it is sitting in the lobby of the fairmont, wowing adults and kids alike.masterminds who helped create this sweet treat said he has been working on the gingerbread house for months. >> everything is designed in my head, and i keep it all there. it's all about the timing of how it goes along with the candy. >> the gingerbread house is the largest in california. the sweet set up will be on display through january. >>> shoppers nationwide taking part in small business saturday . for the last 10 years the day after black friday is a day that shoppers are encouraged to skip the big box stores and shop local. it was launched back in 2010 in the midst of the recession to encourage more people to bring holiday shopping to local businesses. for every dollar spent in a small business, $.57 stays in the local community so shopping a small leaves a lasting impact on the neighborhood. in 2011 the senate unanimously shopping season is the shortest possible with thanksgiving pulling so late, but retailers and shoppers are making the best of the short season. they made a r

biden at the fairmont hotel. he'll be leaving the fairmont at any moment to go to his third bay area of the day. that's where we join ashonoo a rasta. >> reporter: we do not know where. we want to show you pictures of the private visit in palo alto earlier this afternoon. what we know for sure at this point is that this trip is expected to add millions of dollars to joe biden's campaign

biden at the fairmont hotel. he'll be leaving the fairmont at any moment to go to his third bay area of the day. that's where we join ashoohnoo shaha anoushah rasta. >> reporter: we do not know where. we want to show you pictures of the private visit in palo alto earlier this afternoon. what we know for sure at this point is that this trip is expected to add millions of dollars to joe biden's campaign for president. former vice president and current presidential candidate joe biden made a stop in one of the richest parts of the country today to shake hands and collect donations. first stop was a small private fund-raiser at the home of venture capitalist greg sands and palo alto. >> there's nothing like meeting someone in person. >> reporter: biden's visit comes after a new berkeley poll shows he has work to do in california. right now he's in third place among likely voters trailing bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. >> this is a good time for people to come here and raise money. then they're going to be with

he attended three democratic party fundraisers yesterday including one in san francisco at the fairmont hotel. he is the candidate who can work across party lines and heal a divided country. >> we need experience and maturity. >> we need someone who can bring the country together and work with people across the aisle. >> about 100 people were at last night event including libby shaft who hasn't decided who she will endorse for president. >> cory booker will host bay area fundraising event. booker will be at events in berkeley and palo alto. the candidates hope they can connect. >> once she left the race, it was like picking up gold coins off the playground. you have to have those and you have to have those chips for the california primary. >> political experts predict more and more candidates will come here to the bay area between now and the caucuses in iowa in early february. >> let's get you to where you need to go this morning. >> good morning dave. the commute is off to a decent start. it will be foggy in some areas. the fog is making it useless. 4:08 am, let's bring stephen with t

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. >> joe biden in the bay area tonight, wrapping up a fundraiser at the fairmont in seven cisco he hasp an endorsement from california firefighters. one firefighter even plays a role in biden's new ad challenging president trump's comments on climate change. >> we are here, we gave our support to joe biden early on, right when he came on this campaign. because, he is the right person for change in this country right now. >>> tonight, six bodies have been recovered from the island of new zealand when a volcano erupted on wednesday. 47 people on white island. when the eruption happened without warning, the death toll sits at 14, two are still missing. parents of two teens. the family of four moved to australia five years ago. >> i guess it's a blessing they all went together, because i understand the people who survived were severely burned. >> residents of new zealand's north island pay tribute to victims, leaving flowers and messages at the walk is on a peer. you can? >> reporter: thanks veronica, digital scare for a florida family, the hijacker who used their ring camera to hurl racia

still no sign of joe biden here yet at the fairmont. >>> a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic has been moving pretty slowly, a light drizzle out there tonight, but more rain is definitely on the way. >> it is not going to be heavy, but that has been a theme with all of this. you can see some narrow bands of well-defined rain racing across, you had to be in the right place at the right time to notice any of that, and in the north bay, we've got the right place at the right time. light showers having just moved in across vallejo and down across the bridge and there is martin is also looking at light rain across from the other side of the water. we are not seeing many other places with rain so let's look ahead to the next best chance for rain that we are playing this through and to friday. it will be friday, late morning into the early afternoon that gets us to about 11:30 or noon where the showers will have begun in the north bay. not heavy rain here either, but you will notice more widespread organized rain that gets here for tomorrow, just in time for the friday commute home f

. >> now, sources say $400,000 was raised at tonight's fairmont event at biden's and cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> new developing news in the u.k. tonight. prime minister boris johnson sports a dramatic electoral victory today. his party secured enough seats for a majority for the house in parliament. political experts say that'll likely pave the way for a so-called brexit to take place at the end of january. >>> the fog has rolled back into san francisco tonight. this is live look at golden gate bridge. we promise it is in there somewhere. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a quick look at the weather. >> you can't even see the top of the transamerica pyramid because it has faded in the fog. visibility right now just over a mile in santa rosa. napa 3 quarters of a mile, half moon bay 1 mile, and in oakland it's a half a mile. slow down, use your low beams and definitely leave space ahead of you. you're going to need it. i am tracking a light system with live doppler system, and i'll let you know when that rain is going to get back into the bay area coming up. >>> and that ra

he's getting his own room for the holidays and he's getting it at the fairmont in san francisco, notlace. it took the hotel's pastry shop about a month to build him a 25-foot house in the middle lobby and the house is made of 8,000 bricks of gingerbread stuck together using 500 pounds of icing. >> it would be nice to be in the fair mount lobby tonight because it will be raining tonight. >> heavier rain approaching the coast. gusty winds approaching and a closer look at this coming up in a half hour. >> "nightly news" is next. see you at 6:00. >>> tonight, holiday travel nightmare a blizzard pounding the midwest and moving east, bringing kay chaos to one of the busiest travel days of the year 73 million to be hit >> these winds are really whipping through here >> highways already snarled. flights delayed, and it's going to get much worse. >>> the heroes on the bridge bystanders spring into actiono take down a terrorist in london. one even using a whale's tusk as a weapon >> when we got there, he was wielding two knives, one was sort of duct taped to his hand >>> and new questions toni

we go live at the fairmont hotel in san francisco where joe biden is some fundraising right now. >> reporterinside of this building, he did not come in through the front door. we've been standing out here since 4:30 when the event was supposed to start and we have not seen any evidence of the former vice president's arrival, at least not yet. there have been supporters filing in and take a listen to one of those.>> it is with deep regret but also with deep gratitude that i am suspending our campaign today. >> when senator kamala harris ended her campaign last week she was pulling at anywhere from 7 to 10 percent here in california, so where might those supporters go? >> mike bloomberg has shown time again he is willing to take on big oil. >> we know at least one of them, the san jose mayor, is supporting mike bloomberg, but a poll ashley asked harris supporters who their second choice would be.>> the reason i'm running is because i've been a

. >> hi dion, at fairmont hotel, amazing gingerbread house, can smell it and the candy. >> even biggerhan last year, standing more than 25 feet high. meantime somewhere that sounds like christmas, ghirardelli square with lots of picture opportunities. >> on the way to pier 39 to see what i can find. >> finally i stopped by deck the halls, a holiday themed bar. >> call let it snow, vodka, amum. >> plenty for the gram. >> very fun, no drinking involved, just a prop. >> nobody drank that drink? >> it was empty if you look closely. >> that's what i'm talking about, chris wants to know how it got empty. plus the gingerbread house, can you eat your way out? >> it's a lot, tons of candy, maybe chris could. >> i'm eric thomas, i eat lots. >> i wasn't insinuating that. >> just part of one elaborate edible holiday display. more than 30 artists in poland created this gingerbread down, 237 houses, church and castle surrounded by gingerbread mo mo 300 eggs, 66 pounds of powdered sugar and gallons ofs. delight- notai in you. >> not. >>> some moments you have to witness. like a baby born deaf waking

and the one that was after was jackie towards her not only in the past she has called i but at the fairmont this i read banned it but in spite of the i. logical differences between also not all and for members we know that for a man this earlier today spoke about the importance that the medical sort of trade bloc and the relationship of brazil and argentina has in spite of all of the differences that exist in argentina today what was very very important during phone number speech watch his speech and talking about unique uniting argentina and then to the polarization that has existed in this country all of this years and he said that this is the only way that argentina has in order to move forward there is a both thank you very much indeed. carter's prime minister has attended a meeting of the gulf cooperation council but there was no official mention of the ongoing blockade the leaders meeting in the saudi capital riyadh agreed the need for greater military and financial corporation and increased efforts to confront iran and secure regional energy supplies saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain a

hello there we have still got some good to skies around will coastal areas of china fairmont a cab pushing through the interior we have seen some rain and a little bit of snow as well to those higher elevations but as you can see hong kong for the say it is fine and dry 25 celsius fairly mild in shanghai of the team with that cloud it does cool off as we go into friday but you see what the main bulk of rain is it is this this is the typhoon pushing out into the south china sea it will weaken by friday but even then still a very powerful storm and still some very heavy rains to come across much of the philippines really for the next couple of days we want is a fairly quiet picture really across much of and you want to scott today was a clash. as well as we had through day and on into friday and by friday it is a clearer picture temperatures a lot lower than also just 16 celsius in new delhi say that really will fail at little bit chilly meanwhile the cloud and the rain has cleared up away from sri lanka so 29 the high in colombo on friday and then the arabian peninsula temperatures handle t

in 2004 they sold the development to fossil which is an entity of fairmont capital, and currently their developer is mission bay development crew. this project is 303 acres. includes 41 acres of open space, 4,000 linear feet of streets. there will be 6,514 units of housing when all is said and done, of which 29% will be affordable housing. for commercial there will be 5 million square feet. for office, lab, and clinical use, 560,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail, and event center, for ucsf there is a campus where they are provided 43 acres. they will be building the .6 million square feet of developments. 550 bed hospital complex, 250 room hotel, a public library in public safety building with fire and police stations, and public schools. a little bit of context here in the map, north of mission creek is mission bay north project area. this is residential and commercial. to the south is mission bay south project area. the residential area is in the northern portion and the commercial is in the southern portion. in the center, the ucsf campus that i spoke about is located th

. >> hi, dion, i'm at the fairmont hotel where they have this amazing gingerbread house.lly smell all the gingerbread and candy. >> reporter: this year's gingerbread house is bigger than last year, standing more than 25 feet high. meantime somewhere that sounds like christmas. ghirardelli square is a winter wonderland with lots of picture opportunity. >> hi, dion, i'm on my way to pier 39, let's see what i can find. >> reporter: finally i stop by deck the halls, a holiday-themed >> this drink is called let it snow. it has vodka, a little bit of cardamom. >> reporter: where there are lots of places to take that perfect snapshot. plenty for the gram. dion lim, abc 7 news. >> so much to do, so little time, right? >>> next, a festive run in san francisco. >>> here with the winning numbers from last night's $130 million power ball drawing. 18, 42, 53, 62, 66, power ball number 25. nobody picked all six numbers. wednesday night's jackpot grows to $140 million. >>> happening today, a very san francisco event, the santa sk f skivvies run, a festive run through the castro benefiti

hers another popular holiday side for the christmas tree at the fairmont hotel in san francco and withhouse on saturday as well, it's feet high 35 feet lg and it was bill with more than 1900 path pounds of candy. you can catch the winter wonderland at the hotel out through new year's day. donations being raised for the salesian boys and girls club, dave ok rning checking in to stormtracker 4 there we sea nice break through a good portion of the bay, although thrain continues up there in the north bay. >>tracking at this morning and let you ow about the advisories and all that coming up in just a bit. kerrygolhaa taste so rich it can take you toreland's lush, green pastures. where grasfed cows produce rich, creamy milk r a truly delicious taste. kerrygold. the taste that takes you there. sunday morning to you as we take a live look outside from the embarcado camera i stt to see a little clearing here. i like yo silver lining added thais a good your attitude today determines your where i dot know that sound good okay, but but no i like it known that that's ok in we are getting a little b

we have a trapper has it there and a crash reporting westbound 580 at fairmont drive. and are getting busy in the south day. i will have that in my next report. >>> we are following breaking news this morning. take a look at this video. the video shows a one alarm warehouse fire in oakland. you can see some of the smoke pouring out of the structure. less than an hour ago. video from the app shows crews on the scene of the fire. it started a little before 3 am. not far from the intersection of 580 and highway 24. no word yet on any injuries or the cause of the fire. >>> 50 -- five: her to pick a committee is grieving after a horrible crash in pleasanton on christmas night. our jackie ward is life with more on how the young victims are being remembered. >> reporter: this is where the three teenage boys all attended high school. marc and michael urista and javier ramirez. a lot of people in this community found out about this terrible accident through social media. everyone was devastated and remembering the boys who were killed. around 10 on christmas night the car they

he was at three democratic fundraisers yesterday including one at the fairmont hotel. the candidate who can work across party lines and heel a nation. >> it all depends on supreme court one beak able to convince the others of the party to join us. >> we need leadership right now. we need experience. we need maturity. >> i think we need someone at this point in time who can bring the country together and who can work with people across the aisle. >>> about 100 people were at last night's meeting. she said she still has not decided who she will endorse. >>> they will have fundraising events. backer will attend in berkeley and palo alto. they held's vents earlier this weak. the candidates hope to connect with kamala harris supporters. >> once she left the race, that is like picking up gold coins off the playground. you have to have those and have the chips for the a >> more democratic candidates are expected to visit the bay area between now and the iowa caucuses in early february. we're taking a look at what is fresh at the farmer's market for winter produce. steve has m

redwood city and oakland. 63 for concord and fairmont in 54 for a high in san jose as well as in napa. the christmas day forecast chilly temperatures and low to mid 50s. here is the extended forecast. enjoy the sunshine because we are looking at the changes with more clouds on tuesday and isolated showers are possible. the rain returns tuesday night, into wednesday for christmas day. it looks wet and plenty of sunshine on thursday, friday, and saturday with high-pressure building and. shower chances on sunday >>> coming up, the sharks looking to rebound after a disappointing loss. in the raiders are looking to keep their playoff hopes alive in los angeles. as they battle the charges. it is all coming out. >>> to not forget we are streaming now on cbsn bay area. you can find us if the >>> after a disappointing loss and oakland that the raiders were still alive for the playoffs. with the silver and black beat the chargers in what was basically another home game on sunday could be the last time. they face the raiders the quarterback 15 seconds left in the first half on 3rd and 1. derek t

this athe fairmont hotel in san francisco.the help of some holiday l c hotel officially opened its gingerbread house today, it's 25 ft high and 35 feet long. excuse me and was but with more than 1900 sounds of candy. you can catch the winter wondland through new year's day. and all the donations that are raised we'll go to the boys and girls club for sales, the end. >>well up next in sports. we are less than 24 hours away from 9 ers football showdown and the baltimore. going to be a good one tomorrow mornings. we'll talk a little niners after the break. >>of mother nature's major seasons has now come to a close coastal residents on the eastern seaboard can rest easy. the atlantic hurricane season ends today. 2019 saw busier than usual season with 18 named storms 6 more than average now 6 of those storms were hurt keynes with 3 that were category 3 or higher. next year's hurricane season will start on june. and certainly even hard to see what we're looking at right there joined by meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez i not only is i

the unveiling of this year's fairmont san francisco ginger fred house, it is the 11th year that the life sized creation that is inspired by the city's old victorian homes, this version is bigger than last year's and including more than 1,600 pounds of candy. the house features a private dining space that can be reserved for up to ten people. >> it's spectacular because we are able to include people of all ages, so you see the kids come into the lobby and they are just as excited as the adults are. >> the hotel says the gingerbread house is the largest of its kind in the state. it will be on display through january 1st. there is no charge to see it you about donations are encouraged to benefit a local boys and girls club. >> for the 64th year norad is getting ready to track sabt as he travels around the world on christmas eve. today the norad program kicked off for the holiday season with the launch of its website. it features the north pole village, includes a holiday count down, games, activities also the mission of defending north america. on december 424th you will be able to track sa

he attended three democratic party fundraisers yesterday, including one in san francisco at the fairmont hotel where he praised his rivals for the democratic nomination said he is the candidate who can work across party lines and hille divided country. >> we want to convince members from other parties to join us. >> that is what we need right now. we need leadership. we need experience. we need maturity. >> we need somebody at this point in time who can bring the country together, and who can work with people across the aisle. >> about 100 people were at last night's event, including oakland mayor libby schaff who said she still has not decided who she will endorse for president. >>> this weekend, senator cory booker and mayor pete buttigieg will host fundraising events. buddha judge will be in napa valley, and bucher will be at an event in palo alto. millionaires tom stier mike bloomberg held campaigns in the area last week. some political experts say they are oh -- all hoping to connect with camila harasses supporters in her home base after she decided to drop out of the race. >> once

he attended three democratic arty fundraisers yesterday, including one in san francisco at the fairmont hotel. he praised his rivals for the democratic nomination, but he said that he is the candidate who can worker crossed party lines and healey divided country. >> somebody has been able to convince members of other parties to join us. >> we need leadership. we need experience. we need maturity. bin we need someone at this point in time in our country's history who can bring the country together and who can work with people across the aisle. >> about 100 people were at last night's event including oakland mayors libby chef who still is not decided who she will endorse for president. >>> this weekend, senator cory booker and mayor pete buttigieg will be attending events in the area. thompson mike bloomberg held campaign events in the bay area earlier this week and political analysts believe candidates hope to connect with camilla harrises supporters following her decision to drop out of the race. >> once she left the race, those are like picking up gold coins off of the playground. you'

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using a nativity scene to spark debate about separation of the us-mexico border and a display at fairmont methodist church shows the holy family, jesus mary and joseph, separated and caged inside three chain-link cells topped with razor wire. the church pastor says the message is clear but thing what would happen today if the holy family showed up at our borders seeking asylum.>> never have i seen a nativity scene like this but it is making a bold statement.>> i can totally see it being controversial.>> the church pastor does not see it as a political statement but some disagree taking a social media calling it inappropriate and wrong inside the church the family is reunited. >>> in southern california tigers injured a woman during an event at an animal sanctuary and wildlife environmental reservation founder patty perry suffered cuts to her head and puncture wounds on her neck on saturday and a friend said two tigers that she rates were playing with her in one wrapped its paws around her legs and another jumped on her. perry's friends tells reporters she will return to her tigers as and

francisco's nob hill to watch the kickoff of one of the sweetest holiday traditions, the unveiling of the fairmontgingerbread house. this is the 11th year of this life size creation inspired by the city's victorian homes. this version is bigger than last year's and includes more than 1,600 pounds of candy. the house features a private dining space that can be reserved for up to ten people. >> it's spectacular because we are able to include people of all ages, so you see the kids come into the lobby and they are just as excited as the adults are. >> the hotel says the gingerbread house is the largest of its kind in the state. it will be on display through january 1st. there is no charge to see t but donations are encouraged to benefit a local boys and girls club. >>> okay. for the 64th year know rad is getting ready to track can at that as he travels around the world on christmas eve. it kicks off with the launch of its website it features santa's north pole village, includes a holiday countdown, games as well as the mission of defending north america. on december 24th you will be able to track san

he attended three democratic fundraisers yesterday including one at the fairmont hotel in san francisco. while biden praised some of his democratic rivals, he emphasized he is the candidate that can work across party lines and heal a divided nation. >> it all depends on somebody being able to convince members of the other party to join us. >> that's what we need right now. we need leadership. we need experience. we need maturity. >> i think we need someone at this point in time and our history who can bring the country together and who can't work with people across the aisle >> reporter: about 100 were at last night's event in san francisco including oakland mayor libby schaaf who said she has not decided who she will endorse for president. >>> this weekend senator cory booker and pete buttigieg will host fundraising events. pete buttigieg will be in napa valley and poker will attend events in berkeley and palo alto. tom steyer and mike bloomberg held campaign events earlier this week. some political analysts believe the california stops are for these candidates to draw and some of sena