. >>> a holiday headache. this is a look at sfo where travelers who could not get home yesterday will give it a try today. as many of us head back to work, the holiday weekend is going for some travelers to the bay area. the weather caused major problems for passengers flying out of sfo yesterday. that snowballed into the evening stranding many people overnight. dozens of flights were cancelled and delays were two hours long. the sunday off thanksgiving is considered the big of the days at sfo with an estimated 140,000 people passing through. some passengers spent full days at the airport trying to catch a flight. >> we will be wasting another day here. i am hoping to get back home because tuesday is my 21st birthday and i would rather not spend it at the airport. >> no bay area airports are reporting delays this morning but we will keep monitoring things. we will let you me if that changes. >> speaking of delays be glad you were not in this line, a reporter from our seattle station was trying to make it home from chicago fly out of hid way where the security line literally stretched

they average at sfo. today, drizzle and fog, mild, low-to-mid 50's and low 60's at noon with clouds and scattered sprinkles and mid-to-upper 60's and then it will be breezy and light rain developing in the north by. >>> our viewers are canceling trips to work tomorrow. >> it is a good idea. it will be treacherous. if you travel to work give your sex an early start. if you are traveling in the dark, you know adding with the rain it will make trouble. the san mateo bridge has trouble pus of the heavy congestion from hayward to fogs step city. we will move on to the maze loading up headed through emeryville up to the by babe and you can -- to the bay bridge and you can see carpal is best bay with these or more people. >> storm preparation work is underway in san francisco that is prone to flooding. rains swamped two businesses in the mission district with damage from the storm lining the sidewalks. the city new is bringing funding if flood prevention efforts with crews installing removable aluminum floodgates outside a business. >> it is a major city problem with a backup of sewage, et cet

bridge and downtown san francisco in chinatown, all the way down to san bruno and sfo we have moderate-to-heavy rain headed to alameda and oakland. you will see a downpour any second in your neighbor. this stretches down toed with wood and back. highway 92 to half moon bay and light are rain in the east bay valley and san jose in the south bay right now. it look like the entire system is now starting to gain speed. all of us should be sees waves of moderate-to-heavy rain through the lunch hour. we will get our most damaging wind and rain new through the lunch hour and it will become more scattered in nature as we head to the afternoon. the toughest commute is going to be right now through 9:00. >> in fact, most of the bad conditions are due not just to the rain but the wind, the wind has been a real factor and we have c.h.p. high wind advisory, and you look at the bay bridge toll plaza from the east bay, you are not going to find some company. the wind-driven rain pushing across the bay bridge toll plaza is pretty much empty as far as cars. going do take you no time to get to

abc7news.com. >>> and sfo the airport expected travel problems to ease up after airlines canceled 240 flights because of the storm. that last passengers looking to other ways to get to their destinations of the stranded passengers faced limited dining options because nearly a thousand food service borkers went on strike and the young is involved in a dispute over health care payments and job security. >> you can track the storm by downloading the weather app on apple app and google play with more information at abc7news.com/app. >> a lane closed officer pulled a gun on protesters in order to protect the life of his partner who was attacked. a freelance photographer snapped this picture of the gun being pointed at protester. someone determined the officers were police and the officer said his partner was kicked in the head. he first pulled out a baton before pulling the gun. >> we are extensive to the display of a gun. in this situation, the officer escalated to that level to protect himself, his partner, with was just assaulted and the or insuperintendent bystanders trying to peaceful

foggy. 52 snap, 49 at the airport. here's sfo and most of the dense fog is up in the north bay. but we have it in our east bay valleys and parts of the peninsula. i'll detail that for you and talk about the rain for the week ahead and our dry weekend. >> lisa, thank you. also ahead, how grinches may have ruined christmas for several dozen needy bay area families. plus, an analysis of holiday sales finds very few actually good deals. we will tell you ways to make sure you get the at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ start a revolution a revolution in coffee quality with the finest nespresso coffee blends. a revolution in technology with unique centrifusion. a revolution in taste with a naturally formed crema on both coffee and espresso. nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. being. >> the most powerful rocket of launched from this air force base took to the skies last night. the unmanned rocket

. 43 in morgan hill. good morning half moon bay. 50 for you. and a look at sfo where the fog not as widespread but it's a cool morning once again. we should get used to this. usually you are waking up to numbers in the 40s. with a couple of clear spots, not out of the question to get upper 30s with the fog in the protected valleys. we have fog out by the delta, which, as i said that, it's clear. visibility pretty good right now. but a mile and three quarters santa rosa and concord at about 5-mile visibility. so as we take a look at our sutro tower camera, changes today are subtle. a few more high clouds in the north bay. but we will see some breaks around. and then the rain holds off for the most part until the evening hours, and gets going overnight. takes us through the monday morning commute. much of the day on monday. and becomes widely scattered late tomorrow. a couple more impulses behind it, keeping us in a pretty unsettled pattern. here's a look at what you can expect then as we go through the afternoon with 4:00 today, cloudy skies in the north bay. by 10:00 we've got some

-upper 50's and flight arrival delays at sfo averaging 1 hour and 49 minutes. steady rain on tuesday, and a rain on wednesday afternoon and dry on thursday. >>> we have 50 bart trains running on time and ace train is 26 minutes late heading into fremont and ace train three is 16 minutes late and this is because of fallen debris that is cause the delays. muni has in problems. as we look at berkeley, that is a nasty drive at 30 minutes from the split to albany, berkeley, emeryville, across the bridge do san francisco sow have the extra time. it is because of an early accident that has cleared on the eastern span of the bridge. we are now dealing only with the backup. into san jose, 87, across julian street traffic is wet but moving along without any problems. the am pass, mike has been telling us there is heavy rain falling trafficking weather and traffic and the yellow is an indication of heavy rain with delays from tracy and along 580 at 16 miles per hour. >>> the dictionary reveals the "word of the year," and san francisco wants to history the 2024 summer games but we learned the ci

-moderate rain and some moving through south san francisco and sfo. no delays yet. the showers in the north by are tapering. winds are light. less than ten miles per hour. not spending any damage or ponding. we have rain showing up on radar over 101 and 880 and it is light. most of the inland east east is dry. random morning showers and more showers this afternoon in the evening. and another storm on friday and dry and prettier and warmer the weekend. the low pressure developed on the cold front that brought us the exceptional rain in the evening with the gusts. we have a warm front that will stay to the north. when the cold front moves in, in the evening and overnight, we will see uptick of issue batch -- >> scattered showers through the lunch and at 5:00, especially 7:00 through 2:00 in the morning we will have our widespread rain. tomorrow, scattered shower and fog and we will have a tease before midnight with more showers in the north by through the morning rush hour into the lunch hour and by 5:00 through evening festivities on friday, it will her out and get cooler so you will t

is everywhere with only low-to-mid 50's around the bay shore. sfo has no flight arrival delays which is good news although a show passed through the last 45 michigan -- >> we thought we were in the clear on the bay bridge we have another accident reported. you can see the lights approach the tunnel westbound, three cars involved lane two we have of the tunnel. expect slower conditions on way into san francisco. the toll plaza is backed to the macarthur maze. >> 580 into the dublin/pleasanton area is 36 minutes. 25 minutes antioch to concord and san rafael into san francisco has a drive of 20 minutes. with the accident just now cleared on the shoulder at dumbarton toll plaza westbound in lane six now is on right shoulder. >>> it is 6:309 the conditions agree of the spread of the flu open west coast ahead of the holiday season. >> hundreds of students are starting the winter break earlier than expected. >> photos loaded to facebook could look sharper and a brand new feature affects you. we have more weather and more traffic all morning. we will have weather and traffic through th

. shows two hours and 29 minutes delay for arrival flights at sfo. >> now, 55 percent of state, in the worst academy and now only a third of state with 9886 of the state under some type of drought condition for the first time the long range forecasters say 2015 has 7 1% probability of being agency to above average as far as precipitation so we will improve the drought but we will not eliminate it the drought. that is good news. >> can see the wet weather over san francisco right now headed over to alameda and piedmont and oakland. here is the cold front with moderate rain embedded in the height rain starting to move into the northwest corner getting buffetted by southern wins at 15 miles per hour. look what it is doing to the south bay keeping you dry on 101 and 880 and the steady rain changes to afternoon showers as the don't moves from north to south and rain in the north bay tomorrow night a quick chance and dry and warmer on sunday through next week. notice where the storm track is mainly in the north so after rainy commute the front is going to stall but it will lose the moisture

, and sfo picked up three quarters of an inch if three hours. this will go on for 36 hours! >>> i am leyla gulen in the traffic strong and that is the macarthur maze and the east bay with traffic slow and wet. we have 93 incidents currently. that is including solo spinouts and stalled vehicles and flooding and more. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> at 6:30 a rainy and wet morning. live doppler hd is tracking the storm bringing heavy rain to the north bay. south bay. east bay. everywhere in between. pretty much all of us getting hit. thanks for joining us on december 2. >>> i am eric thomas leyla and lisa. >> it has been heavy. it is only light in the north bay around santa rosa and guerneville and everyone else has heavy rain. this is lombard where you navigate define the moderate rain, the puddles and the rainfall has increased so since 2:00 this morning we have been adding the totals at three-quarters of an inch at sfo. at lafayette and oakland and concord are looking at very heavy rain. the yellows are an indication of moderate to half rain. through

travel season is officially underway at sfo. but between cancellations and delays, things were off to a rough start at the bay area's busiest airport, thanks to the weather. katie marzullo has the story. >> waiting in line for over four hours, that's kind of ridiculous. >> he's trying to get to nashville to see his family for christmas. first his southwest flight was delayed for three hours and then he missed it because of that long line at the ticket counter. >> everybody was rebooking and having to reschedule and people were missing. i was standing in line with somebody and he missed his flight like hours previous. >> he is booked on a flight sunday out of oakland. >> i'm frustrated. wished it could have been on time and wish i could have gotten home to my family. >> for this family their delayed flight was a wish come true. they were running late, partly because of the wet ride coming in. >> it took about an hour and 15 minutes to get up here from menlo park. >> but because their flight was delayed 90 minutes. >> we can actually eat dinner and relax and sort of regroup and then

." [ laughter ] we have of whether or not i would readings and visibility that the be impacting sfo and perhaps oakland this morning. this will stay with us throughout the next several hours. even the 10:00 hour, 11:00 we will begin to see the crease lift a little bit. they aren't going to go away totally. we will have holes in the overcast. see partly cloudy skies today, very mild afternoon readings in the 60s, and this does begin a pattern change. i'll explain coming up. >> lisa, thank you. we have developing news of the shocking murders of two new york police officers." two new york police officers. the officers were ambushed and murdered and never had an opportunity to draw their weapons. they were wenjin liu and rafael ramos. >> a brazen and deadly attack in new york city. leaving the police commissioner and mayor shaken. >> we tried to bring some sense to the madness that occurred this afternoon in the streets of brooklyn. >> our city is in mourning. our hearts are heavy. >> sinking in. two police officers shot to death on the streets of brooklyn in broad day light. >> they were q

delays at sfo. >> an hour and six minutes. >> call ahead if you are traveling today. we continue online and twitter and facebook and all mobile devices. see you in 25 start a revolution a revolution in coffee quality with the finest nespresso coffee blends. a revolution in technology with unique centrifusion. a revolution in taste with a naturally formed crema on both coffee and espresso. nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. >>> good morning, america. breaking right now, the christmas storm that could wreck so many holiday travel plans for millions of americans. snow, high winds, big rains, and thunderstorms. major delays looming on the road and in the air. will you make it home in time for the holiday? >>> new this morning. police on high alert. the new threats this morning after the two officers were shot execution-style, ambushed in their squad car. emotional individualle vigils as friends and family. outrage growing as police blame leaders for inciting the violence. >>> lady came in with a child. >> is he choking? >> yes, he's choking. >>> two parents in

at sfo. 56 minute flight arrival delays here at sfo with low clouds the cause for the delays. we have fog and low clouds for much of the bay area and low visibility open roads, headed out of town, be careful. live doppler hd shows very dense conditions especially through the north bay and certainly across the san mateo bridge. temperatures are going to be two to five degrees cooler than yesterday in san francisco in the my 50's and location land lower 50's and 50's for san jose lower 50's and 50's for san jose and half moon bay and 54 from the nimitz, it is clear. if you have a flight a san jose airport, it will not be a problem and we do not experience traffic. it is a local day light situation. we have a fog advisory over the bridges there and the area shaded in orange trafficking weather and traffic is an indication of we heavy fog. 580, tracy to castro valley a short 32 minutes. 101 northbound from highway 85 san jose airport 11 minutes and 280 through daly city is under ten minutes to san francisco. >> still ahead, the free ride will soon be over for golden gay transit rider

of a breeze today. here is a look from the sfo camera and we do not have flight arrival delay because we have clear skies. it will be a cool and breezy christmas day and cold are nights ahead with a dry pattern into the new year. >> breeze here, too as far as track, empty. that is where we have a sig-alert with more information on that will set could up when we run. which means it's timeson for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> just about 6:30 on christmas morning, a thursday. good morning, everyone, i am eric thomas with leyla gulen and we hope your christmas is a great one. >> merry christmas everyone

, a clear drive. san francisco to sfo is 10 minutes. 880 is wide open, and 101 through san jose not a delay to be seen. >>> we have what is becoming a major weapon in the battle against package theft: surveillance video. they help identify grinches who steal gives from our steps. matt keller is in the south bay with an example. and what a gentleman will do. >> many are returning gifts today but a san jose man is hoping a gift will be returned to his house and he is hoping the san jose police defendant can help out with that. check out the surveillance video from the home in the evergreen neighbor. postal worker dropped off a package at 9:00 p.m. and half an hour later you can see a white car pull up, a man walks up with a piece of paper in his hand and grabs the market and gets in the back the car and takes off. inside the package, a christmas gift for the home owner's daughter. >> it service emotional value. [ inaudible ] the message is, don't tell other people's package; don't steal other people's joy. >> they will take the surveillance video to the san jose police department today.

hours ago colder on the north bay and the south bay. sfo is a little colder with temperatures seasonably cool. and this afternoon with the sunshine it should be a nice day, although it is a spare-the-air day. with poor air quality in the north bay as the eastern pacific ridge press down on the atmosphere, bringing poor air quality and the very, very stable air with light winds. from our sutro tower camera we are looking at a sunny sunday today. right around 10:00 101:00 the clouds really begin to guilter and we will see clearer conditions. more sunshine today. it will be cool pucks we are looking at the coldest days still to come as the strong cold front pushes down from the north on tuesday. so here's a look at our water vapor imagery. you see what's coming. you see the lines here. they are called ice oh bars where we have when they are very very close together that designates very windy conditions. the northeasterly winds. and perhaps up to 50 miles an hour, especially out by the delta w that the cold air. so overnight lows in the low to mid-30s in santa rosa right through w

because of the storm. it is that keep of week at sfo. yesterday, the weather caused delays and cancellations at san francisco international airport and last night there were delays of three hours after four-hour delay early in the day. 130 flights were canceled. oakland and san jose international airport experienced only mimer -- minor delays. >>> people were treated to lightning across the bay area. >> what a treat. >> what a treat. this is from ocean strikes over a period of half an hour. then it was gone. light rain followed. not much wind at that point. we saw plenty of lightning this morning. >> we saw dozens. i took a picture and posted it to ureport@kgo-tv.com and hopfully -- hopefully you post your photos. >> according to pg&e the biggest outage is in san francisco with 3,200 customers without electricity. mostly in chinatown. >>> 1,000 customers have their power knocked out in fremont and vacaville has 463 outages. 300 are experiencing outage in san jose and los altos. it is just one those mornings. >>> you can see the weather where you live with live doppler hd and th

right now. the winds are picking up at 18 miles per hour at forward and 12 at sfo and 13 at santa rosa and that is easy compared to what we will have moving forward and we will get up to around 25-miles-per-hour gusts and by 7:00 this morning at noon we at 25 to 35. these are gusts not sustained and as we head into the 5:00 hour, the lows offshore or 35 to 45-miles-per-hour gusts and they will stay up for the better part of the night but in sheltered valleys with the deeper valleys seeing sub-freezing temperatures. in the afternoon we drop to around 15- to 25-miles per hour. we will stay there for the better part of the day. breezy tomorrow but not so windy as today. from mount tamalpais we have gusts around 35 to 30 miles per hour and in san jose at 101 and 880 we have a cold front and another one bying dry air and total sunshine and the winds make it feel cooler than the thermometer and more so in the shade 9 we will have frost and a cold night because we are having frosty night tomorrow and thursday and warmer and not quite so dry air this weekend. your helps and continueers will no

sfo and wind chills in the 20's and 30's and you can see the flags blow on the exploritorium. feels like the 20's and 30's but it will feel like low 50's from noon to pack, and the temperatures will be the same but dress for 30's at 10:00 tonight outside in san francisco. >> still have a wind advisory? >> yes. they have been issued for all of the bridges. right now from emeryville camera, you can see it is bouncing. if you drive a high profile vehicle, it is going to be a shaky drive into the city. walnut creek and 680 southbound, tail lights are light right now as you make it to highway 24 as pleasant hill. we are dealing with downed trees in certain areas through the santa cruz mountains and i will have more information on that and your new year's eve mass transit schedule. >>> thank you, leyla gulen. investigators in san jose this morning are looking into the origin of an apartment fire indirectlily caused by tuesday's windstorm last night. the man whose apartment burned was outside cutting up a tree that fell and took out the neighborhood power. when he went back inside he saw h

are up to 4 at half moon bay stuck around three and no delays at sfo. the area of low pressure responsible for showers to the north and the heavy rain is with it. we will have light scattered showers on live doppler hd coming from southwest to northeast throughout the day today and an area that is raping the most is on 280 and 17 with the most is on 280 and 17 with flashing lights. >>> and light showers today, with showers and thunder and local flooding tomorrow afternoon, and light showers lingering on saturday but dry and bright on sunday. the cold front is moving to the west and that is the lifting mechanism that brings the buoyancy needed. right now we have top position right now we have top position -- drizzle and more fog tomorrow. by noon you are okay. after the lunch hour, the waves of showers developing with yellows and oranges and possible locally heavy thunderstorms with small hail and localized gusty wind. wind. we will have .1 to the mountains. saturday afternoon and sunday, dry and sunday evening, rain. the rest of us get rain on monday. a break on tuesday and wed

valley and the cool spot on this map is 51 in danville and 52 in brentwood. sfo has in delays even with the low ceiling. we will have showers and thunderstorms and moderate and brief heavy rain and hail from the storms rolling through this afternoon and low-to-mid 60's and lingering showers, dry tomorrow afternoon through sunday and more rain sunday night and especially monday and later on in the seven-day outlook. >>> i am happy to say it has been friday light with only a couple of accidents. this is a look from the san jose bureau camera to 280 aheaded away fromly 17 -- and from walnut creek from 280 closer to the 24 junction we see the bunching up of traffic. as you continue south into danville, up to san ramon and 580 you can see the traffic is clear but with the exception of 580 westbound we had an accident block one lane at mission boulevard at southbound 680 loan the sunol grade an accident on the shoulder causing some delays. >>> you cannot blame the rain or a mudslide for the closing of highway one on the san mateo county coast. the devil's slide tunnel will be shut down b

caused a few flight delays at san jose international, but at sfo the weather racked up 110 cancelled flights for the bay. the combination of low clouds, wind, and spotty rain meant flights from boston and los angeles, and plenty of cities in between were scrubbed or delayed. >> i'm flying to l.a. >> what happened to your flight? >> it's cancelled. >> eric is also trying to get to los angeles. >> pretty much three hours delay. almost all the flights i have seen, three to four hours. >> he even double-booked flights to try to get back home for a important date. >> i booked a second to see if they canceled the first one and it's a business flight. i just need to get back home. had an event to go to tonight, but i guess it's not going to happen. >> the weather triggered a ground stop at sfo for a while. the second day in a row air traffic as temporarily halted. across the bay near concord, light, steady rain and windy conditions made for potentially slick driving conditions and san jose near santana road steady rains fell for a couple of hours. part of the off again and on-again pattern

numbers in the upper 50s a good deal of fog. 44 minute delays at sfo and some sunshine on the way for the raiders and the niners. we will talk about that and the storm when we return. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, a northern california man killed in a failed rescue attempt in yemen. new details on what happened in yesterday's predawn raid. >>> and how the napa earthquake is not stopping one community from lending a helping hand to troops overseas this holiday. find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! these guys should've gone to my place, cuz right now, i have two breakfast croissants for just four bucks. they're both made with a freshly cracked egg and melting cheese on a buttery, flaky croissant. try the supreme with bacon and ham, or the sausage. they'll fill you up for - whoa hey! what are you doing? you can't make a commercial for your restaurant at my restaurant! not if you keep interrupting me, i can't. we gdid he help pick it out?er. no, he's a cat. is this mine? that one's f

seeing if as we look southbound on 101 in san rafael and sfo more than an hour flight arrival delays because of the low clouds so call ahead. mostly cloudy, light showers across the north. dry today, tomorrow and wednesday. get your storms ready, storm drains, gutters, weak trees. if you see what is a dying limb on a tree or a tree that is potentially dying, cut it down now and get it out of the way because with winds at 50 to 60 miles per hour and the saturated ground and 23-5" of rain possible at the lower end to a food possible rain in the mountains you can picture the damage. today, the radar runs north of 80 and then it tapers and overnight clouds open up and mother fog tomorrow with sunshine and mother nature will tease us on tuesday and she should the door on that and by 5:00 you can see the rain coming in. the system is flowing, in the north bay, heading through the heart of the day during the heart of the bay and move through the south bay in the evening rush hour. it will affect evening rush hour and beyond that showers through friday as we get on the cold side of that. som

the mid-to-upper 50's and sfo is 61 degrees! right now. isn't that beautiful from east bay hills camera? warm before the storm today and tomorrow. we set a report high yesterday in oakland at 74. possible today, as well. foggy again today with tonight lows in the 50's. owe average high is 58 to 59 and that is where we start out. heavy rain and wind and large surf is coming on thursday. warm air rain starts wednesday night. it could be moderate with the orange there. as we head to the evening hours, it will continue but right up here in the upper left hand part of rain there is the cold front and the red with the thunderstorms and the flooding that will begin at 7:00 in the north bay and that push into the heart of o'clock and hang around and scattered showers will linger thursday night into friday. the hest rain -- the heaviest rain is in the first patch. 1-3" if the rest of us, and 5-8" in the north bay mountains with the coast nearly a foot of rain. we will have issue batch flooding. dangerous surf. creek flooding. mud and rock slides. high winds, we have a watch so prepared fo

well. we'll have another -- very mild though. 61 half-moon bay. but sfo and san francisco 57. but after that it really ramps up. it looks like there could be heavy amounts going wednesday into thursday. i think that is a little over done for santa rosa but it is not to the south. 60s on your temps. here is sal. >>> all right steve, good morning. we are looking at a commute where traffic is going to be a little slower than usual because of the wet roads. not raining now. at least not in most places. it is wet from the over night rain. traffic is backed up a the toll plaza. we are getting brief break until another storm moves into the bay area. alex savidge is live in san francisco where wet weather caused traffic issues. >> reporter: the wet weather the next rain system is expected to cause even more problems. look at issues they had yesterday here. we're at the issue of the -- we're at the corner of oak and broadrick. this is where a tree split and fell down on top of several cars. this happened yesterday. they have a tendency to snap during storms. this tree came down on a a coup

anybody out there, maybe makes the run from san jose sfo or oakland to the hawaiian islands coming back, probably making very good time. the jet stream, 20,000 feet is really roaring. this is called the lift. you get the vertical lift. you take this moisture, way above average. you lift it, cool it. that will ring out a lot into the north bay. the factor will be the developing surface low. water temps are going to boost rainfall rates. like a recipe, everything has to come together. now, the cloud cover is over us, the water temps right there. 60-61. very, very warm for this time of year. north bay, these are a broad brush. santa cruz mountains, 48. south bay, 1-3. there could easily be more than that. we'll see gusts at hurricane strength. coastal hills. 25 to 50 for us tomorrow. the seas are beginning to build. that will take us into friday. combined seas over 20 feet possible. a blizzard warning. long time sentence i said that and dusted that off. blizzard warning out. that goes thursday into friday. there will also be extremely high gusts over the passes, was snow fall will get over

north. to the east, not that much but it's windy. 66 sfo. and some wind gusts, that's why we have the high wind warning, anywhere from 25 to 50 miles per hour. half moon bay airport 49 miles per hour. sfo was 43 and now 38. and wind to rain. and combination of both. as far as rain totals, 10 inches could fall parts of the north bay. and once in the mountains, 5 to 8. rain and wind heavy at times and highs set this morning and cold air this afternoon. but broad brush it and say 60s. >>> you know, driving today is not advised. >> i agree. i agree. >> and i think people are taking that message to heart. look at the bay bridge toll plaza on a thursday morning at this time, we have more slow traffic. and i think people are taking the advisories. and a lot of schools have not, don't have classes and that means likely a lot of parents also have to stay home and perhaps work from home or just miss the day. and you can see the traffic volume is lighter. all the ferries from the east bay except for one have been canceled into san francisco. and cable cars in san francisco are not running bu

the homes and businesses. >>> well, sfo say there is are only nine canceled flights this morning, a big improvement after more than 250 flights were canceled yesterday. no major problems expected at the oakland and san jose airports, however, if you are flying today, it is pretty wise to check on your flight ahead of time. >>> if you are headed to sfo this morning, you may want to go buy food before you go to the airport. this is day two of a strike by a thousand airport restaurant workers who walked off the job yesterday over concerns about job security and health care. the walkout shut down most of the airport restaurants right at the peak of the storm. the workers are expected to be back on the job tomorrow. >>> alameda police are investigating the death of a pedestrian struck and killed by an ac transit was. it happened yesterday evening at otis drive and grand boulevard. the man who died, investigators say, was walking in a crosswalk when a bus hit him. police are questioning the does driver to determine how it happened. >>> starting this afternoon bart riders and holiday shopp

are 194% of normal. last 24 hours mill valley an inch and three quarters. sleepy hollow 1.37. sfo three quarters. san francisco two-thirds and san jose a half an inch of rain. i mentioned this in a coup -- and a couple people brought it to my attention it's amazing how much we are getting in and not translating up to the sierra nevada. they are getting snow but nothing to the equivalent we are getting here. east bay and parts of san pablo bay into san francisco. and also looks like a little line forming here. fremont and milpitas. so for the morning commute mostly cloudy. there are some scattered showers around. some of these could be brief and heavy. could be a few sun breaks. i doubt they last very long. the next system will cloud us up. it's on its way here. you can see san mateo coast and santa cruz coast move into the santa cruz mown tapes. things are moving fast. 40s on the temps. cold out there. it is cold outside. 40s cold. 48 redwood city. san mateo is at 49. 32 up in tahoe. 35 reno. 48 ukiah. and 48 in monterey. a little bit of snow shower but nothing that extreme. for u

turning towards sfo. not that strong. we expect that to pick up which will give us a warmer pattern today. and 29 in tahoe. and the airport says clear on the 6:00 a.m. observation. and flurries up there. but quiet. and look for mostly cloudy skies. some sun breaks but farther south you go, a breeze picking up which will give you a slight warm-up, and light rain to the north and that will pick up late tonight into tomorrow. and areas of fog, humidity factors through the roof. and we will see rain takings into friday. and by friday night, gone one more system to the north on saturday. and i don't think it will affect most of us here. but wouldn't take much to get light rain. and then a break sunday through christmas eve. >> which is good because there's big travel time for people. >> and we need to dry out. >> be dry: people flying and driving. >> and could be a big system back east christmas week. >> okay. >> so that could affect flights. >> correct. >>> this morning, the labor department announced claims for first-time job benefits dropped last week. that's 6,000 fewer than the week befor

gust to 24 earlier. mountain view and sfo showing south, southeast. front direction 39 tahoe. weather advisory out there. it's mainly above 6,000 feet and goes until 10:00 tonight. not much going on right now. it will pick up a little later. below that there is no advisory. some of the heaviest will be above 6,000 feet. 5-10 inches. below that not nearly as much. plenty out here that has to visit us. not only today but into saturday. that saturday will lift a little northward and give rain to the north bay. our system coming in today will give a half an inch to over an inch. less to the south. but still 50s and 60s. a rain day. cloudy. over all later this morning we will bring the rain down and weaken it. that system on saturday will give us a gray day. sunday, monday, and tuesday we get a break here. >> some people, i'm not going to mention any names but probably have to do shopping saturday and sunday. last big weekend. so good weather. good shopping weather for people who waited. >> you know when you're in front of your computer and doing online shopping, who cares. [ laug

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have a lot of company. that is because alex savidge is live at sfo with more on some of the challenges. alex, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you from sfo. a very busy sfo. it appears the morning rush is on. take a look behind us here. we are curb side outside of terminal 2. we have seen over the last hour and a half really just a steady stream of scars coming to drop off passengers. obviously a lot of holiday travelers. folks trying to get home and see friends. thus far this morning on this busy travel day, no delays or cancellations here at sfo. so weather an issue. we do understand that could all change as we close in on christmas. there is a very strong storm that is set to move into the eastern third of the country. and that could snarl things. it's not necessarily going to bring snow. just lots of rain and strong winds and that could mean delays at major airports. online some have dubbed this weather system moving in for christmas santa bomb. airport officials here at sfo are keeping an eye on the weather and warning about the possibility of delays. many pe

well. remember we -- chances as well. remember we had the cameras on sfo, the low cloud deck could impact your visibility across the bay this morning. temperatures yesterday, look at the warm readings, upper 60s to 70 degrees, everybody is cooling off today. it's down 5 to 10 degrees. lots of clouds are moving into the bay area. not much in the way of shower activity. the fog is doing its thing around the bay. visibility is about a quarter of a mill to three quarters of a mile. current temperatures are in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. san jose right now 46. here's the forecast for today, 7:00 this morning, those readings in the upper 40s to mid-50s, partly cloudy skies and areas of fog, changes, more clouds, a band of scattered showers pushing across the region and gusty winds on the increase especially by mid to late afternoon, winds could be 25 to 35 miles per hour, here's a look at the numbers for this afternoon. much cooler than yesterday, no 70s, warmest locations in the lower 60s. we'll take a closer look at the christmas day forecast. i would mention if you head into the

ceilings caused delays up to two hours at sfo. and fog should not be a serious problem today but we are monitoring all bay area airports and we will have a better sense of conditions throughout the newscast. >>> and the california highway patrol is marking the holiday with the annual crack down. the maximum holiday enforcement period began at 6:00 last night. and that means chp will be deploying all available officers to look for impaired driver, speeders and dangerous behaviors on the road. the enforcement period runs through midnight on sunday. >>> it's a holiday tradition that never changes. many shoppers wait until the last minute to buy their gifts. this mall was among spots that was packed with procrastinators and maybe they just had to get out last night. and we spotted an oakland raider among the large number of last minute shoppers. >> exactly what i wanted. now the issue of wrapping it which is going to be a challenge in itself. probably won't be done until christmas day. >> he's busy. >> he's busy. >> and he wanted to wait until the end to make a surprise. and showing his hol

at sfo. 21 right now. hayward, mountain view, san jose generally light. but half-moon bay you have a gust to 18 miles an hour. and that northerly breeze we've been talking a little bit about it. chp has year id a -- chp has issued a warning. because when the wind is coming from the north, it's hitting up against your car. take it easy out there. you may be holding tight to the wheel as we get outdoors we again are looking at some very chilly numbers. 44 in concord right now. a bit of an improvement there in the last hour in the 30s. something tells me you may have a light breeze that has picked up in your area. walnut creek remains calm. liver mother the wind has been blowing all morning long and you are holding at 50 degrees. so again the wind really makes the difference when it comes to the temperatures. it will still feel very cool out there and brisk. well hold on to this trend through your bay area weekend in the extended forecast, slight possibilities some rain coming back our way. i'll have a look at your numbers for the weekend and outline that possibility of wet weather comi

effected by the storm this morning. in fact, the duty manager at sfo expects delays later today of about three hours. yes, three hours because of the rain and wind. the storm has already forced 51 flight cancellations at sfo. if you are heading to the airports in oakland and san jose, also expect storm related delays. >>> drivers heading to the bay area to the mountains should be prepared for stormy road conditions. last night chain restrictions were already lifted on highways 80 and 50 to the lake tahoe area. drivers are still advised to carry chains since cal tran crews are still clearing the snow. that fell over night. >> still coming down but keeping the roads pretty clear right now. >> as much as three feet of snow could fall at the summit by the end of tomorrow. sol the chain restrictions could be put back in place. we will continue our storm watch coverage throw the morning. and you can find more on our website at ktvu.com. >>> time is 6:39. a major power outage in detroit. it is raising concerns about possible outages in cities across america. the power outage in detroit cu

seen northeast about 30 up in the oakland hills already. sfo north at 12. this may not be a bad pattern for coasts. sunny but cold. the wind cranks up. it will be a blustery day. you can see how everything is going right down to the south. it will be sunny but yenned i a and cool to cold. 50s on the temps. there will be some areas. here is brian with an update on your traffic. so far so good brian. >> yeah so far so good. good morning, everybody. things are looking really good. let's take a look. san mateo bridge this morning slow and go traffic as you approach foster city. no major problems. pretty typical traffic on a tuesday. there is a high wind advisory on certain parts of the bay area. there was no advisory lifted here just be aware of that. there is one here on the bay bridge as we take a look at the toll plaza. metering lights came on about 11 minutes ago. but about 10-15 minutes to get you across the span. finally taking a look at highway 4 this morning. pittsburgh bay point area traffic looking really good through here. same thing can be said on 80 as you approach richmond. 6:

sfo. and now san jose says calm. that temperature should plummet. san francisco still getting about 10-25 so it's a blustery cold morning for some. i want to show you snow east of san diego. wrapping back around. and some of that is heading toward las vegas as well. there is snow being reported just outside the las vegas. for us it will be calming down on the wind. but it will still be a clear sunny day. windy times. wind advisory until noon. highs today upper 40s for some. low 50s. maybe a few mid 50s but that will be about it. here is tara with an update. so far so good. we fake it; right? >> yeah it hasn't been too bad. we do have a car fire on 580 eastbound. this is in oakland. it's on the right hand shoulder but pretty spectacular flames. engine was fully engulfed. crews had just snuffed it out. we want to take a look at highway 24. it looks a little blurry there. you can tell the traffic there is a lot of brake lights there as you are making your way to the caldecott but no major delays on through orinda. up next at the san mateo bridge you can see the camera is not bothered a

rain. sfo, light rain and fog being reported. not done with the rain yet but better today. an update on the forecast. 22 bucks! these guys should've gone to my place, cuz right now, i have two breakfast croissants for just four bucks. they're both made with a freshly cracked egg and melting cheese on a buttery, flaky croissant. try the supreme with bacon and ham, or the sausage. they'll fill you up for - whoa hey! what are you doing? you can't make a commercial for your restaurant at my restaurant! not if you keep interrupting me, i can't. >>> welcome back. san francisco police are conduct more tests to determine who fired a gun in an incident that involved an off-duty police officer and a homeless man. it all started yesterday morning. the man went into a cafe. this video shows him branded in a blanket and walking up to a female customer. and when another customer intervened the, man grabbed the woman's coffee and threw it at her and chased her around a table before throwing coffee on the other customer. and he was chased out of the cafe by a work we are a baseball bat. and minutes

-- airline deplays. we will keep an eye on that for you. no problems at sfo or san jose either. and we're looking at the commute on 80. the traffic is moving along okay. if you are driving on 80 just pull back and show you the entire bay area here. as i scroll through, we don't see a lot of red on the maps. i see a little slowing on 880 southbound in hayward which is typical but it's not too bad. >>> takes an important step to sending astronauts to mars. >> three, two, one, and lift off. at dawn. the dawn of orion and the new era of american space exploration. >> this happened possibly when you were sleeping. they blasted off at 4:05 this morning pacific time. orion will orbit earth twice before splashing down in the pacific ocean south of san diego. ha is scheduled for 8:28 this morning. engineers at nasa and ames helped develop orion. >>> the work crews are going as fast as they can to fix that big sink hole. the one in san francisco before the next storm comes in this afternoon. it opened up during wednesday's rainstorm at the intersection of sixth and lake in the richmond district. co

there. cloudy to mostly cloudy. our system is still developing. 59. half-moon bay, sfo and also into san francisco. 50s for others. the water temps are incredibly warm. probably a record in a nonel nino type situation. 61 at bodega bay. this system is just off the chart. that has to feed into this system that is coming in. one would think. 20s and 30s up in the mountains. 50s for almost everybody else. eureka at a balmy 62 with the cloud cover. take your pick on some of these. these will be valid mostly thursday into friday. there is going to be a lot of rain from monterey up to ukiah. projections of six inches of rain. you can take that. on the timing we are okay today. we are okay for most of wednesday. this does not come in until late wednesday. holds up a little bit which is a good sign. and a sign it is still developing and that will be a surface low forming on this. and where it sets up, that is the key on the breeze. and then it starts to plow through. 6:00 a.m.. that is when you see the red. 6:00 a.m. thursday morning. and look at that line coming through at 8:00 a.m.. i know

] >>> flight from sfo to washington, d.c. was delayed for three hours. some of the flights to los angeles and bakers field were canceled. >> it was just canceled. i'm waiting for my parents to pick me up so i can go home. >> today fewer travelers are expected out there. the weather nationwide may still cause a lot of delays. you're advised to check ahead with your airline or just look online. >>> chicago's midway airport seems to be the most traveled. hundreds of travelers stood in a very long line. i read somewhere it was a mile and a half long. just trying to get through security. tv reporter stuck in that mess used her phone to track how long it was and it was more than a mile long. long lines are unusual. a busy travel day was complicated even more. and american airlines plane that just landed from spain was evacuated. somebody called in a threat. that plane was kept away from the terminal while it was searched but nothing was found. police are still investigating where that call came from. >>> it may be fun but there is a real danger when it comes to decorating for the holidays. more tha

the peninsula, also doing well. several flight cancellations at sfo. a flight out of any bay area airport, check with your carrier. and tracking the storms impacting where 101 standing water is creating a hazard for drivers. and brian, you seem pretty wet. how are the drivers doing through the area? >> reporter: because i am wet. it's been raining hard for probably about an hour and a half. and we are here along lucky drive. and if you are, if you're known to the bay area, you know this area is prone to flooding and especially when it rains. and as we take a look at the drivers going through here, yep, they're experiencing that as well. and this is the case this morning. northbound 101. chp says about 6 inches of flooding so far in this particular spot. northbound 101 near lucky drive. the typical spot when it rains, there's flooding. so slow down. and that is pretty much the case through much of the county this morning. as we were driving through, there were pockets of puddling off the drive. off the richmond bridge this morning. more drivers going through this flooding here this

. the bay area airports are slowly recovering for the big storm. the manager for the sfo says there are only nine cancellations today after 250 cancellations yesterday. if you are flying today, it is wise to check on your flight ahead of time, regardless. >>> in the meantime many travelers heading to sfo may want to buy food before you go to the airport. this is day two of a strike by a thousand airport restaurant workers. they walked off the job yesterday over concerns about job security and health care. they walked out at the peak of the storm. the strike is expected to end tomorrow with workers back on the job. >>> the north bay was really hit hard by yesterday's storm. it is struggling to recover this morning. petaluma, among other things, are dealing with flooded roads and road closures. ktvu alex savage shows us one major road that is still off limits. >> reporter: still a whole lot of standing water in this petaluma neighborhood. we are just of petaluma boulevard north close to highway 101. this is what you can see behind us here. this is a car left abandoned. as the waters b

. and sfo three quarters of an inch. san francisco two-thirds. and san jose a half an inch of rain. it was coming down pretty hard for awhile. the system was moving and not sticking around too long. we get somewhat of a break. next system is already in the picture and it won't take long to get here. so showers, clouds, and some sun breaks in the morning. but already zooming down out of the northwest in advance of this system which will be here pretty quick. showers and some sun. rain develops again. concord also back again toward novato. san rafael and right off of san francisco coming in again. here on the peninsula redwood city and woodside mountain view palo alto right over the dumbarton bridge. san rafael some rain moving through. 40s on the temps. it is cold out there for many. lake port 48. healdsburg 48. if it wasn't for the clouds and breeze it would be even colder. we have a day of increasing clouds after the morning showers and rain moves back in this evening after friday well have one more system on friday. and highs today only in the 50s. there he is an update on his traffi

steady heavy rain. you can see why that stretches all the way out to highway 4 and also around sfo getting moderate to heavy rain. right over 280, highway 1 and over toward oakland as well. some of the rainfall has been a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch. it will be a tough go. rain windy coast and hills. we'll have wide spread rain lingering today. possible thunderstorms. 50s on your temps. they won't budge another degree. it will also be a cooler day and the rain looks really good going wednesday into thursday. it will be in inches here. santa rosa might pick up a lot of ground. rain cooler here windy at times. possible thunderstorms. 50s and 60s. sal. >> all of this rain has to be making a difference. >> it does. >> it makes a difference in the commute. and we will talk about that right now. first of all let's take a look at a new crash. we have westbound 580 just past the fairmont exit in castro valley. overturned suv that is blocking lanes there. now nearby we also did have an accident northbound 880 at eighth street. that is blocking a lane. that has prompted c