police roaming the streets to brighten the spirits of san francisco s needy children. lefty owe dual s started collecting toys early this morning and keep collecting until 2:00 tomorrow morning and emergency workers will take those toys and walk around and look for empty-handed kids and give them the gifts. there is like 2500 kids who are sleeping on couches now. and possibly homeless. and we want to beat our last year s goal of 10,000 toys. if you want to donate to the toy drive, head over to lefty odools in union square. santa or one of his elves will come out to your car to help you. it is that easy. if you can t make it that, you can call lux or cab and a taxi will collect your donations. thousands of hungry san franciscoens dined on prime rib at a dining hall in the tenderloin. the house of prime rib donated 2,000 pounds of prime rib for today s lunch. we re delighted. we feel very good about it. so we don t get prime rib very often. they will serve a christmas
you re watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. bundle up. it is a chilly christmas eve. which parts of the bay area are under a freeze warning and what you cannot do to stay warm. he survived an attack in afghanistan. only to be shot while celebrating his homecoming. what happened at this california soldier s party? christmas day just about an hour away and how other parts of the world are already celebrating. plus the holiday greeting from space. good evening, i m grace lee. we begin with the forecast. it s calling for another night of freezing weather and if you think a roaring fire might provide the perfect atmosphere, think again. as don knapp shows us, that cozy fire could cost you a big fine. alameda s christmas tree lane sparkles on this crisp, cold, christmas eve. darkness conceals any fireplace smoke that may hang in the place above. no one wants to spoil the mood, but the bay area air quality management district says keep christmas eve electric an
definition. good evening, i m ann notarangelo. it is a tough sell in hard times, defending public pension plans that can mean six figure incomes for some retirees, they are continuing to work on the pensions, and focusing on some groups already cashing in. reporter: and the city workers average about 43,000 a year. but police, fire and top administrators are commanding a lot more. all of these pensions grow at a guaranteed 3% each year. the city says it can t afford it. a third of san jose s city s firefighters and police officers collect 1000 from the city, while more are checking out early, cashing in the retirement benefits. this week, the city council will begin work on a measure for the june ballot to cut san jose s pension costs significantly. the alternative is a city that falls apart. a city that looks like detroit. we can t allow that to happen here. reporter: two retired police chiefs and a fire chief top the list of pensioners, according to the paper, each
stepping outside. a few degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. gusting conditions. in fairfield gusts up to 30 miles per hour. going to shape up nicely into a sunday afternoon. details in a little bit. all right. thank you, tracy. let s head to traffic. here s a live look. not a lot of cars. so far so good. we ll keep you updated. back to you, guys. thanks, you guys. it is 4:31. more police will be patrolling oakland s crime hot spots. all thanks to a major federal grant. we are in oakland where the police academy reopened this morning. good morning, sharon. good morning, frank and elizabeth. this morning at 8:00, the oakland police academy set to open its doors on the fifth floor of the administration building. this is the first time that oakland is running a police academy since dozens of officers were laid off in july 2010. the money comes from a federal grant that allows oakland to put a total of 25 officers back on the streets. ten of those officers come fro
that s voted by a bunch of people who don t know the nfl game. what you have to look at for a college play ser how did that player s skill set translate to the nfl. when you look at tim teebow, for instance, he did not have a skill set that translated to the nfl. the nfl has pretty much had to remake its rules as far as what the broncos asked tim teebow to do. so, no, ilt s not a guarantee that the heisman trophy winner is going to find success. all right, tim. rob bert griffin iii played the last game of any of the heisman hopefuls. does he get a little bit of a bump? he gets a nice win over texas. he gets to put up more numbers. is that that last impression? what have you done for me lately. you ve got to succeed, you know. and if stanford had beaten oregon, they would have gotten in. but they didn t get in the pac-12 championship game. it is. if it s a close race, what are you going to base it on? it s the last race that you saw, in many cases. i think griffin gets a h