the roof of an east bay sporting goods store collapsed during the latest storm. what that means for surrounding businesses. and when will travelers finally get home? the latest on the airport mass of a nationwide, hitting passengers. good afternoon everybody, i am reed cowan. let's start off with ever first alert weather with heavy rain and strong winds. it's been a mess across the bay area. when you look here, you can maybe see some relief in these areas. this is live across san francisco, oakland, san jose, but kind of gloomy and wet in some spots. here is first alert weather meteorologist darren peck, tracking those conditions. >> on doppler radar, you can see we are done, the storm just barely left. there might still be a shoe few leftover showers if we come in for a closer look. in terms of the actual rain we have seen it, and we will get about a day and a half of a break before the next system comes in. so you can see where the exiting showers are

now. i doubt any of that is reaching the ground down in santa clara valley. here's how we did. i will show you our totals in a second. first, i want you to see the red there, in humboldt county. 6 1/2 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. we didn't get that much here, but we got almost 3 in santa rosa. and we got them stacked in order of impressiveness. so enjoy the next day and a half it on thursday, the rain comes back. and, there is a more significant storm, thursday's rain will be light. saturday storm looks like it could be more impressive. we will go into all that detail coming up in the complete first alert weather forecast, reed be back to you. crews in san ramon are working to fix the roof at the big 5. surrounding stores are also closed, pending roof

inspections. >> the infrastructure seemed great, [ laughter ] it would be just coming down, the water flowed really well, but i guess time and wear and tear. >> san ramon fire, and building inspectors are on the scene, and you are asked to avoid the area. we will get you updates as we receive them. our shawn chitnis was out in the mess today and takes us through the morning. >> this afternoon in san jose we are getting our first break from the rain, after a long morning of intense rainfall , beginning at 6:00 a.m. when we first made it to the south bay . starting in san francisco and working our way down 101 we saw consistent rainfall, and a lot of hydroplaning, on the freeway. those conditions continued on the side streets and in the area where we were located in, where there was a park 'n ride station not too far from 280 and highway 207.

the rain never stopped really for the morning, only getting more intense, and then finally just before 11:00 a.m. the worst conditions we saw, drivers eager to get out of that weather. some, telling us they were going to go home and spend the rest of the day inside. finally though in the afternoon, we got a break, and we have been enjoying the chance to take a breather , but still seeing plenty of wet streets and silka reminder for drivers and those on foot . be extra cautious as you make your way around the south bay. back to you. >> thank you so much, shawn. let's go to moss beach, where you can see the dangerous conditions, where in fact a high surf warning is in effect. they are warning you to be very careful from the san jose to mendocino county line. we could see 25-foot high waves , and that is dangerous . there are gusty winds raising concerns of power outages. the

roads at one point were dangerously wet, and also, a rockslide near guerneville, after the rain. our driver told us he was merely hit driving on highway 116. and look at that, listen to those wipers. the bay bridge, relentless rain. coming down in sheets, in fact, earlier this morning. we hope you got to where you were going safely today. we are tracking the latest storm on-air and online. check the forecast for your area for the latest alert weather alerts on our website, kpix.com. stay safe, everybody. a winter storm elsewhere, causing travel headaches across the nation. chances are you know somebody who is sleeping at the airport. some travelers at oakland were having to wait hours just to get bags. southwest is blaming the huge weekend winter storm. but guess what? flight attendants and the union are saying not so fast, they are blaming the

company. >> when they chose to take flights into the middle of the storm their systems have not able to keep up with rescheduling, the cancellations, the notifications to crewmembers about those cancellations and changes in flights. >> the u.s. department of transportation said they are launching an investigation. the department called the cancellations disproportionate and unacceptable. the storm causing so many travel headaches it's now being blamed for at least 55 deaths across the country. here is reporter michael george, showing extreme conditions and looking at the travel impacts. >> cars litter the streets of buffalo, where digging out from one of the worst storms to hit new york is a days long process. the wind and snow did some extreme damage, exposing people who live here to the freezing cold. at least 28 people have been killed in buffalo, so far. >> we are certain there will be more deaths uncovered that

we just cannot see at this point. >> a driving ban is in effect to avoid situations like this one in williamsville, new york, where firetrucks had to sneak around abandoned vehicles just to respond to emergencies. buffalo officials say those kinds of problems make the job of hauling snow and plowing streets even harder. >> we are constantly doing routes through snow drifts, and there is a car buried underneath. >> southwest airlines, still playing catch-up. more than 70% of its flights were canceled, monday, and more than 60%, on tuesday the u.s. to permit the transportation is looking into the interruptions. the carrier says it's operating just over a third of its typical schedule in the next few days in order to move crews. this southwest pilot handed out coffee and condolences to frustrated passengers, and baltimore. luggage has piled up at baggage carousels. passengers everywhere are running out of

patience. when this whole situation is so stressful. >> i'm 83 years old. i have traveled through a lot of christmases, this is the worst. >> weather is blamed for power outages in north carolina, water problems, in mississippi and oklahoma . and now, a new , ne, newark, new jersey. well we are certainly feeling that storm system. to reno now where there is a little bit of comfort there. intenal aiort whe therapy dogs are on-hand to try and relieve some of that stress. keep some snacks and refillable water bottles, and keep your phone charged. still on the way, why health experts say trouble mes gettg sick , and how ngthwi

welcome back, france. how are you feeling? chances are you, or maybe somebody you know, has been sick recently. hopefully you are on the mend. experts are predicting flu and

covid and rsv will make another comeback at the end of the week , and they say it could stick around through mid-january, especially the flu. >> i expect we will anticipate a post holiday surge , with all of the travel, all of the joyous reunions over the holidays . there will be many opportunities for this virus, this influenza virus, to be transmitted and spread even further . >> may be empty or sparse shelves at the pharmacy will make you think twice. respiratory illnesses are driving up demand for children's medicines. in fact, the government released reserves of tamiflu. cvs, target, and walgreens, are now limiting purchases of those over-the-counter children medicine. for some, it's still hard to find. health experts say in a pinch, adult medication can sometimes be adapted for pediatric use, sometimes. but make sure you talk to your pediatrician first

. a bay area woman helped pave the way for future heart transplants when she was just a child, herself. now, nearly 39 years later, an experiment to surgery we are looking back on was performed at stanford to try to save the life of elizabeth who was a toddler at the time. her parents had to beg doctors to perform the operation. our juliette goodrich got a chance to meet up with her and see how she's doing. >> first, a covid test before i could spend any time with elizabeth and her family. we see that elizabeth is immunosuppressed, but she is alive, and thriving. >> i don't think anyone would know or believe your story until they saw it for real. >> yeah. it's quite remarkable. it's pretty cool. [ laughter ] >> 39 years ago, elizabeth was a 2-year-old toddler, facing a death sentence treated like her four siblings before her, she was diagnosed with a genetic condition, causing her little heart to fail. her only

hope was a heart transplant. >> it was considered expert mental. we didn't know how well these patients would do through such a drastic procedure, or how much it would benefit them. >> in 1984, stanford was already world-famous for heart transplants in adults. but for children, that was controversial . >> the quality of life at this early in age is pretty much an end unknown to us. to prevent rejection, those medications are powerful. >> elizabeth's parents already lost three children, so saving elizabeth's life was paramount. they agreed it to the transplant, then a young girl from utah died in a car crash. the heart went to elizabeth, it has been beating in her chest ever since. >> he definitely keeps you busy. >> we have come a long way

since 1984 when elizabeth got her transplant. >> thanks to these pioneers these surgeries are a routine procedure. director of the pediatric heart transplant program at stanford children's health, his message? >> every story is a heroic donor and their family made the hard but incredibly generous choice to donate their child's organs so someone could have a second chance at life. >> as for elizabeth, she works in the tech industry, is married, mother, and is active. >> i am a runner i run like marathons. >> needless to say, there's a lot to be grateful for. >> i think it takes a lot to be as lucky as elizabeth is. it takes luck and belief, spirituality , and a big heart. >> stanford has performed more than 500 pediatric heart transplants after families had to make the near-impossible choice to donate organs . elizabeth has been on medication that resulted in a

kidney transplant from her father about a decade ago. she has run seven marathons on 30 half marathons and is training for another marathon. time for a look at our forecast with first alert weather meteorologist, darren peck. >> we've got a lot coming our way, but i am happy to say you can see blue sky right now in the bay area, if you are in the right place, and we happen to have a camera in that spot. at the top of the sales force tower, there it is. we are seeing the back edge of this system opening as we approach sunset. right now you need a high perch for it. i showed you rainfall totals at the top of the newscast and the exiting storm. this, the close of it is going down big in the rest of the san uin vaey. for our part of it, we are done with that. so let's look ahead.

what's coming next? tomorrow we get a break. but then another system comes in, thursday, and then friday and saturday, all of them have rain. so here's the big picture view. see the one system comes on thursday, friday, and there is another one that will develop good let's watch this in a couple stages. we will slow it down and try and get as detailed on how this plays out between now and saturday. that is wednesday. it is clear sky. wednesday is a beautiful day, mostly blue sky, and then thursday, the next system comes in , in several broken pieces. so light rain thursday morning , more noticeable rain as we get into thursday afternoon, and for the thursday system the most impressive rain will come in the evening. so here we are about 8:00, on thursday. that is system number 1. it's going to look like a mess, because that is system number 2. and it's hard to tell where one ends begibut that one is moimportant, and we'll lookat at one in a second. so how

much rain are we getting? if you are in the north bay, you could get three quarters of an inch. far less down in the south bay, maybe about half an inch. nowhere near the rain we got last night, but it will still rain on thursday, and things will get a bit damp. here comes that next system now, the one that's farther out. this is now friday morning. that is more significant. and as we let this play forward through friday into saturday, watch what happens, saturday. that is a well organized storm. it has got a comma shape to it, it has got a tail, and it will give us better rainfall totals into saturday. the most part it's done by new year's day. but on new year's eve , saturday, you should plan on some rain . and we could get another one .5 to 2 inches. we are not going to go full in on that idea just yet, but here is your early

heads up, saturday, new year's eve day. there will be widespread rain that's going to impact the day. then it's done by sunday for january 1st, then there are plenty of opportunities coming our way . if you want to play the game, which is the first week of january look like? it looks pretty active, but one storm at a time. we've got a lot coming our way, reed. back to you. >> we will hunker down and make our new year's resolutions. into day's red and gold report , gianna franco tells you some believe nick bosa should be up for the challenge. >> this is your red and gold report . >> the 49ers have been led by the most dominant defense and dominant defensive players. nick bosa leads with 17.5 or two away from all the franchise record and has earned praise

throughout the 49ers locker room. >> [ laughter ] >> second, third, what round? [ laughter ] and he is playing like a first or second round player. i don't know what he can't do. >> if you look at like, what he does every day, compared to every sunday, compared to everyone else , i don't know why he's not in the mdb conversation, too. >> with your red and gold report, i am gianna franco third we are going to check out some volunteers, and a look outside . i like self-care like the next person, but life gets in the way sometimes, and i just don't have the time. with inflation the way it is, who has the time and money to pay for spot treatments that take

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time for arab a area bridgebuilder segment. people helping their neighbors in big and small ways, and this is a chance for you to celebrate that very thing. today we acknowledge a group of volunteers known as the tuesday crew. alameda county food bank . if you need friends i have friends for you. i hear you are the famous tuesday

crew. and what makes you the famous tuesday crew? >> yes we are. we love working at the food bank. we get along so well. there is teamwork involved, knowing that we are working towards helping the community. >> and volunteering and so many hours. mike, tell me what they are holding in their hand. >> this is incredible. so, our volunteers this last year have donated 69,000 hours worth of time. that is time that these individuals are coming in and just donating to us. these are not paid staff, but they are among the most important people that we have to get the food out the door here. what's amazing about this, this is like adding 36 additional staff to our work, and is a nonprofit that is enormous. >> it makes it so the food can get rid of food needs to go. sony? we live in divided times. why do we need each other? why is your group proof of the positivity? >> it is the diversity and teamwork that we have. it's just filling a void during

these times. and to come in here and do productive , valuable work, knowing that it's going towards the community, there is no value to that. >> there might be somebody out there right now who is opening the cupboards and feeling like, maybe i am one of those one and four who suffer food and security. look at these faces right here in this food tank. you know you have friends. these are people working to make sure you have what you need. we are part of that. go to our website, kpix.com/give or follow the qr code at the bottom of your screen. and we th. here another incentive to thnames,st their foundation is matching donations , so follow our website for more. frost and i.c.e. but not

well as our area looks ahead to more rain in other parts of the country are dealing with snow, nasa is sharing what it looks like in winter on mars. these photos capture the landscape's changing scenery. carbon dioxide frost and ice on them. nasa also says mars experiences cube shaped snow that accompany subzero temperatures. in some areas the red planet can get as low as -190 degrees fahrenheit during winter. mega dunes, that

needs to be an '80s band. captioning sponsored by cbs >> thousands of flights canceled, thousands more delayed all caused by winter weather and staffing problems. passengers stranded in airports, luggage is piling up and patience is wearing thin. southwest airlines blamed for most of the chaos. cbs's t kanya riff ro reports. buffalo digging out. the national guard is called in to clear the streets as the death toll rises from the worst snowstorm in a generation. breaking tonight, supreme court immigration ruling -- the pandemic era restriction blocking migrants at the mexican border will remain in effect. calls to