them busy. how the holiday traffic is fairing during a busy ski weekend in the colorado high country. a search for a missing pet involved looking for an escaped exotic bird.

the cause of an early-morning fire that destroyed a business complex is under investigation this afternoon. one person was hurt when flames engulfed the building off 64th and wadsworth, a firefighter was transportd to the hospital-- transported to the hospital. it took hours to put out and smoke could be seen for miles. jessica oh was there and smoke broke out. >> look at that smoke. holy cow. >> big flames drew big crowds. >> my goodness. >> this is one of the biggest fires arvada has seen reeseenly. >> so scary. >> if you think it looks bad on the outside-- >> it was blasting, you couldn't see or breathe. >> janice john was in the building when her work creative

>> we do out patient, mental health, domestic violence counseling. >> they were forced to leave. the treatment center is a total loss, like the rest of the building. >> heart breaking, we have been there 18 year years. >> center has been around for a while but nauz as long as the office building. >> it is a very old building l wood inside. >> the older structure made it tough for crews to fight the flames from the outside because the fire was too intense to go in. >> you never know the extent until you see your building, your stuff in flames. >> kept coming and coming. >> a significant fire in the middle of winter. handful of businesses will now have to find a new office just 2 days into the new year. >> i am more concerned for our clients. >> for her, the most concerning thing is what happens next. >> we have clients on monday, so we need to figure where we will set up shop.

employee is still unaccounted for, no one has been able to contact him this afternoon. the person who was hurt has not been identified and firefighters did not know the extent of the injuries. the red cross is helping a family of 5 displaced because of a kitchen fire, nobody was hurt and crews kept it containd to quincy. we started the weekend off sunny and, maybe on the warm side, depending who you ask. this after a stretch of bitterly cold weather but milder conditions, danielle is joining us. great. >> gorious, you guys. so much sunshine and takes in the 40s. we haven't been there the past 2 delightful. an improvement from yesterday, yesterday was the first time we hit the freezing mark, went a couple degrees above since

today, even warmer than that. a good 5-10 degrees warmer for eastern colorado and mountain valleys. finally recovering and beginning to warm up a hair. right now 32 at dia, 30s stretch across eastern plains, 40 degrees lamar, gunnison at 4 below and 8 degrees in steamboat springs. warmer weather is to come. you can see outside, just a few high level clouds in the metro area. some of you might have spotd the brown cloud earlier, air quality moderate and visibility. that will continue until 4:00 thchlt winds haven't been-- the winds haven't been helping us. we have a storm system moving the into california, nevada, we are sandwiched in between waiting for someone to scour out the pollutants sitting in the city. on radar and satellite, the system pushing into the west is starting to bring a little cloud cover out across the western slope but it has been beautiful. overnight into tomorrow, what you see is what you dpet and

10:00-11:00, back in business "warm." all right, we have warmer temperatures to come and i am tracking a little snow. how quickly that moves into the metro area, coming up in my full forecast in a few minutes. >> all right, talk to you again. a lot of people headed to the mountains this morning cause 45-minute delays in the westbound lanes, this weekend brings one of the first tests for the eastbound i-70 toll lane as holiday traffic makes its way out of high country. matt renoux is live, it has been open for a few weeks but heavy holiday traffic is expected to test it this weekend. >> reporter: it is, mark, after 2 weeks of big holiday business, loveland ski area came off their busiest new year day ever and a lot of skiers reporting more than 10,000 skiers a day, all

traffic. in breckenridge-- >> pretty busy. >> curtsis helping a long line of holiday ski customers. customers. >> who who, in the past 2 weeks have opened the doors and store. >> yeah, for sure. >> while outside, nearly all of the gas has been pumped from the tanks. >> running out of gas twice a week, sometimes, unbelievable. >> tens of thousands of skiers a day. >> this year has been busy. >> this week... >> monday and wednesday were probably the top days of the week so far. >>... have packed the parking lot at loveland ski area with ever. >> this year we are exceeding. >> all the tourists are heading home. >> there will be a lot of people coming back from the mountain

>> putting the new eastbound i-70 toll lane to the test. idaho springs mayor hillman said since the lane opened he has seen fewer use the town's side roads to get around slow traffic on i-70. >> since it has been open, we haven't seen it. >> but this holiday traffic has at times pressed the new 13-mile long express lane. >> i can't imagine. >> curtis says it is likely just the beginning. slamming. come. people in work. >> reporter: you get a pretty good idea how the traffic is flowing eastbound along i-70 just before hide hoe springs, you can-- idaho springs, you can see the lanes, the new express lane moving quite nicely, everything backed up earlier today due to a vehicle accident, couple cars involved but they

nicely and you can see traffic moving along as well. people have been e mailing and texting me they took the toll lane, cost $3 and they flew right past all that traffic, so, mark, considering the price at times when it is backed up can get as high as $30. $3 is a new year's bargain. >> i agree. do you think they they hit that? >> reporter: i think they are keeping things low. we have seen a lot of prices right around $3, $4, $5, even with all the traffic behind me it is $3. i think it would have to be pretty bad in the left hand lane for c-dot to change toot to discourage. >> i hope it is the solution. always. a man found dead new year's homicide. his body was found yesterday

10th avenue, a few blocks south of the art museum. the investigation is on going. arapahoe county investigators need help identifying a person in interest in connection with a suspicious fire. a car caught fire yesterday afternoon near south trenton way. they say this man is a person of interest. nenetime, they aren't-- meantime they aren't sure if another car fire is related. starting today, it will cost a little more to ride rtd, a fair structure took effect today, most went up 15%, one-way pass up 35 cents, costing $2.50. it is the first time in 5 years a change has been made, rtd approved it in may as a way to prevent service cuts, we have more information on this online at 9news.com.

to 2016 for a couple visiting colorado for the holidays, the family pet flew away and they are desperate to find the mccaw before they leave tonight. ryan haarer met up with them for the search. >> kiki. >> jessica hernandez has to head back, she is worried they have to go back-- >> he is a sweetheart, he loves us a lot. >>-- without 5-year-old mccaw tiki. >> he doesn't ever fly away, this is such a weird thing. >> they were outside a bar when the couple tried transferring the bird from one car to another. >> we lost sight of him somewhere over jackson. >> for hours they searched and the fire department put up a ladder to look on the rooftops. >> where are you? i was calling his name and he squawked at me.

>> i still have a little hope that maybe he found somewhere warm, my boyfriend has pretty much lost all hope that, you know, he probably passed away last night. >> friday night, temperatures dropped, it would be hard for a bird to pull through a frigid colorado evening. >> even if he is still alive, i wonder, does he have enough strength? would he be able oo call out? >> the worst-- to call out? >> the worst case is obvious but jessica is hoping for the best. >> it is warm today, so maybe if he found somewhere warm last night, he might still be around. >> in denver, ryan haarer, 9 news. >> hope he found a warm spot. jessica is asking for businesses to check security camera, if anybody has spotted him, contact ryan haarer. many of us make resolutions

year, we help make that a little easier with healthy options to make it easier while you work. man's best friend get as bucket list. how a man is trying to get the

deep vein thrombosis effects a million in the year every u.s. and can be deadly when ignored, a clot farms in the deep vein, often the legs, one woman ignored it and finally went to the hospital and learned she had a blood clot in her lung. >> the real danger for dvt is it can break off and go to the heart and then through the right side of the heart into the lungs and cause a blood clot in the lungs that can be fatal. >> joanna is working with her primary care physician who explained genetic can play a role but hormone placement therapy and smoking can increase your risk. a lot of resolutions have more exercises, it doesn't always mean you have to sweat it out in a gym, tips for building

where we spend a lot of time. start simple, use your breaks to fit in short walks or a bike ride to get blood flowing, move 10 minutes, 6 time as day, even time to stand up can help a lot. something even simpler, take a time to take a few deep breaths. >> 10 minutes a day, sit in a room by yourself and focus on your breeging. it will real-- breathing. it will really help you. >> a lot of people into meditation. drink enough water and pack more vegetables. if it is redably available, you will eat it. >> we are not walking enough. >> nope. downtown cleveland is flooded, not because of rain or rivers, water main break flooded, police closed a number of roads causing traffic problems, a 48-inch pipe broke a few feet under ground. it caused streets to buckle and it is not clear how long repairs are going to take but they have a real mess.

of sunshine. >> certainly good to see that, 40-degree weather for the next

the whole world was outside, wasn't it gorgeous? cabin fever, i don't know about you but the deep freeze nice to get outside and soak in the sunshine you can truly feel. over looking the bolder area, beautiful as we have the nice blue skies, frost, couple high level clouds from the system in california and overlooking downtown denver, much of the same. temperatures made their way to low 40s around here, little cooler in northern colorado, 47 in burlington, the heat wave in lamar and pueblo, the springs, 50s with teens in eagle and hoping to get a bump up, warming above the zero mark. right now outside the airport, readings right there at the freezing mark, winds out of the south only 7 miles an hour, you can see a few clouds out there, but it is making it feel just a hair cooler. high pressure still entrenched across the area, another one back across the northwest, that will be shifting in, helping to

the storms basically into california. there are going to be a series of storms moving in and eventually, we will get some of them to pop into colorado. it will take a few days, we have a nice set up. right now hd doppler 9, you can see this stream of tropical moisture pushing into parts of texas, the gulf coast, and even toward florida, and all eyes out to the west where little snowful in the sierra, waiting for more rain along the coastline with snow building into nevada and idaho. at home, it has been a quiet day. loads of sunshine out there, great conditions up to the high country, nice to not have to deal with the wet, slick, snow-packed and icy roads for a change and i think that will be the trend as we head toward tomorrow. futurecast indicating 7:00 tomorrow morning, dry as a bone. across the entire state. we will be looking at some clouds shifting in around the west, especially the western slope by tomorrow afternoon and 4:00-5:00 in the denver, partly cloudy skies and the all-important broncos game going

the time kick off arrives, mid 40s and slowly cooling off. i say dress enlayers but it should be-- in layer but it should be good with sunshine. 10:00 tomorrow evening, dry state-wide and temperatures should be moderating a bit as we head towards the work week. temperatures now and into the evening falling only into the teens for a change. we still have a couple cold pockets out there, like greeley, falling about 4 degrees but it does look like improving numbers in vail, steamboat springs, everyone tries to stay above zero. gunnison, sorry, you are falling once again, sub zero. in the metro area, down to 18 while a few clouds, quiet evening, sunrise coming 7:21, wall to wall sunshine, it should be a beauty. back to the 40s tomorrow afternoon, a couple degrees warmer than today. 39 greeley, 49 for the pueblo yaifr with the 30-- area with the 30s. a couple spots above the freezing mark for the first time

upper 40s northern colorado looking a-okay as well. again, soak in the shufrn while you can, it will be with us most of next week and look at that, on thursday possibly tracking just a couple light little snow flurries, i think into friday it will continue. if anything, the storm will bring slightly cooler temperatures but nothing we can't handle. handle just about anything. >> you have a coat on, danielle. >> i am being a rebel. i am sick of wearing coats and it isn't that bad when you are outside for 3 minutes. >> as you said, everybody was out today. it was true. everybody was out there. >> glorious, like we were talking earlier, you can actually feel the sunshine around here, it felt good to the soul. >> i agree. >> absolutely. >> get back in before you get chilly. a lot of people had really frigid areas welcoming with polar plunges, montana broke the ice for a deep dive, 8 divers

ventured into 34 degree water wearing special insulated suits to stay warm, some connected to ropes a a safety measure. when neighbors in summit, new jersey noticed a bear dozing off in a tree new year's eve, police decided to leave it alone and it slept through most of the attention and all the gawking it received by this morning it wandered off on its own. from camping, swimming everything in between, we wanted to see you how were spending the new year. >> tharngs to everyone who shared the photos for this 9

a fisher in australia ended up in a fight for his life against a shark, the man was able to escape throw suffering-- though suffering serious injuries, crews air lifted him for surgery.

more popular and bait fish move closer to the shore. fatalities remain pretty rare. >> lucky. cross fit jim in seattle helping our screws over-- crews over seas, chris cause deployed near baghdad, they pitched in money to order weights so chris wouldn't have to skip a workout. >> we felt like chris has given so much, not only to the country but to the community at seattle crossfit and we want to give back to chris. >> good for them. within 36 hours they raised $2700 and friends hope it provides a break from the stress of combat. it should arrive in time for chris's birthday. tens of thousands are following the final days of a dog named po. >> po is an instagram star and suffering from a terminal illness. po and his owner celebrated another year of life with a walk

po hasn't been a puppy for 15 years but his owner, thomas rodriguez, considered po his baby. he had kidney failure and tumors, thomas wanted po to have one last chance to dip his paws in the water so he brought him to the beach in florida. >> perfect, this is probably what it will be like in doggy heaven, waves crashing, sand on his paws. >> when thomas learned po was sick, he took him to the pacific ocean leading to a cross country roadtrip. po has pictures new york to san francisco and his adventures gained 125,000 followers on instagram. >> many now showing up as they make the stops. >> probably feels good on his little paws. >> draws big crowds. tennessee steps up protecting animals. the aftermath of

in pennsylvania the search for a boy with autism has come to a tragic conclusion, 5-year-old batista was found 5 miles from where he was new year's eve. he was not sensitive to heat or cold. the autopsy will help determine when he entered the canal. days of widespread flooding, there is still considerable damage as the concern shifts further downstream. the mississippi river pushing down stream 10 times the speed of niagara falls, it is expected to reach memphis next week. 500 nautical miles of river, they are looking for anyone that may be in trouble.

looking out for those who haven't evacuated and making sure that they don't need our assistance today. >> flooding across the mid-west threatened 9 million people after claiming 24 lives and leaving 2 missing, levees up and down 3 major rivererize stressed but holding-- rivers are stressed but holding for now. help is coming to those in tornados. for new moms is catching on. >> it is one of the last things you would expect on a door step, an ice box with directions. >> they just started coming in too fast for me to write them. >> the last thing candace thought she would be collecting-- >> the generosity of moms to other moms is amazing. >> this one is november 29, 5 ounces. >> bagged and on ice in her freezer. >> liquid gold, 3 ounceed of gold.

by miles, we have see the destruction and damage, candus and 3 other moms wanted to give more than clothes. >> the idea of having a waiting list of people that want to donate breast milk blows my mind. >> a few ounces turn under to hundreds, hundreds became thousands. they needed a facebook page just to manage it all. they are hoping people flock to it. >> hours of moms' lives pumping this milk and the jen rosheart it takes to give away your-- generous heart it takes to give incredible. >> candace is looking for moms that need the milk, some have been helped. >> spilling breast fill milk is cry worthy-- breast milk is cry worthy. >> the milk is donated and not officially screened. they receive only from donors taking medication. >> i hope it is a good thing for people that i haven't met yet.

way to help. >> that was joe reporting, the tornados that hit the area saturday killed 11 people and damaged hundreds of homes. next week, paris will remember the 17 people killed when terrorists attacked the charlie hebdo, this is a vigil remembering those who died. there will be plaques tuesday and another ceremony the mayor will plant a tree of remembrance, yesterday they were awarded france's highest decoration, the liegeant of honor. police in munich are keeping a heightened presence after an attack threatened new year's eve. police evacuated 2 strain stations after getting information isis fighters were planning attacks. the city has 200 more officers thon streets today on the look out for any suspicious activity and to keep the public reassured.

and pakistan, hundred proz tested against saudi arabia's execution of 47 people. saudi arabia announced the executions which included a prominent shiaat cleric, it is expected to heighten tensions across the region, it stirred anger as far as india. germany's foreign minister condemns the mass executions. with the new year, tennessee became the first state in the nation to have anne trujillomal abuse registry, similar to a sex offender registry, the animal registry tracks and publishes the names of people convicted of animal abuse, it only applies to convictions this point forward. anyone guilty in the past will avoid the registry. some advocates say it is disappointing, it could take months before it has useful data and will eventually help insure animals are adopted out to safe homes. a tiny remote town in utah is finally catching up with the

time people there have cell phone service, can you imagine? on a dirt road past more cows than people, the town of grouse creek got the first cell phone tower providing a sigful for the 50 or so residents. not quite 4-g but a start. >> it is nice to be able to tell people where you are or if you had a problem, especially if you had a problem, to get some help before it is a dangerous situation. >> this really is important, more than a signal, the cell service is a lifeline, a former emt in grouse creek says she knows of people that lost their lives because they got stuck in bad winter weather, couldn't call for help. it is possible to get stranded on a rural road and not see another car or person for days. >> that is remote. that is a problem for a lot of rural communities. from triple crown horse to near golden grand slam, we

>> the top sports headlines for 2015. >> sam, a lot of great stories this past year, i will give you the best 3, number 3, the grand slam chases of jordan spieth and sarina williams, i was captivated by both. emerging, wonderful athletes and aaa, seth curry, i think excited all of this in the country like maybe since lebron james. number 2 would be missouri football team, racial tension, threatened to boycott to get the school president fired no matter what side of the story, powerful story. number 1, pete carol's call in the super bowl, what happens, patriots win and then deflategate where the ffl calls their most popular player a cheater. those are my top 3. >> i am not aging gracefully, i

i have about 28 picks for 3. >> i threw a lot out-- pacquiao/may weather fight. >> j a category for things that didn't help necessarily on the field that were big, deflategate, missouri team, i have those as my nonathletic competition tops, but number 3 for me, like you, i had jordan spieth, ascension to the top. golden state's first title. i didn't have curry. >> but we are in there. >> first time in 40 years. first college playoff. >> ohio state. >> i wouldn't have brought it up, but ohio state won. number 2, i had sarina williams, you know, narrowly missing grand slam. >> she was in mine. >> kentucky men's basketball team had a chance to go undefeated and then losing semi finals. number 1, the horse, of course.

>> american pharoah. >> a horse. >> the first triple crown in what? 37 years, the first triple crown of the 21st century and 12th in the history of the sport. >> great story, american pharoah, but i want stoostay with human-- to stay with humans. here in colorado, my top 1-- the broncos hiring gary kubiak and indirectly with that, the demise of peyton manning. >> okay. i have, well, the heisman voters took a great story away from us. >> they did. >> but if mccaffrey had won the heisman, i think it would have been the biggest story, or at least one, but the demise of peyton manning. almost to the national category. >> it does-- >> guy with 136 touchdown passes his first 3 years go to, you

>> something has happened here that no one saw, whether locally or nationally, the peyton manning would fall to the point where he is the back up, he is going to be healthy enough to be the back up quarterback, if the broncos play 3-4 more games, he is the backup. hard to believe. >> father time has won again. that is going to do it for us in 2015. >> you don't give me any respect. that is it. >> i am a. >> i am z. >> chicken parm, you taste so good. it in my head! the snow falling in the italian alps after weeks of unseasonably warm weather. people didn't waste time geting to the slopes. it came too late for the thousands of families who vacation in the mountains for the holidays but now it is here to stay, with massive snowfalls forecasted for the next few

look at them. >> look at that. heavy smog blanketing southwest china brought traffic to a halt, this happen tlz a lot. some stretch-- happens there is a lot. some highways were shut down, leaving hundreds of cars stranded on the road, rain is expected oo disperse some of the smog. china has a real problem. >> you can't hardly see. yoocoming up-- coming up, danielle will recap on us how much rain and snow we had in 2015.

we were reflecting on 2015 and how much rain we received in the spring. >> we were like, come on! a sunny day. >> unbelievable. >> usually we get our sunshine in spurts around here, despite the soggy springs but not the case this spring. i decided to take a look back, month by month so you could see the break down of how much precipitation we saw in 2015. pretty incredible. april, may, and june, more than

or 3 and 3/4, i should say, for may. that is when it was like, come on, mother nature, throw us a bone, anything, then we dried out july, august, picking up an inch. september was exceptionally dry, we were thinking fire concerns but the past couple months have done us well, little above average for the grand total of 2015, 18.31 inches. >> how about that? >> yeah, 4 inches above where we should be and a break down as far as the snow, we didn't have anything, nothing. september, october, and isn't that interesting? november and december-- >> exactly the same. >> yes. >> twins. so, keeping our grand total 22.6 inches thus far. usually in a year we see 57 inches, we have several more months to go, an el nino year, as we have been talking about, i

big heavy hitter storms, even march, april, usually oush snowiest months around-- our snowiest months around here. >> great skiing. >> i remember going out in may last year. fresh powder. it was an incredible month. >> beautiful. >> we will see what this year holds. >> fingers crossed. you know you go into dairy queen and get a blizzard and they do the up/down thing-- >> yeah? >> yeah. >> dairy queen restaurants kicking off with vowing to serve all blizzard treats upside down or the next one is free. thickness. locations. >> i just want to go every day. i don't know fw it is because we are-- if it is because we are midwestern kids and every summer night you want dairy queen. >> hat is right. for those looking for love in 2015, match.com declared tomorrow dating sunday. >> like a hallmark holiday. >> the site sees a 60% spike in

and valentine's day and the sunday after new year's is the biggest day of the year, so match proclaims january 3 dating sunday saying it is as close to a national holiday for single daters as you can get. there you have it. >> now you know. i notice that there are retailers that already have >> yeah. >> push is already on for tt. next holiday. >> big. >> the world we live in. coming up later in sports, the bronchose talk about what-- broncos talk what they must do to beat the charges. the goalway for a major

the avs hoping the 2016 is a little better than 2015 for them. all right, a lot better.

forget for the avalanche for sure, but still plenty of hockey to play. tonight playing calgary, jerome's former team, when he scored most-of his 599 goals, that is right, his next one will be extra special getting 600 against his old friends, that would be even cooler. plus his entire family is here. well, not quite all of them. >> my mom went home-- maybe she thought she was here last game so i was trying but, maybe she thought she was putting too much pressure on me, she was here over the holidays and she went home but she will be watching, my dad and stuff, and they watch every game, especially the games against calgary, so but my wife and kids and stuff, they will be here and but, trying to prepare the same way and, you know, try

know, it is something that a goalie-- not like you can just make it happen or whatever, you go, work hard, and do good things and help the team and hopefully the goal comes along the way. >> mom will watch it on tv. >> yeah right. the nuggets are in golden state to take on the 30 and 2 warriors, we will have hockey and hoop highlights, coming up tonight at 10:00. tomorrow, of course, the broncos/chargers, there sareason they call san diego the finest city but the chargers may be leaveing the city soon, it could be their last as the san diego chargers, but the broncos don't care. sanders told me on had huddle all they care about is winning and getting that bye. >> we talk about it all the time, we come off a big win, people walking around talking statistics and this team has this record, they have a pro-bowl quarterback, rose not playing, still, they got defensive end, they have

can make plays and obviously the talks we are hearing from what they are saying is, look, they want to upset us. we gotta go out and handle business. >> you mention eric wedal, it came out he was flying $10,000, he didn't go half time at the game, he wanted to watch his daughter doing the routine with the cheerleaders he got fined $10,000, sus penned and he ain't even going to play against you. >> you know, wedal is one of my good friends, i am thankful he is not, he is a play maker and reeks havoc on the secondary, again, you got a young guy filling in and i hear the question all the time, this guy is not playing, it should be an easy cake walk for you guys. when young guys get their opportunity, they are trying to make the most, so we can't take any of those guys lightly. >> denver took care of the

bolts only had a fieldgoal. a performance weir believes denver can repeat. >> i think anything is realistic f if it happen once, it can happen again. you gotta play the same way, and you gotta, you know, come with tenacity in the game and we can't make those big mistakes we had last week and had to play fundamentally sound game, offance, defense, and special teams. >> always tough, especially with a team you know, you feel like you know them and you feel like you know this person, boom, throw a wrench in and throw you all off. >> going against phillip, it will be a great game, one of my favorite quarterbacks to go against. doesn't matter our record and their record, we will give our best and they will. >> broncos 9-point favorite. the key is getting the win and getting that bye so they can heal up.

rivers is already trash talking it. 4 and 11, or whatever. >> von likes playing them because he usually gets to them. >> love it. >> it will be a good game. thanks.

how is our weekend shaping up? >> awesome. >> yes? >> today was great, temperatures in the 40s, all the sunshine, and tomorrow looks even better. look at this, we will be back to 47 in the metro. >> beautiful. >> i am telling you, i am telling you, the big pay off after the deep freeze. broncos/chargers game, kick off looking good, mid 40s, cool field. upper 30s then. gorgeous and possibly light snow toward the end of next week. thursday and friday, but we can handle it.

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