. >>> 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

-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

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

, 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.

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

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

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