f0 while we saw a good turnout and increased sales in some places, it wasn't the cure all some businesses were hoping for. >> it's a little disheartening. they're buying gifts, but they're very conscious of what they're spending. and millions returning from thanksgiving weekend, but are they bringing a respiratory virus with them? rsv warnings for kids. i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. today was a big day for small businesses across the bay area hoping a busy holiday shopping season will make up for the losses they've seen thanks to rising inflation. >> shoppers were out early looking for deals while supporting local businesses. >> between pandemic slumps and now the slowing economy due to

inflation, owners say the support means everything during these times. this small business saturday was the boost many needed, especially as we head into the most critical time of year for retailers. >> honestly from a morale point of view it's a big deal. it really gives us energy for the rest of the holidays. >> small independent stores really add to the flavor of the community. >> while most stores in the bay area have seen a boost in business this busy weekend, not everyone has been so lucky. >> betty yu caught up with a store owner who says things are slower than ever. >> reporter: ambience clothing boutique has been here nor union street for more than 20 years, and the manager says this small business saturday might be the slowest one yet. gwen has worked at ambience clothing store for several years. she said even a small business saturday 20% off

discount wasn't enough to lure many customers into the boutique. >> it's a little disheartening. you know, i expected, you know, even last year was a lot of fun. we're hoping for a good holiday season. i'm hoping that everyone is out of town. when i came this morning, the street was completely empty. lots of parking. >> reporter: items range anywhere from $10 to $400. rising costs and inflation are making customers think twice before purchasing. >> they're buying gifts, but they're very conscious of what they're spending. i used to have customers just knock it out in one sweep. now it's they're waiting. >> do you have this in extra

small? >> reporter: damian porter came in looking for a great gatsby inspired outfit for his fianc÷e. >> i love unique gifts. >> reporter: a new survey from bank rate shows even more americans shop on saturday than black friday. but the majority still buy from large businesses. gwen is staying optimistic, despite the disappointing thanksgiving weekend turnout. >> it's ambience. we made it through the pandemic, and we'll figure it out to bring people in. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >> despite the slow business they saw today, the national retail federation expects 166 million americans will take advantage of the deals this weekend. that means on the whole, people are still spending a lot of money this holiday season despite high inflation. retail sales were up about a percentage point in the past month, and more people are expected to spend money today

than black friday. it's not all good news. as more americans will be using their credit cards to cover expenses, economists say that u.s. credit card debt is growing at the fastest pace that it's been in over 20 years. so is adding to that debt ever a good plan? >> absolutely not. if you have to put it on a credit card that you can't pay off the next billing cycle, then you should not be buying that gift. >> more and more people are also using buy now, pay later services like afterpay and affirm for holiday shopping, but experts say it's easy to miss payments and be hit with fees. the the founder of san francisco-based tummo credit has this message for shoppers. >> when you're tempted to click the buy now, pay later button, always think that button exists to incentivize the merchant. the companies get a huge cut from the sale they're getting from you. they're not on your

side. they're not incentivized for your personal help. so always feel like they're against you. outgoing local mayor libby schaff released her plan to spur business. that includes spending more than a quarter million dollars on increased security and street ambassadors at locations like piedmont, jack london square, and the lake shore. so far it appears to be working. on black friday, we saw decent sized crowds out again. and no reports of any smash and grabs or shoplifting like we saw at this time last year into well, protesters with that ongoing university of california academic workers strike took their protest to the cal football game. a ph.d student and community ally

dressed up like referees. they climbed flag poles and put on a banner saying flag on the play, unfair labor practice. they were arrested by university police after the game. the protests have been going on for two weeks now. and the case of the puzzling powder in martinez. much of downtown was blanketed in the fine dust. no one is sure where the powder came from. some point to the local refineries. >> i noticed this morning walking up perry street, and there was dust all over people's windshields. i think it's coming from the refinery. they have to deal with it. >> the martinez refining company says it has taken samples of the dust to test it and identify what it is. they'll also investigate who's at fault and how it happened. it's that time of year in san francisco. the fairmont's

giant ginger bread house is back. >> we bake every brick ourselves here in house. we bake about 3300 bricks. we started baking back in july. >> the giant house is 22 feet high and 23 feet wide with hundreds of pounds of candy. in san jose, the world's largest light display is open at paypal park. the enchant light festival has millions of lights, a 100-foot tall tree, ice skating rink, and much more. there's a great search to find nine reindeers along the maze. >> the story is you'll come through, go through the maze, and find santa's nine misses reindeer because the elves were playing and let them out. >> the park will be open for the next six weeks. still ahead tonight at 11:00, thanksgiving is over, but concerns over a new surge in rsv and covid cases is not. we've got a doctor's advice on

keeping you and the family healthy during the holidays. then world cup watch parties in the bay area are turning out to be big business. how they're helping to revitalize san jose. we'll also look at delays facing holiday travelers across the country. the latest numbers coming up. so does this guy. >> we'll finish the four-day weekend just as nice as we started it. no change tomorrow. sunday is fantastic. next week is more interesting with a chance of rain and noticeably colder in the middle of the week. we'll talk about it in

heads up if you're hitting the road this weekend. the chp is having one of its maximum enforcement weekends. that sounds ominous. they're expecting to be busy as aaa predicts this to be the third busiest travel weekend since they started keeping track in the year 2000. they expect some 50 million americans to hit the road this weekend alone. last year, 42 people died on california roadways over the thanksgiving weekend. if you're traveling through the sky for the holidays, it's been pretty smooth so far. there have been very few delays or cancellations at bay area airports this weekend. as we take a live look at sfo tonight, fewer than ten flights have been delayed since thanksgiving. none have been canceled. we're seeing similar numbers from oakland and san jose as well. but the news isn't as good

elsewhere. more than 2300 flights were delayed across the u.s. the biggest delays were in dallas and houston. they're dealing with storms and severe weather that's moving east across the southern u.s. and all this travel has public health officials bracing for what could become yet another post-thanksgiving surge of flu and covid cases. >> here's what doctors say to do if you start feeling sick. >> reporter: public health officials stress the importance of testing at the first sign of feeling sick. there are different treatments for covid and the flu which if taken early can prevent serious illness. >> if you're eligible, older, immune compromised. but tamiflu works for all age groups. >> reporter: they warned about a potential perfect storm of three restaurateur viruses, covid, flu, and rsv. in fact, the strain on the hospital

system and pediatric wards in particular was so great that health care workers set up emergency tents outside the hospital as a precaution. >> i think if you look at all around the country, they're telling a similar story of just at the limit of capacity for hospitals. >> reporter: and even if you manage to make it through the thanksgiving holiday without getting sick, doctors are still urging the public to get a flu shot and vaccine booster. parents of young children will have to remain vigilant for rsv as there's no vaccine yet. >> watch out if for difficulty breathing. that might have be wheezing or use of extra muscles to breathe. and number two, dehydration, fatigue, listlessness. >> reporter: there's still a long way to go in the cold and flu season. doctors say they haven't needed the extra tents outside the hospital yet and

pray they never will. devin fehely, kpix 5. darren is hinting at maybe a change in the air. >> yes, first we get colder much of next week, then we have a chance of rain coming. sounds like a broken record, but you'll see. mid-40s out there now. the numbers, if we take them ahead to tomorrow morning, it will be cold. not as scold as we've been the last couple of weeks. and it's going to be noticeably colder than tomorrow morning's numbers by the middle of next week. daytime highs tomorrow are great too. sunday will be just like today. a beautiful day. four-day weekend worked out great. so first sign of change shows up tomorrow afternoon. watch what happens on sunday morning. see that line of showers? that's a cold front. we're not getting the rain. but we will get the colder air. you can kind of see what's going on here. look at the cold air filtering in. if

we color code it, show what the temperatures look like. into monday, you can just see the colder air pouring our way. you'll see that factor into the forecast. it also gets a little windy on monday morning when that happens: monday afternoon feels different. it's going to be cooler, a bit breezy, and to top it off, even though we're not getting rain here, there will be a little bit of snow in the sierra from that same system monday night into tuesday. it's like an inch or two. just enough to be nuisance snow. the real issue is when the winter air gets here for the morning lows. tuesday and wednesday the valleys go down into the upper 20s. wednesday, the coldest morning, the north bay will always be the coldest spot. there's our 29 on wednesday morning in santa rosa. we're not all getting that old. it's going to be cold

for everybody, just not that cold. oakland only going to 40. but mid to upper 30s for just about everywhere else. so when is the next chance of rain? well, if you believe the longer range forecast model, there's still a good looking storm in the forecast models. we've been here before. let's give this another 36 hours before we start getting our hopes too high on this notion. but it's nice to see it. and there's more coming after that. so much more on that in the first alert forecast. but look at the cool down. whether we get the rain or not, we're getting the cool down. feels different next week. afternoons only in the upper 50s. sounds dramatic, but only in comparison to where we've been. it's the morning lows that really make that

headline. so we'll have more updates on that in the first alert forecast as we get closer to it. guying back to you. >> that looks promising. world cup excitement is bringing new life to downtown san jose. the city partners with the earthquakes to organize watch parties for world cup matches. one example, this pub in san pedro square was packed. a lot of businesses are opening at 5:00 in the morning to show the matches, and customers are pouring in. many say they haven't had this much business since the pandemic. and they hope the trend continues after the world cup ends in december. union square in san francisco continuing to hold watch parties for world cup games as well. today fans of argentina and mexico were seen downtown as the two squared off in qatar. a lot of people

showed up to cheer them on. charlie will have the highlights coming up a little later. but off the field, fans were out enjoying the two latin american countries go head to head. argentina featuring arguably the greatest soccer player of all time, messi. argentina defeated mexico 2-0. >> it's okay, we gave it to them. messi wants to complete his dream. that's okay. we gave them that one. we'll be back on wednesday. we'll do everything to win this. >> tomorrow's big game is between two former world cup winners, spain and germany, at 11:00 in the morning. from futbol to football. it's a great day to be a beaver. an even better day to be caleb williams who's feeling like a heisman, and definitely not a good day to be a fan of

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and find medically proven treatment options at choosechangeca.org. welcome to sports, everybody. rivalry week in college football. massive games with playoff implications to get to momentarily. but we start with the san jose state spartans, the only bay area team that will be playing in a bowl. hawaii was in town.

cordero faced his former team this afternoon. first quarter, cordero to his favorite target elijah cooks. 7-0 spartans after the touchdown. the cordero to cooks connection had service all day. corner of the end zone, and cooks snags it cooks had 10 receptions. spartans win 27-14, finishing the regular season at 7 and 4. heisman hopeful caleb williams and his usc trojans hosting notre dame. i i keep hearing other names, but why not caleb williams? blow a kiss, why not. trojans up. usc can now taste the playoffs at the start of the third quarter. williams, 16-yard score to ice

it. the trojans take down the irish. usc will play in next weekend's pac-12 championship game. number 2, ohio state hosting jim hardaugh and his third ranked michigan wolverines. michigan dominated the game. 45-yard touchdown. michigan's star running back was hurt, so they fed the back up, and the back up ate the buck eyes up. donovan edwards a 75-yard touchdown to break the game open. he followed that with an 85-yarder to ice it. michigan to the big ten championship 45-23 winners. another great rivalry that finished with a bang, oregon in corvallis taking on oregon state. oregon had a double digit lead that unraveled. alex

bales drops the football. oregon state recovers. next play, oregon state is within three points after the touchdown. minutes later, oregon state takes the lead. newell, he won't be denied. carries defenders in with him. it's the beavers who upset the ducks 38-34. 49er legend and byu alumni steve young was in palo alto to watch his former team. byu decided to go into their bag of tricks. reverse flea flicker. steve young does not like that. rex comes down with it. makes a man miss. scores the to touchdown. this game is still going on, byu at 35 and stanford 26 right now. more sports sports after the break. world cup highlights, and draymond green gives his perspective on how

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and 9 on the road. a 10 and 10 record for the warriors after defeating the jazz at chase center last night. warriors have now won four of five. they've been playing their best basketball in the month of november, and they're doing this without a ton of contributions from their three young lottery picks. most thought if the warriors would run it back, then golden state would need big jumps from them. that's not happened. and in order for it to him, some patience may be required. >> jonathan is a seventh pick, those type of guys are usually on team that is suck and do whatever they can to improve. that's not them. they're expected to contribute at a championship level team this year. if you find the rest of the guys around this league that are their age and try and put them in that situation, all

of the guys, we're all like oh, man, he's doing great and will be this. that's because they're on bad teams and can grow through their mistakes. world cup action. messi and argentina facing mexico. 64th minute. argentina on the attack. over to messi. he fires, and messi scores. argentina needed this one bad after losing to south bay on tuesday. final score, argentina 2, mexico 0. france gets denmark. 86th minute. game tied at 1. driven low, towards the back post, and embape sticks it in. france wins 2-1. big one for the united states on tuesday against iran. one of those games i guess you can call do

or die. win you move on, lose, you're probably headed home. >> thank you so much, charlie. after the break, we head to the north bay to remember the life and career of cartoonist charles schultz.

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bay area fans of everything pop culture from comics the horror to gaming, which may be the same thing, they were all at the moscone center for the fan expo. fans were decked out as their favorite character. they also had a chance to listen to panels, workshops, buy stuff, get autographs from celebrities. the event continues tomorrow. and people came out to the north bay today to remember charles scultz at the museum in

santa rosa. as the creator of peanuts would have turned 100 years old today. >> museum curatos called him a genius who liked to make people laugh. peanuts ran in more than 2600 newspapers worldwide. scultz spent a decade living and writing up in the north bay in santa rosa. >> he did not like the name peanuts. he killed it little folks, but i think united features said we're going to name it peanuts. thanks for watching on. next local newscast is tomorrow morning from 6:00 to 7:00. >> have a wonderful what's left for saturday night.

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