Their eye. People were coming here to take advantage of this target in albany and they knew exactly what they were here to get. I have to start shopping. Weve just started. Target is open until 10 00 tonight. Were real excited about that. We have checked online. I have a couple of hours. Maybe three, four. I should be able to get it all done. Reporter how long is your list . Long. I have four sisters and one brother. They all have kids. I got some practical great stuff. Got some heaters for people who need it. Jeans for people who they had them. I didnt get out until this evening. I was working all day. Trying to pick up lastminute goodies for my family. Reporter how was it in there . It wasnt bad. Not a whole lot of people. I knew exactly what i wanted. I wanted to pick it out just like a guy and i walked out. Reporter tart stores here in the bay area open target stores here in the bay area open until 10 00. A little less than two hours still. We did see a little bit of rain and that rain sent shoppers running for cover. This is the scene at the livermore premium outlets earlier today. Some people came prepared with that umbrella. We did see the wave of rain earlier today. It was very fast moving. We didnt pick up a whole lot of rainfall accumulation. Look at our totals from earlier today. Just a few 1 100ths throughout all of the bay area. But we did see gusty winds in the wake of the storm front. You can see clear skies over the bay area. Snowshowers continuing over the sierra but those will be winding down in the next couple of hours. Wind gusts are still going strong in a couple of places. 35mileanhour gusts at Half Moon Bay. 33 at sfo, still in the 20s in the north bay and santa rosa and novato, also vallejo, concord and san jose, still seeing those gusty winds. But the winds are expected to die down tonight. The calmer winds and colder air from todays storm around the clear skies will lead to chilly temperatures out the door tomorrow morning. If you have plans to head out, meet the family early, it will be really chilly in the 30s and 40s through much of the bay area. Only a couple of places will be in the mid to upper 40s. I will have the weekend details coming up. A lot of people are celebrating by taking their families to see the Christmas Lights and decorations. We have a live picture from alameda. This is showcasing one of the beautiful neighborhoods. People go out creating a very picturesque scene. This is thompson heavy right off high street. Most of the homeowners on this long block get together every year to put on a big light show. You can walk. You can drive and look at the lights. Its usually really packed. Kids sell popcorn and cotton candy to visitors. Donations are accepted to help light up the median area of the light which is city property. We talked to some of the people enjoying the sights. This is great. So many people come down here to see the lights. Its nice to have the enterprise here and some folks. Its great. Its a tradition. Every year we come down and see the lights. See santa. Well go back to the live pictures. If you plan to see this in person and a lot of people do, you see a lot of kids Walking Around do remember, it tends to be bumper to bumper. But as you see a lot of people park somewhere else, get out of the cars and Wander Around happily looking at all of this. You can also see more of this on kron4. Well be bringing you this live picture and other looks this neighborhood throughout the show. New developments tonight and new images from berkeley, missouri two miles from ferguson where a vigil and protest are being held. This is a diein in berkeley, missouri. The demonstrations there followed the death of a black teenager shot dead last night by a white officer. There was also a vigil tonight in berkeley, california, but tensions in the greater st. Louis area are still especially raw following Michael Brown and death and the grand jury ruling that followed. Protesters have shut down roads, part of interstate 170 shut down. Theyve been mostly peaceful and mourners are lighting candles for 18yearold Antonio Martin whose killing was partially captured on the upper lefthand corner of Surveillance Video that you are about to see. Keep your eye on left. The officer is retreating. Falls down as et fatally shoots martin. Police were responding to a call about a theft at the Convenience Store there. They say martin pulled a gun and pointed it at the officer. After the shootings, protesters threw fireworks at officers. There was looting, really mayhem and now many local activities are calling for calm. Were talking about violence. Were talking about people throwing rocks. That does not help the cause of folks who are rightfully fighting for justice and reform. The investigation is ongoing. Tonight, the main differences between this and the ferguson case, the suspect here last night in berkeley reportedly armed with a gun and, of course, theres video. However, better video might have been available but the officer involved left his body camera in his cruiser. Well, the president s of the three biggest Northern CaliforniaPolice Unions are speaking out about the recent protests against police. The union heads representing San Francisco, oakland, san jose, they got together to publish a letter today saying the demonstrations have gone from being about free speech to vilifying officers. Union leaders say they are very concerned about the safety of police and they are asking for more constructive talks. Occupy oakland is planning a protest tomorrow with the announced intention of ruining christmas for police. An occupy blog says they want to make sure that Bay Area Police dont get time off for the holiday. The downtown oikd response is in response to what the movement feels it Police Brutality across the nation. Today in San Francisco, protesters shut down the octavia offramp from highway 101. About 200 people blocked the intersection demanding more accountability from police. They were organized by a group called sf for black lives. Members marked the intersection at market with a Pink Triangle an icon of the lgbt movement. As a black man, i have a lot of anxiety walking down the street every time i see a police officer. Today could be the day they decide to shoot me and there would be no justice. Im here for myself and people who look like me. The group marched down market toward castro and they say this is no file for a celebration time for a celebration. The chp is cracking down for christmas. Its what it calls a maximum enforcement period. Officers plan to be very visible out on the road. They are asking bay area roads for their help in spotting potential problems. We want to remind everybody that this is a joint effort. If you do see an impaired driver on the road, please call 911, provide us with the location, direction of travel, the information about the vehicle including the license plate and what you see them doing. That will empower our officers to get out and be there to take care of that person who is impaired. Remember, theres not enough of us to take care of the road alone. Last year, five people were killed in bay area accidents over the christmas holiday. The enforcement period will last through the weekend. Meantime, a lot of people still trying to get to their comats derkerations. Charles Cliff Clifford is christmas destinations. Charles cliff order is live. How is it going . Reporter i think most people have made it to their destination for Christmas Eve by now. But earlier today, sfo was experiencing delays between 30 minutes to an hour, peen the amount between the amount of people and the clouds causing delays. Maybe an hour ago, i couldnt find any delayed flights. Things are looking pretty good here at sfo. There are some hearty souls traveling late on Christmas Eve. I spoke to one couple from seattle. Another from new york who said their flights were full. Maybe yesterday was busier. Today was supersimple. Seattle, we got there early expecting it to be crazy busy. A geest town there and its kind of a ghost town here. Not too bad. Its okay. Long flight. Reporter all right. San francisco is one of the busiest airports in the country. Sfo representatives tell me they expect between about 2 Million People to pass through the airport over christmas and new years. Charles cliff order clifford, kron4. This is Reagan National airport in washington, d. C. Nationwide, there have been nearly 13,000 flight delays since monday. More than 1200 cancellations. And some high winds and Stormy Weather in the midwest thats now moving east. More delays are expected. Some storms this week have been very destructive and deadly. Tornadoes in the southeast killed at least four people yesterday and theres now even a blizzard warning in hawaii, of all places. Several mountain peaks on the big island could get up to 8 inches of snow. A Hawaiian Airlines flight diverted to oakland has made it to honolulu. Flight 19 from sacramento, they had a mechanical problem. The captain decided to land at oaklands airport and get that fixed. The plane took off again this afternoon, landing safely in hawaii just within the last hour or so. Coming up, another possible case of ebola in the u. S. Well explain who is under quarantine tonight. And how a runin with a criminal signs to have turned an average student steams have turned an average student into a genous genious. And they are down to hours for collecting toys at lefty odouls. But first christmas carols. Volunteers are spreading christmas cheer with the annual Christmas Eve toy drive at lefty odouls. Annie anderson reports from San Franciscos union square. Reporter theres about three hours left for the official toy drive at lems. They are only two third of the way to the goal of the toys. Its all part of what the spirit of San Francisco is really about during the holidays. You share what you have with those who have less. Its great for the kids and everybody has one more chance to give toys so we can make sure every kid gets the manic at christmas. Reporter the San FranciscoPolice Department was 150 toys in their toy drive. Lefty odouls donated 150 of their toys to the Police Department to make sure all of those kids get toys to open tomorrow morning and lefty odouls is not the largest bar sizewise. So toys have gone out. Weve taken some to the Hunters Point area. Were excited for those will get them. Reporter right now, what lefty odouls are need for gifts for tweens. That can make mean makeup, small electronics. Gift cards are great. Anywhere from 15 to 25 although any amount will help. Now, this toy drive technically end at 11 00 p. M. Thats when the Fire Department will come pick up the toys in their fire truck. If you cant make it here by then, thats okay. They will keep accepting toys until the bar closes at 2 00. There is a drop off on geary street. We did see a little bit of rain out there today. It was fast moving. It only brought us a few 1 100ths of rain. We did see winds along with that front and also still seeing gusty winds right now. 37mileanhour gusts at Half Moon Bay. Still seeing gusts in the 20s in novato, sfo, oakland and in concord. Those wind gusts are gonna start dying down as we head into the overnight hours which is going to lead to chilly conditions tonight. The cooler air that filtered in from the storm, plus the clear skies, plus the calmer winds. We need all three for these temperatures to drop in the 30s and 40s. Christmas day will be sunny but chilly, only in the 50s. Thats what well be seeing through the extended forecast. No more rain in sight. At least not for now. So the wind gusts ongoing. You see at 10 00, the blue on your screen represents wind gusts in the 20mileanhour range. After midnight, things start to calm down and you see by 7 00 in the morning when we hit our morning lows, we are going to be seeing calmer conditions. That is going to allow temperatures to drop in the 30s and low 40s. If those winds die down a little sooner, we might see more 30s across napa, vallejo, fairfield and also concord and down into pleasanton. 37 in livermore, 39 in sunnyvale. A little bit more mild in San Francisco. Thats to be expected. 46 there. The afternoon brings us turns in the 50s. In the south, 57 in san jose. 56 in los gatos. Low 50s tomorrow for antioch. Brentwood will be in the low 50s. Mid50s in fairfield. 56 in vallejo. 56 oakland and san leandro. 50s at the coast, down the peninsula and in the north bay tomorrow afternoon. As for snow in the sierra, its still ongoing but its wifernding down. You see the whole region basically only seeing the snow. The green shows rain. Snow levels have dropped to lake level. So well probably pick up anywhere between 1 and 3 inches of snow at lake level and up to a foot in the higher elevations. That includes what weve already seen out there today. Well have some snow early tomorrow morning. And then clearing skies but pretty chilly, in the 20s in the 20s tomorrow and friday. On saturday well start to warm things up a little bit. Here is a look at your extended forecast, Christmas Day, sunny skies, but chilly both in the morning and the afternoon. Well stay cool into friday, saturday, and sunday. In fact, very similar weather expected all the way through the extended forecast. A developing story, a Lab Technician working at the cdc in atlanta might have been exposed to the ebola virus. That person now being monitored. The person was working in a supposedly secure lab. But might have come into contact with a small amount of a live virus during an experiment. This is not the first time there have been potential problems of this kind. In june, more than 50 cdc workers had to take antibiotics as a precaution after all being potentially exposed to anthrax. The Colorado Christmas miracle. The freak occurrence in one familys front yard. Coming up later in sport, a bowl game ending that you have to see to believe. Jim harbaugh responds to michigans birthday treecht. When it comes to the Red Kettle Campaign for the Salvation Army here in the bay area, donations are way down this year. I will tell you why this may be the case in my story up next. 7 new at 8 00, you have probably heard the Salvation Army bell ringers. Well, now were learning learning that donations are down by thousands of dollars in cities across the bay area. Jr stone has more from union square. Ho ho ho. Merry christmas. Happy holidays and god bless everyone. Reporter his name is john the bell ringer, a marine veteran who you may have seen ringing his bell next to his red kettle in union square. You get out here and at the end of the day you could be a little hoarse. I can recognize one of these bells from miles away. But its worth it. Reporter this year donations are down all across the bay area for the red kettles. Were down as much as 50,000 in San Francisco. In oakland, were down around 48,000. Reporter san jose is down 10,000. As to why the giving may be less this year, a couple of possibilities. We had a superstorm and several rainy wet days and passersby dont want to fish money hout of their pockets. The protests in oakland prevented us from having kettles along the broadway corridor. Reporter ask john about those numbers and his experience about the Salvation Army, and this is what he will tell you my life crashed and burned and they picked up the pieces. Got me back on my feet. I became a Salvation Army soldier. And they put me back together again. I dont know about particular numbers. I just know what i what i see out here and i see people, cheerful givers. Reporter jr stone, kron4 news. Still ahead, after a wild ride, the interview is owning in theaters is opening in theaters. A woman who lost her teenaged son lets to hear his heart in another mans chest. And look who is doing a double take in ann arbor. And this is thompson avenue in alameda. And well be right back. Coming up, how you can see the controversial movie the interview from the comfort of your couch. Also, shoppers in a lastminute rush. What they are after as the clock winds down on Christmas Eve. And a freak storm blows in, bringing down this huge tree. Seems like a recipe for disaster, but not here. Well talk to the family that avoided disaster. We saw some rain out there today but it was very fast moving. It only lasted for about 30 minutes to an hour in most places. We only saw a few 1 100ths. Were still seeing the effects from that storm. I will explain coming up. The Holiday Season is here, which means its time for the volkswagen signthendrive event. For practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a germanengineered volkswagen. Like the sporty, advanced new jetta. And the 2015 motor trend car of the year allnew golf. If youre wishing for a new volkswagen this season. Just about all you need is a finely tuned. Pen. Get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on select new volkswagen models. Well, a family is thanking their lucky stars this Christmas Eve, that huge tree nearly fell on their house. But everyone who lives there, they are okay tonight. Kron4 shares the amazing story from morgan hill. Reporter well, the gentleman that owns this home tells me that hes been putting out decorations in his yard for several days. He stepped out for a moment and thats when a storm blew through tropling his 60feet tree in the yard. He said the tree missed h