tracking. >> biggest effect is air traffic delays. show you what is going on. we have shattered showers. powerful winter storm up along the atlantic coast is dumping snow in new england and canada. cold across the eastern u.s. and midwest. minus two in detroit. cold into the southeast. as airports there are impacted, we have traffic delays here. we have storm coming in. scattered showers tonight, moderate rain tomorrow. wave of rain won't arrive until after midnight but into the morning commute, steady rain,

especially in north bay. give yourselves extra time. closer look in just a few minutes. across the country this storm has claimed lives, caused power outages and canceled flights. blizzards bringing a foot of snow, flood waters overflowing, cancellations at kennedy, laguardia and newark-liberty. also in boston. jfk is still closed. >> san francisco, flights to and from east coast canceled, leaves thousands stranded in the bay area. jonathan bloom is live. you spoke with some of those travelers. >> reporter: well, last check, 97 flights canceled out of sfo going to and from major hubs. according to faa, jfk is

scheduled to be closed until 7:00 tomorrow morning. for all the people you would expect to see camped out, sfo is a ghost town. that means new technology is working. where were you coming from? >> italy. >> stuck far from home. in a foreign land with a foreign language but learned one word quickly. canceled. >> ultimately i think it will be a few days before airlines get back to normal. >> reporter: snowstorms pummel northeast, jfk shut down entirely and travel to boston slowed to crawl. >> all the flights before us canceled to boston and after ours. >> reporter: thought they were lucky. >> but then it was cancel and tricky to get home with five people. >> reporter: how many of you are

there? >> 13 people are stuck here. >> headed back to noirway after three weeks in hawaii. headache for them. bigger for ticket agent. >> one woman left us after 45 minutes. >> reporter: experts say rebook before the flight is canceled. >> take advantage of opportunity to rebook without paying extra fees. >> reporter: still find some determined travelers sleeping at airports, it's good sign there's not more. >> immediate cell phone alerts doing a good job of notifying passengers before they get to airport. that's the goal. >> reporter: this family is rebooked for sunday. until then can't wait to see san francisco. >> fed up with airplanes, happy right now. >> reporter: abc7 news. this morning's earthquake was strong enough to wake up bay area, that's not all it did.

>> we sent out push alert minutes before the quake hit before usgs downgraded it. that's why it says 4.5 there. >> knocked some items off shelves, no major damage reported. first b.a.r.t. trains ran slower than usual checking tracks for damage. found none. trains back on schedule 5:30 this morning. >> epicenter in berkeley behind the claremont hotel. this sits where it hit. one of the residents tells abc7 news the strong jolt rattled him right out of bed. >> that's how it felt. like it was right underneath my feet. wondering where the epicenter was. i woke up, looked at it. berkeley. didn't think right here. >> felt like the earth was moving like this, sideways.

>> there was no damage to that old brick home but man living there is wondering how much of a shake it can really take. >> abc7 news seismograph. see the moment the quake hit and spiked. hayward fault. >> we're about on the anniversary of the last one. big earthquakes on this fault happen about every 150 years. >> says 72% chance earthquake from one of the faults in bay area will strike with magnitude 6.7 or larger in next 30 years. you got to be prepared. earthquake early warning system could save your life one day. dug into how it works, why other countries have one and we don't. story on abc7news.com. 40,000 people a year killed

in accidents on the streets, pedestrians to drivers. strategy to eliminate all fatalities is vision zero. san francisco is one of 33 cities nationwide taking the lead for safer streets. lyanne melendez has more. >> when 34 people were killed in traffic accidents in 2013, san francisco knew it had to do something. enter vision zero, a strategy to reduce fatalities on our streets. >> we're not just going to accept that people are going to die trying to get around san francisco. every one of those is preventable. >> reporter: the city has been busy resigning streets, restriping crosswalks, painting red zones at corners so there's a better sight line between driver and pedestrian. strategy is paying off. 2017, 20 fatalities in san francisco, down 41% from

2013. increasing enforcement is big part of the strategy. police from tare adevelop station used pedestrian decoy to make sure drivers stopped before reaching crosswalk. sometimes don't. >> we have motorcycle officers ready to stop motorists failing to yield to pedestrians. >> reporter: another busy intersection. this sting operation is meant to remind drivers they have to follow the speed limit. today city officials renewed commitment to having safer streets, reminding everyone that most schools start wednesday. alv alvin lost his only son hit by driver. >> think about the stop sign you're coming to. think. help somebody else live.

guarantee that. >> reporter: abc7 news. new at 6:00, search for this woman, inspected of arson and attempted murder. believe that martha javier set a mobile home on fire when man was inside. good samaritans rescued the man in critical condition at hospital. if you knowy she is, call the police. man accused of plotting attack on san francisco's pier 39, federal indictment against everitt aaron jameson lists two charges, attempting to provide support to terrorist organization and distribution of information relating to charged -- jameson once trained as marine reportedly told undercover fbi acts he wanted to attack pier 39 on christmas day

as show of support for isis. due in court tomorrow. claims of mistreatment and more inside the jail in dublin. details on the allegations and response from the sheriffs office. >> reporter: attorneys for former and current female inmates, some pregnant, say denied medical care, not safe for women expecting. >> sheriff has been either trying to pressure women into getting abortions or treating them in such a way it impearls health of their fetuses. >> we would never condone or influence prisoners to terminate a pregnancy. >> reporter: the alameda sheriffs office said it's not been served but wanted to respond. >> take them seriously, hurtful and we don't believe they're true. >> reporter: five inmates are

currently pregnant. says one of the incidents of inmate screaming who gave birth in cell alone atrue. misdiagnosed of braxton hichl. former inmate believes she miscarried due to treatment. >> woken up early, go to court. holding tank with 8 it 012 other women sleeping on the floor. >> we suffered consequences from filing grievances. speaking about it now, not being in custody, feel like we have a voice. >> reporter: office says it's not aware of grievances or claims of misconduct by deputies in the jail as relates to the allegations in the motion. abc7 news. a month ago the city of

oakland started moving homeless people from tents and into tuff sheds. >> we revisit to see if it's making a difference. also -- >> i'm michael finney with look at top

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the future is for the unafraid. ♪ all because of you ♪ ♪ there's late word from the korean peninsula that north korea has accepted south korea's offer for talks to discuss the upcoming olympics. according to ministry of reunification. according to the u.s. state department open dialogue would be limited to speaking about the winter games in pyeongchang,

south korea. u.s. and south korea today agreed to postpone exercises until after the olympics. >> whether it's marijuana or immigration, president strongly agrees we should enforce federal laws. >> today rescinded obama era guidelines that took a hands off approach to marijuana laws in states where its legal. now up to discretion of local u.s. attorneys. local marijuana sellers and users are scratching their heads. >> what do bay area marijuana users think of today's announcement from the justice department? >> feds need to let their own business and take care of their own federal business. >> maybe get to point of regulating everything on the same level.

>> reporter: harbor side dispensary, business is up. keeping one eye on lines and another on washington, d.c. >> not surprised at actions by jeff sessions. >> attorney general who today rescinded guidance from goobama justice department, unless other laws are broken like selling pot to minors or involved of organized crime. new policy leaves discretion to local attorneys. why harbor side says he's not worried. >> could be raiding businesses, seizing properpr those things have happened. >> reporter: but new director is so vague that's a problem. part of commission that researched this. >> troubling from my

perspective, no differentiation between good faith and bad faith actors in the system. all lumped together. >> reporter: justice department didn't say whether would lead to more arrests but drew this response from nancy pelosi from san francisco. yet again republicans expose utter hypocrisy in paying lip service to states' rights why trampling over laws they personally dislike. abc7 news. full-court press is on to entice customers to buy new cars. david louie is live in san jose. >> reporter: whether you buy or lease, new car is a big ticket item, and lists of options keeps growing. offering comfort and safety to even massages. people here potentially buying are using the auto show to do serious comparison shopping.

biggest selling point for cars today is what they do in what if moment. what if you stray from lane, what if you don't see pedestrian in the crosswalk? virtual reality is giving viewers that experience without endangering others on road test. >> trying to educate and provide consistent experience to consumers, from researching online to stepping into the store to feel it drive. >> reporter: viewers check 24 online sources before they at the point into showroom. >> tested all to see if there was one to eliminate right away or really preferred. several contenders. >> reporter: it's okay to drool over the beauties, retailers standing by to clean up. seven years of rising sales came to end last year as consumers hold on to cars longer. president trump's efforts to

derail nafta could raise the cost for automakers aembling or making parts in mexico. millennials are attracted to technology and influenced by peers. >> lot of friends want me to get a car they think is awesome. i have my own ideas. >> reporter: also preteens counting years. >> 11 now, almost 12. so maybe five -- five years i think? four or five. >> reporer: abc7 news. >> fancy smansy. whatever car, hope they have wi windshield wipers. need them later tonight or early tomorrow morning. live doppler 7, spotty sprinkles around the bay area, no significant or widespread rainfall, going to get it later. much milder than it was this time last night, six degrees

warmer in san francisco, eight in hayward, four in san jose than last night. live view from sutro tower looking over san francisco under partly cloudy skies. 61 in the city. oakland 58. 57 at half moon bay. lovely view from abc exploratorium camera at pier 15 of san francisco looking at portion of the skyline. 57 in santa rosa, napa 56, 60 in livermore. this is the view from emeryville looking at traffic flow. forecast features. showers tonight, steadier rain for morning. dry pattern this weekend and stronger storm early next week. overnight look for early morning lows low to mid-50s. not wide range. storm ranks one on the impact

scale. coming in late tonight, continuing part of the day tomorrow. scattered showers in early evening and steadier rain for morning commute. rainfall totals from about a tenth to maybe half an inch. forecast animation this evening at this hour, by 11:00 see more widely scattered showers -- more numerous showers i should say. steadier wave of rain approaching. 4:00 moving into the north bay. morning commute with wet weather and get wetter. sweeps southward and eastward. not going to move out until later in the afternoon. break up and fall apart. early evening just about over. as we look ahead to wind conditions, gusty along with the rainfall. gusts up to or just about awife

miles per hour near the coast but tapers off with the rain. rainfall totals, a few hundredths of an inch to south bay to quarter or third inch in north bay. highs low to mid-60s, look ahead to early next week, 5:00, more rain coming in, two days to start the week, rain continuing into tuesday. heavier and steadier than the rain tomorrow. accuweather seven-day forecast. dry weekend, yay. next storm monday, wet and windy, then drier an wednesday and thursday. coming up, look at what is driving the

another record setting day for the stock market and major milestone for the dow. closed above 25,000 for first time ever. passed five 1,000 point barriers in 2017, nearly 25% gain for the year. today the nasdaq and s&p reached highs. fuelled by strong corporate

profits, accelerating economic growth and just enacted tax cut for businesses. macy's is moving ahead with closing two stores, part of a plan by macy's it announced in august of 2016 to close 100 stores. likely start liquidation sales on monday. also today sears announced it will close stores in san rafael and san jose, by april. no one won powerball last night. next drawing this saturday. estimated jackpot is $550 million. megamillions is up to estimated $445 million. combined about $1 billion available to win before the end of the weekend. >> selfishly speaking, i hope you don't win.

so with we can keep working together. >> i'll share. icy roads and winds hitting east coast. >> look at the bad conditions for hundreds of thousands of people. wasn't much damage from early morning earthquake but found some in building that withstood great san francisco earthquake. abc7 news app has more features, customization and push alerts to get more of the news you want

live doppler 7 is tracking tonight's storm. strongest part probably arrive while you're ranks one, light on the storm impact scale. nothing to what people are dealing with across the country. can you believe that? video from massachusetts captures it all. brutal winds blowing snow and

flood quarters with chunks of ice. sadly turned deadly. >> impacting people up and down the east coast. sister station in new york shows us what it's like on long island. >> reporter: storm moved on, sun went down and winds are picking up. wind chills could go below zero. that's a concern. all of this could freeze over. and road crews will be helpless to deal with it. after 20 minutes of pushing and shoving, backward and forward, freedom. >> outstanding. if you like snow. >> reporter: storm swept across long island on gale-force winds and blasted most communities with more than a foot of snow. driving dangerous with near whiteout conditions middle of the afternoon. >> definitely for real, serious storm. >> pretty bad. >> reporter: works for bang's

towing. 18-hour day. >> plow trucks are getting stuck. towed so many cars. everybody on the highway is getting stuck. nobody should be driving, it's too bad. >> reporter: struggled to keep pace with the snow that kept coming. race against time before it freezes over tonight. >> there's very little you can do when the roads turn to ice. and if you get too low from temperature point of view, the chemicals are useless. and an iced roadway is the most dangerous situation. >> reporter: governor made the decision not to close the expressway. highway worker got plowed in after stationed there since last night. >> where are you going to put the snow? has to go somewhere. >> reporter: lots stuck on the roads and scores of accidents. power issues not much of a problem with this storm but that could change as winds continue

to pick up here tonight. huntington, new york, abc7 news. here in the bay area everyone is talking about middle of the night earthquake. >> hayward fault right under my desk. >> that fault rattled many awake today. uc berkeley seismoological lab where researchers are pouring over data. felt across the bay area. epicenter blocks away from the quake lab. while they look for answers, cal seismologists also asking for your help. >> shows the phones running my shake. recorded the earthquake. blue star is the earthquake and dots are phones turned into seismic censers. >> android users find it on

google play. available for iphone users this summer. although the quake woke up the bay area, not a lot of damage reported. this home on broadway and steiner, some bricks fell off the facade. owner is convinced the quake is to blame. >> got to be. hanging there for 100 years and this morning it's on the sidewalk. so it's got to be why. >> building inspectors have cited the owner for having unsafe building and given him 30 days to repair the damage. family owned it since the 1960s. built in 1898 and used as hospital actually after the 1906 great quake. we asked if you felt the quake. you did. thousands of viewers responded to describe where they were and what they felt. some making a meme of it. you can join the conversation

adding #abc7now when you post them online. getting word where they think the north bay wildfires may have started. killed 44 people. incident reports provided pg&e provided atlases for four sites. recovered damage including damaged equipment from some of them. says preliminary and still undetermined. investigation is ongoing and company says they're committed to transparency. a month ago first tenants moved into newly built tuff sheds in oakland. goal to move people from encampments to shelters for six months and provide them with

social services. laura anthony checked in today. >> a good step to new life. >> reporter: living on oakland streets seven years, jeffrey hil one of the last people to move into these. tuff sheds constructed near downtown one month ago, designed to move at least a few dozen of the city's 2,000 homeless people out of their tents. >> started living there this morning. looks like might be positive step. >> 85% capacity. >> reporter: runs the homeless outreach program. says only six spaces left in tuff sheds at sixth and castro. >> i guarantee it's better than a tent. don't leak when it rains. you have a hard structure, locking door. it isn't perfect but a step frup where people were. >> reporter: in the meantime the city is keeping its promise to clean out most of the tent encampments that once surrounded the area.

leaving former residents with no choice but move on or move into the sheds. >> a little cold inside but cool. >> reporter: didn't want face shown. but told us tuff sheds okay for a few but problem is greater. cleaning up the streets there, folks be back there? >> month or two, ain't no telling. >> reporter: city admits it's not perfect, temporary. goal is find permanent housing for each within six months. abc7 news. we are marking a milestone tonight, 50 years since the first human heart transplant operation in the united states. >> and it was performed right here in the bay area. see what's changed since then and what the future holds next. plus 7 on your side's michael finney is

on saturday stanford medical center celebrates 50th anverse of first to perform a heart

transplant. >> spoke with doctors and patients with the milestone. >> reporter: at 60 years old, scott rubin is relishing each moment with his family. 28 years old, suffering from heart failure and preparing to die and leave behind wife and twin baby boys. but told a heart transplant at stanford was the best hope. >> average survival rate 50%. to me, get me through the kindergarten and graduation. >> reporter: lasted through son's high school graduation. celebrating how far it's come. they were first in the united states to do the transplant. during those early years, transplant patients didn't live more. >> now in excess of 90%. when we first started, about a month. >> reporter: 50 to 70 heart

transplants a year and responsible for numerous advances in the field. team refined the operation. stanford did research that led to medical teams traveling with a donor heart. lot on the horizon, including genetically modifying an animal. >> pig is about the right size for average adult human. and there's no ethical issues since we all eat pork. >> reporter: doctors say a permanent mechanical heart may be option in future in field that's always advancing. abc7 news. more rainy weather is on the way. >> spencer will have the timing laid out next in the accuweather forecast. stay with us.

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colleagues performing exact same procedure on the exact same patients. >> statistics looked at, surveys and other doctors' opinions count. >> technically competent? best possible treatment? latest treatment? evaluate all the options and pick what's best for you? >> guide has lists from around the bay those who made the grade. including this man. treats all the usual determine toeological issues. but internationally known and lectures on hair restoration. >> more like a friend instead of a doctor. i appreciate that. been with him since 2006. that's a long time. >> so has professional model michael. his dermatologist referred him.

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viewers prove it. >> a great close-up of raindrops on leaves in sonoma county. has the hashtag #abc7now to help us find it. more raindrops on leaves but hard to match that photo. live doppler 7, steady rain overnight and early morning hours. early morning lows in low to mid-50s. then in the afternoon, rain sweeping south and east. start to dry out in north. 60s at coast, low and mid-60s bay and inland. storm coming in ranks one. light and scattered showers tonight. moderate rainfall by tomorrow. breezy at times. partial clearing over the

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david west, ageless one. steph, 14 at half. releases so quickly. paul one-on-one with patrick mccaw, schooling the youngster. 15 at half. behind the back, to the rack. klay thompson, also at 15. rockets led by one at break. to the third quarter, klay with the assist to andre, gerald green just picked up recently by rockets. rockets leading 82-79 late in the third. ice and sharks. team teal has not lost in toronto in 16 years. patrick marleau in a maple maple uniform. kaudry takes a chunk of

thornton's beard out. they grabbed it on the bench to preserve it or something. i don't know. 1-0 toronto. 30 seconds later. fred berg shot hits maple leaf stick. dillon, thank you very much. first of the year. under two minutes to play. sharks down 2-1. anderson lost the puck. giveaway. chris tierney, thank you. 2-2 overtime. going to shootout. odd dynamic playing out this weekend. jon gruden, presumed new coach of the raiders. you can catch the titans/chiefs game saturday at 1:20. kc started on fire. didn't win at all in month of

november. finished on four-game win streak. andy reid wants the stadium packed on saturday. >> they're good football team. should be a great atmosphere. looking forward to getting all the fans out there for the kickoff. tailgates are sweet but get inside. get there early, get inside, let's roll. weather, bruins/panthers hockey game canceled because of the blizzard. no snow day for defending champion patriots, bill belichick making the team go to work even though they have a bye-week, not a game. you know the saying -- no days off! luckily the practice was indoors but players had to trudge through the snow from locker room to indoor facility to get lunges in. >> would have been interesting to play today. tough like buffalo against indy this year. but it's been good to practice.

today would have been impossible. >> windy, cold, lot of snowballs thrown in between that walk. so you know, it was cool. >> looked cold! dan, no days off. remember that in 2018. >> feels like that in 2017. join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy channel 20 cable channel 13. coming up uc berkeley student detained after going to see his girlfriend. news at 11:00, flu season is hitting hard in the south bay and peninsula. new restrictions on where you can go. lineup, "the middle," "american housewife," "truth and

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