katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 6:36.residents on the peninsula will be keeping a close eye on a sliding hillside where a mudslide happen earlier this month, a water main break caused a mess november 13th. crews have been working around the clock ahead of this week's storms to shore up parts of the hill. so far daly city has almost half a million dollars to repair damage caused by the break and flood. >>> water district using webcams to keep an eye on rivers and creeks icam monitor critical drains in los gatos, sunnyvale and morgan hill. employees will monitor the network of webcams the water district is encouraging homeowners to remove leaves and other debris from gutters. >>> stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage on the storms hitting the bay area track the rain yourself at abc7news.com. >>> 6:37. traffic and weather, together. right now you can see from this picture in san jose, raining there as well. lightfm rain, the l move in, in a couple of hours. meteorologist lisa argen will have your full forecast. sue hal

katie marzullo -- offering some kind of special deal today. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a look from sky 7 hd, we see the shoppers there, even though this doesn't match what went on last night, there still could be a traffic problem for drivers today, i-580 backed up when the outlets opened early this month, sue will have an update coming up in a few minutes. >>> in san francisco, macy's at union square is joining the black friday madness after opening at midnight for the first time ever. city target on mission excited shoppers filed through front doors 9:00 last night. overall things appeared well-organized by employees. a few shoppers rushed to the electronics section a lot of people waited in line for hours for a shot at one of those sale priced tv's. shoppers at a san leandro wal-mart found more than bargains protesting employees handed out leaflets complaining of low wages and unsafe conditions one told us you can't talk to wal-mart management about things they don't want to hear. >> aid -- [ inaudible ] >> most of the shoppers ignored

. >> katie marzullo and amy hollyfield have been watching conditions along the coast and north bay. first meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the system. >>> good morning. the storm has maybe slowed a little because the brunt of the activity is yet to come. we are looking at leading edge of it now up through sonoma county, a little bit more yellows. the cold front still a couple hours away we are looking at the winds continuing to increase the next few hours of the here's fort ross, and bodega bay getting light rain, wind advisory going up, winds from 10 miles an hour up to 40 miles an area, -- an hour, bay area wide, we'll keep watch all morning long. >>> so far, we are light, but preparing for a hectic commute. live look at golden gate bridge down to one lane northbound, two lanes southbound. roadwork in the north part of the span that should be picked up in the next half an hour. very light conditions, no rain there. we did have a little rain farther north in marin this morning. west 4 at harbor, car fire on the shoulder. also roadwork or pardon me yes roadwork al 0 to eastbound

katie marzullo has rushed to i'm rob nelson. >>> welcome back. 6:23 on the abc7 morning news. heavy rain around the bay area causing flooding concerns in the north bay, gusty winds toppling trees, power lines, thousands in the dark the penngrove creek in petaluma is an especially important point now. let's check in with katie marzullo. >> reporter: we are inching our way there we just arrived in downtown petaluma you can see lakeville street behind us rain steadier but later than in marin where we were earlier the ground is soaked, puddles everywhere. it is the national weather service that has issued a flash flood warning for here in petaluma they are talking about the penngrove stream they say it has exceeded its flood stage and is rising continuing to rise when they issue a warning like this it means it is either already flooding or the flooding is imminent. main thing to remember if you are in these flash flood zones, do not drive through standing water or moving water, no matter how shallow it looks that is incredibleably dangerous that's how people get swept away and res

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> the attraction for many, doorbuster discounts.midnight opening at best buy in pinole ended a week of camping to be first in line. there was extra security on hand to make sure shoppers didn't literally bust down the stores. managers say they can recall people camping out so long. national retail expects 147 million americans to go shopping today that number down from last year -- the number was 220 million. waiting in line made at least one person snap. >> [ bleep ] >> that was at a sacramento kmart yesterday the line started forming two hours before the 6 a.m. opening. many shoppers complained about lack of security and said the store employees seemed unreaped -- unprepared for the early sale. we've compiled a list of stores you can browse sale ads on our website at abc7news.com look under see it on tv. >>> it is also not too late to check on the forecast, as you head out, i guess the recommendation would be a coat or jacket. >> absolutely, maybe dress in layers you want to get rid of it into the afternoon if you are still shoppi

katie marzullo on the coast. eric thomas is at sfo. meteorologist lisa argen in the weather center with live doppler 7 hd. >>> good morning. we are looking at the back edge of this system in the north bay. heaviest rain now in the east bay, peninsula, just had a good downpour here. dublin 580 and south towards union city and fremont moderate rain now the winds have been a big factor gusting to 30 and 40 miles an hour. this rain pushing into the east bay and oakland now. still, rain to the west and woodside, 280, 101 through sunnyvale, watch out cupertino getting into heavier rain now. off the coast pescadero, santa cruz picking up rain. wind gusts up to 32 miles an hour, san jose still airport delays and wind advisory extended into 2:00 this afternoon for wind gusts up to 45 miles an hour. >>> the coast and in particular pacifica, has been pounded by ferocious winds and rain most of the morning. more than 1,000 are in the dark there. katie marzullo is live on palmetto avenue in pacifica what is happening? >> reporter: this is palmetto

katie marzullo on the coast. eric thomas is at sfo. meteorologist lisa argen in the weather center with live doppler 7 hd. >>> good morning. we are looking at the back edge of this system in the north bay. heaviest rain now in the east bay, peninsula, just had a good downpour here. dublin 580 and south towards union city and fremont moderate rain now the winds have been a big factor gusting to 30 and 40 miles an hour. this rain pushing into the east bay and oakland now. still, rain to the west and woodside, 280, 101 through sunnyvale, watch out cupertino getting into heavier rain now. off the coast pescadero, santa cruz picking up rain. wind gusts up to 32 miles an hour, san jose still airport delays and wind advisory extended into 2:00 this afternoon for wind gusts up to 45 miles an hour. >>> the coast and in particular pacifica, has been pounded by ferocious winds and rain most of the morning. more than 1,000 are in the dark there. katie marzullo is live on palmetto avenue in pacifica what is happening? >> reporter: this is palmetto

katie marzullo is in mill valley. kira klapper is in los gatos. >>> we begin with meteorologist mike nicco, welcome back. >>> healthy clip, moderate to heavy rain around sometimes even yellows and oranges causing a lot of ponding on the roads. i was slipping and sliding almost like driving on ice at times, there was so much water on the roads so much hydroplaneing. rainfall amounts of a quarter to 3/10 of an inch per hour covers the entire bay area. -- you can see yellows through the north bay, through the heart of the bay into the east bay valleys. that heaviest of the rain has calmed didn't a little but set the stage for the problems this morning with all that wet weather. more developing along the cold front starting to push into the north bay. because it is pushing into the north bay that means fastest winds and heaviest rain from now through the morning rush hour. it will start to taper as we head into the afternoon. waves of rain and showers did the afternoon hours and temperatures very mild, upper 50s to mid 60

katie marzullo is at hawthorne and high street. >> reporter: she woke to a stranger in her apartment.you can see officers, crime scene tape around the home the woman is at the police station being interviewed. the good news is she was not hurt. she did not require medical attention. the bad news is, this guy is still on the loose. you can see k-9 officers searching they did an 8 x 8 block search this morning this started around 2:20 this morning they've called off the search until the sun comes up and they can talk to neighbors. they know a man, not known to this woman, an intruder got into this woman's house. she woke up, saw him, in her 20s, she screamed and he fled. officers at this time cannot tell me how he got into the house whether he broke in or something was open. they do not have any description of this man and they can't tell me if he was wearing a mask or anything at the time. very active investigation. we'll keep an eye on the situation. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> in the north bay, residents are bracing for more rain and potential for problems bring many yesterday mor

they will begin dinners at 9 a.m., looks like turkeys they are preparing now, katie marzullo will have a live report in 30 minutes. >>> san francisco city leaders, including the police chief joined volunteers last night to set up tables and get food ready at st. anthony's. organizers expect to serve 4,000 people there. meanwhile, volunteers at glide are preparing more than 5,000 meals. they are also going to hand out more than 1700 bagged lunches tomorrow. >>> bay area wal-mart workers plan to walk off the job starting 10:00 tonight in support of a strike upset wal-mart is opening 8:00 tonight for black friday they accuse the company of retaliating against workers who spoke out against the early opening. organizers say they want to inform shoppers about what they call wal-mart's unfair work conditions. the company expects only a small number of workers to walk-out. >>> whether you are shopping today or tomorrow, check out abc7news.com, we've compiled a list of stores and their opening times, it is kristen -- kristen sze approved it has to be right. abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>>

katie marzullo is in san francisco. >> reporter: right now, the door are opening for what is being described as a casual open house. some of residents, the veterans are going to be seeing their rooms for the first time, today. the rooms are really nice.

katie marzullo, pause pause -- katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> the big story, when is the next storm going to hit? >> right. even before there will be showers. >>> yeah, that's what is going on ahead of this next system, several showers in the north bay around clear lake, here's 101, light shower activity, still keeping the roadways wet and just going to increase throughout the day. the rest of the bay area not too bad out by inverness and point rays and novato highway 101 through lucas valley road, san rafael, mid to upper 50s as you head out, showers to continue to develop throughout the north bay, then spread south throughout the afternoon heavier rain overnight into friday morning grab that umbrella in the north bay or out for an extended period today. >>> good morning. wet roads from overnight showers, bay bridge live look, no issues, we have high winds on the bay bridge this morning, no metering lights and no other problems on the span. san jose, live look at northbound 87 past the hp pavillion, left side, traffic light as you can see, one problem in napa due to wet roads and animal

katie marzullo is there now. how are the preps going? reporter: they are going and they started a long time ago back in august. take a look to my right, you can see more. dozens of turkeys and hams set-up. glide really has it down to a science, a well oiled machine here this morning. to that end i want to introduce denise lamont with church you have been doing this more than 30 years. >> we've -- we are serving 5,000, we've got some of the cast members from the lion king here in san francisco are going to be helping out. then we also have celebrity chef ryan scott who is coming in, putting together bags of lunches, he's bringing the fixings for 1750 special bags of lunches that will be hand out tomorrow. tomorrow evening the kitchen will be closed and fog -- folks will be able to get great lunches. >> reporter: it is a year round effort you need help all year. >> yep we serve 364 meals a day always looking for donations and volunteers if anyone wants to volunteer throughout the year you can go to glide.org and find a spot and help. i'm s

live in palo alto, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 6:01. notice she was high and dry there. >> yes, but there is a possibility for showers this morning, right? >> that's right. let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen. >>> good morning. waking to light showers north bay by kelseyville, cloverdale, damp in sonoma, napa, a few light showers south around marin, showers remain pretty much far off the coast because the main activity look to the north this is where we have heavy showers, rain, thunderstorms, gusty winds. this is what is heading south throughout the day today long the coast a chance of showers throughout much of the day. then the rain becomes likely throughout the evening hours with temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s about the same deal around the bay, slight chance of showers mid 50s to about 60 renegade shower becoming likely after 7:00 and inland mild numbers lots of clouds around, once again showers overnight tonight. >>> good morning. if your commute takes from you the east bay to the peninsula, via san mateo brid

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 6:30 .a of blue is expected at a red by city high school today following the death of a student. movement underway asking students to wear blue today to honor 14-year-old leyla beban she was hit and killed while riding her bike to school 8:30 yesterday morning making a right from jefferson on to alameda, when she was hit by a pick-up truck also turning right. witnesses state was foggy and the roads were slick. police have not confirmed whether that was the cause of the accident. >>> south bay gym will be open this morning following a hazardous materials scare that evacuated the building last night. emergency crews responded to the silver creek sports plex on embedded way around 8:00, eight to 10 people reported breathing problems, has mat team didn't find anything toxic. -- someone may have put too much eucalyptus oil on the sauna rocks. >>> 15-year-old boy due to be arraigned tomorrow from charges from a crime see that included murder of campbell man, three armed robberies and shootout that

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> you are not asking for a raise though. caltrans crews taking extra precautions on the bay bridge, construction project there is the subject of heavy winds workers on the span will be called down when winds reach over 20 miles an hour the main suspension cable is wrapped in a special zinc paste and plastic. >>> california emergency management agency reminds us the storm provides a good kick to make sure we are ready for the rainy season ahead or any type of natural hazard we are encouraged to have emergency it cans with battery operated radios and flashlights, three day supply of food and water for everyone in the family and a manual can opener. >>> in just a couple of hours, two planes and crews will takeoff from moffett field in mountain view for a long range ocean rescue 1,000 miles from dry land. planes and helicopters from the 129th rescue wing will help pick up an injured crewman from a philippine ship and airlift him for medical care. the ship is 1,000 miles from cabo san lucas. >>> investigators say two victims in a

let's go to katie marzullo. >> reporter: it is under construction, i talked to some of the crew who -- crews who said they heard someone yell broken gasline and they got out. the chief with the fire department joining us as this wraps up. tell us what happened? >> the water department was digging with a backhoe ruptured a 6 to 8 inch high pressure gasline when he evacuated the building. just set up lines just closed off the street and precaution stopped traffic. >> reporter: how dangerous is the line? >> it is high pressure we are lucky the wind wasn't blowing everything was going straight up we wanted a perimeter get an idea where the gas was. when he evacuated this building they said they had a heavy smell of gas if the basement. with the readings it wasn't dangerous, we don't take precaution. we had to evacuate >> reporter: that building is the abc7 news studio and embarcadero closed between green and broadway. can you tell us when everything will be cleared up? >> it -- we are picking up now and open up everything momentarily. >> reporter: chief, thank you. good news out here. the

katie marzullo abc7 news. >>> shoppers flooded stores in record numbers over the weekend. according to the retail federation total spending was 59 boy 1 billion dollars, up from 53 -- billion last year the average holiday shopper spent $423, increase of $25 from 2011. >>> new warning from the white house is putting a damper on the rest of the shopping season. economists warn today people looming fiscal cliff could hurt consumer confidence they say the threat of sudden increase in tax for middle class could put the brakes on holiday shopping. news has had an impact on stocks today with target, macy's and other retailers falling, dow down 64 points. >>> still much more ahead, another factory fire in bangladesh days after a deadly blaze at a company that makes clothes for big name retailers here. >> the elect was weeks ago some campaign something heating up again state senator from the bay area wan >>> there's been a second fire at a clothing fire in bangladesh, two days after another fire killed more than 100 workers. this is new video of the latest fire. the fire department

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> breaking news out of the mideast.fear this afternoon an all-out war between israel and hamas. israeli ground troops massing for what appears to be a ground offensive into the gaza strip that follows hamas' rocket attacks deep into israel some landing in suburban tel aviv. unconfirmed reports of three israel -- israeli casualties. 15 casualties, including civilians following yesterday's air strike that killed hamas' top military commander. >>> meteorologist mike nicco, keeping a close eye on that rain coming our way soon. >> just about five more hours of daylight and dry weather, to get youries finished before the rain when it comes it is going to come in waves and it is going to be here all weekend. we'll try to give you a timetable and how much you are going to get. >>> also, the investigation into whether 5 hour energy drinks are dangerous, even deadly for some. >>> hostess says it is not kidding, why the company is vowing to shutdown in three hours and >>> there is a new health alert about the popular energy drink

katie marzullo joins us from the newsroom. two -- >> reporter: captured on video still open to interpretation. the police chief says the officer was within his rights to use the nonlethal force the man says the video shows he was not resisting arrest this is the video he posted on youtube, the man in the bottom left of the screen. you see him put his hands up, get on his knees, turn his head and say something and then he goes down, hit from behind by a taser. this happened in october of we have len as -- october of 2010 well 11. police wanted him for -- 10 felony counts. his civil attorney says the severity of the charges doesn't justify what police did. >> now he's on his hands and knees. you are now going to say we had a right to tase you because a minute or two before that you didn't instantaneously get on your hands and knees and put your hands in the air. that is not a excuse. >> reporter: police chief says the video does not show what happened in the minutes before the incident and you can't hear what was said. he says i

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> still ahead, chp rolls into action in oakland. a live report on how they will be helping the police force tonight. >>> police search for a couple stealing mail in broad daylight. >>> the california highway patrol is calling it its first night of lending a hand in oakland a big success. overnight chp joined oakland police in patrolling the city that has seen a spike in crime. >> reporter: oakland police happy to have chp officers on the streets with them to deal with the criminal element. opd has long said if you want to impact the crime rate in this city you have to get cooperation of the citizens. a short time ago, that made a big impact on some elementary schools. the chp helicopter is a serious attention-getter and it did that today at the health and safety fair. oakland pd brought out special vehicles, squad cars with cruisers like they were last night on the first night of oakland's operation impact. chp says it was a success. >> last night we had 11 to 12 arrests which included for driving under the influence, warrant arrest

katie marzullo is live at the scene. >> reporter: police have cleared the scene. the yellow crime tape that was up all morning was a scary sight to neighbors who are already concerned about a series of similar incidents here. it was not a nightmare it was reality for a woman sound an leap in her palo alto apartment. she woke to a -- to a man standing over her head. she screamed he said something we which are trying to germ. a brief struggle ensued and he tried to force her down on to her bed. >> she suffered a bruised writes but was able to -- bruised wrist but was able to scare him off. police scoured the area but the pan got away. >> -- but the man got away. >> [ unintelligible ] >> seems like a safe neighborhood, a concerning factor. >> reporter: investigators say the man broke in through the locked and chained front door you can see the marks in the wood. it is a bold crime that follows a series of groping in the same area in the last few months. >> they are of similar nature. absolutely, we are going to consider those itch >> reporter: pattern not lost on a v

katie marzullo is live at sfo with what to expect. >> reporter: the weather could be bad news if things start to get more backed up, more delayed especially tonight when the worst of the weather rolls in. sfo expects increase in passengers, 3% more this thanksgiving than last. that means 1.2 million people passing through between last friday and next sunday. the early bird gets the world -- get the worm and a hassle-free flight. >> that's why i'm leaving early. >>reporter: this morning at sfo security lines looked like they might at the height of the holiday. >> so far things have been steadily busy, a lot of traffic especially in the security areas. >> reporter: sheryl is part of travel website travelocity's turkey task force, employees helping people get safely and efficiently to their destination. >> i'm going to michigan. >> reporter: orbitz puts sfo at number three on its list of busiest airports behind chicago o'hare and l.a.x.. >> i thought it was easier than wednesday, i wish i had done sunday or monday. >> reporter: check in with your airline as possible. >> they bump people wh

katie marzullo is going to join news a moment. look at these live pictures. you can see so many homes have been devastated. the weather came up over the new jersey shore. people have a long way to go for recovery. >> reporter: the defense department says it is flying 17 aircraft from california to new york, that aircraft is loaded with power generation equipment that is going to help crews get the lights back. utility officials in new york say they are on track to get the power back in manhattan by saturday. wheels of recovery are turning slowly. look at the line for buses in brooklyn, six blocks long and growing. commute hovering at four hours. new york is better than other states. all three airports are open. flights limited. subways and ferries running, limit. homeland secretary napolitano is touring today. >> we need to be here, working closely together. we need to be helping peep get back in their homes. we need to be helping communities -- -- get restored. we need to make sure the infrastructure of the state is made whole. >> reporter: in atlantic city

katie marzullo is going to join news a moment. look at these live pictures. you can see so many homes have been devastated. the weather came up over the new jersey shore. people have a long way to go for recovery. >> reporter: the defense department says it is flying 17 aircraft from california to new york, that aircraft is loaded with power generation equipment that is going to help crews get the lights back. utility officials in new york say they are on track to get the power back in manhattan by saturday. wheels of recovery are turning slowly. look at the line for buses in brooklyn, six blocks long and growing. commute hovering at four hours. new york is better than other states. all three airports are open. flights limited. subways and ferries running, limit. homeland secretary napolitano is touring today. >> we need to be here, working closely together. we need to be helping peep get back in their homes. we need to be helping communities -- -- get restored. we need to make sure the infrastructure of the state is made whole. >> reporter: in atlantic city

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> update on a story made possible thanks to a viewer tip to abc7 news. missing historic cross we found in the bay area is back home in the mojave desert. a group of vets returned the cross to its original site this weekend it was erected in 1934 to honor vets killed in war. two years ago, somebody cut it off at the base and it after a long court battle over its legality on public land. thanks to a tip a abc7 news crew found it last week. >>> city, county courts, state and federal offices are closed today, no mail delivery, post offices closed, as are banks. you should not have trouble getting around the bay area mass transit is on a regular schedule in san francisco no holiday from parking meter enforcement. drivers will be ticketed if they don't pay. >>> still ahead, more fallout from former cia director david petraeus' extramarital affair. how his wife is reacting. >>> do you have a shopping addict in your life? experts have tips on how to deal with compulsive shopping. >> a close friend says david petraeus is devastated over the harm he has caused t

katie marzullo with the latest. -- >> reporter: a lot of twists and turns for the woman who blew the whistle on general petraeus' affair at the center of her own scandal. jill kelley is the woman who received the allegedly threatening e-mails from broadwell. now the fbi is investigating e-mails sent between kelly and the -- kelley and the top commander in afghanistan, general john al -- john allen. secretary of defense panetta has receased a statement saying allen will keep his job as commander in afghanistan his next career move is uncertain. >> general allen is entitled to due process in this matter. in the meantime, the secretary has asked the president and the president has agreed, to put his nomination on hold until the relative facts are determined. >> reporter: nomination is for commander of european command and nato forces in europe. confirmation hearing was scheduled for thursday it has been postponed. last night fbi agents searched paula broadwell's home in north carolina, you see them taking boxes out there. they are not saying what they took or what they found. one last t

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> developing news for one of the areas hardest hit by the superstorm. con ed officials, say they could have power restored to all of manhattan by today. more than 4.1 million are without power across a dozen states. the election is forcing new jersey to get creative in the wake of sandy. officials plan to use military trucks to service polling places on election day in communities that don't have power. recovery marked by progress and frustration. in new york, people are hoping the commute will be better than yesterday new carpool rule required drivers to have at least three people in their car. lines were enormous. the death toll has climbed to 90, including two staten island toddlers, swept away by flood waters. >>> gas one of the most valuable commodities in new york and new jersey people are waiting up to six hours. some arrested trying to cut in line. millions of gallons are available but can't be accessed without electricity. hopefully, new york's timeline is getting back today. >> some of those lines at the gas station reminiscent of the '73 emba

katie marzullo will have a live report in 30 minutes. >>> san francisco fire officials investigating cause of intense fire that all but destroyed a home in the monterey heights neighborhood. two alarm fire started after 6:30 last night on fernwood near rosewood at one point crews were on the roof using a chainsaw to get to hot spots construction work was being done on the house not clear if anybody is currently livinging there. >>> this morning a 57-year-old woman recovering after fighing ordeal in the east bay as police search for the two men who kidnapped her and made her withdraw money from several atm's she told investigators she was talk -- walking to her car in a parking lot wednesday night 7:30. investigators say two men attacked her, blindfolded, bound and gagged her before putting her in the back of her car she was driven to various atm's to withdraw money from her accounts. police are looking -- >>> oakland police released composite sketch of a man who tried to kidnap a 14-year-old girl wednesday afternoon near 103rd avenue and international boulevard. the girl was grabbed

katie marzullo joins us live from the newsroom with how politics and economics could lead the president divided congress to work to >> reporter: the concept of compromise is being bantered around. it is the same president and practically the same congress couldn't do it before, then why now? one reason is the fiscal cliff, january 1st, 800 billion dollars in automatic government spending cuts and tax increases will be enacted, unless democrats and republicans can agree. president obama has talked with the top four leaders in congress, including republican house speaker john boehner. boehner said yesterday his party would consider tax increases under the right circumstances. he sent a tweet this morning to that effect. republican party needs to regroup after mitt romney's loss. veteran republican strategist wallace says the gop does need to change. >> what happens at this juncture is the same we talk about a war in the republican party between moderates and conservatives. that's an irrelevant and outdated debate it about is modernizing the language -- >> reporter: harry reid sounds ready

katie marzullo is live in san jose. >> reporter: that thing is food. we are at san jose community service. look at this line you can see where it starts and tents set-up. as we pan, people brought their own tents, tarps and umbrellas, desperate for these food boxes they are willing to wait in the rain, the line goes to this corner at first street, turns the corner and goes halfway down the block. they are waiting to register for the food boxes they get to sign up for two, one for thanksgiving and one for christmas. organizers this year saying the lines are not necessarily -- necessary that they are going to have enough food. clearly people aren't willing to take any chances. >> blankets and food. and a tent. >> some of them have parttime jobs where they used to have fulltime jobs, they are really struggling now assets drying up quickly. >> reporter: in addition to the food, people can sign up to get toys for the holidays. organizers have 16,000 toys to give away this year. the doors at san jose community service open at 7:30 this morning. they close at

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> his wife made him come? that never happens to the rest of us. >>> black friday shoppers out enforce to take advantage of those door busters, the midnight opening at best buy in pinole ended a week of camping to be first in line. there was extra security on hand to make sure shoppers didn't literally bust down the doors. managers say they can recall people camping out so long. the national retail federation expects 147 million americans to go shopping today that number down from last year when the figure was 220 million. unfortunately, waiting in line for a chance at holiday deals made one person snap. [ bleep ] >> that was in a sacramento kmart yesterday. the line formed hours before the opening many complained about a lack of security and stayed employees seemed unprepared for the early sale. >> aid >> the police were -- called to escort an angry woman out of a kmart in indiana yesterday. shoppers say kmart didn't have enough sale items so employees handed out rain checks. >>> not too late to check out blac

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 6:36. traffic and weather together, next.a live look outside, golden gate bridge, you can see traffic moving in dry roads, meteorologist mike nicco will have the fill forecast. sue will have a look at commute. >>> cal's memorial stadium about to make history. event taking place tonight that has never occurred before in the school's history. >> welcome back. here's a look at emeryville towards san francisco looks clear around the bay. anywhere from 5 to 15° cooler than yesterday morning. mid 40s to 50° when you step out. in the afternoon hours temperatures get closer to average, high clouds and sun, mid 60s to around 70° low to mid 60s along the coast. let's talk about what is going to happen the next three days, some of the warmest in the forecast each day two to four degrees warmer record highs possible monday and tuesday. >>> good morning many happy friday. metering lights on at the bay bridge toll traffic backing towards the overcrossings looks like carpool and fastrak are best bet no delays with that westbound san mateo b

katie marzullo is live at sfo with what to expect. >> reporter: the weather could be bad news if things start to get more backed up, more delayed especially tonight when the worst of the weather rolls in. sfo expects increase in passengers, 3% more this thanksgiving than last. that means 1.2 million people passing through between last friday and next sunday. the early bird gets the world -- get the worm and a hassle-free flight. >> that's why i'm leaving early. >>reporter: this morning at sfo security lines looked like they might at the height of the holiday. >> so far things have been steadily busy, a lot of traffic especially in the security areas. >> reporter: sheryl is part of travel website travelocity's turkey task force, employees helping people get safely and efficiently to their destination. >> i'm going to michigan. >> reporter: orbitz puts sfo at number three on its list of busiest airports behind chicago o'hare and l.a.x.. >> i thought it was easier than wednesday, i wish i had done sunday or monday. >> reporter: check in with your airline as possible. >> they bump people wh

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> still ahead, chp rolls into action in oakland. a live report on how they will be helping the police force tonight. >>> police search for a couple stealing mail in broad daylight. >>> the california highway patrol is calling it its first night of lending a hand in oakland a big success. overnight chp joined oakland police in patrolling the city that has seen a spike in crime. >> reporter: oakland police happy to have chp officers on the streets with them to deal with the criminal element. opd has long said if you want to impact the crime rate in this city you have to get cooperation of the citizens. a short time ago, that made a big impact on some elementary schools. the chp helicopter is a serious attention-getter and it did that today at the health and safety fair. oakland pd brought out special vehicles, squad cars with cruisers like they were last night on the first night of oakland's operation impact. chp says it was a success. >> last night we had 11 to 12 arrests which included for driving under the influence, warrant arrest

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> update on a story made possible thanks to a viewer tip to abc7 news. missing historic cross we found in the bay area is back home in the mojave desert. a group of vets returned the cross to its original site this weekend it was erected in 1934 to honor vets killed in war. two years ago, somebody cut it off at the base and it after a long court battle over its legality on public land. thanks to a tip a abc7 news crew found it last week. >>> city, county courts, state and federal offices are closed today, no mail delivery, post offices closed, as are banks. you should not have trouble getting around the bay area mass transit is on a regular schedule in san francisco no holiday from parking meter enforcement. drivers will be ticketed if they don't pay. >>> still ahead, more fallout from former cia director david petraeus' extramarital affair. how his wife is reacting. >>> do you have a shopping addict in your life? experts have tips on how to deal with compu >> a close friend says david petraeus is devastated over the harm he has caused to his family wh

. >>> -- sonoma county, katie marzullo in petaluma that was under a flash flood warning for hours. >> reporter: this morning there was. this is willowbrook creek, two things, one how hard the rain is coming down and how high the water is flowing in this creek. if you want to know what it normally looks like here you have to ask someone who saw it just yesterday. >> from yesterday 4 1/2 feet, yesterday we were seeing ground, grass and puddles. >> reporter: it is behind his office building, he knew the rain was coming, the volume of water that appeared so suddenly was still a surprise at least the water is staying in the creek for now. near rohnert park the creek made it over the the banks on to presley road crews were assessing the situation before dawn. petaluma river made a mess at stone any point road. bobby has a mobile home nearby with new floors. >> this water came up quick this morning we are hoping it stays where it is now so we don't get wet. >> reporter: plenty are watching and waiting as the drenching is not done yet. >> it is amazing amount of water in the time we had if we

let's go to katie marzullo. >> reporter: it is under construction, i talked to some of the crew who -- crews who said they heard someone yell broken gasline and they got out. the chief with the fire department joining us as this wraps up. tell us what happened? >> the water department was digging with a backhoe ruptured a 6 to 8 inch high pressure gasline when he evacuated the building. just set up lines just closed off the street and precaution stopped traffic. >> reporter: how dangerous is the line? >> it is high pressure we are lucky the wind wasn't blowing everything was going straight up we wanted a perimeter get an idea where the gas was. when he evacuated this building they said they had a heavy smell of gas if the basement. with the readings it wasn't dangerous, we don't take precaution. we had to evacuate >> reporter: that building is the abc7 news studio and embarcadero closed between green and broadway. can you tell us when everything will be cleared up? >> it -- we are picking up now and open up everything momentarily. >> reporter: chief, thank you. good news out here. the

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> we'll continue to follow that. meantime, sea of blue expected at a redwood city high school following the death of a student. a facebook movement is underway asking students to wear blue today to honor 14-year-old leyla beban she was hit and killed while riding her bike to school yesterday morning. she was hit by a pick-up. witnesses say it was foggy and the roads were slick. she slid and fell beneath the rear tires of the truck. a classmate says the news has shaken everyone who knew her. >> very nice, always had a smile. she was very friendly to everyone. seemed like she got along well with other kids. >> by all accounts the woodside freshman had a bright future. we are told she spoke three languages and had recently taken up fencing. >>> a south bay gym will be open following a scare that evacuated a building. firefighters say 8 to 10 people reported breathing problems. haz-mat team swept the women's locker room, but didn't find anything toxic. a firefighter told us somebody may have put too much eucalyptus oil o

katie marzullo joins us from the newsroom.wo -- >> reporter: captured on video still open to interpretation. the police chief says the officer was within his rights to use the nonlethal force the man says the video shows he was not resisting arrest this is the video he posted on youtube, the man in the bottom left of the screen. you see him put his hands up, get on his knees, turn his head and say something and then he goes down, hit from behind by a taser. this happened in october of we have len as -- october of 2010 well 11. police wanted him for -- 10 felony counts. his civil attorney says the severity of the charges doesn't justify what police did. >> now he's on his hands and knees. you are now going to say we had a right to tase you because a minute or two before that you didn't instantaneously get on your hands and knees and put your hands in the air. that is not a excuse. >> reporter: police chief says the video does not show what happened in the minutes before the incident and you can't hear what was said. he says i b

katie marzullo abc7 news. >>> shoppers flooded stores in record numbers over the weekend. according to the retail federation total spending was 59 boy 1 billion dollars, up from 53 -- billion last year the average holiday shopper spent $423, increase of $25 from 2011. >>> new warning from the white house is putting a damper on the rest of the shopping season. economists warn today people looming fiscal cliff could hurt consumer confidence they say the threat of sudden increase in tax for middle class could put the brakes on holiday shopping. news has had an impact on stocks today with target, macy's and other retailers falling, dow down 64 points. >>> still much more ahead, another factory fire in bangladesh days after a deadly blaze at a company that makes clothes for big name retailers here. >> the elect was weeks ago some campaign something [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announce

katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: new york city is coming back to life it might be easier for some to get around starting today. first laguardia airport has reopened as of this morning flights limited call your airline if you are flying this morning. subways and ferries resuming limited service. buses will try to fill in gaps. governor cuomo is waiving fees and fares today and tomorrow to help people get around. for anyone who dares to drive, police are manning checkpoints and enforcing a three-person carpool requirement to get into manhattan. they are looking at new jersey now, slower recovery there from the storm which has killed more than 70 people and left millions without power. natural gas fires still burning in new jersey and people are still stranded in hoboken. >> compared to the last storm this is far worst and it is going to take quite sometime to get this back together again. >> reporter: new york's bellevue hospital had to be fully shutdown and national guard troops are evacuating patients. 10,000 troops have been put on duty in 13 states. d

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> breaking news out of the mideast.fear this afternoon an all-out war between israel and hamas. israeli ground troops massing for what appears to be a ground offensive into the gaza strip that follows hamas' rocket attacks deep into israel some landing in suburban tel aviv. unconfirmed reports of three israel -- israeli casualties. 15 casualties, including civilians following yesterday's air strike that killed hamas' top military commander. >>> meteorologist mike nicco, keeping a close eye on that rain coming our way soon. >> just about five more hours of daylight and dry weather to get youries finished before the rain when it comes it is going to come in waves and it is going to be here all weekend. we'll try to give you a timetable and how much you are going to get. >>> also, the investigation into whether 5 hour energy drinks are dangerous, even deadly for some. >>> hostess says it is not kidding, why the company is [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the p

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 5:35.esident obama set to make his first post-election comments today about actions needed to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff that can plunge the economy back into recession. the president will be asking republicans and democrats to work together to tackle the problems. he will be speaking from the white house 10:00 this morning our time about the tax increases and spending cuts that will automatically come if congress doesn't act before the january 1st, deadline. more from the nation's capital in the next half hour. >>> new job report or new report shows the bay area job market should expand more quickly than california's and the rest of the nation's over the next two years. bay area jobs total should expand by 7.2% overall professional and business services will grow the most quickly, 15 1/2% over two years education and health care expected to grow by 10% leisure and hospitality by 9:00 -- by 9% the only losses are expecting from government agencies. >>> moraga school board president re

stay with abc7 morning news coming up, katie marzullo will tell us how ucf if and the san francisco city attorney are getting involved. >>> anyone who hosts thanksgiving dinner knows how much work is involved. a good store bought stuffing can relieve some of the stress in the kitchen. michael finney has a taste test. >> reporter: good morning the stuffing has got to taste good consumer reports tests find not all store bought ones do. moist, perfectly browned turkey is a must on thanksgiving. still isn't complete without a delicious stuffing. preparing a holiday dinner from scratch, is a lot of work. can you wow your guests with a store bought stuffing? consumer reports tested 11 to see if you could cut a few corners and still get tasty results. testers looked at ones from stove top, arnold, pepperidge farm and great value from wal-mart. each was prepared according to directions adding butter or margarine, celery, onions. >> we wanted it to have a fresh broth flavor, and you want to taste fresh vegetables. >> reporter: these stuffings didn't come close to homemade. >> most of the stuffing

katie marzullo is live at the scene. >> reporter: police have cleared the scene. the yellow crime tape that was up all morning was a scary sight to neighbors who are already concerned about a series of similar incidents here. it was not a nightmare it was reality for a woman sound an leap in her palo alto apartment. she woke to a -- to a man standing over her head. she screamed he said something we which are trying to germ. a brief struggle ensued and he tried to force her down on to her bed. >> she suffered a bruised writes but was able to -- bruised wrist but was able to scare him off. police scoured the area but the pan got away. >> -- but the man got away. >> [ unintelligible ] >> seems like a safe neighborhood, a concerning factor. >> reporter: investigators say the man broke in through the locked and chained front door you can see the marks in the wood. it is a bold crime that follows a series of groping in the same area in the last few months. >> they are of similar nature. absolutely, we are going to consider those itch >> reporter: pattern not lost on a v

stay with abc7 morning news coming up katie marzullo will have much more on the storm's aftermath. >> to help people affected by superstorm sandy you can text the words red cross to 9099 to donate $10 or call go to 1-800-redcross. >>> traffic and weather together, next. >> live look outside now. [ inaudible ] [ unintelligible ] >>> welcome back. some of the rain totals on live doppler almost an inch santa rosa, half inch novato, third of an inch san francisco, quarter inch palo alto, a 10th in san jose. here's a look at radar returns most impressive east bay valleys through the santa cruz mountains into the santa clara valley light rain through 9:00, skies open up for sunshine stray shower near 70 around the bay, 60 coast, warmer and brighter this weekend. >>> flooding northbound 101 in cortamadera this happens with even a little rain, at cortamadera creek it comes on to the freeway be forewarned that is northbound. grind out of the central valley slow from tracy up to the altamont pass from there to the dublin pleasanton interchange, 32 minutes out of tracy add another 15 minutes on

katie marzullo joins us live. >> reporter: people who are flying today are probably the lucky ones the smart ones, bucking most of the trends when it comes to busy flying. last friday was busy especially for families whose kids are out of school all week, tomorrow history rally the busiest day, sunday for people returning -- all told 1.2 million will pass through sfo for thanksgiving. the trouble could be on is way. this is video out of oregon bad storm to our north in oregon and washington that rain is expected to get here tonight or tomorrow, already heavy drizzle here at sfo now. according to aaa fewer people will this thanksgiving than last, sfo expects a 3% increase in the number of passengers. sfo ranked by orbitz as the third busiest airport for thanksgiving holiday this year. the ones who were able to get this morning, today, they are the lucky ones. >> that's why i'm leaving early. >> just missed the huge rush on wednesday and i think that the itinerary was better. >> i thought it was easier than wednesday. , i wish i had done sunday or monday >> reporter: why that is? >> no,

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> president obama's first news conference since the election is scheduled for this morning 10:30 our time. we will be carrying it live here. >>> another news conference, decision day for nancy pelosi, the longtime san francisco democrat will announce at 7:00 this morning our time whether she will continue as house minority leader. some believe it will be easier for president obama to negotiate republicans if the 72-year-old congresswoman is out of the picture. she has been the democratic leader in the house for 10 years including her term as speaker. >>> guess what? >> what? >> i know we could use rain and this is the season. i want to look at today. >> okay, let's look at the today and tomorrow. >> okay and probably the third or fourth day too. good morning. check out the clouds that are showing up on live doppler 7 hd i want to focus in on santa rosa where we have fog forming 1 1/2 mile visibility there, that's about as bad as it is going to get everybody else okay except for high clouds. temperatures in the 40s inland in the blue, the green bay shore, a

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>>s did are trying to determine how badly hurt an 11-month-old fremont baby was when she fell from a third story window yesterday. firefighters say the baby landed in bushes outside her home in the 800 block of walnut avenue yesterday afternoon the baby was unconscious when she was airlifted to the hospital but breathing and crying on arrival. police say her mother was nearby when the baby fell they consider this to be an accident. >>> the district attorney's office could decide whether to file charges against three daycare workers under arrest for the death of a baby in their care. the center remains closed. the owner and staffers face charges of involuntary manslaughter. an autopsy shows the four-month-old accidentally suffocated after the bedding cut off the child's airway. investigation by the state department concluded that staff found the boy and waited 25 minutes before they called an ambulance. >>> this morning a sonoma valley man facing several charges after a 93-year-old ma