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healthy holmes. i'm ken wayne. christmas is hours away and there have r-still a lot of shoppers out there, taking it down to the wire, looking for a special present to put under the tree. ktvu's jade hernandez is in emeryville. >> reporter: ken, look at this parking lot. shoppers are trying to finish off their lists, each shopper today told us a story on how it was supposed to go. >> i kept thinking i would buy it all on-line and missed my window. >> reporter: at union square this man showed us what he purchased so far under pressure. >> i got some ugs and my mom and sister some le...

was cut short, but now his liver is set to be donated to a patient at ucsf medical center. it's all going to happen in a couple of hours. a christmas surgery and life- saving gift. a 23-year-old with a promising future, charles butler, jr. was gunned down thursday morning in what his family call a senseless killing. >> no one should ever go through anything like this at all. >> reporter: butler had just graduated from the maritime academy and was planning to work on shipses a merchant marine. his sister says life was heading in the right direction. >> i loved my brother so much and i...

give the gift of life. ktvu's alex savidge talks to the family about their decision to give others a second chance. >> well, this young man's life was cut short, but now his liver is set to be donated to a patient at ucsf medical center. it's all going to happen in a couple of hours. a christmas surgery and life- saving gift. a 23-year-old with a promising future, charles butler, jr. was gunned down thursday morning in what his family call a senseless killing. >> no one should ever go through anything like this at all. >> reporter: butler had just graduated from the maritime academy ...

investigation of the year. last night a vallejo man was discovered inside a pickup truck suffering from several stab wounds. she identified as identified as caesar villalobos. they found his car stopped with tires still spinning. they found the victim had been stobd in the torso a number of times. >> if you waited until the last day to do christmas shopping, you are not alone. 24 million americans will be out shopping today but some are looking for a five finger discount. john alston has more. ♪ >> santa isn't the only one coming to town. shoplifters are making eight season to reme...