ktvu's maureen naylor is live at the airport. it is busy there and there are long delays. >> reporter: that comes on what officials say is one of the busiest travel days of the year. there are still a steady flow of cars and people and wind and rain. airport is expecting an increase in holiday travelers. >> reporter: tonight the family waved good-bye to the bay area for christmas in cancun. >> reporter: with a full tank of gas, this man began the 3- 1/2 hour drive home to nevada city. >> might snow up there but it is not too bad and looks like it will be mild conditions. >> reporter: aaa predicts the highest number of travelers ever recorded. 11million californians to leave home, 10 million by car and 950,000 by plane. tonight rush hour packed with cars. >> somebody didn't notice it. >> reporter: traffic was halted in san jose because of this accident. the airport expect as 3% jump in travelers. it will be the first christmas for this baby who was sleeping when he arrived. >> it is stressful but worth it to get to spend time with

ktvu's maureen naylor is live at the airport. it is busy there and there are long delays. >> reporter: that comes on what officials say is one of the busiest travel days of the year. there are still a steady flow of cars and people and wind and rain. airport is expecting an increase in holiday travelers. >> reporter: tonight the family waved good-bye to the bay area for christmas in cancun. >> reporter: with a full tank of gas, this man began the 3- 1/2 hour drive home to nevada city. >> might snow up there but it is not too bad and looks like it will be mild conditions. >> reporter: aaa predicts the highest number of travelers ever recorded. 11million californians to leave home, 10 million by car and 950,000 by plane. tonight rush hour packed with cars. >> somebody didn't notice it. >> reporter: traffic was halted in san jose because of this accident. the airport expect as 3% jump in travelers. it will be the first christmas for this baby who was sleeping when he arrived. >> it is stressful but worth it to get to spend time with

maureen naylor continues our coverage now. she is in felton where a critical road for several communities is closed at this hour, maureen. >> reporter: the wind and light wind started picking up once again. north of here two lanes of this highway are shut down tonight in both directions. people spending this friday night in the dark. candles illuminated this home in the santa cruz mountains tonight for this mother and 3- year-old daughter no electricity means new activities. >> play games, she's great at candy land. she's learning to go fish. it's back to the old days with no applications, no computers, no tv. >> reporter: with umbrellas in hand they only had to walk out their front door to see why they're in the dark. a downed tree took out a power line on highway 9. >> it's not really scary until it's right in your backyard. >> reporter: it's right your front yard huh. >> yeah it's right in my front yard. >> reporter: a steady rain fell as this pg & e team worked to repair the power poll and move the downed lines. car after

maureen naylor continues our coverage now. she is in felton where a critical road for several communities is closed at this hour, maureen. >> reporter: the wind and light wind started picking up once again. north of here two lanes of this highway are shut down tonight in both directions. that's where we found some people spending this friday night in the dark. candles illuminated this home in the santa cruz mountains tonight for this mother and 3- year-old daughter no electricity means new activities. >> play games, she's great at candy land. she's learning to go fish. it's back to the old days with no applications, no computers, no tv. >> reporter: with umbrellas in hand they only had to walk out their front door to see why they're in the dark. a downed tree took out a power line on highway 9. >> it's not really scary until it's right in your backyard. >> reporter: it's right in your front yard huh. >> yeah it's right in my front yard. >> reporter: a steady rain fell as this pg & e team worked to repair the power poll and mov

maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now, all cable car service in san francisco has beendown. they were brought down at 8:00 p.m. tonight. officials sell us an a-- tell us an alarm went off prompting them to shut down. it should be back up and running tomorrow morning. >>> leaders are considering lowering fees for taxi medallions to $510. they say the current fees are too high. >> reporter: two bay area military groups are being celebrated for their strong partnership. [ music playing ] >> an award ceremony was held today for the bay area coast guard and the oakland military institute. they were recognized by the coast guard for their collaboration and strong relationship of mentoring, education and positive interaction. governor jerry brown was also at the event. >>> a nurse duped by a prank call made to the hospital where kate middleton was treated was found dead this morning in london. she was found dead near king edward vii hospital. police are calling the death unexplained. two disk jockeys called and asked to be put through to the ward. >> she was recently the victi

maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now, all cable car service in san francisco has been shut down. they were brought down at 8:00 p.m. tonight. officials sell us an a-- tell us an alarm went off prompting them to shut down. it should be back up and running tomorrow morning. >>> leaders are considering lowering fees for taxi medallions to $510. they say the current fees are too high. >> reporter: two bay area military groups are being celebrated for their strong partnership. [ music playing ] >> an award ceremony was held today for the bay area coast guard and the oakland military institute. they were recognized by the coast guard for their collaboration and strong relationship of mentoring, education and positive interaction. governor jerry brown was also at the event. >>> a nurse duped by a prank call made to the hospital where kate middleton was treated was found dead this morning in london. she was found dead near king edward vii hospital. police are calling the death unexplained. two disk jockeys called and asked to be put through to the ward. >> she was recently the

. >>> maureen naylor is live at stanford, where it's been 13 years since the cardinal football team made way to the rose bowl. >> reporter: they expect to see more sales than the last time the cardinal went to the rose ball. at the stanford bookstore tonight -- >> are you going to go? >> for sure. >> reporter: she bought a new shirt to take with her to pasadena. >> i would like to have my different shirts and items that i can point to grand kids in years. >> reporter: rose bowl merchandise went on sale yesterday. >> i think we're going to get this shirt as well. >> reporter: these season ticket holders also have tickets to the game. >> i know so many people who are going. >> it's been building every year, and now we've made it to the rose ball. it's going to be great. >> reporter: ticket demand is greater than last time. >> we've had far greater demand, than we've had tickets allocated to us. we've blown past our ticket allocation, and we're probably going to be 20% greater than that. >> reporter: fans are shelling out between 150, and $185 per ticket, each adorned with roses. i asked th

. >>> maureen naylor is live at stanford, where it's been 13 years since the cardinal football team made way to the rose bowl. >> reporter: they expect to see more sales than the last time the cardinal went to the rose ball. at the stanford bookstore tonight -- >> are you going to go? >> for sure. >> reporter: she bought a new shirt to take with her to pasadena. >> i would like to have my different shirts and items that i can point to grand kids in years. >> reporter: rose bowl merchandise went on sale yesterday. >> i think we're going to get this shirt as well. >> reporter: these season ticket holders also have tickets to the game. >> i know so many people who are going. >> it's been building every year, and now we've made it to the rose ball. it's going to be great. >> reporter: ticket demand is greater than last time. >> we've had far greater demand, than we've had tickets allocated to us. we've blown past our ticket allocation, and we're probably going to be 20% greater than that. >> reporter: fans are shelling out between 150, and $185 per ticket, each adorned with roses. i asked th

maureen naylor is in the south bay. with a 10- year-old there who says he can't stop thinking about what happened. >> reporter: frank we're live at ida pierce middle school where we hear that the children plan to send their secret santa presents to the surviving victims of sandy hook elementary. chanting buddhist monks join a diverse group to remember the victims in newtown connecticut. >> very depressed. saturday tried to stay in and try to shake it out of my mind but it was hard to. >> reporter: in the lobby of the county building, ornaments with smiling faces hang from this christmas tree. this fifth grader shared what he can't stop thinking about. >> the presents under your christmas trees at home that are waiting for you. but you are no longer here to open them. >> reporter: with a 2 -month-old baby boy this mother is keeping him and his 4-year- old daughter a little closer. >> cuddled with them. she slept in the room that night, both of them. keeping them close. just praying. >> reporter: more than 60 vowed their

maureen naylor is in the south bay. tonight she spoke with a 10- year-old there who says he can't stop thinking about what happened. >> reporter: frank we're live at ida pierce middle school where we hear that the children plan to send their secret santa presents to the surviving victims of sandy hook elementary. chanting buddhist monks join a diverse group to remember the victims in newtown connecticut. >> very depressed. saturday tried to stay in and try to shake it out of my mind but it was hard to. >> reporter: in the lobby of the county building, ornaments with smiling faces hang from this christmas tree. this fifth grader shared what he can't stop thinking about. >> the presents under your christmas trees at home that are waiting for you. but you are no longer here to open them. >> reporter: with a 2 -month-old baby boy this mother is keeping him and his 4-year- old daughter a little closer. >> cuddled with them. she slept in the room that night, both of them. keeping them close. just praying. >> reporter: more th

maureen naylor standing by live with what police have to tell you. >> reporter: we want to give you ana of what happened right now. i'm standing in front of the kohl's where this happened. we saw some bomb sniffing dogs two of them actually go into the store. police tell us a customer saw a threat written on the bathroom wall inside the door. the writing said there was a bomb in the building. just after 2:00 this afternoon kohl's was evacuated along with 20 other stores. police were putting this caution tape to rope off the area. this isn't the only portion taped off. inside they closed a good portion of the store off. although technically the mall is still open. we also saw that kohl's employees are waiting outside just to make sure they'll be able to go back inside to work. this as police are doing a methodically search inside. >> we have not found anything suspicious as of yet. but we do have the sheriff department bomb squad responding and once they get here we will do another search to check. but so far nothing suspicious but we're erroring on the side of caution. >> sheriff deput

. >> i am maureen naylor. >> in an hour a church is set to hold its first services since a shooting on christmas eve. a mother attending the service was wounded shielding her children. ktvu's eric rasmussen talked to her today about what doctors are saying. >> reporter: it was a close call but she is expected to make a full recovery. this woman felt no pain when she was shot. we talked to her in the hospital. she was among 100 people who were at that christmas eve service when several butts came through the -- bullets came through the walls. her first instinct was to protect her children. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: in spanish she said when i saw the bullet i threw myself over them so it might hit me and not them. she showed us where she was shot. doctors told her the doctors narrowly missed her heart. after three surgeries she is doing well and thanks god she is alive. police say a 17-year-old was also shot outside the church. he is expected to make a full recovery. police are still looking for the shooters and the church does not appear to be the target. she still has

. >> and i'm maureen naylor. frank and julie are off tonight. we begin with breaking news out of marin county where two people in the last hour have been rescued from the water near the golden gate bridge. coast guard officials tell us they received a call that two people were struggling in the water in this area. rescue boats raced to the site and just about 30 minutes ago coast guard crews pulled two people from the water. there's no word on the victim's identity or their condition. >>> as law enforcement agencies get ready for beefed up dui patrols around the bay area. a lawmaker is proposing a new bill that toughness drunk driving laws. patti lee joins us with details on that plan. >> reporter: there will be multiple dui checkpoints including here in palo alto which will have a command center set up by 9:00 a.m. these are after a bill passed this afternoon will help stop repeat drunk drivers. >> a drink or two drink for some people you can't drive. >> reporter: we sat in on a mandatory treatment session for men arrested while driving under t

>> and i'm maureen naylor. frank and julie are off tonight. this evening, former president george h.w. bush is in guarded condition as a houston hospital with what's being called a stubborn fever. the 88-year-old former president has been in the hospital for bronchitis for almost four weeks now of the doctors say his cough is improving but a lingering fever took him into intensive care. >> it includes a persistent fever and doctors are doing everything they can to wrap their arms around t they're cautiously optimistic that their current course of treatment is going to be effective. >> the former president's spokesman said the former president is alert and talking with staff. the senior bush has gotten visits from his son, former president george w. bush and former florida governor jeb bush. >>> we are on storm watch tonight even though it's mostly dry in the bay area right now. there's a winter storm warning in the sierra. it's not keeping people from flocking to the sierra. ken? >> reporter: right now you can see a touch of snow coming down h

good evening and thanks for joining us i'm maureen naylor. >> and i'm ken pritchett. frightening moments today when a car slammed into a funeral home in concord. the crash sent three people to the hospital including the teenagers inside the car. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in concord with what police suspect the driver may have been doing right before the crash, jade. >> reporter: well ken this impact shook this funeral chapel so hard that everyone inside thought there had been an earthquake. there's deep gashes in the ground. the front of the building is boarded up and there's a pile of debris still out front. but what you can't see is how close one man says he claim to not ringing in the new year. at first glance there was the nose of the chevy nova. it was sticking aout of -- out of the chap -l and debris was everywhere. with the arms around those who had been ushered outside of the side room was inside, they were grateful. >> literally sends after i had been in the side room, the car careened into the building. >> reporter: inside the funeral home the car struck

. >> good evening, i'm maureen naylor, heather holmes is off tonight we're on storm watch. we have team camera tonight. meteorologist mark tamayo will detail when the next storm will hit and we begin with ktvu's lorraine lorraine blanco live in napa. >> reporter: the flood warning runs through the night and so does the sandbag operation. city workers say residents have filled 40,000 tons of sand. near the napa river many spent is their saturday blocking openings in case the river overflows its bank. as for downtown, city leaders tell us napas a years long project is two-thirds complete and believe those measures will protect the area. >> we're looking at our modeling and our flood project improvements and we're anticipating that what we have done to protect the community from flooding will keep the river in its banks within the city based on the projections of rainfall amounts. >> reporter: city leaders and member of the flood district will meet torte. if it rains more than expected they will open a emergency center to send out help wherever needed live in napa, lorraine bl

maureen naylor talked to the directors of that mosque and found out some of the incidents may have been caught on tape. >> reporter: police say it all started in this islamic center, a man walked in, threatened to have a gun and said he would kill everybody inside. he was ordered to leave without hurting anyone but tonight he has not been caught. that threat happened yesterday afternoon. other wise known as the ikic located in pack of the business park off good road in free monday. >> it's a bit concern but i'm hoping this will not happen again. >> leaders invited us inside. >> we're very worried about a situation that happened in oregon in a mosque so we just did not want that to happen here. >> it's made up of 500 members who are who come here for prayer and education. >> waoáe not sure what kind of person showed up. we will be feting pictures o of this that system. >> police say they are not sure if the threat would tell. >>> police say they don't have a lot to go on saying the suspect is man in his 30s who possibly drove off in a gray toyota camera. >> reporter: fremont officers wil

maureen naylor talked to the directors of that mosque and found out some of the incidents may have been caught on tape. >> reporter: police say it all started in this islamic center, a man walked in, threatened to have a gun and said he would kill everybody inside. he was ordered to leave without hurting anyone but tonight he has not been caught. that threat happened yesterday afternoon. other wise known as the ikic located in pack of the business park off good road in free monday. >> it's a bit concern but i'm hoping this will not happen again. >> leaders invited us inside. >> we're very worried about a situation that happened in oregon in a mosque so we just did not want that to happen here. >> it's made up of 500 members who are who come here for prayer and education. >> waoáe not sure what kind of person showed up. we will be feting pictures o of this that system. >> police say they are not sure if the threat would tell. >>> police say they don't have a lot to go on saying the suspect is man in his 30s who possibly drove off in a gray toyota camera. >> reporter: fremont officers wil

reporting live in san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> one oakland leader now speaking out about that deal announced yesterday to keep the police department out of federal receivership. >> this is in my opinion, even tied hands of the police officer men and women to do their job. >> reporter: councilman ignacio de la fuente said. the agreement is a result of the writers case in which there were allegations of abuse by the opd. the deal will still needs a judge's approval. >>> san francisco police department filed suit against a body repair service. vasquez told ktvu he hasn't done anything illegal. >>> the state attorney general filed suit against delta airlines saying the company's mobile app violates california privacy law. the flight delta app collecting personal information. the suit aims to stop delta from distributing the app until it posts such a policy. the lawsuit is also seeking $2,500 per violation. a delta spokesperson said he can't comment on pending litigation. >>> tonight at 10:30, trouble at a horizon. the long simmering labor pursuit that might come to

reporting live in san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> one oakland leader now speaking out about that deal announced yesterday to keep the police department out of federal receivership. >> this is in my opinion, even tied hands of the police officer men and women to do their job. >> reporter: councilman ignacio de la fuente said. the agreement is a result of the writers case in which there were allegations of abuse by the opd. the deal will still needs a judge's approval. >>> san francisco police department filed suit against a body repair service. vasquez told ktvu he hasn't done anything illegal. >>> the state attorney general filed suit against delta airlines saying the company's mobile app violates california privacy law. the flight delta app collecting personal information. the suit aims to stop delta from distributing the app until it posts such a policy. the lawsuit is also seeking $2,500 per violation. a delta spokesperson said he can't comment on pending litigation. >>> tonight at 10:30, trouble at a horizon. the long simmering labor pursuit that might come to

ktvu's maureen naylor live there now. you have new information about what turned out to be a very specific yet unfounded threat. >> gasia, that's correct. we got word three hours ago that there was no explosive at the kohl's behind me. we also got more information about what was posted that led the s.w.a.t. team to show up on this busy christmas shopping day. this mother and daughter came to shop but left after she heard about what happened. >> one of the employees said that there was a man with a gun. they started evacuating everybody. >> reporter: in reality the reason police put up yellow caution tape around kohl's was a bomb threat. discovered after a customer saw something written in the men's bathroom around 2:00 this afternoon. >> they discovered after doing a sweep that the message not only said bomb in building but it said, 4:30 p.m. >> bomb sniffing dogs were deployed along with a santa clara county sheriff's bomb squad. 20 stores surrounded kohl's were evacuated which prompted some shoppers to leave. >> they bl

ktvu's maureen naylor live there now. you have new information about what turned out to be a very specific yet unfounded threat. >> gasia, that's correct. we got word three hours ago that there was no explosive at the kohl's behind me. we also got more information about what was posted that led the s.w.a.t. team to show up on this busy christmas shopping day. this mother and daughter came to shop but left after she heard about what happened. >> one of the employees said that there was a man with a gun. they started evacuating everybody. >> reporter: in reality the reason police put up yellow caution tape around kohl's was a bomb threat. discovered after a customer saw something written in the men's bathroom around 2:00 this afternoon. >> they discovered after doing a sweep that the message not only said bomb in building but it said, 4:30 p.m. >> bomb sniffing dogs were deployed along with a santa clara county sheriff's bomb squad. 20 stores surrounded kohl's were evacuated which prompted some shoppers to leave. >> they bl