lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >> police and firefighters are on the scene of an early morning explosion. it happened at a home in ohio and 38th. kraig debro is on the scene, kraig? >> reporter: it is just amazing that the people inside this house survived here. look at this, it is basically ripped off the foundation of the home and it is that way along the back, it is also ripped off the back of the home, four people inside at the time they all survived, i want to bring in the richmond fire department, first of all how did these people survive? >> the cause is still under investigation so we are not sure what happened yet but just the fact that we had two people in the back of the house, two people in the front who made it out alive, it is unbelievable. >> like i said there were four people in the house, one person was transported to the hospital. >> two people were awake, one person was asleep in front of the house. >> no evacuation s, gas has been shut off, electrical is being shut off right now. >> reporter: thank you very much. from the richmond fire department. coming up,

. >> reporter: lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> here are some more details about black friday. the retail industry monitor shopper track expects black friday will be the busiest shopping day of the year for the eighth straight year. the next busy day is super saturday, the last saturday before christmas. the black friday term started in 1966 in philadelphia. it describes the heavy and loud traffic. in recent years, it means that businesses are in the black and making a profit. >>> while crowds rushed the big box stores but the push was on to push people into independent stores and out of big boxes. it is called plaid friday. >> reporter: we are on college avenue near the rock ridge bart. you see a lot of pedestrians on the streets but no long lines and no crowded parking lots to deal works all part of plaid friday, the push to focus on locally owned businesses. you see a lot of sales signs in store windows here. at least one of the store on this suite was open at self- a.m. and shoppers came to buy some gifts. >> purchased some bubble bath for babysitters, moms. >> some shoppe

lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> if you have shopped at licky stores, you might want to check your bank statements. company says someone tampered with credit card readers. lucky says the compromised useers were in self-checkouts and have been replaced. ed ktvu.com has a complete list of the stores involved in the tampering. >>> today begins the most important part of the year for retailers. the holiday shopping season accounts for a significant portion of their annual sales. kraig debro is live in milpitas where shoppers are already getting a head start. kraig? >> reporter: mike, you are probably wondering where i am. this morning i'm in one of these tents with alfredo gonzalez. we're here. he has all of his comforts. we're watching planet of the ape. is the. why did you get so -- anticipates. anticipates-- apes. >> i'm here to get one of the tvs. there's only ten. >> reporter: best buy is opening early. kmart, sears, they are open today. best buy is not open until midnight. they want to be here. it's 10 tvs available for the price. 42-inch for $200. sharp. can't beat that. >>

here between 18th and 23rd street as sal said but they will reopen at 6:00 p.m reporting live lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there was an explosion at 2:30 this morning, police were still on the scene. it happened at a home on ohio avenue, good morning kraig. >>> fire investigators are on the scene and i want to show you the side of the house here. it is just incredible what this explosion did and the people inside survived it. that is the homeowner in front with the fire investigators, you didn't want to go on camera. he lost some hair at the top of his head but otherwise he is okay. the first call came in from a neighbor who said they heard an explosion when firefighters got here. this is the back of the house, i showed you the front of the house, look at the front, it is blown off the foundation. the fire department said the explosion probably happened on the back left corner of the house and that's under investigation as well as the cause is under investigation but the fact four people survived this, well, they are lucky to be alive. >> it was miraculous that they got out alive but w

lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an early morning explosion in richmond it happened at 2:30, the powerful blast nearly knocked the house off its foundation. here is a look at the house, take a look at that damage. firefighters and police are on the scene trying to determine the cause of that explosion. kraig debro is on the scene talking to investigators and he will have a live update coming up at 6:30. >>> occupied san francisco, could possibly get the support of board of supervisors today. the call was given to avoid using force to shut down the encampment. the board of supervisors will consider that resolution at 2:00. now the mayor sponsored the measure. >>> also, they could decide whether they will continue camping out in front of city hall. they told the protesters they could camp out until at least today and in the past they were told they could not have an encampment. the mayor tells the press democrat it does not make sense to have a forced put down of the movement. >>> they are planning marches and rallies and protesting the use of police force, school closures, lib

lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 250 minutes before 9:00. boycott involving -- 20 minutes before 9:00. the boycott involving safety concerns. >>> the selling kents on wall street just as it looked like stocks were coming out of their slump for the summer. the surprise greek referendum that could scuttle the plan to resolve the european crisis, and there's economic news out. home builders picked up the pace a little bit while manufacturing growth slowed in october. gm sales were up 2% in october. right now, the dow currently down 282. financial sector's took is down 4%. nasdaq down 70. s&p down 33. >>> new this morning, bank of appears -- bank of america appears to be dropping its 5- dollar a month debit fee. the move follows announcements from j.p. morgan chase and wells fargo that they would not charge their own fees for bank of america use. bank of america said it usually needed -- it needed the fee because of new debit card regulations but there was so muchback lash that they will be dropping the fee, according to the wall street journal.

lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> whoa! whoa! >> there they were at the stroke of midnight. black friday opened with a rush of shoppers at the best buy in emeryville, many customers, camping outside on thanksgiving day. they were drawn by the door buster deals such as giant discounts on large screen tvs and computers. shoppers tell us every dollar saved counts. even if you wait in line for $12. >> i got a tablet. it was worth it. >> it was worth it? >> yeah, it was worth it. >> would you do it again? >> yep. do it every year. [ laughter ] >> and consumer electronics remain a popular item on most holiday wish lists. the national retail federation reports 32% of customers plan to buy electronics this year. that's the highest since 2008. >>> if you slept in today but you still want to save money with black friday deals. head to your computer. hundreds of retailers are having online deals. home depot is offering 40% of certain money off certain appliances. target.com having a two-day black friday sale. apple dropping 10% from the ipad 2, mac, mac book and ipod. >>> a fatal offic