a couple days later, lulu lemon. shoppers plan to be in and out quickly because of fear. >> you don't even want to go because you feel unsafe. >> we have to pick up something. that's why we have to be here but we'll try to make it short. >> we are aware, watching. we will respond and arrest you like we did yesterday. >> reporter: san jose police announced they've arrested these suspects accused of stealing thousands of dollars in cologne and perfume yesterday. attorneys announced they've formed alliance to hand down stiffer punishments on thieves caught. >> for the two arrested so far, the bail was set at $2 million. we are concerned this is a crime of opportunity. we are doing everything we can to keep them in custody. >> it concerns me. it concerns our team. i have talked to security. they're all aware and we don't know what to do about it. >> reporter: as for thieves accused of stealing merchandise at oakland and valley fair malls, they're being charged with grand theft and burglary. >>> santa rosa police are look

james, you can't even tell looters stole from this lulu lemon. as you can see, the windows are not shattered. but police say a group of people went inside the store grabbed any merchandise that they could find and ran away with it by the time police got here. the group of looters. they were gone. this happened at santana row here in san jose around 6.30, last night. the store normally closes at 7 on sundays. so it seems like they stole the merchandise while the store was open. but police didn't say whether anyone got hurt. now just 24 hours before this incident. 80 people rushed into a nordstrom started emptying the shelves and ran away with thousands of dollars in merchandise. now that happened at broadway plaza in walnut creek about 10 to 15 minutes just before they were going to close investigators say looters assaulted 2 store employees and pepper sprayed another one. they found one gun and arrested 3 people but doesn't got away. police feared the same group of people were going to strike again, but they blocked off broadway plaza to traffic

camila barco is live in san jose. >> at the lulu lemon with an update there. good morning. camilla. >> good morning, you guys see ad is lulu. lemon is the latest or looters hit this weekend behind me. you can see that the windows are not smashed. however, police say that a group of people went inside and ran away with merchandise from the store and this happened at santana row here in san jose around 6.30, last night. the store normally closes at 7 on sundays. so it seems like looters went inside just before the store was scheduled to close. now there's limited details as to what happened before and after the scene. but police say that they rushed here as soon as possible. but the people involved. we're gone now 24 hours before this incident, 80 people rushed into a nordstrom started emptying the shelves and ran away with merchandise that happened at broadway plaza in walnut creek about 10 to 15 minutes before this store was scheduled to close investigators say looters assaulted 2 store employees and pepper sprayed another one. they found one gun and arrested 3 people. howe

a couple days later they stole at lulu lemon. shoppers say they plan to number and out of the mall quickly because of fear of the retail robberies. >> then you don't want to go because you are feeling unsafe. >> we have to pick up something that is why we have to be here but like we will try to make it short. >> we are aware, watching, responding, we will arrest you just like yesterday. >> reporter: san jose police announced they arrested these suspects, accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of clone and perfume. they are handing down stiffer punishments. >> for the two arrested so far the bail was set at $2 million. we are concern today is a crime of opportunity and when people get out they may try it again. we are doing everything we can to keep them in custody. >> it concerns me, our team, i talked to security here at this location, they are all aware of it. we don't know what to do about it. >> reporter: as for the thieves accused of stealing merchandise they are now charged with grand theft and burglary. at santana

one of the stores that's recently been hit is this lulu lemon in santana row. a group made away with thousands dollars of merchandise. since, a heightened security of police presence has been seen. some are paying more attention to the time of day they shop and others say they're not going black friday shopping at all. local district attorneys say they are working together to try to prevent these mass robberies as well and really this is affecting shoppers but it is also affecting businesses given that black friday is one of the busiest days for many of the businesses. >>> as we look at the roadways it is reflective on the freeways as well, not as many people shopping as in years past. east bay travel times look good. south bound 880 from the maze to san leandro, a 13 minute drive. taking west bound 24 walnut creek to oakland, an easy 11 minutes. 880 in oakland, you see traffic is moving nicely. travel times in altamont, clear 23 minutes 205 to 680. if you are traveling on sunday, plan ahead. that is a busy day for folks heading home. you will see busy conditio

a couple days later thieves stole merchandise at lulu lemon. shoppers say they plan to be in and out of the mall quickly because of fear of the retail robberies. >> you don't even want to go because you feel unsafe. >> we have to pick up something. that's why we have to be here. but we'll try to make it short. >> we are aware. we are watching and responding. we will arrest you. >> reporter: police announced they've arrested these suspects accused of stealing thousands worth of cologne and perfume. district attorneys from nearly all bay area counties also announced they'd formed an alliance to hand down stiffer punishments on thieves caught. >> for the two arrested so far, bail was set at $2 million. we are concerned that this is a crime of opportunity and when people get out they may try it again. we are doing everything we can to keep them in custody. >> it concerns me, our team. i have talked to security at the location. they're aware of it and we don't know what to do about it. >> reporter: as for thieves accused of stealing merchandise, the

however, police tell me that they are still investigating what happened here at lulu lemon. they're still investigating how it happened at leave it on so it won't be for maybe another few days, possibly another few weeks to find out what exactly happened. any of all of these incidents are connected. >> all right. that's the question. all right. thank you very much. and we still got to the smash and grabs happening at jewelry stores around the bay hayward police are investigating one at sam's jewelry and the southland mall 4th jewelry store now to be hit in the bay area just this month alone. take a look. it was 5.30 yesterday and here's where that story's 8 or 10 people went in with sledgehammers and they smashed the cases got away with a bunch of jewelry and left in several getaway cars. nobody was arrested there. then remember, it was a week ago today that we saw the surveillance from inside iceberg diamonds. they were open in the sun valley mall and conquer people were shopping and thank god nobody was hurt. but these robbers got in 9 of them with sledgehammers took every

this lulu lemon behind me in santana row is one of the recent stores that's been hit. earlier this week a group took merchandise. this has prompted more security presence in the south bay including in santana row. after the store was hit, heavy police presence in the south bay including here. some shoppers are paying attention to the time of day they're shopping and others decided they're not shopping in person this black friday at all. the robberies also have employees concerned. >> that is all the things going around in the malls. i don't feel safe. >> it's scary to have to come to work sometimes. >> reporter: district attorneys including santa clara county district attorney have announced they're working to try to prevent mass robberies. if you are going to malls you might see heavier police presence like here in the south bay. >> hopefully the businesses can get some business today after what they've been through the last two years. thank you. >>> possible link between an attempted theft in palo alto and a heist. >> officials are working together to crack the case.

same day in san jose, a group of suspects entered lulu lemon store and took merchandise. it is unclear if hayward or san jose robberies are connected to the robbery among other businesses friday or the nordstrom robbery saturday. police have arrested suspects. they're not saying if any are connected. anyoneanalyzing e could be similarities. we talked to a security expert and we'll have more about what he had to say about this. >> thank you. obviously very scary for the business owners and people who are shopping too. >>> today, oakland's police chief will discuss the crime that broke out across the city over the weekend [ gun shots ]. >> an out of control side show broke out saturday and hundreds gathered to watch the cars, cameras capturing someone firing a lot of gun shots into the air. there is no word on arrests or citations. officers also responded to several marijuana dispensary burglaries. during one a security guard shot one of the suspects who was taken to a hospital. police ended up arresting two people in that case. a short time later, officers responded to a s

. >> one of the suspects that entered lulu lemon had a visible gun in his waistband, so his who we're dealing with. very planned and organized. they were armed. >> reporter: now some of this merchandise will end up at those swap meets and plea markets on tables being sold at the real thing, which they are, at a lower cost for someone. some of these will end up on on- line marketplaces like ebay and elsewhere. some of the real high-end stuff, the diamonds and the pearls, that is bigger question and one of the things these task forces really have to answer, elizabeth. they're trying to figure out who was at the top pulling the strings, telling these people to go in swarms, how it's being organized. there's a lot of questions to get to the top of the organizations that are running these. >> seems to always come down to follow the money. where is the money going. >> reporter: yep. >> all right, andria, thanks. >> this city has to deal with overwhelming violence in this community over the weekend, and it's unacceptable. it's unacceptable for our residents. it's unacceptable for our visitor

around 6:30 last night four people walked into a lulu lemon store at santana row and made off with about $40,000 in merchandise. one suspect had a gun visible in his waist band. around the same time nearby at the valley grto00wo of itemom a sun glass hiisganized robbery. that's exactly what it is. they go in trying to steal things. there are confrontations usually, someone tries to stop them which immediately turns theft into robbery. not to mention the amount taken also classifies it as a felony. obviously organized, there is some conspiracy charges, possibly two. >> off duty officers working as security guards likely presented a larger heist at valley fair. so far, there are no arrests. >>> i am anne makovec at the live news desk. we are waiting to find out more about a string of possible robberies at pot shops in the east bay. the police chief is going to be holding a news conference at 3:00 this afternoon. here is what we know so far. these were early this morning, one incident ending in a shoot out around 3:00 a.m. in the east monday neighborhood of oakland. police responded to a re

. >> a growing fight this morning between lulu lemon and pelateon. the lawsuit just filed. >>> the and if are you looking for a way to give back this giving tuesday we have you covered. how a bay area food bank said that you could help. >>> here is a live look with our treasure island camera looking at the bay bring. the golden colors in sky. it's a chilly start. the 30's, 40's havepatc dense the coast and parts of the north bay. as we head through the sun and warm temperatures in its 60's and 70's. ly have your air quality forecast and seven day forecast coming up. >>> let's get another check on the big board before we head to break. the dow is down close to 300 points. we will be right back. financial planning is finding your home away from home. ♪♪ and, it's designing a plan to help get you there. start a relationship with citi and earn a cash bonus when you open a new eligible account and complete required activities. there's never been a better time to switch to xfinity. get the fast and reliable internet you deserve for only $19.99 a month

police say lulu lemon is out $40,000 in merchandise at about the same time and what appears to have been a coordinated strategy. at least 2 people. rob is hot store across the street at valley. fair mall. the take it sunglass hut is $7,000. detectives cross the perry they're now doing some coordinating of their own and search for a possible connection between these robberies. >> there are obvious in communication with each other. they're they're coordinated their organized, but we are going to do everything we can here in san jose. to stop this. >> there were no arrests in either robbery and no detailed suspect descriptions have been released so far, but security is being beefed up at santana row ahead of black friday and the rest of the holiday shopping season. >> in a word. another brazen smash-and-grab. this time it the southland mall. police say around 9 people smashed the glass cases at sam's jewelers last night stealing whatever they could. the thieves use hammers to smash open display cases while the mall was open, other shoppers were out. no regard. they were. police say the jewe

all of this happened here at lulu lemon. the the groups of people didn't vandalize the windows. but the police say that they did go inside entered the store grabbed all the merchandise that they could find and ran away with it. but by the time police got here. those group of people. they ran. they were gone. this happened at santana row here in san jose around 6.30, sunday night. the store normally closes at 7 on sundays and this happened during store hours. but police aren't saying if any customers were here at the time or if anyone was hurt. now just 24 hours before that in city, 80 people rushed into a nordstrom started emptying the shelves and ran away with thousands of dollars in merchandise that happened at broadway plaza in walnut creek about 10 to 15 minutes just before include employees are going to close the store investigators say looters assaulted 2 employees and pepper spray to another one. they found one gun and arrested 3 people. but does it's got away. police feared the same group of people were going to strike again. so they blocked off broadway plaza to traffic

in the south bay, the police say a group of eight people robbed a lulu lemon at santana row, and we spoke to the security guard who saw a group rush out of the store and jump into the getaway car. >> it could have been a cutlass or oldsmobile, but everything was blacked out and i could not see a license plate number, because it was painted or removed. >> and across the street at valley fair, the police say that they noticed several cars with the license plates blacked out and the group scattered as the police officers is arrived, however, they say that the police as part of the group did manage to steal about $7,000 worth of merchandise from the sun glass hut. this is a bay area-wide problem. in san francisco, the break-ins are much common and the national face of the problem, and many people, and the sfpd are pointing the finger at the d.a. joseph bowdoin so much that he is facing a recall. he says that the crime wave has nothing to do with his policy. now, we are joined in union square with ginger, and what is that looking like now in union square with that louis vuitton shop behind you

lulu lemon is suing pelteon alleging they copied designs and sold knock offs. they filed a suit asking for a court to rule. they did not violate any patents. >>> there is a new kind kind of fake christmas try. what is going on with this? >> it's made out of card and is on display in new jersey. a local artist incorporated elements of the sea shore, the city and it's rich musical heritage. it is designed to be recycled after it's dismantled. some say it's beautiful while others are comparing to piles of amazon boxes. i struggle with this one. i they it looks cool but it definitely needs lights, tinsel. it's so drab. >> it needs a little spazz. sparkle. little more. >> sparkle. >> thank you. >> it's a holiday season. >>> just needs sparkle. needs sparkle. >> it's 5:40. coming up on kpix5. >>> the accomplishment and celebration for swimming champion here in the golden state. >>> and the bbb with a remainder that the top 12 scams at christmas to be on the look out for. >>> good things to know. here is a live look at the south bay. downtown san jose and right now in

. >> lulu lemon, a group of suspects entered and walked out with merchandise. there is no word on arrests. >> this is just one of several major retail thefts across the bay area in the past four days and stores and malls are shutting down early in fear of it happening again. justin andrews is live to walk us through what is going on. >> reporter: looters and robbers have been on the move, the latest happening right here we are told nine people broke into the mall. it's unclear if they got away with anything or not. these smash and grabs have been getting a lot of tension. in some cases 40 to 50 people are behind these and we've got some of the crime captured on video. witnesses describe several dozen looters holding hammers and other tools, smashing sam's jewelers, booking it and running away. you can hear some of the workers screaming in fear. macy's and foot locker is also ransacked. they got off with shoes and clothes. >> it was really scary. you have people with no consideration, no morals, no understanding for people's safety or lives. feels kind of helple

but going into more consumer facing names, we're looking at target, lulu lemon, a name even like cvs as people are out there doing holiday shopping, running errands more, getting more pharmacy-type of items you know we've liked mastercard and visa for a while we just added to our mastercard to position, along with our capital one financials so even though we've seen the yield curve flatten a little bit with the outlook we have on the consumer we think those are all going to be strong names for the next couple of quarters. >> we love it. visa, cvs a new name there as well so what are you moving around if you're adding those, are you trimming anywhere? >> we are trimming, and that's the key word we're not selling out of names completely so where we trimmed, some of the secular growth names, microsoft, amazon, we're not getting rid of them, like i said, and they had good earnings so we're able to trim those names an interesting one is hasbro as well that we trimmed it's been 7.5% the last month we know the supply chain issues that are happening for a lot of these companies. so we took a

lemon, all those stores are expected to do well and then, of course, home furnishing as consumers have been more comfortable opening up houses for friends and families, they're still decorating their houses. >> or buying or refilling or filling up the new house they have bought or rented as well. and everybody is buying fitness gear because we might have work to do next year. i hope you have a wonderful weekend. take care. >> you too. >>> much more on the markets and your money futures are down 800 points, nasdaq futures off nearly 6% all on a new strain of covid that has health officials on alert. >>> plus the answer to a question we asked you six months ago. we took to twitter and urged you, our loyal viewer, to predict which would be the best asset performing class between the end of may or today, stocks, bitcoin, oil, we'll show you the results of that six-month poll coming up. stick around ♪♪ at cdw we get your teams work in different places, in different ways and across countless different networks. so how do you get everyone on the same page? microsoft surface devices, orche

you have the lulu lemon at santana row out more than $40,000 in merchandise and then that was robbed last night around the same time. 2 people stole him. they estimate $7,000 in merchandise from a sunglass hut that is that the valley fair mall acr7ss the street. so to store set about the same time. san jose police. they believe they believe this would have been a bigger burglary at the sunglass hut. but they say that security guards actually spotted the action early. but whoever was waiting outside and multiple vehicles. let me add that it was just wasn't one or 2 cars. >> it was 4, 5, cars. they're planning to load all these cars fully with merchandise. who knows. >> in the east bay. now police say about 80 people rushed into a nordstrom in walnut creek that was saturday night. 80 people. they emptied shelves right away with merchandise just before the store was set to close. investigators say the suspects assaulted 2 store employees using pepper spray on one of them. finally to the southland mall now and hayward, which just got hit about 5.30 last night. police say you had 9 people

they're cutting back their hours today after what happened this weekend as far lulu lemon. it's unclear when if they're going to open today. i have reached out. but i haven't gotten the word james, back to you. all right. thanks a lot of camilla. >> 7. '08, is the time now. let's talk smash-and-grab robberies at jewelry stores. there was another one sam's jewelry and the southland mall was hit. that's the 4th jewelry store robbery in the bay area this month. it was around 5.30 yesterday. 8 to 10 people with sledgehammers went into the store smash the cases and got away with jewels. they left in several getaway cars and then remember a week ago today is when a group of 9 thieves descended on iceberg diamonds in the sun valley mall in concord. we have video of that. here. they are on the surveillance camera smashing the double display cases and no rest their they pretty much emptied the place out in fairfield though 3 teens were arrested for this smash-and-grab robbery in the slot. a town center in fairfield. this one happened last wednesday they got away with 50 grand worth

that's two-pronged it's active, nike, lulu lemon, under armor and also denim, levy's and for us american eagle. i think theme number two is, at brick and mortar it's all about value and convenience especially with the inflation that i think is running through for the middle to lower-income customer. that would be dollar stores, dollar general, five below and off pricers, burlington, tjx and you have the move towards e-commerce to me it's transformational for the global brands i think the majority come out with higher margin profiles but to the accessory companies, that's where you've seen the biggest change relative to prepandemic that i think is here to stay. >> finally, matt, all through the year we talked about retail and consumer and apparel through the lens of stimulus checks, looking surrounding the timing of those checks. how do you view what some argue will be a fiscal drag in 2022? >> you'll come off of the peak, meaning you think about moving into 2022, we will lap the stimulus and the checks, but i think the more important piece here is, you've had multiple years of wages risi

about an hour later, thieves hit the lulu lemon in san jose. now major changes are underway in san francisco's union square following that chaotic weekend and the brazen robberies we saw. ktvu christian captain joins us now live and christian. a lot of businesses boarded up, but they are still open, right? yes, that's right, claudine. you were just talking about a moment ago, the louisville thanh store. we're in front of it. right now. there's plywood on the windows and the doors. it is still open. people are able to go inside. but a lot of businesses look like that. we can also say that there's a very heavy police presence around union square right now. union square leaders are saying they're hoping that that will act as a deterrent to what they're calling. organized mass theft. the aftermath of friday night's mass theft from louisville. thonon other stores is clear businesses around union square, putting up plywood on the doors and windows, including louis vitton, which is once again welcoming shoppers inside those businesses trying to protec