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KGO ABC7 News 500AM November 30, 2014

Concord. Quieter toward marin county. But further north around santa rosa, st. Helena, light returns. This is what we can expect throughout the morning. Another wave of energy headed our way 7 00, 8 00 this morning. It looks pretty good, and then a second one through late in the morning. So another active first part of the day. Yet the main system still offshore. We will talk about it and time it out and have that sevenday outlook coming up. Chris. Lisa, thank you very much. A welcome sight in the bay area this weekend as the state deals with the drought. Rain finally coming down in many areas, as lisa mentioned. We have more from milbrae what residents are saying about the wet weather. Reporter some light rains were enough for people to pull out their umbrellas in milbrae. Same san mateo. The hours were a welcome site. Tell me about the umbrella. I was lucky to have it. Im glad it is finally raining. Even those hurrying to the downtown concert wanted to talk about the rain and how much it is desperately needed. We were hoping it wouldnt rain. We were hoping it wouldnt rain on thanksgiving but we wanted it to be raining the rest of the week. Earlier it was mostly spotdy and wasnt as much as some were hoping for. The umbrella is not out. Well, this is a little worse than summer fog in San Francisco. It really is. Its still pretty pleasant right now. No wind. In oakland the anticipated rainstorms were enough to prompt some to get ready with sandbags. Since its been so dry, theres a place under our house that often leaks underneath the house so we want to be able to block it off. They were able to load up with plenty of bags from the oakland Municipal Service center on edge water drive. Far too drive for far too long so nearly everyone we talked to were happy to talk about the rain and the hope that more will come. Abc7 news. Great news for skiers. More snow could be headed to tahoe. Northstar california resort sent us this video showing skiers who enjoyed the three inches of snow falling overfight yesterday and heavenly Mountain Resort shows a light dusting. They saw one inch of snow yesterday. You can see what is showing up on live doppler hd anytime with the ay7 news weather app. We also have more Information Online at our website, abc7news. Com apps. Today is one. Busiest days for air travel as people head home after the thanksgiving break. Lets take a live look now at sfo where officials expect 140,000 passengers to pass through the airport today alone. In fact, 1. 3 million travelers were expected to pass through sfo over the course of the holiday weekend. Nationwide 2. 6 Million People expected to take to the skies today. Another 2. 4 million travelers are expected to fly home tomorrow. The officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager in emergency son, missouri has resigned. Yesterday Darren Wilson announced his resignation effective immediately. Last monday a grand jury decided not to issue charges against him for the death of 18yearold Michael Brown n a letter wilson said he hopes his resignation will allow the community to heel. We will have reaction to wilsons decision coming up in the next halfhour. More demonstrations were held last night in ferguson. Protesters gathered outside in the street in front of the police station. [chanting] and in suburban st. Louis, protesters laid down on the floor of a mall and chanted indict that cop. It was the second straight day of mall protests. Crews were busy cleaning up after protests in San Francisco that turned violence. Protesters upset over the grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri, tried to disrupt a Tree Lighting ceremony at union square saturday. But a calmer seen last night. Tiffany has details. Bright red tape and boards cover the crate barrel windows. Some children were really upset and distraught by the activities and we took them here. The store manager hopes the destruction wont deter holiday shoppers. One jewelry system lost all business. The gate stayed down after the store windows got blasted. Bottles still littered the sidewalk. Perhaps an accomplice to this huge hole. Bere tds name didnt protect the restaurant. This ureport video shows the vandalism in process. The damage shrouded in plastic. At bank of america plywood serves as door and windows. Radio shack had looting and broken windows. All the union square and Mission District damage, the result of a peaceful march resulting in chaos. They were displaying their dissatisfaction in the Police Office who are shot Michael Brown and then turned to disruption. They tried to disrupt the Tree Lighting ceremony at union square. Sky video hd captured it in progress. People launched bottles and two were hit. One required stitches at the hospital. Tiffany will con, abc7 news. In a statement yesterday, the mayor ed lee said, quote, those who coop meaningful demonstration force the purposes of vandalism, looting and harming Police Officers, disrespect the memory of Michael Brown and diminish the voices we need to hear right now. This behavior will not be tolerated and those responsibility will be held accountable and prosecuted. A mike shop owner in oaklands neighborhood is thanking neighbors and friends to making sure his store was open for the busy shopping weekend. He it tip top bike shop, two glass doors were busted and security gate broken after protests last week. Owners had to find people to fix the glass over the holiday, which was quite expensive. Secure door remains busted. Of course, they believe the damage could have been considerably worse it not for the help of friends and strangers. Some of our friends and a Good Samaritan stood in front of them and stopped them from continuing. What could have been a very, very night, was merely an unfortunate night. Tip top reopened in time for friday. Time now is 5 07. San Francisco Police are trying to find a group of young women accused in a robbery spree. It began after 7 00 last night at union square. Witnesses say six women, who appeared to be in their 20s, stole clothes from Victoria Secret and forever 21. The 911 described them as rainbow girls because they were wearing bright colored clothing. There were similar robings guy a gang last year. A 10,000 reward is being offered for information lead to go the arrest for a murder after teacher. David ruenzel was out hiking at the huck barry reserve when two men robbed him and shot him at close range. The police are looking for two men who witnesses saw on the trail just before the shooting. This is the sketch of the first man. Heres a look at the other guy. The police are calling the two men persons of interest. A bart Police Officer killed in the line of duty was honored last night with the game he loved. The family of Sergeant Tommy smith was emotional at the tommy smith basketball tournament in haywood yesterday. He was actually shot by a colleague in january while serving a warrant in dublin. The catholic south organization presented smiths family with a special pennant, trophy and pictures, that are all three decades old. For my mom its special. A picture of her with mom and dad, its incredible. The tournament was named after smiths matter, tom smith, who was Athletic Director at all saints school. Time now 5 09 on your sunday morning, and weatherwise we have a break in the rain for now for some parts of the bay. Right. Light rain falling over oakland and San Francisco right now. Definitely slick out there. Temperatures in the mid50s. Heres a look from our roof camera. More of this is expected throughout the morning hours. And weve got the biggest yet to come, which impacts us on tuesday with a lot of wind, as well. So all of that coming up with the second half of your weekend. Thats straight ahead. And tomorrow is sober monday but recent Security Breaches at major retailers that people worry their credit card information isnt safe. Next what you what you can do ritenuto protect yourself. And we will tell you how you dont have to wait until tomorrow more great deals while also support a ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. Its our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. Apology accepted. Im watching you soup people. Make it progresso or make it yourself some people think vegetables are boring. But with green giants delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. Ho ho ho green giant time is 5 12 on your sunday morning. We are seeing in rain falling down. The green indicates it is falling in parts of San Francisco. You can see what is happening on live doppler 7 anytime with the abc7 news weather app. Lease average will be back in a few minutes with the full accuweather forecast. 5 13, the time. Today is a good time to score some holiday deals while also supporting a good cause. Dhows of stores will be offering deals and coupons today as part of a program called good shop sunday. A percentage of every purcell made will be donated back to the shoppers favorite chairtism retailers such as amazon, best buy, target, macys and apple are expected to take part in more than 110,000 causes will be represented. Today good shop sunday has raised more than 11 million for charity. The first Small Business saturday in San Francisco was held yesterday. A fashion show featuring clothing from local designers in stores was held on fillmore street. Its a nationwide effort to get people to shop at independent, locally owned stores after thanksgiving and throughout the Holiday Season. When you shop at the Small Business so much more of the money goes back into the Small Community to contribute to the schools and we want to make sure people are giving back to those people with their support. 20 stores up and down fillmore took part in last nights event and people who attended received passports wishes after visiting Different Stores could be redevelopment for free stuff. Big sales on black friday isnt pulling in customers like they used to. Americans spent 9 billion at stores. Thats down 7 from last year. But its too early to cull the Holiday Shopping season a dud. They said early sales on thanksgiving jumped 24 and the biggest shopping day is still to come. Thats the saturday before christmas. Tomorrow is cyber monday. Millions and millions of americans will log on and start shopping, entering their credit and debit card information without hesitation but with Security Breaches at stores like home depot, even the u. S. Postal service, kmart, how secure is your information these days . We have the answers. In the 1983 movie war games Matthew Broderick was the ultimate hacker. Childs play by todays standard. Listen to this guy who made his millions in Cyber Security. There are hackers everywhere, but heres the beauty if you are a criminal from cyber crime. Its the only crime where i can steal everything you own without physically having to be there. And the odds. Getting caught are. Basically 0. With sign better monday, the worlds biggest day for Online Shopping just around the corner, how can consumers keep their credit cards and personal Information Safe . First of all, warns our shark. Dont shop online where you are out in public using public wifi. Its public wifi. Everybody has access to it. And stick to credible retailers and before you click purchase always make sure the site is verified. Look for an appropriate symbol like verified by visa. And third, always, always check your statements. If you catch fraud on your card right away, typically you are not responsible. He warns consumers could check the monthly statements line by line for small questionable charges usually under 20 bucks. When its cyber monday or any other day of the year, he warns consumers dont let the ease of Online Shopping keep you from being Cyber Security smart. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. And Police Across the bay area are offering tips to protect residents from package theft this Holiday Season. They recommend having packages delivered to your workplace or somewhere where it can be received in person. Also request that the shipper require a signature confirmation and provide delivery instruction toss the shippers so that packages can be left at a save location out of sight out of the streets. People are also urging people to sign up for delivery alerts. Frequent flyers wont have to wait until soon he monday to score great deals on air travel. Alaskan airlines biggest sale of the year begins today. It kicks off at 4 00 p. M. Pacific time and travelers have until december 8th to purchase travel between january 6th and march 4th. Alaskan airlines, along with its partners, regional airlines, serves more than 100 cities nationwide. Time is 5 17. Lisa is here. A lot of people hitting the skies today heading back home. And the roadways, which will be slick all up and down the coast. Finally Southern California getting into the act with the next system thats head our way by tuesday. But we still have to get through today which features more showers than we had yesterday. We had some last night too. In fact, a good amount across the bay. I will get to the totals in a minute. Live doppler 7hd with light rain over San Francisco and oakland here and some mist and drizzle elsewhere. You can see the yellow indicating the rain there from the sunset, the richmond, daly city, and across the bay where oakland is getting wet this morning. 580, highway 12, anywhere in draw, out toward lafayette a more impressive cell. You go further out up to the north, vallejo, napa, monterey, mist and drizzle and concord looking at a pretty good shower. Back westward marin county, southern marin looks quiet but more rain along the coast are the beach up to sonoma, santa rosa and further south on the peninsula. Its a little slick. Not like it was yesterday but still we are looking at some very light shower activity. But as we widen out and we loop the perspective here, you can see what is offshore. We have the next little wave that will push on through throughout the midto late morning hours. So we have this that is going to push on through the first half of your morning here. As we look outside, the light rain there, 56 San Francisco. 53 san jose, Half Moon Bay 57. Emeryville wet and cloudy this morning. 54 petaluma and in the mid50s concord and finally exploratorium camera where is San Francisco is sitting under the clouds. Showers for pretty much everyone this morning. We will look for more concentrated lane later on this morning. Its a wet one and windy one tuesday into wednesday. So 24 hour totals you see san jose did pretty well, three quarters inch of rain in the last 24 hours and los gatos nearly a halfinch. 6 in napa, a third of an inch in mountain view. And right now adding with a couple hundredth here and there throughout the morning hours. Heres the next little wave. As we go through the rest of the day today this is what you can anticipate. Oakland, livermore, maybe a halfinch in the Higher Elevation was. 6 upper novato. Not a big snowmaker. 2 to 7 inches above 6,000 feet and light snow down to 5,000 feet. The rest of the morning looks like this as we go through about 8 00, 9 00. You can see showers 11 00 here. Noon we still have the showers around. It will take through the entire afternoon where the showers get more wadely scattered. Then a week ridge builds tomorrow. It will feel kind of mild out there. Maybe a light shower. A break for the good portion of monday. Look at this. This is tuesday at 11 00. This is the gusty wind, the heavy downpours and, in fact, the possible flooding in some spots with the afternoon commute impacted, and then we finally are going to dry out after another wave hits us through the overnight hours into wednesday morning. Highs today low 60s fremont, san jose scattered showers and the accuweather sevenday forecast. So we will call it showers and rain today. A break tomorrow. A brief warmup. Heavy rain with wind tuesday, wednesday. Lingering sprinkle into thursday. Overall we have the dryer outlook come thursday, friday and saturday. You see what is showing up on live doppler 7hd anytime with our new weather app right there up to the minute and you are going to need it. We have had the breaks, which have been key but the big one is still yet to come. Certainly every drop counts. Yes, yes. We need it. Thank you, lisa. Coming up, the Christmas Season is officially underway in the east bay. The familiar face who helped kickoff a local Tree Lighting ceremony last night. Bulldog oooh bulldog mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer get a serta mattress, any size, for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. The 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Ends sunday, thanksgiving weekend. Okay buddy, whats your favorite kind of cheerios . Honey nut. But. Chocolate is my other favorite. But Apple Cinnamon is my favorite too. And fruity. Oh yeah, and frosted okay, but. Whats youre most favorite of all . Hmm. The kind i have with you. Me too. Welcome back, everyone. 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