out of work and now out of time. unemployment benefits expire today for more than a million americans. good evening, ama daetz. the expended unemployment checks have now stopped. benefits rap out today for 1.3 million americans. that number includes 213,000 california residents. the payments stop at a time enwho's' u.s. long term unemployment reached its highest since world war ii. here's a look what the end of

the benefits means for those who receive them. >> i'm in a panic. i don't know what i'm going to. >> kathy is one of about 1.3 million americans facing the end of jobless benefits. congress did not extend the emergency program so for most people around the country, after hey received 26 weeks of payments, the money runs out, she size this will hurt. >> i have bills to pay and no way to pay them. >> an economist says this will mean important choices for people out of work. >> likely to force many of them to take jobs they otherwise wouldn't take. either parttime jobs or lower paying jobs. >> some republicans prefer limiting benefits to just 26 weeks, saying a continue situation is a disservice to workers. the white house is pushing congress extend the long-term benefits. most democrats want a year, but for this newly employed mom getting back some benefits would

help. >> give me a chance to have some type of income coming in. >> meanwhile, sarah of the pennsylvania department of labor and industry says employers tend to increase hiring after the first of the year. >> overall we see positive signs of the economy, and not only employers hiring but job seekers finding jobs. >> the first final for congress to up extending the unemployment benefits is january 7th. >> for the unemployed here in california, they will receive 26 weeks of benefits, but will no longer get the additional 37 weeks of unemployment under the federal program. >> we're learning new details about a contract ratified by ac transit unor workers that includes a 9.5% wage increase phased in over three years. employees will pay a monthly flat fee of $120 for healthcare. this is the third tentative agreement voted on.

the contract must now be prude by the board of directors. now to developing news. an oakland family says it now has two options for long-term care of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy. the court order keeping jahi mcmath on a ventilator at children's hospital oakland will expire monday at 5:00. her family says a facility in southern california and new york hayes offered to take jahi but only have she has a feeding tube inserted. the hospital says the family has to provide their own doctor for that in a statement the family says, quote, we hope that by this time tomorrow we'll have the past towards jahi's removal in the last hour we heard from the hospital. >> first they said they had insurance. now they don't have insurance, started a crowd source funding effort. first they had a facility in the bay area, then that fell through. enough they have another

facility in southern california. >> the fundraising effort has raised $3,000. they hope to bring in 20,000. sergioin -- sergio quintana has been following the story. >> oakland police are investigating a man who was killed hosting a friend's birthday party. frederick parker was kill when he left the party to have a cigarette. the shooting happened at 11:00 in east oakland outside parker's apartment. neighbors report hearing about 20 shots fired and police say other people may have been with parker when the shooting happened. would burning is banned tonight as the bay area is under its sixth straight "spare the air" day. officials declared another "spare the air" day tomorrow. this is a live look outside from our emeryville camera. all the particles in the air make for this unbelievably pretty sunsets, but poor air quality, the 21st alerts this

winter. bay area air quality officials say unless the weather changes this could become the new normal. our meteorologist has the details. >> certainly is pretty, and we need a little wind, new air mass, and we have to have a -- we do have a wind advisory, red-flag warning for tonight, into tomorrow. but yet another "spare the air" day tomorrow, with poor air quality tomorrow, and it is the 22nd alert since november 1st. the most we have had for any winter season is 30. that was in 2006-2007. the winds are kicking up above 1,000 feet. we'll talk about the dry fuel, the gusty wind and when and if we'll see rain. a san francisco police officer says she was just doing the right thing when she bought a pair of shoes for a homeless woman on the street who didn't have any.

jackie sellinger's son mosted this photo on our facebook page along with a reminder about how giving should not end after the holidays. cornell bernard caught up with the police officer and is live with a story you'll see only on abc7 news. reporter: jackie sellinger was on duty in union square when she made a purchase for a person in need. homeless people are sometimes overlooked during the holidays but not by san francisco police officer jackie sellinger who recently spotted a homeless woman sitting in front of this shoe store. >> she was holding a sign that she needed shoes. i looked down at her feet and could see she had some really flimsy looking slippers on. >> the woman told the officer homeless shelters, which donate shoes, never have anything that fits her, a size 12. >> i just thought about my family, and the fact that we have so much.

>> so this cop offered to buy the woman something she needed. >> she says to me, i'll take anything. she goes, we can walk down to the -- she felt like it was a little expensive at sketcher's. she said we can walk down to payless. she was a really humble lady. >> we learned about the story when the officers son took pictures of the impromptu shopping trip and posted them on our facebook page. >> she had already done and it was completely her decision. there was no one watching her, and i admire my mom. >> store manager says the woman chose this all-weather would for $69. the kind gesture prompted him to help out, too. >> i offered my employee discount for the officer to purchase the shoes. >> why did you do that? >> holiday season. i did feel bad for the lady that was in front of the store. >> i didn't really get her name. i didn't want to embarrass her.

>> it in woman's reaction to the gift was al this officer needed. >> just her mannerisms, she was really grateful. and that wasle better than a thank you, in my eyes. >> we attempted to find the woman with the new boots in union square, but no luck. san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. those are the stories we love hearing about. and how about this. a very generous tipper is at it again. sharing the wealth. still to come, meet the latest lucky recipients of the tips for jesus movement and find out just how much he left this time. also, what began as an interview with a firefighter became something much more for a news photographer in california. the unexpected m

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take a look at the building behind the firefighter. oh, man, news crew in porterville near fresno captured a building that was on fire as it collapsed. the fire broke out at a 124-year-old hotel that was vacant. tips for jesus strikes again in arizona. a mystery tipper left a bartender at the derby public house in scottsdale a $2,000 tip. she says he was not alone and before paying they teased her saying, wouldn't it be awesome if we were those guys leaving big tips. >> i was like, what's going on? the girls are like, gasping, and i looked down and it's $2,000, and when i looked back up they were filming me on the phone and they told me they were the tip

for jesus guys. >> last month a customer left a $1,500 tip, signs, tips for jesus. silicon valley blog rag says the mystery tipper is former pay pal vice-president jack selby. selby has not confirmed that report. >> a joyful homecoming for a salinas mother who gave birth to a premature baby boy. baby jaden wasn't supposed to arrive until christmas day. instead he arrived on august 27th. doctors asked his mom whether she wanted to take him off life support thaws they weren't sure he would survive, but after being transferred to children's hospital at stanford, baby jaden thrived, gaining several pounds. today doctors sent him home, his mother sent us these photos this afternoon. >> ahead, the free download offer striking a high note with music lovers. >> a family's move to avoid

attracting bears actually lured one inside their home. the odor the bear could not resist. taking a look outside at that nice sunset, it is the last weekend of 2013, will we see much-needed rain before the new year? the accuweather forecast is coming up. now, here's david muir with a look at what is ahead on world news at 5:30. >> coming up here where the blizzard is hitting is in the country right now. the big storm that hits just before new year's. the nationwide manhunt for the bank robber who authorities say are armed and dangerous after killing cops, and the target story now widening, millions with pin numbers stolen, too, the customer who says his bank account was wiped clean, all of it right here

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and two albums, including kanye west's album. google is not saying how long it's available, and you have to give google your credit card number. you don't have to pay. it's the latest move by going toll attract new customers, targeting those who just received a new android device over the holidays. >> if santa brought you a new iphone or ipad, you can make the gift even greater with the version of the abc7 news app. we have a lot of the features. make the text as big as you want, and iphone users can use our generated content feature, making it simple for you to send us videos or news. >> for a check on our weather that has been dry for quite some time, let's get to lisa argen, in for leigh glaser. >> we're looking at gorgeous evening, and you talked about how pretty the sunsets are when

we have the spare the air, and we have that this evening. temperatures are beginning to tumble out of the 60s and to the upper 50s. san jose, 59. san francisco. average highs this time of year in oakland should be 55. so you hit 65 today. so certainly a warm, warm day out there for standards here in december. and for mt. tam, we are looking at temperatures in the low to mid-60s to really a nice and mild afternoon with 52 right now in novato, and 58 in livermore. a look at east bay right now, it is certainly nice out there. still with a lot of nice weather to enjoy. red-flag warning in effect for the hills above a thousand feet, and with that we'll look for those gusty northeast winds, in fact wind gusts over 30-miles-an-hour and dry, mild weather to start 2014, so

mt. diablo and mt. tam, winds that will continue to be a problem. low relative humidity. in fact the relative humidity around livermore, 19%. so, certainly dry out there. you add in that wind, we are looking at some of the gusts at the higher elevations up to 21-miles-an-hour, atlas peak, 21-miles-an-hour, and calaveras road, gusty winds. so lasting through tonight, and overnight lows with a little wind allowing for temperatures maybe two to three degrees warmer. near freezing tonight around the delta. 39 in san rafael. half moon bay, 46. so high pressure building in behind the weak lee that passed to the north yesterday, brought the cloud cover, and now with that, they high close to the low. the pressure gradients tighten and we're getting the wind. so that means high fire danger and relative humidity not recovering much, and with the above normal temperatures tomorrow, as much as ten degrees

above normal, we're watching the santa anna winds. in los angeles, 85. 65, monterrey, and mid-60s against in oakland, san jose, 66, morgan hill. hazy afternoon sunshine. nice day if you're headed to the game, with numbers in the low to mid-60s, and the accuweather seven day forecast for new year's eve will dedry. new year's day looks nice, and we'll see temperatures in the mid-60s, and thursday and friday the numbers go back up, clouds on saturday, but indications of two weeks out looking like we could see finally an end to this weather. >> shu is off with the 49ers to arizona. collin crush is here. >> niners should finish strong. but we're going to talk basketball. what das share he -- she he main have to dive with

the niners have heard the talk all season, not as good as last year when they went to the super bowl. guess what. they've won five straight. with a win over arizona tomorrow they can finish with a better regular season record than last year. players feel like they're keeping it exactly the -- peaking at the right time. for arizona, a win or tie and loss in new orleans they're playoff bond. >> they had a couple of love early games but you could see them improving, and they've

improved tremendous amount since then. obviously winning 7-8. >> they're good. the 100th rose bowl on wednesday will be like looking into a mirror for stanford. the cardinal and their smash-mouth run game vs. the michigan state squad that boasts the number one run defense in the nation as well know, stanford and star running back tyler gaffney welcome some challenges. last year gaffney was playing minor league baseball. and now huh has scored 20 touchdowns. >> ow grow up watching the rose bowl as a west coast kid. this is a game you want to be in. it's almost a surreal moment. a year ago today i was just a fan, and now i'm in the gain. >> larry beil will be at the rose bowl. notre dame and rutgers, can 10- notre dame. game is tied.

zack martin was the player of the game. 29-16, irish. and there's one guy in the country you don't want to punt to, it's this guy. tar heels ryan switzer, third quarter, 86-yard for a touchdown. the fifth punt return touchdown. crush the bearcats. >> the warriors have won a season high four straight and go for a fifth tomorrow night in cleveland. the cavs will be without center andrew bynum. he has been suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team. not a huge loss for mike brown and cleveland. the rest of the team in boston. irving had 32. crawford returns the favor on irving 11 seconds left. cavs down two. celtics the winner, 103-100. >> two key injury for cal in

pac-12 play. players hosting the palladin this afternoon. wallace steal and the job. and powers, the redshirt player 6-7. bears win by 30. jeopardy question what is a palladin? i don't know. who are the 12 we'res of the charlemagne's court, of who the palladin was the chief. >> i did not know that.

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at 6:00, muir beach is open again after an extensive renovation. what you can expect to see new next time you visit. how one spooked horse at a california ei questions treen center became a rampaging horse that injured several people. >> a new honor for pope francis, named best dressed man of 2013. officials admit it's unconventional choice but they say the pope's break from traditio shows humility. other fashionable celebrities this year include bradley cooper and joseph gordon levitt.

>> thank you for joining, world news is next. seal you welcome to "world news." tonight, deep freeze. the blizzard conditions right now. this is the scene through one viewer's windshield a short time ago. and the cold moving in and the in the east, the freeze before new years. we have it all. the man hunt. the nationwide search growing tonight for the christmas cop killer. authorities say he is armed and dangerous and now that reward and growing. the next target. after millions had the credit card information stolen, now the worries over your pin number and one man already called his bank saying his account was cleaned out. and the offensive tackle tackling a famous song tonight. before the big bowl game, the newest american idol? his