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Hazy, sunshine this afternoon. Things cool down quickly, as well this evening, as we drop into the 50s. Carolyn. Thank you, francis. We begin with breaking news out of San Francisco where a woman has been fatally shot near the sundance kabooky theater. It happened on post street between fillmore and webster streets. The woman was taken to the hospital. She had at least one gunshot wound. Again, she has now died. No word yet on whats going on in terms of a motive or suspects. This morning new hope for the family of an oakland girl declared brain dead by doctors. The family now says they have new option on where to move 13yearold jaw jahi mcmath. They have been in talks with facilities. Of new concern now, how to pay for it all. Abc7 News Reporter has the latest. Reporter jahis family is trying to line up a facility that will keep her on life support. Her mother is telling abc news she has faith her during will cover. Shes alive to me. Shes not dead. Her family is trying to move her out of the hospital in oakland before a court order expires monday at 5 00 p. M. They released a statement that reads in part our attorney is in discussion with two facilities of that expressed preliminary approval for accepting jahi on a ventilator. One is in Southern California, the other is in new york. Childrens hospital spokesperson said they will cooperate with moving jahi under three conditions. First, is the figures to perform the medical proceduresness, second the transportation and third a legitimate facility that willty her. But he raised serious questions about the familys act to reach those condition. First they said they have insurance and now they dont have insurance and crowd add crowd source funding effort. First they had a facility in the bay area and now they said that fell through. They said Childrens Hospital has not received information from the family or their attorney, christopher dolan, about any facility willing to receive mcmath. Abc7 news. The family has a fundraiser set for today. As you heard, they have also launched a crowd sourcing page to help raise money. They say they plan to use that to move jahi to a new facility. So far they have raised more than 6,000. San Francisco Police are investigating a shooting in the citys bayview district. Officers found a 21yearold man suffering from a gunshot wound at evans avenue and middle point road at 7 30 last night. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment. This morning more than 200,000 longterm out of work californians are finding themselves in a deeper financial hole. The Emergency Program that provides federal Unemployment Benefits after state help is exhausted has ended. All together nearly 1. 5 million jobless americans are finding themselves starting the new year without that financial assistance. And the loss of Unemployment Benefits means the need is going to be higher, especially for nonprofits. They are already struggling this time of year. One local nonprofit expects a nearly 75 drop in donations. It also says the pool of people they help could double now that Unemployment Benefits for so many have ended. Lisa amin gulezian has more. The total budget. Reporter lisa works hard for the contra costa food bank. This email will go out for a last minute push to get donations. Immediately after december ends, donations do start to decrease. At this food bank, 2 million were donated just this month but in an average month outside of the holiday season, 600,000 comes in. Thats more than a 70 difference. The food bank is bracing for an additional search in clients. There will be more people looking for help, as well, once the Unemployment Benefits end. If they havent already found us. There will be more people looking for food assistance. Lawmakers left washington without voting on an extension. Im in a panic. I dont know what im going to do. Federal aid has run out for kathy, who has been unemployed for more than 26 weeks. Thats the new limit for Unemployment Benefits. Democrats are pushing for a threemonth extension. We dont abeen done each other when times are tough. Others argue the program is too expensive, costing 25 billion a year. And that people are simply becoming too dependent on the system. When you extend benefits to 73 weeks or 99 weeks, it encourages some people to stay unemployed too long. Congress wont consider extending Unemployment Benefits at least until january 7th. Lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. A number of new sit laws will hit the books in a number of days. Teenagers will be beened from texting while driving even it they are using a handsfree Voice Recognition device. And california becomes the first at this time to ban lead bullets. It is to prevent wildlife from ingesting toxic metals. And 11 new gun control laws will take effect, including the ability of mentally ill people to have guns and safety checks for shotgun and rifle owners. And starting january 21st, january 1st openly gay kids will be able to become members of the boy scouts. A local woman is missing after suffering from early stages of alzheimers disease. She was last seen at noon in front of her almeda home. Shes 6, 55, wigs 110 pounds. Police say she disappeared while walking her dog, a chocolate lab. So do you think you know everything about the foods you eat . Consumer reports has partnered exclusively with 7 on your side for a report on whats really in some of your groceries. Heres mike finish with the details. Looks can be deceiving when it comes to food packaging. That means you might not always be eating what you think you are eating. Consumer reports takes the lid off what is included and what is missing from supermarket products. Expecting to find blueberries in your blueberry cerael, think theres bacon in your bacon bits . Consumer reports says think again. Some processed foods have strayed so for from the farm and the field that they are frightening long list of ingredients bears little resemblance to anything you would find in your pantry. Consumer reports looked at some supermarket favorites to see what key ingredients gives each food its pizzazz. Taking International Delight Gourmet Coffee creamer. The label teases you will blast off to the sweet and creamy landing but prepare for a hard landing. Its mostly sugar and palm early. The bacon pieces, surely they contain bacon . They dont contain any meat at all. Mostly textured soy flour. Dont want on kellogs blueberry ceral to have blueberries. Theres not one in the box. And orioles, surprised to hear theres no dairy in the creamy middle . When a product looks like a duck, walks like a duck and wax like a duck, you think its a duck, but not always. When we asked companies for explanation, most the time we either got none or a vague response. So dont look for butter in mrs. Butter worth. Look past the pictures and seek the truth in the ingredient list. Another labeling pit fall, buzzwords. Theres a reason snacks are called Potato Crisps rather than potato chips. The fda requires a chip to be a thinly sliced potato but a crisp can be midfrom driedpoty toe with cornstarch, sugar and soy. Im michael finney, 7 on your side. Read the box i guess is the thing there. Francis is here to talk about another spare the air day . Seventh one in a row and we are starting you have with Cool Temperatures once again. A live look from sutro looking down at San Francisco. Temperatures even warmer today with a red flag work in effect. Details coming up. Thank you, francis. Also ahead, a random act of kindness. We touch base with the San Francisco Police Officer whose small gesture grittily greatly helped a woman in net. And withdrawal woes. The problems facing some people impact check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse 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 abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Welcome back. 5 12 on this last sunday of 20 and 11. This is the live look from our roof cam showing you the beautiful light display on the bay bridge. High and dry today weatherwise. Meaning warm temps. Norine in sight. Frances dinglasan will be along with your full accuweather forecast. 2013 had Major Political stories. From nsa to the botched website to speculation over 2016 president ial contenders. We take a look back at the year in politics with abc News Reporter shannon travis. 2013. It began with an inaugural splash. So help me god. And continued with enough Political Drama mu to make your mouth water. From the state of a Union Response from a sipping senator to a watershed moment for gay rights. In june, two Supreme Court rulings both narrowly decided at 54. The court cleared the way for wedding bells to ring again for samesex couples in california. A second decision allowed married similar sex couples to receive federal benefits. Left undecided whether samesex marriage is a constitutional right. And spilling secrets, edward snowden. He leaked documents revealing efforts to track phone calls and e mills in the u. S. President obama main continued its about catching terrorists and america is not interested in spying on ordinary people. Snowden eventually landed in russia, which granted him asylum for a year. In october, a bitter back and forth over owe bum mu care. This is about saving the future for our kids and our grandkids. This sparked a perfect shall government shut down and fears the u. S. Would run out of money to pay its bills. This government shut down is an embers meant to our nation. After 16 Days Congress passed and congress signed a bill to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling temporarily. Speaking of obama obamacare, glitches, error, brick downs, lower than expected enrollment and this. If you like your healthcare plan, you will be able to keep your healthcare plan. After some insurers cancelled health plans on the individual market, president ial promises prompted this. We fumbled the roll out on this healthcare law. Whats the next president 20 do . With new jersey governor Chris Christies landslide reelection. Maybe the folks in washington d. C. Should tune in our tvs right now and see how its done. Could they face off for president in 2016 . The very thought of it could be enough to make one potential rivals mouth dry. In washington. Much more on the year in politics coming up on abcs this week. George stephanopoulos and the round double will look at one of the biggest stories of the year. Edward snowden and new legal challenges to the nsa for spying on americans. Dont miss abcs this week with George Stephanopoulos coming up at 8 00 right here on abc7. A toll road in mexico is closed this morning after a 300yard section collapsed following a series of small earthquakes. The road between tijuana and another city in baja, california has dropped about 100 feet. Mexicos federal Highway Authority said the earthquakes ranked in magnitude from 1. 3 to 4. 3. Several trucks got stuck on the collapsing highway. No one was injured. A detour is set up around the site, with i is on a known earthquake fault. A San Francisco Police Officer says she was just doing the right thing when she bought a pair of shoes for a homeless woman and didnt have any. Her son posted this photo on our facebook page, along with a remind theyre giving should not end after the holidays. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the story you will see only on abc7. Reporter at bustling union square, Homeless People are sometimes overlooked during the holidays but not by San Francisco Police Officer jackie sullenger, who spot add homeless woman sitting in front of this shoe store. She was holding a signcying she needed shoes and i looked at her feet and saw she had flimsy slippers on. She said homeless shelters never have anything that fits her, size 12. I thought about my family and we have so. Reporter so the cop offered to by her something she desperately needed. She said to me ill take anything. We can walk down she felt like it was a little expensive at ketchers. She said we can walk down to the by less store. I could see she was a humble lead. We learned about it when her son secretly took these pictures of the impromptu shopping trip at the store and posted them on our facebook page. She did it on her own. There was no one watching her. And im proud of her. The store manager Jerome Jackson said the woman chose this allweather boot for 69. The prime gesture prompted him to help out too. I offered my employee discount for the officer to purchase the shoes. You didnt have to do that. Why did you do it . The holiday season. Dy feel bad for the lead that was in front of the store. I didnt really get her name. I didnt want to embarrass her. But the womans reaction to the gift was all this officer needed. It was just her mannerisms that i could see she was really grateful. And that was better than a thank you, in my eyes. We attempted to find the woman with the new boots somewhere in union square, but no look. In San Francisco, colonel bernard, abc7 news. The entire San Francisco Police Department is stepping up to help the needy through the end of january. The sfpd is collecting new socks and shoes that will be donated to charities this help the homeless. You can donate by stopping by the Central District Police Decision on vallejo street and dropping off new pairs of socks and shoes. Millions of target shoppers of scrambling to get new credit cards and change their personal Identification Number or pin. Thats after target versed directions and said data hackers did steal pins but the giant retailer still says the pin numbers are safe. Abc News Reporter nina talks with one target customer whose bank account got cleaned out. It it was a thanksgiving weed purchase at target he never expected would wipe out his entire bank account. My debit card will not pay for a retail purchase ever again. Two unexpected withdrawals totaling almost 350. Charges he sited he never made. He believes his card is one of the 40 million breached between november 27 and december 15th. Now target acknowledging pin numbers were among the Financial Information stolen from their system. Target needs to make sure that however they were able to obtain this dit two from their systems, from their servers, cannot help again. Heres why target believes your pins are still safe. When you enter your pin the number is encrypted at the key pad. Its supposed to be highly secure. Its only decrypted by an independent payment processor. He said the key necessary to encrypt the data has never been within their system and could not be taken during the incident. But hackers could still be trying to unhack the information. Once they get the data, that means everybodys credit card accounts and Bank Accounts are potentially vulnerable to being used. This man lives in north can i recall and said the charges were made at chicago ohares airport. The expert we warned with said more people may soon see fraudulent charges. I think this situation will get a lot worse before it gets any better. For the seven the day in a row its another spare the air day across the bay area. That means burning of wood or any other solid fuels is banned. Homes where wood stoves or fireplaces are the only heat source are exempt. Firsttime violators face a 100 fine or 500dollar fine for a second citation. Its the 22nd spare the air alert this winter. The look of rain just as bad in Southern California this year. This will be the driest year for l. A. Since 1877 when official measurements began. The region even saw near record temperature highs over christmas. Rainfall for the entire year in los angeles is just over 3. 5 inches. It is quite the story in other parts of the country. Very different. People are bracing for bitterly cold temperatures. Six states from montana to minnesota are under windchill advisories. Temperatures there could plummet below freezing. We will have more on this extreme weather later this hour. Wow, you look at that and then here we are just really warm. We are really warm. We might even break some records in a couple cities today or tie them. We are also very dry, much like l. A. For example, San Francisco at 24 of normal. I will give you more in some other locations as well. As we take a look at live doppler 7hd sweeping around the bay area. Very quiet. Not even much cloud cover out there. So we are going to see a lot of sunshine today and thats going to allow temperatures to climb up. Sutro tower cam looking down at San Francisco and the beautiful bay bridge once again. Current temperatures right now a little built milder compared to