east bay family of four scrambling at the drop off.. <sfo traveler: "it's just the usual, anytime, holiday or not, it's usually hectic with the kids.">a shuttle ride later thanks to a friend, they were on their destination like thousands of other travelers at s-f-o-public information officer doug yakel advises travelers to pack extra patience,simple advice that's given every holiday travel season..some seem to know the drill from previous experience. arriving visitors thankful they planned their holiday getaway ahead of time. about one hundred eighty- thousand (180) people are expected to come thro

for the holidays, it is not easy. certainly at sfo. >> there is a lot of wandering, run into people who don't know what the airport is. >> a lot of people trying to a. >> crazy. too much. >> it was very crowded and we have to man -- maneuver through different lanes. >> just driving irs tough. teth thpoe traffic was practically aa stand-still and keeping track of it all, this is the faa command center. for the entire national air space and you could see where we're having a problem with today. you look a oew y wind and rain it is already causing some problems. >> going east and a lot of people flying back east today. >>> now here is a live look at sfo right knouff. delays still an issue. but for those coming home, t 7bc sfo motion of course. tonight. >> i'm sure a lot of people out here think we're talking about the delays and lines inside or the possibly the traffic, but i could happily report things are moving smoothly here and even better news. if you hang out around at rivals in sfo you will see some incredle sights that remind you of what the holidays are all about. holiday trav

87, south of ma net ta san jose international airport. speaking of airportings, yeah, sfo has delays. and there is rain all around sfo. not quite on it yet. you can see the low ceiling there. partly cloudy conditions in the afternoon hours. rain tapers by noon. more dense fog don't. today's temperatures, 57 to 61 degrees. a couple of degrees warmer than average. tonight closer to where we should be. down in morgan hill, fourth. 40s around the bay, even san francisco and out to the coast. 7:00 this morning, watch as it is still around at 9:00. by noon, the rain is over. and you start to see some of the gray erase from the north bay sky. for the rest of us, partial clearing into the afternoon hours. as far as rainfall, we'll get up to another possible tenth of an inch, as you can see. 1200ths in richmond. everybody elsmore than that. here's a look a lot tomorrow. it will be partly cloudy. same temperatures. mostly cloudy sunday. sunday night into monday. that's when we have a better chance of rain and breezy conditions. it won't hang around for tuesday. here's alexis. >>> good m

francisco to sfo, you look good at nine minutes. >>> thank you, alexis. hoit isinally rni wi mother this morning. >> she is originally from yemen. it has been quite a struggle to get her here because of trump's travel ban. matt keller is live at sfo. matt. >> reporter: reggie, certainly a sad story. the mother of this young boy finally arriving from yemen. now this family can be together now this family can be together again and say good-bye. >>> she is very happy to see her son and thankful. >> ali and his son are naturalized citizens. they flew into the bay area in august to get treatment a lot benioff children's hospital in oakland. he has a rare brain condition. she is a yemeni national and was not able to get a visa because of president's travel ban. council on american-islamic relations filed a lawsuit on monday against the state department for delaying her spousal fees sa which they say she applied for in 2017. >> the result of that failure is a dying 2-year-old boy has suffered for the last two months without his mother by his side. for no apparent reason. >> reporter: the c

wednesday night at sfo from cairo. it has been a brutal and stressful fight to get her a visa. abudullah and his father ali are us citizens, shaima is not. she was blocked by the trump administrations travel ban to return to the us to see her son after leaving the us back in 2017 with abdullah to apply for a visa. late tuesday, the state department granted a waiver for shaima to return to be with her son. at the airport wednesday... a brief comment from the family thanking supporters during this painful time. abdullah hassan the family says now they are spending as much time as possible with their son... and making sure he is comfortable. they said that now that they are together as a family, the can mourn with dignity (grant) the man charged with killing 18-year-old nia wilson on a bart platform is not mentally fit to stand trial - at least that's what his lawyer christina moore says. moore told the judge today that john lee cowell suffers from severe delusions and paranoia, and that he was released from a maximum security facility for mentally ill convicts less than three months before

. i spoke with airport officials to find out what is causing the problem. sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "it is busiest day of xmas holiday travel season" sfo spokesperson doug yakel says weather in the northeast and local weather here has caused problems at the airport today.sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "low fog and clouds stuck cold weather" at sfo there are currently 331 delays, around 15- 20% of all flights at sfo are delayed by an average of 30 minutes, and there has been 10 flights canceled.sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "best advice use those apps with alerts from airlines, it's good up to the minute info"at sfo gabe slate kron 4 news (justine) we're joined now by chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.(ken) lawrence the weather playing a role the weather lawrence problem. is causing the find out what officials to airport i spoke with . . yes there are currently 331 flights delayed. sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "it is busiest day of xmas holiday (justine) kron 4 news sfo gabe slate kron 4 news now by chief meteorologist lawrence karnow.(

turn northwesterly, santa rosa, they went from no fog to fog in one hour, 53 at sfo, livermore 46, that's 14 degrees warmer at this time. santa rosa, they're bouncing between 10 and 1 and a half, 7, and oakland, one mile, yet over at sfo, 10, mountain view, a mile and a half, san jose, oakland, they seem to be fog city, so far, fog brothers, if you will, we have cloud cover it's preventing the breeze from forming. half moon bay is 56, we're mild, plus 12 for concord and livermore. fairfield plus nine, if it feels warmer it is, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy in the morning. higher clouds will spill through, tomorrow about the same, a better one on sunday, 60s on the temperatures. 6:01, allie rasmus has a lot quieter morning than yesterday, things are starting to pick up, there isn't thick fog, we have a couple of crashes to tell you about in the east bay. lets go to the maps. we can show you. someone at northbound 680 at main. you can see on the left bound 80, there's a vehicle blocking one of the right lanes and the backup is starting to extend through richmond up through san pabl

thursday before christmas, we spotted this east bay family of four scrambling at the drop off.. <sfo traveler: "it's just the usual, anytime, holiday or not, it's usually hectic with the kids.">a shuttle ride later thanks to a friend, they were on their destination like thousands of other travelers at s-f-o-public information officer doug yakel advises travelers to pack extra patience,simple advice that's given every holiday travel season..some seem to know the drill from previous experience. arriving visitors thankful they planned their holiday getaway ahead of time. about one hundred eighty- thousan

5:00 a.m., every reporting it station at the sfo oakland san jose, it's green and no flight i think with low ceilings wipla 35, livermore is down to 34 cold degrees and 46 at san jose. good morning, bs, and he wrote me and said all my friends say that. you can say it too, steve. >> pea soup again, that would be redwood city, it's kind of cool. i know what you mean by that, there's a stillness to the morning, when you get this fog, it's cold in there. you get that thick fog out there. it will be warmer the coast than inland. i don't think there will be any rain out of here. 30s for many 40s, cloud cover is in the four corners, it's cloud cover, if you're traveling down there. except for the fog it will be mostly sunny, but the days are 60s, and 6:01, allie rasmus somebody here to tell us about the food, anything you want to get to right away. >> the altamont pass and 580 is having problems. it's part of the backup problems that we usually see on 580. there's a dense fog advisory in that area. it is impacting how fast people can go, there's a crash on grant line road has folks backing

and livermore. they overshoot it, it is depending on when the fog burns delays at sfo, it could change, but patchy low clouds will give way. the fog will be tough to budge. 30s and 40s, in sfo was at 50, had now, they're at 49. the city is 48. alameda is 47 and one observation, oakland a cold 44, lots of moisture is streaming easterly component, once the , fog sets up and it's tough to budge, clouds will be in the north, staying north this evening, 60s for allie rasmus i are we looking at. one of the places where the chp delivered the advisory is the halt month pass -- altamont pass, you can see a crash that happened on the tracy supercommute on grant line road. >>> skipping over to the peninsula, southbound 101 south of winter avenue, there's injury crash blocking two of the lanes there, there's a note from the chp because of the heavy fog that area it's making it challenging for emergency respondsers to respond and clear that crash. there's delays in the response teams and getting the crashes out of the the way. >>> we're looking at this from a different vantage point. you can

afternoon. a live look at sfo clocking winds at 23 miles an hour at sfo. concord looking at 50. santa rosa at a chilly 33 degrees. so let's show you the winds out there. looking at 15-mile-an-hour winds out of or. 23 sfo. 26-mile-an-hour winds in downtown san francisco. things are really rocking and rolling still in downtown san francisco with those winds. 14 in liver more. 17 in berkeley. 14 miles an hour in napa. the winds will ease and relax. we'll stay dry through the end of 2018. a big holiday. a lot of people will be out and about and to ring in the new year temperatures around the coast, the bay, mid-40s with clear skies. we're going to time it out, what you can expect, taking you hour by hour as we head through the weekend and into the start of 2019. let's check in with gianna for a look at traffic. >> we have to get used to saying 2019. >>> we have a crash report, highway 9 near highway 35. a vehicle within the down the embankment. speeds are a little slow last you work your way through there. also getting word of a trouble spot along 680 on the capital avenue offramp. a car hit a

. kron 4's gabe slate reports from s-f-o. sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "it is busiest day of xmas holiday travel season" sfo spokesperson doug yakel says weather in the northeast and local weather here has caused problems at the airport today.sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "low fog and clouds stuck cold weather" at sfo there are currently 331 delays, around 15- 20% of all flights at sfo are delayed by an average of 30 minutes, and there has been 10 flights canceled.sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "best advice use those apps with alerts from airlines, it's good up to the minute info"at sfo gabe slate kron 4 news (justine) the c-h-p and local police departments are stepping up patrols in an effort to crack down on drunk driving this holiday weekend. they are setting up d-u-i checkpoints across the bay area. kron 4's gayle ong is live in martinez where there's a checkpoint in place right now... gayle. dui enforcement patrols are already in effect in advance of the holiday,their message is simple - if you plan to go out and celebrate, plan ahead to ensure you'l

yesterday. san francisco is checking in at 51 degrees. look at the sfo for your thursday morning. here is the plan. clouds and fog am 53 degrees. there were no raindrops yet but after four clock in the north bay, we could see rain showers moving in. it will not be completely clear or sunny. throughout the afternoon. sal has ante on the foggy thursday morning commute. >> we have a lot we cannot see our pictures we normally show you. we can show you the map. traffic is off to a decent start on 580. driving to the livermore area, note major issues. 680 looks good in pleasanton heading south and 880 to the south is not to foggy but it is foggy at the bay bridge toll pl you, you might deal with fog as we have been telling you for a good part of the morning. >> today, extra police are patrolling santa cruz where he threatening message was found. it was found tuesday on a bathroom stall at mission hill middle school. the police are not telling us specifics about what it said, trying to protect their investigation. they do have a safety plan and placed for students and staff. >>> there are calls

strong winds. 13-mile-per-hour winds out of the norkts northwest in san jose. seven mountain view. sfo looking at half moon bay, downtown san francisco at 19. 13 san ramone. 17-mile-an-hour winds out of the north and northwest and concord. as we head through the day we'll seat winds ease. breezy to windy. sunny, seasonal daytime highs. as we look ahead to that big holiday, a lot of people will be out and about ringing in the new year. at midnight temperatures for the coast, the bay, the upper 40s and chilly in the mid-40s. we're looking at clear skies across the bay area as we go through even the first day of 2018, 2019, i should say. we're looking at plenty of sunshine there. so let's show you this ridge of high pressure that's in control for us. the reason it's been so breezy and windy even yesterday, we had an area of low pressure to our east and a reg of high pressure that was to our west. the two weather features close together. now for today, though, the weather features will move farther away from each other. that's why we're in the looking at windy conditions. futurecast, as we

at sfo from cairo. it has been a brutal and stressful fight to get her a visa. abudullah and his father ali are us citizens, shaima is not. she was blocked by the trump administrations travel ban to return to the us to see her son after leaving the us back in 2017 with abdullah to apply for a visa. late tuesday, the state department granted a waiver for shaima to return to be with her son. at the airport wednesday... a brief comment from the family thanking supporters during this painful time. abdullah hassan the family says now they are spending as much time as possible with their son... and making sure he is comfortable. they said that now that they are together as a family, the can mourn with dignity ( robin ) ( robin )( robin ) ( robin ) a family in the south bay is desperately looking for information after their home was ransacked. and on top of stealing other items... the thief swiped a couple of three week old puppies. now they're offering a cash reward to get them back. kron4's dan thorn has the details. the ramirez family tells me they are heartbroken tonight. their bigg

alone bart to airport app this app let's people buy ride tickets to and from sfo or oakland airport and store the tickets digitally on the phone they are targeting traveling friends, couples, and families with this app when you purchase tickets for two or more travelers through the app you get a 25% discount on ride fares.sound from bart spokespersonfaster and we are testing tech win win for everyone right now the bart fair gates don't have the ability to talk to your phone, that technology is still a few years from being implemented into the bart system. so for now to start testing mobile ticketing.. bart had to get creative. here's how it will work you have to show the bart station agent in the glass box the ticket on your phone and they will let you in.. or out... if the agent isn't around. bart staff will use telephones and surveillance cameras to get your through sound from bart spokespersonthere is a number you can call and have staff let you pass bart told me they hope to add digital mobile ticketing to all bart rides in the next few years. now, this makes three apps that bar

. >> thank you. >>> in sfo they were 56 yesterday and they're 44. it's 30s around, and san jose and oakland airport at 43 degrees cool degrees. visibility sparkling, 9 to 10 miles to the north and only half moon bay has a little fog, a little twist there, usually that's not something we see in december. there's a little bit. a few high clouds and patchy fog, we're set for a nice day. changes are on the way for tomorrow, but 30s already for many. fairfield and napa airport, there will his time, they're 45 now. kelseyville, healdsburg, take your pick, petaluma, novato up to napa, a couple of observations one at 39. a ridge of high pressure will give us a nice day, we'll have a couple of systems on the way friday into sunday. it looks mostly sunny and 60s on the temperatures. >>> here's allie rasmus in for sal. >> i'm happy to be here today. we follow and start off the morning where the check on the tracy supercommute. there's unfortunately a problem to tell you about there. you can see the red, westbound at 580, at grant line road, there's a report of a crash involving a semi truck an

weather warning for sfo. vianey arana is tracking the strong winds. vianey -- ad-lib weather app push. new year )s celebrations have already kicked off across the world. this is what it looked like when sydney, australia rang in the new year. nbc bay area )s pete suratos is live in san francisco as crews get ready for the party on the embarcadero. pete -- tens of thousands are a long night for people. and then over there, and we're if you're going to ride san francisco muni, it's going to be free between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. there will be no stops at the embacadero, and aaa is offering free rides with tipsy tow service. with more than 100,000 people heading into san francisco today for new year's eve, make sure to have a good plan in place. >> make sure you know how to get to and from your place of residence or where you're staying. make sure you're prepared for the cold weather. it's going to be cold out, so bring some extra clothing. bring some blankets if necessary. and if you're going to be enjoying the spirits tonight, with a little alcoholic beverages, make sure you have some

waking up. it's significant, concord is down 13 degrees compared to this time yesterday, sfo is close, right in there, minetous 12 and single digits for many. and san jose -- minus 12 and single digits for many. and san jose, is 66 and it's nice in the santa cruz close. light rain, not a big system. saturday the front will stall out, it depends on where it stalls out. sunday looks good for everyone here. early estimates here, there won't be much from this system tomorrow, north of the golden gate, far less from the south. as the front stalls out there could be light rain certainly north to what could be two inches of rain for some. i'm using if the european model on the quantitative forecast versus the gs, it's double what the gfs, that's the european forecast model, global model for rainfall which is pretty good for everybody. livermore is in the 40s, 40s for oakland and san jose. all of them are in the 50s, mostly clear and and we had a breeze to stir things up. it's 30s, 40s and 50s for some. there are cool readings to the north. pope valley at 31, the coldest i could find an

want to get straight to dan thorn who is live for us at sfo. dan what us at sfo. dan what have you learned tonight? the scene has since cleared... but several emergency crews responded to rescue a plumber they say became unconscious because of fumes from a cutting device..the initial report was for a ruptured tank here at the gate gourmet building--but that was not the case... several emergency crews on hand to help rescue a plumber underground at the gate gourmet building at sfo.the initial report said there was a ruptured c02 tank and a plumber needed to be rescued.. airport duty manager russell mackey says while working under the building two plumbers became unconscious because of fumes from a concr ete cutting device not a ruptured tank.. sot: one plumber was able to drag his co worker a short distance before he himself felt that he was becoming too dizzy to continue he did make it out and called for help..several fire trucks, a hazmat team and police responded to the scene.. crews were able to get under the building but could not find the second plumber..this began a two hour

san jose. you are in the green. you're moving up to speed as you work your way to sfo. we have a surface street problem . i want to give you an alternate. this is between that smith and whipple. you can try dire as an alternate. taking a look right new at our freeway, so far, traffic is a little bit on that southbound side. no delays northbound. if you're traveling say northbound all the way into oakland, traffic is light, an easy ride and no construction, so it makes it better. no closures to reports as you head toward the bay bridge. dry freeways but that could change. for more on that, here's mary. >> we're tracking two weather systems. we've been talking about it all week long and they're almost here. a dry start to the day with cloudy skies. a live look at our sales force tower camera and looking south. our temperatures are on the cool side. not as chilly as yesterday morning. livermore 42. downtown san francisco 51. san jose 48 and 40 for santa rosa. let's talk about what you can expect, your weather headlines. increasing light rain this afternoon and evening, so a wet even

for us at sfo. dan what have you learned tonight? the scene has since cleared... but several emergency crews responded to rescue a plumber they say became unconscious because of fumes from a cutting device..the initial report was for a ruptured tank here at the gate gourmet building--but that was not the case... several emergency crews on hand to help rescue a plumber underground at the gate gourmet building at sfo.the initial report said there was a ruptured c02 tank and a plumber needed to be rescued.. airport duty manager russell mackey says while working under the building two plumbers became unconscious because of fumes from a concr ete cutting device not a ruptured tank.. sot: one plumber was able to drag his co worker a short distance before he himself felt that he was becoming too dizzy to continue he did make it out and called for help..several fire trucks, a hazmat team and police responded to the scene.. crews were able to get under the building but could not find the second plumber..this began a two hour search through what has been described by airport officials

hollyfield is live at sfo with more on that. amy. >> reporter: hi. yeah, they caught up with him. 41-year-old brandon freyr is charged with wire fraud and faces 20 years in prison if he is convicted. he transferred million to offshore accounts. his companies collected $28 million for people trying to pay off their student loans, promising to lower their loan payments and eventually have their debts forgiven. he ran ameritech financial in rohnert park and two other businesses. he was arrested just before boarding a flight to mexico. prosecutors say they have been investigating him for 10 months. some of his customers said they thought these were government agencies or at least affiliated with the government. many found their loans were in worse situations after working with these companies. freyr is due back in court on monday. live at sfo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> amy, thank you. an alert neighbor is credited with helping catch a suspected package thief in milpitas. package thief in milpitas. take a look at the suspect. this is romano mercurio. a neighbor called police after spotti

. near 50 at sfo and not much for the sierra. isolated snow showers. really, active with the jet taking aim at southern california. this system will be out of here in a couple of hours next systems will take a track towards the north. the system looks weak. 50s on the temps with sun and.afternoon. >>> things are getting busy approaching that time of the morning where the commute picks up. a trouble spot we are following is the day bridge toll plaza. you can see it is backed up this morning because of a crash that happened not here but westbound as you approach the incline. there are two lanes locked because of a crash involving a motorcycle. that will make your commute very heavy and slow even in the carpool lanes. let's go over -- let me see if my map will cooperate here. there we go. we will show you other parts of the east bay. standby just a minute. this is satan -- 680 with a collision and 580 in dublin and the earlier crash in hayward and overall, things are looking slow and that east bay and following the earlier crash at highway 401 at a multi vehicle collision there as well. >>

terminal at sfo in his honor. honor. >>> well, before becoming mayor, ed lee held a number of different positions including the city's public works director. something important to him was the city's infrastructure, this morning on the 9s, i spoke with the former senior advisor tony whitaker, he said he had a passion for what made the city work. >> he was a passionate and fix it guy as director and city administrator, he wanted to fix stuff, that was his passion, he really to the last days and minutes of his life, he was focused on addressing the challenges the city was facing. >>> also this morning, young from the china town community center said ed lee achieved a pinnacle of leadership in the chinese community. >>> a 58-year-old woman has died after being struck by a hit and run driver in san francisco. this happened in the lower hill neighborhood. police are still searching forment driver. >> reporter: the accident happened early this morning, and police had leavenworth street blocked off from bush street all of the way up to california street. it's reopened at the 7:00 hou

sfo. he was one of two plumbers working on an underground repair project near an airport catering company. airport officials say they're glad he made it out alive. abc 7 news reporter anser hassan explains what made the rescue so difficult. >> reporter: it was a rescue effort that lasted two hours near sfo. rescue teams were called in to find a plumber who passed out while he and his partner worked on an underground sewer project at gate gourmet, a company that caters for airlines. >> had a concrete-cutting device that had emitted some sort of fumes that caused them to lose consciousness. >> reporter: the co-worker initially tried to drag his partner out but when he started feeling dizzy he left, got out and called 911. but when crews went in they couldn't findhim. the man had regained consciousness and was trying to find an exit and didn't have a cell phone or walkie-talkie to contact anyone. airport officials say the building is just as large underground as it is above ground. some parts where you can only crawl. which is why the search took about two hours. >> carbon monoxide a

talking about it. >> i'm talking about it till 10:00. good morning. sfo has delays for arriving flights due to visibility and bog but still okay at oakland and san jose. we will take the green for now but a lot ofat sonoma county ai and colder for livermore. 33 degrees. 40s for san jose, oakland at sfo in the fog as well. out there? out there is downtown petaluma. there is plenty of fog. it will lift or burn off but what's in the valley probably will not. that is too tough to burn up this time of year. the warmest temps they were the coast more so than inland because of the fog. there is a system moving into the north that will give us increasing clouds. this is by ukiah and i don't think there will be any rain. 30s for many, low 40s, half moon bay is at 40. fairfield 34, castro valley 38 and 30s around woodside. menlo park and los altos, and hayward at 43 cold degrees. see how this creeps back in, and sneaks back into parts of  the area. once that was and it's tough to get out of there. probably all the way down. it's tough to get rid of. i don't think it's going anywhere until frida

limit taxi cabs at sfo. the idea began as a way to help struggling cab drivers who paid the most money but it backfired. as a compromise, the ban will apply to one-third of the overall number of medallion holders. those who purchased their medalones will receive priority for pickups at sfo. the plan takes effect in february. >>> the raider season is now over. we wait to find out where the team will play next season. could it be at&t park or san diego or how about london? "the daily mail" reports the raileders are in talks to play their home games at london's wembley stadium. so far, no word from the team. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," amazon expanding, the new locations coming across the country. >>> plus, new year, new you, the financial goals you should be making in 2019. >>> taking a live look outside, no one on the road out there, except that one guy right there. >> hey, bud! >> we're tracking that morning commute for you on this monday. looks like a lot of you are sleeping in. sounds nice. stick around. more to come. 4:37. >>> good morning, i'm kate rogers at krn

. >> reporter: sfo is installed their system in 2014. it is made up of concrete tiles. it cushions the impact of the airplane and slows it down. >> it is a bed of crushable concrete, a good analogy is it is like a runaway truck ramp for aircraft. these are commonly found on shorter runways that don't have a lot of additional space on their >> rorter: sfo added the system to two runways that could not make any longer. san francisco, oakland and monterey have the system installed. san jose does not. none, thankfully have had to put it to the test. the faa has a rule requiring 1000 feet of extra space at the end of a runway just in case. that wasn't an option here at sfo and that is why they installed the system. >> good that they had that safety feature but terrifying for passengers. were people shaken up today? >> reporter: you know i think there was kind of a buzz about it but thankfully this wasn't one of those catastrophic accidents that we have seen. i think people were reassured that the airport had the safety system. >>> the man accused of being the infamous golden state killer back in a sa

camera at that time sfo, we have solid cloud coverage on the roadways. keep that in mind in the short term. the bulk of the rainfall this morning is going to be focused up in the north bay and solano county and rain showers out towards the santa cruz mountains, sonoma to napa approaching fairfield and winter this wednesday morning. as we back out to view, the circulation in the pacific, this will keep the clouds in the forecast for today and the possibility still of some scattered showers, current numbers in the upper 40s to the 50s, here's the plan for today. this morning, 7:00, you'll notice it's not a washout, but cloud cover and a chance and fo the afternoon and the mid- to upper 50s. >>> sal, we will look at the commute, we have wet roadways, good morning to you. >> we do. good morning, we have wet roadways and it might slow you down a little bit. lets look at the morning commute. traffic will be busy on 205 even though it's not stop and go just yet. there are people out there, traffic is moving well in both direction he is in oakland on interstate 880 as you drive in both direct

to be one of the top three travel days of the holiday season. amy hollyfield is live at sfo. amy, how is it going? is it busy already? >> reporter: it looks like it is getaway day, jessica. i'm feeling a little jealous that we aren't leaving. everyone is. everyone is getting an early start. we are at terminal 2. this is the alaska air lines check-in counter. i wanted to show you this crowd. and we will spin the other way and let you look at the security line. looking pretty thick over there. so a lot of people getting out of town. i just spoke with the duty manager. he said they have eight cancellations right now. but no obvious reasons now. it could be airline or plane issues. he said the weather looks good. they have a forecast of partly sunny. no weather delays right now. he did say it's early. it could change. i want to show you what the clouds looked like at sfo. the biggest issue you will face is crowds. it was busy yesterday too. airports consider yesterday and today the kickoff. they predicted yesterday and today will be the busiest days as people get away from christmas.

up towards san carlos. towards sfo is where delays are. this is on the western side. the fog is going to remain longer over the bay. that means our bridges will be covered longer by the fog than over land. there will be a minor visibility increase. they won't drop below a quarter of a mile before tonight. we have a chance of showers we had dense fog advisories issued by chp. this is a look at the bay bridge earlier this morning. this is from about two or three hours ago. as we take you back now live at the bay bridge we are doing okay as we get into san there we go. we have a dense fog advisory. several others have been cancelled. we have areas where it is pretty dense. overall we are looking pretty light at this midday hour. 11 across the bay bridge. you're in the green at 12 minutes. >> thanks. >>> as mike mentioned the fog created delays for air trafveles this morning just in time for the christmas rush. it looks like one of those days where you'll have to sit around a >>> there are 23 cancellations with a lot of people trying to get home. this is andy. he has been my best fr

delays at sfo. you can see the cloud cover and the fog and a little bit of rain moving in. beaches, they'll be dry in the afternoon hours. same thing out on the bay. if you're out and about, but it's the morning, you need to have caution. that's when we have wet weather. fog through at least 8:00 in the north bay. increasing sunshine and 50s. 47 at 8:00. east bay valleys, fog through 8:00. and then by noon, we will start to see sunshine. top out near 60. 51 this evening. in the south bay, cloudy through noon. sunshine breaks out. upper 50s in the afternoon hours. all right. here's alexis. >>> good morning, mike. and i don't have any major incidents still so far today. so we are hoping it stays that way. live compa live doppler 7 on top of our traffic maps. moderate showers moving, pushing through the richmond-san rafael bridge, hercules, orinda getting soggy, state route 24. definitely have wet pavement this morning. fortunately our volumes are so light we just have not had any significant issues. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, in the green at 17 minutes. about 9 minutes acro

at sfo. news at 11:00 starts right now. good evening and thank you for joining us. the plummers were working underground when things quickly went wrong. one of them doing everything he could to save the other. nbc bay area reporter joins us now where he spoke exclusively to one of the plumbers involved. >> he and his co-worker were in the crawl space using a gas powered concrete cutting tool. the fumes from that tool started to overwhelm them. miguel was happy to see his friend and co-worker being loaded into the ambulance. wilson said he was conscious and he said he felt fine. they are part of a team from glad rater plumbing that were in the basement of the area utilizing a large concrete cutting tool. wilson tells me, he heard the motor on the tool stop and looked over to see molina unconscious next to the machine. he tried to drag him and after about 100 feet, he p nearly passed out and went for help. they took special precautions during their search. >> the teams went in with full breathing apparatus, at the time, we didn't know what had ruptured. crews finally spotted him.

this north, not for us. 30s and 40s, if you're socked in with that fog, it's cold e. if sfo is at 50, 38 we're on mo fog. the southern branch of the jet is very active. this can play times. it's not impacting us, it's impacting southern california. you can see the footprint in the valley. there's old school fog coming in. this is a pattern that could be warmer on the coast than inland. >>> fog, we can see it in our traffic cameras. >> the ones close to the water, we'll slow you those in a second. there's a advisory as the altamont pass, that's one of the commutes we check for you y altamont pass, and the 580680 interchange in dublin -- 580/680 interchange in dublin. here's a look at 880 in oakland, you can see some of the overgh wrapping up in the northbound direction in the coliseum. this is the east shore there, w can get and clear shot from emeryville to berkeley. the bay bridge toll plaza speedy recovery foggy, you can see it drifting right on through. be aware of that this morning. i'll channel my inner sal castaneda, give yourself an extra 5 to 10 minutes. be careful out on the

spots are looking good. 10 miles sfo, oakland, san jose. livermore you're now down to about 1/4 mile and north bay we're looking at a mile and a half for napa and fairfield. navato down to a quarter mile. we're talking areas of dense fog for the napa valley. afternoon sun for all of us with mild to warm temperatures. we're tracking our next weather system. it's a weak front that will bring light rain tomorrow night. but for today we are looking at temperatures on the warm side for sure about 5 to 7 degrees warmer than average . we're going to time it out for you on future cast when we expect to see that rain for us where you live coming up in just a bit. >>> those fog advisories by chp 580 in fairfield also over along 880 look at this traffic starting to get busy out there. as you work your way past paseo. so it will affect your drive heading on to the san mateo bridge. couple of accidents out there 880 we do have ports of a crash here. again, that is one of 0 our hot spots. so busy coming away from 238. over to 680 we go. we still have this trouble spot. as you work your bay through

rescue effort that lasted two hours at sfo. rescue teams were called in to find a plumber who passed out while he and his partner worked on an underground sewer project. a company that caters for airlines. >> had emitted some sort of fues that caused him to lose consciousness. >> the co-worker initially tried to drag his partner out. but when he started feeling dizzy, he left him, got out and called 9-1-1. when crews went in, they couldn't find him. the man regained consciousness and was trying to find an exit and didn't have a chel walkie-talk walkie-talkie. it's as large underground as aboveground. that's why the search took about two hours. >> carbon monoxide explosion and entrapment at west fie a small explosion which triggered a huge response. >> we didn't fully understand exactly what was going on underneath the building. so we had a lot of haz-mat, out of an abundance of caution, that's why you see the multiple units out here in case it was bigger. >> air quality was never an issue so no need for vevacuatio. >> it didn't impact flights in and out of sfo. abc 7 news. >>> we cal

journey of the yemeni mother who is coming to see her dying 2-year-old son. taking a lye look at sfo where she is set to arrive tonight. a flight from kiro the first flight she could find. basically she had been blocked from coming to the u.s. because of the trump administration's travel ban against certain countries and there had been a long fight with several civil liberties associations as well as her husband who is an american. ali hassan. her 2-year-old son is suffering from a rare brain disorder and he is about to be taken off of life support. so now that she has been allowed into the u.s. he will be able to say good-bye to her son. >> we'll certainly cover that tonight. anne makovec live at the news desk. thank you. >>> a live look at capitol hill now. we are less than three days away from a partial government shut down. this morning the president is signalling he may be open to a deal to keep the government open. democrats are holding firm against new border wall money. they rejected a proposal from senate republicans for a billion dollars to fund other immigration issues yesterday

breeze now, expect it to turn more northwest later. we couldn't see the control tower at sfo, there are low clouds and high clouds up above. sfo is sitting at 56. they were in the low 30s, yesterday. the visibilities are coming down a tiny bit it. most of it is 8 to 10, it's san jose and oakland, mountain view is 10, it's dancing around. the cloud cover is certainly helping to stir things up a little bit. under clear skies, we would have more fog. mostly sunny and partly sunny this afternoon. 40s and 50s to start off with. look for this, once it clears out. a warmer afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds and the next system will be friday, and that will bring rain to the north. the system on sunday is still the main system. that looks good, that would the be until sunday. we'll deal with -- that would be until sunday. we'll deal with those clouds. >>> what do we see, we couldn't see anything at the golden gate. >> half of the traffic cameras were so unusable, we're back in action, we'll show you the map. if you're coming up from 101 in the south bay, things look good. ignore the road wo

toll booths, 11 minutes to san francisco. and san francisco to sfo, looking great, in the green at 9 minutes. >>> thanks, alexis. a one-time beauty queen is arrested. what she sent to a 15-year-old boy she shouldn't have. >>> winter hits parts of the country with a vengeance. the storm that is paralyzing some cities this morning. >>> hitching a ride. where one than decided to take the train without ever getting on board. >>> and let's take a live look outside this morning from our exploratorium camera. downtown san francisco. you can see the ferry building you can see the ferry building on the left. >>> it's raining during the morning commute. look for deteriorating conditions as you head through the morning commute. this rain will hang around through at least 9:00. we'll take an hour-by-hour look coming up next. >>> all right. thank you, mike. a severe winter storm is slamming the southeast this morning. officials have declared states of emergency in north carolina and virginia where a foot of snow has fallen. drivers are facing near white-occupant conditions. four deaths have been

connection with the bank robbery accusation. >>> 6:08, with a live look at sfo. you guessed it, the travel rush is in full effect. i want to show you packed crowd at san jose last night. it's expected to look this busy for the next few days, because massive storms back east, we are already seeing hours-long delays with flights out of the new york, so kari, mother nature not bringing a lot of christmas cheer. >> it's going to cause a domino effect. so far at sfo things are looking good. and we'll see a few spotty showers moving through. if you're flying out of the san jose, we're seeing clear visibility, and things are looking good. our temperatures will start out in the low 50s. there will be a chance of rain right about 9:00, and then partly to mostly cloudy skies. in the trivalley there will be a few passing showers, and then we'll be at 58 degrees as they head out of the school and ready for the christmas break. now you're tracking a crash in hayward, mike? >> i am. lighter volume all around. green sensors almost everywhere. so watch those speeds. most places you can go pretty qu

should be asked about the way the sfo has conducted the investigation. the sfo has pointed out that tesco has acknowledged responsibility for false accounting ina responsibility for false accounting in a deferred prosecution agreement and paid more than £120 million in fines. so we have this confusing situation. there must be someone who knows what went on. so on the one hand, tesco fessed up to something, because it appears the sfo has gone after the wrong people. should they have gone after someone else? should this case never have been brought at all? should tesco never have fessed 7 all? should tesco never have fessed it all? should tesco never have fessed up? it looksa all? should tesco never have fessed up? it looks a mess. we haven't heard more comment from the sfo as yet but the defendant's lawyers are very cross that they defendant have been through four years of ordeal over a case that was never put before a jury. over a case that was never put before ajury. fessed up? you have been spending a lot of time with police officers. what is the sfo... is that it? there is a thi

takeoff at sfo. we'll tell you about the scare in the air when we come back. where a united flight ran into some unexpected trouble last nigh >>> let's take a live look now at sfo where a united flight ran into some unexpected trouble last night. the plane was on its way to orlando when the pilot reported problems with the landing gear. it happened shortly after takeoff. according to united, the flight turned around at sfo, landed safely at the airport. all 179 passengers and crew members were able to board another flight to orlando. >>> some new laws for pet owners and a cute puppy in the window in the new year. that cute puppy you see when you go to the mall, on january 1st, california will become the first state to ban the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits at retail stores if those animals came from professional breeders. pet stores will only be able to sell the pets if they come from a rescue organization or shelter. the law was adopted to crack down on breeding mills and many animal lovers expressed their support for it. >> it takes the emphasis off the profit of animals and puts th

relationships with women. >>> united airlines workers went on strike today at sfo today. they are protesting looming staff cuts. united expected to eliminate one flight attendant positions. >> we are ready to work together and provide the best service to our customers and provide excellent service and safety. we need to do that with staffing. >> united flights roughly 30 international destinations from sfo. >>> no word yet on when salesforce will be re-opened. engineers did reveal more today about what appears to be behind those cracks. here is r shows a crack in a 4-inch layer of beam. experts studying saying they found tiny cracks around the edges. new york steel expert says the cracks likely formed when workers cut the steel with the welding torch. >> we found these small cracks throughout all of the sections that we removed. >> reporter: the rough edges. rough edges encouraged cracking. >> there are a lot of open questions. >> reporter: he wonders how inspectors missed all problems holes. >> i am to the answer. >> reporter: the president of the company that fabricated the beam

down to half a mile looks like further north you'll find issues there. sfo not too bad. four miles visibility and into the south bay. we'll continue with this through the morning hours and advisories for the east bay going until 11:00. temperatures at this time, very similar to dwrerd for most. 39 degrees to start your day in livermore. 45 in concord. upper 40s in napa. 37 in santa rosa. another bone chilling start for you there. a few degrees above freezing. the temperature kwhang showing you temperatures up in some areas. napa and fairfield by 5:00 degrees in concord. could have something to do with that cloud cover out there. without sunshine temperatures are like li likely it's take ag while to get rid of the cloud cover and fog. low 60s expected so the warmer spots into the south bay for today, 60 over san jose and 61 degrees expected in los gatos. >>> give yourself some extra time there's a dense fog advisory rosemary was talking about in parts of the east bay. we sent jesse gary out to antioch this morning to check out how the fog is effecting drivers on highway 4. four. goo

be prepared for delays and sfo expecting the busiest day of the year. >> amy hollyfield talked with travelers one thing throwing them off. >> reporter: the weather is causing minor delays at sfo but it is the people that could cause you major delays. >> there is a lost people here and wandering. you run into people who don't know what the airport is. >> reporter: and they don't move through quickly or travel lightly. >> my luggage was 45 pounds 45 it's only allowed 33. so i need to open my luggage six times. but i did it. >> reporter: today is the busiest airport day of the holiday season. and the lines were long at sfo this morning. the number of people caught the knight family off guard. >> we're going to throw tags on our bag and rup for the gatd -- for the gate. and not wait in the line. i don't think we'll make it. >> and the category lines are throwing off some people. >> and they close one of the security areas and made it for private only to clear and it used to be tsa, so we had to walk back here so this is -- they said they changed that about a month ago so that is a shock

we want to take a look out at some pictures live. this is sfo. a foggy morning there. you know, today is expected to be a very busy day. in fact, it's predicted to be the worst travel day for the holiday season. and massive storms on the east coast aren't making this any easier for travelers. hundreds of flights are expected to be delayed or even canceled. experts say that if you have not booked your tickets yet, which i don't understand why, they say fly out on christmas day for the cheapest tickets out there. kari, we were talking about this earlier. sometimes you have a whole row to yourself when you fly out on a holiday day. >> looking at that picture at sfo, it will be a question of if you can fly out. now you can see tesla. you can see the fog in the distance there just over the horizon. we're also dealing with low visibility in san jose. that's 101. if you're headed out the door, it will be a bit chilly, heading up to 61 degrees today. around couupertino we'll see temperatures in the low 50s. 60 degrees and partly cloudy by the middle of the day. after the fog clears out

. winds at sfo reported 15 and mountain view right now at seven. so with the winds in place temperatures are up but with the winds in place these folks in the 40s it's going to feel a lot colder than what the temperature reads. the inner east bay, 46 in livermore. starting out calm in the 30s and even had a little bit of patchy fog, that's since changed. the wind is up in livermore as well. 58 the afternoon high in oakland. 56 in san rafael. temperatures for san francisco 56 and then cooling back into the upper 40s and low 50s by about midnight. a look at the extended forecast including your new year's eve festivities coming up. time is 7:02 let's check the highways, good morning. >> good morning, highways look good. not a lot of traffic to tell you about which is good news if you're headed to work or anywhere on this new year's eve morning. let's start with the maps in the south bay. a sea of green. no problems to tell you about on the roads this morning. let's take a look at some of our cameras, 280 in an jose, north and southbound direction. caltrain going across this pic

to it. morning fog and clouds as well. isn't that a song? an jose, drizzle and fog. 0 from sfo, seven in hayward. san jose is two. oakland at four. still some areas there but nothing compared to yesterday. higher clouds clearing out, mostly sunny skies and warmer afternoon, sitting at 50 for some. half moon bay 56 degrees. the northeast breeze continues to give us a mild pattern. friday a weak system over the weekend. 60s mild temperatures. we had an issue on 880. >> yes, 880 still problematic right now. although the earlier crash we told you about is supposedly clearing up but there's still a back up because of it. 880 at 23rd, the semi truck involved moved out of the way. you can see it lingering around alameda. south of there as you approach the san mateo bridge, this is northbound 880. excuse me southbound, 880 there's a problem with a crash. the other at 3rd, there's a crash blocking the left lane. ticking a look at your drive, not too bad. the back up has extended also north of there we want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza. it's been consistently full and busy for the morn

looking at temperatures warmer than yesterday but you still need a jacket. sfo, 47 degrees and we have partly cloudy clear skies there. little bit of a cloud cover early on but now they are beginning to clear some. santa rosa, 36 there. 46 in oakland. livermore at 42 and san jose at 45. now that the sun is up, temperatures will slowly start to climb. here's a look at the 24-hour temperature change. we are warmer by several degrees from yesterday morning. with that said, it's still a very chilly one. for the afternoon, looking at cool conditions once again, widespread 50s in the forecast. here's a look at storm tracker two. no rain to speak of but the cloud cover was out there this morning. turning mostly cloudy into the evening hours. as far as visibility, you're in good shape. north of santa rosa and sonoma county, you may find fog there and into the inner inland valley areas. sacramento valley you may find some along highway five and perhaps 99 as well. the winds light, hayward reporting a northeast breeze at ten. sfo at 5:00. for the afternoon today, we're looking at temperatur