santa comes to your house when you're asleep. usually santa cost between 9 and midnight. but if you're away, can you for trying to peek in sneed? and i know done as a child. well, santa knows and santa will make sure to come back to your house but will not stop right away. you can track santa, but you're not going to be able to catch down in greenville, gabby sartori. >> actually take a live look right now at norad. we can see santa. there he is and his trusty reindeer. they are flying over the atlantic ocean. according to norad. he is currently flying over greenland. lottery players are dreaming of a green christmas with 1 billion dollars now up for grabs in tonight's mega millions drawing the jackpot is now the 7th largest in mega millions history. it is also the game, 7th billion dollar prize. the drawing is tonight at 8 o'clock. good luck. still ahead, a unique christmas dinner is being offered in santa's hometown. >> hear about right after the break. >> unique christmas dinner is being offered in santa claus is hometown of runs than any finland. it is being served at

santa clause comes tonight. >> because santa clause comes tonight. >> because santa clause comes tonightecause santa clause comes tonight. >> tonight, tonight. >> jingle bells, jingle bell rock. >> now the jingle bells have gone. >> jingle bell time is the jingle bell time in the frosty air. >> what a bright time is the right time to rock the time away. >> jingle bell 7, 8, 9 is the right time to go riding in a one horse sleekt. >> jingle around the clock. >> jingle that's the jingle bell that's the jingle bell way. >> that's the jingle bell rock. >> (clapping) (music). >> rudolph the red nose reindeer all the other reign deer's they never let poor rudolph join in any reindeer games. >> then one foggy christmas eve rudolph with your nose so bright won't you, you guide our sleigh tonight. rudolph the reindeer you'll go down in history. >> (music). >> frosty the snowman. frosty the snowman. oh, frosty the snowman. (clapping.) wow. >> (music). >> wow. >> wow. >> okay. >> wow. >> that was so good everyone give an applause for the chorus no wonder you didn't like my singing so feel better now

what happens if you ask santa if santa is real?you know, santa actually handles these questions pretty well. somebody else asked me, what happens if you tell santa what you want for christmas? he generally leans on, you know, some reference to, you know, santa as a magical person. but my best advice is to just jump in and give it a try. i think you'll find it highly delightful. that's cool. and of course, it's a real flex for parents because, you know, they can get santa on the phone. i mean, how cool of a dad am i? how cool of a mom are you? if we can actually literally talk to santa, i think we're pretty cool. yeah, well, jackie, shannon, i think it's just an outstanding little fun program. i so enjoy using chatgpt. thank you for joining us this morning, jackie. you bet. jackie. shannon with open ai as we leave you here, is santa telling the story of the night before christmas, millennial style. hey santa, can you tell me the story of the night before christmas? but say it like gen z. ho ho ho ho. all right, let's try this. twas

they have real santa suit, not costumes. so education is really important in every efield. >> reporter: the training includes hair care with tips on how to keep santa's beard snowy white, a course on magic tricks, and a workshop on inclusivity for children with disabilities. why go to such great lengths to put this much energy into it? >> even though it falls on the 24th or 25th, it lasts for weeks or months and people change. >> reporter: that's rosenthal's goal, helping to bring the true meaning of the holiday season out of new students and those who already know the way of the claus. >> all right, so vern, i feel like you got a leg up because you got at least the start. >> and i have played jolly saint nick in the alter ego of santa x in previous years. >> ah. >> full beard. >> full beard. full beard, got to change the whole persona. your voice has to change. you just got to be jolly and just really just into the christmas. >> i can see you nailing it. >> you were doing this for kids or a play? >> i was doing it for our a

santa's helpers this year come complete with an opd police badge with santa. several opd officers spent their day giving out holiday dinners and gifts to families in need throughout the town. the kids get so excited. they're like waiting because i mean, it was something that the school told us about. sign us up for it. those officers in the oakland police officers association donated hundreds of items for 70 families, along with a few extra for any other kids on santa's nice list that they found along the way. that's a good choice. i would pick that here. the families were selected with help from oakland unified school district based on need. that includes families from east oakland pride elementary. in today's economy, things are hard for people. we have a lot of hard working parents that are trying, and in some areas they fall short. so these type of gifts, it really makes the holidays for people and really makes it easier for the families. we don't want any kids left out. families on the receiving end say they appreciate the help this holiday season. a lot

now to developing news in santa cruz. a day after part of a pier collapsed yesterday due to high waves, dangerous debris is washing ashore. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has been on the story since the start. he shows us how things are looking today. >> high surf monday sent danger throughout santa cruz, including the city's harbor. but it's what the high surf did at the santa cruz municipal wharf that captured nationwide attention. 150ft at the end of the wharf collapsed into the ocean. the area that collapsed had already been closed for construction because of storm damage from years before. >> we did have two project managers inspecting that space, really for work progress and also for incident reporting. when the wharf went down. >> three people fell into the water. two were rescued, one got out of the water on their own. a restroom facility that was once on the wharf was swept away to a spot nowhere close to where it stood for years. >> and just to see a toilet, you know, a bathroom right at the river mouth. i

about three quarters of an inch in santa rosa. napa eight hundredths in concord and livermore 6000/700 of an inch. 40s and 50s on your temperatures right now. live view from our east bay hills camera a beautiful one overnight. chilly, patchy morning frost, christmas and hanukkah. nice for the holidays and thursday through sunday, we're going to be talking about periods of rain and showers. it's not going to be a complete washout for the holiday weekend. a frost advisory is going up for the north bay valleys midnight to 9 a.m. it's going to get cold temperatures down to the low 30s and the coldest spots. and that's going to happen first thing in the morning. 31 lakeport 35, santa rosa, 38 in livermore, 43 san jose and 40s for san francisco and oakland. tomorrow afternoon, 40s, 50s. you'll see a lot of cloud cover, but you will get a break from the rain. as you will notice tomorrow morning, some fog out towards the delta and then thursday at midnight, some showers move in 8 a.m. if you do have plans, prepare for some showers and the

near santa rosa. all throughout the 9:00 hour. that's when it really starts to clear up for us here in the bay area. and then by lunchtime, all the way into the evening hours tonight, we're going to expire that first alert weather advisory and partly cloudy skies turn into sunshine by around 5:00 and then we have dry conditions in time for christmas day. for now over to you. >> all right. thanks jess. >>> just mentioned, powerful waves continuing to pound our coastline this morning. several beaches in santa cruz county are closed as we speak. and take a look at the frightening moments there santa cruz municipal wharf after it collapsed part of it at least. sending three people into the water. luckily, two of them were rescued and one made it to safety on their own. our veronica macias is live in santa cruz with more on the impacts and next steps. good morning. >> reporter: anne good morning. its packing to people who grew up in santa cruz out here this morning. and they tell me their first reaction when they saw video of the you k

norad has been tracking santa every christmas since 1955. >>> as santa wraps up his busiest night ofu're sleeping, he knows when you're awake and he knows when a child may need a calmer santa experience. cbs' jericka duncan caught up with the man in red. >> how good have you been this year? >> very good. >> very good. i'm glad. i love santa hugs. >> reporter: this sensory-friendly experience brings santa to kids in a jolly and mindful environment. each december, simon property group hosts private meetings like this. there's no long lines, lights are dimmed. and there's quiet areas for children who have unique physical or emotional needs. >> we do it before the center opens. specifically to create an environment that allows families and children to visit santa at their own pace. >> there's no commotion for him. it's quiet. he can really just relax and enjoy getting to see santa. >> reporter: the mother of 12-year-old justin says one part of santa's magic is knowing how to speak just the right language. >> i'm right here. you don't have to worry. >> reporter: justin does know some of t

it found uc schools in santa cruz, davis, los angeles, santa barbara and san diego did not respond effectivelyd to report future complaints to the department's office of civil rights. a middle school in the east bay, closed due to dry rot, may not be able to reopen for another three years. longfellow middle school in berkeley shut down before the school year because it was just in terrible shape. a new timeline from the berkeley unified school district lays out plans for water damage repair, seismic upgrades, and modernizing the school generally. the whole project is estimated to cost up to $68 million, pending board approval. the 450 students of longfellow middle school are going to class at another school about a mile and a half away, while the work is done. a strike at starbucks is growing right before christmas. by tomorrow, workers at hundreds of locations across the country are expected to be on the picket line. some stores have had to close down entirely, as workers in nearly ten states walk off the job. the union is asking for higher wages for baristas. >> none of us wanted to strike,

and we can check on santa this morning. santa is in the air. was leaving australia, heading toward indonesia. well, keep looking up at the sky and checking on it. time now. 757 the rising number of bird flu cases around the country continues to call the cause the price of eggs to skyrocket. the u.s. government released nationwide figures for november, showing egg prices have now soared more than 37% in the past year. many supermarket shelves are low or empty when it comes to egg inventory. some have run out early in the day. well, the former owner of the la dodgers is now considering becoming the new owner of tiktok. billionaire frank mccourt is putting together a team of financial investors to consider buying that popular social media platform within the next few weeks. it's his effort to save tiktok in the united states. the congress, as you know, passed a law requiring the tiktok's parent company based in china, to divest from the app by january 19th or be banned in the united states because of security concerns. well, microsoft has been try

santa claus is coming to town. i mean the big fat man with the long white beard, he's coming to town ♪ sandra >> sandra: we will have much more of the west point holiday show with the bands performance of oak come, o come emmanuel next. o come o come ♪ ♪ >> sandra: to continue our t west pointho holiday show, let' go back inside eisenhower hall in rejoined the west point and for o come oak come emmanuel. of. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> sandra: much more from the west point and holiday concert including its beautiful rendition of the little drummer boy. stay with ust .s ♪ ♪re ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sandra: let's rejoin the west point band as it performs little drummer boy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ ♪♪ ] [ ♪♪ ] [ cheering and applause ] sandra >> and that brings to a close our west point holiday show, we'd like to thank everyone at west point, specially the band to allow us to join in this enjoyable holiday season. from all of us at fox news, i'm sandra smith. happy holidays to you and you

santa comes to your house when you're asleep. usually santa cost between 9 and midnight. but if you're away, can you for trying to peek in sneed? and i know done as a child. well, santa knows and santa will make sure to come back to your house but will not stop right away. you can track santa, but you're not going to be able to catch down in greenville, gabby sartori. >> all right. let's take a live look at norad and avery, our producer says they're just over northern ireland, which is where my mommy and daddy are from cuyler belfast. i think they just went over belfast. so as you and you're paying attention to this. yeah, i just saw. so just, you know, you moves fast santa. he's got a lot to do. so easy was just dublin and now headed to cork. >> which now we're getting into kind of close to where the grogan folks and the is a bunch yeah. so santa is entirely which means he'll be heading across the atlantic soon enough and headed for the united states. but he's still got to take care of all the european children. first. 31 degrees in boston, though. you know, there's 3 ho

norad santa org. you can also download the app from the whichever app store that you use and so on the website. there's games and fun things to do to track santa, as well as plenty of other ways to connect. and norad wants to assure americans, especially on the east coast, who might be worried about those mysterious drones popping up. they say, fear not. santa is a great aviator with many years of experience and should be able to navigate past any potential interruptions. i definitely have to tell my kids about norah. they love doing all sorts of stuff on there. i heard they're able to log lock in on rudolph's nose really well. yeah, yeah, i like that. you can, like, look at it from different perspectives. like they give you full control of, like, seeing what's going on, zooming in and out of the map and all that stuff. instead of a flight simulator, it's a sleigh simulator. and then one thing too, for later tonight, when it gets close to the bay area, you can say, okay, it's getting close, kids, time

santa's coming to town. >> santa. oh, my god, santa's here. >> i know him. >> he found the edge in a very innocent character. and to me, that's what's so fun about it. i know him from the movies i grew up with, like rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. that to me seemed like a hook. bye bye. let's treat this movie like it's a guy who grew up in the 1960s christmas special. >> herbie. >> and it was also an opportunity to explore visual effects with forced perspective. >> there's room for everyone on the nice list and stop motion. >> all very old techniques. this might be the golden opportunity to find out who you really are. >> and like rudolph, it's a classic kind of fish out of water story. but will ferrell just brings so much to it. come with me. >> right. >> all he wants is to be accepted and believed and at the end of the movie, we get to see all these people who come to believe there is that consistent christmas element in elf of change, of realization. >> merry christmas. >> ho i want to be the greatest player that i

santa claus. yeah. how do they do that? how did germany make, like santa? a little spooky.ng about santa claus. he's the most recognizable image around the world yet no one has seen him. some of that one kid who's been dealt with. he sees you when you're sleeping. he knows when you're awake. before alexa, there was santa. as far as having the surveillance on kids, it's facebook. before facebook. his ability to manufacture toys throughout the year, he has a grip on that workforce of his. so it's surprising that they haven't unionized. if jeff bezos could get his hands on santa's elves, i guarantee he'd do it. because you know what? they don't take breaks. they don't have to sit down. and let's not forget about the amazing amount of duplicate santas that he handpicks to go out and sit in malls and on street corners. let's face it, these santa claus, they are the front line workers at christmas, the screaming kids, the beard pullers, the smelly kids with their runny noses. i mean, these guys. we deserve them. a debt of gratitude. santa is magic. how does he get the toys to eve

j.r santa. here is a live look at the norad santa tracker.orad started doing this almost 70 years ago. an update right now. santa is over utah. we're told he'll be over arizona in just a couple of minutes, but this was started for children back in 1955, and it happened accidentally. they gave the number for the continental air defense command operations center in colorado springs. the colonel who answered a child's call, pretended to be santa. and that's how the tradition was born. you can find the norad santa tracker on our website, abc seven news.com. but again, santa is over utah and should be over arizona in the next couple of minutes. san jose's christmas in the park was busy tonight with people soaking up the holiday cheer. each year, the san jose nonprofit hosts the annual tradition at the plaza de cesar chavez in downtown. people walk through the park, enjoy dozens of musical and animated exhibits, light displays, and the 50 foot community giving tree. >> i feel like this is the biggest christmasvent in san jose, and i think this is t

part of the santa cruz pier. emergency responders rescued eight people who fell into the ocean along with the debris. ktvu jesse gary spoke to several people who saw it happen. >> the whole front just fell off. there's somebody on it. >> three teens fishing on the santa cruz wharf caught an eyeful around 1230 monday afternoon. the trio says large swells started shifting the supports of the century old tourist icon, and then a 150 foot section collapsing into the angry pacific ocean. >> we noticed that the pier was swaying a lot, and it was. we heard a lot of cracking, but we didn't think much of it. and then all of a sudden it literally it all fell into the water and like there was people on it as well. a lot of construction workers that were on the pier, and it fell into the water and it sounded like thunder. >> the boys ran for safety, then returned to see three men stranded on the partial platform as it slowly sank into the sea. >> pretty scary because we thought the pier was cracking like under us when we wer

take a live look at the norad santa tracker. let's see where santa is right now.'m getting word that he is near puerto rico. and the reindeer. looking good. they're not even remotely tired. they're going to make it all right. right. now, let's check in with marcus washington, with the people that make this whole thing happen. is santa ever not trending this time of year? well, he and his reindeer, believe it or not, are already on their way. and so far, he's delivered more than 2 billion gifts and many more to go. for you, the younger viewers out there. something for you. you may not know this, but north american aerospace defense command center or norad, it makes it easy for everyone to track santa on christmas eve. the group has radars and satellites all around the globe. this to help follow jolly old saint nick's every move online and through this app. there are also volunteers standing by until 11:00 tonight ready to take your calls. they can call in to 1877 hi norad and talk to folks. i'll be one of the people answering the calls and letting people know where

a live look at santa's progress across the world. hard to see there, but we can tell you this he is making his way to farmington, new mexico. he'll be there in about a minute and a half. 7.2 million gifts already delivered. new mexico, my home state. which means he'll be in california very soon. so maybe you all should go to bed. >> yeah, get to bed. and who knew that rudolph's nose powered all those satellites? so much power. learn something new every day here. we want to thank you for watching the 11:00 news. our next newscast at 7 a.m. to st am the atest yeah. hello and welcome to like it or not, i'm dave clark. the show is where we talk about what you're talking about. the latest hot topics, what's trending now, and with me today is, well, i have three people who are all smarter than me at financial consultant jason matthews, my good friend. thank you. ali rasmus, one of the great anchors

and then we said, no, look, it's santa.arted waving to all the kids up here, and i just thought it was so beautiful. >> coming up, how local police teamed up with santa to bring some families joy and no playoffs for the niners. >> now keeping an eye on the injuries later in sports, we'll tell you who the teams shutting down for the final two games of the season and a long time rivalry lights up san francisco. >> how fire stations across the city are competing for holiday bragging [music] shine. >> well, tonight, san francisco police officers suited up to spread some holiday cheer to children who will be spending christmas away from their homes. the children are in the hospital dealing with serious illnesses with their families at their side. >> but police teamed up with santa to try to bring them a little joy to all of them. ktvu betty yu joins us live from police headquarters with the nice story. hi, betty. >> hi, greg. that's right. this is where that caravan began, right outside san francisco police headquarters. this is

santa's naughty list this year. how does that work? yeah, i'm not going to just let me know which one of us limit this to kids. >> i know really well. >> you'll have to call in and find out. i know my husband and i called in recently and just made sure that we were on the nice list, but you can talk to santa yourself so you can tell him if you've been good or bad this year, and he'll check and make sure you're on the nice list. you can tell him what you want for christmas, and he might just read you a fun little story at the end. so really cool way for you to engage with saint nick yourself and connect directly to the north pole. >> and we've been talking to check before christmas. you always want to be sure before you finish that list, make sure you're on the good list. one last thing you know, you talked about being able to press the onstar button in your car, but there also is a way to do it. going mobile that there is an app that you can use as well. >> yes. so we have our onstar guardian app. so if you don't ha

public use in santa cruz. lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> christmas airline travel took a hit today after a technical glitch halted american airline flights all over the country for about an hour. that happened, of course, 1s thousands of people were trying to get to holiday destinations. we heard from travelers at sfo this morning. >> i just heard about it from another nice person. so, i think i just heard from you worried at all? >> yeah, i mean, i have a flight to japan after that. so >> the problem they say affected about 300 flights today. and let's take a live look at sfo. again. a lot of people of traveling for the holidays at right now, flight aware, says 92 delays, one cancellation at sfo and in the east and south bays. we know 15 delays, no cancellations at oakland airport. 22 delays. no cancellations at san jose's airport and we will keep you updated on those numbers. it was a wet commute this morning with slick roads says cuyler's telling it's easing off now, but it was a mess. michael thomas was in

plus, one week after the santa cruz wharf collapse. see how you can help. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> good evening. i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us for abc seven news at 1030. temperatures are dropping dangerously low. in fact, in some parts of the bay area tonight. let's bring in abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian for a look at the conditions where you live. >> spencer, the big chill okay, you're right about that, dan. the big chill indeed is going to be very cold tonight. we have a frost advisory and a freeze warning in effect. we'll start with the frost advisory. they're both in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning. the frost advisory indicated in blue here covers the areas of the north bay coastal range right around the bay shoreline, the peninsula and the santa cruz mountains. the eastern all of the santa clara valley and the east bay hills and interior valleys. now we'll add to that the freeze warning and that covers the north bay interior valleys and interior mountains and the east santa

santa con pub crawl.the holiday spirit is alive in union square. >> everybody wants to be santa. yeah. me too. ktvu zac sos shows us some of the festive decorations that were all put up before santa actually arrives. >> from the decked out cable cars to the ever swinging doors of macy's at union square. >> i'm behind. i was a little behind. i'm just starting. >> all signs of the dwindling number of days until santa's arrival. as his lists grow seemingly ever longer. that big? that big? yeah. among alexander's wishes, a nintendo, an ipad, anything cool, dad? already putting in a good word with the jolly old man. >> we've had a long talk, and he's been good. >> so if you still haven't found that perfect something. oh, my god, look at them. >> how big do they get? >> up for adoption. this seafood meets tropical treat duo. >> we have calamari and coconut. >> the cuteness overload at this macy's window. oh, so tempting for amanda. >> i'm very tempted to take one home. >> hopefully santa is taking notes. >> if

and we check in right now to see where santa is.t nick and his team of reindeer over the african continent. almost 1 p.m. pacific time. and that means moscow, russia. and it's about to strike midnight wednesday in that part of the world. so santa is heading toward western asia and then europe after that, before crossing over the atlantic and going to south america before hitting north america. well, someone could be a very, very merry christmas billionaire. tonight is the mega millions drawing, which is currently sitting at close to $1 billion or actually just hit $1 billion. right now. the jackpot is really high. no one won the jackpot since september 10th, and it's been growing ever since. it's mega millions history making jackpot that's only had one winner since christmas eve. thank you so much for watching the news at noon. we'll see you again in he nex yeah. welcome, everyone. to like it or not, the show where we talk about what you're talking about. the latest hot topics and what's trending now. and with me today, toriano gord

to our developing story we told you about in santa cruz. wild situation where people had to be rescued after a section of the pier at the santa cruz wharf actually collapsed into the ocean are crawford's jack molmud live for us in santa cruz this evening. jack, a. >> you just got their 15 minutes ago. i i understand there's already a crowd forming quite a sight out there. >> yeah, that's right. your folks watching at home will be surprised to know that we are actually about a half mile south of the santa cruz municipal wharf at the southern end of the santa cruz beach boardwalk at this. look out here around the ocean. as you can see right behind me, the crowds are continuing to grow. people crowding around just watching to see the debris that is starting to float through pretty much a half mile from where this originally happened. now, you can look back to my left here and you can see what the crowds are here to look out. i know the sun has just set. so it may be hard to watch. but if you could see that building, that is the bathroom, the p

it's too dangerous to reopen the municipal santa cruz or to the public. >> that's according to the santa cruz city officials and other local agencies like monterey bay sanctuary. we want to reopen as soon as we can. >> but we don't have definitive timeline at this point. main beach in county beach are also closed because large debris and potential hazardous material. >> is hitting in the ocean after monday's storms. that cause part of the war to break we're asking the public to just please do not try to go in the water and grab any of the debris. >> that have to carry. santa cruz city manager says he understands how important the work is for the community. >> i can't underscore how difficult it is to do repair projects in the midst of unpredictable and wild winter storms and just again reinforces how challenging this work the section of the work that failed located at end was already an active construction site since last year. >> the city says they are working with the construction engineering firm to assess how to make the area safe for public use. work serves a purpose of beauty and p

is santa ever not trending this time of year?ell, he and his reindeer, believe it or not, are already on their way. live. look for you right now from norad showing exactly where he is right now. on christmas morning, we were tracking him over russia. then what was it? san vicente island, which we think our producer, vicente, somehow planned. just left guam. just left guam. thank you. so far, santa has delivered more than aa half billion gifts with many more to go. so for any younger viewers up right now, you might not know the north american aerospace defense command center or norad makes it easy for everyone to track santa on this christmas eve morning. the group has radars and satellites around the globe to help follow jolly old saint nick's every move online and through its app. there are also volunteers standing by until 11 tonight, ready to take your calls. they can call in to 1877 hi norad and talk to folks. i'll be one of the people answering the calls and letting people know where santa is. you can go to the website. nora

santa is over utah. we're told he'll be over arizona in just a couple of minutes, but this was started for children back in 1955, and it happened accidentally. they gave the number for the continental air defense command operations center in colorado springs. the colonel who answered a child's call, pretended to be santa. and that's how the tradition was born. you can find the norad santa tracker on our website, abc seven news.com. but again, santa is over utah and should be over arizona in the next couple of minutes. san jose's christmas in the park was busy tonight with people soaking up the holiday cheer. each year, the san jose nonprofit hosts the annual tradition at the plaza de cesar chavez in downtown. people walk through the park, enjoy dozens of musical and animated exhibits, light displays, and the 50 foot community giving tree. >> i feel like this is the biggest christmas event in san jose, and i think this is the place where everybody takes their picture with the giant tree, and honestly, it'

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he was laying on the floor of a bar in santa cruz after him. but a friend. >> were shot by stray i went over to help my friend and i couldn't keep your clothes because i just kind of collapse and asked them look. and i can tell. >> that when he looked you know, my back that there was going to be problems to deal with after 4 days in the hospital, brooks came home to his wife. >> daughter and their dog muffins. but he still faces a long road to recovery. he needs a walker to get around and he may need surgery because his bullet wound is starting to become infected. look a lot longer than i was. but >> i'm just glad that i can recover. and so it's up and down. i guess we're playing it by ear. today. he was shot. brooks says he and his longtime friend went surfing in the morning. >> and we're reminiscing about their lives and future plans look at the positive aspects of humanity. you know, it. it's tough to deal with people being callous and shooting into a crowd. so being chris, some people get hurt. >> and while grateful brooks still grapples wi

i know santa is going to be making his way. mov. and rain and wind is what we're going to monitor heading into friday and saturday. so please be careful again. that high surf warning remains in place. steer clear of the coastline again. i'll be back at 5:00 with more on that extended forecast. audrey. all right, vianey, thank you and a great weather resource for you as the storm rolls in are free nbc bay area app. all you have to do is scan that qr code on your screen to download. you can get access to our storm ranger scans and weather alerts. and it works. whether you're here or traveling. of course, in lake tahoe, several people are hurt after an accident on a ski mountain. we are still working to get more details, but here is what we're learning. it happened at the heavenly ski resort on the comet express chairlift, a photo shared with our sister station, kcra appears to show two chairs collided. the tahoe douglas fire protection district says five people were taken to the hospital. their ages have not been released. there are r

it found uc schools in santa cruz, davis, los angeles, santa barbara and san diego did not respond effectively. the schools have agreed to report future complaints to the department's office of civil rights. a middle school in the east bay, closed due to dry rot, may not be able to reopen for another three years. longfellow middle school in berkeley shut down before the school year because it was just in terrible shape. a new timeline from the berkeley unified school district lays out plans for water damage repair, seismic upgrades, and modernizing the school generally. the whole project is estimated to cost up to $68 million, pending board approval. the 450 students of longfellow middle school are going to class at another school about a mile and a half away, while the work is done. a strike at starbucks is growing right before christmas. by tomorrow, workers at hundreds of locations across the country are expected to be on the picket line. some stores have had to close down entirely, as workers in nearly ten states walk off the job. the union is asking for higher wages for baristas. >> none

and this is santa's big night. of course, we're tracking the big guy as he has taken the city to court over claims it was overcharged in taxes. and we're talking about lyft, the ride sharing company says city improperly calculated its taxes by including driver payments in the number, then overcharged lyft by $100 million. lyft says its drivers are considered, quote, customers and should not be included in revenue calculations. we reached out to the city for comment. have not heard back. spokesperson for the city attorney's office told the chronicle the city is reviewing the complaint and will respond accordingly. it is a holiday tradition in san francisco. christmas eve brunch at glide memorial church for people in need. the renowned house of prime rib provided 3,000 pounds of prime rib today. that was enough to feed some 4000 guests and then glide delivered another 200 meals to people in encampments across the city. organizers say giving back is important, especially because more people need help this year. in san

is santa ever not trending this time of year? well, he and his reindeer, believe it or not, are already on their way. and so far he's delivered more than 2 billion gifts and many moreo go. for you, the younger viewers out there. something for you. you may not know this, but north american aerospace defense command center or norad, it makes it easy for everyone to track santa on christmas eve. the group has radars and satellites all around the globe. this to help follow jolly old saint nick's every move online and through this app. there are also volunteers standing by until 11:00 tonight ready to take your calls. they can call in to 1877 hi norad and talk to folks. i'll be one of the people answering the calls and letting people know where santa is. you can go to the website. norad santa.org. you can also download the app from the whichever app store that you use and so on the website. there's games and fun things to do to track santa, as well as plenty of other ways to connect. norad says that if you're worried about the mysteri

ryan >>>>is reporting live from santa cruz county. well, the pacific pacifica right now, taking a live look at sharp park beach. let's give you a look at the conditions right there. you can see the winds are whipping there. the flags are whipping in the air, big surf and big swells coming up onto that beach. let's get over to meteorologist jessica burch. okay. we're not going to go to jessica. we'll have we'll check in with jessica in just a bit. in the meantime, a stressful morning for some christmas eve travelers after american airlines is recovering after it grounded all u.s. flights. earlier this morning, the airline posted on x around 330 this morning that the issue stemmed from a technical issue with a vendor. that ground stop lasted for less than an hour, but passengers had reported delays and flights being sent back to the gate. the faa is now investigating. heads up for drivers heading to the holiday destinations tonight. chp will start their maximum enforcement period around 6:00, and it goes through christmas day. more offi

so in just a few hours, santa cruz leaders will deliver an update on the future of the santa cruz wharf. this is a live look out there this morning where we can see those waves still rolling in. it comes just a few days after 150ft of the santa cruz wharf collapsed into the water. now, crews have been cleaning up debris from the part of that wharf that fell off on monday. the harbor says one of its top priorities is cleaning up as much of that as possible. as another high surf advisory returns through this weekend, meteorologist kari hall is tracking those conditions. tough to work in that, kari. yeah, we've seen at times some rain coming through. so we've had a very active storm pattern this week forcing those big waves up along the coastline. the rain that we had earlier this morning is starting to taper off, and our weather will be improving, at least for the inland areas today, but still some dangerous waves all along the coastline and another storm system arriving on sunday morning will create some more of the bigger impacts that we'll see into our weekend. so you can track the wet

primero vamos a comenzar con noticias desde santa cruz.nas tardes les saluda dayanna monroy josé miryam villarreal. bienvenidos a nuestra edición local y queremos que observe estas imágenes impactantes. un fuerte oleaje provocó precisamente que parte del muelle de santa cruz se derrumbara donde estaba ubicado el restaurante dolphin. incluso 1 de los baños también colapsó. exacmente. miryam. allí se encontraba en ese momento 3 trabajadores. 2 de ellos tuvieron que ser rescatados gracias a la ayuda de los socorristas. otro salió por su propia cuenta, sano y salvo, por suerte. vamos precisamente hasta el muelle, pues el muelle está cerrado hasta nuevo aviso y a la vez se encuentra nathalie vera. nathalie, por favor, cuéntanos los detalles. cómo se está viviendo todo por allá? bueno, definitivamente sabemos que ha sido una situación muy preocupante para esas personas que como mencionaron, tuvieron que ser rescatadas. en estos momentos sabemos que ya está oscuro y hay bastante neblina, pero todavía hay un aviso que le piden al público que evite

he's called it when tracking santa. you can't track and to your home. santa comes to your house. usually santa cost between 9 and midnight. but if you're away, can you for trying to peek in sneed? and i know done as a child. well, santa knows and santa will make sure to come back to your house but will not stop right away. you can track santa, but you're not going to be able to catch down in greenville, gabby sartori. we know you want to catch alright, look, we're looking live at the norad tracking of santa. i can't tell exactly where he is there cuyler but >> it's a pretty cool shot. yeah, he's hours ahead. we look at our time zones, right? we look for the evening is where everyone's asleep now. if you have to head. >> pretty far heading over towards the east. there are there are 10 of us in time. i wanted to start with the national forecast show you how chilly it is on the east coast and parts of the country right now. we've got a little bit of action in dallas with some weather that just rolled through there. but for the most part, we're looking pretty good here. as far as the

we're live in santa cruz county. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news greg will head back up to you in oakland. >> all right, jesse, thank you. three people are safe tonight after they were rescued by members of the sonoma county fire district who were in the right place at the right time. the fire district posted this video of the rushing water at scotts creek near bodega bay on monday. a wave swept the three people off the edge, carrying two of them about 150 yards up the creek. the third holding on to a rock nearby. two deputy chiefs who were dropping dinners off to the bodega bay station, responded to the call and helped pull everyone to safety. let's give you a live look now at pacifica. that high surf advisory is slated to expire within the hour. you can see the winds blowing in those flags and a beautiful sunset here, but the weather is expected to make for less than ideal conditions in the water. meteorologist rosemary oroczo is here now with a look at what's ahead. rosemary, a short break from the storm here. >> y

. >>> and santa is here, santa larry stops by to tell us what is on everyone's wish list this holiday season. i'm jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. >>> folks, there might be a little trouble in donald trump's presidential paradise but over the course of a characteristically rambling 90 minute speech at a conservative conference in phoenix today, the president-elect tried to convince the gathered that he is the one in the drivers seat, not unelected billionaire first buddy elon musk, whose series of late-night tweets this week almost shut down the government. >> all the different hoaxes, the new one is president trump has ceded the presidency to elon musk. no. no. [ laughter ] that's not happening. i want to thank him, but no, he is not going to be president, that i can tell you. and i am safe, you know why? he can't be, he wasn't born in this country >> i mean, trump is not wrong, he is safe until the next presidential election four years from now. but you know who isn't safe until his next election 12 days from today? house speaker mike johnson. his flip-flopping on governm

in this case, santa is several santa clara county firefighters.his morning, they dropped off christmas toys to dozens of young patients at valley medical center, including roston, houston. roston was injured recently in a fire at his family's home in santa cruz. >> it means a lot to me, and it's it makes me it humbles me just with what the valley and the people of the valley are doing. and it restores my, my whole faith and just people in general. >> it's a very special day for these kids. they're having a tough time, and we're here to spread some joy. >> this is the second year of the hospital toy giveaway. most of the gifts were donated by citizens who dropped them off at fire stations around santa clara county. today, the san francisco sheriff's office announced that a fifth grader from ikwo elementary school is the winner of its holiday card contest. the department posted this video of sheriff paul miyamoto going to the school to congratulate vellani for her winning card. the holiday card contest has been an ongoing tradition, with kids from s

santa comes to your house when you're asleep. usually santa cost between 9 and midnight. can you if you're trying to peek in sneed and i know done as a child, well, santa knows and santa will make sure to come back to your house but will not stop right away. you can track santa, but you're not going to be able to catch down in greenville, gabby sartori. >> all right. coming up tonight on kron, 4 news at 5, it is christmas eve in july, morial church's annual prime rib for lunch. young spreading holiday cheer to hundreds in san francisco and take inside the kitchen where volunteers are serving up more than just other back to those in need. city leaders and businesses affected by the collapse of the war in santa cruz. stay with for news at 5 past. did you know, sweat from stress is actually smellier than other kinds of sweat? that's why i use secret clinical antiperspirant. it works on sweat from: stress, heat and activity. it provides 3x stress sweat protection. secret works. [♪♪] jordan's sore nose let out a fiery sneeze, so dad grabbed puffs plus lotion to soothe her with

they have real santa suits, not costumes.ing includes hair care with tips on how to keep santa's beard snowy white. a course on magic tricks and a workshop on inclusivity for children with disabilities. >> why go to such great lengths to put this much energy into it? >> christmas is a season. even though it falls on the 24th and 25th, it lasts for weeks or months, and people change. it brings out the best on 'em. >> reporter: and that's rosenthal's goal, helping to bring the true meaning of the holiday season out of new students and those who already know the way of the claus. skyler henry, cbs news, atlanta. >>> coming up on a special music edition of "cbs mornings," we will hear from one of the biggest breakout stars of the past year, shaboozey, and how his journey to the top of the charts was no overnight success. (♪♪) from celebration moments... ...to joyride moments. your moments are worth protecting against rsv. rsv is a highly contagious virus if you're 60 or older with certain chronic conditions, you're at higher risk