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a wind advisory for our north and eastbound hills.wide spread over parts of the sacramento valley. right now, not seeing a whole lot of wind out there. fair field is one of the only areas where i'm seeing the gifts pick up at this time, and seeing it right here. town in this area, coming from the north, the gusts there and strengthing over the next few hours or so. temperatures on the cool side this morning. it's 438 in concord, upper 30s in santa rosa, we'll shave off a few degrees or afternoon highs as we began a cooling trend. full forecast coming up. >> the chm is investigating a sing -- chp is investigating a single car crash that killed a driver yesterday. according to highway patrol, the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed. the car went down into a vineyard and slipped over several times. chp says weather may have also played a factor in that crash. >> conditions at the time were pretty heavily fogged in, and visibility was limited. >> the mail driver was in his late 30 tos. investigators have not yet released other de

they were treated overnight, this is a live look at route 70 in cherry hill, new jersey where eastbound lanes of 70 are closed between the restaurant there and 295 all because of a transformer fire. north on the northeast extension, north of quakertown a tractor trailer slid off the roadway. only the left lane is open. roosevelt boulevard traffic lights are defective at ninth street. an accident in mount holly on north on 295 and right at exit number 45. so don't let the the rain fool you, although, rain hitting the windshield right now. we had snow early, and that snow and rain mix now, is leaving with us a slushy slippery road surface. in mount laurel, new jersey church street is blocked right here near laurel acres park. that is best location we can give you there. use union mill road as an alternate. an opening scheduled for tacony palmyra at 6:45 this morning. all of the major roadways have knocked the speeds down from 35 to 45 miles an hour. septa says they are in good shape but platforms could be slippery this morning. mike and alex back to you. >>> 6:04. a two-year old girl was

>> good morning, erika i'm in cherry hill on route 70 eastbound approaching 295. and the new jersey dot road crews have made a path or two on route 7o but still the rub is her not meeting the road. it is still completely snow covered. you can't see the white lines painted on the road. and if you go onto a secondary street, side street, if you want to turnoff the road onto a side street or into a parking lot, you are going to feel the cars slide because the roads are snow covered and crews really have not had a chance to get out done their thing yet. >> have you seen any road crews? >> route 70, yes crews are out, right now the snow still coming down, and i think they wanted to wait a little bit and let the snowfall before they got out and did what they needed to do. but, yes crews are out, and they are working. this is prime time for them, ukee. >> all right those off and onramps can be very tricky indeed. we'll check back with you thanks. >> you bet. 4:13 hey snow still coming down affecting a loft areas right, katy? >> i think as we've been hearing from all of t

look for a crash at kelly road and easton road and cherry hill a broken down vehicle from 70 eastbound. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you meteorologist melissa magee, is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up next. hey. these are good. what have you been feeding us all these years? kfc popcorn nuggets. 100% white meat, extra crispy, and made from the world's best chicken. try our kfc bucket and popcorn nuggets meal. these don't even come with a toy and i don't care. >>> now, to meteorologist, melissa magee we are making up with the lack of snow with the cold. >> no lack of cold, we get a nice break today and then one after that and then we track snow and the arctic attack guys. the action cam was outside of penn's landing, we are looking at camden new jersey and the camden waterfront. we have got partly cloudy skies over head and we did have sunny breaks flew most of the day and that is why the temperatures climbed above the freezing mark. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's nice and dry and quiet across the delaware and lehigh v

hill, delaware county. watch for it on was watson road. construction blocks the right lane on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between willow grove and bensalem you have one lane blocked. ramp 295 northbound to 168 is closed that should open up in another half-hour it's construction currently tam. >> developing this morning firefighters in cape may county battled flames and brutal cold. the multi-alarm fire broke out on the 4700 block of 5th avenue in avalon. the blaze was under construction and spread to two neighboring homes. one home was gutted. the two other homes suffered smoke and fire and the cold temperatures and water supply issues made things worse. but thankfully in the end nobody was hurt. >>> developing this morning a marble slab crashed into the awning of a handbag store, no injuries reported, city inspectors are investigating. >> the cold is relentless, the windchills go through your bones, this makes frosty the snow man question his entire career. >> eva pilgrim is probably thinking of warmer climbs she is live at the transportation center where commuters are braving the cold. >> reporter: good morning, guys if you're not a wa

eastbound on 83 approaching 73. that right lane is blocked as you come away from the cherry hill mall and in vineland, a wreck at 97 delsy drive at forest grove road. >>> lets grab the ipad and do the waze app the pothole in the road we are seeing so many of those these days, this one near chapman road in newcastle county. you want to know where the potholes are just download the waze app for free. we'll check it again in the 4:30 half hour. >> thank you matt. >>> still ahead could every bar and restaurant be forced to put cameras outside of their businesses why at least one philadelphia leader wants to make it a reality. and a data breach affecting blue cross blue shield, it may have exposed the information of tens of millions of people and new details on the pope's trip to america, what he plans to do when he is in the country for the world meeting of families. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 i

. >> reporter: minor accidents in the eastbound lanes of the schuylkill slowed traffic always drivers creeped by. city avenue, small cars struggled to get up hillvehicles negotiated the oxford circle covered with several inches of snow. >> we have 250 trucks on the street. primarily this will be a plowing operation until the snow is done. >> reporter: the quick accumulation mailed it tough -- made it tough for the philadelphia streets department to keep up. >> we had salt out there from last week's storm. the concern was if we go ahead and brine with the temperatures of the roads and the air temperature, we would be causing a worse problem with the brine freezing to the roadway. >> reporter: some of septa's bus routes were suspended or detoured. by late evening center city streets turned from snow to slush. the snow called for a tradition on the art museum stems. >> is this your sled? >> it tried to be. >> reporter: students from drexel grabbed whatever they can to get that philadelphia sledding experience. >> this is the best experience in philadelphia, sledding down the art museum stairs this is a philadelphia tradition that everybody should

hill to highway 24. very if shape. northbound traffic is good. a roth until 11 o'clock eastbound san mateo bridge from foster city boulevard that is where you will find cones blocking off the lanes. in the westbound direction you are looking at 16 miles per hour speed and nabs to the south, the dumbarton bridge is looking clear. >> if you win the jackpot $1 million is what you give the gay who packs very car. >> that would not leave much for her. >> $400 million. hope that is enough. >> a unique fast food mix will hitmen uses in america's money report. stay tuned. ♪ good morning, usher! hey! did you know bees communicate through dance? me too... we're practically twins! >>> covering benicia, san ramon san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> walnut creek, 5:12 this is interstate 680 southbound with the tail lights in walnut creek area. at exit. moving along okay. we will check with leyla gulen in a couple of minutes. >> the sonoma county sheriff i asking for help identifying a young womans would body washed up in the serve at driftwood beach, 20 to 35 5' 2 and weigh

eastbound towards 95 and everybody is kind of just slowly creeping along. that's what you have to do but you still need to maintain enough momentum to make it up hills and suchowly you'll not going to be able to make it up the hills. you'll end up spinning or something like that. you have to balance the speeds as you head out this morning. no accidents or anything on the vine but it is a very slippery treacherous situation as is the case on all of the highways and the secondary routes this morning. so often we say just stick to the highways, they're just wet they'll be fine. that's not the case this morning. they're mostly snow covered and very slippery as are the bridges so the result not surprisingly are those speed restrictions in effect across-the-board here at our good buddy the ben franklin bridge its just 25 miles per hour at the moment. and already we've had a bunch of accidents as karen has been telling you. there's one here in jackson township along 195 eastbound at jackson mills, a vehicle ran off the road. good news is everything associated with that crash is off to the side. matt and tam. >> thank you matt for the update. >>> let's take you back

hill to walnut creek up to highway 24 northbound traffic we have a construction project 20 treat and monument. we have this construction project scheduled until 11 o'clock a.m. and we have laned blocks eastbound highway 92 between foster city boulevard be aware of that with a view of the san mateo and dumbarton bridges no matter which you take all at top speed. the sotheby -- south bay is clear and accident free. >> fell authorities say california's $68 billion high-speed rail project could harm the protected federal railroad administration are out of compliance with environmental commitments for building the bullet train line in fresno area. the fish and wildlife service claims the contractor preliminary's work infringed on habitats for a fox. the contractor denies the claims the fox has been on the endangered species list since 1967. >> unwanted home news, mercury levels in yellow fin tuna are rising 4 percent each year according to findings published this week in the journal of environmental toxicology and chemistry. it is a trend that scientists say will continue and be worse. murk you -- mercury is dangerous if regulate women and young children and linked to birth defects. the key is to

hill road at plaza drive two left lanes blocked. a water main break there, as well. 66 east of compton road no problems eastbound or westbound. taking a look at 95 in virginia everything moving along quite nicely. dale city actually looking pretty good right now. you know that will get a little bit clogged up here in the next 20 minutes or so. beltway at indian head highway rolling along quite well. and taking a wide look at thing things, everything moving nicely. >>> new this morning, a former korean air executive will spend a year in prison for having a tantrum on a plane because she was served macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a plate. the daughter of korean air's chairman achieved infamy after she ordered the chief flight attendant off a december flight and forced to return to the gate at jfk airport. >>> in news 4 your health, total hip replacement surgery is becoming more common for people over the age of 45. that's according to new government data. the overall number of these surgeries doubled from 2000 to 2010. for people ages 55 to 64 the number nearly tripled. there is shall good news. average length of hospital

eastbound heading into philadelphia were snow covered by mid evening. minor accidents like this one slowed traffic as drivers creeped by, penndot worked to keep up. small cars struggled to get up hill. vehicles negotiated the oxford circle covered with snow. >> we have 250 trucks on the streets. >> reporter: the quick accumulation made it tough for philadelphia streets compartment to keep up, and the record low temperatures made it hard to prepare. >> we had plenty of residual salt out there from last week's storm. if we were to brine, with the temperatures of the roads and air temperatures it will be a worse problem. >> reporter: some of the septa's buses were suspended or detoured. the snow called for a tradition on the art museum steps. is this your sled? >> it tried to be. >> reporter: students from drexel grabbed whatever they can to get that philadelphia sledding experience. >> this is the best experience in philadelphia sliding dowrnl the art museum stairs it's a philadelphia tradition everybody needs to experience. >> and septa riders heading out this morning check septa.org before you head out there's been a lot of changes and detours bowft -- because of the weather. >> ca

south, eastbound traffic is backing up to the northbound side of the roosevelt extension that jams up to broad street like most afternoon in perkasie, a crash at blooming ridge road, stay on callow hill street to get around that and a crash at koppel hill road and warrington a crash at limokiln pike and the overturned vehicle in pitman, gloucester county. avoid avoid the water main break blocking off main street at philadelphia avenue and stick with north avenue instead and delays on the wilmington newark line because of am tract issues. >> thank you matt. still ahead on "action news," rap mogul turned suspect is transported to the hospital. we'll explain. >>> she wrote one of the most iconic novels of the 20th century now word of a new novel by harper lee. >> and warmth is building across most of the lower 48 and we'll talk about the warm up and another slam down in the arctic temperatures by the end of week. >> okay adam a west philadelphia childrens library that is underfunded and shuttered for year is ready to welcome youngsters again. >>> and jaime apody has sports including a philadelphia legend on the cusp of making history. winter is hard on your face. the start of sneeze sea

eastbound approaching 23 off to the side. another accident on trooper road at 422. a lot of stuff happening today. let's go to the maps and talk about an accident at elm and fayette. hillown township we have an accident involving a deer. route 1 southbound creating a jamup. they have been able to clear the guy, but southbound is jammed from 213 to business route 1. it's a slow go on route 1 in bucks county. stick to i-95 southbound instead. matt and tam talked about the water main break in kensington. how are the street and berk street. a number of streets are being blocked because of the water main break. hope is blocked but you can use front or hancock and diamond street. meanwhile, to glance at the speeds, 18 miles per hour i-95 southbound near girard that's jammed up. 29 miles per hour on the schuylkill expressway westbound past the boulevard. the temperatures 15 degrees, so if you got a water main break you know you'll have icy conditions throughout the region with temperatures like this, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> a new york man is accused of a bizarre crime spree it includes destroying a home and killing a cat and robbing two students. he broke into a home an

eastbound, west bound, everything flowing. beltway at kenilworth, seeing a lot of volume here, but no issues. everything moving along quite nicely. looking about 40 miles per hour there. and then silver hill road in suit land at plaza drive two left lanes blocked from another water main break. i'm back at 6:31. >>> 6:224. this morning we're hearing from the coach of that little league team that was just stripped 6 its u.s. championship title. the league says chicago's jackie robinson west false filed boundary maps, that allowed the team to use players who lived outside the area the team represents. and last night the coach defended his team. >> the boys did what they were supposed to do. so like independent, i'm still a proud coach, i love them. >> with the title strippedindependent, i'm still a proud coach, i love them. >> with the title stripped it is now being awarded to mountain ridge little league from las vegas. >>> we're told a teenager escaped with just a lot of soot on his clothes and probably egg on his face after he was stuck in a chimney in arizona. take a look at this picture. >> yeah, don't look up buddy. >> might want to warn your kids don't tryer this at home. they had to

hills. you will recognize this in just a second bob? >> good morning everybody. in the everybody a hell cooperate tore get around there like that laid there i but 422, eastbound we have the win incoming over construction sign at the trooper road interchange. we will check rest of the road, sue has the forecast it was one year ago today, february 3rd, 2014 that we were in the middle of our eighth storm and we had 3.5 inches of snow. that gave us a total of 40.6 inches of snow in comparison as of today counting in the little bit of snow before the changeover yesterday, it is 5.2 inches of snow for the the entire season, so far what a difference from race season. so, we have had wind chills this morning that we are dealing with that are pretty dangerous. so let's see these are the numbers what it feels like outside, single digit wind chills, feels like 7 degrees one in lancaster, 12 below very dangerous wind chill in mount pocono. eight in dover. it feels like five in atlantic city. these are actual temperatures in the teens and 20's but you have to wear layers. bundle up again. wind, of course, what factors into make it feel so cold and our win gusts, 24 miles an

hill. not too bad. the richmond san rafael toll plaza is empty and the drive will only take five minutes. we have a problem through gilroy and traveling between highway one to 101 eastbound and westbound highway 152 it is going to be shut down until further notice because of a down tree. can you take 129 and use highway 101 to get to highway 1. 101 shows top speed into morgan hill we have clear conditions and to the north the dumbarton bridge is 65 miles per hour away from newark to east palo alto. and north of san mateo bridge clear and accident-free. >> heinz has a new spicy flavor of ketchup. >> early morning explosion of a las vegas hotel hit as new snag with a new challenge for the crews. stay tuned. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >> covering santa close berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> that is a heck after wake-up call. it is official. the las vegas hotel is in more. the 12

causing a delay trying to get through temple hill. 410 westbound before adelphi road, only the right means getting by. a water main break and repairs. 66 eastboundt hear every day. virginia state authorities were sent to assist an owl in the roadway along the right side. all right, tell us what is coming jacqui jeras. jacqui: we are looking for cold air, and that will be the big story is arctic air plunges into our region. not to bank that right now. -- not too bad right now. our by hour we expect the cold front to pass by midday today. by the afternoon our, the wind will be strong enough that are feel factor will be dropping down into the 20's. teens expected for the drive home at ross much of the region. overnight tonight, the wind will stay strong enough. that will wake up the feel factor between plus five two -5. it may feel like -10. tomorrow will be a cold day with temperatures only in the upper 20's for highs. autria: thank you, and thank you for watching. >>> good morning, america. right now, three winning tickets sold in last night's powerball drawing. splitting the jackpot of more than $564 million. also right now, chris kyle's widow d