david louie, "abc 7 news". >> carolyn: bay area is not having a white christmas but it's not stopping people from enjoying a traditional sport. they are heading to justin justin hermann plaza skating but some were struggling to stay up. like many rinks around the bay area this one is staying open until january 6th. >> dan: that is great. lots of fun. >> carolyn: an incredibly elaborate christmas light display is pitting neighbor against neighbor. it's adorned with 56,000 lights, many of which are synced to christmas music. some are complaining the lights are too bright and keeping them from sleeping. they contacted the police and asked the city council for an ordinance to limit the lights on display. he. >> dan: it's like to see wayne newton performing there. more rain is coming. >> clouds are this can thing. first in the north bay and sweep eastward. mount tam cam looking down to downtown san francisco. you can see the lights of the holiday season, decorating the embarcadero center. its beautiful christmas eve but it's about to get a little messy. here is a look at live doppler 7-hd.

let's check in now with david louie who is live on campus for us. david? >> this situation continuing to unfold here. police are doing that classroom by classroom floor by floor search of the tech center as the new science center behind me. they're trying to make sure that everyone is safe, students and professionors a librarian in lock down at this point. we have with us a student in a nearby building part of the lock down. give me a sense of what it was like. when did you know smk was going on here? >> i was -- it was terrifying. we got a phone call, first thing is that our teacher locked doors and secured classroom, then we turned lights off and waiting for instructions. it was something i've never expected to happen today. during finals. it's something i never knew was going to happen. >> what did you do during lock down? >> just sat down, kept quiet. turned off lights. and just waited to see what happens. and fortunately police were responsive wex got a lot of cops coming here. and we're just sitting, waiting. >> did you feel your life was in danger?

san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> the oldest sister of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg found herself in a bit of online privacy breach. this was posted on her facebook profile over the holidays. someone she didn't know saw it and sent it out to more than 40,000 twitter followers. zuckerberg said it was meant for are facebook friends and not to be distributed. she said it is not about private settings it it is about human decency. randy zuckerberg is the former head of marketing for facebook. >>> we can all relate to having a bad day at work. take a look at this. this may be one of the worst on record and the driver of this bus was just following orders. the story behind this wet ride, that is up next. >>> also ahead the surprising gifts to an east bay man after he found a message in a bottle. stay with us. abc 7 news at 9:00 continues here is a bad day. this happened in san diego. the driver of a 40-foot long bus was on his route but he missed a turn. he called dispatch and was told to turn on this to road when drove into a sinkhole. he was able to drive out of the bus through a wind

live in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >> great tip, thank you. happens all the time. >>> upside of waiting until the laugh minute, the deep discounts. -- the last minute, the deep discounts. kira klapper joins us with the deals. >> reporter: last minute shoppers might not find a parking spot today but they will find steals, prices slashed on clothes, toys, even appliance. with hours until christmas, the madness at the mall is in full swing. 10% of americans have waited until today to buy their final gifts. if you are one of those hunting for that perfect present, no doubt, you will find a great deal. >> a lot of the stores now the same markdowns as they did black friday weekend, great time to come out. >> reporter: 40% off american at eastern eagle and banana republic, k mart offering 50% off pajamas and robes, sears between $90 off tool sets. lowe's 20% off vacuums. toys "r" us buy one get one 30% off for video games, target a nook simple touch for $119 and a $20 gift card back. wal-mart selling ipad 3 for $399 and a $30 gift card in return. pho

live in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >> great tip, thank you. happens all the time. >>> upside of waiting until the laugh minute, the deep discounts. -- the last minute, the deep discounts. kira klapper joins us with the deals. >> reporter: last minute shoppers might not find a parking spot today but they will find steals, prices slashed on clothes, toys, even appliance. with hours until christmas, the madness at the mall is in full swing. 10% of americans have waited until today to buy their final gifts. if you are one of those hunting for that perfect present, no doubt, you will find a great deal. >> a lot of the stores now the same markdowns as they did black friday weekend, great time to come out. >> reporter: 40% off american at eastern eagle and banana republic, k mart offering 50% off pajamas and robes, sears between $90 off tool sets. lowe's 20% off vacuums. toys "r" us buy one get one 30% off for video games, target a nook simple touch for $119 and a $20 gift card back. wal-mart selling ipad 3 for $399 and a $30 gift card in return. pho

david louie is live tonight. how bad is that number? >> well, dan that, is the smallest increase in spending in four years. now, when there is a retraction that can have implications for the overall economy. the last minute discounts and deals gave impression of a frenzy but retail sales didn't match forecasts by a sizeable margin that. is after some shoppers said they spent more on gifts. >> i spend more. and did a lot online. >> that puts pressure on retailer autos they need to sell that inventory to complete the disfis cal year, and also to provide cash to take them in to the new year as well. >> the professor is executive director of the retail management institute. retail spending accounts for 70% of the kmaigs naigs's economy w sales up a scant 0.7% that is going to have a big impact in month as head. retailers like consumers are waitsing for politicians to agrow on a budget and tax autos where there is that uncertainty, they'll be more conservative in investments and inventories and new store growth but we're going to have some i

david louie, abc7 news. >>> 4:46. as we deal with bitter cold temperatures people in southern california got high winds overnight a tree came down on a car in los angeles, fortunately the driver was not injured.tz4,lúq! car was badly. neighborhoods across l.a. crews are working over time to try to restore power, reminding residents winter is almost here. >>> folks in the northwest cleaning up damage left by a storm weather getting the blame for this mudslide in washington state. a 75 foot wall of mud and debris rolls off a hillside into that passing train and derails it, this happened monday near everett. a man said he had a feeling something was going to go wrong >> we told you earlier that time magazine was picking is person of the year. the announcement has been made. >> president obama, we told you a couple tech titans from the bay area were in the running. ceos of yahoo and apple, i guess it is the ceo of the country. >> i think he got more votes than they did in the last election. >> they will give the explana

. >> david louie joins us live in san jose. david? >> well, all lis on rivers such as the guadalupe. the crews are making sure debris is cleared so rain runnoff will flow properly. now air, threat of freezing temperatures tomorrow night, it has posed new problems for homeowners and for the homeless. homeless. a good night as sleep inwré warm, dry place is important for the homeless when whether temperatures -- weather temperatures nasty. >> we see our numbers increasing during these cold weather months and when weather is, you know, harsh out there now. it is not by night, numbers tend to fluctuate. >> eac light builders runs shelters in santa clara county. largest here at this center have 250, but can take in an extra 100.g]vj hot meals are provided. intake done using a lottery system. but that is sus and spended when there is a weather emergency. mark wheeler knows what it's hostile. >> all it takes is a little bit of rain to get clothes wet, then, you're freezing. there are people that die out there. it's sad. >> the cold weathera

david louie explains kinds of attacks to expect. >> viruses and worms are called mal ware. 55,000 are released daley. almost one per second. they've attacked networks and pcs there. is a constant fear they can bring down the power grid. the new target is a mobile devi.s bad guys can tap into your bank accounts. >> it reaches to another device infected imagine if you end up doing a transaction so you're giving money your money away. >> mcafee forecasting 2013 will be a big increase for attacks. some will be crossovers from pcs. >> everything gets incrypted. there is an e mail tells you you can get that data uneven crypted. we've begun to see that. target smart phones and transfer videos and photos. a virus can be trancered to. >> we know that that is coming. it's just a question of time. in 2013 we think we'll be seeing that. >> consider using antivirus software. banks and wireless carriers are also on the alert trying to filter malwear before it reaches devices. targets often are highly visible but more, the bad guys going after the little device that you, and i, carry. in san jose, a

david louie is live tonight and sounds like officials there got very little warning. >> they didn't get very much warning. the mayor tells me that he got the bad news yesterday afternoon from chevron but apparently, the plan to moist jobs to texas had been underway for months. >> this is not something you want to see. it's a big impact here. >> 800 jobs represents just under a 4th of the 3500 employees at the san ramone headquarters. chevron says it told workers but didn't make it public until sending out an e mail yesterday. five business units are involved, all support the oil exploration in the gulf of mexico and it's alternative fuel research in houston. it will allow them to collaborate side by side. chevron says headquarters will remain in san ramone. stewart bambino from the san ramone chamber of commerce calculates the impact. >> going to be millions of dollars. millions when you take into consideration property values, all of the tax base if they're to lose jobs. it's oo local restaurants and retailer as cross the street from the main entrance stand to lose good customers. anot

abc 7 news's david louie says that is a new twist surrounding the troubled purchase of the software company. the web site has plenty of did he tails about idle 10 based on technology. a british software company hp bought last year, however this, sharer2b?m holder lawsuit claims the board is engaging in fraud because idle 10 doesn't exist. >> executives of the company including the directives knew this product didn't exist. yet, november 29th, a year ago, they told the world they had this new, next generation platform. it did not exist. >> other companies turned down offers to buy auto nominee as too costly. shareholder attorneys claim hp is trying to whitewash a deal gone sour. >> if you buy a product, it doesn't work, you don't tell the public it work autos the board is on a hot seat, including silicon valley pioneers meg whitman and mark andresan. should they have known better? >> mark is not necessarily a super star evaluation expert or accountant. so i would say no. and in that case, i don't think the premise applies since it was a technology company, not a silicon valley base. it didn'

business and technology reporter david louie is tracking their moves for us. >> reporter: and i would be smug and say i got all my shopping done but they need to get the presents under tree. some of the major malls are closing at 6:00. we've already seen some stores already closed. >> you can tell from the long lines at the checkout stands and from the volume of cars pulling into the mall there is a lot of last minute shopping under way. >> i found out there is christmas tomorrow. i have a little shopping. >> but the shoppers are mostly men on christmas eve. >> are you giving me a hard time waiting for the last minute. >> reporter: why did you wait so long? >> i got most of it done. >> reporter: these are the frosting on the cake for retailers. they are projecting holiday sales will be 2-3% above last year. not bad considering the recession isn't over. busiest uncertainty is what to buy. this shopper had two sesame street elmos. >> i'm trying to figure out what to get that. assault hardest thing. you can't buy things too intricate. >> maybe the strategy which toys attract their attent

. >> here is david louie. its not something that you want to see. losing 800 jobs is a big impact here in san ramone. >> 800 jobs is about a fourth of his work force in headquarters. chevron says it didn't make it public until yesterday. five business units are insolved supporting chevron oil exploration and fuel research. all workers will be working side by side in houston. chevron said headquarters will remain in san ramone. stuart bambino cal cue lace laits impact to the local economy. >> millions of dollars. millions. taking into consideration, property values. it's impact. >> another turn is where what work wrerz will do to real estate market. barbara reed foster has been selling properties here 34 years pointing out many workers moved here from lower cost areas and may not be homeowners. >> it's going to have a broad spectrum, they can seize on rentals but we have waiting lists for rentals and our homes have multiple offer soiz don't think we're going to have issues. >> it appears transfer of the jobs not complete, they hope to meet with offic

abc7 news reporter david louie has the details of the new proposal. >> the thinking behind the proposed crackdown of repeat offenders is to address what state senator jerry hill says is a high rate of drunk drivers who don't modify their behavior. he cites 2009 statistics, the most recent numbers available. >> there were 161,000, 161,000 dui arrests and convictions in california. twenty seven percent of those were repeat offenders. >> a second dui conviction would require a a driver to buy and install an ignition intercept device. this is video posted on youtube by several manufacturers showing how their devices work. a breath sample is taken and the car will start only if the driver passes the test. law enforcement agencies say sobriety checkpoints helped to intercept drunk drivers and take them off the street. redwood city police officers have checked 15,000 vehicles so far this holiday period and made 18 arrests. they support senator hill's bill as an additional deterrent. >> the legislation that is being proposed today is actually needed to be added as part of the arsenal that we ha

abc7 news reporter david louie has the details of the new proposal. >> the thinking behind the proposed crack down of repeat offenders is to address what state senator jerry hill says is a high rate of drunk drivers who don't modify their behavior. he cites twine statistics, the most recent numbers available. >> there were 161,000, 161,000dui arrests and convictions in california. twenty seven percent of those were repeat offenders. >> a second conviction would require a a driver to buy and install andre iguodala nation intercept device. this is video posted on youtube by several manufacturers showing how their devices work. a breath sample is taken and the car will start only if the driver passes the test. a sobriety checkpoint helped to intercept drunk drivers and take them off the street. redwood city police officers have checked 15,000 vehicles so far this holiday period and made 18 arrests. they support senator hill's bill as an additional deterrent. >> the legislation that is being proposed today is actually needed to be added as part of the arsenal that we have in deterring peopl

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