Lit up on sunday marking the first night of hanukkah a time of celebration. All of the holidays evolve around celebration because we say in judaism, happiness breaks through all boundaries. A festive time of the year. The last sunday before christmas always draws big crowds. Busy, very busy. It is crazy. We ended up getting a hotel because we did not feel like sitting in traffic on the way home. Reporter picking up presents. He likes the hustle and bustle. People we spoke to are not fans of online shopping. A lot of people do their shopping on line on amazon and stuff but at the end you need to support retails. Reporter the National Retail federation expects retail sales in the u. S. To increase 4 from last year. Stanley steamer hot dog stand say sales are up. The last couple of days really busy. December has been average overall. I think there are a lot of people looking for gifts and for food while they shop. Reporter ronald bought luxury items. Reporter some shoppers scored good deals. That is for my brother. Yes. So, there was a 30 off on this. Reporter many shoppers at union square are not just here to shop but for the experience, too. The music, ice skating, picture taking and sparkling tree. I lived in the bay area all my life. I love seeing the tree. Reporter she is not planning spend too much money this year. Honing in on what christmas is all about. For me it is family. It is being with the ones you love. It is celebrating any religion affiliation that you are with and what it means to you spiritually but mostly being with the ones you love. Reporter some stores are open on Christmas Eve but will close early. A few shoppers i spoke to say they will be back out here tomorrow. In union square, thank you. A viewer in the east bay shared this video of someone stealing packages from her porch this afternoon. It happened off of center avenue in martinez near the movie theater. One of the items taken was a gift for her mother. It was a photo album with hundreds of pictures of her 10 yearold dog who just passed away. Her Facebook Post shows the suspect on that video and it has been shared more than 1700 timessism the county board of supervisors is set to vote tomorrow on selling the coliseum complex to the oakland as. Including the stadium and the arena and the former malibu grand prix property next to the coliseum and the raiders training facility. Supervisors said in a statement that the county stake in the complex is 85 million and that the sale is like low to relieve the countys debt that weighed on taxpayers ever since the raiders returned to oakland and made a lot of improvements to the coliseum. Oakland mayor released a statement saying a sale represents progress for east oakland and as fans and all of us working to keep the team rooted in oakland. Holiday travel is in full swing and it is causing problems at the San Francisco international airport. The Officials Say they have seen more than 400 delays today, 1400 cancellations. A different story at the other bay area airport. San jose and oakland say they are not seeing any major delays or cancellations. At the sacramento airport today, internet outage caused problems for travelers there. Right now, things are returning to normal. Frustrations are still running high as the airport works to get caught up on flights. Our reporter has the details. Reporter this is a sign people dreaded seeing. Walking into the airport, long lines, well over two hours. We had no clue. We thought we would show up two hours early and be okay. With Holiday Travel and everything and we got here and the lines just wrapped around the building. Reporter checking their flight status on the monitoring. No use to travelers since the internet was down. Bottleneck at the internet check. And at t. And i think it is ridiculous. Functionality stops when the interstphet does not stop. I think it is crazy. With regards to the back up system. It is all individual, airport it is not just but they all have it. Case by case. They drove back and forth from chico twice today after their first flight was delayed. We might our flight again we were told a 2 hour wait. And a family trying to stay lighthearted. Thanks to other travelers being together. Everybody in line truly has the holiday spirit. Sometimes you come to the airport and people dont talk to each other. One gentleman told me do not try the kiosk and walked me over there. I think there is a lot of good Holiday Cheer going on in a really crummy situation. Fremont police are looking for two suspects involved in a strong armed robbery. About 10 30 this morning, two men were accused. They dragged her across the parking lot because she would not let go of her purse. The suspects took the purse and took off in what the police think was a black bmw. The police say they will continue to have extra patrols at all commercial Shopping Centers during the holidays. New developments tonight in the deadly stabbing of clayton bethard. He is the brother of the quarterback cj. They released a photo of the man they want to question in the connection of the stabbing. The 23yearold was at a bar where the fight happened. The 22yearold bethard along with a 21yearold were killed Early Saturday Morning outside of the dog wood bar and grill. A third stabbing victim is still in the hospital. Witnesses say a fight led up to the incident. A party in chicago in memory of a person who was killed this year turned into a shooting spree leaving more than a dozen people injured. The victims range in age from 1648 years old and 4 of them are in Critical Condition. The police say the motive for the shooting stem from a dispute and around midnight shots were fired inside of the home. Witnesses say bullets were seen flying randomly in the streets. Sphres the police have 2 people in custody. There are two people that are subjects that are in question. One subject was arrested with a reason and another subject was possibly identified as someone of interest at this time. Chicago police have taken 10,000 guns off of the street this year alone and with mild temperatures in the forecast they say they are adding patrol presence in the city. A 69 car pileup in a highway in virginia left 51 people hurt. From minor to lifethreatening. It could have are about far worse. Luckily we have no there is no confirmed fatal, no major injuries at this time. Holiday woes on a holiday in virginia. A massive pileup involving 60 cars crashing in a Chain Reaction on interstate 64 in york county near williamsberg. 50 miles east of richmond. We do not know the cause of the initial accident but we do know that fog and icy Road Conditions were factors in this multivehicle crash. Dozens of people were hurt and treated on the scene. Others taken to nearby hospitals. Of those that were transported and or being treated two are listed in Critical Condition and 11 are serious but nonlife threatening. The rest are minor and or they went to the hospital themselves. The York County Sheriffs Office says it tarted on the westbound lanes of interstate 64. The rubber necking at the crash site profpls the authorities to shutdown both sides of the highway. According to the Virginia Department of transportation, all vehicles are cleared and all lanes are reopened. However, they are urging drivers to use caution on roads covered with heavy fog and ice. The initial cause of the accident remains unknown. Taking several days of troopers to continue to investigate. In new york. Fox news. Flu deaths are on the rise this winter. Coming up, the strain that is going around there year and why it is unusual. Also ahead, travelers making their way up to the sierra. The latest on the Road Conditions and the trouble facing drivers. It is chilly out there tonight. Fog forming in the families, the rain ended but more on the way. The cdc says the flu season caused 1800 deaths so far. 19 of the cases were children. Usa today is reporting nearly every state has shown an elevated number of flu cases and most patients are infected with a strain called b victoria. The cdc says it say particular strain because not normally does not appear until the end of the season and generally strikes children or young adults. The California Department of Public Health reports at least 24 flurelated deaths in california. Two occurs in marin and one in sonoma county. Occurs are saying flu cases will likely pick up and the peak of the season will hit after the beginning of the new year and it is still not too late to get a flu shot. If you are heading to the sierra, chains are required right now on both highways 50 and interstate 80. Tonight, our reporter tells us that the chp is warning those traveling in the snow to be prepared to stop for chain control checkpoints. It is the sounds you hear of chain after chain after chain being placed on tires. As Holiday Travelers make their way through the sierra. I travel at least once or twice a month. I drive a lot. I do a lot of driving up and down through the mountains. I did not think i would come up here when it would be this bad. Reporter james is a frequent traveler. I seen a lot of cars sliding off of the road. A lot of people sliding into the banks. Reporter as snow continues to fall throughout the night. I dont have explains right now. I might be stuck here overnight. Reporter chp officials are urging drivers to prepare for chaincontrolled checkpoints set up along the interstate. A lot of spin outs today. A lot of people trying to sneak through explain control. We had a little break in the snow last couple of hours but now it is coming back in. Looks like it will get bad again. While drivers continue to stop to put chains on their tires before hitting the road for Holiday Travel. Be patient with everybody. And, just try to take it show. They have advice for others traveling in the snow. Make sure you have fuel and extra blankets and flashlights and all of the safety stuff you need. No need to rush, you know what i mean . Take your time and enjoy it. It is beautiful t is peaceful. Lets bring in bill phrart lets bring in bill martin. Rain today, more towards the middle of the week. You will see it in the fiveday forecast. We are in winter. It is winter. It is acting like it. A weather system that dropped this weather system that drops two inches of rain in marin county and santa cruz. So, in the snow, in the mountains, 12 feet of snow. Still snowing in the mountains as you look outside. It is clear. I guess that is the weather story in my mind. The clear cool night. It is clear and cool, right, fog, we are still seeing showers up on the hill. A little bit of snow flurry activity. It is cold. It is cold, damp, no wind, fog is a thing. Valley fog, it will be over, it loves lowlying areas, creeks and things where there is a lot of moisture, you know, ponds, little swells where there is a dip in the contour of the land that is where the valley fog forms. You know your spots. As you are working tomorrow you know what i am talking about. Be ready for that. I think it would be not out of the question for Something Like a dense fog advisory up in davis or woodland or some of those areas. This is the forecast, overnight lows, chilly. Middle 30s. Lower 30s. Some upper 40s and around the bay. And in the forecast for tomorrow, mostly sunny all day for all of us. Really, a nice sunny day. We have not had something recently. Sun from front to back. We are going to be that way tomorrow and we are going to be a little cloudy as it goes into tuesday as this system i will show you. Here we are tomorrow morning, the valley fog, might be some around here. Here we are tomorrow afternoon. That looks good. Here we are tuesday morning. You see some fog, maybe coastal fog, valley fog and then tuesday afternoon and then that is that is the guy we are watching for tuesday night into wednesday. Then it lingers into thursday, wednesday night, maybe thursday morning. Not much, does not look like much, to tell you the truth. Hit the middle of the holiday week. Here is the fiveday forecast. Let me pop the weekend there, too. Not bad, not bad at all. Heading into the mountains there is plenty of snow. All right, bill, thank you. In the hills of the east bay you will find a christmas tradition now in the 70th year. Created by an indian immigrant who wanted to bring joy to his family and the surrounding community. The community turned on the lights tonight ahead of christmas. Nestled in the hills, you will find the handiwork here. Making hundreds of pieces meant to be bethlehem but he was not christian. Even though he was tphofs his wife was christian. He wanted to do this for her and for the community. He was warm, it was a kind thing he did for our whole community. It all started up the hill with this blue star he made and displayed on land next to his home in 1949. But over the years the display grew and grew as did the crowds who came to see it. I think it is amazing. Just the fact that, you know, he made all of these and he did not have to. But he just wanted to spread joy. That is what this time of the year is all about. Reporter now, the viewers span generations, sara has not seen the display in 20 years since her daughter was a child but it pulled her back today. You know, there is so much going on in this world and i just need to get grounded back into faith. I just came for a sense of the community, the peace. [music] reporter soft music in the background. A chill in the air. That really is beautiful. It really is. I remember seeing that as a kid i grew up in berkeley. Not far from where that was initially placed and my gosh, it is just huge. It is just beautiful. Apologize for having a problem with the tape. Sports wrap is coming up next. We will reset the nfl playoff picture including the raiders razor thin playoff chances. What needs to happen for them to get in. We will tell you what the niner his to say about the biggest game in i dont know, 60 years. That is right. Still ahead here at 11 00, volunteers make their way through oakland to deliver gifts and help families get into the holiday spirit. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. A festive band of elves took a journey through oakland for deserving kids and stopping to throw a few holiday parties along the way. And we followed along. Are you ready reporter energized santa worked out of a garage on sunday morning instead of his workshop. Volunteers helped him load up the presents. This season close to probably 3,000 toys through a variety of different events and activities throughout this holiday season. Reporter for the past 11 years the foundation helped santa deliver early gifts to oakland. Most of them are aware in some capacity or one person that knows we are coming in via the surprise. It is a sport bag. This is like hot wheels and dinosaurs. Reporter elves, tall and small help sort the toys on santas list. Reporter the team loads up using horsepower instead of reindeer, stopping to deliver toys to children they see outside. When they reached a west Oakland Community they set up more than toy donations but through a Community Block party. I love it. Beautiful, wonderful thing. I love it. There was a photo booth for families to get traditional or more magical photos. He grabbed ironman. Reporter and lunch was served for all. I think it is great. It is so nice they want to the do this. They dont have to, you know, it is really wonderful. Reporter the big draw is for the kids. Santas checked off things on their wish list and a few extra gifts as well. Good thing for families low income or me like a single mother that struggles. Reporter for a family just moved here from texas they are grateful to meet new neighbors. God gave me the blessings to make sure we are happy. It is a great experience. In oakland, ktvu fox 2 news. And in San Francisco today, dozens of people were treated to free Christmas Trees thanks to a city and community partnership. A Nonprofit Group helps at risk youth. Today, volunteers teamed up in the city of San Francisco to give away 300 Christmas Trees to those in need. It happens in the bay view hunters neighborhood. Tomorrow, more trees will be available for families in the western area. They dont have to worry about paying anything. Come out, get a tree and bring it home for the holidays. There is not christmas without a tree. The tree give away in the Western Addition will take place from 2 00 until 4 00 tomorrow afternoon at the fillmore turk street minipark. In richmond, Holiday Shoppers ditched the malls and supported local artists at the craft fair. The event was held at the pavilion that say venue located along the waterfront. More than 200 exhibits were showcased. Handmade items and artisan food. One of the producers of the fair said that this event provides an alternative to on line and chain store shopping. Online is convenient. Nothing beats that connection you get when you are buying something from someone who actually made it. Other things involved, too. More environmentally friendly, lets waste involved when things are handmade. You get an opportunity for it to be customized for what you need. We provide an alternative to big box stores, a way to support people who live and work in your communities. This was the 49th year of the craft fair. Proceeds benefited berkeleys listener infunded kpfa radio. [music] thousands of people were attending a lighting in the nations capitol tonight. Manora. Hanukkah is an 8 day festival of lights for jewish people. That is our report tonight, thank you for joining us, sports wrap with jason and scott is coming up next. See you later, everyone, have a good night ght another week, another stadium send off for the raiders. Looking for the end zone. Why todays win makes for fascinating playoff possibilities. So you are telling me there is a chance . The 9ers scouting next weeks opponent with interest. Why the showdown in seattle has suddenly changed. Perfection is fleeting, how the nations top ranked Womens Basketball team hit a texas sized speed bump. 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