it's better for the puppies. people that come in to see the puppies, they can pet the puppies. but unfortunately, what's best for the puppies may not always be what's best for the store. >> because the puppies are out in the open for people to be able to play with them and touch them and hold them, we've had a number of thefts. >> these dogs can cost anywhere from $500 to $2,500. but it's not the loss of revenue that bothers cindy most about puppy thefts. >> a man walked in the store, stopped and looked at that puppy, and he reaches through the hole and pulls the puppy out by its neck, puts the puppy under his shirt, and walks out the door. it was devastating that he could handle a puppy that way. the puppy could have died if he would have broken the dog's neck. >> cindy quickly releases the tape to the local media and says, thanks to viewer tips, the puppy is recovered in good health. the bow wow bandit is arrested and pleads guilty to grand theft. this next canine theft is more of a team effort. >> three young girls came into the store, walked around the store together for a

those are little corgi mix puppies. someone had dropped them off in the snow and cold to just fend for themselves. >> they were pretty social. they were taking treats and bouncing around like puppies do. >> their faces are adorable. >> they were returning around in this abandoned home. you can see they were quite dirty, quite hungry, quite cold. a vet looked these puppies over and gave them their necessary vaccinations and now these little puppies are available for adoption. and they were found around the holiday season so they appropriately named these three little pups prancer, dasher and santa paws. >> you're sad for the puppies but it's a good day for the rescue guy. when you get to carry around all those puppies at once, how can you not be super psyched about that? >> there are so many things can you do with a v-8 engine. >> so many. >> most people think you just have to drive a car with it but the guy down in australia decided to take a v-8 engine and turn it into an implement of destruction. ♪ >> oh, it's a chain

what's next for this little puppy? hopes to get better. >> reporter: it need as few weeks but the good news is that the puppy will get better after being buried in the back of a garbage truck or recycling truck that came to this recycling center. that is where a worker found this dog on a conveyor belt mixed win the bottles and cans. this 10 week old puppy is an apricot colored poodle and it does have some pretty serious injuries. animal control says they have no idea how it got there, they say really the whole thing is still a mystery. >> she has some bite wounds and some wounds on her neck and the back of her head that you know, were consistent with another animal, and lameness in her rear legs. >> reporter: animal control nicknamed the dog gem because she was that gem that was found on the conveyor belt and in his 17 years of doing this, animal control director says he has never seen anything like this. but again, after the few weeks of recovery, this little dog will be up for adoption. so if you are interested in a

they have five >> coming up a puppy found in the nick of time this, puppy with a waiting list of phone shall owners. >> also, sheriff deputy walked away after getting hit by two bullets. how it happened. >> and michael finney uncorking >> and michael finney uncorking perfect wine. stay with good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need some pudding. yeah, there's one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >>> san francisco animal shelter being inundated with calls from people wanting to adopt a puppy found on a conveyor belt. no shortage of people that would like to give it a good home. >> there is so much interest that there are people waiting for the shelter to open. >> the cooks drove this morning to soon after the

with his behavior, no doubt he came from a puppy mill. i'm so thrilled with the positive outpouring of support from everyone around the world, hoping it has positive changes to shut down these puppy mills. >> due to the attention, the investigation by the sbca officer, those animals were removed from the deplorable conditions, and now of course they're seeking homes in good, loving, caring homes. an amazing story. shrek, he certainly had a horrible, horrible start to his life, not only going to have a good finish but helped bring 12 histories with him. >> how does it feel for you to know you put together a mea minute-long video you had a hand getting the story out there? >> i feel privileged in my position. if i can shed a little light on the veterinarian team, i'm go doing it. >> is shrek looking on a new home. >> i'm pretty sure it's a sure thing. >> starts out looking normal, surveillance video from really nice home, right? all of a sudden the home is getting a visitor. looks like a woman, she's believed to be inner 60s. dropping on by

looking at me with puppy eyes. just breaking my heart. >> animal control hoping tips will help them figure out how gem ended up in the trash. now there are only theorys. >> let the next door neighbor dog attack it and they threw hear way or... people could be abusing her. >> shelter workers have been flooded with calls from people eager to give her a home. this couple arrived to put names on the list. >> if it's us, someone else, her story touched many people. she's going to have a wonderful life. >> that is all anyone can hope for for this little puppy has has been through so much. >> in san jose there are reports of gunfire at eastridge mall. information just coming in on this. we have a reporter headed there. sky seven is on the way as well. we hope to have a report for you as soon as we have more details. >> we're live at candle stick park for what is likely to be the final finale. holiday memories for one woman. >> san francisco sends out a new invitation to america's cup after learning expensive lessons. >> i

puppy: oh, here's another. posturepedic, even tempur-pedic. puppy: i found another red tag! bulldog: what! where? puppy: right here, silly. ha-ha-ha! bulldog: tickles! mattress discounters' year end clearance sale ends soon. ♪ mattress discounters . >>> it is winter and flu season. this is in the south where it is bad. other states are seeing a rough season taking shape. you do have a lot of company. it has arrived in northern california. as dan deer kerman is telling us, it is spreading rapidly. >> we had school age children, now this week it is everybody. the kids started it in the schools. now that they are home they are passing it to everyone. it is very common among all age groups . >> reporter: he is a pediatric doctor. he says it is the h1n1 strain. >> those that got vaccinated should be protected. >> reporter: this mix of cough, congestion, fever and body aches could be around for a while. >> a normal flu is 6 weeks and we have 4 more weeks, but every year is different. >> reporter: this can last up to

looking at me with puppy eyes. just breaking my heart. >> animal control hoping tips will help them figure out how gem ended up in the trash. now there are only theorys. >> let the next door neighbor dog attack it and they threw hear way or... people could be abusing her. >> shelter workers have been flooded with calls from people eager to give her a home. this couple arrived to put names on the list. >> if it's us, someone else, her story touched many people. she's going to have a wonderful life. >> that is all anyone can hope for for this little puppy has has been through so much. >> in san jose there are reports of gunfire at eastridge mall. information just coming in on this. we have a reporter headed there. sky seven is on the way as well. we hope to have a report for you as soon as we have more details. >> we're live at candle stick park for what is likely to be the final finale. holiday memories for one woman. >> san francisco sends out a new invitation to america's cup after learning expensive lessons. >> i

it appears someone just threw the puppy away. animal care and control says she's eating well and socializing. >> she's recovering from injuries and trauma she endured out there >> someone called from connecticut willing to fly out to take the dog. i had a rescue group saying they're going to take the dog. she would take the dog and treat it. >> little puppy there was adorable. investigators want to know how the dog got into the trash. animal control workers are calling the puppy a gem saying she's like a diamond in the rough, she looked adorable. >> glad she's going to be okay and has a lot of offers to take her home. >> still ahead a critical ruling in san jose that could affect city workers. >> a weekend of twitter mishaps and steve martin apologizing after embarrassing tweets. >> taking a look outside, you can see the sun game, maybe. everybody >>> a judge ruled to overturn a measure to call for tough pension reforms david louie joins us to explain the decision. david? >> ever >> there is no question this is going to have stro

the puppy they are calling "gem" is expected to make a full recovery. in the meantime the story has touched the public. >> we have been flooded with calls of people who want to adopt and foster her. this morning alone we have received 100 phone calls. >> animal control will hold a lottery to pick a new home for the dog. those responsible for the dog's injuries if found could face criminal charges. >> who would throw a puppy in the trash? >> let's go to rob mayeda and find out about how our holiday forecast is. >> it looks good for travel plans. the temperatures will be climbing, mainly clear skies. 40s and 50s right now. in the north bay down to 37 degrees. not a lot of wind. and this is the problem. all the smoke in the bay area has nowhere to go. and if "w" the winds off shore we are seeing more smoke from the central valley drifting from east to west across the bay area tonight. the temperatures in parts of the north bay tomorrow morning will have a chance at starting off in mid-30s. we are seeing that right now. close to napa and fairfield in the up

the puppy was frightened. >> reporter: investigators want to know where this puppy came from. however the workers i talked to here say that will be difficult to determine if not impossible. one thing seems clear this puppy was disposed of. a deliberate act. >> it had to go into a dumpster by someone placing it there. >> reporter: animal welfare says if it can't find her owner, adoption for this gem should be no problem. >> someone can definitely you know take good care of it and raise it and be somebody's best friend. >> in san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police say a phone scammer is tricking and threatening vallejo residents. a resident was recently contacted by someone who said he was a police officer. then they told her that there was a warrant for her arrest and if they didn't pay $3,000, their children would be placed in social services. >>> about 2 million chase accounts were affected by a breach at target stores. between november 27 and december 15 data was stolen from as many as 40 million credit and debit cards. >>> the annual scramble to try t

. >>> a puppy rescued from the trash. now the incredible demand to adopt the poodle and how her new home will be picked. >> this morning alone we received 100 phone calls within three hours. >> another winter spared air alert for the bay area. i'm tracking the chances the warm weather will last through christmas. >>> after the break, an affordable care act deadline extended. why the extra time may not apply to you. . >>> a golden gate ferry boat is up and running after being taken out of service this morning with mechanical problems, they canceled the 7:30 run this morning, but the return run is on schedule. golden gate officials say the traffic was light this morning because of the holiday week and the cancellation did not have the same impact it would have during a normal commute. >>> veterans groups are fighting against a provision of the new budget deals that limits pension increases. under the agreement, military retires younger than 62 get a smaller annual pension increase. after protests from the military community

let's look at this 10 week old poodle puppy.her gem because she is exactly that, she was found on a conveyor at this recycling center, there to be sorted essentially with the bottles and cans and everything else dumped out of a truck. that's where they say the dog came from. it was buried in the truck, somehow it got there and wound up on this conveyor belt. badly hurt. but the animal control director told us in his 17 years of doing this he has never seen anything like this. >> she was like a diamond in the rough, something you don't find very often, then to be sorting trash and find this precious little gem is just like something that's rare, you know. >> reporter: again, this dog will be okay. that is the great news. she will be up for adoption in san francisco, but that will be in a few more weeks. she has a spend time recovering from these injuries. animal control says is consistent with being attacked by another animal though they are not sure what happened to her. they would tluv know what happened to her if someone out t

. >>> a wild story, a little puppy found in a garbage bag and found in a dumpster. we'll tell you how workers found this. look at the puppy. what would have happened if they had not found it. >>> a close call. a special visit from stan ta for hundreds. a unique project and how you can help. Ñw? >>> air jordan sneakers appear to be all the rage this year, in one case literally. >> oh, my gosh. >> this showed video that broke out at the finish line in stockton. one man was on the ground after being hit in the head. there was gunfire after people argued about their place in line. >>> on a lighter note, santa made an appearance in oakland this week and made a lot of children very happy santa and his sidekick handed out hundreds of gifts. the two started this toy drive five years ago creating a website. people can send in their donations. >> my friends and family and people just want to give and don't really know how sometimes, so everyone just keeps giving us more and more every year. >> santa say they were able to pass out 400 gifts this holiday season. >>> beyonca mad

. >>> a heart breaking discovery, a puppy wrapped in a bag abused and discarded. police are looking for the person behind the animal abuse. >> the puppy is lucky to be alived. discovered by a recycling plant. the condition of the puppy called jim. >> workers at the dump were going about their day when they discovered a tuft of white hair. they call her gem and saved her. her injuries include bite marks near her head, neck, and ears. she is said to be lame in her hind legs. most of her injuries happened before she was thrown away. the life of a start of a 10 week old. dan ruben, kron4news. >>> a man was beaten with a pipe by the driver who almost ran him over. the victim is in critical condition. >> reporter: down on the ground, dazed just minutes after this man was nearly hit by a car and beaten by the driver. they weren't able to head off the driver before he sped away. police say the 47-year-old was crossing the street after 7:00 saturday, the suspect driving in a late 80s 4-door almost ran into the victim. the two men exchanged words. the verbal alterication tu

more confusion for this little puppy. this little puppy is about to have bath time. there is no water in the sink yet. the puppy is like water, i'm a dog, time to dog paddle. >> holy moly, that's the cutest dog ever. that is a powder puff with ears. >> i love thinking this dog is going to swim. >> oh, my gosh. >> i see it. it awfully cute. >> swim, cocoa, swim! >> a new way to light up the holidays. they their chemistry ha everywhere. >> and still to come -- >> the kissing goes on and on and on. >> but see what happens when they take the pda to another level. plus see how teddy the porcupine enjoys a christmas treat. >> is it good? >> yeah! >>> have you voted for the best videos of 2013 yet. >> we want to know your favorites. check out the video, click thumbs up to vote. >> and on new year's day we'll unveil the best videos of 2013 on right this the this comb.com. >> you guys know there are pums around. petty is getting a whole new pile of grass. >> his corn is being served on a hunt of ladder. >> oh, eddie eating treats? he talks all the way through it. >> what it i

this puppy was thrown out in the trash and rescued in the nick of time. the death of paul walker is delaying the release of his final film. >>> the mild weather pattern and the areas flirting with 70s. i will let you know in the forecast. >>> an update on the jewelry store robbery, a crew just sent us this, a man walked in the store and broke the case where a hammer. the police are looking for him. some people left the mall, but it remains open and only the immediate area around the store is cornered off. we will have more on the 10:00 news. >>> san francisco city crews had an overnight protest. they had a mock version of a monopoly board. the federal reserve was established 100 years ago today. >>> a san francisco animal shelter had a kitten waiting to be spayed when someone stole her. there was surveillance video. the 2 month old was recognized and home. >>> a puppy was thrown out in the trash. this cute little dog has sparked interest around the company. >> reporter: the phones at animal care and control ve been ringing off the hook because of this fac

." >>> still to come, two stray puppies are stuck out in the cold. >> oh, look at them cullediddli toother. >> luckily, in this case, this was a really easy rescue. how the humane society brought them in safe and sound >>> a soccer match where >>> everyone ignored the ball. no one touches the ball. uch a big hit. the first pot of gold of the holidays. hmm, truffle or caramel? caramel! dad? hmmm... time's up! want one? yea! i love the holidays. share the holidays with hershey's pot of gold chocolates. >>> truth. the humane society, a fantastic organization. we see lots of videos from the michigan humane society. in this particular video, it is these two adorable puppies, valentine and secora. >> look at them cuddling up to each other. >> the michigan humane society received a call from the family inside this house saying these two stray puppies had wondered up on their property. >> it seems to me like somebody abandoned them. they knew to sit by the door. they knew to sit by the door to go inside because it is warmer there. it is obviously cold if this is michigan this time of year. >>

why was a puppy found here? who threw her away? . [ male announcer ] december is customer appreciation month at subway. we're saying thanks with two of your favorite six inch subs. the six-inch cold cut combo, or the six-inch meatball marinara, built fresh from the bread up for just $2 each all december long. subway. eat fresh. >>> new at 5:00, left for dead, dumped in the garbage and on her way to the trash heap, a sharp eyed worker found her and now she has turned into a christmas miracle. ken pritchard talked to the man who helped to save this tiny pooch. >> reporter: this poodle here friday night, stuffed in a garbage bag on a conveyor belt piled high with trash before she was saved gem, >> she's a precious little gem that ended up with the trash can. >> the puppy a few months old is recovering at animal care and control. >> she had some injuries on her. >> >> reporter: wounds on her neck, but she will survive thanks to vets and two workers sorting trash on this conveyor belt by hand and saw a bag wiggling. >> luckily, we stopp

workers -- found friday night the puppy nicknamed jim was scared. some injuries on the neck but seemed to be okay. after it was found, they immediately called animal worker. >> we caught it just in time before it fell off the belt and in the pit where it would have been transferred to one of the landfalls. >> the puppy is recovering at san francisco animal care and control. officials want to know what truck that puppy was found on so they can track down the city. >>> a kitten was stolen from the animal shelter control. she's been found safe. a hotel manager found this 2- month-old kitten after seeing reports on the news. surveillance footage showed two women at the shelter during the abduction. the kitten is expected to be reunited with her new owners this afternoon at the shelter. >>> the data breach at target stores across the country is spurring lawsuits and high- level investigations. the it involves customers' credit and debit card information. two class action lawsuits against the retailer have been filed here in california. there's a third in

. >> a puppy is recovering this morning after a worker found the animal at a recycling center. we have details from the plant if san francisco. >> maybe there was other trash in there and i could see the puppy was trying to crawl owe. >> he stopped the line when he saw the poodle moving on the belt and she was wet, shaking and pleading. she was through quite an ordeal. she ended up in a debris box before be transported to the plant. >> it had to be load bit forklift driver and, also, go through what we call the shaker where we try to shake the debris like the dirt and styrofoam stuff like that and came down the line. the puppy is now in the care of san francisco animal care and control where workers have called her gem recovering well from the wounds she found on her neck. they noticed she is moving fine. the question is how she got the injuries and how she ended up in the debris box. >> that is what we are working with, trying to see if they can track which truck she came in by reviewing the cameras and seeing if we know what neighborhood she came from. >> officers are help ho

an hour later, they were distracted by puppy yelps.he newborn puppy made it. >> to happen before christmas, it was just wonderful, tearing up already. >> reporter: the vets named the little puppy miracle. they're still baffled by how the two dogged survived. mom and pup will be available for adoption in february. that is so great, isn't that cool, anthony, when you think about the good work that vets do, especially for dogs like that in need? >> it makes you want to go to the adoption place and pick up all the puppies. >> scoop them right up, that's for sure. >> we're looking at beautiful conditions. the only unfortunate thing, it's hazy outside. temperatures are warming so quickly already. in the 60s in the east bay. right now in the north bay, climbing out of what was a cold morning from the 20s back to 51 degrees. let's take you out and show you what we're looking at as far as the rest of our temperatures go. city by city. you can see san francisco already up to 60 degrees. san jose at 55 degrees. i want to show you what's going to

of an election year and it follows a period on crisp into unease in protest against him and his ak puppy puppy based on perceptions of corruption the ak party is now reportedly driven by splits with the faction led by us actively seeking a double and scalpel. the spanish kings traditional christmas eve but just ignore that on half the lithium tv for the first time in its fifty year history. it highlights growing separatists beginning in the northeastern region ironically king kong law school. the spanish units a month immortal god for many years. we walked side by side building a democracy. i won't post them all together we've results problems even more difficult than the ones we face today. use him and always with the same objective to reach a common goal the local one. fellow nationalists and use the vehicle was great to autonomy within spying. but recently of more radical independent smith and to spring up. also just off the appellants would but for full independence. but madrid says a proposed referendum next year would be unconstitutional and has backed the book. rhonda hundred and

puppy: oh, here's another.lldog: that means up to $300 off serta, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic. puppy: i found another red tag! bulldog: what! where? puppy: right here, silly. ha-ha-ha! bulldog: tickles! mattress discounters' year end clearance sale ends soon. ♪ mattress discounters >> reporter:as the year comes to a close - becky anderson has some of the most memorable movie moments of the past year. >> reporter:throughout the year the movie industry has been vying for you're your attention. endless interviews have been conducted and miles of red carpet walked. but it's now that the competition really begins to heat up for the awards campaign season, whether that's for a british bafta, french cesar or ultimate hollywood accolade an academy award. >> reporter:we start with the current front runner - 12 years a slave. steve mcqueen's harrowing depiction of solomon northrup's enslavement between 1841 and 1853 has put him in line for a best director award. >> reporter:plus a powerful performance from chiwetel e

this little puppy may be living proof that dogs do, too.will tell you why he is being called a miracle. >> rescuers couldn't believe they found this man alive trapped nearly three-days at the bottom of the ocean. this incredible story, it's not the most amazing thing caught on camera this year. we will show you. >> a woman has a shocking experience at the denver zoo. she climbed an electric fence designed to keep elephants away from people. she was drunk at the time. luckily the elephants were inside for the season. >> a sheriff is putting an end to the holiday music for inmates. he is putting an end to playing christmas and other religious music 24-hours a day in prison. it was an effort to encourage the holiday spirit. it made the inmates a little more irritable. he receives 8500 prisoners in arizona. he's nooen for using many unorthodox methods in his institutions. >> before we ring in 2014 let's take a look back. we have for you some of the most memorable caught on camera moments on 2013. >> a dash cam on an 18 wheeler catches a fellow

when they found the puppy, they took the puppy and called animal welfare.age area they found her in so they can find out which county she is from. >>> lake tahoe, 19-year-old alyssa wandered away from the event and her body was found in the snow and was found to have died of hypothermia and found drugs in her system. we will keep a heated tent open and stay opened for extended hours. >>> reeking havoc over the past few days. in mississippi, two torns left two people -- tornadoes left two people dead. it left major flight delays and is not having this much impact and all three of the big airports say operations are normal. >> we do anticipate the east coast weather and everything is operating on time this morning. >>> they do expect a massive holiday crowd with 100,000 passengers. allow plenty of extra time and if you find them, be sure to check on weather and connections there. >>> mechanical problems could cause some problems for ferry riders to pinellas county this evening. -- pinellas county. this morning they had to cancel it and commuters waited 20 min

a puppy coming down the belt. we spoke to the rescuers who saved the injured pup from certain death. >> he's improving. the five-pound poodle is eating as her wounds are healing and she is probably trying to forget the unbelievably close call with death. she's been tossed into a debris box holding construction material and dumped here at the san francisco ecology center. and you can see the wood, real heavy stuff. it is difficult to know how they survived, the movement of this material. >> reporter: he also survived a giant bulldozer, loading her and the debris on to the conveyer belt. the machine that will violently shake everything and then dumps it all on to the belt. just 20 feet from where they will dump that down the shoot. they saw the pup and pulled the switch to stop line. >> my co-workers, they climbed on top of the line. at that time i could see the puppy's head out of the bag, as it was trying to move. >> reporter: they thought it was a stuffed animal. >> i went outside and i saw the box. and a perfect

puppy: oh, here's another.ulldog: that means up to $300 off serta, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic. puppy: i found another red tag! bulldog: what! where? puppy: right here, silly. ha-ha-ha! bulldog: tickles! mattress discounters' year end clearance sale ends soon. ♪ mattress discounters >> welcome back. a dog abuse suspect is still on the loose. you may remember workers at a sampras's or ecology center from the dog among trash on a conveyor belt. there's good news for her, gem has been placed with a foster home. san francisco animal control posted on their face book page that she does not seem to be traumatized from the ordeal. >> a mexican highway near the u.s. border collapsed over the weekend. the toll road runs tollensenada and tijuana. one upholds created by the destruction was more than 40 ft. deep and stretched 200 ft. long. the damage happened about 60 mi. from mexico border and the united states. no one was hurt. the area was hit with a 4.6 a 4.6 it's time to make room for the new mattress models durin

. >>> a little puppy named honey and somebody stole christmas presents and the puppy.hey donated some items to help the family out but the family is troubled. they are planning on moving out of town after their puppy was stolen. >>> and one of the largest holiday more moll you' all -- memorials, there is a big feast being prepared right now. >> reporter: this is one of those moments where you wish you were able to smell television. it is set to begin as they are prepping to prepare the turkey and hadn't as well. i want to bring in jeep about that. >> we are carve these later and we start at 9:00 and on the other table we do salads and we will be doing this for half the day and then switch over to making bagged lunches later today. >> talk about this, this is something that does not happen overnight? >> no, we have a little stirring community at glide and we start our holiday plan being and we start to get everything in line to get ready for all of the events. we start on thanksgiving and in between we have 11 or 12 major events. >> was there any concern of not having t

the puppy was frightened. it was scared.as whining. >> the whole situation that she just went through is traumatizing. we don't know. again we don't know how many days she was in the repsych -- in the truck. we don't know. >> reporter: gem suffered nasty wounds to her leg. she will recover but it may be weeks before she's put up for adoption. the calls are people who want her. one dog with a waiting list of more than 100 people. but there are other gems at the shelter looking for a home. >> someone doesn't get gem they can always come down to our shelter and look through our kennels we have other lovely animals up for adoption. >> reporter: animal investigators are looking at who put this dog into a trash bag and into a dumpster. we talked to the man who found gem who says he would like to be on the list to adopt her. >>> san francisco city leaders made their first move today to bring the america's cup back to the city. mayor ed lee today delivered a letter to the cup's event authority. it includes the city's preliminary ide

the puppy now named gem is expected to make a full recovery. the puppy story has touched the public. >> we're being flooded with calls from people who want to adopt her. we have already received 100 phone calls this morning alone. >> animal control will likely hold a lottery to pick a new home for the dog if the owner doesn't come forward. those responsible for the dog's injuries could face criminal charges. >>> a live look over san jose where you can see for yourself it is smoggy outside. it prompts a health warning. we have just had the most bizarre december. >> we have. from fall into winter, the way things are going, looks like we're not going to get any more measurable rain for the year. smoke pollution extremely high as we head into tomorrow. another spare the air alert for tuesday. where things make an unusual twist will be during the day on tuesday where air quality gets worse around the bay area. by wednesday, unhealthy for everyone. not just the folks who have asthma or respiratory issues. the air quality reaching its worst right arou

san jose is the largest city in the nation to adopt a foam fo food ware ordinance. >>> a puppy foundi recycling company is showing an outpouring of support from community. >> reporter: every jay this done at recology recycling yard, he watches the cast-offs. >> you name it, we see it. >> reporter: as a trash sorter he looks at the conveyor belt to look for things to save. >> our job is to try to save things from going into the landfill. >> reporter: before friday, foster has never been called ton save a living thing. >> this is where i saw the puppy coming down the line. it was in the bag. >> reporter: among the trash a small poodle. foster pulled his emergency cord to stop the belt. >> it was bleeding, cut, in bad condition. >> reporter: workers cared for the dog until animal control could arrive. someone appropriately named it gem. >> the dog had some bite wounds, conjunctivitis, she is under treatment by a veterinarian and is expected to make a full recovery. >> reporter: the puppy's sad story is prompting hundreds of calls from people hoping to adopt it this cup drove from martin

>>> next at 6:00, what is being done to help a severely injured puppy found abandoned in san francisco. >> how a community is coming together to support a bay area family whose daughter was declared brain dead. >> a look at the weather across the u.s. from tornadoes to floods to icy winter storms. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >>> hope remains for a bay area family whose daughter was declared brain dead by doctors. hey believe a second opinion will help keep her on a vent ventilator. tonight the parents are joining the community to pray for a positive outcome. >> jahi mcmath went in for to answer -- tonsillectomy this month. doctors said there were complications and declared her brain dead. her family believes jahi is still alive and will get a second opinion next week. cornell bernard is live in oakland where the family has join a community prayer. reporter: the family of jahi mcmath heads back to court tomorrow as their fight to keep her on life support continues. local faith leaders are sending formal letters to the d.a. and the hospital demanding action. >> we're saying that when y

the puppy was frightened. it was scared.tion that she just went through is traumatizing. we don't know. again we don't know how many days she was in the repsych -- in the truck. we don't know. >> reporter: gem suffered nasty wounds to her leg. she will recover but it may be weeks before she's put up for adoption. the calls are people who want her. one dog with a waiting list of more than 100 people. but there are other gems at the shelter looking for a home. >> someone doesn't get gem they can always come down to our shelter and look through our kennels we have other lovely animals up for adoption. >> reporter: animal investigators are looking at who put this dog into a trash bag and into a dumpster. we talked to the man who found gem who says he would like to be on the list to adopt her. >>> san francisco city leaders made their first move today to bring the america's cup back to the city. mayor ed lee today delivered a letter to the cup's event authority. it includes the city's preliminary idea of hosting the next races. m

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she still is a puppy and trying to suckle from my hand so she is very cute. >> my team. fluffy dogs are my type. it broke my heart. >> she probably had another week of care from the veterinarian here before she is ready to be adopted but when she is, and if they cannot fine the anti, they are keep -- find the owner they will determine who the new owner is, but don't forget there are 16 other dogs at the shelter ready for adoption. >> what a better christmas present. bart general manager will recommend that the board of director aprove a new deal reached between bart and the unions as soon as possible. over the weekend, the two sides reached an agreement over a disputed clause that. agreed employees six weeks of paid leave and they could decide how to use a bank's paid time off to main take the payments if they need tyke off. union leaders are expected to take the deal to their members for a vote soon. >> say good by to candlestick park with the last scheduled game for the 49ers stadium as people remember 43 seasons of football and many other huge events. wayne is at cand

. >>> a young puppy trapped in a garbage bag on a steel conveyor belt.d the little puppy and what would have happened if they had not. >>> an oakland girl declared braindead may get reevaluated. what's happening in court that may affect her. >>> a look at highway 4, traffic moving nicely. we do have incidence to report on the peninsula coming up in traffic. >>> a pleasant afternoon in the forecast for your monday. the headline this morning, a chilly start. i'll have a look alt current conditions as well as afternoon highs coming up. good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need some pudding. yeah, there's one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >>> it's not quite as chilly as recent

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. >>> this morning the waiting list to adopt an injured puppy in san francisco is growing. the dog was found on a trash sorting conveyer belt. don knapp shows us had it not been for one employee this story would have had a different ending. >> reporter: 24 hours earlier this pup was on a conveyer belt going through the trash separator. much like a scene from toy story 3, she was heading toward the end of her short life. >> employees stopped the belt and called us. >> reporter: a truck like this on is route picked up a recycle can with a pup inside and dumped it into the back. >> they drove back and the many other collections they collected, they traveled back to their site, dumped it into a chute. the chute goes down for processing. and they're hand sorting the trash. and outcomes this little gem here. >> reporter: gem has to cover from injury to see her back legs. probably from the truck load of trash. >> just to see this puppy on a conveyer belt with a bunch of trash. >> reporter: if the pup's owner doesn't come forward she'll be put up for adoption. probably within a few

>>> a puppy severely injured and found in a bay area dump, now the search is on for the person who hurt the dog. the latest on the investigation next. >> plus, days after fining pg&e hundreds of thousands for failure to monitor a gas pipe line the public utilities commission returns the check. we'll tell you what's behind the refund next. >> it's bittersweet. >> fans and players reminisce. the 49ers get ready to play their final regular season game at the stick. >> taking a live look outside now. you can see looking like a good start to this monday, december 23rd. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. it's 4:30. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to. guess who is in. anthony slaughter in for christina. good morning. >> happy holidays to you guys. we're looking at clear skies as we get into the final week of december. we don't have fog to track as we look at any of our area bridges, you can see from the east bay looking out toward san francisco, very illuminated still because the fog not here. we're going to see a clear day. temperatures today simila

a recent study is calling the classic puppy eyes into question.glas kennedy takes a look. >> some dog owners call it the guilty look. a fish shall expression that seems to indicate a knowledge of bad behavior. >> he has this look of guilt when he does things. we know we find later disaster will be found when we step in the house. >> many documented the look in pictures on the web and on youtube. most like maria assume their playful pups feel guilty so they look built guilty. this woman disagrees. >> the guilty look does not signify knowledge of a deed. >> she calls herself a canine stein tis and said she has been studying dog behavior for years including the dog cognition lab in new york city. recently conducted an exhaustive study of dog's feelings. when the owners were out of the room the dogs either ate or didn't. the dogs were scolded or not scolded. the lab found only the scolded dogs looked guilty. >> we found the dog's behavior is not dependent on what the dog did but what the owner did. >> they are saying zeus doesn't feel guilt but dog ow

it starts with the humane society of the united states going to a believed to be puppy mill in samson county. >> oh! >> when we walked into the building, the stench of urine and feces and illness kind of just hung in the air and it's very sad. >> you see the puppies, they look malnourished and unhealthy and then they get a look at this guy. >> he kind of dragged himself making himself invisible. >> dragging his back legs, paralyzed. >> after a while he's starting to loosen up. you see him starting to kiss this person from the megan humane society. >> i marted pilding one. they call him r.b., thanks to ricky bobby. ricky bobby the name of the main character of the care ter in "talladega nights." r.b.'s got a set of wheels and he can get around. >> come on! here we go! >> here he goes. >> look at the hunk smile on his face. >> this allnded up with the exact perfect pet parent. >> right. >> but you have to keep in mind, he's not the only dog that needs help. the humane society has a web site so people can donate money to save other dogs likeby. >>you never would know that's where he came

but you don't have to mention a funny comment to take the puppy out of tp. collecting societies themselves acknowledge the need for more transparency and the need to adapt to the new opportunities and to months of the digital single market down a cliff represents the swedish performing right society. our stretches from our western society is to not act on the cuban national basis. best of all the bases but seem to seek partnership with other societies launch pad european services. but that the cheat sheets for that yet. stick the commission's proposal is being driven by the possible economic benefits of the pack to manage digital marketplace but also by the sheer depth and breadth of europe's cultural heritage. he took the genome of the market is enormous and in comparison with other digital markets such as america we have an extraordinary cultural diversity. it's an economic sector that's very important for jobs and regrets. we need to get anything on that sixty to satisfactory result for us on a golf day for the most in the btc will be added to that or sex

the family is saying that the dogs had recently had puppies, so they had 16 puppies as well that are unaccounted for. i just asked the gentleman with animal control if he knew anything about it. he said he hadn't seen any signs of those puppies at all. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> sad news there. thank you. sdmrimplts he is the first nestic terrorism fugitive to be added to the fbi's most wanted terrorist list. he is also berkeley born and attended high school in san rafael. daniel andreas san diego is suspected in 2003. one of the shackly corporation and the other at the kyron corporation. 35-year-old san diego is allegedly an animal rights extremist. apparently a strict vegan. doesn't wear any kind of animal products in his clothing. here are different pictures of san diego released by the fbi. you can see how different he looks with glasses or bleached hair or a shaved head. now, along with these pictures, they have a $250,000 reward for san diego's arrest. this is what the fbi is hoping will bring him in. they also released these pictures. very

the poold puppy is eating. her wounds are healing, and she's probably trying to get unbelievably close call with death. >> you can see wood, metal, sheetrock really heavy rugged stuff. it's -- it's really difficult to imagine how the dogs survive the movement of this material. >> jim also survived a giant bulldozer that loaded her and the debris onto a conveyor belt. a machine that violently shakes everything and then dumps it all on to the sorting belt. just 20 feet from where the belt dumps debris down a shult, jegly foster saw pup and pulled the switch to stop the line. >> at that time i can see, lieshgs the pulmopi's head sthak sticking out the back. >> arturo p ena thought the dog was a stuffed ang mall. i found the box and perfectly-folded blanket right next to it. i dropped him off. >> pena cleaned up the dog's kounds with alcohol, called animal control then found spare ribs, fried rice and a cut of pizza for the dog to eat. >> we're getting a lot of people call in wanting to adopt or foster and offer do