newark police sent these flowers over and invited the family to the police station. overnight, their story had spread and the community dropped off a host of gifts for the family. toys, cash, and all of these gift cards. >> i never expected that from nobody. >> reporter: and that was just the beginning. just a few hours after the newark police department presented them with gifts t fire department came calling. >> we heard on the news this morning sitting here at the station that a family had been burglarized and went oh my goodness, there is something we can do. >> reporter: firefighters collected more toys for the kids. >> i feel happy that all those people came to donate presents for us. >> reporter: the family says what started out as the worst christmas ever has now become the best. >> there are people out there that care about others. and it makes me happy. and it makes me really happy. >> reporter: in newark, christin ayers, kpix5. >> police are investigating to see if other burglary ins the area may be connected. >> you made the best point about this story. a

. >>> christmas may be over, but not for one newark family. for them, they were robbed at christmas and today it was saved. >> a new movement attacks bicyclist to pay for road improvements. why officials say it won't approve here. >> and coming up, the temperatures change you can expect for tomorrow and i'll let you know if we have any rain clouds the rest of 2013. >>> christmas arrived one day late for a newark family. someone broke into their home on christmas eve and got off with all the presents. police, firefighters and the community stepped in. >> stockings were hung for old saint nick', but through this window christmas eve night, instead, crawled a thieve. the victims were children who awoke christmas morning, their presents all gone. >> it was very sad. and disappointing. >> jonathan and their mother were out tuesday night. they didn't notice until morning that jewelry, computer, and wrapped gifts have been taken from their newark home. >> especially for the kids it was something that that should never happen because it broke their he

newark police sent this bouquet of flowers over and invited the family to the police station. overnight the story spread and the community dropped off gifts for the family, toys, cash and all these gift cards. >> i never expected that from nobody. >> reporter: then the fire department came calling. >> we heard on the news this morning, sitting here at the station family burglarized going home there's something we can do for this family. >> reporter: firefighters checked more toys for the kids. >> i feel happy that, uhm, all those people came to donate presents for us. >> reporter: the family says what started out as the worst christmas ever has now become the best. >> you can see the community cares about us. we are happy. >> reporter: in newark, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> so far no one has been arrested. police are investigating to see in other burglaries in the area may be connected. >>> 4:53. trapped in the ice. the mission under way to get this ship and the people on it free. >> and capturing a bird's-eye view of the city. how a filmmaker got this unique perspective. ,,,,,

it turned out stob a happy holiday for a family in newark.brian webb explains how good old fashioned police work paid off. >> reporter: it was the night before christmas when a group of grinches got away with gifts, games and jewelry from three newark homes. they even stole a little boy's bike. >> i was excited. the one thing i wanted for christmas was that bike. >> reporter: only a few days later a break in the case. a tip from a jewelry store. someone was selling an engraved bracelet that seemed like it may be stolen. so newark police went to work. >> they didn't actually sell that. she declined to buy it but took a photo of it with her phone. and the men left with the jewelry. >> reporter: this is what investigators found after serving three search warrants. a few thousand dollars worth of electronics and jewelry plus a couple of the bad guys' guns. >> we felt that the best thing for the community was to arrest these people and maybe minimize their effort on other evidence so we're pretty happy about it. >> reporter: so far the stolen item

so newark police went to work. >> they didn't actually sell that. she declined to buy that, but she did take a photo using her phone and the men left with the jewelry. >> reporter: this is what investigators found after serving three search warrants, a few thousand dollars worth of electronics and jewelry plus a couple of the bad guys' gun. >> we felt the best for the community was to arrest these people and maybe minimize the effect on other residents. we're happy about it. >> reporter: so far, these stolen items only traced back to one of the three burglarized homes, but police caught the alleged criminals and they're still working on finding that bike. brian webb, kpix 5. >>> commuters along el camino, it could have its own reign. the agency is starting the feasibility of the proposed plan. >> we wanted to go out into the community and talk to the expanded communities impact and talk to the riders and get input on it. it's the purpose of the study to get community feedback. >> the plan is part of a strategy to reduce congestion by having people t

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it happened mere bailon drive not far from newark junior high school.the family didn't realize the gifts were gone until the family's two children woke up christmas morning and they rushed to the tree. newark police pulled together $100. the police delivered the money to that family yesterday. family members could decide whether to appeal a judge's decision allowing children's hospital oakland to take 13-year-old jahi mcmath off life support. the family wanted to give the teen as normal a possible christmas. they put a christmas tree and presents in a hospital room. the teen has been on a ventilator -- a judge is ordered oakland's children hospital to continue life support for jahi medical 5:00 p.m. on monday. >>> happening now, a judge is hearing arguments to keep city college of san francisco accreditation intact. attorney dennis her air wra and the confederation of teachers want injunctions to keep the school from losing its accreditation. if the requests are not granted, the college will be deaccredited next summer. the accrediting commission wants

. >>> home until newark is alive with the -- in newark is alive with the sights and sounds of the holidays. the festive display and much more coming up. stay with us. ♪ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we all have our little tricks. mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl. i just swapped him out for tyler. 'sup girl. mom never questioned bobby again. two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. and everybody wins. yoplait. it is so good. check out this display. 19:19:51 "nat of fun x >>> well a home in newark has more than captured the christmas spirit i guess. >> check it out. map ♪ the homeowner is a music director and said he came up with the idea in the spring and started building a giant piano in june. that took about two months and then it took another two months to do the guitar. his inspiration he says is a certain theme park. >> it looks like disneyland for adults. [ laughter ] my -- my friends like to go to disneyland a lot and i figured i'd bring something like that

this is the main who i to newark airport. have team coverage on the weather, nbc bay area's month ef-francis is at sfo with travel delays. we'll begin with rob mayeda. >> we're watching those ever changing conditions on major east coast airports and in philadelphia, you're seeing freezing rain. so things icing up on contact there off the ground, causing multiple hour delays and cancellations around philadelphia and the new york airports seeing a combination of snow and wind. 27 degrees there. and very strong storm system that is placing its biggest impact on the east coast right now. you can see over the next few hours, a mix of rain and snow into new york. mostly in boston before the system clears often an heads away from the east coast on sunday. we should see improving conditions then, but some inland conditions in and around the northeast corridor will pick up 6 to 12 inches of snow up towards boston, new york snow, then changing back over to seeing rain. at least in the short term, the worst of the storm just now being f

newark police say recently there was a third burglary that was very similar. they are still investigating whether or not all of these are connected. live in new jun ark, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> bad weather is being blamed for ruaning some christmas mornings. ups admit they failed to deliver a lot of packages despite guarantees from online stores like amazon. the explosion online shopping and last-minute orders overwhelmed the system. one bay area family bought a video game paying extra for the christmas eve guarantee. fortunately, they had already bought most of their other presents. >> santa was way more organized this year than, you know, ups. >> ups doesn't deliver on chris mass so the earliest mack packages could show up is tomorrow. fedex also ran into delays with its deliveries, and tonight amazon announced it will offer gift cards and refund for orders that didn't arrive as promised. >>> and it wasn't just packages. thousands of flights have been impacted by the sub freezing weather this christmas season, but it was not much better for people at hom

all four men were arrested overnight in newark, in new jersey, and also in pennsylvania.rs say that the problem of carjacking has been an epidemic in essex county. >> you have the right to be safe and the expectation that you should be safe in this county and in the state of new jersey. and in particular, you shouldn't have to worry that wherever you go, whether it's in downtown newark, the shore hills mall, or anywhere else, that someone will put a gun to your head and take your car. >> reporter: the four men arrested are all between the ages of 29 and 33, along with murder charges, they also face carjacking and weapons charges. if convicted of those charges, they face a maximum of life in prison. they're all being held on $2 million bail. pamela, victor? >> hmm. >> all right, alexandra field in newark for us. thank you for the update. >>> four u.s. service members were injured when someone deliberately fired at their aircraft in south sudan. now, they were on a mission to evacuate americans from an area of heavy fighting, and they had to abort it. now, the u.s. is reass

. >>> christmas arrives one day late for a family in newark.someone broke into their home on christmas eve making off with all of the presents under the tree. as ken pritchett tells us police, firefighters and the community stepped in. >> reporter: the stockings were hung for old st. nick. but through this window instead crawled a thief. the victims were children. >> i felt scared. >> reporter: who awoke christmas morning their presents all gone. >> it was very sad and disappointing. >> reporter: they didn't notice until morning that jewelry, a computer and wrapped gifts had been taken from their newark home. >> especially for the kids it was something that, that should never happen. because it broke their heart. >> reporter: but today christmas was saved. >> teddy bears. >> reporter: when the family went to the newark police department where a patrol car was covered in gifts. >> every officer working they felt pretty sorry for their loss. >> reporter: police officers donated money and collected presents including gift cards for mom and the kid

how some people were actually able >>> christmas arrives one day late for a family in newark.eone broke into their home on christmas eve making off with all of the presents under the tree. as ken pritchett tells us police, firefighters and the community stepped in. >> reporter: the stockings were hung for old st. nick. but through this window instead crawled a thief. the victims were children. >> i felt scared. >> reporter: who awoke christmas morning their presents all gone. >> it was very sad and disappointing. >> reporter: they didn't notice until morning that jewelry, a computer and wrapped gifts had been taken from their newark home. >> especially for the kids it was something that, that should never happen. because it broke their heart. >> reporter: but today christmas was saved. >> teddy bears. >> reporter: when the family went to the newark police department where a patrol car was covered in gifts. >> every officer working they felt pretty sorry for their loss. >> reporter: police officers donated money and collected presents including gift cards for mom and the kids.

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that didn't happen in newark.raphs of the guy who scaled the fence. this guy made it, in the case of newark, all the way to a terminal before there was a human response. port authority is investigating what -- where that failure took place. was it that the contractor took too much time to alert port authority, was that port authority took too much time? so they need to understand how this system failed and why it took them so long to understand someone was inside the perimeter. >> a coincidence that both incidents happened around the same time. i guess it leads to my question of do you -- do you see these as one-off incidents, or does this expose to us that there are real holes in security around our airports that we would assume are pretty foolproof? >> here's the real problem -- not only does it expose to american and you and i the vulnerability, but by the way, there are bad guys who are going to watch and see that there's a vulnerability here. when you think about it, american have the right to be really prett

>> from newark. >> jersey. >> what gifts did the three wise men bring?i don't remember. >> frankincense, incense, >> gold, silver. i have no idea. >> gold -- >> frankincense, myrrh and gold. >> what is myrrh? >> that weird noise a cat makes in heat. >> do you know where the christmas tree tradition originateed from? >> sweden? >> i'm guessing somewhere in europe, maybe somewhere in siberia. >> united states. >> i think it was germany. >> random guess like germany. >> nailed it. >> that's what she said. >> christmas is a federal holiday. do you know who proclaimed it a federal holiday? >> lincoln. >> ronald reagan. >> take a guess. 19th century. >> george washington. >> that was the 18th century. >> jefferson. >> grant. >> okay. >> so he grants us christmas. >> good one. >> that was good. that was actually good. it isn't exactly a smash and grab, but one woman doing some damage on a shopping trip. >> christmas coming early for some shoppers. the gifts they got from a nameless elf. us w ♪ ♪ ♪ use and i got great deal without bidding. and where's yoururry f

. >>> people in newark are not letting a grinch-like burglar steal christmas from one family. all the presents from a home on cherry street were stolen early christmas morning. newark police collected $200 and city residents and businesses stepped up with nearly 30 gifts that were delivered yesterday. that family with two little children now says this christmas went from the worst to the best ever. >>> today's the day the audubon society counts birds in san francisco. birdwatchers will be at 17 locations in the city all day long. last year they saw more than usual. 55,000 individual birds and 175 different species. but there were fewer native coastal birds than before. >>> still haven't gotten that package you ordered before christmas? you're not alone. >> u.p.s. and fedex scramble to play catch-up. see what other companies are offering incentives to affected customers. >>> help is on the way for dozens of passengers on a ship stuck in frozen waters off antarctica. how they ended up stranded in the first place and how soon they could be rescued. >> five days of "spare the air"

. >> reporter: as one newark police officer put it, we all have children, and we could put ourselves in those shoes and they did. first, by raising $100, which was matched by the police association. then the firestation stepped in, rounding up presents from their holiday drive, and soon the whole community was on board. the sheer excitement of up wrapping presents is the best part about christmas. >> it gets worse, too, seeing a child suffering from something. >> reporter: your heart broke for your kids? >> yes, it did. >> reporter: but this year, santa claus wore navy blue fire suits and a newark police badge, collecting money and presents that shocked this family into thinking maybe that christmas wasn't taken from them after all. >> the other officers on the shift felt story for the children, pretty bad timing on the crime. we can put ourselves in that place. >> reporter: thieves nabbed about $3,000 worth of items from this home on christmas eve no less, including the christmas gifts. material things can be replaced. but it's the thoughts behind them that can leave a gash. >> it's

it happened at a house on cherry street not far from newark junior high school. the family didn't realize the gifts were gone until the children woke up and rushed to the tree. detectives believe that the robbery may be related to other recent burglaries in the area. the police pooled together $100 and the association matched that and delivered $200 to the family. >> it's 4:33. the search is on for suspects in two shootings hours apart in antioch. the first happened yesterday afternoon just before 2:00 p.m. three men reportedly drove up in a vehicle and tried to rob a 19-year-old man walking west on rock island drive. the victim fought back but was shot in the chest. then three miles away at 3:00 p.m. a 26-year-old man walking on west 19th street near the fair grounds was shot in the leg. also by suspects in a car. both victims were taken to the hospital. no word on their condition this morning. >> family members could decide whether to appeal a judge's decision allowing children's hospital oakland to take 13-year-old jahi mcmath off life support. her family want

. >>> newark police need help identifying the woman accused in a bank scam. the woman in this photo and another woman asked the bank of america customer to cash a check. they gave him a check made out to cash. the check bounced and police discovered that the woman's check was stolen. the incident happened december 4th. anyone that knows this woman is asked to contact newark police. >>> if you have waited until today to start your online holiday shopping, you may be in luck. you may have saved yourself some money. this is free shipping day. more than 900 businesses will guarantee your order arrives before christmas and there is no minimum purchase. some of the stores involved include nordstrom, rei, the body shop. you can find the complete list at freeshippingday.com. >>> 'tis the season for crowded stores but this year does not seem to be the case. inside the pottery barn until walnut creek they are helping shoppers cross off their shopping list. but they have noticed fewer people at many of the malls and stores. consumer psychologist says the popularity of o

so newark police went to work. >> they didn't sell it. she declined to buy it but she took a photo of it using her phone and the men left with the jewelry. >> reporter: this is what they found. a few thousand dollars worth of electronics, jewelry and a couple of the bad guys' guns. >> we felt the best gift for the community was to arrest these people. >> reporter: so far these stolen items only trace back to one of the three homes but police called the alleged criminals and they are still working on finding that bike. so police are still investigating. they still think those suspects are behind all three burglaries. they also say they were able to match the stolen items to serial numbers kept by the family. they suggest all families keep those records. brian webb, kpix 5. >> thank you. >>> a tip about a suspicious person digging through garbage cans led police to a suspected car burglar. they say 27-year-old clinton skelly broke into a dozen cars near san mateo county medical center yesterday morning. they said he had several items from t

the suv was abandoned in newark about ten miles away. >>> and now, for a warning to air travelers this season. keep your valuables with you. that's because there's been a rise in thefts by baggage handlers. you can see it in action on the surveillance video obtained by abc news. experts say they take cash, credit cards, jewelry, computers and other expensive items from checked luggage. >> take the time to open that bag and to remove your valuables and take them to the seat with you. >> authorities believe such thefts are underreported and happen routinely across the country. >>> northern california teen could be taken off life support as early as today, just a week after she went into the hospital for a routine surgery. 13-year-old jahi mcmath had her tonsils removed at an oakland children's hospital. a few days later, she went into cardiac arrest. and she was pronounced brain-dead. her family wants to fight to keep her alive. >>> the government has a warning to the makers of those popular anti-bacterial soaps. they're going to have to prove their products prevent more infections than

. >>> newark police are trying to find the cold hearted thieves who stole gifts from two homes between christmas eve and christmas morning. as kpix 5's christin ayers reports, some young kids woke up to find almost nothing under their trees. >> rooks like it right here. >>> reporter: a front door jimmied, a window pried open. on the night before christmas at eduardo hernandez's home -- they just opened the window? >> yes. >> reporter: -- there were creatures stirring, all right. a band of thieves went for the playstation, packed up the computer, and cleaned out the credit cards. >> all the gifts were here for the kids. all of them were taken. >> reporter: the kids just 9 and 10 burst into tears when they discovered the burglary christmas morning. >> he comes in here and there's no bicycle. >> reporter: now christmas tree needles are the only things left where their stacks of presents were. hernandez said the only thing the burglars left behind was a doll. >> everything else, i don't mind, but christmas gifts for the kids? that's what's upsetting. >> reporter: and the break-in at the he

the main ones, laguardia and newark. if you're heading to charlotte, you're being stopped on the airport way because of the snow there coming down. and it's going to take another 30 minutes for that cool down and get back to normal. delaware, newark, you had a foot of snow. i was at a horse track yesterday and one of my friends called me and said hey, dude, i've got 7 inches of flurries in philadelphia. yes. and there are still 5,000 planes in the sky. not every plane is canalled. talk about how many are canalled, there should be about 5,800 out there. so about 800 not in the sky that should be at this hour. it gets better from here. there's one more batch of light snow and ice for the northeast in the next 36 hours. but this pattern is stuck now. what we see is what we get. every single snowstorm or low that comes up the east coast is going to be almost the same kind of thing. hopefully in a lesser scale than what we saw over the weekend. >> and whenever i see that picture behind you, it's a little disconcerting. the pl

low-to-mid 40's around newark and alameda and san carlos and redwood city and half moon bay. 40 in santa hose, 36 in cupertino and 38 in san ramon. we have everyone this. from the roof camera, you can see the embarcadero center lights still on and more clouds today that will keep our temperatures a little bit cooler than yesterday, just not so warm. poor air could stop this weekend. the weather pattern will not shift but we have been looking at the air quality management district and they have below unhealthy levels for saturday and sunday. it will be sunny and warm, though, into the new year and they do not see rain until possibly the end of the first week of january. thickening high clouds today and temperatures are hang out in the low-to-mid 60's in most areas and 62 in san francisco and half moon bay and we will hit 66 in santa rosa and napa, and fremont, oakland, san jose, and warmer in morgan hill at 68 and santa cruz at 70 degrees. if you are headed down there, we have beach hazard and sneaker waves are going to be out there again. lower to upper 30's inland and upper 30's to low

we hear from the crew and the passengers on board. >>> security breach at newark airport.d as a woman makes it over the security fence and onto the runway and in arizona this man running across the tarmac. is airport security up to snuff? >>> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >>> good morning. welcome to "new day," tgif. it is friday, we made it, december 27th. 6:00 in the east. we have breaking news, a car bomb takes out a former ambassador to the u.s., a powerful explosion in beirut killed at least five people, 70 more injured. who was behind the plot to kill the official and why? mohammed jamjoom is live in istanbul with the latest. what do we know? >> reporter: well, chris, this is a very disturbing development at a time when lebanon is already on edge. this happened in the last few hours, an assassination targeted today was a former finance minister in lebanon, a former lebanese ambassador to the u.s. nobody has yet claimed responsibility, but all indications seem to show that this was

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. >>> newark police say they arrested six people in connection with a series of christmas eve burglaries. on thursday, we told you about armeda torres and her two kids, who woke up christmas morning to find the gifts under the tree were gone. police and firefighters wanted to help out, so they scrambled to raise money for new gifts for the family. police haven't said if the suspects hit the torres house, but do say they were involved in several burglaries that night around newark. >>> dozens of passengers at oakland airport were stuck for almost 11 hours after allegiant air delayed a flight to oregon. the flight was supposed to leave at 7:00 a.m. an allegiant spokeswoman tells us the delay was caused by a pilot calling in sick. another plane was set to leave just before 6:00 p.m. >> they told us that if we didn't get a refund, that we could get another flight with them in the future, but i mean, after an experience like this, i mean, i don't know if i would want to. >> an unlikely group of passengers banded together and decided to rent a car and drive to eugene instead of waiting any lon

attorney paul phishman: >> you shouldn't have to worry, wherever you go, downtown newark, short hills mall or anywhere else, that someone would put a gun to your head and take your car. >> reporter: police and the f.b.i. had been working since sunday to find out who had gunned down 30-year-old dustin friedland. he and his wife jamie were carjacked after an evening of holiday shopping at the mall at short hills in new jersey. acting essex prosecutor carolyn murray, said the men attacked the couple as they were getting into their parked 2012 range rover. >> the crime itself appears to have been motivated by the desire for that type of vehicle. >> reporter: the s.u.v was found abandoned the next morning in newark about ten miles from the mall. police offered a $41,000 reward. murray said callers with tips were critical. >> the sheer senselessness of this case outraged people. >> reporter: funeral services for friedland were held wednesday. his wife wasn't harmed in the attack and said she is very grateful to the police agents responsible for the arrests. she and her husband met in law sc

first the newark police sent flowers and invited the family to the police station. the fire department got involved. >> when we heard on the news this morning, sitting here at the station having burglarized, oh, my goodness there's something we can do for this family. >> firefighters collected more toys for the kids who appreciated the outpouring of love. police are still looking for the burglars. >>> you probably didn't notice something flying in the sky late christmas eve. it wasn't santa. but a local photographer's drone. beto lopez captured these beautiful night shots of san francisco while you were sleeping. check out the stunning aerial views there. he did it with a small chopper there and a camera stabilizer. but it was not just a technical feat. >> it's also art. i have a vision i always wanted to do. you have a dream i wish i could do that with my camera. now i can. >> all these images were shot in one night. if you would like to watch the full video, visit kpix.com and search holiday lights. >>> time now 5:51. coming up, it was like something out of a horr

this happened at a house on cherry street not far from newark junior high school. the family didn't realize the gifts were gone until the family's two children woke up christmas morning and rushed to the tree. detectives believe that the robbery may be related to recent burglaries in the area. newark police pooled together $100, and the association matched that and they delivered $200 to the family yesterday. >> that's nice. check the forecast now. spoiled, spoiled. that's what we are. as we give you a live look. clear skies, gorgeous afternoons, good for kids getting the bicycles. >> you know, especially if you did get that bike. it could be rainy, stuck inside. i want to point out if your hides have issues or asthma not a great day to be out for long. limit that outdoor activity if you can. no longer than 25 minutes at a time. it's bad out there especially in the south bay. a live picture of oakland as we point out it's a buffalo sunrise with all of that haze in the atmosphere. otherwise you want to keep in mind it's going to be throughout today and tomorrow, the

but now newark mayor cory booker is new jersey's u.s. senator cory booker, and as a u.s.nator, now he is putting his stomach on the line again for a different cause. senator booker and new jersey's other senator, robert menendez, both agreed not to eat anything at all for 24 hours yesterday, as part of the rolling fast that lots of legislators have been participating in over the last few days. along with immigration activists. they're trying to pull heartstrings, basically, trying to appeal to house republicans to please allow a vote on immigration reform. the activists who have been fasting have had this tent set up on the national mall and they've had a very high political profile. after the president and first lady visited them on the mall, in that tent, the day after thanksgiving, the activists have since received visits from democratic leader nancy pelosi and congressman john lewis and senator pat leahy and singers and cultural figures. today, the activists held a press conference with democratic members of congress, including nancy pelosi and congressman lewis. cong

an east bay city of newark.a appears the two groups managed to rescue christmas for a family after a christmas eve robbery. nbc bay area's sam brock picks up the story from there. >> reporter: one by one, they poured in. a procession of presents into the family's car, almost as they flew out of their home on christmas eve. through an unlocked window. >> i always make sure all the doors are locked and everything but i didn't know you could open that window. they come in from there and took everything. >> reporter: this year the newark police department did more than serve and protect, managed to light up christmas for two kids and a mom suddenly holding empty stockings. >> ready? >> reporter: aided by alameda fire which sounded the sirens and helped collect toys and contributions. the newark community rounded up dozens and dozens of gifts. >> we call our chief up and we actually have toys at the station. a lot of people in the community donate toys for families around here so we thought they could use it. >> repo

. >> chris, what do you do at newark airport for five and a half hours? >> i've been there, i've done that, i never get there without a book. >> a long book, right? yeah, the ground stops were in effect from philadelphia, newark, even la guardia too a five-hour delay. i'm sure they're going to pile up here at jfk. you get the picture. the snow is coming down, causing havoc on the roads. many of the major highways have been doing okay so that's kind of the good news out of this. the snow itself has moved up into new england and covers much of massachusetts, connecticut, northern rhode island. notice boston downtown is 35, providence 34, new york city 33. officially 1 inch in central park in new york, but the roads are just wet. as far as the accumulations go, they're very light. this is not a big blockbuster storm, just a quick hitter in the middle of the day. more inconvenience than anything else. but zero to three, i said zero because downtown d.c. right around the beltway really didn't get anything in the pavement. but in the suburbs we picked up as muc

and look at that, ewr, in newark, you might be on the ground waiting for your plane for five hours and 25 minutes. that's a possibility for you for today. we still have the winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings posted. d.c. you're just about ready to get out of this mess. it's just about over for d.c. the snow just out towards charlottesville to front royal and about gone. boston you're not out of it and 2 to 4 inches is going to be the big number just about everywhere. here is the antarctica story, the dome we're talking about. the middle of the south pole right here, not that far from it. 1358 135.8 negative fahrenheit. how does it all happen? well if you have clouds, the acts like a blanket and that cloud cover keeps the temperatures warmer. antarctica didn't have a cloud cover it cleared and the heat went away. like taking the blanket off you at night when you're sleeping you get cold. heat is released to space, all the cold air on top of the mountain has to go somewhere. it drains because of gravity and drained down into the hill and as a satellite floor over it and too

. >>> six people have been arrested in connection with a series of christmas eve burglaries in newark. on thursday, we told you about armada torres and her two children who woke up find christmas morning to find the gift understands the tree gone. police and firefighters scrambled to raise money for new gifts fort family. police have not said the that if the suspects who hit the torres house are the same ones, but say that the suspects were involved in several burglaries that night around newark. >> christmas may be over, but there is a warning from police that thieves could still be targeting your house for new and expensive gifts. your curbside trash could be telling thieves exactly what to look for. >>> new at 10:00s ktvu's noelle walker is live in san francisco with what you need to know before you put out your garage. >> reporter: ken, the days between christmas and new year's eve we're still basking in the holiday glow, but that could be dimmed pretty quickly if you leave your gift boxes out on the curb and leave yourselves open to thieves. christmas trees are getting their last

--newark. police say burglar entered the home on cherry street through an open window during the night and made off with the toys. officers who investigated the crime decided to donate money for the family. each cheek stand for a total of $100, matched by another hundred from the newark police association. a homeless center in san francisco has closed its doors, leaving young people with one less place to go for help. the "homeless youth alliance" in the city's ice haight ashbury neighborhood provides much-needed medical services and counseling for thousands of homeless youth. the non-profit group has to leave its space because the building needs seismic retrofitting. they also could not raise the millions of dollars needed to re-locate. and despite pleas and a petition to stay, the alliance closed for good last night. they were hoping for a christmas miracle. but it never came. a homeless youth center in san francisco is now closed. after it got kicked out of its building today. new details th

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here at newark, there's a $300 million security system.ut clearly, even that wasn't enough to stop this intruder. and wait until you see what happened at other airports. watch a new video from this phoenix airport. police say this 49-year-old man, not only jumped the fence on to the tarmac, but you can see him running right up to a southwest airlines plane that had just landed on christmas day. in newark, christmas morning, police say a 24-year-old dressed in women's clothes, breached the pricey perimeter security and walked on to the tarmac, confronted by a united airlines worker. police conceding it took an unacceptably long time for officers to locate the man and arrest him. >> fortunately these were harmless. but they could have been perpetrated by terrorists. >> reporter: airport security mishaps are raising eyebrows all across the country. in may 2012, at san diego's lindbergh field, a stunning breach. a parolee, fresh out of jail, allegedly walked on the tarmac and on to a commuter jet. arrested right before takeoff. in march 2012,

police say the group stole from several homes in newark that night. >>> passengers on alegian air wasstuck for hours. that flight to eugene oregon was supposed to leave at 7:00 yesterday morning. it finally got off the ground at 6:40 last night. a spokeswoman tells us the delay was caused by one of the pilots calling in sick. the passengers were put on a plane as soon as possible but that wasn't enough to satisfy some frustrated passengers. >> they told us if we didn't get a refund that we could get another flight with them in the future. but i mean after an experience like this, i mean, i don't know if i would want to. >> reporter: a group of passengers actually banded together and decided to rent a car and drive to eugene instead of waiting any longer. this is not the first time passengers have had problems with long delays with the airlines. several other incidents have been reported at both oakland international and the stockton airport. >>> a san francisco judge will hear more arguments tomorrow about whether or not city college of san francisco will be allowed to stay open. hund

blowing from the southwest to the northeast so it is going to cross the bay and head over to fremont, newark, union city and those areas, possibly up to hayward over the next couple of hours. thankfully it is a light wind. now, temperatures today are a lot like yesterday, at 44 headed outside and we will be in the upper 50 to low 60's and mid-50 by 7:00. next 12 hours inland, it is foggy in the not by and around concord, and hardly any frost and upper to low 60's in the afternoon and 50 this evening and the coast will be cooler with freezes blowing on shore. you will continue out in the mid-60's but fall into the low 60 and low 50's by 7:00. we have plenty of stop-and-go traffic westbound i-80 because of a hit-and-run accident that is blocking the number three lane and the backups continue to grow as you can see, with the yellow that extended out of this area, where the slow starts. it is painful to make it around the curve from san pablo to east richmond so be prepared if that. as i take you over the altamont pass road at grant line road we have a multi-vehicle accident with folk out of the

at one point officials reported delays at newark airport averaging five and a halfç hou.rk city in the height of the commute. it hit the tracks, and in the nation's capitol, many federal workers got stay home even txo. as soon as it hit the ground. take a look at this storm's path over the last 24 hours. the system has moved through -- so fast -- 24-hourç map -- this is yesterday and how hat section right there would move up to the heavily populated areas, into new england. but the question was, how cold? as it turned out, when i woke up this morning, it was 33,ç and t stayed that way throughout the day. the snow kept falling and falling, but in the big city texas didn't stick so you were -- big city, didn't stick, so you were onç point. did it snow? yes, did it stick? no. >> thank you, shepard. most of the forecasters got it right in general we were talking about one to four inches. some areas getting higher totals, like parts of maryland, six inches for you.ç virginia, five inches. delware, three inches, and new jersey, there's your!j jackpot, 4.3 inches. so, not a

alameda is 42. 34 in newark. east bay hills are clear and calm and crisp. we will see plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow but it will be below average. the coldest low is tonight and rain and snow in the bay area possible on friday into saturday our temperatures, today, with the sunshine mostly around 50 to 52 degrees and the exception is oakland and half moon bay and morgan hill and live more and antioch, and concord to clear lay, may not break out of the upper 40's. tonight, lows are in the mid-20's to low 30's and freezing but for possibly oakland and san mateo and richmond and san francisco where we will have mid-to-upper 30's. the big picture while you are sleeping the cold front is to the south putting us in the cold air mass so record lows are possible today and tomorrow. open thursday, in the afternoon, we are tracking the low coming down the slippery slope with the jet stream pulling more cold air with it and we could have spring sprinkles on friday morning and in mid-morning in the afternoon, the rain will reach the ground and as we get to 4:00

. ♪ >>> there was a security breach at newark liberty airport and a multi-million dollar identificationm failed to detect a man who walked on to a runway dressed in women's clothing. cnn's alexandra field has been following this unusual story. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, the question on everyone's mind is how did this suspect go so far while going undetected. all four of new york city area airports including newark here spent $100 million securing their perimeters with the latest technology. that includes radar, motion sensors, surveillance cameras, even with all that in place, two officials say a >>> jump over the fence at the airport here on newark on christmas morning. they say he made his way across two runways, reached terminal c where an airline employee finally stopped him at gate 70. port authority investigators say they're looking into how all of this happened. they're reviewing any surisraelance video. they're talking to person necessarily, but they also tell us, brianna, there's no visual evidence at the moment when the suspect jumps the fence. they add that no plan