live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good friday morning at 5:00. did we make it to friday already? >> we here. that was quick. it may have seemed like the same day each day this week with cool temperatures in the morning, hot temperatures in the afternoon and "spare the air", of course. >> we don't mean to go on and on but it is the 26th. >> yes, 26th "spare the air" day and it is milder this morning because of the record warmth and the high clouds that put a blanket on top of us with low-to-mid 40's from the south bay up to oakland and san carlos and half moon bay and antioch at 41 and 43 and the warm spot is

san francisco at 52 and mid-to-upper 30's in the north bay valley and livermore. we will have more record highs places like oakland at 66, san rafael, 64 and high clouds and sunshine, mid-to-upper 60's today. sue is here for leyla gulen and now the traffic. >> we are getting reports of power outages south of market that could affect signal traffic lights in the area so, remembers when light is out it is considered a four-way stop and south of market area in san francisco. we are looking at drive times and nothing has changed and everyone is moving at the limit highway four westbound and 101 southbound. the san mateo bridge where traffic is slowing fine from hayward to foster city you can see the tail lights headed in the westbound direction and the bay bridge approach upper deck is looking beautiful this morning just a few cars headed around the curb and through the tower into san francisco with no delays here. we will talk more about that breaking news from san francisco

south of mash it area with more then a thousand people are without power at this hour. pg&e says power tonight out for nearly 1,hundred customers with in cause given. they hope to restore power by 7:00 this morning. several intersections are without lights. >> firefighters are watching a marsh this morning after a fire forced the evacuation of a hopeless encampment. amy? >> here is the crew that has been watching over this. they say it is quiet. they have changed the size saying it burned 5.6 acres. earlier it was two or three abeers. it started at 10:45 and took a couple of hours to control breaking out in a grassy field behind a marsh which is behind

the village shopping mall so it is hidden back here from view and firefighters say that is why it is a popular spot for homeless. firefighters believe we something in the homeless encampment probably started the fire. while they were fighting it they had to be careful because of the propane tanks out here. >> the larger propane tanks when they are heated they bend and can explode so some of those did out there. that is the risk for the firefighters. >> no one was hurt in the fire but they had to escort six people out of here. no arrests have been made. this is a dense area and the fire can be data seated in there making it difficult to contain and keep out so they are worried

that fire spots could were positive up so that is why they are here. they are ready to jump on it if anything happens. abc7 viewers are sending us photos of the fire from the richmond-san rafael bridge with flames in the distance. you can see the flames here shooting into the sky. we want to see your photos so send them to ureport@kgo-tv.com. >> san francisco police and the file are sending for two possible arsonists, seen on security video before the chinese consulate in san francisco was set on fire. camera video from across the street shows a van stopped at the curb outside a consulate at 9:35 on wednesday night and fire breaks out damaging the main entrance of the consulate. two buckets of gasoline were poured on the front door before being set on fire. the chinese call it an act of

terrorism. this is the home being protected by police. the f.b.i. is calling it a "criminal" matter. >> >> airline travelers can expect more delays and cancellations because of a massively paralyzing winter storm. residents in the northeast are waking up to sub-zero temperatures and significant snow. massachusetts could get 22". planes and airports are grounded because of the bad weather. this is a picture from our camera at sfo yesterday with 50 eastbound flights canceled and self more delayed. marcy will have a report from massachusetts on the storm in a few minutes. >> >> a district judge in oakland will hear a request by the family of 13-year-old jahi mcmath to order children's hospital oakland to install tubes so she can be moved to another facility. jahi mcmath was declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy and

is still on a ventilator. the hospital has refused to insert a feeding tube which is required to move jahi mcmath to a facility in new york which has agreed to care for the girl. also, a superior court judge will preside over a mandatory settlement conference between jahi mcmath's family and children's hospital oakland today the on monday, a superior court judge extended a retraining order preventing the hospital from removing kid dead from a ventilator until tuesday, january 7th. >> in hawaii the mother of a three-year-old girl declared brain dead after a dental procedure says her daughter has two days to live. she went into cardiac arrest 26 minutes into a root canal and her parents are suing the dentist alleging she was given five sedatives without consideration of how the combination of the drugs could react on the body of a three-year-old girl. the family how is hoping for a miracle.

>> >> we were all hoping, the doctors are in tears, they have children, too. we are all waiting for her to wake up. the mother is a registered thursday and says the concern is her daughter's quality of life in her remaining time. >> san francisco superior court officials are advising people would get an e-mail from 9 court to be careful before opening any attachments. here is what to hook out for, an e-mail with a virus and bogus court appearance was sent out by a fake court clerk and tells recipient to attend a hearing at 11 a.m. but there are no court employees by this name. >> it could be the most important real estate in san francisco at the presidio with the trust accepting final propose l as for plans to develop a site next to crissy

field. presidio trust is preparing to decide by mid-february among three developer proposals including a museum by star wars creator, and facility to study sustainable and another is to do nothing. >> residents of palo alto will find out why they are forking over more money for water than people in neighboring cities. the average residential customer in palo alto was paying 28 percent more a month, $20 worth, compared to hayward and santa clara. the palo alto utility advisory commission takes up the matter on wednesday. people are stillwatering their lawn if january which is strange. >> that is something i worked on, my sprinkler system and i had to change it because it was leaking. but you cannot watch all of the poor air out of the sky with the

sprinkler system or a better day those for those that suffer. the young, the elderly, those with asthma, troublesome. the north bay and santa clara valley all under the burn ban with 26 alerts since november 2 21, with thin -- 13 verified as poor air. clouds are lingering and air issues all day today and by noon we are at 56 to 52. at 4:00, we are setting the reports under the warm sunshine. a peaceful evening under stars and light breezes with low-to-mid 50's. we will society -- set records tomorrow and sunday and monday low-to-mid 60's. sue has the commute.

>> it is looking good. good morning, everyone, road work is still in the lanes and we will check where that is, if you are headed out from the central valley with slowing up the altamont pass at under 60 miles per hour and then it picks up into livermore so not a bad drive. the road work to san jose north 880, a couple lanes are blocked until 6:00 under construction there. if you are headed out, all mass transit is checking in, on time, with no delays, especially because it is a "spare the air" day with signals out in san francisco south of market so police on the scene to help you through the enter says. san jose, highway 87, beyond the s.p.a. center light and moving. >> next, cutting the know and why state officials plan to cut down the flow of the russian river. >> powerful winter storm paralyzing parts of the country with a report from massachusetts. >> the hoof to get more south bay residents to ditch

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covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> developing news, expect another day of cancellations and delays at airports across the country this morning. a major snowstorm is hammering the northeast right now. our reporter is in the heart of it in massachusetts south

boston. snow and wind are not the only problems we are dealing with with a storm like this paired with temperatures dropping to 30 below in some places with the wind chill is almost unheard of. >> a nasty nor'easter bearing down this morning bringing bone chilling sub-zero temperatures and significant snow. >> blizzard. >> blizzard warnings in place including in southern massachusetts with 2' of snow expected. >> 18" to 24" of fluffy snow is a lot of shovels. >> crazy. it came so fast the. >> the storm impacting 22 states and 100 million people starting yesterday in the midwest. chicago neighborhoods had cross country skiers. making a mess of the roads. >> three major interstates near

new york city closed to traffic. airports, another day cancellations across the country >> the new year is starting off with frustration. a lost bitterly cold clean up. >> the plan is to wake up early and look out the window and see how it looks. you may need to wait because the snow and the wind the northeast is not expected to let up for a few hours. >> you talk about the strong wind and are we seeing a lost power outages? the last thing you want when you are in conditions like that is to have in power. >> exactly. that was a major concern but despite the strong wind we have not heard any reports of major power outages and the storm still is not over so we not out

of the woods. >> thank you from massachusetts for that report. many uninsured americans say they unhappy with the obamacare website. a poll shows 59 percent those without inhad a negative experience on the exchange. 39 percent rated their experience "positive." the poll shows a small uptick in opinion of the site. similar poles from october and november shows 63 percent rated the experience negatively and the improvement is after the obama administration november 30th deadline to fix the problems on the site. >> san jose shoppers helping themselves dodge an increase in the cost of paper bags. the fee was scheduled to go from 10 cents to 25 cent but so many shoppers, 90 percent, are bringing if their own recycleable bags the increase was canceled. >> it hurt business at first but

after the long run people know our store and our business and come here anyway and they bring their own bags. >> people are getting used to this and that is important. >> do you forget? >> on occasion. on occasion. not often. >> does the ten cents remind you? >> yes. >> san jose has banned plastic bags for two years. the city of campbell will charge ten cents per bag fee. >> so? sonoma county the regulators have cut flow from the russian river from the reservoir and the flow has dropped since tuesday from 100 cubic feet per second to 70 and could go lower. this video was shot in november as the county is coming from a record dry year. according to the press democrat, regulators say curting the flow now will affect downstream formers and wildlife. the farmers do not like it. you have seen the protest signs

when you drive toward gilroy, the farmers are not happy with the water cuts. >> they are never happy about the water situation. the allocations are always cut in the dry years and they are minuscule especially when we talk about the snow survey. it is unheard of to have so little. a lot of people like to go up the russian river and raft or canoe. those businesses will suffer and the hotels and camp grounds so this is a trickle down effect of the dry weather. yesterday, 70 was tied a record from 1996 and 69 in downtown oakland setting a record. 67 was the old record in 2001. 66 tied a record from 1999.

the eastern two-thirds of the country, it is getting quiet and the snow is lingering along the peninsula to maine from delmarva. we have a winter storm warning until 1:00 o'clock with 11 different states in the blizzard want for long island and cape cod in massachusetts. that means heavier snow and blowing snow which will produce visibility to blinding level and dangerous travel. at home, quiet and a few high clouds and dancing lights on the bay bridge and report warmth this afternoon along with our poor air quality and warm and dry this weekend. pattern change offers cleaner air, not much rain but it does offer a little bit. today, oakland is another record 66 and san rafael is possible record at 64 and kentfield could set a record, also, and everyone in the mid-to-upper 60's and best chance of hitting 70 is

gilroy. lows tonight are cooler with clouds leaving us this afternoon and that allows to us drop in the low-to-upper 40's and low 40's into san francisco. the two dominant areas of subtropical high pressure bringing hazy sunshine again, and jet stream is here and the main part of the storm to the north wrecks -- breaks off and starting tuesday temperatures drop and wednesday and thursday we are closer to average the two best days for any light rain. have a go one. we have a couple of problem spots cropping it we will go to westbound 580 near north flynn with reports of tire tread and possible accident as you make your way westbound with slow sensors eastbound direction so some activity at not flynn on 580 we will check become on that and a new accident a couple of

cars in the slow rain southbound 101 that could be slowing beyond the scene with no significant delays and the drive from walnut creek into dublin/pleasanton everyone is at or above the limit so take extra caution this morning. outside it is looking good at the san mateo bridge with no delays so happy to have the san mateo camera back with tail lie -- tail lighted in the when direction and bay bridge is looking good into san francisco. kristen and matt? >> thanks so much. >> ahead, seven things to know as you start the day and two days away from the big 49ers playoff game at green bay and why the packers home sell out streak is in danger. >> san francisco mayor makes a friendly wager with his counter

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>> whether you are just joining us or headed out the door, seven things to know. fire crews are watching for a flare-up after a homeless encampment burned. the fire broke out after 10:00 last night and burned three acres before crews brought it under control. exploding propane tanks were a concern for firefighters. >> the family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead is headed to federal court this morning. they will ask the judge to order children's hospital oakland to connect breathing and feeding tubes into jahi mcmath so the girl can be transferred to a care facility in new york. >> three, check your airline before flying. a nasty snowstorm is bear down in the northeast this morning. right now there are cancellations and delays at bay area and airports across the country. we have a report from massachusetts in the newscast.

>> air travelers can expect more flight delays because of the huge storm in the midwest today. san francisco international has two dozen flights canceled or delayed on thursday. flights into and out of oakland were not affected. >> the first winter snow survey here happens today near lake tahoe but officials say they do not expect to find much to measure. the water content of the snow pack is only 20 percent of normal or 19 percent. last year at this time it was 150 percent. >> fear record highs again today. after setting or tying three yesterday. that coincides with the 26th "spare the air" of the winter season. half have yielded unhealthy levels of pollution. >> seven, following the friday morning commute with a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with no problems and an early stall at treasure island off-ramp that now is cleared. a couple of other problem spots.

more ahead. today the 49ers are packing up and headed to green bay, wisconsin, against the packers. they have 3,000 tickets available for the game yesterday, so the game could be blacked out in green bay. packers have not had a blocked out home game in 37 years with temperatures dipping below zero with the wind chill dropping to 30 below. they are expecting to sell out or someone could buy out the remaining seats but the colts are in the same boat and they will not sell out and the nfl gives all three teams an extra 24 hours to sell the tickets. >> san francisco mayor and the green bay mayor are betting on the became and the loser visit as school wearing the cap of the we winning team to read to schoolchildren and send a car package of local chocolates and desserts to the winning city.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. thank you for starting your day with us. >> i am here for eric thomas. it has been looking nice in the bay area but for the air adequate. mice and -- nice and warm

especially when you think about the 49ers in green bay. >> mike has been hing us crazy temperatures this green bay. >> crazy temperatures. on monday the low is 21 below with a high of 13 below zero for a high. here is the visibility at home. it is bone dry on live doppler 7 hd because of the wind. we have clouds tapering in the afternoon. it will hit the low-to-mid 60 at the coast and low-to-upper 60's at the bay and mid-to-upper 60's inland. sue? >> here is what you can look to, a couple of you somes on the road with debris in the lane, possibly tire tread. we do not know if it is from a disaided big rig that could be blocking the area. there is an issue westbound 580 to the a pass.

a couple of cars mixing it up on the peninsula, south 101 at wood side and on the shoulder. mass transit and bart, 41 trains running on time. we will look outside at highway 87 in san jose and traffic is at the limit with no delays. >> firefighters are investigating the homeless encamp misas the source of a mar sh fire. amy is on the scene. >> look at the hoses behind me, they are pulled over into the field and still spraying the field just in case. firefighters say it has been a quiet nice and they did have the area surrounded so they feel confident about the situation and they have a handle on it. the fire was dangerous for several reasons. there were people here and firefighters say the site is

popular for homeless. people were at risk and firefighters had to hip people get out safely and deal with the propane tanks out here that burt because -- burst because of the fire and it was a dry and remote feel the. >> it was dense. the fire was dope in there with a lot of water and we used foam to get down in there. we will be out here all day today. this happened at 10:45 and behind the village shopping center you can see the marsh from the shopping center and this field is tucked away behind the marsh and behind trees so it is hidden from sight and difficult to find. because of that it is a popular spot for the hopeless. the chief says they have a fire

out here once or twice a year. thank you, amy. several flights in and out of bay area airports are already canceled this morning because of the massive east coast snowstorm. katie marzullo is at sfo with the latest. good morning, katie. >> good morning, matt, we i had better news for anyone trafficking but i checked with the duty manager this morning and the numbers are moving in the wrong direction. last hour i told you there was only one confirmed cancellation and now the duty manager says there are eight departing flights and two arriving flights canceled in and out of sfo because of weather on the east coast. john f. kennedy has been closed all morning scheduled to be closed until right now so we are waiting for word on when that re-opens. when it does the backlog is back and sfo admitted it is looking at 45 to 60 minute expected

delays to flights coming or going from the east. i talked with those who are checking in for the airlines and telling them to go ahead and move forward but nervous they will make not take off. >> the airport was closed yesterday. i don't know how long i will be staying in the airport before i depart. >> they warned us yesterday there could be a breeze warning or snow warning and pay attention. so far it is okay. we checked with oakland and san jose and they are seeing a handful of cancellations. the bottom line this morning: if you are flying to the east coast, call and check with the individual airlines to see if it is going on time and what you should do. more than 1,600 flights are canceled in and out of the united states today.

san francisco police and the f.b.i. are searching for two possible arsonists seen on security video before the chinese consulate in san francisco was set on fire on wednesday night. the security video from an apartment shows a van stopping at the curb outside the consulate entrance at 9:35 moments later, then, the fire breaks out damaging the main entrance and no one was injured. a witness says she saw two men outside and investigators say they poured two buckets of gasoline on the front door before setting it on fire chinese officials call it a terror attack and the f.b.i. stopped short of calling it terrorism but security has been stepped up. >> the initial assessment is it appears to be most likely a criminal matter opposed to a national security matter. >> this is the second time the consulate has been targeted by arrest sonnists, in 2008 the group poured flammable liquid on

the willing and investigators say it could have been related to the crackdown in tibet. >> man is in critical condition after a car hit him while crossing the street at 5:00 p.m. yesterday. the man was walking outside the crosswalk against the light when the car hit him. alcohol was not involved but speed may have been a factor. he is the sixth pedestrian hit in the past few days in san francisco. >> two big steps today in the battle over jahi mcmath the girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy. the family will go do court urging the judge to order children's hospital oakland to insert tubes into kid -- jahi mcmath so she can be moved. a facility in new york has agreed to care for her. children's hospital oakland refuses saying she is brain dead although she is on a ventilator.

the court prevents the hospital from pulling the plug. the attorneys representing the two sides will attend a court ordered settlement conference to try to avoid a trial. >> a vigil was held in oakland if a 13-year-old boy on the way home from the boys and girls club when he was shot on new year's eve a now blocks from home and died on wednesday morning at the hospital. last night dozens gathered where he was shot. >> on this very street someone shoots the youngster or shoots at kids and hits this one. it is really sad. it has to stop. >> he was described as peacemaker and a good boy. the boys and girls club offering grief counseling for staff and members and will help the family anyway they k. >> fire investigators have conditioninged arson was not involved in the destruction of a memorial to a 13-year-old santa rosa boy.

andy lopez was shot in october by a sheriff deputy who mistook the people -- the pellet gun for a real rifle. >> if there is evidence on the internet, and that is that people were threatening to burn it down and it is just...disrespectful. >> investigators believe that fire was likely caused by a candle that accidentally tipped over. community members are planning to build a better memorial. >> police made an arrest in the murder of a northern california priest. the body of the priest was found on wrens in the church after he fayed to show up for morning mass. yesterday, police arrested 43-year-old for the killing. he was taken into custody about 60 miles south of eureka. the investigators believe he killed the priest after he broke

into the church. >> it looked to us like there was some level of struggle and possibly a crime opportunity or specifically targeted effort we are not sure. >> the priest celebrateed the third sunday of each member to members of the japanese catholic society. >> the union will vote on the final bart contract. members of the transit union will cast their votes. yesterday, the bart board approved the newly negotiated deal that takes out the family leave provision that before said was left in by mistake. ratification brings closure after nine months of bitter negotiation and eight days of no bart service. leaders of both unions are recommending approval of the four year contract. >> happening this morning, water

officials take the first snow pack measurement the winter coliseum with the dipstick expected to confirm what electronic gages already show, and mike nicco updated us and says the water content is 19 percent of normal today and the measurement is in stark contrast to january when an unusually wet november and december left the snow pack 150 percent of normal. since that time there has been record dry in the sierra and the state can only deliver 5 percent of the water requested for 2014. >> our water worries are piling up, after the 150 percent we saw early on last winter we took a dip and ended up dry the. >> the driest year on record. how does it look, mike? >> dry again. possibly light rain and snow moving in to the sierra but that is next week. last year, 11 out of the 12 months were dryer than average. one storm in september it rained

more than we thought, that one day made september rainfall higher-than-average and, "without that we would have 12 straight months. now, today, livermore is 68. 13 degrees warmer-than-average. napa is 68. redwood city is 67. san jose is 67. san francisco is near a record high at 64, seven degrees warmer than average. now we start off with the 30's and 40's and low-to-mid 60's by 7:00 and enjoy a wonderful evening filled with stars and upper 40's to low 50's and record highs tomorrow and low-to-mid 60's with a few more clouds on sunday and monday. leyla gulen is out but sue is here. nice to see you. >> we have a situation developing right now that affects northbound and southbound 280, northbound 280,

an accident and the driver of the vehicle jumped the median and was hit in the lanes so accident in the northbound and emergency crews on the way to check on that pedestrian in the southbound direction so expect delays throughout daly city. we have a power out am in san francisco south of market at 6th the san francisco police department is on the scene and the introduction should be tweeted at a -- treated at a four way stop. if you coming to the south bay and san jose, walnut creek, southbound 680 at limit and few blake lights at the 24 junction, and 24 is looking good to the caldecott tunnel tunnel. matt and kristen? >> it is 5:42. next, a new twist in the frigid rescue operation off anarctica and the ship with the 52 rescued

passengers is staying put with new worries. >> going dry in the wine country. will the lack of rain make

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covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all bay area. >> as 52 passengers from anarctica thought they were headed home the chinese rescuers may need to be rescued. a helicopter for rid the stranded passenger to safety aboard panic breaker taking them 1,700 miles to australia. this morning, that australian ship is staying put. it could be needed to free the chinese ice breaker whose captain has concerns about moving through the heavy ice. >> facebook has a new lawsuit over privacy concerns. according to the suit the site scans private messages to gather information on users. the lawsuit alleges that information is used then to target advertise to you. that violates the privacy act. facebook spokesman says the lawsuit has no merit.

>> snapchat will put out a more secure application which lets users opt out of fine print feature which was at the heart of the breach. >> the start-up toy company that encourages girls to be edge gauged in math and science could suit up in next month's super bowl started by a stanford engineer graduate has made the final cut in a small business competition. the winner get as revelly made 30-second commercial airing during the super bowl. it mays the construction team toy set and storybook with tool wielding character. >> now is a good time for napa valley to get rain. the lack of rain is cause for concern. last year the vines got only 4" of rain rather than the 256767

-- napa valley usually sees. the next few months will determine if it is a good vintage or not. the coming weeks are the ideal time for rain in order to produce an excellent wine croup. right now, we are going on put in our rain order for good wine. >> the service is not very good. you can order but it is not coming. >> you are looking at a problem. >> we have been hanging on "next week" for weeks. it will happen but how much do we get? it doesn't look impressive. it is hard to break a drought. it usually takes something extreme to break a royalty and we don't have anything extreme coming our way. here is how far we down in the last two months, nearly 13" in santa rosa, 7.5" in san francisco and 6 in oakland and

3.5" in oak and four in livermore. high clouds is what we see on live doppler 7 hd and unlimited visibility with in fog this morning. 52 still in san francisco and mild and a lost low-to-mid 50's around the bay shore to the south bay and san ramon and mid-to-upper 30's for most of the north bay valley and into concord and fairfield and liver month. half moon bay is at 43 and from the camera you can see the dancing lights on the bridge as we look to the port of oakland. we will set some records with unhealthy air like yesterday. it will be warm. it will be dry through the weekend the brief pattern will bring us cleaner air. it may not bring much rain but it will bring cleaner air. today, oakland and san rafael, 68 and 64, possible record high temperatures. everyone in the mid-to-upper

60's and high clouds are less and less as we head toward the afternoon and evening hours. the lack of them means cooler weather and frost and lower to upper 30's and 30's around fremont and palo alto and otherwise, low-to-mid 40's for most of the bay shore and the areas of low pressure are not budging with a weak disturbance pushing the clouds away from us and headed inside and taking all the moisture bit. this is the big storm that will breakthrough the ridge next week but it will pin the energy breaking through the ridge and on monday, we will have low-to-mid 60's and upper 50's to low 60's on tuesday and wednesday is our best chance of light rain with temperatures in the mid-50's to near 60 degrees. have a go one here is sue here for leyla gulen. >> back to the daly city area with a serious situation with a pedestrian hit in the middle of

the freeway. sig-alert is issued by c.h.p. and the accident happened in the northbound direction and pedestrian get out the car, jumped the median and was hit in the southbound direction with all lanes southbound 280 blocked and emergency crews are trying to get there. please use 101 or take bart if you are coming from daly city or that area. southbound 101 sig-alert issued all lines are blocked in the daly city area, with an accident in woodside southbound 101 a couple of cars mixed up in the slow lane there. 5:51, coming up, the ride of the future with sell driving cars you will be seeing more of. a people across america are experiencing the amazing shine

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roads in the bay area, 280 is a trouble spot. unfortunately c.h.p. has confirmed this is a fatal accident in the daly city area all lanes of 280 are blocked and this is southbound. apatiently there was an accident in the northbound direction and a pedestrian jumped the median to the southbound lane and was hit and struck by another car and again, c.h.p. confirmed this is a fatality. sig-alert in effect southbound 280 before john daly, southbound, daly city to the coast, you will want to take highway 101 to get through that and to the coat at 92 or take bart to get around the situation. it is fluid and happening right now and we will be back to you in a bit with more details. the san mateo bridge traffic is flowing nicely from foster city to hayward. mike? >> on light are side, we will look at how freezing cold it

will be live up to the frozen tundra minus two, that is the temperature starting 8 below. on monday, you will have a tell of 21 degrees for a low and a high of 13 degrees below zero. the high if atlanta on monday is 29, but, 50 in boston, and in the mid-in portland and seattle. now, low-to-mid 70's san diego and los angeles with high clouds and sun and upper 60's to 70 throughout the central valley and seven-day forecast shows lake tahoe, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, snow showers, not heavy snow but some snow will fall those three days. >> thank you, mike. expect to see more driverless cars in the coming year, close to 54 million vehicles without drivers to be on the roads by 2053 and nearly all vehicles in

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. now at 6:00, flames break out near a popular north bay shopping center overnight sending fires shooting into the sky. the reason firefighters say they cannot leave the scene.

>> a major new clue in the search for an arsonist who set fire to the chinese consulate in san francisco and what the police and f.b.i. hope will lead to a break. snow. snow. more snow. the east coast is getting pounded by a january blizzard. we have coverage on the impact across the country and at home. thanks for joining us on friday. we have some news this morning with a sig-alert and a "spare the air" day. mike nicco? >> we will start right here in the bay, it will be high clouds and sun with temperatures in the upper 30's to 40's and at noon we will have poor air and mid-to-upper 50's and low-to-mid 60's this afternoon setting a few record highs and cooler this evening but mild at 54 degrees and inland, no frost with mostly above freezing and near 60 at noon and mi60