. >>> mineta san jose airport is celebrating a major milestone today. it surpassed its old passenger record and marked its growth with a big surprise for one traveler. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the story from the bay area's second busiest airport. >> getting pulled aside at the airport means a more thorough check at the security line, but airport really had a surprise in store for sergio aguilera when they asked him to step aside. mineta san jose airport declared aguilera its 14.3 millionth passenger setting a record, a record they have been trying to break for 17 years. >> 17 years ago we peaked out at 14.2 million we've been focused on growing our facilities and improving our facilities ever syringes then, and today is a record day for us. >> reporter: this day also means the airport has now surpassed oakland in number of passengers. >> that well ear now the number two bay area airport in terms of passengers served. >> reporter: aguilera and his family are connecting here going from washington to mexico for the holidays. airport officials

kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now with a look at the conditions at mineta san jose international airport. international jose week. kron4news (grant) for the man charged with stabbing and old nia wilson-- says her client is not mentally fit to stand trial. 28-year-old cowell is accused of fatally stabbing wilson and injuring her 26-sister. it happened back in july on the platform at oakland's bart station. cowell's lawyer told a that he suffers from delusions and paranoia. she says he was released from a maximum security mentally ill convicts... less than three months before the random cowell is the death convicted. enter a plea today-- but is return to court in one week. (vicki) happening now... and for the next two weeks or so, season with or leaving for all three of the bay area's major airports are reporting heavy volume. kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now with a look at the conditions at mineta san jose international airport. rob? (rob live) today, tomorrow and sunday are going to be the three busiest days of the christmas holiday season here at mineta san jose inernationa

. >>> a major milestone today for mineta san jose airport. it is now the second busiest bay area airport. amy hollyfield shows us the party for the passenger who helped break the record. >> reporter: usually getting pulled aside at the airport means a more thorough check at the security line. but the airport really had a surprise in store for sergio aguilera when they asked him to step aside. mineta san jose airport declared aguilera its 14.3 millionth passenger this year, setting a record for the airport. a record they have been trying to break for 17 years. >> 17 years ago, we peaked out at 14.2 million travelers, but things changed in our world in 2001. and we've been focused on growing our facilities, improving our facilities ever since then. and today is a record day for us. >> reporter: this day also means the airport has now surpassed oakland in number of passengers. >> we're now the number two bay area airport in terms of passengers served. >> reporter: aguilera and his family are connecting here, going from washington to mexico for t

. >> the traveling chaos continues at oakland international and san jose mineta, both looking live at those airports. at san jose it hadn't gotten too hectic just yet. you can see the cars queuing up and question expect it to get even busier as the even goes on. >> i thought wow, i thought it would be more busy, but hey, i'll take it. >> both airports are expected to see up to 50,000 passengers all day long. >>> our chief meteorologist paul deanno has been monitoring conditions ahead of the holidays. >> how will it look this weekend going into the holidays? >> better than it looked this morning because this morning it was drippy, dreary, raining for some of you. now we're seeing clearing skies literally and be figuratively on the radar. we are seeing nothing, nor do we expect additional rainfall until sunday night and monday morning. so this weekend of travel should be okay. you're driving heading north to ukiah, mostly cloudy skies, 57 degrees, heading to the central valley, sacramento 56. lake tahoe should be a pleasant weekend, mid-40s, yosemite sunshine, 50s. if you're traveling t

yesterday and today were supposed to be the busiest days to be out on the rpsan jose international and mineta it's been busy all day. at sfo they're expecting nearly 200,000 travelers today and people flying out today knew what they were getting into. >> no choice. we're customers, need stuff fixed. >> you would think i know better, but i have to go see my daughter in seattle. i don't have to, but i am. so this is the day we planned on. this is the day we're going. >> this is a live look at l.a.x. where traffic is finally moving again, again at 11:00 at night. we've been watching for hours in the newsroom. earlier it was bumper to bumper traffic tonight and last night as well. >>> so if you're heading up to the lake tahoe area to do a little skiing before christmas, you should find pretty good roadway conditions getting up to the resorts the next couple days. it should not be that hazardous, just take it easy. interstate 80 and highway 50 are wet, but there are no snow on the roadway currently. that could change. the resorts got a few inches of new snow last night and into the morning. this i

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this is a look at packed crowds from san jose's mineta airport last night.o continue looking this busy for the next few days. we are seeing long delays in flights from new york this morning. >>> so far so good here. we know yesterday we had that dense fog. still some showers coming through. we're tracking it on stormranger. the rain is coming down. moving over toward oakland, we will see this starting to taper off. a pleasant afternoon on the way. >>> as kari shod, definitely slick on the golden gate bridge. visibility at times may be an issue. the richmond side also recently hit, and going through contra costa county, and there may be low clouds around. as we come come back to the desk, kari talked about i-80 has chains for the seer ias. >> do be careful out there. >>> and there are some delays he at the airports, so check for your flights before you head to the airport. have a great weekend. >>> good m. breaking overnight, chaos in washington. shock waves after the abrupt resignation of defense secretary jim mattis, publicly scolding president trump on his

. >> that's more important. 39 degrees mineta airport, it is chilly all around the bay area. the winds will kick up tonight. highs near 60 in the south bay. so a pleasant afternoon on the way, and we will be dealing with several cold mornings before a return to the rain. your accuweather seven-day forecast is coming up. >>> if you're taking down your christmas tree this weekend, why you may need to wait a few days before putting it out on the curb. >>> n inside look at the fales force town with founder marc benioff. i am a techie dad.n. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. >>> a fire raced through a townhouse in san jose. you can see most of the damage is in the garage there. fire crews say no one was i the house when they ar r50i6d. it's still not clear what started the fire. >>> in the north bay, police, fire and community groups came together to help fami

(vicki) at mineta san jose international airport... during the holidays airport officals say some 800-thousand people will be arriving and departing... which is nine percent higher than last year... that means the airport is seeing some 70- thousand more passengers over last year. airport officials say overall traffic is up 16 percent for the year with a projected 14-point-3 million passengers, a new record. a big chunk of that is business travel but this time of year its large groups of people, families traveling together for long-awaited holiday get togethers... there were a few flights were delayed by fog this morning, which is a rare event in san jose. (vicki) it was a cloudy and cold day across the bay... (grant) joining us now is chief meteorologist lawrence karnow... with what we can expect as we get closer to the work week. lawrence karnow: there was not much clearing around the bay area today. the fog was slow to clear as another storm approached the bay area. doppler radar is tracking some showers coming into california from

let's take a live look at san jose mineta on your left where passengers have been coming and going. also some live pictures from sfo and oakland to your right. the three airports are expected to handing about 300,000 passengers today it alone. today is expected to be about the busiest at bay area airports. long lines are definitely the story. here's the scene inside sfo. it was crowded, but it was also controlled chaos. people flying out today knew what they were getting into, so many were just rolling with the punches. >> we were supposed to leave at 1:40. now it's 2:30 and i'm waiting for the next text to come through saying it's delayed again, but we still have several days till christmas. so there was really no rush to get up there. >> right now sfo officials defo some arriving flights averaging about one hour and 40 minutes. in the meantime at oakland international passengers are keeping the ait this lapse vide travelers hauling luggage around going to and from their destinations. one woman we spoke with was here for a very special airport pickup. >> i'm waiting for my grandbab

. >>> a live look at mineta airport in san jose, where happening today, they're celebrating a milestoneaveler will be a part of it. sjc this year leapfrogged oakland airport to become the bay area's second busiest airport of course behind sfo. sjc expects to serve a record 14.3 million passengers this year. to celebrate, one arriving passenger will be selected this morning as a symbolic record-breaker. still don't know if the winner will receive anything besides the surprise and delight and maybe some embarrassment. >> hmm. all right. >>> you know, the recent closures and longer than normal delays are reportedly taking a toll on muni's public image. the summer shutdown of san francisco's twin peaks tunnel was one of muni's lowlights this year. the shortage of operators compounds the problem. now, according to "the examiner" rider satisfaction is taking a hit. the new muni survey finds approval ratings dipped to the lowest level in six years. the survey also found riders were 10% more likely this year to resort to ride share services instead. mike, a lot of people doing that, a lot of pe

the san jose sharks teamed up with the alaska airlines to celebrate ugly sweater day at san jose mineta airport. all passengers on a seattle to san jose flight yesterday received their own ugly sweater to show off to family and friends this holiday season. >>> this is the time for holiday traditions. almost everyone has one. we made a quick run around san francisco and in search of the family customs and rituals that make this time much year very special. abc 7 news anchor dan ashley has more. >> reporter: our first stop the mission district. latino families poured into this restaurant to grab the one item indispensable on their dinner table on christmas eve. >> it will never be a christmas unless there is the tamales in my house. >> the owner was grinding fresh corn and his wife wrapped up the tamales. >> this lady bought several dozen. >> i take chicken and pork, my family's favorite. i hope to freeze them until christmas eve and then the party on. >> the party was on at the fair month families streamed in to check out the life stiep ginger bread house. christine brought her two child