they recovered $6 kblinl worth of stolen plastics and made nearly 50 arrests. >> holidays just endedping is already well underway with black friday. >> yes. continues. michael finney is here now with information on all three of these for us. >> looking at christmas trees this year? >> when you go it's not aums pretty why? pickings are slim. you'll see plenty with limbs. reason, lack of water. so to get best deal, shop early and big. bigger because trees fare better in drought condition autos shopping this year spending 9% more this black friday than a year ago. tally up entire four-day weekend, sales up 13% to $59 billion we're expected to spend another $1.5 kbrinl today. with sales this strong, don't be looking for deep discounts in the season. retailers aren't as desperate so when you see a good deal jump on it, patients not going to be a virtue. sales expected two weeks before christmas. by experts but buy then, most of the highly desirable items will be gone. this monday has been different. than most of those in the past. sales tax, since september 15th of the year, many retailer

. >> state officials are staying optimistic the new program will generate hundreds of kblinls that legislatures for. but analysis cut down the estimates generated just $55 million. it allows businesses to purr kas credits. they only generate $100 million. other problem is how money will be spent its not just general purpose rev few. by virtue of the way bills were written the proceeds have to be programs that further the goals of bb 32. >> by law, money cannot be used for anything other than pollution reduction programs. the state p.u.c. is considering a proposal to return revenue to california yu kilt tilt customers. >> democrat leelandy says he will run for secretary of state. yee made at announcement on hoiz twitter and facebook pages. deborah bohan will be turned out in 2014. he says he hopes to expand the online voter8[?Ñ registration program into an online voting program. he began his career as a san francisco school board member in 1988.r$4k >> spencer is off tonight. >> several storms. >> yes. >> three storms coming our the third system developing here, we'll bring wide spread wind and

it helps to feed a quarter kblinl people every month.e executives pitching in for the tenth year in a row. second harvest partners with agency that's distributes the food at 740 locations. other silicon valley companies with san francisco 49ers help kick off the campaign. >> problem is large. we believe working together everyone who needs a meal can get one. >> these barrels will be set up in offices and businesses. the faces are real. bella and chris receive food from second harvest when their parents lost their jobs large corporations do make donations. making sure people do not go hungry. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> producer behind "the newsroom" is developing a show about oakland city hall. >> the show is called city hall. it is said to be a political drama. officials still deciding whether to cop rate with the producers. we spoke to a city council woman not sure this is what oakland needs now. >> this is important people take their representatives seriously. >> when pressed about who she'd like to see play her, she suggested geena d

and a longer hike on income taxes for those making over a quarter kblinl per year. >> those who havene the best can't they help us in california's time of need? >> without $6 billion brown warned the trigger cuts already in the budget will take that amount out of the funding for schools. >> money into schools and colleges, into the california dream, or out. in or out? yes or no? >>sfa showing more californians saying question. -- yes. 14% undecided. this pollster runs the field poll. >> all the governor sneedz another to% or 3% and this would pass. i think chances are better than anything. >> the former chair of the state republican part redoesn't think so. >> in this situation this close to election and belo >>> this election day san francisco voters will be asked to approve a property tax to help fund the financially struggling city college. abc 7 news has more on the foush pass prop a and why it's facing skepticism. tea teach in. >> most of that due to state budget cuts, students felt impact. >> when i twont register for classes, and noticed most of the classes that i need to tak

the hospital asking for $1.2 kblinl to cover the cost of providing extensive brain trauma care.stow was beaten by two men outside dodger stadium following 2011 season opener against the giants. >> we know what sparked this fight on black friday. women's under wear. we showed you this video on friday. a fight started at a victoria's secret, turns out two women were arguing over discounted under wear and started throwing punches and three men got involved. it took security 15 minutes to break up this fight. >> today is cyber monday when shoppers are expected to pound the keyboard instead of the pavement. >> abc 7 news explain autos cyber monday born in simpler times n 2005 people did holiday shopping online the money after thanksgiving. because that is when they're back in the office with access to high speed internet they didn't have at home, fast forward to tab blets and smart phones, you can shop anywhere, any time. this explanation offered through the company satellite uplink you may have your smart phone with you while in a store able to do that comparison shopping. and make

it's been a record $220 kblinl in sales. in the first day, huge numbers. in san francisco, bloomberg west, back to you. >> all right. thank you, john. >> four more ski resorts set to open this week. we have pictures from heavenly mountain resort opening tomorrow with a limited number of runs. other resorts are scheduled to open this week include squaw valley and kirkwood opening friday. last week's storm brought more than a foot of new snow to resorts. they're padding their coverage with large scale snow making operations. >> starting to feel winter like out there. >> today was a bit of a warm up. >> milder weather today than yesterday. et is going to get windy by the end of the week. looking towards mount diablo, lots of blue skies and a pleasant day all day from the coast to inland locations. you can see live doppler 7 hd, clear skies there. thin, high clouds. mainly up into the north part of the viewing area have traveled to other regions as well. forecast features, clear skies and cool tonight. pleasantly cool. a warmer day tomorrow, rainy patterns dev

. >> lady gaga donated $1 kblinl to the red cross helping aid those affected by super storm sandy. out in the uk tailor swift turning on christmas lights in a london mall. >> i think my ideal christmas would be in nashville with my family there would be a fire in the fireplace. >> you can get more entertainment news right now on otrc.com. >> still head president obama just arrived back in washington, d.c. get back to work. >> surprising reaction he got from republican leaders about raising taxes. >> and a supervisor race where one republican was defeated. >> in san francisco, voter as proved an increase in the city minimum wage. you'll hear from t hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> in san francisco, voters elected several superviseors district five is one of the controversial races. >> christina alahi defeated by challenger after a lot of political fallout from the sheriff ross mirkari

peopledn driving from san diego to yuma just to buy a chance, a slim chance at winning $550 kblinl jackpotlled over 16 times and officials say there is a 75% chance a winner will be picked tonight. that is a lot of money. >> they seem to be saying right things. complaints now coming out of congress about talks to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> staggering damage tally in new jersey from storm owr storm sandy. >>> and good evening, once again. 34 days now until the so called fiscal cliff occurs. taxes will go upgv[; $2200 come january 1 ask both parties say they're open to compromise. the president says social media gets the message across. >> members of congress, write ask e mail. posted on the facebook walls. you can tweet it. using hash tag my 2 k. not y 2 k. my 2 k. >> one of the small business owners yesterday is the co-founder of oakland organic mushroom company called back to the roots. >> in washington, d.c. there is going to be-to-have to be things that are cut to provide stories for them to take back as proof. why this is important for small businesses to be the last things cut. they'

numbers on the affects of yesterday's loss of business but on any given day, the sea port represents $8 kblinlgion. part that have is trucker salaries. weary truckers struggled to get into the port today. it was shout shut down yesterday by workers trying to get the port back to the bargaining table thae. chiefed the goal but now, nonunion truckers lost a day's pay yesterday and will likely make z today because congestion means everything is moving more slowly there. is no work tomorrow, on thanksgiving. truckers tell us what is a two-hour wait was sixsñ$ql hours today. the port says thousands of truck yirs sfts the port but doesn't know how many were affected by the strike. >> i need to go to work every day to make a living you noi? -- no? >> do you know how much you lost? >> for me, like $500. >> so on a normal thanksgiving week, we going to have long lines so with disruption of yesterday, we're seeing longer line buzz there is no way to quantify it. >> saying retail goods for black friday are already at the stores or at distribution centers. the port says that may or may not be true but wha