people like linda west cot. she spent nearly seven hours checking items off of her list. >> wrapped everything up and i go, oh, no, i need one more thing for this child. we are so tired we can hardly make it. this is it. we're done. >> there's always that last person on the list you forgot about. hopefully not one of your kids. we also spotted a lot of shoppers cashing in on clearance decorations. 4:37 right now. not all retailers were so lucky. some bay area stores say the port of oakland stole christmas. retailers waiting for containers full of merchandise say a slowdown at the port cost them thousands of dollars in lost sales. an increase in shoip traffic is one reason there's more on the dook. importers are waiting weeks now for merchandise. >> the best time of the year and we probably lost several thousand dollars' worth of sales. >> the port of oakland says an ongoing labor dispute on the docks is slowing cargo movement. federal regulators are being asked to negotiate an agreement to help things get moving