complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. as black friday shoppers were inside, shots rang out outside an east bay store and we just got new information from the victim's family. good afternoon. i'm claudine wong in for tory campbell. the news that began early on this black friday in what police are calling a robbie gone bad. it happened at the wal-mart on

hisperian boulevard. we have more on the victim's condition and who is in custody. kraig? >> reporter: the man who police have in custody may not be the shooter. look at the volvo there. that's the family's car. the family had been together hours earlier having thanksgiving dinner. >> the victim's mother and sister were black shopping on friday at southland mall when they heard about the shooting. >> one of my friends came up and said, oh, my god, oh, my god, someone got shot. >> reporter: the mother drove on the way home from that area and even told her sister but not even even dreaming that it was her son. >> they came in and jumped him and his cousins, all for a radio. a car radio.

>> reporter: >> reporter: -- people are just getting crazy now. >> police say that the try yo were standing around this f- 350. two men got out and demanded the merchandise. >> during the struggle, we believe that one of the suspects pulled out the gun, shot one of the victims. >> reporter: wounded, morello and his cousins chased one suspect down and held them for police. a witness said that the shooter fled in the car. the victim was taken to the hospital center. >> this is the holidays. we are supposed to be out giving thanks and being thankful for family. >> she and her family are thankful that chris toifers alive. police say they need the public's help identifying the other suspects. they are hoping that many among the hundreds who were here will call them and help them with more details. kraig, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thanks, kraig.

things also got ugly at a wal-mart store in los angeles. police are searching for a woman who used pepper spray on shoppers. it was all over an xbox game and a wii game. 20 customers, including children, had to be treated for exposure. less serious crimes can increase during the holiday shopping season. coming up, you'll hear some advice from some bay area police officers about how to keep your self from becoming a victim. malls across the bay area are filling up with black friday shoppers. thinks the view from news shopper 2. look at that parking lot. that is the south land mall in hayward. this is what it looked like at 7:45 this morning. as you can see, most of the prime spots were long gone by then. shoppers showed up for the midnight openings at macy's and koals. the rest of the malls opened their doors at 5:00 a.m. the malls tried to lure people

with a $10 gift card if they spend more than $100. >> who has a picture of their pet. >> stores pulled out all the stops. one family rented a kitty cart of sort. they didn't have a any kid but need add big stroller to carry all those bags of goodies they bought on this black fry day customers all said they came prepared. >> it is a strategy. you go in this line, you go standing in this line and go to this line. we run to our line and just know our spot. >> the great mall has 6100 parking spaces but shoppers will tell you it was more difficult to find a good parking spot than a bargain. and similar scenes played out throughout shopping malls across the bay area including the sun valley mall in concord. >> reporter: the sound of stores opening, better than holiday music to many black

friday shoppers. >> we do it every year. we plan 12 months a year for this one day because we know we're going to do it, every year. >> we actually bring her child and a friend to stand in line for us. >> they started looking for bargains at 8:00 p.m. last night. at sun valley mall, more than 1500 fans were outside. tryptophan did not stop shoppers coming here after stuffing themselves with turkey. >> here at h & m, some of the racks are empty, like these right here. that's because of deals like this. a fashionable kimono for five bucks or something that's always in style, a little black dress, check out the price tag, just five bucks. >> for the less prepared, the early hours proved too much. some didn't even bother changing out of their pajamas.

cynthia drove from vallejo to fair field to con court just to claim her spot in line at the sports authority. >> after this, i'll shop a few more stores and then i'll go home and rest. >> it's not all about consumerism. >> it's more ritual, just hanging out and spending time together. >> reporter: lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. here are some more details about black friday. the retail industry monitor shopper track expects black friday will be the busiest shopping day of the year for the eighth straight year. the next busy day is super saturday, the last saturday before christmas. the black friday term started in 1966 in philadelphia. it describes the heavy and loud traffic. in recent years, it means that businesses are in the black and making a profit. while crowds rushed the big box stores but the push was on

to push people into independent stores and out of big boxes. it is called plaid friday. >> reporter: we are on college avenue near the rock ridge bart. you see a lot of pedestrians on the streets but no long lines and no crowded parking lots to deal works all part of plaid friday, the push to focus on locally owned businesses. you see a lot of sales signs in store windows here. at least one of the store on this suite was open at self- a.m. and shoppers came to buy some gifts. >> purchased some bubble bath for babysitters, moms. >> some shoppers told us that they wanted to stay here. >> a lot of people are going up here. people are having a hard time it's also a nice atmosphere on

the street, when you have smaller stores. >> small store face big competitions this season. customers often come in and ask them to match the lower prices of billing box retailers and that is very you have to do since small stores can't buy the aim valium of goods that the major retails do. so they have found other ways to compete. >> we were matching prices and we decided to do that because we were losing so much money. now, we are offering store credit in the amount of the difference, the price difference. yeah, just hoping that at least it will keep the people that are loyal to the store coming back. >> now, the term plaid friday was coined by an oakland shop owner three years ago. why plaid? she says it's supposed to be a reference to how businesses like this are supposed to be part of the fabric of the community. while many people were out at the stores, some will wait

for cyber monday. sales are expected to reach $1.2 billion a year. sales will reach 59.9 million, a 15% increase from last year. this year, experts say that we are likely to see increased shopping on smart phones and tablets. coming up, a holiday update on injured giants fan brian stow. a new picture released by his family. and if you have big weekend plans, steel will tell you what to expect as you go outside. and the families of three americans jailed in egypt are anxiously awaiting their freedom. when they are expected to be released. aaron, you're all set. great, thanks.

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muni services back to normal after a light rail vehicle struck a pedestrian causing major delays. the person was hit about 5:00 this morning, below ground between the embarcadero and montgomery light rail stations. the victim was taken to san francisco general hospital. the ex-first and 10 of the victim's injury was not released. there are changes in b.a.r.t. service today to accommodate black friday shoppers. b.a.r.t. plans to run longer trains throughout the day. b.a.r.t. also plans to run longer services the. it is cold out there and some people are struggling to stay warm. ktvu journalists are stationed

around the bay area for our annual warm coat drive. how are donations going? let's go straight to ktvu's rita williams who is live in san jose on santana row. >> hi, claudine. we are out here, with the girl scouts here. we have james durbin, the american idol runnerup who is performing right now. one more thing that we need are coats. how many do we have? >> 240. >> last year, at this time, we had a lot more than that. we are out in the streets every day and we know what it is like to be cold. we can come inside and get warm. people who are out on the streets can't ever get warm. the only thunk that they have are codes. so after your full pelly yesterday at thanksgiving, we invite you to come here and get warm. right now, dave clark, my colleague, is in walnut creek.

how is it going there? >> absolutely perfect, rida williams. keep going, girls. i got it the gill scouts from martinez and very near ya and fair field. look at how beautiful they are. they are all here. we're going to make the bay area warm. we appreciate your support. comment on out here right by the big christmas tree. we would love to have your donations. we need your donations. we'll be here until 5:00. the girl scouts are ready and i know that my colleague in emory is ready. pam, how is it going? >> his day to shop and a nice day to donate. we have the girl scouts and boy scouts from oakland. they are bringing in more coats. how much total?

>> 234. we need more to catch up with walnut creek but we have another girl from oakland. she just brought some bags. we have shoppers coming by. come on down and say hi and visit us and bring us some coats. right now, we want to go to sal. how are you doing, sal? >> i'm under a mountain of coats, pam. here we are about -- about 400 coats, almost, right, at the ferry building in san francisco surrounded by girl scouts. we wanted to get a lot of coats, don't we? >> yeah. >> please come down to san francisco's ferry building. i think my heiress all messed up. come on down and get coats we're going to collect as many as we can for one warm coat in san francisco. from here, back to you in studio in observing labeled. thanks, sal. there will be more police. police ask you to be more

aware. >> this year will be busy because of the activity in town we like to have a high presence here to let folks know that they are safe. >> officers say that shoppers can also be targeted by pick pocketers. make sure that gifts are out of sight. if you leave them inside your cars, you may be tar getted. walnut creek police are on the lookout for a missing man considered at risk. 36-year-old shane sykes walked away from a care facility on geary road between midnight and 6:00 am. he is 5'2", 230 pounds. he is suffering from a recent brain injury that caused impairment. there is a promising new look at injured giants fan brian stowe. take a look at this photograph that was just posted by the family. last week, one of his friends

told us that he can now push himself in a wheelchair. he is still recovering to fight from the brain injury that he suffered during an attack outside dodgers stadium back in march. >> a lot of cloud cover. mostly cloudy skies, a few clouds in the skies. weak list system did give us some light rain. that's gone. but low clouds from the byproduct of yesterday's system has moved off but not the cloud cover. the rain is ending. looks like we are done for the day. the 5 to 7-day outlook is very, very raw. unless something changes, it's not going to be one where we get much more rain. we look for warmer weather to kick in. we have a little stretch of rain but temperature now, signs point towards those going up in the next few days. tomorrow, don't be surprised if there are some jumps about five to six degrees, maybe some upper 60s and 70s possible as

we head towards monday on the high side if you don't get the fog. and therein lies the key. mostly cloudy skies will persist. i would think we'll start to clear tonight. 50s for many on the temperatures. they are stuck with low 60s but most locations around 56, 55, 57 degrees. high clouds moving in high pressure building in a big way. so the clouds will move north. thick inland rain and fog will build here. that's dry pattern until next week. looks like into the end of the month and maybe the first couple of days of december. we'll see but that's how it's looking right now. patchy fog. temperatures in the 60s for many, or upper 50s. there is really not much of a temperature spread here today but starting tomorrow, there will be. and then we'll take that into your weekend for warmer weather, especially on sunday

and monday, yes, that's 70 degrees temperature on the high side as we get toward early next week. >> unusual? >> we are due for that. >> we are so spoised here. what to we do? >> emergency crews are on the scene of a big water main break in south san francisco. acoeur d'alening to authority, it ruptured around 2009. the pipe is at elm street and tamarack lane. several streets are blocked off because of this torrent of water that is just pouring down the streets. there is no word on when that pipe will be fixed or when the water service will be restored. officials say that a man was hiking in the california forest when he became tired. that's when rescue crews were called in. they used a search light.

president obama today voiced new support for egyptians calling for a faster transition to democracy. that's following the fall of the mubarak regime earlier this year. >> tense of thousands of people protested in cairo's tahrir square. the activists are demanding that the military hand over power to a civilian presidential council. the demonstrations have been at times violent. so far, 21 people have been killed. the three american students detained in egypt are in the process of being released. the three young men are in the administrative stage of their release. the three were arrested on the roof of the historic tahrir square. police accuse them of throwing fire bombs to police. and the final environmental

impact will be published next week. race organizers are said to be eagerly awaiting that report. opponents could file a possible lawsuit. well, it's not a ban did you a new fee now being considered in one bay area city for people who want to use a plastic bags. and it is beginning to look a lot like christmas at the white house. here is a peek at the just delivered tree.

the markets were open but now they are closed. it was a short day today. look at how it ended. down 25 points. the dow lost this week. this is the worth week since september 23rd. why? everyone is still blaming europe's debt crisis and concern over that. >> a proposed surcharge on massic bags in alameda county is moving forward. there are two meetings planned. both planned for next month. under the proposal. alameda county shoppers will pay 10 cents per plastic bag a group representing makers of plastic bags is threatening to sue. an american businessman jailed in aruba in connection

with a friend's death will soon be released. he was arrested in august when his traveling companion disappeared. he said that his companion was swept out to sea but police in aruba believe that he was involved in the death. >> earlier this year, the f.a.a. secretly ordered all airlines remove emergency oxygen systems from bathroom because of a security vulnerability. usa today is reporting it could be more than two years before a substitute system is put in place. emergency oxygen masks in cabin are not affected by this order. well, the official white house christmas tree arrived in washington today. [ band playing oh, christmas tree ] >> there it is. the horse drawn wagon brought

the tree to the portico of the white house. you can see first lady michele obama along with sasha and melia along with dog bo. it is going to be in display in the white house in the blue room for a list of holiday events here in the bay area, just go to our website at ktvu.com. you can click on the holiday weekend link which is at the top of our home pain. that will give you all the holiday happenings from christmas tree lightings to sing alongs. >> coming up at 5:00, we are sending our news crew to a story that is just developing now. let's give you a look at news chopper 2 as it heads to the scene of this major water main break that has triggered flooding. it is a guyser right now. and we have new information about the federal crackdown on pot clubs right now. >> thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we're going to see you next time the news breaks.

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