overnight. thanks for joining us. i'm i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. the apartment tore through on cambon drive. lot of students forced from their homes overnight, christie smith. >> reporter: the good news is most residents are back in their apartment after a scary night while they were sleeping they were rattled from their sleep to find that their apartment building a 12-story high-rise was on fire, that fire right in the middle of the building. san francisco firefighters say that on their way in before 1:00 this morning on cambon drive right near san francisco state they were getting reports that residents were seeing flames shooting from a unit on the sixth floor, and then reports of oxygen tanks exploding inside the building. now what they did was they

quickly started an aggressive attack on that sixth floor unit, helped two people get out of there, while up to 200 others sheltered in place away from the fire or they evacuated into the cold outside up to 200 people. >> high-rise building, requires evacuation, that's one of the big efforts we have to do, evacuate the personnel because of the smoke so we have precautionary measures we took to evacuate the building. >> two people were injured in all this, it's not clear the exact extent of their injuries. at least one needed oxygen. both transported to the hospital. of those evacuated they obviously didn't have much time to think. they grabbed their precious pets, cats, dogs, just a couple of things. firefighters say so far no one has requested any help from the red cross, there was damage to that one unit and water damage on the fifth floor as well. the cause of this fire still under investigation. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the

bay." >> at 6:01, snow and ice moving north after blanketing the south as we give you a live look at rockefeller plaza in new york city. right now several governors declaring states of emergency. maryland and virginia have already canceled school for the day and the federal government is closed in washington, d.c. look at the snowplows going to work out there. >> tiny little snowplow. this morning hundreds of thousands of people without power, thousands of miles of roadway iced over, thousands of flights canceled which is having an impact on our local airports. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live at sfo this morning. what are the flight boards showing? >> reporter: good morning to you there, scott. this is turning out to be one of the worst air travel days of the year. i just got off the phone with a future duty manager at sfo who tells us this is in addition to the storms on the east coast here locally they're going to start delaying flights later in the morning because of the low cloud

ceiling hovering above the bay. more in a minute. they also told us this he just canceled eight more flights a total of 55 so far today have been canceled in and out of sfo. here's the problem you're looking at the latest video from reagan national and washington, d.c., where that storm on the east coast had blanketed that area with snow, suspending operations there, and at dulles, causing problems for travelers here on the west coast. 5,400 flights yesterday. airlines scratched an additional almost 4,600 flights today. more than 10,000 flights since monday, including 16 departures and 39 arrivals between sfo and airports from raleigh up to boston. it should be noted not all flights have been canceled yet to the northeast from sfo, at least not yet, which is why this passenger is a little nervous. headed to washington, d.c., do

you think you'll make it? >> i certainly hope so in the stormy weather. >> reporter: have you checked the boards? >> they say it's on time so far but i don't know yet. i still have three more hours before the flight and i sure hope nothing changes. >> reporter: are you a gambling man? >> no. >> reporter: all right. that winter storm on the east coast has been an odd one, dumping snow in atlanta, six ninkz charlotte, which is unusual for that part of the country, shutting down the federal government in d.c., with several more inches on the way. back to the ground delay program taking place at sfo, between 9:00 in the morning, 3:00 in the afternoon. the duty manager compared it to million million on the bay bridge. what they're doing instead of having 45 flights coming in, maybe they'll cut it down to 30 flights and basically delaying departures and arrivals by 0 to

45 minutes. depending on where they're coming and going because of a low cloud ceiling hovering over the pay and here at sfo. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you so much. 6:04. >> we want to check our forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. live picture of san jose, you made it to thursday. we're oh so close to that holiday weekend now and i want to point out plenty of low ceilings to go around across the board, same low ceilings you're finding at sfo, you'll find that same sky over san jose. throughout the day temperature also climb out of the 50s and 40s where we are in the north bay into the 60s and 70s so unseasonably warm. seven-day forecast at the bottom of your screen we are going to hold on to the warmth for today and tomorrow and when bring in rain four out of the seven days showing you the rain we really need. things are looking good for the bay area and i'm going to get into that. first i want to remind all the men out there and women as well

valentine's day is tomorrow and even if it's just a hug you give swbls always nice to spread love on valentine's day. 58 degrees in san francisco, so as you get your kids ready for school tomorrow dress them for a cool day? san francisco. looking really good for that full moon at night as well. let's dive into when the showers arrive. the storm system is goináw to stay north of the bay area with spotty showers mooing of into sonoma county 5:00 p.m. saturday night where we get our next significant amount of rainfall. we'll continue the showers for the first part of the day down in the south bay until 3:00 a.m. on sunday, we'll talk about how much rain we're expecting out of this and how much snowfall is on the way to tahoe with more rain on the heels of this system. lots to go over. first your drive with mike inouye. >> changing systems, talking

about changing views of and on the roadway. toward the east shore freeway you can clearly make out the taillights westbound 80, commute direction headed away past powell and toward the berkeley kufb. i can't see the kufb because the low clouds drifting through. you can make out the denny's on the left and the shell on the right.you can make out the denn the left and the shell on the right. there's lower adviseibilities throughout the portion of the stretch. maybe there's low clouds drifting through as well. the million million should be on the bay bridge. we have a slower drive developing the incline toward san francisco where an issue is reported fremont the update is located here two vehicles got into a little crash there, fender bender, no injuries but taking time to get off of the roadway so a distraction getting off there at fremont street into san francisco. as we move farther down the peninsula, 101 and 280, san mateo and the bum barton gettin over+#ó-÷ ro0úthere. tough at%0sb times headed acroe

san mateo bridge as the low clouds creep through. 101 tough to see from university avenue but you can see on the deck you're okay. not the case over here for sunol, this is a clear view, a dark one but clear, southbound tail lights around the golf course at speed from plez atton in towards fremont. flowers outside a popular down town nightclub, in memorial of a well-known bouncer stabbed to death yesterday morning. more than 100 people attended the vigil for ryan vieri.nw he was off-duty, and a man carrying a case of knives had just been asked to leave the bar, and vieri was leaving at about the same time. minutes later, he was found stabbed on the corner of first and santa clara. he died. the suspect was arrested. 6:08, popular ride share company uber is expanding its screening and background checks.

it's part of the program all new drivers will have to undergo under a central and county checks on top of the existing criminal data base checks. existing ride share users will also be subject to expanded checks. uber came under fire last month after a 6-year-old girl was allegedly hit and killed by a company driver in a san francisco crosswalk on new year's eve. that driver, 57-year-old said musafar said he was waiting for a fare when it happened. in response the family of the girl filed a wrongful death suit against the company. uber maintains musafar was not driving for them at the time of that crash. time is 6:09, still ahead, "today in the bay" an underground gas line explodes in kentucky, destroying two homes, leaving a 60-foot crater at the blast site. new details about the search for survivors, coming up. plus surprise on the slopes in sochi. we'll tell you how an idaho cowgirl became a gold medal winner in the women's half pipe

snowboarding competition.

here's a look at today's top story, dozens of people being allowed pack into their homes this morning after a fire at the park ruscetta apartments near san francisco state. two people were hurt, the fire was contained to the sixth floor. no word on the cause. firefighters in kentucky are letting a massive fire burn itself out, it's being fueled by an underground gas line that exploded around 1:00 this morning, two people treated at the hospital and released, tlhre homes, several cars, two barns damaged or destroyed. >> comcast the parent company of

universal struck a deal to buy time warner cable for about $44 billion in stock. the deal creates the largest cable provider with control of 30% of the market. the deal will be reviewed by the fcc, comcast of course the owner of our station. to the 2014 winter games as the olympic flames burns this l usa's medal count, incredible performances in the women's half pipe snowboarding. >> on the bottom of your screen snowboarding legend kelly clark snagging the bronze medal during the half pipe event but the big surprise is the gold medal won by kaitlin fairington, a cowgirl from idaho as you can see from this picture posted on twitter taken when she was just a little girl. >> "today in the bay's" janelle wang joins us in sochi, russia. you got to talk to both of them

today and they have incredible stories. >> reporter: i did. it was an honor to talk to both of them. kaitlin fairington told me she was shocked that she even made the olympic team and then she went gold surprising her family and herself like you said the 24-year-old dwru up on a cattle ranch just outside of sun valley, idaho. she boarded perfectly last night and posted a high score on her final run but still had six boarders after her including three former gold medalists. when they finished the run her score held up and she won the gold medal. here's what she said. kaitlyn, congratulations on the gold medal. this is not what you expected coming to sochi. >> no, i was just happy to make the team and it took at least a week for that to sink in that i had made the team so now i just can't even believe that i'm walking out of here with a gold medal. >> reporter: you grew up in idaho near sun valley and they had to sell off cows to support your snowboarding career.

is that true? >> yes, when i was, first started out in competing in bigger contests my parents were selling cows to support my snowboarding and so now i don't think they miss those cows. >> reporter: it has definitely paid off. there to congratulate her, the original favorite in this event, four-time olympian and snowboarding legend kelly clark, the 30-year-old won the bronze medal last night, adding to her collection of gold in salt lake in 2002 and bronze in vancouver 2010. >> it's incredible. i'm so thankful to have landon on an olympic podium. it was a tough night for me coming back from a first run fall but to be able to rally under that pressure is amazing. >> reporter: you're only 30 years old and called a legend. what do you think of that? >> when they say the 30-year-old veteran it always makes me laugh a little bit, but i guess we don't know what the life expectancy is of a snowboarder. >> reporter: kaitlyn tells me

she had a hockey ticket for tonight because she thought she could go, but now has a gold medaler is mopey in a couple hours, news conference today and an appearance on the "today" show. we'll see a lot more of kaitlin fairington in the future. i asked kelly clark is wha is next? she said don't forget about me yet. she still may compete in the next olympic games. reporting from sochi, janelle wang, "nbc bay area news." >> you went to men's speed skating was that fantastic? >> oh, yeah, that was so great. i haven't been to an olympic event until last night and it was in adler arena, a long track for speed skating, the adrenalin rush kicked in as soon as the americans hit the ice. it was exciting to be here a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> we'll see what's next for you, too, janelle, thanks so much. >> when janelle is not on television she's writing a blog

about her sochi experience, head to our nbc pbay area home page and click on her blog on the upper left-hand side of the screen. check out this great leap in front of the olympic torch, that's figure skater maya sh shibutani. >> check out this vine jid yo posted by lolo jones, the caption "jamaican bobsled team versus u.s. bobsled team danceoff." >> i'd say. don't throw anything there. you got to compete still. you want to check our own forecast, a lot of kids off next week for ski week. >> a lot of snowfall on the way to tahoe. we need it so badly at this point and everything is looking on the up and up when it comes to your forecast with

precipitation on the way just about every single day next week starting in tahoe as we head through this sunday, why we'd like to bring in brian hager, he joins us live from squaw valley and before last weekend you guys had to keep a lot of those runs closed because of lack of snow, tell me, how many runs are open as of this morning? >> that's right, we're definitely excited. between squaw and alpine close to 100 runs open and this weekend close to 32 in over 100 runs. we're stoked for the weekend. >> how stoked are you for this snowfall on the way, starting sunday and potentially all the way through thursday of next week, brian, and that's ski week, what do you have planned for all the kids headed up from the bay area to tahoe? >> we have a lot, actually going on this week and starting with our big party with if you're a pass holder or day ticket, the concert is free so enjoy that.

kid-o-rama starts this week, continuing in our olympic game viewing parties, we have a lot going on so we're trying to get everyone to come up and enjoy it. >> a lot of snowfall finally, very timely with the additional snow on the way just in time for ski week. want to take it to your toyota snow report. snow is starting up in tahoe as of sunday morning. keep that in mind headed up for ski week for that active weather you want to have the chains ready to go and be prepared for everything, have the emergency supplies ready to go. it's always a good idea to stay on the main lines and don't venture off into back country. 52 degrees in the peninsula, 51 in san francisco, mild out there right now and temperatures are going to climb into the upper 50s to low 60s in san francisco. here is what we're expecting from your microclimates to are this thursday, a lot of differences to show you. right now we're forecasting 70 degrees in san jose. i might have to boost these numbers up, it depends on how warm we get by lunch time. 71 degrees in gilroy. 69 los gatos.

40 miles up the road in san francisco, upper 50s, that's it for you today. outer richmond district, in the north bay today we'll get showers and specifically in sonoma county if you live in santa rosa. not a gully washer yet but we have rich moisture on the way i'll show you that in a minute. sausalito at 58 degrees. east bay looks good for the mid to upper 60s. walnut creek 69 degrees and the warmest region the trivalley, 71 degrees for pleasanton and livermore. we want to take you into the next five days. we have holidays to get through. tomorrow valentine's day, ten degrees of separation between san jose and san francisco, holding up on the showers, though, until late saturday for san francisco and early sunday for san jose. we could be tallying up maybe an ink of rain in the higher elevations of the north bay, right on the valley floor though looking good to accumulate potentially up to 0.75 of an inch in places like santa rosa. so bring on the rain we need it.

what we don't need is a rough drive to work. that's why we bring in mike inouye. >> good morning. looking ahead to i arougher sunday but right now looking at low clouds hovering around the deck. you can make out the lights for the most part past the south tower but can't really see the south tower because the lights are reflecting off the moisture in the air. use the standard setting not the high setting on your lights. we'll look at the map and see overall traffic flow around the bay is looking good. we'll talk about that south bay in a second. i want to call out this crash going on and clearing from the roadway and the chp report west 80 at fremont should be completely gone but there's a little slowing that kicked off heading into the area off the bay bridge. expect slowing coming off of treasure island and the million million slow down a bit more for the next few minutes. slower drive developing down east shore freeway through berkeley. it becomes fog from time to time as well. the blot of orange through

petalu petaluma, low clouds and fog. the east bay looking good as far as speeds go. in the green zone for 880. 580 westbound, a crash, no major injuries there. live look at oakland itself, another concern the low clouds drift through the area and impede our view around high street. we'll end with this shot and talk about the southbound south moving smoothly into the south bay just starting to build. still ahead "today in the bay," a day in court for the man suspected of killing of sierra lamar. coming up, why prosecutors will ask a judge to fast track the trial date.

after almost two years of waiting, the case against a man accused of kidnapping and killing 15-year-old is he gentlem sierra lamar moves forward today. "today in the bay's" peggy bunker joins us with the latest. >> good morning to you, laura. what a frustrating wait for the family of sierra lamar. now that antolin garcia-torres has been indicted by a criminal grand jury, lamar's family, who has been patient for two years will finally see progress in the disappearance of their daughter. part of the holdups that been garcia-torres never entered a plea in court and that delayed any progress toward a trial. he's been in custody since may of 2012. s now with tuesday's grand jury indictment the case can move forward without a plea in place. the first challenge is the unanswered question of where is sierra's body. >> the grand jury said there was

enough evidence to take this case to a trial. that does not mean that this case can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and that's the key at a jury trial. >> garcia-torres refused to tell investigators anything about the location of her body. however our cameras caught divers looking for evidence last week at hidden farm lake in morgan hill. at the time the sheriff's office told nbc bay area they were doing traiping not looking to are sierra but they retracted that statement yesterday and admitted they were acting on a tip. so they looked in the water. they were not able to find anything but they used this new sonar equipment to take a look. >> any time someone calls we will follow up on it. so we were out there acting on a tip and great training for our dive time. >> garcia-torres used to fish at hidden farm lake, only a half mile from his mother's home but the drivers report them didn't find anything. they will continue to look to are sierra.

tuesday's grand jury indictment also implicated garcia-torres in a series of attacks on south bay women in 2009, that's three years prior to sierra lamar's disappearance. he will be arraigned this afternoon and after that arraignment laura and scott that the deputy district attorney will ask the case finally be scheduled for trial. welcome news for the family i'm sure. >> 6:27. still ahead an olympic worker rushed to the hospital after a mishap on the bobsled track. a smoky wake-up call for dozens of people. fire rips through two apartments near san francisco state. the a deadly winter storm moving north, which states are dlirg emergen declaring emergencies as roads and runways freeze over.

"today in the bay's" christie smith will have a live update coming up in about 15 minutes. happening now, snow and ice blanketing the south now moving towards the northeast, shutting down the nation's capital, keeping many people stuck indoors.

take a live look at reagan sena national airport. hundreds of people without power, thousands of miles of roadway iced over, thousands of flights canceled. >> "today in the bay" tracy potts joins us out in the snow. the federal government shut down because of all this weather. >> reporter: the federal government shut down, schools, local governments shut down, the airports shut down. they can't get planes out of here. there's just too much snow. we've seen it up and down the east coast, georgia and the carolinas got it yesterday, they had some nasty traffic tie-ups in north carolina as of this morning there was still half a million people down there without power and then it moved up to our area overnight we got the big snow dump, five, six, seven inches in some areas but we are not done yet. this rain that we're getting right now and sleet that we've seen throughout the morning should continue for a few hours and then the meteorologists tell

us more snow is coming. i got an update from one of the suburban counties here just recently in the last hour or so, 12 to 16 inches is the snowfall total that they're expecting when this is all over. the snow has moved up to pennsylvania, they got snow this morning, new york is getting snow, moving up into the new england area, this is a big storm and scott and laura we'll be out here covering it as long as we can. people are driving by clearing the streets but this is just sort of the calm between the snows. we've got more coming up. >> it seems like the wind is blowing, you look a little sideways there. >> reporter: it's windy and rainy, yes. >> all right, thanks so much, tracy. >> she's leaning in this morning. >> flight aware so-called misery map, lots of delays and cancellations. the airports with the most problems are newark, dulles and washington, d.c., and atlanta.

and a live look at sfo this morning, we've already seen weather related delays on incoming flights. "today in the bay's" bob redell will have a live report in about 20 minutes. let's check in with christina with a look at our forecast right here, right now. or maybe in a little bit. little hazy to start our day, kind of a cool start as well, temperatures in the 40s or so but i took a quick peek at christina's forecast and i think we may be hitting some 70s in some locations. is that right ms. loren? >> that's right. and boy am i excite about it. lot of rain as of this time next week tracking showers just about every single day of ski week which is timely if you can me and every single kid excited about hitting the slopes. fog throughout the morning hours, temperatures climbing to 65 degrees by noon.

up to 67 degrees at 4:00 p.m. so your hour by hour forecast for san jose tells the story it's going to be nice and comfortable but not until after we hit lunch time. temperatures today will climb into the upper 60s to low 70s just about everywhere except for san francisco and in the north bay, we're going to see plenty of cloud cover with the storm system hovering just to the north of sonoma county. overall looking pretty good for today and tomorrow which by the way guys is valentine's day. consider yourself warned. temperatures in the south bay for your valentine's day 68 degrees. we've full moon valentine's day and three day weekend so if you want a romantic rendezvous plan, tahoe has a good place to go you get the three days off to spoil your woman and maybe i'm speaking specifically to someone out there. stop that clock at 5:00 p.m. me? 5:00 p.m. on saturday here's rich moisture returns to the

north bay at that point, this front is going to drive to the south and as we head through the overnight hours of saturday. you wake up sunday morning the showers will be done but we will have wet conditions left over so keep that in mind overall looking toward a juicier system as we head through tuesday into wednesday of next week. keep in mind we'll hit the 70s but only for a couple days. nothing lasts forever, mike, even love. >> whoa, christina. looking toward 580 in dublin, where traffic slows because of that volume of traffic, not a major issue for visibility right here coming through dublin. we look at the map and a smooth, slow drive west 580 through the dublin interchange, slow through pleasanton toward 680 and suol. disabled vehicle right there south of that interchange but i'll track that on the chp report. the orange blob on the map means there may be fog like there was yesterday slowing capital

expressway 101 and 87. they go hand in hand, the same area of san jose that moves north up toward 280, slowing for 85 at bottom of the screen. palo alto nice 101, the bumo and san mateo bridge are just fine. orange blot, belmont toward palo alto, the live look from the camera low clouds coming across the freeway and they there will be mist coming off the san mateo bridge. the oakland area shows a smooth flow of traffic as well. harder to see the roadway,hq&ñ northbound headlights coming up toward the coliseum with the low clouds kicking in. low clouds might be an issue. back to you. >> back to the games. we are learning the start of training runs for the two-man bobsled competition were delayed because of a track worker being

injured. reports are the worker was hit near the finish line. we're told he suffered a broken leg perhaps a concussion. test sleds called forerunners are used before training and competition to make sure that the track is safe for racing. crews have made repairs to the ice. training has resumed. 6:37, still ahead is facebook follow google's footsteps? the new shuttle service of sorts up next. is oakland one step closer to building a waterfront ball park for the a's? we'll tell you about a crucial vote just hours away.

at 6:40 a small step forward and plans to mr. a new a's stadium on the oakland waterfront. the port of oakland advising its board of directors to reject three proposals for howard terminal at to thenight's meeti. if the board agreed they could start negotiations with a team of businessman who want to transform that into a stadium. the coopener lou wolfe repeatedly said this site is not feasible. facebook making an attempt with the ferry service of its own, the facebook catamaran runs

from san francisco to redwood city. the 30-person boat started running about a week ago, it's a trial run, facebook won't say if they're looking to make it permanent. meanwhile, google exploring the possibility of making its ferry service permanent. the tech company will meet with ferry agency officials today. during a trial run google had two round trip ferries between san francisco and the peninsula every weekday. there was one round trip ferry between almeida and redwood city. the service didn't interfere with regular ferries and routes and schedules. students among dozens of people forced from their homes by flames overnight. new details about that fire that ripped through two units near san francisco l olympians goingd in sochi. which olympians have the best shot at adding to the medal count. we're tracking showers just to the north of sonoma county. better chance for rain as we get into this weekend and for all

the lovers out there, we're taking a close look at what you can expect for valentine's day, right here in the bay area, when "today in the bay" comes right back. legs up! legs up?

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>> at :44 an update to breaking news. hundreds of people finally allowed back inside, they had to leave their homes in the middle of the night when their apartment building caught fire near san francisco state university. fire started about 12:30 this morning at a high-rise on cambon drive near 19th avenue just a few blocks from the school. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. residents are starting to wake up and share stories of having to evacuate from a burning building in the middle of the night, i spoke with one woman who said it was nerve-racking because in the past they'd had false alarms at this building but this time it was real. those closest to the sixth floor

say that they could actually smell smoke and some of them saw flames coming from a sixth floor unit. that's where the fire started overnight on cambon drive near san francisco state where nearly 200 people, many of them students were forced to evacuate this morning. two resident had to be helped out where reports came in that oxygen tanks were exploding overnight. this fire quickly jumped to two alarms. i spoke with resident brittany peterson who said she had to hurry down three flights of stairs during the fire. >> the fire alarms went off right away. >> reporter: what did you do? >> my and my roommates looked out the windows, and didn't do anything at first because the fire alarms always go off and people outside were telling people to got out so we got out. we went down the stairs. >> reporter: two people were injured in this, their conditions not known at this hour. one of them a woman needed

oxygen, they were both transported to the hospital. outside resident waited with their pets, their cats, their dogs until they were let back in. they say about 45 minutes later. firefighters say of course there is damage to that one unit on the sixth floor and possible damage, water damage on the fifth floor, but at this point, they say everyone getting things back to normal. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." breaking news out of san francisco, where police are trying to figure out how a body ended up in a garbage chute. the body was discovered at a motel on valencia street near mission and highway 101 in the city's inner mission district. officers were called to the motel around 11:00 last night. they say the death is not being investigated as a homicide, but police are trying to figure out why the body was in the chute. happening now, snow and ice

moving north blanketing the sow. live look at reagan national airport this morning, making our screen a little soggy. several governors declaring states of emergency. the federal government closed down in washington, d.c. this morning hundreds of thousands of people are without power, thousands of miles of roadways are iced over and thousands of flights are canceled which is having an impact on our local airports. "today in the bay" bob redell joins us live at sfo this morning. tell us about these flight boards, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. if you look nationwide airlines have already canceled somewhere around 4,600 flights throughout the country making this one of the worst air travel days of the year here at sfo cancellations for the arrivals and if you come over here for the departures we've got cancellations as well according to the duty manager here at sfo they're talking

about 55 inbound and outbound flights have been canceled so far here at sfo and that's in addition to delays that are expected later today because of the low cloud ceiling. what is causing all these problems on the east coast? we'll take a look at the latest video from reagan national and washington, d.c., that snowstorm on the east coast has blanketed that area with a lot of snow, suspending operations there and at dulles, causing problems for travelers here on the west coast. again we're talking about 5,400 flights roughly canceled through yesterday, add to that another rough week, 4,600 flights nationwide for today and that includes 16 departures and 39 arrivals so between sfo and the airports in the northeast we're talking about mainly from raleigh up to boston, it should be noted not all flights to the northeast have been canceled. at least not yet, which is making this traveler who you're about to hear from a little nervous. so you're headed to washington,

d.c. >> yes. >> reporter: do you think you'll make it? >> i surely hope so, with the stormy weather. >> reporter: have you checked the boards? >> they say it's on time so far but i don't know yet. i still have like three or four hours before the flight. i'm hoping that nothing cancels. >> reporter: are you a gambling man? >> no. >> reporter: scott and laura said we've heard from tracy potts our correspond end ent on east coast all morning long. six inches in charlotte, very unusual, shutting down the federal government in d.c. with sell more inches on the way. about the ground delay the terminology at sfo for delaying flights they'll run that between 9:00 and 3:00 today because there's a low cloud ceiling hovering above sfo and the bay so flights coming and going to be delayed 30 to 45 minutes, best advice just check in advance before you head out. reporting live at sfo, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> it is one day i'm glad i'm

not going on a trip. just stay right here. >> you just stay put. we'll check in with meteorologist christina loren going to warm up temperatures here. >> definitely. we are looking at a better travel day across the board for tomorrow. keep that in mind. lot of people will be travel not only valentine's day, getting into a three-day weekend, president's day. just around the corner monday, the golden gate bridge because we don't have the thick fog across the bay area. we have low ceilings and some fog at the immediate coast and over open water bridges this morning. three-quarters mile visibility is all you have on the golden gate bridge. give yourself extra time should be clearing out of here by noon today. the radar we have showers situated just to the north of the bay area, we are expecting a little bit of a spotty activity to push into marin county and sonoma county, timing it out for you at about :56, the showers move in, and nothing hovey.

we have heavier moisture on the way into the weekend. your seven-day forecast is always scrolling right there for you at the bottom of your screen. low clouds across the board, temperatures in the 50s. grab the jacket, leave your umbrella at home for today, even in the north bay, showers will be light. we're going to hit the 70s as a matter of fact in the east bay. 71 degrees there. about 70 in san jose, and 65 degrees in the north bay. do keep in mind though showers will return heavy at that in the north bay by this weekend. so valentine's day looks good for all your outdoor activities, it will be cooler in the city than what we're anticipating in the south bay, 68 degrees here, san francisco is at 58 and north bay at 61 degrees. meanwhile a nice full moon at night for valentine's day that usually doesn't happen so it's kind of cool. i like to point out the odd facts. this is what we're looking for when it comes to rainfall totals. between now and saturday with that storm system just to our north, we're only going to accumulate maybe 0.05 of an inch

in santa rosa but as reget thej richer moisture over the course of saturdas maybe 0.4 in the north bay or 0.75 of an inch, just under 0.2 inches of rain in san jose. >> we're looking to the reports getting the latest because i'm trying to determine what's going on and we can't make out that high street off-ramp. just starting to see that low clouds drift through, looks like that off-ramp is open. southbound side is where the car fire is south 880 at high street, off-ramp temporarily closed by the freeway service patrol, the car fire is out. no injuries reported. it could take time and will be a distraction. tough to see through the area. let's get to the maps, looking at speed sensors as well. the orange is not the coating in this area. the fog is not an issue. low clouds drifting through, the

east shore freeway moves smoothly and slowly. here in the trivalley moves slow and slow south 680 through pleasanton and 84 not so bad but as you get over to where they merge in sunol southbound moves smoothly around the golf course, the clouds are hovering around the top. over the hill into fremont you may get a touch of clouds. 680 into san jose the fog is being reported. 101, 87 and 85 through the same orange coated area. 280, 880 a slowdown typical on our thursday anyway. smooth flow of traffic around the bay. the orange blob through the upper peninsula, san mateo and heading north into san francisco, despite that, your speeds are just fine as far as the slow goe s 101 north into sn

francisco. the southbound side picking up volume as you come through raph south bay 101 picking up volume. we'll send it back to you guys. now back to the 2014 olympic games as we give you a live look at the torch burning in sochi this morning. of course it's evening there, 6:54 at night. today team usa has several opportunities to add to the medal count. >> "today in the bay's" janelle wang joins us live in sochi with a look at the olympic competition we will be seeing in prime time tonight. good afternoon, good evening to you. >> reporter: right. good evening laura and scott. the medals right now they only have three golds, team usa does but they could add to that tonight in prime time with the olympic debut of slopestyle men's free skiing, four american skiers are going for a medal, corps ti competition revved up, led by

19-year-old nick goepper from indiana, the 2013-'2014 x games. he's excited to be here at his first olympics. watch out for speed skating the american women will try to win their first medal in the sport since the 2002 salt lake city city games. two are considered gold medal contenders in the 1,000 meeters tonight. they have dominated this event over the last two seasons finishing one and two in the world cup standings, and another interesting tidbit the two are actually really good friends, training partners and roommates in park city, utah, so it will be great if we can see them both medal. tonight, men's figure skating as well. jeremy abbott on team usa is looking for redemption after a terrible fall in the short program last weekend and the new figure skating team event we're also going to see jason brown, the american debuting tonight. they have major competition from russia, yevgeny plyushenko. it's this fourth winter games, the 31-year-old already has two

gold, two silvers in these winter games so the sun is setting in sochi. olympic park pretty busy tonight, we have games going on and all the figure skating rink, the speed skating rink and the ice hockey rink so a big day here in sochi. reporting from the olympic games, janelle wang, "nbc bay area news." >> seems like things are always alive there behind you, janelle. >> reporter: yes, they certainly are lively. we can tell traffic is picking up as these games continue. we're now one week in and a lot of people here tonight, a lot of things going on, a lot of sporting events this evening and you'll be able to watch it all in prime time. >> sounds very exciting. janelle wang thank you so much, live from russia. lot of events that happened while you were sleeping and we're going to air those later today, but if you're one of those people who can't wait until later today we have a preview. >> if you'd rather wait until tonight to find out close your eyes, wait for the music to end. we'll tell you when to come back.

♪ >> you can look at your tv again, it is safe. >> you can also catch all the olympic excitement right here on nbc bay area all the time starting at 3:00 this afternoon, gold medal finals in the 20 kilometer men's biathlon and the team relay in the luge. >> then in prime time at 8:00 tonight the short program in men's figure skating the women's skeleton, plus gold medal finals in men's slopestyle skiing and the 1,000 meters in women's speed skating. >> 6:57, that means it's time for a check of the day's top headlines. the man accused of kidnapping

and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar will be arraigned today. antolin garcia-torres was indicted tuesday by a santa clara county grand jury. lamar disappeared while on her way to school in morgan hill nearly two years ago. the body has not been found. >> dozens of people are being allowed back into their homes this morning after a fire at park merced apartments near san francisco state. the fire was contained to one apartment on the sixth floor. two people hurt. their conditions not known right now. we don't have word yet on the cause. >> heavy snow and ice pounding much of the east coast as we speak. nearly 5,000 flights have already been canceled nationwide. that includes a few dozen in and out of san francisco international. you're urged to call your airline to make sure your flights is on time or going to take off >> we have a picture of fog this morning showing you how bad it is with us. san francisco on the left, san jose on the right. let's check in with christina this morning. >> good morning to you.

that picture could be misleading about the fact that our cameras are positioned up high so at about 00 feet we have thick, low clouds. when it comes to fog touching the ground, touching the highway that's where you'll be seeing that on the golden gate bridge so open water bridges is the only place you have to worry about that thick fog at the surfa surface. as we head throughout this afternoon we are going to hit the 70s in the south bay, the peninsula at 68 degrees. 71 in the east bay and 62 degrees in san francisco. don't forget tomorrow's valentin type's day and we'll all be here in our pink and red to support the lovers day. speaking of which a check on your drive with mike. >> you're right deceptive roof top camera only a couple hundred dollars feet high. fremont visibility is an issue. and volume into the south bay. here on the peninsula from the university avenue just about 100 feet above in the roadway, the ikea sign, light volume there

coming off the 9 in foster city. back to you. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> join us at 11:00 cycle as we we leave you with the torch of so much even. 12k3w4r50u6r7b8g9s buenos días implacable 83 83 million people hit by yet another nasty winter storm that is marching up the east coast right now. snow falling from d.c. up into boston, hundreds of thousands without power and more outages are expected. clean sweep. americans take gold, silver and bronze in this morning's ski slopestyle final. a rare feat inching team usa closer to the top of the medal count. and halfpipe heroes. >> katelyn fairington is america's newest golden girl in the halfpipe!