they reportedly threatened employees at the gymboree and the gap with merchandise. because it is ament many shoplifters believe the payoff outweighs the risk of being arrested and released. >> we believe they may be linked to other thefts that occurred throughout the bay area at retail stores. >> police say they return the stolen goods for cash at affiliated stores. the hope is that other retailers have captured these women on surveillance cameras and can help convict them for what is believed to be a string of brazen crimes. in san francisco, alan wang, abr7 news. abc7 news. >> a powerful storm that pounded the middle part of the country is now lashing the northeast. a look at the impact of travel on the ground and in the air. and lost wedding ring. the man who found it buried in the sierra snow is hoping you will know who it belongs to. that story. and a girl and her puppy are reunited on christmas no less while a dog thief, grinch, gets street justice in new york city. all of that is coming up and then later on "nightline." >> coming up on a special edition of "n

they reportedly threatened employees at the gymboree and the gap with merchandise. because it is ament many shoplifters believe the payoff outweighs the risk of being arrested and released. >> we believe they may be linked to other thefts that occurred throughout the bay area at retail stores. >> police say they return the stolen goods for cash at affiliated stores. the hope is that other retailers have captured these women on surveillance cameras and can help convict them for what is believed to be a string of brazen crimes. in san francisco, alan wang, abr7 news. abc7 news. >> a powerful storm that pounded the middle part of the country is now lashing the northeast. a look at the impact of travel on the ground and in the air. and lost wedding ring. the man who found it buried in the sierra snow is hoping you will know who it belongs to. that story. and a girl and her puppy are reunited on christmas no less while a dog thief, grinch, gets street justice in new york city. all of that is coming up and then later on "nightline." >> coming up on a special edition of "n

they've reportedly stolen from the gymboree at least 10 times in front of the store employees. they've reportedly threatened employees at the gymboree and gap as they walked out with merchandise. because petty theft is a misdemeanor police say many shoplifters believe the payoff outweighs the risk. >> we believe that they may be linked to other thefts that occurred throughout the bay area, retail stores. >> reporter: police say they've return -- they would return the goods for cash at affiliated stores. the hope is others have captured these women on cameras and can help convict them for what is believed to be a string of brazen crimes. alan wang, abc7 news. >>> if you are heading down the california coast today we have a traffic alert. caltrans will be allowing only controlled traffic through a major rock slide area near big sur this morning. boulders and road damage have closed a stretch of highway 1 from big sur inn since sunday. caltrans will control one lane for use at 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. today. >>> in east palo alto, water district workers are keeping a close eye on s

say if you look closely the a these women, their bags were completely empty when they entered the gymboreetore in laurel heights. >> and then they fill it up in the store and then they run outside the store and make away with the merchandise. >> they were arrested after police say they stole from the gymboree and then walked a few doors down and tried to steel from the gap. one had mace in their gap. >> if they are stopped by loss prevention or an officer or sales associate, they will then turn around and spray them in the face to distract them and buy them more time. >> these women were no strangers to this store. in fact, the clerk immediately recognized them from past shoplifting incidents, and one had a stay away order for this particular store. they reportedly have stolen from the gymboree10 times since the last holiday season, and they have done it in front of the store employees. they reportedly threatenedes atd the gap with merchandise. because it is ament many shoplifters believe the payoff outweighs the risk of being arrested and released. >> we believe they may be linked to othe

a gymboree store with an empty>% bag full of merchandise.havekíxz captured he's women on surveillance and can help convict them for what is believed to be a string of store thefts. >>>n%yau sacramento police say r teenagers are under arrest this morning after creating panic at a popular mall you mall. police say a group of about 20 teenagers started fighting in the food court yesterday then ran through the mall,:]i$k knocg over signs andv4 shoppers. some thought a gunman was firing shots, that was not the case. no one was seriously hurt, just scared. >>> a gun buy-back event in los angeles is being called a huge success. people in cars lined up for miles yesterday to turn in firearms. the event is held usually in the spring, l. -- l.a.'s mayor moved it up to fnn,y advantage over the out raj of the con cutt sn-k=fÑ massacre. -- outrage of the con cutt school massacre. water at coyote dam and lake sonoma to make room for future rain wind and rain battered and toppled trees around the bay, berkeley police provided this picture it shows part of

from gymboree to children's place. >> so, dana, jason trennert from strat eegous.oing? >> good, how are you, jason? >> good. normally retail stocks outperform in january, because i think that phenomenon that andrew was talking about is that there's a general sense that christmas gifts canceled at a certain point and then it comes back at the end and then you wind up having a big january and the stocks tend to do very, very well. would you expect the same type of pattern this year, or maybe i'm getting a sense maybe you say it might not work out as well this year because the season was a little tougher? >> i think the season was tougher. i think the inventory levels were thin, i think you're still going to have margin recovery. i think the month of january, i don't see why it would be different this year. i think 2013 game plans need to be addressed and online is what you don't see. you don't see footsteps in the store when you're talking online and that's a higher margin business. >> when you say business plans need to be addressed? who is going to be changing thei