Holidays

Some of San Francisco's legacy businesses downtown say they are seeing a slight increase in shoppers, as the city goes all out this holiday season to draw more people to Union Square and the surrounding area to shop and dine.  "I've felt safe the few days I've been here. It's very walkable," said Alex Eddings, a tourist visiting from Nashville.

There were thousands of flight delays and hundreds of cancelations across the U.S. on Monday as inclement weather ravaged the East Coast, but so far nothing compared to last year's holiday season.

Mother Nature appears poised to throw a curveball into the Bay Area's way with holiday travel ratcheting up. The region is gearing up for several days of heavy rain as millions plan to take to the skies and roads over Christmas and New Year's.

Volunteers brought the Christmas spirit to San Mateo County Saturday morning; thousands of toys went home with thousands of kids.

A beautiful holiday tree-lighting celebration in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood brought hundreds of people to Boeddeker Park.

The Jewish Center for Chabad held a gathering at the Piedmont Community Hall on Thursday, where Rabbi Dovid Labkowski lit a giant menorah to celebrate the 8th night of Hanukkah. 

A menorah placed at Lake Merritt in Oakland was dismantled and thrown into the water early Wednesday morning.

Tom De Lago partnered with the Benicia Fire Department to get the bikes into the hands of low-income families.

Some children from San Francisco are set to enjoy a happy holiday season after sheriff's deputies treated them to a shopping spree.

San Francisco is embracing the holiday spirit, gearing up to open the Winter Walk along Union Square this Friday.

As a third light was lit Saturday on Union Square's 25-foot-tall menorah in San Francisco, the crowd reflected on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Several people attending said their thoughts were with family in Israel this Hanukkah.