>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> >> i've never seen anything like dan: this in my life. dan:dan: highway 80 and i've 50 remain close. >> you're watching abc 7 news five, live on hulu live and wherever you stream. chp is warning drivers not to try to get around the road posers. that means people trying to get home to the bay area are out of luck for now. abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is following the story for us. we understand you spoke with caltrans about this and the

status of i-80 and highway 50? reporter: they tell me that as of right now, there's no timetable on when i-80 or highway 50 could open backup. after clear the snow cotton downed trees -- >> the wind picked up really >> without conditions. we were able to make it to south lake tahoe. dan: reporter: that comes from judith come who shot this video outside her hotel earlier today. she left reno with her family sunday morning, on route to san francisco, hours later they got stranded in southlake and have been there since. some of the cars in this lot are completely covered with snow. some people have been unable to get rooms, they slept in the car. lots of snow there and lots of snow here. this is near southlake, but -- mart of brentwood.

the snow is to the top of the doorframe. his daughter and son-in-law had to change their flights due to this. >> i broke driving in snow. i've never seen anything like this in my life. this snow is out the back door, probably eight feet high, at the front door, five feet high. reporter: items like food have been an issue. this video was taken from harvey's in lake tahoe, nevada. operative bumper as folks try to go down the street for essential items. ski resorts also close today. those from palisades, tahoe tell me it isn't safe right now. we have closures and businesses like those ski resorts, and even the roadways. they're all over the place. dan: the heavy snowfall is making it tough for search-and-rescue teams, where looking for a skier who disappeared at northstar start

ski resort. rory angelotta told his family he was going skiing before joining his friends for christmas dinner. plosser counties sheriff's office is the last trace of him was 11:30 in the morning when he is to ski pass on one of the list. -- the lifts. liz: locally, we did get a little break from the rain. dan: it is back and cold out there. june is more. drew: talk about northstar and the snow, they somewhere the nine feet of snow. live doppler 7 showing the snow showers, they are winding down. we still have a winter storm warning in effect until 9:00 tonight. two to six inches of additional snow over our roadways. still trying to clear out a lot of the snow. let's talk about her snowpack. it is very healthy right now. statewide where at hundred 53%

-- 153% of normal right now. a few showers in the santa cruz mountains, most of the action is light. the heaviest rain we had earlier this morning has moved out. another storm is going to move in tomorrow morning and last through wednesday. on the storm index come that is level 1 storm. it will bring a mix of rain and snow. we will detail our next storm and when we can put away the wet weather gear after the forecast. dan: the san mateo county coroner's office is the two people found dead in floodwater in millbrae where married couple. the been identified is 63-year-old rolando glorioso and susana glorioso. the car submerged in floodwater under a caltrain overpass. liz: fell be news, the omicron variant continues to disrupt hot air travel. flight aware reporting a total

of 3000 cancellations globally today. closer to home, 73 flights canceled sfo come up with 217 flights delayed. united, delta, jetblue and alaska say covid related crew shortages are one reason for the cancellations. dan: hours ago, the cdc announced it ashore in the cove data -- covid quarantine time. if you're asymptomatic you only have to isolate for five days, followed by five days of wearing a mask when you are around others. if you're are exposed to covid and not vaccinated, or if it has been more than six months since your initial series and you have not received a booster, five days of quarantine followed by five days of strict mask use. if you received a booster, you do not have to quarantine after exposure, but you do have to wear a mask for 10 days and get

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at 47%or f the year. liz: the departmten is also investigatg inmultiple shootis,ng armed rbeobries and caacrjkings over the holiday weekend. anyone with inrmfoation issk aed to call kloaand poli.ce dan: a crash bugroht traffico t a anstdstill osan n mateo bridge. anuv s slammed into the back of the caraltns truck. there we nreo reports of any injuri,es you can seehe t huge backup. no wdor yet if eth weather played r aole. liz: the jury in the elibezath holmes fraud talri wrapped up s itfourth d oayf deliberatnsio a meti ago. once again, th feyailed treo ach verdict. our rertpoer explasin,, last week's deliberatnsio, today at theur jy had noue qstions. report:er the eighten m and for women of the jury had been delibetirang for meorha tn 30 urs. unlike last wk,ee there been no questionors requests.

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the cdc today announcing a major shift to isolation guidelines as omicron fuels the latest pandemic surge. the cdc shortening its recommended covid isolation period from ten days to five. for those testing positive, but who don't have any symptoms. followed by five days of mask wearing when around others. dr. ashish jha breaking down what it all means, as covid cases skyrocket over the holiday weekend. across the country, people waiting for hours in long testing lines. president biden today acknowledging the government's pandemic response is clearly not