we begin with an issue affecting both the economy and our safety. abc7news reporter cornell barnard spent the day in union square to gauge how the holiday shopping is going. a lot of questions with last year's robberies and again earlier this week. reporter: we saw a lot of shoppers in union square today. many say they feel safer than in years past. holiday thieves are still at work and some are calling for more police in the area. >> i feel like it is pretty calm. reporter: stephanie ramirez started her holiday shopping in union square and she was not alone. a san francisco cabdriver said he has been taking more riders here. >> more people are coming this year than last year. which is really good. reporter: many believe there is

more foot traffic and more ice skaters at the rink compared to 20 20 and 2021. >> last year i felt like there was a lot of insecurity around union square. reporter: after numerous brazen robberies targeting high-end retailers rocked the city in 2021 forcing an increase in police presence around union square but on saturday we first showed you this surveillance video of four people getting out of a gray sudan -- gray sedan near union square and robbing a camera shop. days ago, the police chief william scott assured the people of additional safety measures. >> our job is to keep people safe and to make sure we are engaged and try to prevent people who want to do harm to the city. reporter: managers at a café on post street say they would like

to see more police here. >> more cops. more ways of safety. reporter: more police than they are here already. >> for sure. reporter: we found ron and his trusty dog and he said he feel safe and others should also. >> i know we had a lot of tough things going on last year, right across the street in fact. people feel anxiety but they want to open their hearts and put a smile on their face and get into the spirit of things regardless of how tough things are. reporter: trying to get in the spirit. we saw many retailers with their own private security and some store employees told us that foot traffic has been steady since black friday but sales could be stronger. j.r.: we hope they can survive but i love that they are bringing out their dogs. reporter: bringing their dogs and the spirits. j.r.: happening right now, a

live look at san francisco international airport with travelers on the move after the thanksgiving holiday in the air and on the roads. it is expected to be the third busiest thanksgiving travel season since aaa started tracking into thousand. at sfo, airlines expect today to be the busiest travel day of the year. we saw a steady line of cars dropping passengers off in front of terminal three today. it has been smooth sailing according to flyers we spoke with. >> i have had doozies when i have tried to travel over the holidays and this has been pretty tame. j.r.: united airlines expects more than 440,000 customers to fly through as fo over the thanksgiving holiday. we just checked the four major airports in the bay area and there are no significant problems to report. looking live at i-80 in

berkeley, we are expecting to see 49 million people pack up their cars and hit the highways nationwide. you can see some of their traffic on the screen. experts say the busiest time to be on the road is between 4:00 and eight :00. chp officers are on maximum enforcement patrol through midnight. we have been livestreaming this camera all day long so you can check traffic anytime. we'll find that livestream on our bay area app available wherever you stream. solano county authorities are investigating a deadly involved -- a deadly officer-involved shooting your central way and pittman road in fairfield. a sheriff's deputy along with his canine responded to a call about a robbery involving an armed suspect. investigators say when the canine was sent in to take the man into custody, the suspect fired several shots and the deputy returned fire killing the suspect who has not been identified.

in the east bay, gunfire on a freeway last night shut down parts of interstate 80 in berkeley around 11:30 p.m. westbound lanes of 80 near university avenue were shut down and you can see the closure there in the upper left in this video. cars just sitting there. berkeley police say three cars were involved and one of them had 5-10 ola holes in it and lanes were shut down for over an hour. there were reports of sideshow activity and the area but no injuries were reported. happening tonight, people will gather for a vigil in san francisco to mark 44 years since the assassination of lgbtq+ activist and politician harvey milk and san francisco mayor and gay rights ally george gus goni. both were shot and killed on this day at city hall in 1978. the vigil will also pay big -- pay tribute to the victims at the recent shooting at club q in

colorado springs where five people were killed. people will also demand change and call for an end to the violence to the lgbtq+ community. the gathering is set for tonight at 7:00 in the castro. the abc 7 originals documentary: murder at city hall is now available on demand and it tells the story of what led up to the murders in 1970 eight. download the abc 7 bay area app wherever you stream to watch. a day on the water for a family in the north bay ended up being a highflying adventure. >> if i could have you hang here at the rock and i will bring you up. j.r.: the unexpected turn that resulted in the coast guard having to come to the rescue. also, new toilet troubles for san francisco. $1.7 billion toilet proposal now repair work is needed on a bathroom that is just days old. spencer: i'm spencer christian.

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j.r.: welcome back. a group of

kayakers is saved tonight after a water rescue in orange county's bay this weekend -- in marin county's bay this weekend. the fire department requested the sonoma county sureos helicopter to help all the kayakers to safety yesterday. a bystander says the four kayakers were being swept out to sea in rough surf. two adults and two children were rescued and flown to safety. new details tonight, san francisco's new high-tech bathroom kiosk dubbed the future of public toilets is now closed for repairs. the closure comes less than a week after the new sleep public restroom was unveiled last wednesday. sfs says the bathroom broke down on friday and reports technicians are working to get the kiosk back up and running.

media company has agreed to pay for the public toilets and maintain them in exchange for allowing them to install advertising kiosks in the downtown area. 25 of them will be operational throughout the city in the next 4-5 years. a cook out today intended to build community and bring different cultures together. we had to a bay area event that celebrated the solidarity and similarities between the asian and black communities. and looking live, spencer christian says some really chilly temperatures are coming our way along with a double dose of rain. when to expect the wet weather ahead in the forecast. chris: miners fans, get ready to see your team a lot at levi. dominant defense. as shut out of the

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j.r.: welcome back. two bay area organizations are teaming up for a celebration of food, culture and solidarity in san francisco. they hosted the first ever abc cookout today sure for asian and black communities. it is an effort to unite the cultures by celebrating their respective foods and more. >> we are bringing two great

communities together to build real relationships and have real conversations and address real problems that face both of our communities. and we are doing this over good food and good times. we have so many things that have happened in our community and we love food and kids so we put this event together to bring both communities together in solidarity. j.r.: the first few hundred kids got to eat free courtesy of the black and asian owned food trucks and vendors taking part in today's celebration. we are counting down the wonderful world of disney magical holiday celebration happening sunday night right here on abc 7. we were in walt disney world and caught up with many performers who are ready for the holidays. reporter: fans here at the magic kingdom in walt disney world are excited to see ne-yo and he is excited to see them.

>> i have some of the most amazing fans on the planet. reporter: he teams up with chloe flow and becky gee for a christmas collaboration. >> it is really exciting. i get to watch them go crazy. >> ♪ that is what christmas means to me my love ♪ reporter: becky is excited to take the stage. you are collaborating also. >> yes. i've known ne-yo for a long time. it was fun. reporter: the wonderful world of disney magical holiday celebration is sunday night here on abc. j.r.: disney is the parent company of abc 7 and you can catch a wonderful world of disney magical holiday celebration tonight starting at 8:00 right here on abc 7. when it is cold outside, the

best place to be is at home and that is where we find spencer christian tonight to break down our weather forecast. spencer: you are so right. i am enjoying the fun of home tonight. we have some frosty weather coming our way in a day or so but right now here is a look at the temperature change from the last 24 hours. quite a bit cooler tonight than it was last night. 4-7 degrees cooler. here is a look from our rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero to the bay bridge. san jose is at 58, our warm spot. another live view of the heavy traffic on the westbound i-80 near maryvale and berkeley. 53 in santa rosa. napa 50. one more live view from our camera looking towards the bay

bridge. here our forecast features. mostly clear skies overnight. breezy and kohler tomorrow. andy and wednesday. rain arrives thursday and friday. look at the overnight conditions, mainly clear skies with a few high clouds. upper 30's in some north bay locations. most locations though will have lows in the low to mid 40's. highs tomorrow under mainly sunny skies with high clouds. 56 half moon bay. the bay shoreline and inland we will see many locations warming about 61 or 62 degrees. that is a part tomorrow's highs. let's look at the approaching storm. bringing in the abc 7 storm impact scale. one. periods of rain tapering off to showers at times and breezy. here is our forecast

intermission, starting late tonight, let's see if we can get that going. i think my computer may be frozen. there it is. starting wednesday night you will see it bringing cold air but no rainfall. a more powerful front bringing in some scattered and heavy downpours. snow in the sierra. that storm will taper off on friday followed by a second wave of rain late saturday into sunday. let's look at the accuweather 7 day forecast. tuesday and wednesday, frosty mornings giving way to cooler daytime weather on thursday and friday. a lot of clouds and rain. it could be quite heavy at times on thursday. later on friday. next wave on saturday and it tapers off on sunday. >> abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. chris: the 49ers have hit their

stride in the last month and are in a prime possession -- position to makeugng i out with rry rice. 49ers kicked the field goal in their first red zone possession. 3-0 and the saints are hanging tough. just before the half the 49ers back in the red zone. garrotte below the gun scanning. look at jennings make the catch on the ricochet. the cameraman in perfect position. he knew the play was going to the corner. third quarter, more niners injuries. garoppolo getting twisted here. he did tough it out and stayed in the game. keep an eye on jimmy g. in the coming week.

the ball comes loose. loose ball. no points for the saints. later in the fourth, fourth and goal for new orleans, they sacked andy dalton. the 49ers with their first shutout since 2019 and the first time the saints have been shut down in -- since 2001. >> to hold a team to a goose egg in the nfl is not easy. i love playing with those guys. there are some dogs out there. >> it feels great. that is our goal each week to shut them down. it is easier said than done. this one is very special because of the way we had to get it down. >> it has been all 11 guys

feeding off each other. looking across and seeing your brother and seeing the way he is playing, we feed off each other. >> i saw the safety go away from me and i knew jimmy was coming to me. i saw the ball in the air thinking it was going to drop in. there was a load of events and ultimately it was a touchdown. and i was happy. let's go. chris: he was hyped. the news out of stanford. david shaw resigning as head coach leaving as the winningest head coach. the cardinals have struggled lately finishing three people -- 3-9 for a second straight season and he says the time feels right to step away. >> two weeks ago i never would've thought we would have this conversation right now. and this one phrase just kept coming to me. it is time.

it's time. chris: good luck to the coach and his young endeavor. some young warriors fans. draymond up talk to andrew wiggins. his first double-double of the season. had7. warriors on fire in the first quarter. curry inside the logo, s25, 11 . old and state scored 47 in the first quarter. jordan poole for three and he had 24. klay thompson puts it away and the fourth. a loose ball. clay -- klay thompson pulling out. his fourth game of at least 20 in a week. the warriors win big. over 500 for the first time since game one i want to congratulate you on michigan. coach auerbach, the old niners coach. reporter: you're giving away my secrets. j.r.: the question of the night

is coming is jimmy g. going to be ok? chris: he toughed it out. j.r.: at the podium he seemed ok. are you into the world cup? we will check out a watch party that wil

j.r.: welcome back. here is a glance at what is coming up on abc news at 11:00. a small plane trapped in power lines and the race to rescue those sitting inside and the power outages to thousands. and protests over covid lockdowns in china tonight. the chaos between police and demonstrators. soccer fans around the bay area have been wrapped up in world cup fever. dan princes goes union square was the place to be. the city's recreation and parks department along with street soccer usa hosted a free watch party that drew hundreds of soccer fans to see this morning's batches. >> we saw that they were showing the game yesterday so we thought it would be a good opportunity

to watch the game in a lively place. j.r.: today's event is part of the traveling sf world cup village comedy series of watch parties held at iconic locations throughout the city. if you want to join any of the watch parties, you need to rsvp online. chris: sending my rsvp right now. usa on tuesday. j.r.: that is it for usa -- that (vo) a medicare advantage plan should come with all the benefits you want and zero compromises. with anthem blue cross, it can. just go to anthem.com/answers or call 833-797-4179 for a free one-on-one medicare plan review. ask about our zero dollar monthly premium plans that include dental, vision and hearing coverage along with transportation, a gym membership and zero dollar copay for prescriptions all for zero extra cost. plus, you could be eligible for extra

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