mark sayre is at safeway headquarters in pleasanton. what does this mean for safeway customers? >> reporter: it's hard to say what it means. albertsons said there are no intentions to close any safeway stores as part of this transaction. it also says that the cost savings from the merger will allow it to actually improve and remodel some of its stores and even lower prices for consumers. safeway operates more than 1300 stores in 20 states and employs 138,000 people. but some analysts say that the concept of the one size fits all grocery store like safeway may be coming to an end as consumers flock to specialty stores and online sites like amazon.com. some shoppers like kristy mendoza like safeway just the way it is. >> i have three children and i'm busy with them all the time. if i could just hit one store and get everything for me it is valuable to be able to go to one place. >> reporter: so lempert is with supermarket news and was interviewed via skype. >> this is game changing not just for the bay area but for the entire food industry in the country. what we have seen over th

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> this surveillance video is dramatic. it shows a gunman terrorizing a liquor store. but today two men are in custody. the robbers targeted nearly two dozen other businesses. ktvu's robert handa outlines the operation that led police to the suspects. >> reporter: police dubbed the robbers the can't stop won't stop robbers. who terrorized the city until they were caught last week. investigators looked at the pattern of crimes. >> robberies of this type will continue to ramp up. >> reporter: the strategy paid off. two suspects showed up at one of the stores and then warred off as police showed up. one man was caught quickly. >> it's a dead end. it's a dead end. >> reporter: the other man kept running. with police officers in chase as well as a chopper. >> he's crossing southbound lanes now on the run. >> two of our robbery detectives picked up on this. and started listening on the radio and actually caught the fleeing suspect. >> reporter: taken into custody esco

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> today on "tmz" -- >> we got the infamous footage of justin bieber peeing in the cell. >> what is your takeaway? >> i think he has a huge dong. >> what? >> when i saw how big the black bar was, i was thinking it must be swinging back and forth. >> you're thinking about bieber's weiner way too much. >> oh, my god, it looks just dream! did in my >> breaking hip-hop news. lil boosie is free. yay! >> this is a humongous story. >> oh, my god. >> he's free, we celebrating. we barbecuing, we frying chicken. >> who's lil boosie?

. >>> safeway. it is being sold. tonight, what we just learned about the deal, your neighborhood store and more importantly, your grocery bill. >> betty yu tells us what is going on. >> reporter: customers should see lower prices and some stores may even be remodeled, but some experts are not so convinced. safeway is hooking up with albertsons. not because it wants to, but because it has to. >> safeway is pushed in the middle. >> reporter: santa clara university expert says this $9 billion deal was inevitable. safeway features growing competitions from wal-mart and whole foods and trader joes. >> it is not your number one destination. it doesn't have a brand. it is the other store you go to to kind of get what you didn't get anywhere else. >> reporter: albertson's parent company claims this consolidation will mean lower prices and better customer services and it doesn't expect to close any safeway stores. >> there will be closed st oars. there will be jobs lost. >> reporter: if that's the case, the traditional shoppi

only at safeway. but first... as we've been >>> wendy tokuda joins us in a couple of minutes with tonight's students rising above. but first, kpix 5 is proud to sponsor the cbs bay area local spelling bee. so its time for a word of the day. kenny, it's your term. yesterday we had muumuu an article of clothing. [ laughter ] >> mumu? >> we're sticking with the theme. this is an article of clothing. >> okay. >> the word is lederhosen. would you like it used in a sentence? >> yes, i would. >> all the men who volunteered to work at oktoberfest were asked to wear lederhosen. [ pronounced laid-er-hose-en ] >> would you like to know the country of origin? >> i'm guessing it's germany. >> very good. >> how did you know? >> can you put it in a sentence? >> i'm going to try it again. many people in the sound of music wore lederhosen. [ laughter ] >> god, this is hard. everybody going at home no, it's easy, dummy. >> everybody googled it at home. >> l--- lederhosen. l-e-d-e-r-h-o--- >> no way. >> s-e-n. >> is that your final

safeway is being sold. kpix 5's betty yu says there could be lower prices but some are not convinced. >> reporter: safeway is hooking up with albertsons not because it wants to but because it has to. >> safeway is pushed in the middle. >> reporter: santa clara university retail expert [ non- english language ] says this $9 billion deal was inevitable. safeway faces growing competition from discount stores like walmart and upscale chains. >> what safeway is not the number one destination. it doesn't have a brand. it's that other store you go to, to kind of get what you didn't get anywhere else. >> reporter: albertsons' parent company says this consolidation will mean lower prices and better customer service. it doesn't expect to close any safeway stores. >> but there are going to be stores that are closed. i think there's going to be unfortunately jobs lost. >> reporter: and if that's the case, the traditional shopping center landscape could also change. >> safeway has been here a long time. i think a lot of

safeway stock is up for the year 21%. >>> safeway is one of the largest employers in the bay area but it's not number one. it ranks seventh from the san francisco center of economics. uc san francisco is second with 22,000. and safeway has about 13,000 workers. >>> new at 10:00, a bingo game targeted by four robbers. tonight two people are in custody after an attack for her winnings. there's now a controversial idea being considered to hopefully keep players safe. >> it has a blue haired imagine, but the bingo winnings are all green. >> it's a cash business and a lot of cash. >> reporter: staffed by robbers lying in wake. two recent attacks have the community rattled. two armed suspects posing as bingo players grabbed wads of cash in front of dozens of witnesses. >> they just went and got him at that moment and took off with what they could. >> reporter: they took chase. >> i didn't want them to get away with it. >> reporter: they didn't get away with it for too long. today the two suspects and their accomplices are now behind bars. >> the m.o. and description is similar. and that's w

it's business as usual for shoppers at the safeway store. but the city of pleasanton is preparing for the unknown what might happen next. >> what kind of numbers they will have in their corporate headquarters if there will be a corporate presence here. that's one of the biggest things that i'm concerned about. >> reporter: the city's two safeway stores corporate presence and the workers generate hundreds of thousands of tax dollars for the city. a closure of safeway corporate headquarters would hurt this bedroom community in more ways than one. >> it has been a source of pride. people ask us what kind of businesses we have here and one of the first things out of our mouth of course is safeway. from that perspective, it will be quite a loss. >> reporter: the company that's buying safeway also owns albertsons. it's a private equity firm. industry experts believe the buy-out will mean layoffs and closures, selling stores in areas with the hot real estate market. >> i'm sure they are looking at the real estate portfolio and seeing how they can m

safeway, they have a lot of choices. >> reporter: the ceos of safeway and albertson's put out a joint statement stating they are happy about the purchase and consumers may benefit by the move. safeway's president and ceo said in part that safeway has been focused on better meeting shopper's diverse needs. but shoppers we talked to tonight have mixed emotions about the merger. >> i don't know what that means for the prices. i kind of see them going down a little bit. >> the sky's the limit when you take two big companies like that and bring them together. who knows? >> reporter: the companies say that no stores will close because of this transaction. experts say just wait and see. reporting live, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. on the same day as that big sale, safeway agreed to settle a multimillion dollar lawsuit. the lawsuit alleges the grocer involved in false advertising and unfair competition by not charging customers the lowest advertised price and implying produce was locally grown when it wasn't. >>> we're learning more about the arrest of an east bay

safeway officials say no. no stores will close because of the merger. for now. what the store says is it will make the shopping experience even better. >> reporter: safeway is headquartered in pleasanton. 266 stores across northern california. and is a favorite for thousands of shoppers. >> safeway brand is better than other brands. >> convenient. >> reporter: tonight it is off the market. safeway says it agreed to merge with albertson's. >> it will become a monopoly and we are not going to have as many choices as we had before. the ceo said we will be able to deliver outstanding products at the best price. >> i don't like it. >> doesn't bother me. stays clean. prices are good. >> reporter: more than 1300 safeway stores across the united states. if it goes through, it will create a network of 2400 stores and 200 and 50,000 employees under one company. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the video is chilling. a robber pointing a hand gun at the clerk and customers and fires into the air. the video is evidenc

cesar ---el gigante de los supermercados safeway tendra que pagar mas de 2 millones de dolares... pitch - blanca ---esto, tras ser demandado por presuntos cargos excesivos a sus clientes. ---pilar niÑo tiene los detalles. take pkg 01 12 19 37 01:06 01:15 safeway fue demandado por cobrarle a sus clientes de mas al momento de pagar e incumplir con promociones como pague uno y lleve dos....las quejas no fueron dificil encontrar. rebeca covarrubias/client e de supermercado 0:12 13:04 sinceramente si me he dado cuenta porque hay veces mi hijo es el que me chequea el recibo y me dice, mama te enganaron 13;10 pedro mendez/cliente de supermercado 0:19 17:41 muchas personas hasta cuando llegan a la casa se dan cuenta pero ya no quieren regresar a reclamar porque ya salieron del establecimiento 17:48 segun la demanda tambien han vendido productos con menos peso del anunciado....y han promocionado mercancia como si fuera cultivada localmente, cuando no lo era.... johana reina/cliente de supermercado 0:37 10:52 claro que es problema porque como que lo enganen a uno 10:55 13;35 la vida esta t

albertsons' owner bought all of safeway's 1300 stores in 20 states. the owner says the merger is a cost-saving measure but no stores will be closed. experts disagree. >> there is going to be stores that are closed. i think there's going to be unfortunately jobs lost. >> pleasanton-based safeway's ceo is expected to become the president and ceo of the combined companies when the merger is complete. >>> a blind man falls off a metro platform in l.a. the lucky break that saved this man's life. >> the senate kills a bill to change the way the military handles sexual assault cases. what's next for one of the most pressing issues facing the armed forces. >> and time to start thinking weekend! the weather, hey, could be pretty good at least part of the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and if you are riding mass transit on this friday morning, so far everything looks good. we just checked in with bart, 27 trains all on time. a check of the roads after this

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safeway is in one states. with this merger, they'll be operating in 28 states and safeway and albert son's both say this will benefit customers. >> this merger will improve our competitive position we'll have resources to better meet needs of local customers at providing lower prices, better assortment of products, and an imprufed shopping experience. >> safeway is in the news after being fined for pricing discrepancies, failing to honor discount coupon asks making statements some products were locally grown where when they were not. customers say this has happened to them. >> you know i check my receipt walking out of the door. then, very to to go back inside and say guess what? this is wrong. it's not something i want to have to do but i'm going to do it. >> reporter: that announcement made today by the alameda county district attorney's office now, lou customers will benefit from all of this remains to be seen. abc7 news. >> thank you. >> bay area pleas may be closing in on a series of cold case murders tod

safeway is being absorbed by albertson in a 9 billion dollar merger deal. allen is live at the safeway in berkeley to explain what this could mean for customers as well as employees. allen? >>reporter: well, dan the people here want to know two things. the employees want to know what this means for their jobs. and customers want to know how this affects prices. >> 35 dollars right there. >>reporter: it got bob one bag of grocery. now he's wondering if the 9.2 billion dollar sale of safeway to the company that owns albertson will lead to lower prices today. safeway ceo edwards answered that question. >> after the 2 companies combine our customers will benefit from significant cost saving synergy and stronger management team. >>reporter: safeway headquartered in pleasanton has 1300 locations combined with just over 1100 albertson stores it will become the largest retail grocery chain in the u.s. santa clara university director of retail management says combining 2 grocery giants will phase out more middle men. >> i think that efficiency will drive the prices

only at safeway. ingredients for life. okay, hold still, honey. i'm afraid you're going to hit me again. don't worry. i'm just putting this time. i'm not the strongest golfer, and i think it's holding me back in business. too bad deals aren't closed in a trampoline park. i'd just lazy-back into a rudolph into a quadriffus right up the corporate ladder. hey, dad, you coming to my play tonight? "your" play? you only painted the sets. yeah, and michelangelo "only" painted the sixteenth chapel. maybe don't keep your face so close to the paint cans. sorry, buddy, i'm getting a golf lesson and then i'm playing with a client, but i'll try to make your next performance. (doorbell rings, thud) phil! little busy. oh, you always do this. you cram stuff in the freezer without thinking about it. i opened the door, and a frozen turkey almost fell on my foot. i keep pulling it to the left. are we sure the house is level? are you not the least bit sorry? i could have broken a toe. honey, i'm sorry for dozens of things every day

safeway is being absorbed by albertson in a 9 billion dollar merger deal. allen is live at the safeway in berkeley to explain what this could mean for customers as well as employees. allen? >>reporter: well, dan the people here want to know two things. the employees want to know what this means for their jobs. and customers want to know how this affects prices. >> 35 dollars right there. >>reporter: it got bob one bag of grocery. now he's wondering if the 9.2 billion dollar sale of safeway to the company that owns albertson will lead to lower prices today. safeway ceo edwards answered that question. >> after the 2 companies combine our customers will benefit from significant cost saving synergy and stronger management team. >>reporter: safeway headquartered in pleasanton has 1300 locations combined with just over 1100 albertson stores it will become the largest retail grocery chain in the u.s. santa clara university director of retail management says combining 2 grocery giants will phase out more middle men. >> i think that efficiency will drive the prices

pleasanton is not so plent about losing safeway. >> in our conversations with safeway it is too early to tell. if safeway departs california would lose the inment and tax of a major -- income tax of a major economy. >> reporter: they hope safeway will stay, it knows it could attract other employers. >> pleasanton has a robust business community and we will be able to weather whatever happens. >> reporter: she knows how these things usually go. >> it appears boise will be where the carpet headquarters will be -- corporate headquarters would be located. >> now there will be two of every executive and corporate position so that can't continue in a cost efficient way. >> reporter: but safeway and albertsons could be good news for shoppers. >> the power to negotiate with your suppliers to get low -- the lowest possible cost because you are competing with the walmarts and the costcos of the world. >> reporter: where safeway and albertsons are in competition around the country some will have to close and that will cost more jobs. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more detail

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> stanford women are 34-2 all time in the pac12 conference tournament but tonight it's seattle colorado. remind the cardinal they just can't cruise their way to the finals. stanford takes the lead for good. it's her third three pointer of the year. there's freshman lily thompson adding 15 points against hart. stanford wins. they face usc in a pac12 conference. >>> and foya was upset by washington state. the cardinals led by as much as 15 in the second half. with 85 second left, 91-83, cal 21-9 and they should still make the ncaa tournament. >>> the gusty winds in the redesigned blue monster at dural sent more than 100 golf balls into the water today. mickelson was left six shots back of the leaders. tiger drills this 95-foot birdie on the hole. proving that anything can still happen. just three players shot under par today. just four players are under par after 54 holes. one that guy. cutcher here he is. that lands within a foot for the birdie. cutcher, dustin

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> explosion control, viewed from a helicopter. safe up above. this is in the national park in canada, visitor safety specialists who work for canada's mountain national parks. they are coming in to set off controlled explosions. >> oh. >> to create some avalanches. they set this thing off and all of this snow takes off down the mountain, and it's beautiful. >> deliberate avalanche. >> right. >> protection for citizens and for hikers and for people who might be out in this area. >> but beautiful. >> just to see this down the mountain. >> it builds and it builds, it looks like white smoke. >> what a fun job. >> where you see where this ends up, you're going to see how technically accurate these people can be. >> like a big funle. >> highway 93. watch what happens. >> stops right before. >> wow. >> absolutely. they don't need to stop traffic. >> dissipates feet from that road. >> isn't that incredible? >> they know what they're doing. >> dare i say it, quite possibly the best 30 seconds on the web. this video, we had on our show not

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> pam: new at five, a life- long dream has become reality for a young heart patient from pleasant hill. kron four's rob fladeboe has the highlights from a day when the san jose sharks rolled out the red carpet for sam tageson and his make a wish dream come true. >> reporter:it began with a limo to the rink at sap center.and then 17-year-old sam tageson laced up his skates and joined the sharks for their morning skate.and no, he didn't get much sleep last night >> reporter:you wouldn't know it from watching him out there, but the pleasant hill senior has what is known as hypo plastic heart syndrome. to be a san jose shark for a day is a dream >> reporter:his family, the make a wish and shark's foundation helped come true on tuesday. >> he eats sleeves and does everything hockey. he eats.sleeps and does everything hockey! >> reporter:a roller hockey player since age four, sam is pretty good on skates too and put some nifty moves on shark's goalie alex stalock befo

safeway is being absorbed by albertson in a 9 billion dollar merger deal. allen is live at the safeway in berkeley to explain what this could mean for customers as well as employees. allen? >>reporter: well, dan the people here want to know two things. the employees want to know what this means for their jobs. and customers want to know how this affects prices. >> 35 dollars right there. >>reporter: it got bob one bag of grocery. now he's wondering if the 9.2 billion dollar sale of safeway to the company that owns albertson will lead to lower prices today. safeway ceo edwards answered that question. >> after the 2 companies combine our customers will benefit from significant cost saving synergy and stronger management team. >>reporter: safeway headquartered in pleasanton has 1300 locations combined with just over 1100 albertson stores it will become the largest retail grocery chain in the u.s. santa clara university director of retail management says combining 2 grocery giants will phase out more middle men. >> i think that efficiency will drive the prices

only at safeway. newscast is tomorrow mornin 7. >> david letterman is next. >> have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ ( plause) ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway, broadcasting across the nation and around the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight...

uscw represents both safeway and albertson's workers. the private equity firm serverrist took over albertson's in 2006. >> it doesn't turn out very well for workers. they're kind of looked like as workers on time cards, it's all about making money. >>reporter: they say a full- time safeway or albertson's worker makes about $1.21 an hour. >> i'm sure they're looking at the real estate portfolio and seeing how they can maximize those investments. >>reporter: safeway's headquarters is in pleasantton, city leaders wonder what's now in store. >> what kind of numbers they'll have in their corporate headquarters if there will be a corporate presence here, that's one of the biggest things that i'm concerned about. >>reporter: two safeway stores, corporate presence and the workers generate hundreds of thousands of tax dollars, a closure of the corporate offices would hurt this bedroom community in more ways than one. >> it has been a source of pride. people ask us what kind of businesses we have here and one of the first things out of our mouth,

only at safeway. "could have killed him." >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> a bay area skydiver files suit. i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom with the video of the jump that he says could have killed him. >> and safeway being sold. what we have learned about the dea with your neighborhood store and your grocery bill. >> it is friday and the weather looking great! we have some great weather ahead into the weekend, too. we'll talk about that coming up. >> it is friday isn't it? and unfortunately we have good sized delays already at the bay bridge. they turned the metering lights on, so you're jammed solid through the overcrossing. full look, we'll get you to work on time, coming up. >>> it's friday, march 7. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:32. breaking news in east san jose where a house fire sent a man and a woman to the hospital this morning. a neighbor captured these flames on his cell phone shortly after the fire started. on aetna way two people couldn't

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only at safeway. ingredients for life. . >>> developing news in ukraine. it started with protests, gun shots and flames, led to troops moving and clashing. and leaders in washington are hopeful diplomacy will win out. president obama announced new sanctions on certain unspecified russian and ukrainian individuals. all meant to pressure russian president vladimir putin. >> i am pleased our international unity is on display. >> reporter: lawmakers appear to see eye to eye with president obama on one issue. >> the 92 government in -- the new government cannot succeed without support from the international community. >> we should be concerned about this. >> reporter: finalling an tend to the crisis -- finding an end to the crisis half a world away. >> reporter: as ukrainian americans made their voices heard, committees met today. lawmakers are pushing support for the message rolled out by the white house, sanctions against individuals that are undermining democracy in ukraine. >> international monitors in

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> the "weekend insider" with perspective on this week's top trending stories. >> i'm back in the saddle. >> how paula deen's now riding high. her new comeback interview and business venture. >> it's worth $75 million. >> our good week -- >> bad week with two music star break-ups. >> john mayer and katy perry. >> robin thicke and paula patton. >> and i my wife and me got separated a few days ago. >> nothing ever is perfect. >> plus -- >> you're always in the best places. >> i'm following you. >> our week with oprah and terry. >> how's that baby going? >> backstage at the image awards with the winners. >> this is huge. kev, i don't want to talk to you. >> my red carpet proposal. >> can i have your son's hand in marriage? >> then -- the new documentary about how this "young and the restless" star escaped life in a cult. >> what in this movie will shock us? >> corruption, deception, ped o'fillia. >> then i'm with the jacksons in vegas for their opening

only at safeway. ingredients for life. . >>> a inch cast-iron main burst up just after 11:00 a.m. this morning. the street flooded and about ten homes lost water service as maintenance crews work to fix the problem. by 2:30 p.m. crews and fix the pipe, the age of the 80-year-old pipe is likely what caused it to burst. >>> russia shows no signs of backing down on crimea. russian president vladimir putin decided to create formally recognizing the ukrainian region as a sovereign and independent state. ukrainian leaders are now working to get 20000 new recruits for newly created national guard. the prime minister of ukraine is vowing to protect the sovereignty of the country. >> president obama is taking several steps to hold russia responsible for what is happening in ukraine. >> am authorizing sanctions on russian officials, entities operating in the arms sector in russia and individuals who provide material support to senior officials of the russian government. >> that includes freezing the u.s. assets

only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> in just a few hours the people of crimea are expected to vote on whether to reunite with russia. and here's a live picture from inside a polling center in the capital city of crimea. meanwhile, russian troops have locked down the area. ukrainian ships are blockaded in their docks as well. and at the united nations russia was the only security council member to vote to veto, that is, a u.n. resolution that would have declared the vote illegal. china abstained from that vote. >> the whole world knows the legitimate leadership of the ukraine did not instigate this crisis and neither did the citizens of the ukraine. the crisis came with a label -- "made in moscow." >> tens of thousands of people gathered in the streets of moscow today to protest russia's actions and the vote. >>> the city of oakland may be wrapping up its search for a permanent police chief. mayor jean quan and interim chief sean wendt hosted the town hall meeting today in east oakland. the mayor

live at safeway headquarters in pleasanton, i'm mark sayre, kpix 5. >> safeway is big. it is the second largest supermarket chain in north america and it is the 11th largest retailer in the country. >>> safeway as also going to have to do more to ensure customers aren't overcharged. the supermarket chain today agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle a civil case prompted by a kpix 5 investigation. back in 2012, we uncovered a higher-than-average rate of overcharges as well as failures to reimburse safeway customers. [ indiscernible ] >> why should we believe that safeway will actually change its ways this time? >> it's two parts. making sure that they are punished for their past deeds but making sure that going forward, there is enough bite in the judgment to make it stick. >> now, the settlement also requires safeway to take significant measures to ensure price accuracy including better signage and training for employees for how to reimburse overcharged customers and hiring a third party auditor. >>> it was moving day for google's mysterious barge. since the highl

only at safeway. it was a 2-point- 3.. just f the coast, 7 miles southeas daly city. it struck just after 8 o'clock. >>> we had a small earthquake in the bay area tonight, a magnitude 2.3 just off the coast about 7 miles southeast off daly city. the 4 by 4 earthquake that took l.a. this morning is the biggest that area has experienced in years. >> earthquake, we're having an earthquake. >> okay. it appears to have stopped. we're going to jump right now to the u.s. geological survey. let's get right on that now. that felt very close. >> earthquake. we're having an earthquake. >> yeah, the shaking happened about 6:30 this morning as los angeles tv stations were live on the air, many of them. video has gone viral now, but tonight the usgs says they did the right thing. >> seismologists knew it was about to happen. so why weren't the rest of us warned ahead of time? tonight dave bryan finds out. >> reporter: this is what cal tech seismologist tom heaton heard early in the morning seconds before his home s

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ktvu's tom vacar looks at the unanswered questions. >> reporter: safeway is building a new store here on college avenue. he says merger or not it would be what the community specified. >> this project is so far under way that you would have to be crazy to do anything other than let it go to completion. >> they have contracts. they are already underway. it would be too costly to stop at a point. >> what about another planned replacement? >> it got all of city approvals. >> reporter: but doesn't have building permits. >> depends on where they are in terms of the state of the contracts. they will reevaluate it. see if that you want to develop it to the extent they were planning. >> reporter: safeway said we are continuing with our plans. we have not suspended remodel or expansion products. >> they are examining every project. >> the buy out is not a done deal for another two weeks. >> this is a legal maneuver they do to prevent lawsuit by saying we took the first deal so we want to make sure we get the best deal. >> if they go to another, albertsons would be paid $150 million for their t

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only at safeway. ingredients for life. . >>> these are live pictures from the mission neighborhood and s.w.a.t. teams have surrounded a shooting suspect. alex savage will have a live update in minutes. >>> thanks again for joining us, brian flores has the day off. >> let's check in with steve paulson, sounds like it is going to be nice for a few days and it is cooler because we lost a lot of that breeze from mendocino more so than yesterday. 60s and 70s and plenty we would like to say. it's still going to be on the mild side to warm. a little cooler some locations are down 10 to 15 degrees and that breeze has tailed off. we are dealing with a lot of cloud cover and we are just too far for the north, 40 the to -- 40s to napa, 46 in half-moon bay and there is a noticeable chilly day, other than this. cooler morning and there is still a him the of a breeze here is sal. >>> steve good morning, we are looking at a crash on mission boulevard and the car went down the embankment and most of the activity is n

why does safeway not want to remain independent? >> the fact of the matter is that the supermarket business has gotten tougher and tougher with the specialized competitors and the higher-end chains like whole foods pushing into this supermarket business. thehe lower end, you have walmarts of the world getting involved with selling food. that has squeezed the supermarkets in the middle and made it tough for them to operate. youtheory is, by combining get leverage and maybe a better way of operating efficiently and that is really what is going on here. >> i want to thank you very much, cristina alesci, reporting on a deal between safeway and albertsons by cerberus. about $1 billion. coming up, a company that makes robotic furniture and the challenges they face. also, a programming note full stop tomorrow is international women's day. 10 40 5 a.m., the international speedway chief executive and at 11:00, the chief technology officer of cisco. ♪ >> it is time for another installment in our series entitled small to big with lots of com

entire safeway chain. just last october, kroger outbid cerberus and other private equity firms $2.5 billion buyout of harris teeter, which operates over 200 supermarkets. safeway says. the rumors are true. the company is currently in talks with another company. which wants to buy out the supermarket chain. company officials are not identifying who they are talking with. but it has been reported that the interested party. is a new york based company. which currently operates albertson's and lucky. one safeway employee says, there was a brief announcement of the potential sale today at work..and it is now unclear what might happen to her job. if a deal does go through. there could be changes ahead. but they would still be a long way off. a new campaign is underway in the bay area and around the state aimed at providing healthier foods at grocery stores for kids. the "healthy stores for a healthy community" campaign's goal is to promote community outreach about how to make both stores and their customers heal