limited brands bed bath and body works have sales up 10%, victoria secret 15% increase, jc penney all doing well last month. the gas prices and late timing of easter will hurt sales in march. >>> another encouraging economic report, the u.s. labor department says the number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week hit its lowest level in three years. there were 368,000 applications, down 20,000 from the week before, and the lowest number since may 2008 when new claims stay consistently below a certain rate the unemployment rate usually goes down. >>> a videotape is now the center of investigation targeting a half-dozen san francisco police narcotics officers. the city's public defender's office has released this tape it says proves police illegally searched two apartment buildings and also allegation that some of the officers falsified police reports and committed perjury on the witness stand. san francisco's current da and former police chief said his office will investigate. >> will you consider maybe recuesing yourself. you're the police chief at the time. >>

jc penney will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:30. local politicians will join in and customers will be able to start shopping at nine a.m. >>> madza is recalling fifty thousand of its vehicles. it is because of critters. it affects the 2009 and 2010 six cars, it says spiders can crawl in the fuel tank ventilation system and can spin webs making the systems vulnerable to cracks and leaks. the madza dealers will inspect the cars and install springs to keep them out. >>> trains are more crowded. the transit agency says the number of passengers have been increasing since july and that is one sign that economy may be recovering because people are taking trains to work and that portion of the revenue that comes from sales tax has been 10% higher than expected since last july and that means people are spending. >>> the soaring gas prices ar factor. bart's all-time high for ridership was in 2008 of september when the gas prices hit four dollars. >>> coming up at 5:00, we'll check back in with sal for a look at the early commute. >>> good mor

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