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>> major delay to traffic at sfo as taxi drivers protest ride services and block the road in and out of the airport tonight. >> a lot of frustrated passengers trying to make their flight are stuck in traffic right now with no end in sight. >> good evening. >> this is a big mess. viewers have been tweeting photo this picture show cars all backed up. >> 7 news reporter is live at sfo with very latest on this. alan? >>reporter: many this is all going down below in the terminal loop for domestic arrivals. show you what it looks like down there. for the past 2 hours about 300 taxi cabs have been circling the terminal lap making it very difficult for anyone to get in. the cab drivers are democrat stating against lift and uber drivers who are allowed to pick

up their passengers curb side while taxi stage in a parking lot line up at the coup and pick up the passengers in the outside lanes. the cab drivers are also upset because they have to pay for special permit at commercial licenses uber and lift drivers do not. >> won't be any more taxi at san francisco airport. is that what the passengers want? uber surge praise they price gouge. the cabs aren't there to bring the prison back down that's what they are going to do all the time. our prices are regular lited. theirs aren't. >>reporter: protest was supposed to end at 10:55. it appears that's what is happening. it is a bit calm more calm down there. but the taxi drivers say this is just a shot across the bow. they say they may do this again if they don't get fair treatment. reporting live at sfo, abc 7 news. >> all right alan thank you. >> retailers gearing up for the holiday shopping season. more stores are which ising to stay open on thanksgiving day. that's making the employees

increasingly unhappy. 7 news reporter is live in san jose with the backlash from employee who have to work the holiday. lillian? >> oak ridge open thanks giving 2 hours earlier than last year unfortunate situation for employee who would rather spend date with loved ones. >> dinner at 5:00 p.m. l so no which i'll be able to make it. >> tiffany wants to spend thanksgiving with her boyfriend and his family. but she will be at westfeld oak ridge instead work. she manages a store at the mall where retailers mandateed to open at 6:00 p.m. thanksgiving day. >> thinks a a little bit of disregard for the retail employee home life and personal life and hard for to us stay positive. >>reporter: tiffany so fed up she started on license pet on change.org urging west field and other property management company to keep the malls closed on thanksgiving. k mart is the target of another petition. chain will also be open on the holiday. as well as wal-mart. best buy.

several other major retailers. dunk it's getting kind of crazy. >> yes. absolutely. i think that they should at least open the next day at normal time. i feel that every store should be closed. so they can be home with their family tishtion but westfeld insist it's just giving what the customer wants. in a statement oak ridge general manager says given the enthusiasim we have seen for earlier option over the past few years, west field welcomes the opportunity to accommodate this demand and open early. >> just don't go out and shop. i hate to say it because i definitely love my customer and want them to come n.but i have faith they will support news this. >>reporter: simple request by one employee hoping to restore the meaning of thanksgiving. san jose, lillian kim abc 7 news. >> some retail remembers buck the trend of trying to make a buck on thanksgiving. home depot tweets our stores closed on thanksgiving. take time to enjoy food family and friends. see you early friday morning.

tjmaxx tweet our store closed on thanksgiving so our associate enjoy holiday with family and friends. we have a new list open and closed on our web site. tonight loved ones remembe remember-the blind man killed by driver in oakland. at the time man was killed last thursday if while in the crosswalk interhis mosque. mourners gather at the lions center for the blind this evening. they talked about the caring father of 5 who lost almost all vision after stroke in 2009. his mobility i hope instructor says he was a smart and driven person would didn't let his visual impairment slow him down. >> it surprised me grittily. i live about 3 block from where he was hit and i saw him oneing around about a m ago just traveling like a rock star. just really confident. so i was completely floored when i got the news. >> the go fund me account has raised more than 5,000 dollars for his family. we put the lincoln our web sit if you would like to get involved.

>> family of san mateo woman killed by driver police say driving high on drugs is talking tonight. 84-year-old neon a was struck and killed in walgreens parking lot. here's who police say was behind the wheel after smoking pot. 21-year-old season why tour. f cornell is live in san mateo tonight with interview from the family you will see only on abc 7. cornell? >>reporter: dan her son tells me tonight he can not believe his mom life ended in this walgreens parking lot at the hands of impaired driver who backed out of this drive through window with deadly consequences. >> it's horrible. unbelievabl unbelievable. spl selfish. >>reporter: paul can't believe his mom 84-year-old neon a falk is really gochbility active senior just moved to downtown san mateo to be close to restaurant and shoption shopping. >> not like a little old lady

going thrust parking lot. she was in good shape. >>reporter: last friday as she was leaving this pharmacy 21-year-old season why tour who police say was high open pot and possibly other drugs changed her mind about visiting the drive up pharmacy window and backed her minivan out quickly. running the william down. >> him if maybe she wait too long. 5 for minutes whatever she backed up. from this window. >>reporter: the woman died on saturday from her injuries. suspect was charged with felony dui and vehicular manslaughter. >> hopefully the they punish her really good for this and nobody else will do it. make it more safer around hear for the elderly. >>reporter: neighbors outrage about the tragedy. paul says his mom im gritted to the bay area from finland 40 years ago. sadly she had gone to walgreens to ask a simple question about some new medication. >> i saw this little bag next to her in the hospital and if

there was medicine wept to ask how to use them. >>reporter: sends this message to the person who ended his mm. 's life. >> made a decision if live with that. >>reporter: fawn rall services for miss falk held next week n.san mateo abc 7 news. >> man faces murder charges tonight in the hit-and-run death of a teenager. investigators say the suspect is in stronger to the law. anderson has long list of prior conviction. burglary car thef theft. theft from an elder and animal cruelty including conviction on charges of abusing and slashing animal to death at hayward petting soochlt he hit and killed 14-year-old cruz during mrit police pursuit last tuesday night in san leandro. cruz family grateful forthe arrest. >> may ivan rest easy as we continue to struggle and fate the actual fact that our brothers is gone f.we will not

see him again. >> anderson has been in custody on other charges since wednesday. he faces life in prison if convicted in the hit and run. there could be big changes coming to one of san francisco busiest corridor. tomorrow the municipal transportation agency is expected to approve of bus rapid transit project on van ness from mission to lombard street. plan would create bus only lanes and shelters in the center of van ness. it would remove left turn lanes for p-2 miles and reduce some parking. the project is expected to reduce bus travel time by about 30 percent. consequence of convenience. next on abc 7 news. they clean up life little problems but causing a big one for you. even if you have never used them. dirty truth about cleaning wipe. >> warning tonight about energy drink and kids. new faintings every parent really should kno know. >> you can't bite city hall. can why local mayor office going to the dog just for a

day. >> 7 news meteorologist sandy. temperatures in the 40's in some area that means a chilly morning ahead. back to tell but several opportunities for rain. 7 news

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. >> we have a warning tonight about energy drink and children. new study finds that toddlers are drinking them by accident which results in thousands of calls to poison control centers. the american heart association found that of the 5100 calls to poison control for energy drink exposure, 40 percent involve children under the able of 6. all that caffeine sometimes as

much as 300 milligram can cause vomiting, seizure and serious heart problems. of. >> something is clogging the nation sewers. it's probably in your home. according to the national association of clean water agency moist wipe are responsible for more than 1 athird of the debris choking u.s. treatment plants. eric thomas digs into the dirty truth about wipes. >> store shelves are packed with disposable wipe these days. new product to make your life cleaner. wipe to use around the house to. clean your baby. your face. pechb your bottom. the some wipes are made to be flushed down the toilet. most are not. >> if you want to know where a wipe goes. >>reporter: they are creating a huge mess in sewage plants. >> the question is always how many wipes do you get, well, this will get changed out sometimes in 20 minutes. >>reporter: george is superintendent of san francisco largest sewage treatment plant.

he remind people moist wipe marketed as disposable are not flush annual. when they do get flushed they end up here contributing to global plumbing problem. >> as you can see the wipe have not breaken down by the time they come to a plant. so now we have to treat them as trash. >>reporter: wipes aren't just clogging sewer system here in san francisco. it's all over the bay area and you are paying the bill. in san jose officials tell us it take up to 1 million dollars in rate payer money each year to keep the system clean. in oakland east bay mud workers showed us why. >> people flush come here. >>reporter: debris that doesn't get sorted out by the huge machines ends up stuck in them. work versus to shut down the system and clean you out the equipment by hand. most of what they pull out disposable wipes. >> not readily degradable like normal toilet paper is. they are thicker and tend to be a little bit more abraves on the system.

>>reporter: when the wipe get caught in pipe and sewers there's a back up. take a look at this video from sewer in london. sanitation worker discovered a massive blockage created when wipes mentioned with grease grime hair and garbage insiders calls this kind of clog a fat burg or turkey. this one was the size of a bus. closer to homewor homeworkers in orange county need add crane to move this one. most turkey not this huge but they can still cause big problems. >> we can come a cross a big turkey almost once a week. >>reporter: these pictures from east bay mud were taken couple of years ago. they show what's left after workers melted the grease from a turke turkey. mostly wipes. bob brand is with the industry group representing the company that make non-fabric wipe. >> this is an afternoon of what we saw. >>reporter: his group research show paper towel and feminine hygiene product make up the bulge of the debris removed from surs but admits baby wipe household wipe and some wipe label flushable make you up 40

percent of what they foychbilityd the problem is with the wipe which were never designed to be flushed never intended to be flushed but are being flushed we acknowledge that's a problem. >>reporter: for that reason brand says his group is encouraging manufacturers of disposable whip to adopt a do not flush logo. people down treatment of those wipes say there is a simpler solution. think before you flush. >> toilet paper down the drain. that should be the only thing you put down there. >>reporter: simple advice to keep anyone else from having to clean up your mess. abc 7 new news. >> the yuck. now we know exploratorium politic what's going to the dog. forehead a the chihuahua take over as mayor tomorrow and declare november 18 extra pet treat today. you go freed a.also 7 accommodation from the board of supervisors. she got elected as many politician does by spending money. her mayor for

a day status was auction item to raise fund for non-profit friends of an medical customer and control. >> i say all dog should get a few extra treat. >> that's a good idea. >> california man who lost nearly half his body weight went for the ride of his life to celebrate accomplish many. january hale reached milestone was in disney california adventure for the 2000 time this year. disney parent company of abc 7 news fechlt weighed 380 pouchbilityd he lost 150 pounds after gastric bipass surgery and 2 knee replace many. each ride celebrates transformation. >> 4 years ago i couldn't even, no way i would even be able to get on the ride. i weighed too much. bad knee. like coming to see your family. that's the way i see it because they are all happy when i show up. >>reporter: tell he hopes to get to 2400 ride by the end of the year. >> loves the ride good for him. >> let's update the weather forecast for you as we enter a

new week. >> that's right. sandhyas has latest on rain chance. >> i think you will like what you see on the forecast for a change. several opportunity for rain and our live doppler hd tracking it. right now just some cloud out there. we have a frost advisory north of the bay area. temperatures expected to drop in the mid 30's. starts at 1:00 o'clock. runs until 8:00 a.m. it does cover ukiah so the frost sensitive plants need to be brought in or covered. visibility is still good rate now. temperatures are falling exploratorium oakland you are in the 50's. moderating affect of the water but these areas you are already in the 40's. east bay hills camera looking across the bay here and fog is not an issue. temperatures 43 santa rosa it's going to be chilly tomorrow morning. 48 in nap a.40 fair field. 47 currently in concord. exploratorium camera beautiful view of san francisco. chilly morning inland we look at high cloud and sun tomorrow with

chance of rain wednesday through saturday. so we at least have 3 opportunities over nature tonight. temperatures will tumble down to the mid 30's in north bay valley also around fairfield 43 in livermore. 42 san jose. make sure you have a coat or jacket in the morning. 49 oakland 52 san francisco, 45 half moon basement satellite radar showing you the first system that brings us rain. cold front that is going to bring in rain just in tame for your wednesday morning commute. but first there's get passed the dome of dry air so we still need a little more time before the atmosphere moisten up. 5:00 a.m. tom morning could see mist along the coast line. we have to wait for the increasing cloud could have leading up to the rainy morning commute on wednesday 5:00 a.m. really will turn to ask the erred showers for the evening commute. beyond that we will see 2 more opportunities for some rain. we are looking at written snow mix in the sierra 7000 foot snow. seeing snow 7000 fat elevation mixing with

rain on wednesday. 51 degrees dropping to 24 mostly cloudy thursday slight chance of rain and snow again on friday. some of the resorts are opening friday saturday this coming week in case you are going keep that in mine. north bay quarter half inch wednesday night and tenth to quarter of an inch just what the first system. 2 more systems that are going to follow more chance of rain for thursday and then again on saturday and then we dry out on sunday so tomorrow afternoon a mild one with increasing cloud cover. mid 60's to the low 70's. accu-weather 7 day forecast hang on to the umbrella. showers thursday more rain friday night into saturday. and cooler weather you start to need to pull out the coats and jackets. >> all right. thank you. women hoop lead to sports. >> she was here for lar 80. >> they face off it seems to be filled with drama. tonight was no different. cardinal and huskies 47 game win streak but took over time. we have

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i. well apparently stanford has no streaking law and top rank yukon found out the hard way when the win streak ended tonight. harbaugh take in tonight game. lily thompson led all score netting 24 for the cardinals. i'll do it alicense. stanford 1 point lead. now down 3. time running out. amber. 3 to tie it. got it. we go to over time t.mick the go ahead jumper with a minute 38 left in o t. has 17. stanford 2 month to end the champion huskies 47 game win streak with 88-86 victory. let the bidding war

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