i did a survey, and counted 1-5 people are holding shopping bags, everybody is looking for a good deal and they started early. >> reporter: shoppers huddled together in front of h&m. they spent the night because the store was offering free gift cards. >> try to avoid shopping because i don't like the big crowds. but i feel like the awesome deals were too good to pass up. >> reporter: 100 people shuffled in when the store opened at 8:00 a.m. shoppers filled the plaza. >> little competitive. >> aggressive. yes. but we had fun. >> reporter: across the bay at west field san francisco center, there was plenty of foot traffic. >> we will have as much shopping as black fried. lot of people want to come out and take advantage of the

sales. >> reporter: sales ranging from 20-70% off were offered throughout the mall. retailers are trying to clear out their inventory. they know customers will be cashing in gift cards. this man specifically came in to buy a coat. >> after i got something for myself i decided to get something for my brother. we kept shopping and we are still going. >> reporter: retailers want to boost revenue before the end of the year so success depends on how much people spend today. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. today some folks are trying to take advantage of the gift cards. gift card exchange day. the cards are being sold to the highest bidder. the site claims resellers pay

the highest premiums on premiums on the day after christmas. shopping means replacing old electronics. how do you know if you are getting rid of them safely, coming up, how a company is making sure it ends up in the right place. >> fog delayed flights in and out of san francisco's airport. the delay lasted as long as 30 minutes. in san jose, fog caused one flight to divert to rene moch passengers -- reno. passengers landed in san jose two hours late. no delays in oakland. numbers show 952 arrests for dui this season. and two fatal collisions. alameda has 317 arrests reported between saturday and christmas eve. santa clara, 243 arrests.

sonoma 88. contra costa 77 arrests. the cold weather continues here in the bay area and tonight is going to be no exception. ktvu's robert handa is in san jose to us how a home was saved from a fire. >> reporter: many people are trying to escape the cold. first, more on that fire in san jose where one family has an interesting story to tell about how their home was saved. >> reporter: the san jose fire department helped board up this home tonight after putting out flames here last night. it was the latest in a rash of fires. >> damage to the inside of the chimney. when they hitlit it up the fire entered the walls of the house and got inside the attic. >> reporter: firefighters kept the fire from spreading. a man and a woman driving by

saw flames outside that couldn't be seen inside and called 911. >> you don't know where it is and how fast it can spread and they reacted and were not shy and helped this person they didn't know. the cold weather could be uncomfortable. >> i like it. but other times, when is it going to get warm. >> that's what many homeless are asking. and they are making a plea for those feeling ill to get to the cold weather shelters. >> please come in. i can't convey how cold it really gets. >> reporter: she is also making a public acknowledgment. >> i would like to thank this unknown couple for alerting me and saving my home and possibly saving my life. >> reporter: the fire

department's plea, get chimneys clean and inspected. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> investigators in st. louis public school -- in san leandro are investigating a house fire. firefighters got the flames out in minutes but they found a woman inside not breathing. she was pronounced dead that hospital and two dogs died inside the home. firefighters say the home didn't have working smoke detector. and this fire happened before midnight last night. residents heard the smoke alert and opened the door to find a wall of flames. the family was able to get out before firefighters arrive. the san jose woman who tossed her child from a second

story window yesterday is being held without bail tonight. lupita cortez has been booked on attempted murder and child abuse charges. police say she suffered extreme emotional dispress and underwent a evaluation today. her son suffered only bumps and bruises. the mother broke bones in both feet. lucky supermarket warned customers at some stores to check their bank account for suspicious activity. lucky supermarket urged customers to review their bank records if they shopped where crooks stole credit card information. two customers said even though they haven't noticed money missing their bank canceled their atm cards. >> i was contacted by bank of america and they told me my card was compromised. they verified the last 7

transactions. >> i went to bank of america to withdrawal and told my card was placed on hold. >> since the scam was discovered, lucky supermarket says it inspected its payment machines and posted signs outside stores telling customers about the situation. in a land mark lawsuit over a twitter account, a company is sueing a former employee staking a claim to his thousands of online followers. ktvu's alex savage is here with more. >> reporter: the question is who owns a twitter account. is it the individual employee or the company they work for? a writer is being sued because he left the company and he took his 17,000 twitter followers with him. >> the new name.

>> locked in a legal fight over his twitter followers he is being sued by his former employer. during his 5 years with the company, he started a twitter account. tweets were professional and personal. >> it's my account. we agreed it was my account. >> reporter: a few months after he left the company he was hit with a lawsuit. even though he changed his handle, they are still asking to be compensated for the thousands of followers he left with. the company used his twitter list as a customer list. >> it doesn't make sense. >> in their suit they have come up with a specific value for each individual twitter follower. $2.50. multiply that by 17,000 followers over 8 months and

they believe they are owed $340,000. >> if you applied it to lady gaga's account, it would exceed the gross national project. >> reporter: in a statement they said we intend to protect our customer craigslist information -- list and information. >> if i case helps sets some rules, as long as the rules make sense, you know, i am all for it. >> this is a cautionary tale he believes. before you tweet at work specify who controls the account. live in the news room, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. bay area pot dispensaries are fighting a crack down by the obama administration by

going mobile. they threatened to confiscate companies. they shut its doors, laid off 20 employees and now delivers medical marijuana from an undisclosed location. >> due to the federal crack down. >> its permit allows it to make deliveries. do you know what to do with your old electronics? recycling can be tricky. the answer may lie in a skity near you. and a city is getting greener. the changes to a bag band law. temperatures tonight not as cold as they have been and in the five-day forecast i got rain. see you back here in a bit.

they visited north cra to pay respects to kim jong il. the group was led by her. they were greeted by kim jong un. they are expected to leave north cra before the funeral for kim jong il. to the race for the white house. candidates are scrambling to make a good showing in the caucuses. the republican that came out on top in 2008 had a view of who might come out on top. >> if the weather is good, mitt romney. if the weather is bad ron paul will win. >> mitt romney, michele

bachmann and newt gingrich start bus tours tomorrow night. the man wanted for shooting a soldier at a home coming party surrended to police this afternoon. san bernardino police say ruben jurado shot christopher sullivan friday night. police say he opened fire when he tried to break opfight at his party. he had just returned home from fort campbell kentucky. he is now in critical condition at a hospital. >> there is speculation apple is gearing up to release the ipad 3. this march jobs promoted the launch of the ipad 2. they are reporting suppliers are working to try to get the

ipad 3 ready for sale by february 3, which is jobs' birthday. jobs died in october, ktvu contact apple for comment, so far no word from the company. >> the holidays mean new electronics but how do you go out with the old? >> ktvu's jade hernandez has the answers. >> reporter: we all hoard old outdated electronics. it could be the nightmare after christmas if you don't know where to recycle. >> reporter: he is switching gears for 2012. >> we were old. analogue old. >> reporter: what does that mean for the old electronics? >> maybe you can tell me what to do with it. >> lots of waste. i still have an old computer.

>> they can alleviate the problems. he takes unwanted electronics for free. this center is like his three others in the bay area. >> we can melt it down. this can be crushed down, used for filler or speed bump. >> reporter: he made his first drop off here today. >> different forms forms of electronics. and battery things. i don't want to throw it in the trash. >> reporter: you could recycle anywhere. if you bring it to a center like this, you know your item will be disposed of safely. >> reporter: they insurance california's strict standards. >> the epa can go into a

facility and, you know, take sample of the air, workers to make sure there is no contamination. >> they work with large companies, including google, live in berkeley, this company makes it simple. they take anything you plug in. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. what could be the most comprehensive ban on plastic bag is set to take effect next week. san jose approved a plastic bag ban in 2009. this year they are requiring all retailers to follow it. it remains to be seen if folks will bring their own bags or pay for each paper bag they use. >> they haven't been bringing their own bags or paying for the bags. >> pay for the paper ones.

>> nonprofits and restaurants are exempt from the rule. environmental groups say half a dozen other cities have also passed plastic bag bans. san francisco led the way back in 2007. since then santa clara, sunnyvale, marine county and fairfax have approved plastic bag bans. st. anthonys reached a milestone. volunteers served the last christmas meal in the current dining hall. they have been operating out of a auto repair shop for 16 years. they are building a new facility and needs help raising money. they estimate they serve a million meal as year and hopes to have the new facility

finished in 2014. and it is mild out there right now but temperatures are dropping rapidly. towards the peninsula area, winds at 7. 48 degrees in redwood city right now. chilly night. but not as cold as it has been. overnight lows near freezing. there still will be frost. no hard freeze expected tonight. the inland valley locations, away from downtown, you are going to see temperatures at freezing or below. not as cold as it has been. tonight in to the frost. it is very cold. sunny and dry tomorrow. and the long range forecast, clouds and maybe a light sprinkle. main thing about this opportunity will be that it could switch the pattern we could see a more productive rainfall as we go into subsequent weeks. there is the frost we are

concerned with. we have coastal fog showing up. that westerly wind throws the warmer marine air over the bay area and keeps us out of the mid-20s. tomorrow high clouds, and then the dry pattern continues into wednesday and thursday too. well, wednesday at least. wednesday night. thursday and friday, maybe a sprinkle. the forecast for -- highs for tomorrow, 56 in berkeley. 77 heyward. 60 in san jose. warmer but more of the same. it is important we get rain. five-day forecast, you will see on wednesday, late thursday, increasing clouds. thursday, friday, chance of sprinkles. the main impact, other than the chance of sprinkles, you will break the pattern up. new year's eve looks dry. fog, maybe frost. more clouds in there. that's an indication there is a

westerly flow developing. and that could be helpful for us. fingers crossed because we need the rain. >> i keep waiting for you to say we have got a huge storm. thank you. san francisco international airport is on track for a record year. the airport reports that more than 41 million passengers will have traveled through sfo this year. bettering its 2000 mark. between december 16 and january 2, more than 2 million passengers will have used sfo. that's fiver% more than last year. on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 neighbors react to today's house fire in san leandro. one man said he hardly saw flames but it reminded him to take proper precautions. join us for this and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36.

a new year's tradition, the prep work for the rose parade and why the parade is happening on the second, instead of the first.

final preparations underway for the tournament of roses parade. 43 floats are scheduled to participate this year. rules call for the visible parts of the float to be covered in natural materials. since i materials -- the parade will be held on monday, january 2. and joe fonzi joins us now. >> a little help tonight the 49ers can clinch the number 2 spots in the playoffs and an atlanta win tonight would do that. 49ers can take care of business themselves by beating the rams on sunday. saturday's win was an example. larry grant trips jackson. the 49ers recovered the ball when seattle was driving for a

field goal. monday, jim harbaugh was asked about his thoughts when it comes to nailing down the bye. >> hope for the best, expect the worse. and, you know, one thing that won't change, we will prepare to win the game against the rams. going to take that mind set, that mentality. that's how we will approach it. regardless of what happens. >> the raiders have a shot to be the afc west champion or a wildcard team but they need help. it would have ended saturday in kansas city with a loss. oakland a 16-13 win. the raiders tied for first in the west but hue jackson knows they have to hold up their end to get san diego on sunday. >> we can't control what happens in denver or back east, anywhere. we have to control what we can control, which is us being

prepared to play san diego. >> lots going on tonight. the sharks host the ducks, warriors host the bulls. we will have it all for you at 10:00. see you then. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. and find ktvu on twitter for the top stories and major news developments. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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