. >>> what is left of the famous nordstrom in the city.e you inside a >>> the record label for latin music star beso plume came after threats were made against the artist. each directed towards the musician. the messages are potentially connected to organized crime and hint there would be violence if he showed up for the concert in tijuana. not clear if the ticketholders will be refunded. >>> you have time to shop for deals at the nordstrom in san francisco, before it closes for good. this store is selling off fixtures as part of a last-minute liquidation sale. if you were thinking it would be dresses and shirts. shares, mannequins, towel warmers for sale. you see something you like? >> the garbage cans. >> art. the retail giant is leaving the city, citing the changing shopping dynamics of downtown. >> those are little ottomans. i think it would be fun to get a mannequin for your house. >>> sports is next. >> >>> okay. almost here. 49ers play their home opener tomorrow against the new york giants. >> very exciting. both teams will be playi

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 years like the last day. so that's kind of so >> this is one of my favorite for. >> well, check out the smiling faces here. alameda firefighters were deployed to the california oregon border to fight the active wildfires there to our north are now back home just in time to spend labor day with the family, the group of brave men and women spent 2 weeks battling the blaze at the smith river complex. here's a look at a map of that area. there's least 12 confirmed fires covering almost 84,000 acres out there it you know, they've clearly been working hard up there. so it's glad that they came home safely and are able to spend some time off from for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here now top of the bop, the weather up there and here at you know, those fires have been burning about that smoke the bay area. last week we clear things out with an onshore breeze, but we may begin to see some of that smoke. >> work its way back in our direction this week as high pressure takes over right now. for

and nordstrom and kohl's will be most at risk to see this credit card revenue fall.s very interesting, this report details, and i'm going to read this because i want to make sure this number is correct, bank of america's estimating in fiscal year 2022 the income that department stores earned from their credit card partnerships made up 62% of ebit, well above the prior peak in 2019 at 46%. considerably above that historical average of 24% of ebit from credit card income macy's talked about this in the last earnings. generally this is not an area a lot of the retailers dive into talking about their credit card income or the structure of those arrangements if things are getting worse, if consumers aren't paying their bills and delinquencies turn into chargeoffs, bank of america is putting together their analysis and saying that kohl's and nordstrom will be most at risk to see that credit card revenue decline. as a result, it is going to hurt both earnings and then ultimately the stock price they're lowering their price targets for both of those names. >> what are we see

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 yearslast day. so that's kind of so >> this is one my favorites for. well. thousands of healthcare workers held a rally in oakland on labor-day to shed light on what they're calling it unfair working conditions, seiu, united healthcare workers west claim unsafe staffing during the pandemic led to burnout. he had a number of bay area officials arriving in support of the demonstrations. organizers say the moment highlighted the importance of labor unions in advocating for fair wages and working conditions. it's a very simple operation in order to be able to have workers who or >> or that they're receiving. $25 an hour waves that matches increased we need to make sure that they have lifeline increase. >> down. >> well, the demonstrators also allege patients are not getting proper care and that these issues well happening far before the pandemic. >> well, a motorcyclist involved in a crash with a car last month in san jose has now died of his injuries. that crash happened on talley road and mcl

ned in nordstrom in l.a.no. ned in nordstrom in l.a. and then you see that nordstrom in san francisco is closin ig after 35 years. and you think to yourself, well, if these big box retailerf ifg boers ars unable their doors open because of all of the crime, what is this going to do to the small mom and pop shops? there is absolutely no way they're to be able to keep their doors open, nor is it going to be safe to keep their doors open if they can'tnf even defend themselves t. stor yeah. charlie? well, this next story, you're right, we don't have good stories this evening. they're actuallyy,'re righdo pr it's enraging. the aclu suing the statesad. of indiana to get sex reassignment surger sy for an inmatee conv convicted of strangling anicold, 11 month old. it was his daughter to death. and according to the state h td. general, these surgeries can cost taxpayers anywhere fromto 10 to $15000. i mean, this is insane. t >> okay, let's just deal just think about this. thisk about this. e is an inmate who strangled

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 yearse the last day. so that's kind of size so >> this is one of my favorite for. that was nancy loo reporting for us this evening. let's take a look now at what's left of a large and restaurant at bear river lake resort in amador county. the buildings caught fire during the busy labor day weekend. the resort is located near lower bear river reservoir between yosemite and lake tahoe. crews say the fire started early sunday morning. nobody was hurt. some visitors who have been coming to this area for decades say they feel pretty sad about this loss. >> yeah, i got woken up to 30 morning friend paul venema on the lot is on fire because i was right over there. got dress came here. and the kitchen was on fire, barge and then the bar. and just want >> i mean, it's really i haven't heard anyone that you're less than 30 years coming back every year and it's really sad to see you. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. firefighters from the east bay are back home after responding to

a few weeks ago, you see that nordstrom in san francisco is closing after 35 years.lf if big box retailers are unable to keep their doors open because of all the crime, what is this going to do to small mom and pop shops. there's absolutely no way they can keep the doors open, nor is it safe to keep doors open if they can't even defend themselves. >> charlie, the next story, you're right, we don't have good stories this evening, they're sad. aclu suing the state of indiana to get sex reassignment surgery for an inmate convicted of strangling an 11 month old, his daughter, to death. according to the state attorney general, these surgeries can cost taxpayers anywhere from 10 to $15,000. this is insane. >> let's just think about this. there is an inmate who strangled their stepchild to death and they claim it is now infringement on the 8th amendment, considered cruel and unusual punishment for taxpayer dollars to not pay for them for gender reassignment surgery. just think about it. it is absolutely insane. none of this makes sense. we are giving so much credence, clout

the video you are looking at was taken california at nordstrom nm store.t investors business daily. big retailers like target, kohl's, and r nordstrom gettingt especially hard. but smaller businesses are reeling as well. about half in the united states saw a rise in crime last year. just as many say they have had to raise prices cpa a small business expert and president of the marks a group it is infuriating to see what some of these mobs pull off. how do we stop it. >> is absolute brutal. a little background why this is happening. so many states have a threshold of felonies for when these crimes or misdemeanors. illinois of threshold is $300 rate california threshold you just showed the video is nine or $50. a shoplifter can take up to nine or $50 worth of materials it would still be considered a misdemeanor. in florida the threshold of isseven or $50 per pennsylvanian my state $2000 per wisconsin $2500. even if it's transferred as a misdemeanor a lot of the police under res resourced uncle aftere stuff. if you are a small merchant there is a lot of encou

lowering price targets and earnings estimate on kohl's and nordstrom.their kohl's 2024 outlook by 11% as delinquencies tick up, she said, which the firm expects to turn into charge offs b of a expects credit revenues to fall pre-pandemic levels. let's bring in lorraine. welcome. >> thank you, kelly. thank you for having me. >> i bet to you this seems fairly obvious and straight forward, but the market is reacting like did you see these headlines. you're just connecting some dots for us. >> yeah. look, i think what's underappreciated is department stores last year generated about 60% of their income from credit card fees. >> wow. >> so it's a very important income stream for the department stores i think that makes these risks of delinquencies stand out to us. >> department stores last year generated 60% of their revenue, more than half from credit card fees not from selling clothes and shoes and other things. >> that's exactly right. and we really see two risks to that revenue stream. so the first, as you mentioned, is delinquencies we saw charge-offs f

nordstrom closed its doors last month after 35 years in business at san francisco center, citing declining and crime in the area. the sale continues tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. new developments tonight in the effort to find a peacock named ringo starr for a new home he may have found that. and a new love. ringo starr is an adult domesticated peacock. he was found running around a school parking lot in east palo alto. abc7 shared his story this week. it was seen by a couple from pittsburgh who already had peacocks as pets. they say their mail just died leaving the peahen heartbroke ian. the couple drove over two hours to the peninsula. humane society to adopt wingo. bingo is really happy right now. >> he slept up in the roosting area last night right next to the female. right next to the female. she's been preening him today. they've been sitting together. gosh, they just love each other already. >> the couple says that wingo spent the day exploring his new home and his environment. you know, francis, i am excited for wingo and hopefully the new weather because it's a little different f

they are moving into the old nordstrom space which has been vacant since 2019. the video from the company website is set to open in the first half of next year. >> it really will take people, these investors in this business that say, you know what , san francisco has all the potential in the world and it will bounce back, just like it always has in the past. >> that san francisco supervisor, who is also running for mayor next year, stonestown is currently owned by brookfield, a major operator of miles across the u.s. many which are under financial stress. this housing development plan for stonestown appears to be full steam ahead. brookfield plans to start construction in 2024. >>> we kicked up this morning with relatively light wind throughout the bay and we will see gustier conditions into the evening hours tonight. this is into the 2:00 our. advancing the clock to 5:00 tonight , wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour near bodgea bay. 25 mile per hour winds into half moon bay. it will be a gusty evening as a cold front moves this way in and you know what that wil

from nordstrom in los angeles, to lululemon near atlanta. and now, an apple store in philadelphia. dozens of high-profile smash-and-jabs have business owners calling for tougher laws. this week, oakland mall businesses went on strike, closing their doors for hours. standing in front of a shuttered restaurant, they demanded public officials do more. >> this restaurant survived occupy oakland and the riots. this restaurant survived the pandemic. but this restaurant can't survive crime. >> reporter: the morning after target made the announcement, there was a line of cars. people were being turned away from getting into a san francisco target that's closing. this store and one in new york, they abruptly changed their store hours. communities are feeling an impact. stores across the country are not officially supposed to close until october 21st. >>> leader prigozhin may be gone. but some of the fighters are appearing on the front lines of ukraine. a live report after a quick break. stay with us. >>> we're getting new details of what ukraine calls a massive overnight drone strike. it co

♪ bmo ♪ >>> you still have time for deals in nordstrom's before it closes for good. >> the store is guttingoor. the flagship store closed last month after 35 years. can you buy yourself a mannequin. at 7:00, we investigate new information we've uncovered about the oakland, city of oakland, to upgrade 911 technology and never installed it. two bay area natives. lester holt joins us right now. >>> tonight, the fiery moments on capitol hill, attorney general merrick garland clashing with republicans over hunter biden, donald trump, and january 6th. garland on the hot seat grilled by republicans accusing him of weaponizing the justice department and slow-walking the hunter biden investigation while attacking the former president. the attorney general firing back saying, quote, i am not the president's lawyer our team on capitol hill >>> also tonight, the urgent manhunt for a murder suspect released in indiana by mistake. police now asking for the public's help. the suspect in the deadly ambush on an l.a. county deputy in court for the first time the rare plea he entered. >>> new reporting on th

and took nearly $900,000 of merchandise, and in los angeles, a group of 30 suspects ripped apart a nordstrom stealing between 60,000 and $100,000 in goods. last week, the ceo said the losses from thefts are at historical highs. macy's and dicks blame tleft for falling behind. railers are sounding the alarm about organized crime. >> they know exactly what stores to hit, what businesses and residents to hit. >> reporter: coordinating groups are targeting stores. millions of dollars worth of goods. retailers say they are growing more violent. and putting shoppers at risk, sometimes can tragic circumstances. >> what goes through your mind when you realize your dad was eventual power washers? >> you can't imagine that any piece of equipment in home depot is worth a life. >> reporter: when you see the video, what was going through your mind? >> i wish it would be me. >> reporter: theft of high value items of handbags and power tools, and they are resold on amazon, ebay, facebook and craigslist. ebay and craigslist prohibit the sale of stolen goods on their site. >> obviously, the profitability is

nordstrom closing. the highway to crime, et cetera.they are looking for new areas to get involved. >> that is the realtor and he said he has seen a mix of people coming in. some from out-of-state and some locally who are tired of higher priced cities and counties. >>> for as much criticism as san francisco gets , it ranked second in the same study. homes in the city are selling for over ask about $31,000 in some places. san jose was fourth behind rochester, new york. it looks like florida is much more aware of that buyers market dynamic. key west came in dead last in the study with homes selling for about $44,000 below ask. >>> in the bay area it will be a dry week. we are keeping a close eye on the average account. heading into the next couple days we will see it in the medium to high category. whether inland or along the peninsula. some top allergens, grass and home. be careful heading into the afternoon as the winds get breezier around dinnertime. wind gusts up to 20 miles per hour near san francisco, stretching to the inland areas

. >>> back here at home you still have some time to shop for the deals at the nordstrom in san francisco before it closes for good. the store is gutting its showroom floor and selling off fixtures as part of a last-minute liquidation sale. chairs, towel warmers for sale. the retail giant is leaving the city after 35 years citing the changing shopping dynamics in downtown. i'm distracted, sorry, looking at all the goods. >> any women's fashions? >> the sale runs through next saturday. oh, artwork -- what is that? a vacuum cleaner? >> that's just sad to see that. >> it is sad, but wow. >> chairs. >> look what is on this video, lots of furniture up for sale. if you do go to san francisco, hopefully this will be gone by this weekend, but it is socked in with smoke and haze. >> and fog, too. smoggy conditions we experienced today. we are looking at improvement coming. let's start it off with the other top headline. we are still looking at some active weather that will give us what we need. rain chances. let's show you what is really controlling the weather pattern as we head through tomorrow.

could something like that go into the recently vacated nordstrom space in the old westfield mall?as mayor? breed strategy looks to facilitate new uses and flexibility in buildings, while new venues and events could be an answer to bringing more people downtown, many leaders say it's still about bringing workers back to the office. earlier this week, lyft doing just that three days a week. >> we're excited for san francisco, though, and to see the impact as companies, more and more companies are returning to san francisco, how that helps the city as well. >> the mayor says a key part of downtown san francisco's recovery is attracting big conferences and conventions. of course, we're going to have dreamforce coming up. that brought 40,000 attendees last year and then in november, san francisco will host apec, the global economic summit. live in the newsroom, suzannephan abc7 news. that's a big deal in the whole world will be watching. >> suzanne thank you. construction for dreamforce is in full swing in downtown san francisco. the annual salesforce conference kicks off tuesday, but

francisco, i think politics aside, they are disappointed with so many things that are happening with nordstrom closing, the high rate of decline, et cetera, they are looking for new areas to get involved. >> reporter: 10 has lived in the area for decades and he has seen how it changed. with this new attention, he is happy to share the story. >> you can probably tell i'm a big fan of vallejo. >> for as much criticism that san francisco gets, it ranked second in the same study, homes are selling for more than $31,000 above asking price. san jose was fourth behind rochester, new york and last place in the study, key west, florida with homes selling for $44,000 below asking price. >>> inflation and the impacts of the pandemic have only increased the need of bay area food banks, second harvest feeds hundreds of thousands of people every month. shawn chitnis is showing us how volunteers are working to help their community thrive. >> people come here because they want to volunteer, they want to be here. >> reporter: after almost 20 years, steve not only wanted to be here but kept coming back to secon

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 years like the last day. so that's kind of so >> this is one my favorites for. thousands of healthcare workers held a rally in oakland on labor-day trying shed light on what they're calling unfair working conditions. so u.s. e i u united healthcare workers west claim on safe staffing during the pandemic led to burnout number. very officials arrived in support of the demonstrations. and organizers say the moment highlight the importance of gleyber unions in advocating for fair wages and working conditions. >> operation in order to be able to have workers who or or that they're receiving. $25 an hour waves that matches increased we need to make sure that they have lifeline increase. down. >> the demonstrators also allege patients are not getting proper care and that these issues >> are happening far before the pandemic. motorcyclist involved in a crash with a car last month in san jose has unfortunately died of his injuries. >> that crash happened on telly road mclachlan avenue in south san j

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 yearsike the last day. so that's kind of so >> this is one my favorites for. >> 1000 healthcare workers holding a rally oakland on labor day. the shed light on what they are calling unfair, working conditions. so seiu, united healthcare workers west, they claim unsafe staffing during the pandemic led to burnout. a number or officials arrived in support of the demonstration. organizers say the moment highlighted the importance of labor unions advocating for fair wages and working conditions. >> very simple operation in order to be able to have workers who or or that they're receiving. 25 $1 an hour waves that matches increased we need to make sure that they have lifeline increase. i particularly that. >> well, the demonstrators also allege patients are not getting the proper care and that these issues were happening before the pandemic. >> well, a motorcyclist involved in a crash with a car last month in san jose has sadly died of his injuries. that crash happened on talley road and mclaughl

well, everything must go at the former nordstrom store on market street in san francisco.o you can save on some big items this weekend. a liquidation sale opened to the public saturday. the company is selling everything from artwork to fixtures to mirrors and even mannequins. nordstrom closed its doors last month after 35 years in the business at san francisco's center, citing declining sales and crime in the area. the sale continues today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. >> it was another big night for music at levi's stadium with thousands of people lining up to see ed sheeran the tonight. at that light show to nearly 70,000 people turned out in the south bay to see sheeran perform. >> that's more than taylor swift and beyonce combined. hard to believe, but both of those shows at levi's were two of the highest grossing tours of all time. abc seven news was in santa clara earlier as fans arrived at levi's for sheeran's mathematics concert before people started filling into the station stadium. that is. sheeran surprised the crowd at his merchandise truck and posted this video on in

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 yearsfavorite for. >> continuing frustration and maui this week, folks, they're expressing sadness and anger over what they say is a slow wildfire recovery process. while the fire that started that started devastating luh-high-nuh a month ago is 100% contained. now safety crews are continuing to remove hazardous materials that were burned business and restaurant owners who lost their stores are also concerned about the future. >> we have to worry about payroll. they have to worry about all these expenses that they incur. before the fires and all without any kind of income without even a business in itself. how do they pay for those bills? >> well, the number of wildfire deaths remains at 115. 100's of people on maui are still unaccounted for just under 400 actually. hawaii's governor is calling for more people to file missing persons reports to try and help investigators. developing world news now, children across ukraine beginning a new school year in a war zone. it's been more than a year

this happen quarter after quarter. >> charles: we're seeing a lot of stores like san francisco, nordstrom'sosed there. places like seattle. and finally, hitha, i'm hearing some ceos hint at this. i think it was walmart that hinted at different jurisdictions. they're not calling out names specifically. at some point, do they say this city is letting this happen and we have to close shop if they don't change the laws? >> exactly. why would they call out the specific jurisdictions? it comes down to politics. you're right. it has to -- they have to at some point, these cities have to take it into consideration and take it upon themselves to help the retailers. retailers can only do so much. as we're seeing, this is sort of the last sort of like call for help. when you're seeing these cfos on earnings calls saying look at how it's eroding our profits. it's going to impact the consumer. we're going to have to turn to raising prices. making sure that we are accounting for all of that attrition and all of that shrink. it's going to come down to the consumers to have to pay for it. that's not what t

well, everything must go at the former nordstrom store on market street in san francisco. so now you can save big on some items this weekend. a liquidation sale opened to the public on saturday, and the company is selling everything from artwork to fixtures to mirrors and even mannequins. as nordstrom closed its doors last month after 35 years in business at san francisco center, citing declining sales and crime in the area. the sale continues today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. it was another big night for music at levi's stadium with thousands of people lining up to see ed sheeran. take a listen to tonight. look at that light show to nearly 70,000 people. turned out in the south bay to see sheeran perform. that's more people than taylor swift and beyonce. both of those shows at levi's were two of the highest grossing tours of all time. abc7 news was in santa clara as fans arrived at levi's for sheeran's mathematics concert and before people started filling into the stadium, sheeran surprised the crowd at his merchandise truck and posted this video on instagram. >> we are here a

trust me when target is closing stores, when walmart closed doors in chicago would nordstrom closed aor store in san francisco, they are doing it because of losing so much money and their employees are at a personal risk that they have no choice. maria: is any way to track the items being stolen and attack those platforms and the people are stealing massive tvs and putting them on amazon can't amazon do something about it. >> absolutely there's been a lot of work in this area. one of the reasons the theft increases is because of the internet and offense ability turning these items into cash with the marketplaces. there's new legislation cracking down but the kirk's are one step ahead of you, they're very smart and they change serial numbers on products, is organized crime so it's very difficult to track the goods at the end of the day and there is a multitier distribution system the person who stole is committing a crime and they sell it to somebody who knows it stolen but they sell it to someone who does not know it was stolen and the person appointed on the marketplace. it's not as

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 yearsst day. so that's kind of size so >> this is one my favorite well, thousands of healthcare workers held a rally in oakland labor day trying to some light on what they're calling unfair, working conditions. so seiu, united healthcare workers, west claim on safe staffing during the pandemic led to burnout another bay area. officials arriving in support of the demonstrations. organizers say the moment highlight it. the importance of labor unions advocate fair wages and working conditions as well. >> it's a very simple operation in order to be able to have workers who or that they're receiving. 25 $1 an hour waves that matches increased we need to make sure that they have lifeline increase opportunities was down. >> well, the demonstrators also allege patients are not getting proper care that these issues were happening before the pandemic. >> well, a motorcyclist involved in collision with a car last month in san jose has sadly died of his injuries. that crash happened on telly o'clock. l

just last week, san francisco bid farewell to a flagship nordstrom store shutting down after 35 years like the last day. so that's kind of size so >> this is one my favorite for. >> all right. and 10, 32 is the time we got a live look here out at sfo. breaking news. united airlines has just issued a nationwide ground stop due to some sort of a computer issue. this is all according to the faa. we did take a check of sfo. is current status. looks like they're about. 22 flights delayed right now. one canceled. unclear if those cancellations are due to this computer issue. but the delays most likely are with this ground stop now affecting united flights coast to coast across the entire nation. keep it to kron. 4 will keep you updated as we learn more. all right. it is 10 33 and thousands of healthcare workers are holding a rally in oakland. they did that on labor-day actually to shed some light on what they're calling unfair, working conditions, seiu, united healthcare workers, west claims unsafe staffing during the pandemic led to burnout a number of bay area. officials arrived in suppor

. >> we've heard that from places like whole foods and other stores, and nordstrom's, that specifically said it's not the business climate -- although the business climate is struggling when it comes to malls and retail stores -- but they are saying it's because of the safety of their customers and their staff, and that's why they're pulling out. and that gets to the heart of the issue in the bay area, that has a strong economy and a lot of people working, et cetera, et cetera, but there are crime problems. and retail theft is a huge crime problem. it's hitting american business to the tune of billions of dollars a year, and it is something you cannot refute, even local politician that is are really trying to fight against this admit there is a problem, and it hasn't gotten much better in the last whole year. >> i know you got to speak with the san francisco supervisors, is that what he was telling you. >> this is aaron peskin. he represents a lot of frustrated voices. here is what he had to say this afternoon. >> there's no question that san francisco and other urban areas have an orga

tonight, levi's has renewed its lease at its market street store, despite neighbors old navy and nordstrom shuttering in just the last couple of months. in a post on its website, the company says it will keep the 22,000 square foot location it has been in for the last decade. levi says it remains committed to san francisco and wants to be a, quote, positive force for change in its hometown. levi's has pledged to distribute $500,000 in grants to local organizations, and the company is creating volunteer opportunities for employees. alameda county has a new youth poet. laurie yet. and coming up after the break, we hear from the talented high school student select and also the oakland roots and oakland soul could soon have a new home where the two soccer clubs may soon play okay, i completely revised the org chart. now where do i go? well, how about right... there? i report to the new breakfast taco? well, it does have jimmy dean sausage. but it's a taco. get my new breakfast taco for just $1.49. you know, people always ask me, "kevin, what does being the ceo of cashbacking mean to you?" it m

that is moving into the nordstrom space. it's on ththe southwesest side of the c and this is part of a plan to transform the property from a retail center to a town center including a mix of housing,g, retailil, open-spapace and park and the first t phasase is goin look a a little something like this, this is video from the website of the company that is going to take over round one entertainment. the 49,000 square-foot venue is set to open in the first half of next year. >> it really is going to take people like these investors and this business to say you know what, san francisco has all the potential in the world and it's going to bounce back just like it always has in the past. >> that is the san francisco supervisor who is also running for mayor next year. it is currently owned by brookfield. many of which are under financial stress, you might remember, brookfield recently announced they are walking away from the co-ownership of westfield mall in downtown san francisco. it is not making any more payments on its property

you've mentioned to me you want to possibly build that soccer stadium out at the westfield site where nordstrom used to be. i don't want to waste your time or my time. is this really something that can happen? >> i believe it's something that can happen. it's not just a -- you know, i know people have been somewhat critical, but we basically commissioned those drawings to help people to see what is possible. will it happen? we don't know. but we want people to be open-minded about what could happen. we've heard about this major spa that could potentially take over the space. we've heard that other retailers have interest. but ultimately we want to be open-minded about doing something new, something innovative that's going to serve the people of san francisco and visitors who come here. >> appreciate the transparency there. last night on this program, we spoke to the founder of a group called we san francisco. they're trying to change the narrative and fix the problems with the city. there are now many of these citizen groups -- we san francisco, grow san francisco among them. they want drastic

well, everything must go at the former nordstrom store on market street in san francisco. so that means you can save big this weekend, a liquidation sale opened to the public saturday. the company is selling everything from artwork to fixtures to mirrors and even mannequins. nordstrom closed its doors last month after 35 years in business at san francisco's center, citing declining sales and crime in the area. the sale continues today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in san francisco. mission district. the crackdown on illegal street vending continues to be a challenge. for a year, the department of public works has been in the area, stepping up patrols. but are those efforts really working? abc7 news reporter luis pena talked to business owners and street vendors to get their take. >> nearly 300 items confiscated in the mission. another successful operation. this is how san francisco's mayor london breed categorized the latest operation by thelic rks team working on cracking down on unpermitted vending of what she calls stolen goods. but are these operations actually making a diffe

san francisco's galleria mall has a new tenant for the space where nordstrom's closed four years ago. round one entertainment is filling the spot, an amusement space including bowling alleys, billiard, ping-pong, karaoke and arcade games and the chain has locations in other areas. happy friday, garvin. you're working on the 5:00 news. >> i'm not going to do care yok. >> i'm not either. doubly good news. >>> a couple stories for 5:00 today. interestingly enough they had something to do with medicine but are totally different. one comes out of santa clara county where a group is bringing attention to a lack of latino doctors in the county saying just 4% of county's doctors are latino in a county where the general population is much higher. they point out, though, 51% of the hospital janitors are latino. the other medical story has to do with medical waste. the state attorney general announced a huge fine paid by kaiser because they weren't disposing of it properly. robert handa has the story how they got the evidence and i'll give you a hint it was a dirty, dirty job. >> for sure. >> th

live rise has renewed its lease at its market street store, despite neighbors old navy and nordstrom closing down in the past two months. in a post on its website, the company says it will keep the 22,000 square foot location that it's been in for the last decade. levi says it remains committed to san francisco and wants to be a positive force for change in its hometown. levi's has pledged to distribute $500,000 in grants to local organizations and is creating volunteer opportunities for employees. new at 11, the world premiere of a new musical based on the story of soul train brought a little bit of broadway to san francisco. soul train is everything, and it's about time that the world has gotten a taste of this culture. executive producer questlove was among those on the red carpet at the american conservatory theater tonight. the show, the hippest trip, pays tribute to the long running music show and its founder, don cornelius, who put black artists front and center. pam brown bryant, as was hired to find dancers when the show moved to los angeles. he hired me because i had worked

to the extent this is another warning shot, we heard from nordstroms who would have a similar clientele and we're starting to hear from them about delinquencies. i think it's a case where as market players, we're looking at, is there really going to be strength in term os their pricing ability? is there really going to be the kind of demand? i still think there was an enormous pull forward in terms of where demand was for rh products. they're wonderful products, and i think they're always going to have a consumer to pay what the premium is for those products. i wouldn't overreact to today's numbers. but we see ingredients and they're coming in from every piece of the demographic spectrum the the consumer. >> there are only so many large sofas one can have, julie, in your home. that is part of the rh problem. but management also talked about overconfidence in the pandemic price increases, which was interesting i thought because that gets to the notion that at some point you cannot raise prices even more, and with the consumer that's starting to count their pennies so to speak, they're re

when i first started doing makeup, i started working for a counter at nordstrom.lly worked for a brand that had. >> huge range of colors for skin skin tones. at the time i felt like that was missing was bowl colored lips sticks and the true matt formula and they just weren't pigment so that's kind of how me and my business partner part of the wednesday is that we both felt there was something missing in the cosmetics industry. we started with the lifts stake. and that's what really made my company take going to take a brown griner be intimidated by isis where it will work out. okay. >> and i'm just going to line just around outside. one of our biggest most successful collections that we've had today was wanted that no collection, everything that we've made from the jaw line to the lips sticks to the eyeshadow palettes had some kind of story behind it from michael cultural some of the colors that i remember seeing from my childhood whenever i would go to trips to mexico. but we still got a trip mexico every year of my family to truck on. >> when you see like young

are -- politics aside, i think they're disappointed with so many things that have happened, with nordstrom closing, the highway to crime, et cetera. they're looking for new areas in which to get involved. >> reporter: tim has lived in the area for decades and has seen how it's changed and with this new attention he's happy to share the city's story. >> i don't know. you can probably tell i'm a big fan of vallejo. >> as of late san francisco ranked second in that very same study. homes in the city are selling for over 31,000 above asking. san jose was fourth behind rochester, new york. it looks like florida is much more of a buyers market. key west came in dead last with homes selling for 44,000 below asking. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, the death of jimmy buffett hitting hard for an entire generation of music lovers. >> i'm numb. it's very surreal to me. it's shocking that i'm having this reaction for somebody i've never met. >> how a song he wrote right here in the bay area changed his life before he went on to inspire millions of people. >>> later, there's not much to celebrate about a

so i think because nordstrom's left and others have left, i think that's what american eagle is lookingt, saying we don't want to wait till 20, 28 to leave. we want to leave now. >> it is important to note that within this complaint there is a request for monetary compensation for american eagle. no specific number was given, though. i did reach out to american eagle representatives who told me they would not be commenting on the matter. i also reached out to westfield reps who told me westfield is declining to comment because we have not been served. the lawsuit. j.r. stone, abc seven news. all right, j.r. thank you. >> now we want to get you back to that contentious school board meeting over in the small town of sunol. >> yeah, that's just south of pleasanton. the school district there just voted to ban pride flags and it got quite heated. >> it did. abc seven news reporter tim johns was at the meeting all night. he shows us how the debate is dividing that community. >> yeah, the school board meeting was extremely heated, so much so that they actually closed it down to the public beca

and grabs just last month, dozens of suspects made off with $100,000 worth of merchandise from a nordstrom in la's canoga park. then there was this heist in glendale. thieves taking $300,000 worth of stuff from a luxury store, the city making several arrests in recent weeks as la launches a task force to investigate these crimes. >> we view them as organized crime, and we will use every tool available under the law. but some critics argue it's the law that needs to change. >> a proposed california law prevents stores from requiring employees to confront shoplifters. and many major retailers already have no such policies in place. but this family owned shop in el monte says they'll do whatever it takes to safeguard their store. we're a small family business, you know, we try to, like, protect our. the suspect in that el monte case didn't make off with anything. but the family says he did threaten them in addition to an arrest. they say they want to see tougher penalties for these types of thieves. andrew ryan morgan, thank you for that story. >> the ceo of australia's quant us airways is re

. >> david: the excited scientists doing pulling out of the city like nordstrom. >> target closing ist takes a toll in the community. >> target is closing nine stores across the country, three of them right here in the bay area. and the company is blaming retail theft. >> there can no longer be a claimant of anything goes. >> san francisco mayor london breeds new plan to get drug addicts off the streets. good afternoon. i'm kristin xie. >> and i'm julian glover. we start this hour with president biden's arrival in the bay area. his plane landed just 40 minutes ago. there you see it, air force one at moffett field. he has a packed 24 hour fundraising trip. the president will be in both the south bay and san francisco. while he's here. >> that's right. president biden is now on his way to his first stop as his campaign trail intersects the bay area air force one landing earlier in mountain view at 318 this afternoon after mr. biden visited a striking autoworkers in michigan earlier today. santa clara county supervisor susan ellenberg was among those to greet president biden, along with

cocomplex witht bowling,g, pool and arcade and karaoke into stones down and moving into the old nordstromich has been vacant since 2019. this is a video from the company website, it is set to open in the first half of next year. if you are looking for vitamins and business go this weekend, starting tomorrow, stern grove will be open seven days a week. he said he just finished major repairs there. the east and has been closed since 2021 after a water main break did message imagery has been closed weekdays ever since for repairs and hazardous tree removal. we have heard of people stealing koi fish before, as weird as that may seem, but the suspect took off with tens of thousands of dollars worth of fish, one at a time. ♪♪ alex! mateteo, hey how's s business?? greaeat. you knonow that loan has reallyly worked wowon. that's whahat u.s. banank is . and you'rere growing in c california?a? -y-yup, socal,l, norcal.... -m-monterey? -a-all day. -a b branch in v ventura? ththat's for s sure-ah. atmsms in fresnono? fres-yes.. encicinitas? yes,s, indeed-usus. anaheieim? big time.. morere guacamolele?

look at what the biden ministration did by blowing up the nordstrom to pipeline. so these and interesting as well isn't scott that you, you've got a mainstream magazine such as the atlantic saying it. and such stark term is itself that they recognize the writing on the wall. they recognize that the european countries look at nato and they look at jo bite and is one in the same. and joe biden is being handled and managed and corrupt and falling apart is families, completely corrupt, is corrupted. the american government into a qua side communist police state. it's tearing the country into a civil war. med vanessa is called upon that saying america is going off the rails and the civil. busy war and he's exactly right. we've been saying that for over a year. and we've said this conflict in ukraine that russia had every right to step into to protect its own people in its own land, from bio weapons, to all sorts of nato technology and missiles and troops. russia was justified to go in and protect itself. it had x, a central security interest in that atlanta council art

our raids by is read the forces here in the nordstrom stuff. you can basically it's hard to realize which parts of the damage took place in this sunday rate. and which parts took place in the last month wave to the, to cut in area as the nation for a few g caps here. people say that they were intimidated. they were scared. and some of the more telling us that they were trying to rebuild, the damage that has incurred after is where the forces has way that the comp and damage the main street just less than a month ago. and as they were trying to finish off those renovations in the reconstruction of the main street is really force has returned here and damaged the infrastructure. once again, during the raids arms, confrontations took place between some palestinian fighters and the is where the forces. one armed man was killed at 21 year old. another man, a 32 year old, a father of 2. his wife was expect saying she is pregnant and they would expect thing the 3rd baby when he was killed, according to palestinians. here he was just going about his th

i'm here to speak today about the attack on the nordstrom pipeline that took place one year ago on september 26th, 2022 for explosions ruptured the north stream. one and 2 pipelines that carried natural gas from russia to euro was the biggest act of industrial sabotage in human history, february and the main artery for energy from russia to germany cheap energy that was critical to maintaining germany's industrial base. every talk in the end ridiculous theory and how this happened. now you don't need to be a genius investigative reporter to figure out who is the corporate of the more stream attack. incredibly, most wester, news outlets ignore the fact that the president of the united states, joe biden himself announced on february 9th 2022. that he would, in fact, attack the north st. jude bike line, saying, and i quote, if russia invade ukraine tanks crossing the border again, there will no longer be annoyed stream to lifeline. we will bring an end to it. i promise you, we will be able to do it. even with that pre admission of guilt from the president of the united states, most of the weste

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so i think because nordstrom's left and others have left, i think that's what american eagle is lookingg we don't want to wait till 20, 28 to leave. we want to leave now. >> it is important to note that within this complaint there is a request for monetary compensation for american eagle. no specific number was given, though. i did reach out to american eagle representatives who told me they would not be commenting on the matter. i also reached out to westfield reps who told me westfield is declining to comment because we have not been served. the lawsuit. j.r. stone, abc seven news. all right, j.r. thank you. >> now we want to get you back to that contentious school board meeting over in the small town of sunol. >> yeah, that's just south of pleasanton. the school district there just voted to ban pride flags and it got quite heated. >> it did. abc seven news reporter tim johns was at the meeting all night. he shows us how the debate is dividing that community. >> yeah, the school board meeting was extremely heated, so much so that they actually closed it down to the public because so m

nordstrom, kohl's, target. the endless pressure with the stock at cvs. full locker, best buy. it is causing the collapse of the dollar stores. dollar general is the store you go to when things get tough. covid created a world where people learn something new during the pandemic. they try costco and they save a huge amount of money. i have seen a dozen tick talks about how much people love shopping there. the treasure hunt from a to z. it is a cooler place than we thought, if this is the first visit. during the pandemic, people may have sampled walmart. they discovered it was not the walmart of old. giant towers of ookies and donuts. aisles that are a turnoff to anybody health-conscious. you find health foods. i kid you not. nothing but natural fruit and veggies that rivals whole foods. you are thinking that you are in a different store entirely. i did not need to call over a clerk to buy anything. we saw a change in the perception of amazon. they could bring merchandise to their house in the same day. you order in the morning, you get home from work, there it is. of amazon can