telling me he's strong for a preemie. >> doctors say he is strong and healthy and could be headed home in 2 to 3 weeks. >> surprised, huh? >> yes. just glad he's healthy and she's doing well. >> her mom remembers giving birth to dina and two sisters in this building. >> being born in this hospital is a family tradition? >> yes. >> you see, dina was here on a rare visit. she and the father are stationed in alaska with fourth brigade combat team. >> you can say we like our job when jumping out of planes a >> but this time, jumping on a plane. >> are you on airport? >> on the way. >> after taking a look at his son, he boarded a flight from his family home in georgia to hold yevin's tiny hand. >> buy, i love you. iet wasn't

what was expected for christmas. dina's little sister got a nephew. >> great. i like it. best christmas, ever. >> we have another story for you tonight in the spirit of the season. plenty of elves showed up in richmond to help a mother and family give gifts to the needy. abc7 news on the christmas and richmond give away. >> i started playing with it. >> that is arriving. >> giraffe. >> edna is going through presents. but actually she's more like one of the santa's biggest helpers. eight years ago, facing foreclosure, her family decided to give. >> it dropped into my daughter's

spirit to start feeding the homeless. >> they put together a toy give away. on this christmas eve she was hoping for a miracle. yesterday they were worried they weren't going to have enough for a give away. someone just dropped off more. two people drove up with toys and others donated these presents. this isn't just about giving aby toys. a restaurant donated food and people dropped off clothes volunteers sorted and folded them. >> they brought in coats and shoes and things we want to help out. >> just before noon, the doors opened and dozens of families came in to enjoy christmas lunch. edna was there to greet everyone. >> why not just spend it with the family? >> this is our family. this is our family.

>> she won't want to be anywhere else. >> today 5,000 people turned out for one of the best holiday lunchens for the homeless. glide dished up christmas dinner of turk year, ham and sides. 500 people volunteered to help out, including washington huskies football team, playing in a fight hunger bowl friday at the giants ballpark and opponents were dishing up food at st. anthony's the team and 100 volunteers handed out 4,000 delicious meals. this game helped raise enough food, and money for 300,000 meals. >> well, alameda county sheriff deputies are investigating a murder suicide this christmas day. witnesses say a woman was shot and killed by her husband in a home near via amigos. the husband then turned the gun on himself the sister says the couple was

having marital problems deputies say there were children in the house we're glad to tell you none of them were injured. >> the family of a bay area girl declared brain dead are trying to make christmas as normal as possible for her. she suffered complications after a tonsillectomy. a judge aloud a ruling to allow doctors to remove jahi from life support. in the meantime they have set up a christmas tree in the room with presents for her and her siblings. >> nearly 60 people were stranded on a russian flag expedition ship the ship got stuck in the remote region of an aarctica. officials believe passengers are safe and have supplies to wait out their

rescue. >> the president and first lady called on americans to embrace the spirit of christmas by helping others less fortunate. >> that is a chance to celebrate the birth of christ and live what he taught us. to love our neighbors, feed the hungry, look after the stick. with our brothers and sisters keeper. for all of us regardless of faith those are values that can drive us to be better parents and friends, better neighbors and citizens. >> at vatican city the pope celebrated christmas for the first time as the head of the catholic church. delivering his message and offered wishes for a better world and prayed for people suffering from conflicts, battered women and trafficked children. >> the royal family turned out for a church service near queen's estate in norfolk. the

queen talked about special events like the birth of her great grandson prince george. many of you well know >> the arrival of a baby gives everyone to contemplate the future. for new parents life will never be quite the same again. as with all who are christened, george was baptized into a joyful faith of christian duty and service the >> year marked the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation. >> still ahead santa's sleigh got around on time but there were delays at ups and fed-ex. >> and san francisco firefighters make stops to spread holiday cheer. i'll be

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>> some gifts didn't make it in time because of shipping problems. ups and fed-ex blame poor weather for backing up systems. the companies will resume regular shipping tomorrow. ups considered doing deliveries today but asked their drivers not to work on christmas day. amazon offering to refund shipping and give out $20 gift cards to some who were affected by the delay. in san jose this mail carrier was in the holiday spirit despite having to work, she delivered priority mail and letters dressed as santa. folks were happy to see her. post office locations were closed today but will reon, tomorrow, that is nice. san francisco firefighters were making toy deliveries today. and received smiles and thank yous from children who got a nice christmas surprise this morning. >> if only all fire calls could

be like this. >> thank you. >> there you go. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. merry christmas. >> a fire truck rolled through the tender loin christmas morning, surprising children with toys >> how old are you going to be tomorrow? three? all right. thank you. say thank you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> merry christmas. >> firefighters local 798 has been doing this since 1949, billed at largest, oldest program in the country this, year, serving 60,000 children. >> it's a great, great program. i've done it for a long, long time people have thanked me for toys when i know it's amazing

>> after today, toys will be collected for next christmas. >> in san francisco, abc7 >> coming up, a mother reaches out to social media to help her son's wish come true the response, next. >> i'm sandhya patel. san francisco sparkling this christmas i'll let you know if the dry pattern will continue near the end of the year and begin 2014, coming up. >> coming up in sports fans got their wish today with five games on tap.

a tidal wave of kindness for a man with down's syndrome. his mom reached out on social media to make a wish come truchlt he wanted 100 cards for christmas. his family put the word out on on facebook. by christmas morning his card count was up to

1800 flooding in from almost every state. mostly from strangers. wonderful story. and a wish i came true for a new jersey woman when her son surprised her at work. take a look at this. he posed as santa with gifts for the staff. his mom couldn't believe it. she thought he was still on a nine-month tour but what a wonderful surprise. >> christmas for me is family. so, it is everything for me. >> travis says his mom's care packages kept him sgog says everyone should reach out to someone in need he brought his mom a gift, an orn wment a hand written message. nice to have her son back home. if you scored a new smart phone, you're likely down loading new apps tonight. one idea keeps you connected all

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app. did i mention it's free? >> now our updated iphone and ipad apps are easy to down load. go to abc7 news.com/apps for details. kind of a nice gift. >> it's mild out there. enough so, we had records. salinas up to 82 today, record warmth in oakland as well. live doppler seven showing clear skies now. low clouds well off the coast. not coming our way. here is a look at our mild san jose, 67. redwood city, 68. napa, real comfortable in

livermore, 64. 65 degrees in fair fooild. going to continue with mild weather from our mount tamalpais camera, san francisco is across the bay. burning and here are the temperatures. 53 in oakland airport. and a nice view of the eastern span of the bay bridge. chill in novato and fairfield f you're just now relaxing, and thinking about stepping outside you might want to grab a sweater or jacket. sunny skies, mild afternoons into weekend. dry through new year's eve going

into first day of 2014. so, no computer models are indicating storms, storm tracks remaining well north of us. that is where it's going to go as far as storms coming in so we're not expecting rain soon but you may notice minor changes. saturday is back to sunshine. keep in mind long swell may generate strong rip currents. temperatures tomorrow morning starting out chilly. 32 napa, fairfield. going to be clear across the bay area. tomorrow

afternoon, 68 in san jose. 70s santa cruz and gilroy. 66 guny -- sunnyvale. downtown san francisco, bright, sunny skies, 64 degrees near 70 degrees in santa rosa tomorrow. 64 vallejo. 66 oakland. inland spots, hazy sunshine. 64 san ramone. taking a look at the accu-weather forecast temperatures dipping friday only to come up for weekend low to upper 60s then. temperatures slide. new year's eve, dry. more cloud cover and then if ringing in the new year going into 2014 still dry. >> i'm going to ring in the new year wringing my hands.

>> news people not the only ones working today, rick kwon is. when teams last met they wound up on santa's a shoving match. considerates bolduc can do no wrong as clips beat golden state. coach jack soon asked about how the team matches up with l.a. >> they're a very good basketball team. they play with an edge. some people say this is a rivalry. i say no. neither one of us has done anything to claim it to be a rivalry. we're two teams trying to get to a place. it is what it is. good, old fashioned basketball. >> lakers wanted for christmas

was a win against miami. dwyane wade's new fiancee got a reunion. this is with authority. dynamic duo teamed up again, this time off the glass. lakers hung around but miami is just too good. heat beat l.a. 101-95. kobe gives lebron a hug. >> we just want to respect the game. you know? they've got to play on christmas. in this unbelievable city, this unbelievable city we're n glad we got the win. >> madison square guardian, the mood extended to the court.

game belonged to okc. russell west brooke with a triple double says that is a thunder darth vader got into the spirit. gibson with 24 and 8 rebounds, jimmy butler on the run gets a shot to go. chicago wins, going away. >> st. mary's men basketball team began diamond hit classic unbeaten. gales facing george mason in the game. james walker the third made four of nine shots. matt hodgson scored

seven. st. mary's led by five in the half. throws. and this abc7 sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> good stuff, merry

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