>> building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc seven news on this christmas eve, san francisco city crews are repairing parts of union square in the wake of vandalism, but it isn't enough to dampen the holiday spirit for hundreds of shoppers. >> still searching tonight for some last minute christmas deals. good evening, and thanks for joining us on this christmas eve, i'm dion lim, san francisco police arrested four protesters after they spray painted parts of union square and damaged part of a giant christmas tree. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us last minute shopping continues with folks looking for deals and some holiday spirit. yeah. >> no, snow was falling around union square thanks to a snowmaking machine and kids were loving it. san francisco decking the halls and getting festive. >> it's just amazing. like like the whole atmosphere. and then

it's great christmas time. love it. >> the first coat is a primer. second coat or do it. >> public works crews spent part of their christmas eve repairing damage from weekend vandalism. police say a group of pro-palestinian protesters took over union square saturday. police arrested four people, one for felony vandalism, after climbing up the christmas tree, planting fliers and a palestinian flag. >> we were staying at the grand hyatt over there and we noticed the lights was completely off for the rest of the evening. >> cindy, she's family, were disappointed to see the vandalism, which disabled the tree lights saturday night. >> hopefully they can demonstrate and express their feelings a different way. of course, we support and embrace all type of feelings, emotions. signs but damaging city public city property is not really the way to go. >> in a statement, the union square alliance tells abc seven news the ability to protest is a sacred american right. sadly because of the actions of a few, many will be denied the chance to enjoy the beauty of macy's

great tree in union square for the remainder of the holiday weekend. the alliance says repairs to the tree could take days, but by sunday afternoon it appeared the lights were working again. meantime, that christmas clock is ticking down and shoppers all around the square. they're looking for deals. i mean, like, right now i just got a deal on the christian mccaffrey jersey. >> yes. no, seriously. online they're like $200. and i just got a good deal on it. >> can the wife some last minute things christmas eve at the city shoppers were hoping to make it merry and bright. >> merry christmas, happy holidays in san francisco cornell bernard abc seven news. >> love those good deals. well, moving on. fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house fire that killed one person and injured another early. this morning in menlo park, firefighters responded at about 3 a.m. to a call from an apartment complex on madeira avenue near van buren road. neighbors had already put out the flames using a garden

hose and fire extinguishers, but when firefighters entered the apartment, they found two victims on the floor of one of the bedrooms. one did not survive. >> it looks like they were smokers and the smoke alarms had been removed. uh- is what we found and so we are definitely stressing at this time of year. definitely for people to check and make sure that they have properly installed and functioning smoke detector alarms in their homes. >> the second fire victim was taken to stanford medical with serious injuries. two dogs also died in that fire. for millions of americans are hitting the skies this christmas eve. triple a is predicting that 15 million people will travel more than 50 miles from home for the holiday weekend, and taking a live look now from i-80 in emeryville, where you can see both directions, definitely lit up with lights. an estimated 7.5 million people are projected to also fly to their holiday destination. hopefully all of those travelers will get to their locations on time. san

francisco international has 76 flight delays today, but just one cancellation, while san jose has 42 delays and one cancellation. taking a look at oakland airport now live, where you can see on the ground, not much activity, but there have been 37 delays today and five cancellations as well. it looks like most of the bay area is in for a chilly christmas eve night . let's get a check now of your weather with alex cheney and the accuweather forecast. >> alex, a very merry christmas eve, everybody. i'm alex cheney here again from kabc down in los angeles to bring you the weather forecast this upcoming week. this is what it looks like right now. there is actually a little bit of rain moving out towards northern california and of course up into the pacific northwest. there's a coastal flood advisory for tomorrow morning that's going to be affecting the bay area. there's going to be some really light showers if anything. but there is that advisory heading into tomorrow morning. so let's take a look at tonight's lows. things are going to be not as cold as last night. a few more 40s out

there. it's going to be 48 degrees overnight in san francisco, 41 degrees tonight in concord, 43 in richmond. some more clouds are going to be moving into the atmosphere tonight. and usually when that happens, things are a little bit warmer overnight because those clouds retain that heat from the afternoon. here's your day planner tomorrow for christmas day. it's looking really nice. most temperatures are going to be right at average or actually slightly warmer than that by about 4 p.m. up to about 60 degrees out towards the bay. still to come, i'll tell you more about what's coming up this week and if there will be some rain on new year's eve. that's all coming up in just a bit. >> the city of bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of jesus, has canceled its christmas celebrations in solidarity with gaza, bethlehem is located in the occupied west bank, the heart of the conflict between israel and hamas in stead of the usual christmas tree in manger square outside the church of the nativity, there's an art installation depicting a bombed grotto. the installation also features a depiction of baby jesus wrapped in a white cloth and held by the virgin mary.

signs posted near the church read gaza in the heart and our children want to play and laugh along with we want life, not death. yeah. shake a hand familiar sight and familiar sounds. there it is, a christmas eve filled with music, worship and giving. today at glide memorial, a busy day of events kicked off with hundreds of members taking part in an energetic service. this morning. now, after the service, the church held a longtime christmas tradition. we're talking about the annual christmas eve luncheon celebration and house of prime rib brunch that brought out the crowds. volunteers helped prepare 2500 meals today, with 3,000 pounds of prime rib. owner of house of prime rib joe betz, says they look forward to the joy of giving each and every year. >> i is doing it for 30 years and once you start doing it and got to know cecil williams, you really what what giving means a

lot of love, a lot of trust. >> families coming in, people coming in, getting food, lots of hugs, lots of smiles. that's the glide way. >> glide will be serving more christmas meals tomorrow starting at 11 a.m. well, it's a bittersweet day for customers at see's candies in san francisco's embarcadero center. the store just closed its doors for the last time at 6:00. there's no word on why the location is shutting down, but if you still need to shop for holiday treats, there is a store at market and sutter streets. see's still has three stores in the city. it makes more than 100 varieties of candies, including peanut brittle and fudge. the company is based in the bay area and has been in business for more than 100 years. the only creatures who might have had a busier night ahead than santa. those nine tiny reindeer. but the animals are in good hands year round. we'll take you to one farm that specializes in reindeer wrangling, and they say he knows when you've been

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santa apparently has helped police in peru carry out a drug bust near the capital city. yes that is an officer dressed as santa claus, using a sledgehammer to knock down a door at a home in lima, peru. police say the location was hard to access, so the santa disguise was used to get close to the scene without alerting neighbors. two people were taken into custody during that bust. while we're on the topic, it is christmas eve, which means it is go time for santa and his reindeer. what better time to learn more about his herd pulling that sleigh? abc's ines de la cuetara. sets us straight on some reindeer. reality >> you know, dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen. but do you know who takes care of them in norway and sweden, only the indigenous sami people can herd reindeer. >> we have been doing, you know, family for many, many generations. >> we caught up with johan isaak

, tori axel while he was out with his herd. >> this might not be uh- rudolph the red nose, but here is rebekah, the one whose the movie frozen, drawing inspiration from the sami people. >> the reindeers are better than people. sven, don't you think that's true? >> are you the real life kristoff? >> i try to be like a reindeer herder, and i think kristoff is also that. we both love radios, so we have some common sayings. >> he says there is one thing the film gets wrong though. >> yes, they don't eat carrots. >> they don't eat carrots. >> they don't eat carrots. >> so rudolph the red nosed reindeer, we asked johan about the most famous reindeer of all. >> he tells us rudolph and the crew are all female since they have antlers at christmas. males typically lose theirs in the winter. >> that means that the females are the positas. in the winter, you go down in his store, you

>> i feel so educated on reindeer now. well, still ahead, a warning for beachgoers heading into the upcoming week. plus alex cheney has a look ahead to your christmas day weather conditions. >> and that was stephen curry. twas the night before christmas abc seven. the place to be. we got the warriors in denver and christmas at levi's. how christian kringle mccaffrey delivered the goods ahead of tomorrow's game against the ravens. warriors. 40 niners, all on abc seven c

dangerous water conditions, including beach erosion. they say sneaker waves can pull people into the sea from rocks, jetties and beaches, all without warning. north west facing beaches are most at risk from breaking waves and strong currents. the bay area is in for a potentially wet post christmas week as well. let's get a check of your accuweather forecast from alex cheney. alex. >> hope you're having a great christmas eve with your family and friends. again, here's the

satellite and radar, so do expect there could be some really light showers tomorrow morning. and there is going to be that coastal flood advisory all the way through 11 a.m. but let's see your daytime highs tomorrow for christmas day. we're going to start off in the south bay 63 degrees tomorrow in san jose, santa cruz at about 60 and cupertino. 60 degrees as well. so some temperatures a little bit warmer than average or average for this time of year is about 5758. we see more of that here. 58 degrees in redwood city tomorrow, palo alto in at about 59. as we head up to san francisco, the city proper, 57 degrees downtown, and there will be just a little bit of some fog tomorrow morning because you're going have some really cold air coming off the coast. and just enough heat that's still going to be out towards the bay area. that will create a little bit of fog tomorrow. heading up now towards the north bay, 58 degrees in santa rosa tomorrow, 58 in novato and 59 degrees sonoma. napa. if you're heading

out to wine country, that's going to be a beautiful christmas day for you. you can expect about 60 degrees out here to the east bay, oakland at 59, berkeley at about 57 degrees. these are some great temperatures out there for you for christmas day. and then out here into the concord area, about 58 degrees san ramon at about 60. and pleasanton at 60 degrees as well. let's take a look across the country to see what everybody else is going to be experiencing on christmas day. uh- seattle. the pacific northwest is going to be getting hit with a little bit of some rain and some snow as well. los angeles, of course, i love la. 65 degrees tomorrow uh- areas out towards the rocky mountains are going to be near freezing tomorrow. we took a look at this system of some showers just yesterday. it's now moving on a bit so areas like fargo you got rapid city and chicago going to be getting lots of rain and snow at least through tomorrow. memphis pretty good at 61. the southeastern united states looks okay. 68 degrees in new orleans. some showers in atlanta tomorrow and tampa and miami looking

pretty warm as well here is the christmas planner. i hope everybody has a great day. so once again, up to about 60 degrees possible in some of those bay area locations tomorrow it is going to be right near average or maybe slightly above. it's going to be a really nice christmas day. and if you're going to be enjoying the 40 niners as they take on the ravens about 5:00 on christmas day, kickoff is going to be at about 56 degrees, and then you'll hit about 50 by the time maybe you are leaving. here is the seven day forecast looking great. the next chance of rain is going to be out here on wednesday. about 60 degrees, but still some showers with some wind. and then the next one is going to be a little bit friday night into saturday. and then we could see those showers linger a little bit into new year's eve, which no matter what, even if there is some lightrillionain, is going to be a fun day. have a very merry christmas eve and i'll see you again tomorrow on christmas day. back to you, dion . >> now abc seven sports with chris alvarez. >> all right. what a gift we

have for you tomorrow on abc seven. and is a battle of the top two teams in all the nfl. 11 340 niners 11 and three baltimore ravens. both teams enters the top seeds in their respective conference as a push for home field advantage in the playoffs. continues now usually plays get gifts for the offensive linemen. this time of year before niners running back christian mccaffrey got gifts for everyone on offense that included linemen trent williams, quarterback brock purdy, wide receiver deebo samuel and tight end george kittle. everybody got a brand new custom fit set of golf clubs and a bottle of tequila. >> yeah, anytime you're getting the, you know, the gifts, it's always tough. um, you got to get creative. you got to do something that kind of, you know, panders to everybody. and i figured if they don't play golf, they will at some point in their life. and so better to be prepared than not. it's just nice to have a bag of clubs in your garage. he told me earlier in the week that he was like, you know, like he was like, i got a good gift for the whole offense. >> i was like, oh, nice. he

goes, well, i hope everyone likes it. and he's like, oh, i mean fitted clubs with the custom bag man and a bottle of tequila. i'm not going to be upset about that. i did get a new set of clubs i needed. >> yeah, i needed some. yeah. shout out christian. financially i wouldn't be able to cover that right now, but, uh, he, uh no shout out to him. everyone loved it. so yeah. thank you christian. >> the warriors back over 500 for the first time since mid november after a 20 point win over the blazers last night. chase center dubs have won eight straight games at home, all of a sudden things are going well. >> klay thompson scored a game high 28 in the win and stephen curry the splash brother oh he chipped in 27 points. up next for the dubs though christmas day test tomorrow in denver against defending champs right here on abc seven. >> marquee games on christmas. gonna be a great atmosphere. you know we we've we've been in in that you know environment before. so understand what it's going to be like on the road. it's going to be fun to you know just compete. it's a test.

that's the next one on the schedule though too. so you kind of uh- understand how they play lock in on what we need to do, try to go get a win. >> and after you spend christmas morning with the fam, spend the rest of the day with your family and us on abc seven, we got warriors nuggets tipping off at 1130. pregame starts at 11. then it's celtics and lakers and nfl countdown leads into 40 niners and ravens. after the game immediately follows, i'll be at levi's stadium. player interviews and we'll see if santa makes an appearance down there. all right. the biggest game today two, ten and four teams matching up mike mcdaniel's dolphins hosting the cowboys. and he really wanted to call a late first half timeout and set this up for good reason because it's former niner raheem mostert wide open for the touchdown as miami takes a 13 seven lead at the break. and this young dolphins fan, though not as happy as mostert was there because here come the cowboys 3.5 minutes to go miami miami only up six. and dak prescott finds brandin cooks in the corner of the end zone. yes sir. go ahead. touchdown dallas takes a 20 to 19 lead. both feet

were down mike mccarthy though his mood changes because miami marches right back down jason sanders a 29 yard game winning field goal. dolphins win 2220. they clinch a playoff berth. the loss drops dallas behind philly for the nfc east lead. the eagles play the giants tomorrow. now with a win today, the lions will win the division for the first time since 1993. jared goff was born in 94. the marin native cal star threw one touchdown today to amon-ra. saint brown gives detroit the lead in the third quarter and let's dance former niners backup quarterback nick mullens has since taken over as the vikings starter under 90s to go down six third and 27 and mullins to justin jefferson. what a catch in traffic. mullins threw for over 400 yards and two scores, both to jefferson, but he also threw four picks, the last trying to get the ball to jefferson and that's going to end the game right there. jefferson stunned mullins, slammed the helmet as the lions win 30 to 24, winning the division, guaranteeing at least

one home playoff game. it's been a long time for detroit lions fans. 1993 was a long, long time ago. >> i mean, what did you say 1994 was the year of was born in 94 and the lions were in the playoffs in 93? >> i think i saw like a thing. jurassic park was the top movie. i don't even want to know how cheap gas was. it was like very, very cheap. >> you know what's scary is that a lot of songs that i like are now considered oldies, because it's been so long. >> me too. i'm right there with you. >> yeah, it's a little embarrassing. >> turn up the oldies. we're good. that's right. >> let's let's own it. chris. yeah all right, well, coming up, santa's very busy night is just getting started. so still ahead, a peek inside the command center, working hard

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abc seven news at 11. now before we go, a quick look at the control chaos allowing kiddos to keep track of santa right now. i think you are 8-80 instead of boy. so much is going on. it is all hands on deck at norad this evening. the north american aerospace defense command is responsible for tracking every thing flying in and around the us and canada tonight. that also includes santa and his reindeer. the santa tracker has become a global phenomenon. radar stations have already picked up an infrared signal. probably, we're told, from rudolph's nose. the tradition began back in 1955, when a child accidentally dialed an unlisted phone number of the operations center in colorado springs, believing she was calling santa claus. after seeing a promotion in a local newspaper. we will keep tabs on santa all night long, that's all the time we have. merry christmas eve. we'll see you tonight

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