Black Friday shopping

Gianna Asuncion sleeps in her father Jose’s arms after a day of shopping at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa on Friday.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Jireh Perez, 2, of City Terrace has plenty of room to play at KB Toys in the Glendale Galleria. The toy retailer was not crowded had only a very short line at its cash registers this morning.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Signs offering up to 50% off entice shoppers to buy at Anchor Blue in the Glendale Galleria today.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Thomas Rodas, 6, sleeps on the floor while his mother, Santos Rodas, waits with bags of gifts at the Glendale Galleria today. The Rodas arrived at the mall at 2:30 a.m. to take advantage of early bargains.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Black Friday shoppers are out in force at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Gabriela Gamma and Sara Gamma from Mexico look over their purchases at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Merchants are offering bargains and incentives for shoppers at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Shoppers hunting for bargains walk the aisles at Macy’s in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, which opened at opened at 5 a.m. on Black Friday.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Some shoppers are looking and some are loading up at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Best Buy employee uses a megaphone to keep order among patrons early Friday morning as hundreds of shoppers jammed through the doors of the Los Feliz store to take advantage of doorbusters and advertised deals at the consumer electronics store.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Shoppers reach for doorbuster certificates as hundreds of shoppers wait at a Los Feliz Best Buy store to take advantage of deals.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Avat Dehov was first in line to get into the Los Feliz Best Buy store when the doors opened at 5 a.m. today.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A shopper pushes an LCD television toward a checkstand Friday morning at the Los Feliz Best Buy store.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Susan Arguell has an arm full of video games and electronics as she joined hundreds of shoppers at the Los Feliz Best Buy store. She purchased a Wii and several games.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Jose Lopez camps outside the Fry’s Electronics store in Anaheim, where he and other shoppers hope for great deals when the doors open at 5 a.m..  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Jesse Vasquez, 14, holds his nehpew, Nathan Sotelo, 2, in their tent outside the Fry’s Electronics store in Anaheim.Vasquez said he is hoping to purchase a Sony Playstation video game system.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)