little Pockets of love. Abc 7 news was in west okay land where sales were brisk. Its a timeconsuming process to produce them. But youll hear no complaints from the chefs. I think its a blessing to be able to share the traditions with people. Were keeping them alive. This is a pretty hispanic tradition. To ma lees go back to when the spanish came to mexico. Some say is it started as part of the mexican celebration that commemorates a search for shelter before the birth of jesus. Time is 5 18. Aaa is brining back their tipsy toe program. It helps drivers who have had too much to drink home safely. Call for a free ride and tow for up to ten miles. Its available to everyone, even if you arent a aaa member. It runs from 6 00 tonight until 6 00 tomorrow morning. Sunday morning, live doppler 7 showing a little precip off is shore. Its not reach iing the ground. The upper levels of the atmosphere are a little moist, but the lower levels are quite dry. As we widen the perspective, there are spotty showers around the state. So were not going to rule them out. You could see a spotty shower throughout the day as this system continues to move through Northern California today. Thats why were going to be covered in a lot of clouds and why were starting out mild with numbers ranging in the 40s and 50s. The typical cool spots in the 30s for santa rosa. 39 by. The delta. A little windchill in the north bay. 45 in oakland. And a live look outside. Your forecast highlights cloudy and cool this morning with the clouds continuing into the afternoon. A chance of an isolated sprinkle. Otherwise we will be dry and well look for a sunnier day tomorrow. Milder. Temperatures for Christmas Day. As we go through your forecast today and tomorrow hour by hour, youll notice all the cloud cover throughout the day today. Theres the rain well to the north. It looks like its going to stay there. By 10 00 tonight still more clouds to keep us on the mild side and into crihristmas tomorrow. Check it out. We have some sun. As a result temperatures will make it back up into the 60s in some neighborhoods by the afternoon. Here we are at 5 00. Youll see just a few more clouds. With the cloud cover overnight lows in liver moore a lult cooler tomorrow morning in the upper 30s. The rest of the week just an arrange of near 40 degrees. A little more mild. If you are headed to the sierra nevada, overnight lows in the 20s. The afternoon highs in the 50s. A little bit more Sun Christmas day and into tuesday it looks like spring skiing with low 50s. Highs underneath the cloud cover. 55 in oakland looking at 56 in fremo fremont. Numbers really in the narrow range today with the blanket of clouds. Tomorrow planning your Christmas Day starting out in the 30s and 40s. A lot like today with the cloud cover. By the afternoon, were getting to more sunshine. Mid to upper 50s and by 4 00 a few 60s around the bay. It should feel mild er and a fe clouds at night. The forecast showing that today with the clouds will be just in the 50s. You can download our accuweather app and keep track of the temperatures and youll notice when the clouds begin to part more tomorrow on Christmas Day. More sunshine and numbers will respond. So the rest of the week looks to be dry. Numbers in the 60s around the bay. As we get towards next weekend, trying to manage a few clouds. But still looking pretty dry right until the end of the year. Good to know. Thank you. Just ahead, our official intelligence is so advanced that robots can trade shares and diagnose disea they appear out of nowhere. My secret visitors. Appearing next to me in plain sight. Hallucinations and delusions. These are the unknown parts of living with parkinsons disease. What stories they tell. But for my ears only. What plots they unfold. But only in my mind. Over 50 of people with parkinsons will experience hallucinations or delusions during the course of their disease. And these can worsen over time, making things even more challenging. But there are advances that have led to Treatment Options that can help. If someone you love has parkinsons and is experiencing hallucinations or delusions, talk to your parkinsons specialist. Because theres more to parkinsons. My visitors should be the ones i want to see. Learn more at moretoparkinsons. Com imagine ready to go Christmas Shopping and all your money disappears. It happened to a mother at a local bank. Michael finney picks up the story from here. Happy holidays. Reporter michelle was going out Holiday Shopping this past weekend when her money was swiped by an atm. It was literally all the money i had for christmas, e she wrote. I have no money. This is the atm. Its located at the u. S. Bank in fairfield. Their atm malfunctions and i printed a a receipt saying that they couldnt return my deposit and couldnt put my despoz sit in the bank and had to call an 800 number. Reporter the receipt says a machine error has occurred. I called the number immediately and they cold told me i had file a kplam and it would be ten days until i got my money back. I said christmas is in eight days. I have four kids to provide christmas for. It was all my money. I need my money. Reporter we met up with michelle at her workplace. Shes a caregiver in this home. Everyone here was rooting for michelle and her family. She went down to the local bank branch, made phone calls and went to my Facebook Page too. After seeing her note, we talked with michelle and the bank the next day the money arrived. Christmas will be okay . Christmas is going to be fine. Reporter as for the bank, the local manager told me hes not authorized to talk. The last email i saw from u. S. Bank it just wasnt comfortable talking about the incident because of prooivacy issues. I want to thank them for moving so fast. That is a hid spirit in action. It worked out perfectly. Without your help, it wouldnt have happened. Thats what were here for. All is well that ends well. Michelle got her money, her kids will get their gifts, which leaves the question what will the gifts be. Im not saying. Time is is 5 26. A robot dj puts the tech in techno. A nightclub in prague has a robot behind the turntable. It has special software to help choose its songs. The reviews so far are mixed with some saying theres no emotion behind the music selection. Its an. Adaptive former industry robot. The crowd doesnt look all that pleased. Still to come, a San Francisco Charity Still needs donations this christmas. How you can drop off donations on their final day of collection. And a pilot surprises his parents more than weaving your own shoes. By out of flax. Or simply adjust your thermostat. Do your thing, with Energy Upgrade california. Its great to have you with us. Were starting this half hour with a quick look at the weather. Its certainly cloudy outside. As a result, temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. So well start out with the cooler areas. 39 by the delta. 46 in hayward. This morning we are anywhere from 3 to 5 degrees milder than we were yesterday at this time. But the poor air quality continues. Tomorrow, though, a little more wind. Were expecting a frontal passa

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