this retailer has been in business for 120 years nordstrom. unfortunately, i think this is a retailer that is heading in the same direction as another old retailer that has gone bankrupt. sears. so if we look at the chart itself if we look at the long term chart, a line in the sand that you can draw here is around the $25 mark we recently broke below that level. this suggests that there's further down side going into the holidays if we zoom in we see the stock gapped higher last november from $13 to $15 a pretty big turn-around for a stock that peaked in 2015. that leaves an unfilled gap here similar to the tesla where we have an unfilled gap my target to the down side is the unfilled gap around $15. if you look at the business itself, it's difficult to overlook the debt load they have, about ten times their cash position nearly $3 billion in debt. what that is doing is squeezing the operating margins down to 2, 3% i think it is hard to justify the 28 times next year's earnings that it's currently trading at for a retailer. so the trade struct

underwood is one of three suspects and this november 20th walnut nordstrom flash mob style theft. the sheriff's office says he was released from custody on november 24, the same day the das office filed charges. he and his mother believed the charges had been dropped and initially knew nothing of his court appearance today. the i team alerted the district attorney. the prosecuting da set underwood had been released by mistake. the sheriff's office, not -- you now saying he was released due to a computer input error. >> we have faith in the sheriff's department covid this may have been a clerical error. they are good at their jobs. they will correct it. reporter: underwood admitted to his involvement in another bay area burglary the same day as a nordstrom theft. >> he made a statement to the police that prior to coming to nordstrom and walnut creek, he and other co-conspirators had engaged in a burglary of a pharmacy in alameda county. reporter:'s mistaken release is not the only issue in this case. another suspect, dana who posted bail and was released last week, would have also

>>announcer: is, it, at the nordstrom last month.ward. >>> and late night vote in the south bay the city council proved using covid relief money to lease more license plate reader software. police have been pushing for it after all the organized retail heists. the city will spend 250,000 dollars in funding. >>> toyed sfpd will honor security guard and former bay area company during their police commission meeting. he died saturday after being shot in oakland by an armed robber who tried stealing camera gear from a news crew. he also worked kpix crews. good morning to you. it's monday, december 1st. >> good morning to you. your midweek forecast is heating up. >> we are going to get right to mary lee with that forecast and all the sunshine this week. >> yeah. we will see plenty of sun it. will be an even warmer day compared to yesterday. we could break record highs for the day. we are talking ten to 15 degrees above average for this time of year. many of us in the 70's later today. we soto get through dense fog for parts of the bay are

this is the | nordstrom to pipeline which is been incredibly— nordstrom to pipeline which is been incrediblyerstand with the pressure on call every germany to redo and sit reliance for that its geostrategic pipeline, incredibly controversial, being seen as the west and that incredible meeting between joe west and that incredible meeting betweenjoe biden and president vladimir putin. essentially he warned that if russia invaded ukraine is they think they may well in the future the pipeline will be cut off but it's not a unified picture for western countries because the uk, us and others have urged germany to seize the project and not to go ahead with it for that and not to go ahead with it for that and yet they haven't until now. if something does happen in the ukraine and the us pushes through with that thatis and the us pushes through with that that is a very difficult place for germany to be having supported and funded the project and he had for such a long period of time. i’m such a long period of time. i'm sor , such a long period of time. i'm sorry. we _ such a long period of time. i'm

i want to show you what happened within the stretch of three hours the day after that nordstrom swarm and grab. at 6:00 in the evening more than 20 suspects swarmed an oakland home debow. 6:08 hayward mall was hit. 7:33, they stole $30,000 in merchandise from santana row and at 8:47, less than an hour later, ten minutes later, law enforcement was alerted to a caravan of more than 200 cars in oakland. about 8:52. so in all, three hours, 100 vehicles were spotted in a side show in pleasant hill. a walnut creek manned freeway accidents after that shut them down to make sure anyone who was aiming for walnut creek did not make it there. walnut creek also considering adding surveillance cameras around the downtown area. and they are thinking about buying a drone to further survey those high-profile areas. by the way, of those 90 suspects in that nordstrom criminal swarm, only three were taken into custody. >> kris, thank you. >>> now to a live look in san jose. this is where the city council voted to add a network of license plate readers in an effort to deter smash and grab retail crimes a

this retailer has been in business for 120 years nordstrom. unfortunately, i think this is a retailer that is heading in the same direction as another old retailer that has gone bankrupt. sears. if we look at the chart. it is around the $25 mark. we recently broke below that level. this suggests that there's further down side going into the holidays it gapped from $13 to $15. a pretty big turn-around for a stock that peaked in 2014. that leaves a pretty big gap similar to the tesla where we have an unfilled gap it is difficult, about ten times cash position. nearly $3 billion in debt. what that is doing is squeezing the operating margins down to 2, 3% i think it is hard to justify the 28 times next year's earnings that it is using. so taking advantage of what i think is some potential. i'm paying about $2 for the january 20 and then collecting about 38 cents to sell the january 15 puts. i'm paying about $1.60 for this put vertical spread. that will, and down to that 15 gap fill level or lower by the january date >> make, i wonder, this is a si

police say that 90 masked suspect its stormed in to the nordstrom just before closing on november 20thtealing damaging well over $100,000 in items. investigators say that it was well organized and they injured four employees in the process. last week one of the suspects involved was released from jail by mistake. the da said that a computer error was to blame. we know that suspect is now back behind bars. there is a lot to unpack with the meeting. we could learn more details. >>> on the drought front some could be paying more expensive water bills. >> we are live with the new restrictions now in place. >> this went into effect today with the water district that some will have to limit their water use. now take a look at this. for one customers will no longer be able to do outdoor water irrigation. if the water use for a four person house hot exceeds 740- gallons a month the water goal is to conserve 40% district wide and the restriction is set to stay in effect until may 31th of next year. after the rain in late october these are catching some by surprise and they are wonder figure the

>> reporter: walnut creek police admitted during the city council meeting on the night that this nordstrom was targeted by a mob of up to 90 people police officers were simply outnumbered and that is why the city council voted to use american rescue plan dollars from the feds to hire more police officers and upgrade their surveillance cameras. in the next coming months you could be seeing one of these, a tethered drone, soaring over the city of walnut creek. >> it's a drone that will allow us to have a bird's-eye view of what's happening in the shopping district which doesn't have to be manned. >> reporter: the city council voted to spend $2 million of american rescue plan funding. that's money that was supposed to help cities bounce back from the pandemic on beefing up public safety. the city wants to hire five extra police officers and they set aside money for police overtime. plus, they want to upgrade the city's surveillance cameras. >> having this extra police presence will, hopefully, deter people from -- the bad people from coming to downtown walnut creek. >> reporter: so far, only

that move comes after about 90 people rated the nordstrom store at broadway plaza. late last month. as kron four's phillipe djegal reports tonight the group stole about a $125,000 in merchandise and injured employees. >> in response to financially crippling organized retail. that's in broadway plaza walnut creek city council has signed off on more police on the ground is. >> agree jus and particularly on acceptable in august. the city council approved a $231,000 contract to the nordstrom score. >> the agreement freed up city dollars could officer to keep watching the during voluntary overtime money works great read to reimburse on a quarterly basis but grab and run deaths have continued and escalated on downtown. >> because it affects so much of everything that is going. on around it. less than 2 weeks after to nordstrom employees and broadway plaza were injured while the city says 90 people move to the school or getting away with $125,000 worth of stuff. >> during a special meeting wednesday. the council approved a resolution. it authorizes 2 million dollars still available from fu

2 pipeline could be used as leverage. >> gas is not flowing to the nordstrom 2 pipeline which meansis not operating. is leveraged for the west because if vladimir putin wants to see gas flow through the pipeline he may not want to take the risk of invading ukraine. >> reporter: satellite imagery showing putin's forces massing what appears to be more than half of the 175,000 troops he plans for which for perspective is the same number of us troops at the height of the iraq war. that is drawing harsh criticism from lawmakers. >> i think he thinks president biden is weak. i think he thinks president biden is a sheep in sheep's clothing particularly after afghanistan. >> reporter: after the call the president spoke with european allies but we are watching to see what president biden says after he speaks with ukraine's president tomorrow. >> reporter: thank you. russia released the readouts of the phone call with president biden, from their perspective the president of the united states released and they say the reason for the troop buildup is they are trying to keep the western world fr

. >> the move is in response to that recent smash-and-grab robbery at the nordstrom store in broadwayza. officials say some 90 people ransacked the store stealing more than $125,000 in merchandise. >> targeting people is agree jus and particularly on acceptable. we need to arrest charge and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. >> in addition to extra staffing and overtime for officers. the resolution today will also help fund more security cameras and a drone. 3 people have been arrested in connection to the robberies at nordstrom and the police chief says he expects more in the coming weeks. >> the salvation army's red kettles are back out in front of grocery stores and shopping malls. however, the branch in contra, costa county says it's already way behind indoor donations this year. and that's not all there also down volunteers. and of course recent retail staffs aren't helping things unforced sackey joins us live in the studio with more on this taylor. >> ken pam, while they believe a lot of it has to do with covid. the salvation army says it also saw a slump in shoppers in

some 80 people swarmed nordstrom and got away with merchandise worth up to $200,000.arges. investigators are still going through surveillance video working to identify more of them. >>> the department of justice now charging three companies tied to the oil spill off of the southern california coast earlier this year. the grand jury has accused the companies of illegally discharging oil. that indictment alleges that despite getting several alarms, the companies continued operating the damaged pipeline on and off. it also alleges that some crew members had not been properly trained in the automated leak detection system. >>> the rapper logic may have helped prevent a significant number of suicides according to a new study. ♪ i feel like i'm out of my mind, i feel like my life ain't mine ♪ >> the song's title is the phone number for the national suicide prevention lifeline. nearly 10,000 calls were made to the hotline, a nearly 7% increase. 245 fewer suicides were reported than what would have been expected. 800-273-8255. >>> nasa's spacecraft has touched the sun for the

so why is there such hesitation to allow nordstrom to, to go into operation? well, pleasure to be back with you, rachel, as to pass that question. one part of course, is there point about the crisis? i mean, is absolutely darcy in the u. k. audrey i gallagher, or i'll defer to him, he's a chief executive officer and the deputy actually there of the arm u. k. retail energy group, energy u k. and his as the energy crisis is industry crisis as worse than it's ever been. he said the industry has never been more vulnerable on energy bills in the u. k. at the moment for consumers are expected actually to leap armed to over their cap. um for from 2000 pounds, that's up from 120200000 pounds. so i mean, this is really a terrible situation with soaring prices, so it's absolutely ghastly on the wholesale market. now to the 2nd part of your question, i mean in terms of the likelihood of them letting not stream to operate. well, list trust at her 1st on foreign ministers meeting on when she was in riga. but in, remember he written that article for the telegraph and then s

i send them to compare the cosmetics department at macy's, pennies and nordstrom because they never stepped foot in the cosmetics department's or compae the p lighting or the flooring s a retailer i know those are critically important but most customers never look at them. it's like the stage for a play when you are putting on a great retail stores with the powers of observation and everywhere i've gonehe 45 countries probably 2 million digital pictures i've taken that he goes, i have three video channels, time-lapse all over the world. i'm always just watching, sitting there and people watching cafÉs and airports and train stations, on the street how are they walking, how fast are they walking, what kind of phone are they using, are they in families, how do they treat their kids and as a retailer i always say it is applied social science, so i studied under milton friedman and a couple of other great economics people and inthe university of chicago and sociology, psychology and all that. it's even more important than lofinance and marketing. sometimes it is more rare. but to understand the

nordstrom has lost on all fronts. it's a smart move to spin off nordstrom rack.happy holidays, thanks so much for all of your work in 2021. working with "mornings with maria." >> merry christmas and happy new year ahead and god bless eric and his family and all the people we lost over the last year. maria: thank you so much for saying that, eric spinotto should rest in peace. burt flickinger, thank you very much. we'll see you soon. quick break and then the internet's most visited sites, this year's winner may surprise you. we'll tell you all about it in this morning's hot topic buzz. that's next. ♪ santa claus is back in town. ♪ christmas. ♪ christmas. ♪ christmas. ♪ ♪♪ care. it has the power to change the way we see things. ♪♪ it inspires us to go further. ♪♪ it has our back. and goes out of its way to help. ♪♪ when you start with care, you get a different kind of bank. truist. born to care. ok, let's talk about those changes to your financial plan. bill, mary? hey... it's our former broker carl. carl, say hi to nina, our schwab financial consultant. hm... i kn

i want to show you what it looks like right now so nordstrom is back in action but this whole streetve any cars coming through here, normally what you'd see is this be filled with parked cars and holiday shopping chaos but that vehicle access is what made the nordstrom attack possible. you had the vehicles come in here roughly 80 looters made off with about 100,000 worth of merchandise in just under a minute, they walked right out the front door and they got in those cars. you know, this is not only happening in major cities but it's in small towns and suburbs across the country like walnut creek. >> very dishartened by the behavior, also too because of the quantity of people that descended very quickly on our downtown, and then, the surround ing businesses were upset and we were all in shock. i think their concern number one be for their employees and to make sure their employees feel safe. reporter: now organized retail crime now costs retailers an average of 700,000 per 1 billion of sales according to the national retail federation and many brick-and-mortar products are ending up

namely, a commitment that nordstrom too, the major gas pipeline project between russia and germany would be included in potential sanctions were pressure to make a move into ukraine. >> it is very clear that putin is trying to use nordstrom as -- nord stream as blackmail. there already is existing gas infrastructure to supply europe with all of the gas that we need via ukraine. >> outside the venue, another threat is looming. it had been hoped that with high vaccination rates, the pandemic would be over. now the situation has changed dramatically. europe is bracing for a difficult winter. it is inspected that omicron would be the new demo and it -- dominant variant here. the time he could not be worse and now there are real fears of a health crisis. they need to nail down the details of a unified approach. the estonian prime minister has that come down to three things. >> how to move on with the booster doses so that the people would get protection from the omicron variant. second, we should agree on the validity. it is unified across the european union. third, we need to agree with unif

he's in walnut creek, which is just adjacent to the nordstrom.o was pretty coy. fortunately. and this a lot more police presence that now, but yeah, it's shocking and sad. >> and you'll notice because of their concerns that the bell ringers our standing closer to the entrance of the doors of stores to make them feel a little safer. >> in the south bay san jose mayor sam liccardo is outraged over a decision to release 2 murder suspects from custody without bail. so these 2 men are charged in connection with the murder of a man on halloween and the judge released him from custody without bond this week that move has a number of law enforcement agencies furious and mayor sam liccardo says that something has to be done to balance defendants rights. but also with protecting the community. you know what we're saying because the bell policies folks are back out there while they're still high on methamphetamine that. but let's make sure we actually have a defendant who is there in court for that preliminary examination. if you release them. >> on their o

this comes after the nordstrom's and broadway plaza was ransacked. dozens of people that happened last month and that was really the biggest one where a wall mob of people went and camila barco is live in the newsroom with more on possible solutions. camilla. yeah. one of those solutions is considering spending money on more police officers and security equipment. >> their presence is meant to discourage people from looting. the city's downtown area now on the agenda today is the discussion of adding 5 more police officers. the city is also talking about spending $215,000 on more security cameras and $35,000 for a security drone. now, these would all be placed in the downtown area. if you remember that's where 80 people ransacked the nordstrom and left with more than a $125,000 in merchandise the crooks injured 2 employees pepper sprayed another one and threatened another employee with a knife. now the city council approves these resources, the officers would be hired through june of 2023. they also allocate a $130,000 for overtime. pay for the addit

. >> this is after dozens of teams targeted nordstrom in broadway plaza. it definitely does not look like business as usual. >> reporter: under the lights of the christmas tree, a walnut creek police cruiser and barricades blocking off the road. just a few of the new measures the city is taking to prevent other stores from being targeted. christmas carols and armed security guards, the new reality of holiday shopping in downtown walnut creek. >> i am concerned. i notice there is a police vehicle in front of nordstrom. >> reporter: soon there will be more police officers. city council voted to spend $2 million to hire five officers specifically to patrol shopping corridors, more security cameras, and a drone to be an eye in the sky over broadway plaza. >> it will be good for the shoppers and the owners of the store. >> reporter: not everyone believes more police is the only answer. >> there is really no way to be prepared for every situation. >> i don't believe we need thousands of police officers but there is not enough to stop the crime that's happening.

just before thanksgiving a los angeles nordstrom was targeted.thieves ran in as the store was still open. customers still shopping. >> very disturbing. because now i'm reluctant to come to nordstrom or even the mall, for that matter, to come and make my purchases. >> reporter: and on black friday, thieves raiding this home depot, making off with sledgehammers, bolt cutters, hammers, and crowbars. tools authorities say were likely to be used for future crime. and while california may be the epicenter for this rash of robberies the past year and a half or so, they seem to be happening everywhere. like outside of chicago. and in cary, north carolina. >> everything i have, i put into this store. for people to just come in here and take from me? they're not just taking from me, they're taking from my children. i'm a single mom. this is how i support my kids. they're taking from my employees. they're making us feel unsafe. >> reporter: private security firms have been inundated with business from across the country. >> our phone's ringing off the hook.

she was released on thanksgiving, five days after the nordstrom incident.r arraignment, the district attorney told the judge the parole agent was attempting to get a parole warrant signed by a judge into the court. it fell short by 15 minutes. rather than being remanded into custody, she walked out of court. >> our community expects a reliable system. that information should be there. reporter: so who is responsible when it isn't? they are following up withhhh regional partners who maintain the system and possibly the doj to find out where the breakdown occurred. how many other many other have they been -- how many other parolees arrested have been released because of the same error? the sheriff's office had also made a mistake in releasing joshua underwood. >> human error. reporter: he is back in cus cuss as is ronnie robinson, who has been in custody since the incident. larry: today the city council approved funds to hire more officers to patrol downtown walt -- downtown walnut creek. five officers will be hired and they will install new security cameras.

our retail centers that has never been in contra costa before. >> from the smash and grab at the nordstrom in downtown walnut creek to this incident where nine men stormed in to a jewelry store at sun valley mall, the da canned dade said just arresting them won't be enough to stop the crimes. >> this violence in our community has just got to stop and in conjunction with addressing the actual boosters in our stores, we need to effectively start to take down this organized criminal enterprise. >> knox said that dismantling the organized crime ring will take federal, state and local agencies to work together at the regional level. closer monitoring of social media platforms by investigators and companies will also be key where most of the planning of the crimes occur. it also falls on the consumer to know what they are buying online. >> the public needs to become part of the solution if there is no demand for these stolen items then the criminals move onto some other money making enterprise. >> some of the thing that knox mentioned are already starting to happen. there was a huge meeting just

i noticed there's a police vehicle in front of nordstroms. soon there will be more police officers downtown. the walnut creek city council voted to fire five more officers to specifically patrol the shopping corridors. more security cameras and a tethered drone to be an eye in the sky over broadway plaza. it's going to be good for the owners of the store. not everyone believes more police is the only answer. >> there's really no way to be prepared for every situation no matter what happens. i don't think we need thousands of police officers. but there's not enough cops to stop the crime that's happening. that's a problem. the funning for the additional security measures is coming from the american rescue fund act. which is federal money designed to offset the impacts of covid- 19. walnut creek's mayor says because these caravan robberies are a threat to public safety, the city is able to use that money to hire more officers. in walnut creek, katie neilson, kpix 5. >>> tonight we are learning that the suspect in the deadly school shooting in m

police admitted they were essentially outnumbered that night that a mob of 90 people targeted this nordstromthe reasons why the city council decided to use federal stimulus dollars to hire more police officers and additionally revamp their surveillance camera system. let's take you back to the city council meeting that happened earlier today. the weeknd city council voted to spend $2 million of american rescue plan act funding on beefing up public safety. the city wants to hire five extra police officers and set aside additional money for police overtime, plus the city wants to upgrade their surveillance camera system and repair the few cameras that are not working. the city also wants to buy a high-tech tethered drone that will give police a heads up if a caravan of thieves is heading downtown. >> a drone that will allow us to have a bird's-eye view of what's happening in the shopping district which doesn't have to be manned. >> having this extra police presence will, hopefully, deter people -- the bad people from coming to downtown walnut creek. >> reporter: all right. >> so i'm wondering

. >> reporter: especially this nordstrom employee. >> i was working that night.was traumatizing. >> all of our shoppers should be feeling safe. >> reporter: kathy hemingway is the executive director of walnut creek downtown, and said a swift moving city council, and dramatic approval of new funding, was a direct response to the nordstrom smash and grab . she says $2 million now pays for 5 police officers, and increases the police overtime budget, and it is in effect right now. >> we've had wonderful support. we've had our foot traffic going up. sales have been up. positive and a good increase for downtown businesses. >> reporter: in a town where many used to think crime could not happen here -- >> it's surprising that this stuff has been happening in our little hometown where i have always felt safe. >> reporter: but it did, and now something is being done about it. >> we've felt safe in general, and they have stepped up security. mac juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >>> local dungeness crab is now available for your holiday table, but you will have to trap it yourself

walking distance and get that foot traffic, and if nobody is going to the store, maybe nordstrom can should not have to come up at the small business owners can't do it. of the last thing i would say is we have to focus on this and i want to do a story on it soon, this idea -- one of the reasons that we are getting all of these fancy materials luxury goods, there is no policing of the resale on the internet, so you can make up your own amazon store or on ebay and you are selling these fancy bags, and you actually can track the merchandise, but there's no one policing any of this retail. >> greg: i could go on there and get a nice bag cheaper? >> dana: and you won't get in trouble and they won't get in trouble and they don't get prosecuted. >> greg: maybe we are going little too fast on the smash and grab people. >> jesse: but anything mean about fauci, they will take you right off the internet. >> katie: greg is on a budget. taking this stand in his hate crime hoax trial. we will have the details next. ♪ ♪ i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried

they're mainly there and i send them to the cosmetics department at macy's, pennies and nordstrom because they've never set foot in the cosmetics department or compare the lighting for the flooring and as a retailer i know those are critically important , most customers never look at them. it's subtle, it's like the state of a play. so the powers of observation and everywhere up on 45 countries, probably 2 million digital pictures i've taken, videos. i have a video screen, video channels. i'm always just watching, just sit there and people watch in the cafcs and airports and train stations, on the street. how are they walking, how fast are they walking, what kind ofcones are they using . are they in family groups or how they treat their kids. and as a retailer and a i want to say retailing is applied social science. so i studied under milton friedman, joyce stigler and a couple of others, economics people and i love sociology. psychology and all that, really business is even more important than finance and marketing and it's sometimes more rare but to understand so retailing, you're apply

he's in walnut creek, which is just adjacent to the nordstrom. why off to that coin happened. that big con. the mo was pretty coy. fortunately and this a lot more police presence there now. but yeah, it's shocking and sad. >> because of safety concerns. bell ringers are instructed to stand closer to the entrance of the doors at stores. well, the city of san jose is installing license plate readers to try and curb smash-and-grab robberies. the city council agreed tuesday to spend 250 $1000 in federal relief funds to lease new license plate, reading cameras over the next month. the city council is going to have to decide whether those cameras are going to be stationary or mobile to monitor different hotspots. a disturbing sight in san francisco's castro district. someone vandalize the memorial to former city supervisor harvey milk and former mayor george moscone e now you can see the damage. someone spray painted over their faces. california democratic party. vice chair david compost tweeted out the photos last night. he said this is happening in the heart of the lgbt community

this, of course, is in response to the 90 people who rated the nordstrom store on broadway plaza last month. well, forcefully to god brings us up to date. >> effective immediately. the city of walnut creek has freed up money to bolster its police force. downtown know crime does tolerable. that is a 0 tolerance policy less than 2 weeks after to nordstrom employees and broadway plaza were injured while the city says 90 people move to the school or getting away with $125,000 worth of stuff during a special meeting. wednesday. the council approved a resolution. it authorizes 2 million dollars still available from funds. the city received from the covid-19 stimulus package to improve safety measures. downtown mayor. well, i question carries 4 to the city staff report says 1.6 million dollars will be used to staff 5 additional officers in a new downtown patrol be through june 2023. it could take between 5 to 18 months to recruit and train the new officers. but in the meantime, the council approved $130,000 to cover overtime pay for 2 additional patrol shifts. >> 3 days a week through next j

the police chief says investigators are still following up leads in the nordstrom case, and that more arrests should be coming soon. in one quick rob roth, ktvu fox two news area toll authority is reducing bridge toll finds on the seven bay area bridges it runs if you received a first told violation ticket any time this year. you're fine goes from $25 to $5 fine for a second violation drops from $70 to $15 , the toll authority says people who paid penalties anytime this year. will receive a refund starting in february. the changes are part of the organization's plan to make paying tolls and finds equitable for everyone. already a warm day again today, second day in a row for record high temperatures here they are whole bunch of them. i think tomorrow we'll see a couple of record highs again. it's going to be a very similar day, except there'll be a few more high clouds. but we're splitting hairs. this beautiful day for your various thursday friday, we'll see temperatures trend down a little bit so instead of seventies and mid seventies will be upper sixties so again split and harrison

she is accused of using a glock handgun in the nordstrom theft. what is the das office want to say to the people of this community about that? >> i think it speaks to the nature of our criminal justice system and the laws we have been active recently, that violent felons are out of custody and they are committing violent crimes. reporter: on creek mayor kevin wilke -- >> this is unacceptable. we have the highest profile story outside of covid in the entire country, and our offices here in the county are not communicating with each other on what is happening to criminals that have been arrested, that have the community outraged. and we are currently looking to arrest more criminals. reporter: a third suspect is in custody, who pleaded not guilty yesterday. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. dan: to button this up, ball not creek city council has called a special meeting -- walnut creek city council has called a special meeting tomorrow morning . they could hire up to five officers to tap into the $2 million in federal covid funds that the city received.

. >> the mayor says after dozens of thieves ransacked nordstroms two weekends ago. they approved over time to get more cops in the shopping district. the contra costa sheriff deputies started patrolling downtown this weekend. they'll be here during the holiday season. being able to make sure that we can deter, if there's anything that happens, we have more people available to arrest. most shoppers support the extra police visibility. >> i think it does make me feel better. i worry about coming out here with the kids. i have neighbors who worry as well. letting their teenagers come out here by themselves. >> my siblings are here. we want to be safe. >> monika works at bare minerals. she says this is the busiest time of year, it's important shoppers feel comfortable. >> the nordstroms incident just happened. a lot of customers were concerned. and now since the police is more active, customers don't really talk about it any more. we see more flowing traffic in the area. >> the city will hire five new officers to patrol the stores. but that will take months. that's why

offer the past month and digital platforms like stitch fix is down 37% traditional players like nordstrom weekend could pry a final boost to the holiday and courtney reagan who i out can off before the break joins us now hi. >> hi contessa tomorrow is called super saturday in resale the last saturday before christmas. this year is expected to be the second busiest in-store shopping day of the year according to sensor mattic solutions. they say 148 million americans will be shopping tomorrow. that's down from last year but up from prepandemic in 2019. a record number of americans shopped early this year. 42% say they will buy their last gift before tomorrow standard shipping deadlines in time for christmas have pretty much passed for a lot of retailers like nike, lowe's, nordstrom, usps and fedex non-expedited shipping that deadline passed, too 41% of super saturday shoppers will shop on line, still, and in store. an increasing number of those shoppers will use the omnichannel services like target's drive up picup or on line orders that are fulfilled by stores same day last year same day d

he needs to say to vladimir putin that we are no longer going to continue with the nordstrom tube pipeline and we need you to know and understand that we will defend ukraine and provide them assistance. he needs to make that very clear. >> chris: hear secretary of state blinken talking about the threat of russia. >> we've made it clear to the kremlin that we will respond resolutely including with a high range of economic measures that we have refrained from using the past. >> chris: michelle, that's all we keep hearing from both the biden administration and from the european union. talk of economic sanctions, talk of political sanctions. pretty much, it's obvious, but not explicit, the military options off of the table. that has never stopped before. >> michele: what the administration is considering with our allies is an escalating set of sanctions that it goes beyond what is done before. i'm sure they're looking at sanctioning the banking sector him in energy sector. possibly cutting afresh from the swift system which enables all their financial transactions. my expectation would be that

do we hold them accountable for being the platform where people create a flash mob to hit the nordstromr do they play no complicity at all in any of this? >> such a great question and one that is playing out right now and multiple regulatory investigations including by congress into the social media platforms to say you do hold responsibility for people using your platforms to commit crimes large and small. i really love that quote about this isn't some type of organized cartel crime although we see them too using our social media platforms to organize and recruit, this is absolutely like join us here and here but here's what's interesting and in this situation, the snapchat books person came out and said we didn't find any evidence of that. in contrast the law enforcement saying there's a ton of evidence of these kids using your platform to result in as you know assault and battery and even death in one of those stores so i think we're going to see an interesting nexus, but stay tuned for them to be held accountable because as of now, they say they have none. >> harris: so it's interes

a fourth person is behind bars tonight, accused of ransacking that nordstrom at broadway plaza. so that means four out of 80. last month, 80 people swarmed nordstrom, and got away with about $200,000 worth of merchandise. the suspects will face felony charges. investigators are still reviewing the surveillance video hoping to identify more suspects. >>> in the south bay, a crime ring targeting asian women has been busted. today, san jose police and the da met with business owners in little saigon to announce several arrests related to dozens of attacks in the asian community. now, what you are looking at is surveillance video capturing at least one of 70 local robberies. the group is accused of committing some of those crimes. san jose police also released booking photos of six men they say they have arrested over the past six months. the da says felony robberies will also be treated as hate crimes. >> it also affects people in the asian-american community who are not targeted because it makes them fearful that they might be next. >> the police chief assured the business owners

the war prove nordstrom to will keep those high prices on natural gas because of political reasons, while simultaneously complaining about climate change and, and not reducing the cost of natural gas. so that energy can be cheaper than coal. none of their rhetoric matches what they say. they want to have happen. absolutely, and chris, i have about 30 seconds left. i'm gonna give you the final word in this lane. i think that right now everybody needs to take a step back and actually look at what we need. and right now there's an energy shores that need means we need more energy. that means we need more natural gas pumping from the bach and we need more drilling in the oil. and the fact that right now, the regime and the u. s. is walking them because they want to basically shift all of the u. s. pollution over to the middle east and import all of these oil assets. well, that means that the u. s. is basically just going to be dependent on the middle east for on other countries for their energy resources. and by that, by that means that means that they basically control the supply and demand.

he's in walnut creek, which is just adjacent to the nordstrom. i don't know why off to that coin happened. that big con. the mo was pretty coy. fortunately, in this a lot more police presence there now. but yeah, it's shocking and sad. >> because of safety concerns bell ringers are instructed to stand closer to the interns stores of stores. >> in the north bay of cannabis dispensary is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of at least half a dozen people you see him here breaking into the store. this happened a few days ago, security measures minimize the loss. but as kron four's phillipe djegal tells us this all comes at a time when legal dispensaries are struggling to keep up with the booming black market. >> it took just minutes for this group of suspects to size up us bloom incorporated in vallejo. >> and then break in cost thousands of dollars. fortunately he set off candidates late hope police officers showed up about 3 minutes after at least a half dozen suspects left the suspects never made it past

dan: all three suspects arrested in the nordstrom flash mob style theft are out of custody. kristen: two of them shouldn't be according to the district attorney. dan: our reporter has been covering this case since the theft and has the latest on what is happening. >> there is a bench warrant out for dana's arrest after she didn't show up for court friday. she was arrested, and prosecutors say she had a gun following this november nordstrom flash mob theft. the departments police chief has said the arresting officers didn't know dawson was on parole. the chief says he doesn't know why dawson's name didn't come up in the national database. dawson was eligible for and posted bail. >> i don't know what why the finger-pointing is going on. >> this mistake was nearly corrected november 30 at her arraignment despite efforts by her parole officer to get a parole hold, which would have amended her to custody, the timing was off by about 15 minutes. dawson walked out of court and hasn't returned. >> sooner rather than later is the time for her to answer to this. >> i don't know where

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a growing crisis that could be ease when the nordstrom to pipeline is able to double the supplies coming from russia. and to say that inflation continues to skyrocket here in the united states would be an understatement. as the latest data from the labor department shows, prices have increased at their fastest rate since $982.00. but for many employees across the country, their annual raises won't include 7 percent just to account for the cost of inflation. 2 and that's the case of google, where executives were specifically asked about their plans to handle the soaring cost of living in this country. now, google's vice president of compensation said there are no plans for a company wide pay increase, but he said they are aware of increasing prices and plan to compensate their employees through bonuses based on their work. but even with more companies offering higher wages as a grapple with an ongoing labor shortage, it's the impact of inflation that is leaving many americans with larger paychecks, but less spending power as they find themselves paying more just to survive. so joining me

several nordstrom employees will pepper spray punched and kicked. authorities have already taken three suspected thieves into custody and say they expect to make more arrests. a 15 year old boy is in custody tonight in a shooting at a high school in michigan that left three students dead this afternoon. the sophomore allegedly opened fire with an automatic handgun. it happened at oxford high school about 30 miles north of detroit. authorities say 15 to 20 shots were fired at eight other people were wounded, including a teacher and seven students. deputies took the 15 year old boy into custody without injury and say he is not cooperating. he did not give us any resistance when he was taken into custody. he's currently being transported back to pontiac for potential like. he's already already invoked his right to not speak, so he wants an attorney. he's not telling us anything at this point in time. the students killed were identified as a 16 year old boy and two girls ages 14 and 17. authorities say it appears the suspect acted alone. three deaths at