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announced for travelers coming into the united states from china. our country is now requiring travel restriction good afternoon everybody, i'm reed cowan. still thousands of holiday travelers, maybe even her relatives are stranded at airports all across the country. the feds, now digging in. they want to know what the holdup is. anne makovec following that from the newsroom. >> it could take until next week to get the schedule back on track, and it's not the only airline with cancels and delays. similar numbers at the san jose, 24 delays, 147 cancellations so far, over there. and here are the numbers for sfo. 94 delays, and 47 cancellations. across the country, thousands of travelers remain stranded, post christmas. most carriers have recovered from the disruptions from that monster winter snowstorm good but, today,

southwest airlines canceled another 2500 flights. that is more than 60% of its schedule, according to flight aware. and i know they are working as hard eyn,th i see all the other rl toward the inabity to h ody stv phone is just co utessa it's outdated scheduling software is partially to blame, and the promise to double down on upgrading its systems. u.s. lawmakers are promising a congressional investigation into southwest and pushing for the airline to offer significant compensation to stranded travelers, reed. >> so many, frustrated out there. you a big home soon, and anne. thank you. we met a family from north tahoe in the thick of the travel mess. we would like to tell you their story has a happy ending. they were visiting their son in hawaii and they had to just stay put. >> now we are finding out that there is no trains in order

to get home. and so we returned to figure out where we are going to sleep tonight. and how we are going to finish this journey over the next two or three days to get ourselves home and back to work. >> so she stayed positive , meaning snow in tahoe. it seemed like they were all out of luck. that is, until they met the guy on the right, his name is cameron. >> i just flew in from honolulu, and i have heard these people saying they were going close to where i was going. i got a big i uld geth i've gogo homeay, aswefill it u do more christmas good deeds. >> so thanks to cameron, the family is going to make it home before the new year. safe travels, everybody. and other travel development today, the u.s. is putting in new covid testing requirements for anybody arriving from china. skyler henry has that story. >> with covid cases surging

in china, the biden administration announced new covid-19 testing requirements for travelers from china. ginny, january 5th, all travelers to the u.s. from china will be required to take a covid-19 test no more than a few days from travel. hospitals and funeral homes across china are overwhelmed weeks after the government ended its zero covid policy, amid nationwide protest. >> there was no preparation, like nobody knew the decision was made , there was no stockpiling of medication. >> u.s. officials say china's lack of transparency on key scientific data could hamper efforts to prepare to defend against the spread possibly against dangerous variants. more than half of china's capitals's residence are infected. passports in

in travabroad as china backheat home, law ashino enforcement drew their weapons at the end of a chase, in vallejo. chopper 5 was over the chase , the slow speed, which came to a close near the end of highway 37. it started with a stolen vehicle in elk grove. police followed , and the chopper tracked it there to the vallejo area. spike strips slowed the car down, and officers approached the pre- , the vehicle , they hauled away four into custody. now to the case of the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi. >> we walked in, david depape was sitting in the corner in his orange suit and mask. today's public defender entered a plea of not guilty to all state charges. depape faces a slew of charges including attempted murder after the terrifying home invasion and assault of house

speaker nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi, back a few months. he waived his right to a speedy trial. next court date, set for february 23rd. there, a trial date could be said. the judge approved that date. depape faces assault and kidnapping charges, he pled not guilty to those, last month, and he's being held without bail. in san francisco, i am jocelyn moran. >> thank you so much. the alleged stockton serial killer has four new charges against him, wesley brownlee, including two in the bay area, he faces charges for the murders of two , after shooting and killing multiple others. at this complex, a person has been climbed to starting a

building on fire and exiting the building with knives. look at that, you will want to be careful over the next few days with those sneaker waves. check of the sierra after our latest storm. this is the palisades-tahoe, it looks downright nice. many are enjoying winter break in the fresh snow. however we've been watching social media. some lifts were delayed after dealing with ice. eded to remove it from their towers and equipment to operate safely. don't put your tongue on a frozen pole. >> you just watched "a christmas story," didn't you? today we are moving into

another active pattern leading to the next chance for rain. hooking at the live camera and first doppler the next wave of rain you can see on here. it is fairly light. we can switch over to futurecast and see this first round of rain bringing us of her head. it is light showers tonight, but it's the start. and you are going to want to have the umbrella handy through saturday. there is far more concern for friday night through saturday night timeframe, because the rain intensity is going to pick up. we have another atmospheric river coming our way, and the rain totals from friday night through saturday will be quite impressive. that's the view for thursday evening when the rain picks up a bit, and then we will let that play forward. i'm going to show your friday and saturday in a bit, but let me show you this headline, brenda, the from the national weather service. they have

issued friday night or saturday night. reed, back to you. there is still time to donate to our bay area food banks. i caught up with one group making a difference. the need is great, and the face of hunger is changing here in our community, and we are doing something about that. we want to introduce you to people stepping up to do good. this is che. why are you my friend? >> i am here to make a donation to the contra costa county 's food bank , $15,000. and on top of that we also have another donation from the contra costa construction trade unions for an additional $10,000 . >> wants the power of seeing a need in the community and stepping forward?

>> i think it's extremely important to be a partner in the community as we are. in understanding the ability and obligation to help somebody. so that's why we here at local 342 we also volunteer time, and we also donate every year to this worthy cause. >> fantastic! cassidy, how well $25,000 help the people you serve? >> is $25,000 will help us provide over 50,000 meals in our community. and the partners we have here today, these two groups, they are really helping us serve the 1 in 6 neighbors in our community who are going hungry, this holiday season. >> and like you said my friend, che, if you have the ability to help, step forward and do that. we want you to be part of the magic of being part of our family. visit kpix.com/give or get your cell phone out , click on the qr code on your screen. we'll give you all kinds of resources on how you can help in the community. still ahead, providing family fun for six decades.

how a peninsula business is giving you a taste of winter, right here where we live. plus, at just 23 years old , but

we know right now, parents who might be looking for a winter break activity to keep your kids busy, and there is a hidden gem on the peninsula. we are talking about the winter

large. it was named one of yelp's top ice skating rinks. >> in a place that feels like home, with a smile, there is no pressure. >> i've been here for a lot of my life. and, like, all the people i've met all the friends i've made, it's , it's really close to home. >> that's why he's been coming to winter lunch for 13 years. >> go the same way every one else is. i don't want you colliding. >> on top of skating, he also works here. >> it's fun to see the kids falling and getting up, themselves, because they are learning and growing , and i am happy that i could initially help with that. >> people take lessons, but you can also skate for fun and spend time with your loved ones. that is why kids come during winter break.

>> we were looking for something fun to do , and we didn't have to drive all the way to the snow. this is a nice place to bring the kids. >> you walk in with a fireplace to greet you. you your skates, and once you step onto the ice, you are surrounded by this, the sounds of people around you skating, entries and lights. >> you are skating through twinkling lights, and it's magical. and you're not at 10,000 feet, you're in the middle of the peninsula here, in the bay area, in palo alto , and it seems almost impossible. yet, it's been 66 years. >> linda is the executive director, she says the wisconsin couple wanted to get a wintertime feeling for his family. she became executive director more than 30 years ago and has been here ever since. they are now a nonprofit. among the challenges they've been through, like many involved through the pandemic, they survived, and they often

reach capacity. >> it's a winter wonderland. there is really nothing , i can't see anything wrong with it, at least. >> just looking from the sidelines, you will see max with the smile, you'll see people taking photos, some, falling on the ice, and memories being created. time for a look at our forecast. first alert weather meteorologist darren peck says those ue saying goodbye. >> that's right, these clouds are developing through the afternoon. i have gotten information in terms of that flood watch that's just been issued by the national weather service for the storm that is yet to come. it's friday night through saturday night, really focused primarily on saturday . but, we've got several ways of rain to sort through. here's the first one. light showers sitting off the coast now. we have escaped rain today. later

tonight, and after sunset, we will notice a few light showers overhead, but once you get to midnight tonight, this is kind of wave number one . and it will bring us rain throughout thursday. you'll get brakes on the day on thursday when you are not getting rained on, and really, in terms of the thursday rain it's the evening where we see the best of it from wave number one, right there. we'll look at the totals on this in a second. but watch friday. on friday we get more energy that comes through, a little more rain. there are breaks, but things start to get organized through friday. it's a little more widespread. that is wave two . wave three looks different, it's going to look very familiar, in fact. wave three is when the next atmospheric river gets here. and it's not just blob -like eelokea fipod at ts om saturday inlookat e deep

focus. it does not look as windy as the storm that came through, yesterday morning. but, it looks as rainy, and it's going to come after two days of rain. so remember, that's the third wave. there's the thursday stuff, the friday stuff, then the main event on saturday. if you add it all up, there is thursday, then we will add friday. now we are going to take that atmospheric river and put that on top of these numbers , and we get close to 2 1/2 inches of rain. it's going to be a somewhat complicated forecast, only because that atmosphere and atmospheric river coming ashore will make all the difference for who gets the heaviest rain, and that will likely shift over the next could w da. it could be further north or south. so there is a flood advisory for the whole bay area. here is one take away from this, i will just show you. this is a

forecast from the river at 1026. the lines show you the expected height of the river. at guerneville, that's where the height is. it is not flood stage, but it's getting close. that shows up right when we get into late saturday through those later hours of the flood watch. support this altogether, first alert day on saturday. there's plenty of rain before that, but saturday is the first alert day, because that's when we will deal with the cumulative amounts of rain we have gotten rid we get a break on sunday, and that's good, because next week there are more storms. they look white impressive, so there's going to be a lot of stuff over the next few days. we will track that closely, and that our pledge in the first alert weather forecast. we are drying your attention to saturday. see you at this later. >> i'm already planning puzzles and cards for the kids on saturday.

the 49ers had the day off time for your truckee two. that gave ricky brock purdy a chance to celebrate his birthday. the 49ers have won all their games since jimmy g. underwent injury. >> i am super impressed with how he has matured so quickly and i think it helps he started four years in college. >> you can tell, he's taken tens of thousands of reps as a quarterback. and that's , that's very helpful for him right now, and that's the reason he's been able to step in this late in the season and play at such a high level. >> the niners faced the raiders in las vegas, sunday, not sitting up for the silver and black, derek carr. steadam

will star in his place. still ahead, medical workers returned to get to the hospital, but a snowstorm was holding them back. >> on instagram, i said is there anybody who can pick up my coworkers and i from transit? >> that's what community does, and they got the help they needed. see more on their unusual ride to work. catch all our live news casts and news and weather updates throughout the day, find us on the free cbs news bay area

welcome back. all week we've been sowing you the snowy scenes of people buried in their cars, including essential workers, like doctors and nurses. luckily for some there was help on the way. >> we got this machine and took it out there and rescued people about 3:00 in the morning . it's just madei es th eight ot drifts, it ttiner. is rich from a local snowmobile club. he and others were busy rescuing people when they got word medical workers

could help getting from a transit stop to the hospital. so he showed up and took them to work. >> the pity me academy of city of good neighbors . we have to find ways to be in service of others. and that really hit home . these guys are going out and doing whatever they can to save people's lives. >> find ways to be in the service of others, we celebrate them. the snowmobile club asking more than 100 people during that storm. tonight on kpix 5 we have a special program focusing on how one simple act of humanity can change the world. cbs news reporter steve hartman looks at how small actions can make real change. >> what would it take to ignite a globe of kindness? one small deed. >> what if i just went and

offered haircuts to just anyby lp? >> one a single act of kindness goes viral it can have a ripple effect. n >> kindness truly changed the world. we are on a mission to find out. >> if you could have any three things, what would they be? >> it was just a small thing, now we are serving hundreds. >> just to make your christmas a little bit brighter. >> big brothers, big sisters. i was a big brother, myself. >> and don't we need that? watch the gift, kindness goes viral, tonight at 10:00, right here on kpix 5 or streaming on paramount plus. still ahead, out with the old to ring in the new year. >> let's trash them let's

bash them, let's dash them. don't worry about it, we have people for that. just run. don't fall the, we

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presenting everything they ever came in 2022. you can do that, >> don't blt the plasti e thin captioning sps >> duncan: tonight anger and frustration, thousands of airline passengers still stranded as southwest cancels another 2500 flights today. the airline c.e.o. apologizes, the federal government has launched an investigation into the meltdown and promises to hold southwest accountable. cbs's tanya rivero is at laguardia airport in new york. deaths toll rises. the national guard in buffalo going door to door searching for victims as rain, wind and snow slam the west. breaking news, the u.s. reinstates covid-19 testing for all flights coming in from china.sc