abc7 news reporter john alston is live in santa rosa with the story. a lot of emotion there to it -- tonight. >> yes. it was supposed to be a simple march and instead one person was arrested on charges of assaulting officers and a second man was picked up on charges of obstructing >> despite a large police presence, the angry crowd was able to get right up to the front door of the sonoma county jail. banging on the windows and breaking glass according to the sheriff's department. inside was a fellow protestor arrested hours earlier. >> and we want to be here to greet him when he is released and show him we back him and support him. >> protesters identified him as ramone cairo. >> we pay to protect and not to murder us. >> he was among several demonstrators who marched to a city council meeting protesting the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy by a sonoma deputy. they say he punched one officer in the eye and hit another with a wooden cross. sky 7hd captured him being lead away. there was a large commotion outside as the demonstrators tried to rush bac

john alston is there live with the story. john? >> there is still debris from the suv in the street. earlier members of the richmond pd gang unit and parole officers were here searching for a suspect. we are trying to figure out why, but they did get their man after a high speed chase that lasted more than a half hour. the chase made several loops around long view road in antioch. a weird holiday spectacle for neighbors. >> it was unreal. it kept going in a circle. first the copter would come and then you would hear the -- the sparks are flying and you drive by. and 50 minutes later here they come by again. >> each path neighbors say it seemed as if another tire was gone. >> scratching up the street pretty good. and the next time you come by the same way and the next time you stop in front of my house. >> the richmond pd gang unit and the other officers chased the suspect on foot, but it was a dog that brought him down. >> he got off and started running and the dog took him down. the police were all over him and there were cops eve

in san francisco, john alston, abc7 news. >> that's unnerving. itthe stagnant, unhealthy air hanging around for more than a week is on its way out. here is a time lapse video from our south beach camera. and now we have to deal with strong, gusty winds. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd and details on a wind advisory. >> yeah, dan, the wind is already starting to kick up and the shift in the wind is all we need to clean out our atmosphere. right now we are looking at live doppler 7hd. a few clouds out there. we are going to be watching for the potential for sprinkles or light showers for your morning commute. here are the areas going understand the wind advisory at midnight. the north bay mountains at coast and the diablo range gusting to 60 miles an hour. and this really runs until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. look at the view from our camera . gusts right now 43 miles an hour. lower elevations are starting to gust. 30 to 35 miles an hour and it is a wind coming off the ocean that is bringing the fresher, cleaner air a in

john alston -- john alston spoke to one waiter who was lucky enough to serve the customer of a lifetime. >> the servers can get big tips on high end meals, but never as meaty as the one served up a few weeks ago. a $1500 tip on a tab of $500. it was signed tips for jesus. the lucky waiter blessed by the money is andy zang. >> i was surprised and really happy. i just bought it for my fiancee. it helped me a lot. >> he was so happy he uke a picture of the mystery customers holding up the bill. one of them was celebrating a birthday and he got a thousand dollars and co-workers split the rest. >> we are happy. especially myself. i am really happy. >> the tip was legit. >> we had that manager go by the table and clarify it was the correct amount and we were reading it wrong. we thought maybe they won 50 and not 1500. they clarified and said that is what we intended. >> they say you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but they want to know who is behind this? is this a random act of kindness or movements? there is an instagram page showing resets of thousands of dollars tacked on. it sa

abc7 news reporter john alston is live in santa rosa with the story. a lot of emotion there to it -- tonight. >> yes. it was supposed to be a simple march and instead one person was arrested on charges of assaulting officers and a second man was picked up on charges of obstructing >> despite a large police presence, the angry crowd was able to get right up to the front door of the sonoma county jail. banging on the windows and breaking glass according to the sheriff's department. inside was a fellow protestor arrested hours earlier. >> and we want to be here to greet him when he is released and show him we back him and support him. >> protesters identified him as ramone cairo. >> we pay to protect and not to murder us. >> he was among several demonstrators who marched to a city council meeting protesting the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy by a sonoma deputy. they say he punched one officer in the eye and hit another with a wooden cross. sky 7hd captured him being lead away. there was a large commotion outside as the demonstrators tried to rush bac

john alston is live in calistoga. plenty of weather up there too. >> ama, drenching rains have been pummeling parts of wine country. we are in a bit of a lull in calistoga. earlier we took a steep drive to the top of mount saint huh lena where we saw a few snowflakes and a lot of showers. by 8:30 the rain washed away most of the snow that fell, elevation 4300 feet. for part of the afternoon the flakes were definitely falling, enough that cal trans called out the plows and put up signs warning drivers of slippery roads at the summit. you just four miles down the evening was peppered with downpours. it was an awful trip to get just about anywhere. the west blast is unusual. >> i can get there without turning on my heat. i went home and turned my heat on. we are miserable. >> some visitors celebrating their 15th anniversary got a taste of the city they just left jie. expecting honey. it was supposed to be our wedding anniversary, and here we are like in weather just like chicago. >> to get out of the 39-degree cold, some

john alston -- john alston spoke to one waiter who was lucky enough to serve the customer of a lifetime. >> the servers can get big tips on high end meals, but never as meaty as the one served up a few weeks ago. a $1500 tip on a tab of $500. it was signed tips for jesus. the lucky waiter blessed by the money is andy zang. >> i was surprised and really happy. i just bought it for my fiancee. it helped me a lot. >> he was so happy he uke a picture of the mystery customers holding up the bill. one of them was celebrating a birthday and he got a thousand dollars and co-workers split the rest. >> we are happy. especially myself. i am really happy. >> the tip was legit. >> we had that manager go by the table and clarify it was the correct amount and we were reading it wrong. we thought maybe they won 50 and not 1500. they clarified and said that is what we intended. >> they say you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but they want to know who is behind this? is this a random act of kindness or movements? there is an instagram page showing resets of thousands of dollars tacked on. it sa

john alston is there live with the story. john? >> there is still debris from the suv in the street. earlier members of the richmond pd gang unit and parole officers were here searching for a suspect. we are trying to figure out why, but they did get their man after a high speed chase that lasted more than a half hour. the chase made several loops around long view road in antioch. a weird holiday spectacle for neighbors. >> it was unreal. it kept going in a circle. first the copter would come and then you would hear the -- the sparks are flying and you drive by. and 50 minutes later here they come by again. >> each path neighbors say it seemed as if another tire was gone. >> scratching up the street pretty good. and the next time you come by the same way and the next time you stop in front of my house. >> the richmond pd gang unit and the other officers chased the suspect on foot, but it was a dog that brought him down. >> he got off and started running and the dog took him down. the police were all over him and there were cops eve

john alston is live in calistoga. plenty of weather up there too. >> ama, drenching rains have been pummeling parts of wine country. we are in a bit of a lull in calistoga. earlier we took a steep drive to the top of mount saint huh lena where we saw a few snowflakes and a lot of showers. by 8:30 the rain washed away most of the snow that fell, elevation 4300 feet. for part of the afternoon the flakes were definitely falling, enough that cal trans called out the plows and put up signs warning drivers of slippery roads at the summit. you just four miles down the evening was peppered with downpours. it was an awful trip to get just about anywhere. the west blast is unusual. >> i can get there without turning on my heat. i went home and turned my heat on. we are miserable. >> some visitors celebrating their 15th anniversary got a taste of the city they just left jie. expecting honey. it was supposed to be our wedding anniversary, and here we are like in weather just like chicago. >> to get out of the 39-degree cold, some

john alston is live in calistoga.nty of weather up there too. >> ama, haveng rains have been pummeling parts of wine country. we are in a bit of a lull in calistoga. earlier we took a steep drive to the top of mount saint huh lena where we saw a few snowflakes and a lot of showers. by 8:30 the rain washed away most of the snow that fell, elevation 4300 feet. for part of the afternoon the flakes were definitely falling, enough that cal trans called out the plows and put up signs warning drivers of slippery roads at the summit. you just four miles down the evening was peppered with downpours. it was an awful trip to get just about anywhere. the west blast is unusual. >> i can get there without turning on my heat. i went home and turned my heat on. we are miserable. >> some visitors celebrating their 15th anniversary got a taste of the city they just left jie. expecting honey. it was supposed to be our wedding anniversary, and here we are like in weather just like chicago. >> to get out of the 39-degree cold, some folks

in san francisco, john alston, abc7 news. >> that's unnerving. itthe stagnant, unhealthy air hanging around for more than a week is on its way out. here is a time lapse video from our south beach camera. and now we have to deal with strong, gusty winds. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd and details on a wind advisory. >> yeah, dan, the wind is already starting to kick up and the shift in the wind is all we need to clean out our atmosphere. right now we are looking at live doppler 7hd. a few clouds out there. we are going to be watching for the potential for sprinkles or light showers for your morning commute. here are the areas going understand the wind advisory at midnight. the north bay mountains at coast and the diablo range gusting to 60 miles an hour. and this really runs until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. look at the view from our camera . gusts right now 43 miles an hour. lower elevations are starting to gust. 30 to 35 miles an hour and it is a wind coming off the ocean that is bringing the fresher, cleaner air a in

john alston is there live with the story. john? >> there is still debris from the suv in the street. earlier members of the richmond pd gang unit and parole officers were here searching for a suspect. we are trying to figure out why, but they did get their man after a high speed chase that lasted more than a half hour. the chase made several loops around long view road in antioch. a weird holiday spectacle for neighbors. >> it was unreal. it kept going in a circle. first the copter would come and then you would hear the -- the sparks are flying and you drive by. and 50 minutes later here they come by again. >> each path neighbors say it seemed as if another tire was gone. >> scratching up the street pretty good. and the next time you come by the same way and the next time you stop in front of my house. >> the richmond pd gang unit and the other officers chased the suspect on foot, but it was a dog that brought him down. >> he got off and started running and the dog took him down. the police were all over him and there were cops eve

abc7 news reporter john alston is live in santa rosa with the story. to it -- tonight. >> yes. it was supposed to be a simple march and instead one person was arrested on charges of assaulting officers and a second man was picked up on charges of obstructing >> despite a large police presence, the angry crowd was able to get right up to the front door of the sonoma county jail. banging on the windows and breaking glass according to the sheriff's department. inside was a fellow protestor arrested hours earlier. >> and we want to be here to greet him when he is released and show him we back him and support him. >> protesters identified him as ramone cairo. >> we pay to protect and not to murder us. >> he was among several demonstrators who marched to a city council meeting protesting the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy by a sonoma deputy. they say he punched one officer in the eye and hit another with a wooden cross. sky 7hd captured him being lead away. there wa a large a large commotn outside as the demonstrators tried to rush back toward the counc

in san francisco, john alston, abc7 news. >> that's unnerving.ir hanging around for more than a week is on its way out. here is a time lapse video from our south beach camera. and now we have to deal with strong, gusty winds. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7htails a details on a wind advisory. >> yeah, dan, the wind is already starting to kick up and the shift in the wind is all we need to clean out our atmosphere. right now we are looking at live doppler 7hd. a few clouds out there. we are going to be watching for the potential for sprinkles or light showers for your morning commute. here are the areas going understand the wind advisory at midnight. the north bay mountains at coast and the diablo range gusting to 60 miles an hour. and this really runs until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. look at the view fromcamera . gusts right now 43 miles an hour. lower elevations are starting to gust. 30 to 35 miles an hour and it is a wind coming off the ocean that is bringing the fresher, cleaner air a in. i will have a look at the det

john alston -- john alston spoke to one waiter who was lucky enough to serve the customer of a lifetime can get big tips on high end meals, but never as meaty as the one served up a few weeks ago. a $1500 tip on a tab of $500. it was signed tips for jesus. the lucky waiter blessed by the money is andy zang. >> i was surprised and really happy. i just bought it for my fiancee. it helped me a lot. >> he was so happy he uke a picture of the mystery customers holding up the bill. one of them was celebrating a birthday and he got a thousand dollars and co-workers split the rest. >> we are happy. especially myself. i am really happy. >> the tip was legit. >> we had that manager go by the table and clarify it was the correct amount and we were reading it wrong. we thought maybe they won 50 and not 1500. they clarified and said that is what we intended. >> they say you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but they want to know who is behind this? is this a random act of kindness or movements? there is an instagram page showing resets of thousands of dollars tacked on. it says doing the lor

john alston, abc7 news. >> el wood, once crowned the world's ugliest dog has died. he became famous six years ago when he won the ugly dog contest. 8-year-old el wood died on thanksgiving morning. >>> deadline time is fast approaching for an elite pop warner football team that theedz to raise $40,000 to play in the national super bowl tournament in florida. boosters for the bay city bulldogs came out for a raffle. they had a donation of $20,000, but they need more to cover badly needed uniforms, equipment and cleats. >>> doing something good this holiday season could make you $7,000 richer. go to the abc7 facebook page to pledge to give where you live. each will pledge $1 in your honor. everyone who takes the pledge will be entered to win $7,000 cash. the winner will be announced on december 19th. it is time to get to leigh glaser and check on the weather. the weathers are going to take a dip. >> 70s today and by tuesday and wednesday only 54 degrees. really going to take a dive. at least we have tomorrow to enjoy. showing you some of the low clouds and fog and play

abc7 news reporter john alston has more on the wave of mistrust. >> reporter: the season of giving is not necessarily the season of trusting. neither is the rest of the year, for that matter. americans don't trust others a whole lot, according to a new "associated press" survey. the people who prepare your food when you eat out. 50% of americans don't trust them. >> there are places i don't go because i don't trust them or i don't care for the place. >> two-thirds of americans don't trust the people who swipe their credit cards when they go to a restaurant or other business. >> it can go bad, either way. that's why i use cash. >> i would probably be more concerned with a credit card. i know what you are saying, there is probably more to worry about with the food. worse if you send it back, right? >> overall trust has been slipping like a first-time ice skater. only about a third of americans felt the government can be trusted. 50% and that's down from when the survey was done 30 years ago. >> hardly anyone trusts the politicians in washington. only 2% say the government will do the ri

john alston has the details. >> target shoppers are waiting and wondering if they will see bogus charges pop up on their credit and debit cards in the coming week. >> i don't know, probably just close my account. i mean, if what you are saying is true and what i am hearing is true. because i can't afford this to happen. >> hackers got into target security system and grabbed information from 40 million credit and debit cards between black friday and last sunday. brian krebs, who exposed the leak. said the information had been used to make phony duplicates which is flooding the market. >> it's amazing how fast the entire affair went down. a lot of people expected the cards to emerge in the next couple weeks but they are here now. >> debit card pin numbers were not stolen but the company is in full damage control mode. >> at target we get a 10% discount if you are a team member and we want to extend that team member discount to all of the guests that come and shop with us this weekend. >> the biggest threat from the bogus cards appear to be online purse. >> it's an identity she have. does u

abc7 news reporter john alston has more an a new survey about the wave of mistrust. >> reporter: the necessarily the season of trusting. neither is the rest of the year, for that matter. americans don't trust others a whole lot, according to a new "associated press" survey. the people who prepare your feed when you eat out. 50% of americans don't trust them. >> there are places i don't go because i don't trust them or i don't care for the place. >> two-thirds of americans don't trust the people who swipe their credit cards when they go to a restaurant or other business. >> it can go bad, either way. that's why i use cash. >> i would probably be more concerned with a credit card. i know what you are saying, there is probably more to worry about with the food. worse if you send it back, right? >> trust has been slipping like a first-time ice skater. only about a third of americans felt the government can be trusted. 50% and that's down from when the survey was done 30 years ago. >> hardly anyone trusts the politicians in washington. only 20% say the government will do the right things.

john alston joins us with the latest on the cold snap. john? >> close to 250 people here at this shelter and a mixture of regular residents and refugees from the cold. one challenge has been convincing homeless men and women and some with mental illness to come off the streets and into the warmth. >> in addition to all of the beds, they had to bring in mats to handle the extra people who will need a place out of the cold tonight. about 225 people are expected at the shelter in san jose. >> i have people out there on the streets that are freezing and i worry about them because i don't want anybody to pass away like it has been the last couple days. >> four homeless men froze to death in santa clara county this week even though there was enough space at local shelters. >> it was a sad week for us as homeless service providers that four people died on the streets, particularly since we opened the cold weather shelters on monday and there is capacity available for the homeless right now. >> teams of social workers visited local railroad tracks and

reporter john alston has more on a new survey about the wave of mistrust. >> reporter: the season of giving is not necessarily the season of trusting. neither is the rest of the year, for that matter. americans don't trust others a whole lot, according to a new "associated press" survey. people who prepare your feed when you eat out. 50% of americans don't trust them. >> there are places i don't go because i don't trust them or i don't care for the place. >> two-thirds of americans don't trust the people who swipe their credit cards when they go to a restaurant or other business. >> it can go bad, either way. that's why i use cash. >> i would probably be more concerned with a credit card. i know what you are sag, there is probably more to worry about with the food. worst if you send it back, right? >> trust has been slipping like a ice rink. 50% and that's down from when the survey was done 30 years ago. >> hardly anyone trusts the politicians in washington. only 20% say the government will do the right things. >> i feel like our leaders aren't able to do what they need to do because

john alston has the details. >> target shoppers are waiting and wondering if they will see bogus charges pop up on their credit and debit cards in the coming weeks. >> i don't know, probably just close my account. i mean, if what you are saying is true and what i am hearing is true. because i can't afford this to happen. >> hackers got into target security system and grabbed information from 40 million credit and debit cards between black friday and last sunday. brian krebs, the security expert who exposed the breach, said the information had been used to make phony duplicates which is flooding the market. >> it's amazing how fast the entire affair went down. a lot of people expected the cards to emerge in the next couple weeks but they are here now. >> target claims that debit card pin numbers were not stolen so no one can drain your cash from an atm. but the company is in full damage control mode. >> at target we get a 10% discount if you are a team member and we want to extend that team member discount to all of the guests that come and shop with us this weekend. >> the biggest threat

john alston has the details. >> target shoppers are waiting and wondering if they will see bogus charges pop up on their credit and debit cards in the coming weeks. >> i don't know, probably just close my account. i mean, if what you are saying is true and what i am hearing is true. because i can't afford this to happen. >> hackers got into target security system and grabbed information from 40 million credit and debit cards between black friday and last sunday. brian krebs, the security expert who exposed the breach, said the said the stolen data had already been used to make phoney duplicates, which is flooding the market. >> it's amazing how fast the entire affair went down. a lot of people expected the cards to emerge in the next couple weeks but they are here now. >> target claims that debit card pin numbers were not stolen so no one can drain your cash from an atm. but the company is in full damage control mode. >> at target we get a 10% discount if you are a team member and we want to extend that team member discount to all of the guests that come and shop with us this weekend. >>

abc7 news reporter john alston is live at the ups center on san bruno avenue in san francisco.lot of customers showed up there fingers crossed. >> and it was hit and miss. there were a lot of deliveries for hole lay and nonholiday -- holiday and nonholiday deliveries. air delivery was so gummed up that a lot of gifts will not be under the tree tomorrow morning, but stuck somewhere in a warehouse. drivers may have good cheer, but not all of the gifts that were supposed to be delivered by christmas morning. ups for the first time it was swamped by an over well ming number of -- overwhelming number of packages. julie showed up at the ups store hoping for the best. >> i was waiting for my husband's big christmas gift at my office. it is the last day before christmas. i waited for hours and hours for it to show up and it never did. >> in she went to see if the present was there. she is not alone. thousands of packages across the country won't make it in time for the holiday. they blamed a surge in e-commerce orders and an ice storm in the south that started when the shipping rush be

abc7 news reporter john alston is live at the ups center on san bruno avenue in san francisco. a lot of customers showed up there fingers crossed. >> and it was hit and miss. there were a lot of deliveries for hole lay and nonholiday -- holiday and nonholiday deliveries. air delivery was so gummed up that a lot of gifts will not be under the tree tomorrow morning, but stuck somewhere in a warehouse. drivers may have good cheer, but not all of the gifts that were supposed to be delivered by christmas morning. ups for the first time it was swamped by an over well ming number of -- overwhelming number of packages. julie showed up at the ups store hoping for the best. >> i was waiting for my husband's big christmas gift at my office. it is the last day before christmas. i waited for hours and hours for it to show up and it never did. >> in she went to see if the present was there. she is not alone. thousands of packages across the country won't make it in time for the holiday. they blamed a surge in e-commerce orders and an ice storm in the south that started when the shipping rush

live in san francisco which a balloon on my head, john alston, nbc 7 news. >> john, you look better than you ever have. this photo was taken in sabatha pole. the north bay has been getting the brunt, lows will be in the low- to mid-20s for the next several nights and here is a snowy view north of mendocino county. and stay in the know about the snow, rain and cold weather with the abc 7 news weather app. it will give hourly weather forecast and severe weather alerts. download it free at nbc 7 news.com. >>> new details on breaking fuse we first brought you on abc news at 11:00. a water main that flooded homes in castro valley has now been repaired. the pipe ruptured around 7:00 last night in the area of seven hills drive and santa maria avenue. today a big cleanup effort began. you can see emergency response, crews cleaning up a mighty mess. water service was restored to the area around 8:00 this morning. utility officials tell abc 7 news the rupture of the 12-inch main ruptured between 4 and 11 homes. they said the pipe was old, dating back possibly to the known 20s or '40s, but a specif

john alston has the excitement. >> if only all fire calls would be like this. >> you're welcome. merry christmas. >> a san francisco fire truck rolled through the tenderloin on christmas morning surprising children with toys. >> how old are you going to be tomorrow? you are going to be three? all right. say thank you. thank you. >> merry christmas. >> san francisco firefighters local 798 has been doing this since 1949. it is billed as the largest toy program in the country serving 60,000 children. >> it is great. it is a great program. we have done it for a long, longtime. we had people come off the street for the toys and it is an amazing experience. >> the toys were donated at lefty odoole's and then served in the city. toys will be collected for next christmas. >> merry christmas. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> they helped feed 5,000 people in san francisco. they joined 500 volunteers to make and serve food at the annual glide dinner dishing up turkey and ham. they will play in the fight hunger bowl at at&t park on friday. and just around the corner the opponents, the byu

here are the winning numbers, 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega ball isjohn alston is live in sn jose outside of that very lucky store. john? >> and very long odds. the owner of the store says he has no idea who bought the winning ticket. >> no idea who it could be. >> thanks again. >> what time are you opening the store? >> he will be a lucky winner and share a pot. he runs jennie's gift shop that sells gifts and kids gear and it sells a big fat lottery ticket. we understand there was a winner in georgia as well. the sign beside me has $636 million and that will be changing to 15. somebody here will be very, very wealthy. >> i got two times seven. >> this security guard checked his lottery tickets immediately when he found out the place where he bought them had sold the jackpot winner. >> the owner came and give me the notice and give me -- i win, i win! i sold the ticket here. >> word spread to the other businesses near jennie's gift shop that lottery lightning struck a few doors away. >> it is good for san jose and hopefully somebody will be rich. >> california lottery officials were makin

john alston has the excitement. >> if only all fire calls would be like this. >> you're welcome. merry christmas. >> a san francisco fire truck rolled through the tenderloin on christmas morning surprising children with toys. >> how old are you going to be tomorrow? you are going to be three? all right. say thank you. thank you. >> merry christmas. >> san francisco firefighters local 798 has been doing this since 1949. it is billed as the largest toy program in the country serving 60,000 children. >> it is great. it is a great program. we have done it for a long, longtime. we had people come off the street for the toys and it is an amazing experience. >> the toys were donated at lefty odoole's and then served in the city. toys will be collected for next christmas. >> merry christmas. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> they helped feed 5,000 people in san francisco. they joined 500 volunteers to make and serve food at the annual glide dinner dishing up turkey and ham. they will play in the fight hunger bowl at at&t park on friday. and just around the corner the opponents, the byu

alston tossed into the apartment sorts of odds of scripts for this moment. on the bus. you know him. dr the mausoleum for this purpose an all out what's the most worst bombings this moment of darkness. it's so weird. lily it was all jus me mostly years went on. see you at home with you know expressions then again you know. i'm not just for you so much. this exhibition is an amazing excavation of history in the dark together. towards the object itself. and who more or so and it went down in northern ireland the history. you know it's for children. i'd still argue debate to be discussed. and that is part of that. gracie really interesting relation to reality. you know my favorite food is picasso's art design tells the truth certain photos i did but it ends with a smile. this is a very intimate. wait that's just it didn't seem to stop these cats are going to the end of the guidance of this boy who now is the right to a top obama he's there. on xerox ready to go. there's a turgid the brownies. their name. albertson's. most of the need for journalism. so what we're doing lot

john alston has the excitement. >> if only all fire calls would be like this. >> you're welcome.rry christmas. >> a san francisco fire truck rolled through the tenderloin on christmas morning surprising children with toys. >> how old are you going to be tomorrow? you are going to be three? all right. say thank you. thank you. >> merry christmas. >> san francisco firefighters local 798 has been doing this since 1949. it is billed as the largest toy program in the country serving 60,000 children. >> it is great. it is a great program. we have done it for a long, longtime. we had people come off the street for the toys and it is an amazing experience. >> the toys were donated at lefty odoole's and then served in the city. toys will be collected for next christmas. >> merry christmas. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> they helped feed n francisco. people in san francisco. they joined 500 volunteers to make and serve food at the annual glide dinner dishing up turkey and ham. they will play in the fight hunger bowl at at&t park on friday. and just around the corner the opponents, the

. >> update breaking news in san francisco. 7 news reporter john alston live in san francisco where a house has collapsed. what do you have john. >> i just got back from the scene. the house is on the side of the hill on crown terrace in the twin peak section of san francisco. it collapsed at about 10:30 this evening. neighbors say the home was under renovation. initially attempt had been made to demolish over a year ago. neighbors say it's owned by mel murphy a prominent local developer who is also a past president of the building inspection commission here in san francisco. the house again on the side of the hill on crown terrace. it collapsed at least one other home has been evacuated. there was a smell of natural gas earlier from what we heard. fire department is on scene as well as the police department. no report of any injuries at this point but the house is open the side of the hill and we'll be checking it out further for our newscast in the morning. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> all right again john thank you very much e.house collapsed in the twin peak area of san f

john alston is live in san jose outside of that very lucky store. john? >> and very long odds. the owner of the store says he has no idea who bought the winning ticket. >> thanks again. >> what time are you opening the store? >> he will be a lucky winner and share a pot. he runs jennie's gift shop that sells gifts and kids gear and it sells a big fat lottery ticket. we understand there was a winner in georgia as well. the sign beside me has $636 million and that will be changing to 15. somebody here will be very, very wealthy. >> i got two times seven. >> this security guard checked his lottery tickets immediately when he found out the place where he bought them had sold the jackpot winner. >> the owner came and give me the notice and give me -- i win, i win! i sold the ticket here. >> word spread to the other businesses near jennie's gift shop that lottery lightning struck a few doors away. >> it is good for san jose and hopefully somebody will be rich. >> california lottery officials were making hey over the jackpot win for the golden state. >> can i just say woo-hoo! finally

in palo alto, john alston, abc7 news. >>> the latest recipient of the breakthrough prize in life sciences award will take part in a symposium today at the uc san francisco mission bay campus. six scientists each got $3 million in the awards that were presented at a private award last night in silicon valley. that's almost triple the size of the nobel prize. >>> some hollywood stars like glenn close, conan o'brien and kevin spayscy joined heavy hitters from silicon valley to celebrate science as those awards were handed out at nasa ames research center. the prize money is donated by the likes of facebook head mark zuckerberg, google chief, sergei britain and google tech investor, yuri milliner. >> pushing them all the time. >> some 50 years ago, the most famous person in the world was a scientist, not a rock star no at movie scar. albert einstein was his name. >> you sought emcee there, he was the host. the breakthrough prize was awarded last year, helping scientists follow their dreams while still being able to be financially stable. >> sometimes they have to make a choice. >>> 4:39. find

. >> update breaking news in san francisco. 7 news reporter john alston live in san francisco where ase has collapsed. what do you have john. >> i just got back from the scene. the house is on the side of the hill on crown terrace in the twin peak section of san francisco. it collapsed at about 10:30 this evening. neighbors say the home was under renovation. initially attempt had been made to demolish over a year ago. neighbors say it's owned by mel murphy a prominent local developer who is also a past president of the building inspection commission here in san francisco. the house again on the side of the hill on crown terrace. it collapsed at least one other home has been evacuated. there was a smell of natural gas earlier from what we heard. fire department is on scene as well as the police department. no report of any injuries at this point but the house is open the side of the hill and we'll be checking it out further for our newscast in the morning. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> all right again john thank you very much e.house collapsed in the twin peak area of san franc

john alston is live in san jose outside of that very lucky store. john? >> and very long odds.er of the store says he has no idea who bought the winning ticket. >> thanks again. >> what time are you opening the store? >> he will be a lucky winner and share a pot. he runs jennie's gift shop that sells gifts and kids gear and it sells a big fat lottery ticket. we understand there was a winner in georgia as well. the sign beside me has $636 million and that will be changing to 15. somebody here will be very, very wealthy. >> i got two times seven. >> this security guard checked his lottery tickets immediately when he found out the place where he bought them had sold the jackpot winner. >> the owner came and give me the notice and give me -- i win, i win! i sold the ticket here. >> word spread to the other businesses near jennie's gift shop that lottery lightning struck a few doors away. >> it is good for san jose and hopefully somebody will be rich. >> california lottery officials were making hey over the jackpot win for the golden state. >> can i just say woo-hoo! finally! we jus

. >> reporter: seana arrechaga and her 5-year-old son alston are getting their home ready for the holidays i actually was really excited to put up my christmas tree this year. >> reporter: they have been living here less than a year before that fort campbell, kentucky was home. with this man, his father, her husband. >> i think about him every day. i'll never forget thinking about him. >> reporter: army sergeant ofren arrechaga was stationed in afghanistan, my son carlos and i were embedded with his battalion when he and his comrades came under attack. one of the deadliest fire fights of the war. we remember that smile. everybody does. sergeant arrechaga one of six killed. after, seana didn't want to live in their house any more, too many ghosts of ac, as everyone called him. too many memories. >> i never wanted to leave that house. but i knew i had to. >> reporter: we reached out to the charity homes for our troops, and they went to work. providing this newly renovated home free of charge. >> it's huge. being here is amazing. it's like starting over. >> reporter: but this holiday season,

. >> update breaking news in san francisco. 7 news reporter john alston live in san francisco where an. >> i just got back from the scene. the house is on the side of the hill on crown terrace in the twin peak section of san francisco. it collapsed at about 10:30 this evening. neighbors say the home was under renovation. initially attempt had been made to demolish over a year ago. neighbors say it's owned by mel murphy a prominent local developer who is also a past president of the building inspection commission here in san francisco. the house again on the s crownl on crown terrace. it collapsed at least one other home has been evacuated. there was a smell of natural gas earlier from what we heard. fire department is on scene as well as the police department. no report of any injuries at this point but the house is open the side of the hill and we'll be checking it out further for our newscast in the morning. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> all right again john thank you very much e.house collapsed in the twin peak area of san francisco. no injuries ironically owned by the past

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john alston has the story from vallejo. >> he just rescued a child. it hit home and made me feel dwrful for my friends and family that i have. >> saturday afternoon vallejo fire department paramedic jumped into this creek looking for a 2-year-old boy who had fallen in. she was up to her neck in nasty pond scum and time was running out because the child had been underwater for about 10 minutes. >> i realize he was sucked into the culvert under the road. i can just barely see the white t-shirt and i was able to grab him and pull him toward me and lift him up over toward ward. >> ward is paramedic jason ward who is helping to pinpoint the child from the creek bank. >> she was able to locate the victim, the little child and handed him to myself and the ambulance and we rushed him to the ambulance and that's when we performed the medical procedures. >> this happened next to six flags. the boy's elderly grandmother was here when she sliped in. she normally tethers the boy's waist to keep him from the water, but she had not done that yet. >> she made several

john alston has the story from vallejo. >> he just rescued a child. it hit home and made me feel dwrful for my friends and family that i have. >> saturday afternoon vallejo fire department paramedic jumped into this creek looking for a 2-year-old boy who had fallen in. she was up to her neck in nasty pond scum and time was running out because the child had been underwater for about 10 minutes. >> i realize he was sucked into the culvert under the road. i can just barely see the white t-shirt and i was able to grab him and pull him toward me and lift him up over toward ward. >> ward is paramedic jason ward who is helping to pinpoint the child from the creek bank. >> she was able to locate the victim, the little child and handed him to myself and the ambulance and we rushed him to the ambulance and that's when we performed the medical procedures. >> this happened next to six flags. the boy's elderly grandmother was here when she sliped in. she normally tethers the boy's waist to keep him from the water, but she had not done that yet. >> she made several

in san jose, john alston, abc7 news. >> a homeless man was found dead in dublin and authorities say it could be another death due to cold in the bay area. his body was found on valley parkway. an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death is scheduled for tomorrow. if exposure did cause his death, he would be the fifth person in the bay area to die in the frigid temperatures over the past two weeks. >>> there's a lot of snow in the sierra this morning. the placer county town of applegate got a good dusting. and check out the snow from heavenly mountain resorts. the ski area got three feet of new snow from the storm. all are offering limited operations but are still waiting until they get more snow. >>> the temperature drop in central valley is threatening lemons and other citrus crops. the lemons on the outside could be in jeopardy. citrus growers are constantly monitoring their crops. they even use a helicopters as a flying wind machine to force warm air closer to the ground. stay on top of the cold weather with our weather appleton. download it for free at abc7news.com. >>> the pa

in san jose, john alston, abc7 news. >> a homeless man was found dead in dublin and authorities say it could be another death due to cold in the bay area. his body was found on valley parkway. an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death is scheduled for tomorrow. if exposure did cuss his death, he would be the fifth person in the bay area to die in the frigid temperatures over the past two weeks. >>> there's a lot of snow in the sierra this morning. the placer county town got a good dusting. and check out the snow from heavenly mountain resorts. city carries got three feet of new snow from the storm. all are offering limited operations but are still waiting until they get more snow. >>> the temperature drop in central valley is threatening lemons and other citrus crops. the lemons on the outside could be in jeopardy. they even use a helicopters as a flying wind machine to force warm air closer to the ground. stay on top of the weather with our weather appleton. download it for free at abc7news.com. >>> the palo alto veteran who was held in north korea for more than a month is back

in san jose, john alston, abc7 news. >> a homeless man was found dead in dublin and authorities say it could be another death due to cold in the bay area. his body was found on valley parkway. an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death is scheduled for tomorrow. if exposure did cause his death, he would be the fifth person in the bay area to die in the frigid temperatures over the past two weeks. >>> there's a lot of snow in the sierra this morning. the placer county town of applegate along i-80 got a good dusting. and check out the snow from heavenly mountain resorts. the ski area got three feet of new snow from the storm. all ski resorts report they are offering limited operations until they get even more snow. >>> the temperature drop in central valley is threatening lemons and other citrus crops. the fruit on the inside of the trees is okay for now, but the lemon on the outside could be in jeopardy from the big chill. citrus growers are constantly monitoring their crops. they even use a helicopters as a flying wind machine to force warm air closer to the ground. stay on top o