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you and -- after thanksgiving and we backed out and half of the power line fell down. >> a tree snap on oak shot decembering the windshield of the taxi. >> thanksgiving travelers will try to fly home in and out of sfo after storms through the bay area caused massive delays. more delays are likely today. nick, how is it going at san francisco international airport? >> right now at sfo it is great. across the nation the new numbers show 238 flights that have been delayed. last night at sfo, that was a different story, flights were delayed up to hour fours causing a ripple effect so many will not be able to leave sfo until today. this is what we are talking about. many travelers were stuck at the airport. incoming and outgoing flights
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were delayed two or three hours. it is considered to be the busiest days at sfo. the delays were because of the heavy wind and rain that stopped and started all day sunday. dozens of travelers delayed from evening hours after they were supposed to leave. >> a sour net to end on. especially without my bag. the plane was this but they said because of a power delay we could not get on. >> officials say sunday after thanksgiving is the busiest days of year with 140,000 people moving through the airport. it is showing flight departure and arrival all is clear. a lot of people stuck here yesterday will be happy to know they can get home to their loved ones.
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the storm brought a lot of snow to the sierra. you can see the skiers having fun with 9" of snow since friday. more is expected tonight. >> you can see the weather where you live with the weather app on apple app and google play and it is free. president obama hold a cease of high-level meetings of the crisis if ferguson at the white house. they will talk how to build trust with the police and the communities. protests continue a week after a grand jury decided not to indicted officer wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. he resigned over the weekend. >> you think they would accept me? you think it would be safe? >> we need more resignations for
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the community to heal. >> the mayor of ferguson said there was no direct threat but called the resignation a step in the right direction. we will have a report on latest in ferguson at the top of the hour. in st. louis five members of the rams walked on to the football field during introductions yesterday with the hands up, don't shoot, pose, commonly seen during the ferguson protests. this has been imitated across the sports world since michael brown's death. fans leaving the gale were met by protesters and helmeted city police officers. half a dozen people were arrested in the demonstrations. >> san francisco police say they will have the final numbers on arrests and damage caused by ferguson protesters on friday. a largeup of people hit the streets to protest the grand jury decision in the michael brown case. they started out peacefully but some protesters began throwing glass bottles at police and breaking storens. two police officers were injured
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and the mall on market street closed early because of the violence. >> after a busy holiday weekend andshipping montreal alouettes of americans are expected to log on on cyber monday the biggest online shopping day of the week since 2010. where are the best deals? where are the best deals? we have answers for you. tvs. despite the scenes fewer of us are willing to risk a black eye on black friday to get the deal. shopping on turkey day itself made up for some of the dip but one thing is clear, the rules of holiday bargain hunting are changes. cyber monday still "the" day to shop online? >> it is not the only day. it is a cyber month of deals and
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cyber monday is the summit. >> the best democrats shopping guru says head to online only guru says head to online only retailers such as www. my favorite app is right here, you click on it before you check out any website and it will scrape internet for any coupon available so you use a discount gun. >>shipping experts top tip? sign up for e-mails from the stores you love and watch the deals start rolling in. >> another tip from the experts: sigh unfor e-mails from stores where you plan to shop and you will see discounts in the inbox by the time you are ready to
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check out. >> there are a lot of hot you its from retailers online with the best deal head to abc7news.com. retailers hope to gain ground after weaker than hoped for sales over the holiday weekend. the number of shoppers was down more than 5 percent from thanksgiving through sunday. with total spending expected to be around $51 billion down from $57 billion last year. the drop off can be partly blamed on sales that began way before the holiday. wal-mart and target offered online discounted in october. a large homeless camp this san jose is set to be closed for good this week. officials want to permanently dismantle the homeless encampment known as "the jungle." 72-hour notices will go up. workers will take down the homes and clean up the trash on thursday. san jose city leaders are set to decide on another
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controversial issue: tomorrow the city council vote on a ban on riding bicycles on sidewalks downtown. it is banned in san francisco and oakland on the sidewalks. we got a good rain system as mike promised for the weekend. lisa? we did. the totals were impressive from sick percent to 80 percent of normal which is good. we are not yet to the strongest storm. live doppler hd shows showers around marin at 101 and san rafael, through mill valley and muir beach. offshore you can see the moisture is popping up here and there with isolated showers and mild temperatures but we having for, as well. it is 58 in fremont.
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it is 57 in mountain view. visibility is reduced in livermore to quarter of a mile and four miles in petaluma. temperatures with the clouds and fog in the mid-to-upper 50's and look if sun today with a chance of isolated shower and the numbers are mild: mid-60's to nearly 70 today. the rain will hold off until late tonight but there will be a lot of it. leyla gulen is off today so we are doing traffic up here. on 580 we can tell you there is a solo spinout near the altamont pass to the east of livermore so be aware of that. we will look outside right new if we can at golden gate bridge they are turning the we markers around so the traffic on this monday, people going back to worth after a long thanksgiving holiday, we are monitoring the trouble spots and we will keep
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you informed on what the rain is doing. >> it is now 4:38. a new clue if san francisco police after a daytime shooting in north beach. what investigators have found that could lead to the shooter. >> this is a potentially deadly items in your baby's crib that may not appear to be dangerous at all. >> traffic is looking good. the roads are a little wet. the roads are a little wet. stay
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camera bouncing it around. we will learn more about what is going on in a couple of minutes from lisa. >> san francisco police say they found the get away car used by a found the get away car used by a gunman and another person neighborhood fissionture injured. >> this is roy minutes after being shot. witnesses say he was shot while crossing the street after getting into an argument with the driver. >> the guy got out of the car with a gun and shot him, but missed, and got back in the car and drove off. >> roy was shot in the shoulder and the bullet ricocheted out of the shoulder and grazed his head. he was conscious. he was shot. he is lucky. >> the bullet want through a shoulder and shattered two windows at buster's burger.
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>> it sounded like firecrackers and i assumed it was a rock being thrown but we did not think there would be bullets happening at this hour. >> brenda and the co-workers say customers jumped away from the spray of broken glass. no one inside was injured. roy is a fixture in the neighborhood described by everyone we talked to as a loud and cranky but harmless character. witnesses say he cursed at the driver and used "n" word. >> he doesn't like black people some daze, he doesn't like black people some days and he doesn't like nobody some days. >> we warned him, roy, something bad will happen. >> police are trying to track down the shooter. >> police used tear gas to force a suspected burglar to surrender after spending telephone hours -- 12 hours on a roof tom. he broke into a home on south to end and the man climbed on to
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the roof next door. officers say he tore the chimney apart and pelted them with bricks and other objects while they tried to talk with him. important information for parents: too many infants are in danger from sleeping with blankets and pillows and other unsafe bedding according to a study by centers for disease control. guidelines recommend against putting babies to sleep with soft bedding because it could lead to suffocation. the practice is common among young mothers. accidental suffocation in bed is the leading cause of injury-related death in infants. >> the 49ers need your help to get to the championship game. we are talking about the junior 49er youth football team practicing here at the lay ground -- playground over the weekend. they have qualified for the youth championships in florida
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but need to raise $50,000 to make the trip. >> we don't want to make it look like we are trying to be selfish to get money to get to florida but this is enrichment for the youth. you could never replace this so we are so proud and they will remember this for their lives. >> we have posted a link on abc7news.com. >> they worked hard enough to get there and we should make it happen collectively. >> the bay area as we have noted is good about this so i am sure they will. >> if your kids had football practice, it was wet. >> it was. the south bay peninsula got good rain. they are 80 percent of normal and the middle of the week we could be where we should be for december. for the drought, that is for sure. we will take it and more is to
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come. live doppler hd shows showers offshore and, also, in the north bay, marin county, you her the rain last night. we are looking at wet roads, highway 101 from novato through san rafael and mill valley and the approach to the golden gate bridge is looking pretty foggy as well, and keep that in mind the temperatures are up and we have moisture in the air and the dew point is about the same as the temperatures and we will deal with the fog in the santa clara valley, the east bay, and temperatures in the low 50's for wad wood and it is 59 in half moon bay and 59 at action in --t 5:00 in the morning. 54 in petaluma and 52 in livermore and this afternoon it will be dry but i am keeping the chance of isolated shower in the forecast. still, a chance in the afternoon and, then, the strong weather system comes in overnight
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tonight into tuesday and wednesday. the area of low pressure is well offshore but it is bringing in the southern winds. as we go through monday night we are dry. here comes the rain. tuesday, 3:00 in the morning, and by 4:00, continues to push up from the south. santa cruz mountains could see from 2-4" of rain. by 10:00 in the morning, everyone is soaked. in the afternoon, another way of heavy rain, 3:00 in the afternoon and the evening commute looks wet and the low late tuesday into wednesday and that will generate more heavy showers. the winner storm watch goes into affect through wednesday and the heavy snow begins early tuesday and we could see up to 2' of snow. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures are mild at 60's to nearly 70 and the rain with the wind late tuesday into wednesday and leggerring showers for thursday and we dry out by the
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end of the week. the break is coming later today but this morning, the bridge decks and roads are still wet and speaking of bridges, there is a stalled car westbound 80 the decline on the bay bridge slowing things down so be aware of that and we will look at walnut creek, interstate 680, the tail lights headed southbound and remark is light if this time of the morning but folks are going back to work. it could pick up later. >> we know you want your traffic news but your shopping news. amazon set black friday was the busiest day ever. they sold approximately 64 item as second on friday. the best selling items were kindle fire and "toy story ultimate buzz." and men's watches. 3,000 deals were offered and they will release new offers every ten minutes today for cyber monday. they predict they will beat
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their friday record. >> i didn't know you could type that fast. >> i had help. >> helping out the economy. >> the higher you are on the executive ladder the more likely you are to shop online. >> it is the executives! >> taking time out of work to take part of cyber monday. 47 percent of american workers will shop at work this holiday season. if you are an executive, the number jumps to 53 percent. microsoft came out on top on black friday with xbox the top selling console with 53 percent share of the market. play station 4 was second place. >> sony is working on a watch made from what is called electronic paper, changing appearance depending on the user's gesture. it will be available next year. have a great cyber monday.
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>> coming up, a unique piece of we art paying homage to robin williams can be yours. to keep. >> why does santa need reindeer when he had flippers? >> a look outside for you, this is the embarcardero in san francisco, rain is not coming down at the moment but still somewhat wet from the overnight rain. we are keeping tabs on weather we are keeping tabs on weather and traffic with abc7 news
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everyone loves pillsbury grands. make dinner pop. >> the first legal step will be taken to renape the waldo tunnel in marin county after robin williams. the legislation will be introduced to honor the comic and actor. 58,000 fans have signed a petition to name the tunnel for williams. he committed suicide back if august.
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he lived in marin county. >> speaking of robin williams, you can bid on a unique tribute to the comedian. >> a bay area artist loves rubic cubes and the latest creation is a reminder withs mosaic made up of cubes taken from 600 rubic cubes called goofball up for auction on ebay. he is a student helper and took nine hours to put it together and a donation from a robin williams fan gave the perfect way to on the late actor. >> 700 cubes showed up on my doorstep the same day we lost robin williams and i put two and to together and decided to build something out of the rubin cukes for robin william's memory. the auction ends at 8:00 this morning and the high bid is $4,4 50. there have been half a dozen bids. it will all be over at 8:00 this
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morning. you have time to get your bids in. right new. we have a link on abc7news.com with the proceeds split between the american foundation for suicide prevention and st. jude's children's research hospital. reminds me of the jellybean creations. >> jellybelly. >> right. >> lisa is waiting. >> go ahead. >> tell us about the forecast. light rain shower activity in the north bay. here is live doppler hd showing it offshore here, which could move in so want out for that. right here, highway one from san rafael, novato to sausalito and approaching the golden gate bridge, it is wet. we are looking at fog in concord and livermore with visibility less than quarter-mile and temperatures are mild, a break,
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the calm before the storm. thank you, lisa. leyla gulen is off but we will look at traffic for you to keep you updated. this is eastbound 580 beyond north flynn road a disabled pickup in a right lane and you are going to be slow and you can see the red section moving slowly there beyond 205. >> this is a toll plaza which is looking like at the richmond-san rafael bridge. be careful. the pavement is wet. efforts are underway to save an endangered species of salmon native to the bay area. state and federal officials have removed 105 fish, all confined to redwood creek and they are in a hatchery. they hope to return the fish to muir woods in two years to
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breed. there was no sign of baby coho salmon surviving because of pollution and development and the drought hurting the endangered species. >> the legal fight over the drake's bay oyster company will end to reverse a ban of oyster farming if drake's bay. federal attorneys have requested to have the case dismissed. court paper show the drake's bay oyster again has agreed to all operations by the end of this month. >> if you are tired of the sailed only picture of santa with your child on his knee, head to oklahoma. can you find santa cuba diving in a 60,000 salt water tank at the oklahoma aquarium. kids are not used to seeing santa in this environment. we are not sure if he is deciding who is naughty or nice but he will swim until christmas
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, on cyber monday, the first day of december. hope you had a great thanksgiving. mike and leyla are off today. >> lisa? today is the break before the big system arrives and lingers through when. starting with a few light showers in san rafael. it is slick. we have fog. in the east bay valley. we will talk about that. we have high temperatures very mild before the system moves in tonight. that is a bonus. we will hear about that in a few minutes but a look now at traffic. the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic is light as folks head back to work. the road is still wet. do be careful driving. more traffic, as well. at 5:00 a.m., as many of us head back to work, the holiday
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