defiant that they will not let one person scare them away. >> even with the threat fresh on many minds, pier 39 was bustling with activity now. >> a former marine now sitting in jail accused of hatching the plot. with reaction and you say you've noticed more security out there? >> reporter: yes, eric, there has been some security coming around the tree here. you can see people taking pictures here tonight. it's business as usual despite this place being a target for terrorism. saturday holiday fun goes on at pier 39 after the fbi foiled a plan terror attack at the san francisco destination. >> when i looked at my phone and saw that it said there's a threat of this terrorist at pier 39, i'm like oh, my gosh, we're here. >> reporter: trisha johnson was visiting pier 39 friday when she

learned of the alleged plot. an ex-marine planned to stage the attack around christmas. he's now in jail. >> you can't get rattled when things like this happen. this is our country. this is america. >> there are more inherent dangers in everything we do, but i trust in the security i've seen around here. >> reporter: according to a federal criminal complaint he had red cal jihadi believes and social media posts that supported terrorism. his family members in modesto are in shock. >> it's not my nephew they're talking about, i can't explain it any other way. >> reporter: a big take away investigators hope others online take notice to this kind of radicalism. >> even though this was an fbi informant that alerted the fbi, this kind of tip could have came from anybody in the public. >> reporter: jamison has a hearing scheduled january 5th. his attorney says his client will plead not guilty to any

charges against him. abc 7 news. >> now, the arrest has stunned those people who knew james. and a former neighbor said the terror suspect seemed like any other guy. >> he seemed like a normal person who lived there, young guy who lived there with his girlfriend. just never caused any problems. there wasn't any loud events or anything. just the neighbor. >> the suspect faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. abc 7 news was the first to send out a push alert on the abc 7 news app about the arrest of the terror suspect yesterday morning. be sure to download our upgraded app and enable the pushover feature to receive breaking news updates. the app is free to download. happening right now, the weather is still a big story in the bay area this weekend. not only is it chilly today and tomorrow have been declared spare the air days. taking a live look from our

camera of san francisco and the mount diablo hills. the alert means you can't build a fireplace. you will need to find another source of heat to keep warm. so is our quiet weather pattern to blame for all the unhealthy air? it is another cool, crisp night in the bay area as we take another live look outside of downtown san francisco. once again, don't plan on burning that yule log for the holiday. >> unfortunately, it's going to stick with us the next 24 hoursch so spare the air day has been called once again for sunday. part of the reason why, we'll have poor air quality along the north bay and the coast. christmas day, a lilt bit of improvement as most areas are in that moderate range in terms of air quality. a quiet and beautiful night.

if you're headed out and about later on, we have a lot of cloud cover over head, but the skies will remain dry and temperatures are chilly, dropping into the 40s by 8:00. >> all right, drew, thank you very much. for those of us still doing their holiday shopping, there's a new warning out for san mateo police. turns out the one thing we've been trying to do to prevent thieves from taking our stuff isn't working. live tonight from bridge point shopping center with some new advice. melanie? >> reporter: yeah, eric, unfortunately that old advice that you're referring to which is to just put everything in your trunk, right, out of sight, nothing on the seats, nothing in the back seats so that thieves won't target your vehicle, well, unfortunately, that's not working, at least not according to san mateo police. they are warning last minute shoppers or really anybody doing shopping right now, they've had

a number of trunk break-ins. so they're suggesting everybody carry everything that they purchase until they are ready to leave the shopping center here. not surprisingly we met up with a number of shoppers who are not exactly following that advice. >> we through a little toy in the trunk and we're like we're going to the next place. so you don't want to hang onto it. >> you see that in the commercials but it doesn't work out so well. yeah, carrying 15 bags. >> reporter: we did talk to a last individual who told us police officers were actually putting report cards on people's vehicles, sort of grading them about how safe their vehicle was, sort of about how their belongings were not out of sight. the advice here is to basically carry everything until you're ready to leave the shopping center. that old advice to put

everything in the trunk unfortunately isn't working because the thieves are seeing people putting things in their trunks and when they leave the vehicle, they become the target. the advice here is just do all of your shopping or i guess make multiple trips. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. some much needed advice, thank you. the sheriffs office say they've wrapped up an investigation into female detainees being held in richmond. they say almost all of them are unfounded including one saying detainees were locked down 23 hours a day. the sheriff adds they do have keys to their rooms as well. the health officials will also review a couple of complaints about health care. investigators say they went through hours of surveillance video recordings and interviewed dozens of witnesses. a celebration of life today was held for the firefighter who

died while battling the thomas fire. bagpipers played amazing grace as fallen firefighter cory iverson cal fire shield and american flag were presented to his family. the memorial was held in san diego whereiverson was based. he leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter and wife. the couple were execing their second child. new developments in the thomas fire. it is now the largest wildfire in california history. the fire has burned more than 273,000 acres in southern california, containment remains at 65%. more than 700 homes have been destroyed since the fire started nearly three weeks ago. vacation orders remain in effect for some residents of ventura and santa barbara count az. long time politician bill lock leer apparently has a new

career thanks to pier 64. they plan to become marijuana distributors. the goal is to get their products into pot shops and the l.a. area at the start of next year. leak hp lear stez he sees the marijuana market as a form of public service and as a way to help fund his kid's tutitian. he has held numerous political offices and last served as state treasure. just ahead who was playing the role of santa and handing out bikes today that left many youngste youngsters grinning ear to ear. the item

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with the raise in cigarette taxes earlier this year convenience stores in central valley are seeing a spike in crime. >> thieves are stealing cartons of cigarettes. and one heist turned into a brutal encounter with one clerk. >> reporter: surveillance video shows the moment a suspect dives behind the cash register. the beginning of a 10 minute struggle all for 150 cartons of cigarettes. >> punched him, hit him, sprayed him in the face with some sprays and stuff. actually had a taser also. zip tied his hands.

>> reporter: lieutenant david has noticed the most sought out item thieves are after lately is cigarettes. now that the tobacco tax raised the price, suspects know their guaranteed value and easy to resell for cash. >> the robbers in this situation, in this incident they never touched the cash register at all. >> reporter: cigarettes were also taken recently during a deadly mini mart robbery in modara. the clerk never fought back but was shot and killed as the suspects left. two men were arrested on charges of homicide. despite the serious injury to the clerk in the latest cigarette theft, he was an observant witness and able to help police solve the crime. >> he described it as scary, doesn't know what's going on. but the good thing was he was able to recognize voices and body movements to help identify the people and get them caught. >> reporter: detectives recovered 35 cases of cigarettes at a home just two blocks away

from the liquor store. a man and a woman were arrested for the crime, and the female gave police a full confession. officers believe the periscoped out the mini mart the night before and figured out where the cigarettes were stored. abc 7 news. >> that is scary stuff. >> pretty bad. well, christmas is coming a little early for some bay area children. >> yeah, the hundreds of gifts that were delivered today courtesy of some firefighters. >> and let's take you outside for a quick look at this chilly evening. there is sfo. if you're headic back to the midwest, there's some trouble. meteorologist drew tuma with the accuweather next. a quick turn around for it warriors who are back on

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well, hundreds of kids have new bikes so they can pedal around san francisco all thanks to santa claus and his helpers at the fire department. >> 300 new b riding toys brightened young faces.

the new bike owners told us where they plan to ride. >> to the store. >> maybe to the park or i don't know. >> i grew up in the mission district. i grew up in actually lain. didn't have a lot, single mom. so we want to give back, make sure every kid has toys and, you know, just fun stuff. >> so appreciated. the kids also got free helmets as you can see and made friends with firefighters and toy volunteers. accuweather starting out the weekend live, cloud cover up stairs. a cool downday on the way for sunday. live doppler sunday showing you it's rather quiet. we do have a few returns over clover dale. unfortunately this moisture not reaching the ground. it's evaporating. dry right now inory atmosphere, but we do have that cloud cover that'll stick with us tonight. winter weather advisories stretching across several states

in the midwest. the purple that's where expecting some snow. live doppler 7 satellite, heres that snow causing issues making its way into the midwest, that'll continue for the next 24 hours. exiting rain showers in the midatlantic and parts of snow, and likely see a bit more snow on christmas day. back here at home it's quiet but also chilly outside. 52 right now in san francisco. we're at 49 in fremont and fairfield, one of the coolest spots right now at 45 degrees. over night tonight we have a lot of cloud cover up stairs, and it will be chilly especially away from our coast and inland valleys. 40 that overnight low in oakland. 39 in palo alto dropping to about 35 in livermore. we're in the 30s, and peeks of sunshine, really holding tight across our sky on sunday.

and it will be a chilly afternoon. temperatures slightly below average for this time of year, struggling to make it into the mid-50s. 53 the high in richmond, 55 the high in san francisco and oakland. 57 in san jose, and you will notice a bit of haze in our atmosphere. that's why we have another spare the air day in effect on sunday. if you are traveling on sunday we'll see that snow continue around chicago, and this system will actually move into new england and bring a white christmas for many there. the western half of the country is really quiet. one issue in seattle and portland, it's chilly. we will see a mix of rain and snow sunday. if you're traveling to the state of california, it's really quiet across the majority of the southern state. a little bit of rain in eureka, and it will be chilly with a temperature of 55 degrees. as we get you back into christmas day, it's a quiet holiday. it's cloudy.

temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s first thing in the morning. by 4:00 we'll call it partly sunny out there and temperatures in the mid-50s to lower 60s. cool and cloudy on your christmas eve. start out with clouds christmas morning giving way to sunshine christmas day. tuesday, wednesday, and thursday that dry path really takes hold. just a few clouds friday and saturday. a quick turn around for the warriors after turning back the lakers last night. they're hosting denver this evening at oracle. tis the season to watch basketball while eating noodles. wilson chandler drains along 3, steve kurk calls an early time out. sets up jordan bell for the flush. and then patric mccall taking it strong to the hoop. nick young will go around in

circles before putting it into the basket. the warriors do trail the nuggets 34-30. with the nfl season winding down, trying to secure their first playoff spot in three years. the weather didn't affect the cults offense here. former 49er frank gore who will score. he's just the second player in nfl history to have s seasons of a,000 yards. with just under three minutes to play, the cults block this punt and recover. down in ten, pass falls incomplete. the ravens hang onto win 23-16. they can clench a playoff spot with a win next week against cincinnati. >> i keep saying i think we're a very confident football team.

we'll be itching to get back out there sunday to get the game under way. but we got to go about our business in the right way and continue to do what we've been doing. this is tough team we've got coming in here next week and we all know that. at the armed forces bowl, army took on san diego state. jalen mcclinton makes a great defensive play. while on the grad he tips his pass to his teammate for an interception. that led to brad shah's second touch down of the game. it was tied 28-all. rashaad pen rashaad penny rushed for 221 yards and 4 tds. with 22 seconds left, gets across the goal line to cut the lead to just one. the black knights decide to go for 2 and the win. 42-35 the final. army winds up 10 and 3. it's their most wins since 1996.

also went down to the final seconds at the birmingham bowl. with only five minutes to play, throwing a strike. the red raiders answer snick finds tj vagser in the end zone. with 21 seconds to play south florida goes back on top. flowers finds mccant in stride. with time running out tech puts up a hail mary pass. coming up way short. the bulls finish with ten wins for a second straight season. down south for the dollar general bowl in mobile. dion likes those dresses. jalen moore will find his way to the end zone. he'll score again in the second quarter. now in the third the mountains lead toledo 27-0.

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