yeah. we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half. that's not half! guys, i have more. thanks, mom. [ female announcer ] do you have enough pillsbury crescents? abc7 news begins with breaking news. >> the breaking news is in redwood city. thanks for joining us at 5:00 the i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. there is dense smoke pouring into the air at a metal recycling plant. we have the latest novembers from redwood city. matt? >> this fire starts with a huge explosion and now you can see the plume of smoke coming off

the metal management plant here at the end of the seaport boulevard in redwood city and air quality is obviously a big issue for people in this area as officials are meeting to determine if they will call for a "shelter in place." the first 9-1-1 calls came in before 1:00 o'clock am with reports of an explosion. firefighters arrived and found a huge pile of appliances on file 75' by 100' and 25' high. county offices of emergency services of meeting right new to determine what to do as far as the air quality issues and they have not decided if a "shelter in place" is called for but we expect an announcement soon. the redwood city fire marshal says there are chemicals that are harmful like all fires but do not have specific on the byproducts going out in that smoke. another issue is the people trying to get to work with big office buildings at the end of the boulevard and police are blocking it off at east bay shore and there is in word on if

or when the police will open this back up to traffic. we will, of course, keep you updated on this with a lot of people gather and parking cars waiting to see what the police will do and if they let them in. >> we will find out where the winds are blowing. >> they are light this morning and drifting from the south to the north and from the southwest to northeast at the reporting station and in palo alto. fire can create its own wind so we will see how the smoke is blowing out. matt will have the best view of that. at the reporting station palo alto is showing a southwestern wind so it is blowing from the southwest to the northeast pushing it to fremont, hayward, union city. live doppler 7 hd is dry and that is predominant in the afternoon as will be the mild flow with mid-to-upper 60's. santa cruz is 70 long with morgan hill and clever detail is

71. energy the above-average temperatures. though just about over. >> 38 trains are running on time. we do have the closure at seaport boulevard. you can see it is causing a slow down on the freeway. right now you can see yellow there and that is spectator slowing because of the large plumes of smoke which are billowing off the side of the freeway so be careful there and try not to focus teach on the smoke. drive time traffic 580 westbound from tracy to castro valley is 38 minutes. from highway 85 to the san jose airport is 11 minutes and 280 northbound to san francisco through daly city is nine-minute drive and into the east bay, southbound, along 680 through walnut creek from pleasant hill, you can see we have traffic out there but everyone is running at top speed and no accident to report. >> from san francisco, crews have blocked off access to a

house that collapsed in the twin peaks neighborhood. the house collapsed at 10:30 in the process of being remodeled and was cleared out for major renovation. no one was in the house at time. our reporter is there with were more for us coming at 5:30. firefighters are preparing a battle for an out-of-control wildfire that chases dozens from their homes and claimed numerous buildings. our reporter is in the newsroom with the latest details. >> firefighters are looking to day break to get in the air with the aerial assault their best bet. on the ground the train is very steep so access is very difficult. the fire broke out sunday near highway one and officials do not know how it started but last night it was zero percent contained. the fire burned 500 acres and

destroyed 15 homes including that big sur's fire chief, who took this picture of her own house. 100 people have evacuated the area and everyone else is in wait-and-see mode. >> we been told to pack bags and prepare to be evacuated. >> have you done that? >> yes. yes. >> the red cross is this and helping people what have been forced from their homes or those who have lost thai hopes and evacuations are in effect, in the area, and certain roads are closed and highway one is open but if you are in the area be prepared to share the road with a last emergency vehicles. the family of a 13-year-old girl who is brain dead following routine surgery are anxiously awaiting for one final test on their daughter. dead de's -- jahi mcmath's family is on live support. she had her tonsils removed but

went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain dead on thursday. the hospital is going to people a final eeg test. >> san jose has a crime rate above the state average and analysis by the independent auditor fines that while the average police department solves what of the major cases, san jose's clearance rate on major crimes has dropped to 30 percent. response time for some of the emergency calls is more than double the last eight years. the city needs more police officers says the mayor. despite the crime problem it is lower than san francisco or oakland. the city is buying 82 new vehicles to add to the public safety threat including a new type of police vehicle, with interceptors replacing some of the police cars that are currently in service. it will be the largest fleet purchase since 2001. >> the f.b.i. hope you can catch

a bad give with a bad disguise. look at the robber called "the bad beard bandit." he is stocky and 5' 9" and always wears a make beard and is robbing banks if five northern california cities including two in the bay area: sunnyvale and dublin. >> volunteers in idaho are if longer looking for a family in idaho. the single engine aircraft disappeared from an air traffic control radar and family members think that smith and his family are still alive. >> maybe they found a hunter's cabin and get away from where we think they could be. you want to believe in that one amazing story that comes out in the news that they were able to

survive the unsurvivable. >> many of the volunteers have spent their own money to travel to idaho and help out with the search. >> a's own are said oakland could is a viable location for a new ball park with the newspaper's plans for the stadium at pot of oakland was absolutely impossible but in a departure of saying all options were exhausted he said the likely site could be on land where the coliseum now sits. the mayor says the city will keep discussions going. >> now well discussion the weather. >> you can see the temperatures are in the further by at 32 with the only forecast at 34 at american canyon, and mill valley at 53. alameda is at 49. half moon bay is at 45. and 47 in redwood city, a warm

spot, and down to san jose at 42 and same in san ramon and 39 at lafayette and this is how it looks this morning: you can see the haze over there, and our day planners the next 12 hours is not so cool at 32 to 34 and we will still have poor air quality and another "spare the air" day at 58 to 64 and nice during the afternoon hours and low-to-mid 60's and we will have low-to-mid 50's if you are out and about this evening. moving forward the next these days, cleaner air arrives and it will be cooler tomorrow, and a chance of sprinkles on wednesday night into thursday morning and the cold front moves through and breezy and cool on thursday interest lesser extent, also, on friday. leyla gulen? >> we have a couple of lanes that will be shut down until five o'clock this morning eastbound highway 24 from highway 13 to the west end at the caldecott tunnel and this area is closed until 6:00 this

morning through lafayette and you can see the top speed has slowing in the eastbound direction. as we drop down to 580 eastbound side to saab ramon road we have the construction project lasting until 6:00, as well, and you can squeeze by the crews but remember to slow down as we look outside, this is beginning to be the bay bridge toll plaza coming from the maze and toward san francisco and it is wide open and a couple of extra cars but a look from emeryville camera and it is moving smoothly and we had early construction and that has been picked up and over to treasure island, all is quiet and calm. >> thank you at 5:10. having a dog in the house could be good for the baby. the bloomberg business report is next. >> the neighbors refusing to let teaches steal the spirit of christmas. >> you will not need wipers with the new tech that keeps the rain an

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covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 5:13. more ton's steakhouse is donating $2,000 to st. judd's children's hospital after it allegedly mistreated a cancer patient. >> the story is going viral. robert chamber whose is the host of a shopping channel show called the coin vault was dining with his co-workers open friday. he says a manager at the

nashville location asked him to remove his hat and after member of the party explained his head is cold because he is on chemo the manager got the police involved. the incident blew up on social media and people have tons of comments on facebook and morton apologized to chambers and he accepted and the steakhouse chain will underwrite a cancer fundraiser, as well as make the donation to st. jude's. >> if you are traveling over the holidays, take a deep breath before you head out the door. we are joined from the new york stock exchange with the report. >> get ready for the traffic jams and long lines if you are traveling, aaa says a record 94.5 million will travel at least 50 mile between december 21st and new year and the fact that christmas is on a wednesday inspiring more to travel although economic growth

stagnated and consumer confidence is falling. health concerns of clothing made in china with 85 samples sold in china and north america, as well, contained chemicals including a hormone disruptor. we have stock futures quiet but higher. a new reason to get a dog if you have kids, you pay for the petted fors and shots but you could save on inhalers and trips to the doctor. a new study suggests that having dogs in the house may help the g.i. tract of baby cutting down on childhood allergies. after 200 years jim beam has a new program product and the again is get ready to unveil a single bear recommend version in march that will be priced at $35 for 750 milliliter bottle which is more affordable than the

higher priceed signature craft. >> at 5:16, and not everyone is in the holiday spirit which is not a crime but trying to destroy the spirit can be. surveillance captured several teens vandalizing lawn decorations and one is shown taking a swing and in a different video another grinch pulled christmas lights out of places. residents say they will not let the vandalism dampen their spirit and will continue to keep the decorations up. >> location, location, location. twitter is getting in on the rule of real estate: the san francisco social media company is testing a timeline that shows tweets sent from a nearby location and the "wall street journal" reports that the feature will only appear to user would have previously given twitter permission to see and display the location. speculation is this could benefit twitter by give it more

data that advertiser could use. model at the american can show in detroit available for sale in 2016 or 2017 with analysts believe the offering is important for palo alto-based tesla to turn the company into a household brand. tesla needs to do bet we than the 30,000 sale as year to remain profitable. >> british automaker is testing a way to clean windshields. in more of trying to break through the ice or see through the rain with flimsy plastic. the system being used will send a high frequency sound wave into the high wind advisory and not allowing anything to settle, and it is tried on a race car that the company produces. the british military uses a similar system which works when the vehicle is turned off.

>> where was that system in the cold snap we had? >> a lot of scraping. and flow of the temperatures. there is another fire to the south, a big fire, at big sur. the winds are blowing from southwest to northeast and gusting to 7 miles per hour. most of the smoke will stay to carmel valley. for the rest of us, it is causing poor air quality to our south. we are down do three in novato and four in santa rosa. we have haze and high clouds from the roof camera and that is the case in the afternoon with temperatures above average and cleaner air is coming in tomorrow and the breeze is bringing us our coolest weather

on thursday and friday. and another warming trend and poor air this weekend. santa cruz and morgan hill is 70 and cloverdale is 71, the warm spots. san francisco and san rafael, and concord, all at 64 and the cooler spots in forward, the cool of the is vallejo and antioch at 63 and napa at 64 and san jose at 68 and oakland and palo alto at 67. tonight, the temperatures are a lot of mid-to-upper 30's inland to 40 in antioch and low-to-mid 40's for the bayshore and fremont is cooler with cold air drain average coming from the sunol area and 39 for you and 48 in san francisco for the mildest spot. here is what is happening, two areas of high pressure dominating the weather and the cold front will divide and concord and it will split them right down the middle with cooler and cleaner air bringing the wind off the ocean and taps

into the cooler canadian air for thursday and friday. here we are tomorrow morning and low clouds with onshore wind tomorrow and we will see an increase in the high and mid-level clouds a few sprinkles are possible in the overnight hours through thursday morning and it becomes breezy and sunny and temperatures are ten degrees cooler bit afternoon hours. we go from the mid-to-upper 60's to mid-to-upper 60's on thursday, and temperatures are above average with sun and low-to-mid 60's throughout the weekend. have a great day. we have a report of a possible accident over the altamont pass, westbound, along 580 and it was a stalled truck and other cars nearly collided with it. that is causing a bit of a delay and we are backed up, bumper-to-bumper traffic away from 205 office the pass and into live more so that salarily

morning track that is starting. the industrial fire at bloomquist we have a closure in place and if you need to get off the freeway northbound 101 to seaport the off-ramp is shut down so use woodside closed for a couple of hours and outside, this is the different going across the wall street on the san mateo bridge with quite a few more scars in the westbound direction but it will take you only 12 minutes. >> ahead, seven things to know as you start the day. >> the royal likeness the prince george doll that some say is a little creepy. >> new inductees in the hall of fame

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emergency officials are meeting right now to decide whether to issue a shelter-in-place order for the immediate area. two, developing news in san francisco's twin peaks, crews bordered off access to a house that collapsed. it was in the process of being remodels. >> a 500 acre fire buns in big sur near highway one in the national for 69. it is zero percent contained and has destroyed 15 homes including that of big sur's fire chief. 100 people have evacuated. the family of a 13-year-old girl who is brain dead after a routine surgery went bad is hoping with final test will be enough to keep the gill on life support. jahi mcmath was in cardiac arrest after having her tonsils removed at children's hospital in oakland. doctors will test to see if she has any brain activity. >> there were two carjackers that shot and killed a 30-year-old man in front of his wife at a new jersey maul

parking lot. police found the couple's range rover outside a boarded up home in newark but so far no arrests. six, check out the poor air quality, the 10 the consecutive day of "spare the air" and the 14th overall with no burning of wood allowed. that will change. i will tell you about the cool breezes in the seven-day forecast. >> we are quiet as far as citizens concerned but the breezes could be blowing across 101 in the northbound by is be ready for that. we have congestion building in the usual places in the usual hotspots. can you experience what it is like to raise a royal or pretend to. here is the new baby doll, created in 9 likeness of prince george son of william and kate on sale from online retailer with the doll dressed in a gown identical to the one worn by

prince george at the recent christening but you have to pay a king's ransom for the level of craftsmanship at $150. some say the doll looks creepy. >> we now know the big names being inducted into the rock-n-roll hall of fame. linda rondstadt will be be withed and emerges from the loss abc folk seen in the lay unanimous 60's and sold more than 30 million albums. others include kiss and peter gabriel and hall and oates and cat stevens. the ceremony will be open to the public. the morning news continues with the top stories. >> technical tight tans are on the way to the white house with the big name c.e.o.'s meeting with president obama.

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abc7 news stars right now with breaking news the. >> the breaking news is on the peninsula with a fire burning at a metal recycling plant the second time in five weeks. our reporter is at the plant in redwood city with the latest. matt? >> we have a through warning for people in the area. firefighters are saying if you smell smoke stay inside. close the doors. close your windows. this is why. the huge plume of smoke coming off of the metal management plant. the first 9-1-1 calls in redwood city were reports of a big explosion. firefighters arrived and fund a

huge pile of appliances on fire and pile is 75' by 100' and 25' high with hundreds working in the businesses at the end the boulevard. police are blocking the road and workers are gathering to see if they will head to work or home. >> we will be here for the next 30 minutes or 45 minutes to figure out what to do with leadership and what they want us to do. we want to make sure our people are safe. safety is first f we do not find anything out in 35 minutes we will send everyone home and regroup and try again tomorrow. >> the last fire happened last month but it was on sunday with less of an impact on nearby businesses with firefighters expecting to be here the next several hours and using heavy equipment to separate the pile of appliance debris to get the fire out. we are still waiting on word from the fire ma shul whether a shelter-in-place is to be called. last month there was toxic air if northbound by counties.

we will keep you updated as we monitor the situation in redwood city. >> thank you, matt. >> now, a check on the weather forecast. mike? >> we will look at the winds, with the closest reporting stations. they are calm and blowing out lightly from southwest to northeast and now are calm. most of the smoke is going up but it will drift a little bit off to the east and northeast across the bay and possibly get over to fremont and around newark and union city and possibly up to san leandro. we will tack about our forecast as we look from our roof camera to downtown and it looks nice this morning with high clouds and it is milder than yesterday. however, none of us are scraping the frost. in the afternoon, unhealthy arab again with low-to-mid 60's at the coast and mid-to-upper 60's with high clouds and sunshine elsewhere. above-average temperatures almost over. leyla gulen? >> we have a project in affect all week long and it will affect

late night commute and usually afternoon drive. we have tree removal taking place northbound and southbound highway one and 101 through presidio at 9:00 p.m. through the next day until 2:00 p.m. they clear everything so the afternoon drive can move out of san francisco and across the bay but until then you could see a little bit of a backup. prepare for that. because of the fire, northbound 101, the off-ramp will be shut down for a couple of hours so use woodside instead. there is a last smoke in the area to keep the ones rolled up. kristen and eric? >> thank you, leyla gulen. san francisco firefighters are on the scene of a frightening home collapse this happened last night. investigators are looking to an interesting angle of the home's owner. amy hollyfield is at twin peaks with the latest. amy? >> yes, eric, the home is still

intact. some of it did come listen last night. something gave way. it was enough to worry police and enough to go ahead committee advantage bit a house last night here in this neighborhood. one home has been evacuated, just to be safe and it is very come pact here in the twin peaks area. this house is a deadend of a street that is only wide enough for one car. it sounded like an earthquake. >> i came out and did not see or hear anything and didn't think anything else was going on but then in five minutes the fire trucks and police trucks. coming down the street so you knew something was going on. >> home is under construction so thin was here at time and no one was hurt. police say that was a lucky

break. they are trying to decide what is next for the project. >> thank you, developing news from big sur 100 people have been evacuated because of a large wildfire. the fire is burning near highway one in the national forest in monterey county. it is zero percent contained. so far, 500 acres have burned and 15 structures have been destroyed. more than 600 firefighters is been called to battle the flames. their goal is to keep the fire from jumping highway one. officials say the fire is drive were by the wind and they hope to have it contained this week. no word on the cause. >> president obama will host executives from top bay area tech companies abutted protecting the when from intruders and spies, including google chairman, facebook c.e.o., apple c.e.o., as well. it is called a meeting on cyber

security and rollout problems with obamacare website. the tech industry has been critical of the high from file national security agency's snooping programs a day after a federal judge said he believes n.s.a. data mining domestic phone reports is institution am. in richmond a community rally is landed before the city council meeting to support a resolution that will public forward a foreclosure prevention plant using imminent domain to seize the mortgages of homes underwater and offer them back at lower rates. half of the homeowners have mortgages higher than the value of their home, and a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by three banks challenging richmond's plan. enforcement of a law banning living in cars is postponed with the ordinance passed this year and is in effect february 10th. the san jose mercury news reports that the city voted yesterday to wait on enforcing

the law until the federal appeals court rules on a similar law in los angeles. some residents have raised questions of the scope of the new law and support more review and outreach. the oakland 18-year-old who suffered second- and third-degree burns after being set on four is honored by a high school basketball team in oakland wearing blue shirts with sasha fleischman's name on the back. the athletic director says the color represents the gender neutral community. sasha fleischman was wearing a skirt when attack asked does not identify as male or fee mail. the suspect is 16-year-old richard thomas and faces felony assault with a hate crime enhancement. >> now at look at the weather forecast as we move toward christmas. mike? >> we will talk about the day planner the next 12 hours we have high clouds and sunshine and milder this morning from the mid-to-upper 30's inland to

low-to-mid 40's an the bay shore and to the coast. by noon we will keep the high clouds and sunshine and light breeze and all us are in the low-to-mid 50's and temperatures are above average and we will be in the mid-to-upper 50's and then in the low-to-mid fists at 7:00. this evening, maybe you are going to dinner or practice, you will need a height coast. as far as our next these days we have morning clouds and sunny on wednesday afternoon and we will see more sunshine in the afternoon but the winds are coming off the ocean and will be cleaner and cooler, mid-50's to 60 and a few sprinkles in the transition sunday morning not a big deal but a brisk day with temperatures feeling cooler than the mid-to-upper 50's and friday the breezes will start to taper and it will be mostly sunny and upper 50's to near 60, close to average. now the commute. leyla gulen? >> yes, we have construction

with in crashes. if you headed out the door it is 5:38 and you are in the clear at 43 bart trains rolling. so, good news. we have this construction project eastbound 580 that lasts until 6:00, so 20 more minutes and drive time traffic, 40 minutes to head from tracy to dublin look highway 4, quiet at continue minutes from antioch to concord and 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco, 16 minutes. 43 bart trains are on time and muni is clear and a.c. transit is clear. the holiday bus will be changed each day and anyone who takes a holiday bus get as free ride until john 3rd. >> 5:39, shopping season in full swing, or is it? this is a sight at some bay area

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covering novato, oakland land and sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a breaking news story in redwood city there is a two-alarm fire burning at the metal management yard in a pile of appliance with the smoke spewing into the air as they put water on it. you can smell the smoke, shelter in place you are advised. more on the wind direction and things like that and matt keller is gathering more information on the scene. the national park service is asking the presidio trust to hold off development at the site of the former post commissary across from the field which is occupied by a sports basement store including a museum planned by star wars creator, with the presidio trust delaying a decision until february at the earliest with an option be not

to select any project. officials say that too much is going on in the area right now including the ongoing doyle drive replacement construction they natural a is reopened at san jose international airport after a soggy mess when a hot water pipe burst that knocked the baggage handling system out of commission and passengers had to walk to terminal b to walk their checked bags and clear security. >> delta flight slid east runway yesterday. there was plenty of snow on the ground when the flight lands, delta 385 ran off the runway taxiing to the terminal. the 60 passengers on board get on the buses and were taken to the terminal. >> the last few degrees of the holiday shopping season but stores and malls are having

trouble playing catch up with online retailers. in daly city, stores were not packed and only a five people at the mall were carrying bags. most consumers have finished less than half of their shopping and with a shorter shopping season they expect a boost in on-line sales. >> the pressure consumers feel during a shortened selling season results it more emotional purchasing of the online is a way to feel more in control and calmer. >> glimmer of hope, still, for brick and more tar stores with many stores in the final week before christmas. >> expect longer lines than usual at the local convenience fort as dreamers across the country snatch up mega millions tickets for the drawing. this morning, the jackpot is $586 million but it is expected to jump with so many tickets being bought on the day of the the drawing with 21 drewings

since october without a jackpot winner and if no one wins by christmas, we can see this jackpot climb to $1 billion. >> so what would you do with the money? a man in cap da woman the biggest lottery jackpot calgary has ever seen and not keeping a cent. he claims the $4 million prize from canada's lottery office yesterday and he posed for this picture with a pat and sunglasses and wants to keep a low profile. he has known since may he won the big drawing but did not tell anyone not even his children until now. what he told them is, he is giving all of his winnings every single penny, to charity. >> when they revised his children...he told them again. i am giving it all to charity. just kidding. >> and they all change their name to acharity." >> he is not giving very much to his children, he told his children that, that is terrific. you have the means, share it

with those who need it more. >> good morning, everyone. it is the giving season and mother nature has been giving us fits with fires down around big sur, check out this cool picture from the natural weather service showing how the fire just exploded. you can see the lights from the fire almost as well as you can see the lights from monterey so it is a tough, the monterey lights are here. this is mop, -- this is monday, the fire, can you see how muchizer it is to see because of all of the light. the smoke is moving more across the car people valley into the central valley because the winds are coming mostly from the west and southwest. this smoke is not having an effect on us and not why we are having a "spare the air" but if you headed to the south and maybe to monterey or carmel you could run into that smoke.

fog is thicker inland and 2.5 miles in concord and 1.75 around santa rosa and most of our temperatures are above freezing and now the dancing lights on the bay bridge this morning, from the exploritorium camera, we going to do for today, high clouds, above am temperatures another day, and cleaner air and cooler air arrives tomorrow and it will be brisk open thursday and friday before another warming trend this weekend. today's temperatures are mid-to-upper 60's in most neighborhoods and 67 in oakland and palo alto and santa rosa and live more and 68 in san jose and concord and 64, and san francisco and san rafael at the same temperature and napa. tonight we have low clouds rolling in, and mid-30's inland and mid-40's around the bay and possibly 48 in san francisco. two areas of high pressure will be split by the cold front and it will divide and conquer and another mild day and then the cold front brings us cooler weather for wednesday because of

the onshore flow and the extra clouds we will be in the mid-50 to 60 and we get on the back side of the cold front and the transition a few sprinkles on wednesday night to thursday morning and it will clear out as the winds kick up and brisk temperatures feeling cool we than that and possible frost inland on friday morning and look at the low-to-mid 60's with sunshine throughout the weekend. can you believe the winter solstice is here and it will be warm. leyla gulen? >> who is that? my name is "charity." >> no, no, my name is "charity." >> we can am wrestle. over to san jose, wide open through here and you can see we do not have a single accident. we are at top speeds but for 101 at 36 miles per hour between 280 and 680 to the nimitz and we have a slow down but the usual slowing we see. this accident happened a hit-and-run westbound at 80 as you make the drive closer to richmond you will find it in the

fast lane but you can slide by with no slow downs, in the north bay one mile visibility in santa rosa and you can see how the orange is making its way over 116 and starting to creep over 101 so you could have a foggy commute along 101 but it clears into novato. as you continue in that southbound direction from san francisco san rafael to san francisco, more tail lights but it is clear. >> thank you. something go has come from the deadly boston marathon bombing: ad withing proposal. james was injured april 15 when two bombs went off. he suffered burns and had two nails pulled from his abdomen. three of his friends lost legs. while in the hospital, costello met a nurse and he asked her out on a date. one date led to another. and another. fast forward eight months and while on a trip to france he got

up the nerve to ask her to marry him and she said "you bet." >> coming up, facebook gives charities a new way to raise money and you can town your "like" into a donation. >> holiday carols on demand in a hotline. >> and detail on the fight between the city of san francisco and makers of

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facebook has a new feature that healths you more than "like" a good cause. you can give to charity by clicking "donate now." 18 nonprofit organizations have added the feature on facebook page including red cross and american cancer society. menlo park-based facebook says they got the idea after letting users donate to typhoon haiyan with 100 percent going to charity. students at university of illinois are keeping a holiday tradition alive by taking part in "dial a carol." ♪ jingle bell rock >> you call and request a song and they sing it to you for free a tradition back to the unanimous 60's. last year they took 4,000 calls from people all over the word requesting "jingle bells," and

"rudolph," which coincides with finals give students needed stress relief between tests and keeps them warm. it is cold in champaign, illinois. >> not as cold here, anymore. it is warming up. but it is shore lived and it will be cold wednesday, thursday, and friday. seven degrees warmer in napa and six degrees warmer in san francisco and nine to ten in redwood city and oakland and live more and hose is stuck in the mid-to-upper 60's again and same through the central valley and tahoe is a near record 55. safe travels. >> the accident is starting to gum up the commute. you can see the red and one lane is blocked westbound 80 and you can see all the red so it is start to slow things down headed into east richmond but it is not too busy along 280 at 17 and san jose. >> the board of supervisors

santa clara county will talk about adding electronic cigarettes to the smoking ban when they meet. the board approved the strategickest smokingen behalves in the nation three years ago with smoking prohibited in condos and apartments and town houses and parks. now they are considering beening e-cigarettes which use a heating element that are so new and are not widely regulated. >> judge is clerk way if the city of san francisco to resume an investigation into the maker of the caffeine monster drones. the judge yesterday talked out a lawsuit filed by monster that looked to block this. the city attorney accused monster of marketing drinks to children and has filed a suit in state court to make the company cut back on the caffeine and stop advertising to minors. >> next at 6:00, san francisco home collapses late at night and

what was happening just prior to the home giving way. >> we are continuing to follow breaking news from the peninsula with fire breaking out at the same business that was the scene of another place a month ago. what is burning and the possible health concern if neighbors. >> we told you of the facebook "donate now" and the other thing that the company is about to add to their website. facebook admits, this could anger some users.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> breaking news at 6:00. flames break out at a peninsula recycling plant overnight. this is not the first time firefighters have been responded to this business. ahead we are on the scene with more information. >> flames, evacuations and dry

conditions if big sur. firefighters reveal what is rare about this wildfire. >> developing in san francisco. a home collapses in the twin peaks main. neighbors tell us what was happening right before the fall. >> thanks for joining us at 6:00 on tuesday. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> flames burning at sims metal recycling plant in redwood city. matt, what is happening right now? >> i spoke with the redwood city fire marshal and he said the fire is now contained. any working on control. check out this huge plume smoke coming off the sims metal management plant off of seaport boulevard. this is no shelter in place for the area but they are advising people to stay inside and close whens and doors if you smell smoke. the first 9-1-1 calls were reports after big explosion. firefighters found a huge pil