morning a five-year-old child is dead after another shooting in oakland. and pg&e tells regulators it couldn't inspect 14 miles of pipeline because it lost the maps. >> good morning. fog this morning but then sunny later today. >> good morning. heartbreak in east oakland this morning as another family mourns the death of a child killed by

gun violence. the five-year-old boy was shot while standing outside a taco truck. >> reporter: the five-year-old boy shot. his parents in tears at children's hospital. the shooting happened here at the taco truck on international and 55th, shortly after 8:30. man's mother-in-law works at the truck. >> she was working with the little boy's mom and the dad was with the little baby outside the taco truck. and i guess somebody just passed by and started shoeing at the taco truck. >> police are looking for a man and a woman in a silver pontiac. his mother-in-law wasn't allowed to leave the scene so she called her family. >> she called us crying. she said someone shot her boss's son. >> he can't believe this is happening again. >> the same thing happened on 65th. the little boy killed, same thing happened. >> he's talking about three-year-old that was shot and killed in august.

>> it surprised me because killing little kids, innocent kids, they didn't even do nothing, they don't even know what's happening in life. >> abc7 news. >> the five-year-old boy killed in last night's shooting is the third child recently gunned down. the police department said it's time for the community to come together and stop the killings. >> this is our third homicide of a child this year and we really need to pull together with the community and work in unison as a city to stop the violence and that's what we really need to reach out and partnership together. >> the shooter is described as an african-american male in his 30s with a gotee. he may have been driving a silver pontiac with a female inside. investigators say the woman accused of murdering nursing student michelle li stalked her before killing her.

24-year-old esteban was indicted two weeks ago following a grand jury hearing. prosecutors said she was jealous because li dated her old boyfriend. she sent text messages to her exand then followed her to the garage. that's where she was killed. her body was found in a field. pg&e comes clean and admits to violating federal law. the san francisco chronicle reports pg&e told state regulators friday they lost crucial guide maps needed to do mandatory safety inspections on nearly 14 miles of pipeline. regulations require them to be inspected every five years but with no maps some went nearly 22 years without being checked. as a result, 22 leaks found earlier this week. they were previously ignored areas such as pittsburgh, brentwood and concord. banana sam is still on the lamb. security was stepped up in light of the tiny monkey's disappearance thursday. there's still no sign of him.

sam weighs only two pounds and is just is it 11 inches long. they report there was real concern over his health and safety. >> there are about 20 squirrel monkeys at the san francisco zoo. banana sam is not one of them and only his thief or thieves know what happened. >> it's tragic he might be by himself. it's very important we get him back and get him back to his family group. >> somebody cut the chain on an outside fence, walked up to the back of the monkey exhibit and cut their way into the area where the zoo said there's no surveillance cameras. >> at this time we don't know what the motive is. it could be an animal rights group, for all we know, it could be someone who wants to make a profit off the animal. >> on the web we had no trouble finding squirrel monk kiss for sale. ranking from $5,000 to several thousand dollars. having pet monkeys is legal in some states, but not in california. although we found some for sale

in oakland and sacramento. one person familiar with the monkey trade is susie. she runs a sanctuary. >> there are people who breed squirrel monk kiss to sell. unfortunately they still take them out of the wild for laboratories and probably also for pets. >> >> banana sam is one of the oldest here at age 17. they normally live to be about 20. experts say they do not make good pets. >> it might be a friendly monkey, but in a different situation where it's taken out of its normal environment, like the zoo, it's going to be scared and it's probably going to bite. >> visitors to the zoo want banana sam back. >> it's shocking. >> yeah, it's not cool. >> john alston reporting. the disappearance of the monkey is very upsetting to people who worked at the zoo. a penguin worker tweeted, he says, you will get caught, too

many people know you did it, and all this press. return him. no questions asked. that's from zoo keeper anthony brown. in just few weeks governor brown's proposal to raise taxes has managed to rake in $1.2 million. the funds to promote the temporary increase on the sales tax and tax on wealthy were raised from just nine donor and they include blue shield and california association of hospital and health systems. outdoor enthusiasts have launched a campaign to save two popular parks in the santa cruz mountains threatened by state budget cuts. the volunteers plan to raise $500,000 in the next few months. the money will go to the state to keep portola redwood state park and castle state park open. >> republican presidential candidate ron paul is at or near the top of the policy in iowa.

-- top of the polls in iowa. with that ranking comes confidence. even though the caucuses on tuesday, the texas congressman plans to head home for the weekend. the latest evidence of his unconventional approach for winning the gop nomination. as for the other candidates, no surprise, many are taking verbal shots at each other. we have the details. >> it's a mad dash to the finish line. the iowa caucuses are still up for grabs. a new poll shows mitt romney and ron paul in a tight race for the top spot. then it's a bare-knuckle fight to win the bronze. the an dates are aiming their attacks at the one just ahead of them in the policy. rick perry is hitting rick santorum. >> senator santorum loaded up his bills with pork. >> santorum slamming paul. >> and this is the dangerous thing paul represents. >> and paul going after romney. but for the last month everyone has attacked newt gingrich and it's had a major effect. he's gone from first to fifth in just a few weeks. according to one analyst, nearly

half the ads that ran this month focused on gingrich and the vast majority were negative. >> i think politics has become a nasty, vicious, negative business and i think it's disgusting and i think it's dishonest and i think the people who run the ads know they are dishonest. >> later at a book signing he got emotional when he spoke of his mother's illness with mental illness. >> but i identify my mother with being happy. >> this new year's weekend the candidates will be focused on locking down support. they are probably saving their champagne for tuesday night. karen traverse, abc news, washington. up next, we will look at how people will welcome 2012. let's take a live look at times square in new york city. that's where the ball will be dropped. it will be carried live here at abc7. not much going on now but you don't want to get in line too early. and thousands of people will line the embarcadero to watch

fireworks over the bay. but coming up next, the warning police are putting

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> welcome back. you may not it by this live pictures but preparations are underway in new york to get ready for the party. the confetti has already been tested. the celebration less than 15 hours away. new york city expecting record crowds because of the mild weather in the big apple. you can catch the countdown on dick clark's new year's rockin' eve tonight at 11:30.

san francisco police are preparing for a large crowd this new year's eve. not as large as new york, but large. tonight they will set up sobriety tents for people who overdo it. we have some options to keep you from getting behind the wheel. the triple-a tipsy toe program offers free towing, up to 10 miles from 6:00 p.m. tonight through six tomorrow morning. you can get a free taxi ride in east bay and luxor cab in san francisco, but you have to mention berg injury lawyers for a free ride up to a maximum fair of $35. muni is also offering complimentary service, and if you just need some coffee to keep things going, bay area 7-11 stores will be giving away free small coffees to help you on your new year's eve celebration. for more information go to abc7 news.com and click on "see it on

tv." as the first day of 2012 approaches, it's time for some to get their resolutions in order. here's the list of the top five resolutions for 2012. number 5, stay fit and healthy. number 4, enjoy life to the fullest. number 3, spend less and save more money. number 2, get organized. >> that was for myself. i was just enforcing that for myself. and the number 1 resolution, which no doubt leads the pack every year, lose weight. >> it all adds up to one thing, feel better, be happier. five all lead to go that one goal. >> you are going to start. we will follow your lead. >> no, please. it's not going to last too long. it will be done by 10:00 tomorrow morning. >> you know what? we are looking at the same old weather pattern here, dry. at least it will be a beautiful weekend. i gave that away. but i haven't told you where the fog is or how cold it is and the

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streets of l.a. and it has nothing to do with new year's eve. they are trying to prevent a serial arsonist from striking again and there are new reports of arson this morning. several more cars burned in suspected arson attacks this morning. at least 121 car fires were set yesterday before dawn in and around west hollywood. most were started in parked cars. several turned into major fires and one destroyed a home once lived in by doors front man jim morrison. no injuries reported. there's a $35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the arsonist. firefighters in carson city, nevada are hoping winds will die down this morning as they battle a 300-acre brush fire. about 20 homes were threatened yesterday afternoon when the fire first broke out. at one point there were voluntary evacuation. it is unusual to have a brush fire in carson city this time of year. the capital, just east of lake tahoe, is often under a layer of snow in december.

but as lisa has been pointing out, boy, it's just not coming. it's not happening. >> not happening. yeah. so we are stuck with another nice day today. yesterday was pretty gray. we had the threat of rain and a little mist and drizzle. and today high pressure builds in and it's going to be pretty nice out there with temperatures near 70 around monterey bay. right now we are looking at the very cold conditions. the sun coming up 7:25. setting 5:01. we were 28 degrees in novato but now we have warmed up a couple degrees. fog is still a big problem out there. 32 in novato. good morning, napa, 36 for you. 48 livermore. mid-40s around the bay. 53 half moon bay with a lot of fog out there. we are talking quarter mile in hayward, and napa. less than that in novato. fairfield is down to three quarters of a mile. nothing going on on the coast. mountain view in good shape but

we will be looking for these areas to improve as the sun comes up. another hour to hour and a half with the foggy conditions, then that will lift and we will see high pressure take command and that will allow for temperatures to warm up this weekend. dry and mild into the beginning of next week. we have a couple weak weather systems moving over this ridge of high pressure that's building on in. but this has been a series of wind shifts and higher clouds, and those freezing nights. that's been the trend for december. it kind of looks like we are getting back into that, at least for the short term. here's a look at the high clouds. you will notice over california and some mid-level clouds to the north and west of us. but this all changes as this frontal band that went through yesterday continues to sink to the south. the high builds in to flex the cloud cover and the storm systems to the north. it allowing for the clearing trend. so we are looking at a slight offshore flow today. that will allow for temperatures

to be quite mild. we are looking at mid-50s today in yosemite. it was in the low 60s around reno and 50 tahoe. unseasonably warm here, anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above normal lout the weekend. we have the fog from the central coast and also down to the sacramento and san joaquin valley. 74less. we are looking at nice conditions tonight. sunny afternoon and then for fireworks midnight we are talking low 40s by va lay owe. 45 almeda with san francisco coming in in the upper 40s. pretty nice out there. grab the jacket and enjoy it. in the south bay today temperatures will respond to the sunshine. yesterday you were the warmest locations in and around san jose. low 60s. today mid-60s. 66 in los gatos and on the peninsula. redwood city coming in at 65 trees. pacifica 57 and san francisco up a few degrees. 61 degrees and sunshine from the richmond district, golden gate

park. beautiful day. in the north bay a little bit of a north wind so the numbers warming into the mid-60s. santa rosa, 65 today. va lay owe 62 and near east bay all in the 60s. you head out toward caster valley and fremont, 64. fog early on but that should be lifting and a little bit of a light wind out there will allow temperatures to climb into the mid-60s. danville and walnut creek. walnut creek, and 70 salinas. some of the fog coming back into play overnight tonight, but not doing anything to inhibit the clear skies. so temperatures will be warmest over the weekend and then a couple weak systems will bring in the higher clouds and a little bit more fog. slightly cooler air through the middle of the week and that iffy, iffy, chance of rain. looks kind of weak on thursday, doesn't it. >> do you just put that in to give us hope? >> a tease. >> it is a tease. all right. >> no, i don't. >> all right. lisa, thanks a lot.

dan harris joins us how from new york to tell us what is coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america." good morning to you. >> good morning to you. happy new year's eve morning. we will start with news out of l.a. this morning. i don't know if you have been following this, artnist only the loose in hollywood. 21 fires set already, including a new one overnight. hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. landmarks up in flames and a police force that is now mounting a massive manhunt. and the sated twist in the search for a 20-month-old girl, ayla reynolds, they said it's no longer a missing persons case but a criminal investigation. so the question this morning is what changed? what do the cops know now and do they have a suspect. and plus two stars that will not be ringing in 2012 together, russell grand filing for divorce with his wife, katie perry, two years after he proposed to geraldo. what went wrong? we will get into that this

morning, and, of course, it is new year's eve and you are invited to kick it off with us. we will be live in times square this morning where a million people, and that always freaks me out, 1 million people are going to gather in times square tonight to ring in thena year. it's all coming up on gma this saturday morning. i hope you will join us. >> are you going to be there in times square? >> absolutely not. i will be warm inside where one of the local news anchors here in new york city pointed out, it's cold outside and they dent have bathrooms, not a place for me. >> a million people regular to go. >> a million people. >> dan, thanks so much for 2011. look forward to seeing you in 2012. >> likewise. happy new year to you and all of san francisco. as i said a million times, one of my favorite cities on earth. >> if you like to watch bowl games, you have come to the right place. we have a status update of the nine speakers the raiders.

good morning, it's the ultimate tease. you own a ferrari, but it's constantly breaking down. the raiders know exactly what we are talking about. they have had three ferraris in the repair shop off and on all year. the good news ford will be back tomorrow against san diego. his first action since being injured against the chargers november 10th. >> i have to be able to be out there and be with my guys and be with the team. it feels good to be back in the meeting rooms and be around. he's been saying try to get the ferraris back. he said he has the yellow one. >> good to have one of them back. the 49ers defense licking their chops for sunday's contest in st. louis. the rams' offensive line is given up the league's worst 52 sacks. earlier this month san francisco registered 4 sacks in the 26-0 home win. the rams are bad. they and the colts have the worst record in the nfl at 2-13. patrick willis doesn't care.

>> well, you can't come out and take them lightly because as i believe any sunday they have a winning record or losing record, you have to come out and play. they have nothing to lose so they can come out and -- -- there's a lot riding on this game. >> yes, there is. the hunger bowl set for 12:30 kickoff at&t park today. ucla in illinois. formers niners offensive coordinator now guiding the bruins. mike johnson. johnson took over for a fired jimmy ray last season. remember that? then he became the o. c. at ucla this year. he coaches this game after the bruins let rick knew highs he -- nuheisel go. >> i am extremely excited to be back in the bay area for this week. we want to go out and we want to put on a good show for everyone involved, for all the sponsors, for all the fans. we want to go out and play a very worthy opponent and put on a good show and have a good game.

>> five bowl games total will be played today. here four played yesterday starting with oklahoma and iowa. inside bowl, backup quarterback blake bell, second touchdown of the game. 14-0, oklahoma. second havlat, starting quarterback jones to a wide open trent in the back of the end zone. sooners a winner, 31-14. armed forces bowl in dallas. byu in tulsa, golden hurricane quarterback dj kenny let the defender fly by and then the strike to johnson. 7-0. fourth quarter, tulsa down three. to the end zone for brian burnham. 30 yards. 21-17. 16 seconds left. riley nelson will speak it off the clock? no, he won't. fakes it.

to hoffman and cougars win. great finish byu24-21. yankee stadium the site for the pinstripe bowl, iowa state and rutgers. knights leading with six minutes left. the kid on the street works call this throwing the bomb. he hauls it in, 86 yards and in. rutgers with their fifth straight bowl win. music city bowl in nashville. mississippi state and wake forest. big night for ballard. 72 yards on this run. 180 yards on 14 carries in the game. bulldogs a winner by 6 over wake forest. 23-17. the warriors, they will be without leading scorer monta ellis tonight when they host philadelphia. ellis has been excused by the head coach to attend his grandmother's funeral in mississippi. no exact time table given for his return but it should just be a couple games. steph curry will play tonight. he sat out wednesday's win against the knicks with an injured right ankle. and we finish with a travel story. i mentioned 49ers heading to st. louis to face the rams tomorrow. the team charter averages 160 to 170 passengers for a road trip. have you of wondered how they get to point a to point b? i have.

the niners prefer to do everything on site before they get to an airport. that means tsa and personnel from their partner airline united overseeing screening every bag, every coach, player and owner searched before getting on one of those five team buses. and you get on the bus and what happens is those tsa agents have to be on those team buses with us because they have to make sure that those buses are clean going from the facility to the airport. and that allows us to pull right up to the plane and walk right on without any security issues. interesting stuff. be sure to tune in tonight at five, six and eleven about all today's bowl games. and we will have the warriors. until then, i'll collin rush. have a great day, everyone. >> next at 6:30, san francisco police say come have fun, watch the fireworks, but they are also

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verizon. >> there's a lot going on in the bay area tonight for new year's eve and abc7's don sanchez previews just a few of the events. >> the aerial artistry is a chance for people to cheer in the new year. 250,000 people are expected to gather near the ferry building at justin herman plaza. barricades will go up and security will be tight. new year's eve parties in hotels like the fairmont mix it up with bubbly, food and dancing. >> we have a few spots. to the top of the mark around the street, hotels offer an eloquent evening. there won't be parties in union square, and the ice rink will shut down early at 9:30. ♪

if it's music you are seek the masquerade ball as class and pop. and bands line up at 5:00 a.m.. >> we are devoted. we will wait all day long, and we stay as late as we can into the concert. we love these concerts. >> they close at pier 29 after tomorrow night owes show. and illinois and ucla fans are everywhere in anticipation of tomorrow's craft fight hunger bowl at&t park. take that as a traffic advisory. at the asian art museum saturday morning, each ring of the bell signals the start of a fresh, new year. and around the city the balloon lady is blowing up thousands of balloons. at the knob hill center it's for the bones comedy caravan. the balloons get dropped at midnight. can i hear that again?

>> i don't know how many of those might pop. this is the time of the year this is the time of the year when optimism reigns supreme. we hope to make it a better year. at the same time, drive carefully. don an the, abc7 news. >> as we say good-bye 2011 and hello 2012, san francisco police are preparing for a large crowd to ring in the new year. they will be setting up sobriety tents for people who overindulge. we have options to keep keep people from getting behind the wheel. you can get a free taxi ride from veterans cab in the east bay and luxor cab in san francisco, but you have to mention berg injury lawyers for a free ride with a maximum fair of $35.

you can't just go anywhere. muni is also offering complimentary service, and if you just need some coffee to stay awake for whatever reason, bay area 711 stores will be giving away free small coffees to help get you home. more information on transportation and events around the bay area. all you have to do is go to abc7news.com and click on "see it on tv." preparations underway in new york for new year's eve. confetti that will be falling on the people, this is kind ever interesting, it's already been tested. you would hate to have a new new year's eve without confetti and they won't have that tonight. they are specking record crowds because the weather there is no pleasant. and you can catch it right here on abc7, that is tonight at 11:30. >> a massive new year's eve crackdown is happening. officers say they will have more officers out than unusual. in fact, the odds of getting caught driving under the

influence going way up tonight. chp and strike teams will redouble their efforts as a part of the annual crackdown on drunk drivers. >> we are not deterring anyone from going throughout and having a good time and having fun but part of the education is letting the driver know that if you are going to go out and have a good time, please designate a driver. with, as i said before, those 21 law enforcement agencies out there, we are aggressively seeking that impaired driver. >> if you need to get around the city, as we mentioned, muni is free on new year's eve, bart will run until three in the morning until tomorrow morning. for more information on transportation and events, again, abc7news.com, click on "see it on tv." and as the year comes to a close, a look back now to remember some of those who left us in 2011. >> joe fraser, and quickly ali covers up. >> two, three, four!

>> i will continue to assist humans to alleviate their agony and suffering. ♪ >> you will therefore assume the position before the throne. >> today apple is going to reinvent the phone. >> do you want life or do you not want life? and i want life. >> i'm 91 and i'm just getting this great start on hollywood boulevard. ♪ i think for human beings, to prepare themselves is very deep. ♪ >> what are you standing around about for? move!

>> we have just been having a great time ourselves. column bow, thank you very much, man. >> somebody was an inspiration to me, so we just pass it along. >> america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us! >> they can invent better ways to kill each other, why can't they invent a way to end this stupid war! >> i've made my living as a writer for 70 years now. been pretty good.

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of 2011. a gorgeous sunrise coming on. you can't do anything about the weather. you can't make the rain come and get things back to normal. since we can change that, let's appreciate what we have, and what we have is a really nice day coming on. >> you can hardly see that. in fact, we have some wind out there that is scouring out the fog that was dense for a while, but now it's looking pretty good. we are on our way to some nice, mild temperatures. as we head out right now, this is the view from mt tam. sunset, 5:01. we will look for the numbers to warm this afternoon to above normal reading. we won't stop there. sunday looks magnificent too. we are looking at 50s on the coast. pretty mild there. 45 in oakland, and the numbers have come up about 4 degrees in some of our north bay valleys.

it's 32 novato, 36 napa. we are in the upper 20s here for the time being. 38 live more with fremont coming in at 45 and oakland 45 degrees. still the fog is a problem with quarter mile visibility in some spots. it's improved in oakland. it was at a quarter mile, now hayward still looking at the foggy conditions, as well as novato, napa, and typically out by the delta where we have the fog. overall we are looking at partly cloudy skies this morning. temperatures will continue to warm up over the weekend with the sun, and we will look for dry and mild conditions into next week. so yesterday's frontal band just brought a couple hundredth inch of rain around the bay. and we are looking at the remnants of some moisture over the bay area in terms of higher dewpoints, some clouds, and the cold front continues to sink to the south, fall apart. and high pressure builds in in its wake. as it does, it will continue to

build in to the sierra nevada they have. that brings the clearing trend and slice offshore push in the days ahead. and this won't inhibit any of the clear sky for the viewing of the fireworks tonight, new year's eve. temperatures, look how mild they are. 50s and 60s all across the state with 70s in some parts of california. the fog is in the central valley. it's also along the central coast this morning. it will continue to lift and we will see the clear sky. tonight 40 vallejo for the fireworks. 45 almeda, and san francisco in the upper 40s around midnight. back home mid-60s today in sunyvale. on the peninsula a little cool at the coast but the to go not a problem here. 64 men low park and 63 in milbrae. the sunset district, 69 degrees. 61 in san francisco with santa rosa coming in at 635 degrees.

only about 30% of normal for the rainfall season there up in that area. and 64 we will see highs rebound into of in brentwood. fog any watsonville. later on 69 degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast calls for a quiet end to 2011 and a nice start to the new year. sunny and mild. a few weak systems will switch our winds. we will see more of an on shore push come monday and tuesday and that will bring us slightly cooler weather. no big weather systems, just iffy rain coming our way maybe next thursday >> a lot of people in the other parts of the country saying, wow, must be nice out there. >> it's mild in the east, too. 50s in new york city. >> lisa, thanks a lot. for the u.s. stock market 2011 was a long, wild ride to pretty hutch nowhere.

the down jones industrial average gyrated up and down throughout the year, finally ending up 5 1/2%. not bad. the s&p 500 ended exactly where it started down 3,000th of a point. the closest to being unchanged since 1947. the nasdaq was down 1.8% for the year. apple's design chief, jonathan ive, has been knighted in britain for services and design and enterprise. you can now call him sir jonathan. apple cofounder steve jobs described ive as a spiritual partner. ive is credited with the look of iconic products like the ipod, the i-phone, ipad. he's been working at apple for 19 years. he grew up near london and he said his silversmith father inspired him to become a designer. >> score one for the american consumer. and verizon wireless is backing off on imposing new fee after the new year. >> how many angry customers does

it take to get rid of a two dollars convenience fee? answer, 50,000. how long does it take? less than a day. yesterday they announced the customers would have to pay two dollars if they made a one time payment on the phone or online. lots of customers got mad. the 22-year-old got busy. >> it's just like one more fee that kind of sent me over the edge again. >> in less than two hours she got more than 50,000 signatures on her online petition that red -- read verizon thinks it can do anything to their customers and we are powerless to stop it. spoiler alert, we're not. >> i felt like it was another ridiculous fee by verizon. i thought it was insane they were trying to charge people to pay their bills online. >> if molly looks familiar, it's because this isn't the first time she's gone up against a big company. she launched the petition against bank of america earlier this year when they tried to introduce a five dollars monthly

fee for using a debit card, carrying the petitions into the bank herself. she won that fight, and late today she chalked up another victory. verizon wireless announced at verizon we take great care to listen to our customers and dropped the planned $2 fee. >> i was actually surprised how quickly they dropped the fee. i thought it would be another month-long fight like it was at bank of america. >> the signatures are still coming in. now more than 100,000. looks like the company with the slogan "can you hear me now" heard its customers loud and clear. >> lindsay davis, abc news, new york. >> don't go away, on your side is next. >> more and more retailers want to e-mail you a receipt.

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picture? you know what is wrong. there's a little bit of snow. a smattering of man-made snow. just not happening nor resorts right now. 21 degrees at tahoe valley airport. plenty cold enough should precipitation bring snow, but there's none on the way. i guess it will be like that for a little while. like many things paper, receipts are going digital, too. more and more retailers want to skip giving you a receipt and e-mail it to you instead. but michael finney takes a look at some of the drawbacks of digital receipts. >> the trend took off here at apple restale stores. people who bought a gadget here could instantly receive their receipts here in their e-mail in box. >> i think it's better. you have it, you can search your e-mail. >> the wallet has all this crumpled paper in it so if you have an in box. >> now other retailers are following the lead. nordstrom now offers receipts by e-mail, so do the gap, banana republic, old navy and urban

outfitters. >> five years from now, based on what we are seeing and retailers are seeing i think it will be ubiquitous. >> keith is ceo of seamless receipts of new york makes the software for paperless receipts. he says it let's shoppers organize their records and gives retailers a new way to reach out to customer. >> it's an opportunity for retailers to hook the customer and either comeback for another purchase or go back to the website. >> he said 30 to 50% of customers say yes when offered the e-mails but is it a good idea for you to give a retailer your personal information just to get a receipt? some customers we talked to said it is. >> i think it's easier to keep track of. i can make a file on my computer. >> it's definitely greener and i don't like wasting papers. >> others see it as an invasion of their privacy. >> i politely decline and say no you can't have any phone number or e-mail address. >> you may see your e-mail box

flooded with promotions, but most allow you to opt all or going an extra step of calling customer service. they said receipts themselves can be a marketing tool. the urban outfitters receipt links customers to their store catalog. banana republic lets customers click to "like" the store on facebook. some say it's too much interaction. >> i don't need my e-mail account getting clogged up with save 20% here or save 20% there. >> the technology is just starting to get adopted. so we aren't necessarily seeing the long-term implications or how that technology could be abused later. >> however, the electronic frontier foundation there's concern that hackers could get a hold of your personal shopping records. >> our financial transactions are often very sensitive. we may purchase things from

stores at particular times that we don't necessarily want a record of. >> the recommendation, consider setting up a separate e-mail account for items like e-receipts like this man does. >> i have my e-mail address for friends and all that stuff, and then everything else, junk mail, whatever it may be. >> now all the retailers i've mentioned have privacy policies that promise they will not sell or share your e-mail addresses. however, some will keep track of your purchases. so before you hand over your e-mail address you should ask merchants exactly how they plan to use your data. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> up next, a san francisco lottery player scratches off his last ticket and then and then, -- he can't believe his eyes. and for those less fortunate, an

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>> here's some winning numbers from last night's $12 million mega-millions drawing. 4, 24, 45, 46, 52. the magic number is 1. nobody picked all six so the jackpot is going to rise to at least $15 million to start off the new year. and what are the odds? a san francisco man who vowed to stop playing the lottery wound up winning a whopping $1 million with, get this, his very last scratch-off ticket. the man identified only as javier v. played the $250 million cash spectacular at a doughnut shop on mission street. he claimed quitting the lottery was his new year's resolution and never in his wildest dreams did he imagine he would win such a payoff after playing one last time. or maybe he will be playing some more now that he's got some extra cash. an 11-year-old redwood city girl is into the holiday spirit this season, working hard to collect more than 600 coats for the homeless. amy hollyfield has the story.

>> the coats filled up the bed of a pickup truck, nearly 600 of them, all going to saint anthony's in san francisco. the large donation is not from a corporation or a wealthy philanthropist, but from an 11-year-old that wanted to help fill a need. >> it feels really good to do this. >> amy gifford of redwood city was watching the show "extreme makeover home edition" and thought she wanted to help those in need. >> i've seen a lot of homeless people in san francisco who need a lot. coats, they keep people warm. >> amy's dad is a manager at a cvs store and suggested placing bins in front of stores around the area. >> she sent a letter out to all of them and told her story. what she wanted to do. everybody got on board. i mean, who could say no to her? she's adorable and has a great heart. >> last year she collected about

500 coats so she decide today do it again and this year she brought in 600. >> they will be gone by the end of january given the increased volume we see. >> saint anthony's is the largest free clothing program in the city. the agency is struggling to keep up with the demand. the executive director said with this donation she now feels confident that anyone who asks for a coat this year will get one. >> no matter how young, how old you are, if you set your heart and mind to something, you can accomplish some wonderful things for other people. >> it is big for a kid to be doing this, but i think more kids should be starting to do this. >> the executive director at saint anthony's said this is the single largest donation of coats the organization has of received. amy said she plans to do it again next year. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> a great story from amy there. really a beautiful forecast. >> yeah. the winds are picking up a little bit but that's helping to scour out the fog. we will be looking at a very nice weekend >> sunny and mild conditions. we are talking about mid-to

upper 60s around the bay with some chilly nights and just areas of fog overnight. so the fireworks will be clear, and it will be clear tonight out and about. temperatures will begin to slide a little bit towards the early part of the week with a few high clouds. the only rain we have, chance of it, is on next thursday. >> all right, lisa. thanks for joining us on abc7 saturday morning news. the next newscast at 8:00 a.m. hope you have a fantastic day. take care! [ kimberly ] when i was 19, i found myself alone

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