. >> a new accident eastbound highway four in concord at port chicago highway, two lanes are blocked and this is no word if there are injuries involved. we do not see delays. westbound traffic is moving fine coming from bay point to concord. as we look at the drive over to hurricane lease on i-80 you can see the top speeds into richmond and beyond the hoffman split into albany and berkeley, great ride. the sig-alert is still in we fact and mission boulevard northbound and southbound direction shut down because a car hit a power pole at rose. pg&e is making some repairs. through hayward and along 880 you can see traffic is moving pretty well with a slow down approaching highway 92 and the drive through union city is not too bad and metering lights on the bay bridge have been turned on. >>> same-sex marriage takes another step toward becoming legal in another state and the new developments announced overnight in virginia. >> first police in riot gear versus people up s -- upset over their right to protest the. >> serious charges for a pop star after being arreste hose whd ewelcome to c

eastbound 4 at port chicago two lanes shut down. westbound traffic is going to be slow the usual commute jamming up leaving antioch bound for concord. now, if you plan to make the 580/680 commute, set aside lots of time. you can see drive times are low. 35 minutes now leaving the altamont pass bound for the dublin interchange. there was an earlier accident just cleared from lanes eastbound 580 in livermore. but again, it's going to be a long one for that west 580 commute. that's a look at "kcbs traffic." now to lawrence. >> liza, i am ready for the weekend! >> wahoo! >> the weekend should be somethin else. fire danger is high today over the north bay mountains above 1,000 feet. we have seen strong winds there. we have had a blocking ridge of high pressure camped out along the west coast bringing us 10 consecutive days of high temperatures. so very dry in the mountains. gusty offshore winds to up 30 miles per hour. humidity less than 25%. that red flag warning is extended until 1 p.m. on friday. clear skies on the bay. temperatures c

east we have slowing in antioch as well as crash that happened near port chicago highway for westbound highway 4. that's causing the unusual slowing through bay point out of pittsburgh. for that portion of highway 4 we have brentwood boulevard closed between walnut and here toward balfor. there is a pole down from a crash and that continues to be down. it will be for the warning. a smoother drive westbound. we slow, on the eastbound side of 580. the westbound commute, making things lighter at the pub lin interchange and a benefit for dublin. northbound routes nice. fremont area a live look we'll end with this live shot or southbound 880 a smooth flow past the truck field. sun for the north bay. >> thank you. new this morning boats have taken over add add park for the official -- look at the cove. setting up for the four-day event from pier 48 where you can try indoor paddle sport, out to the cove, there we go sfwoorks the what do you call a dining room in a boat? there are events for all skill levels. people who have never stepped foot on a sfwhot >> i've been on -- galley. >> you can

ride and to convert westbound come at of pittsburgh and through the willow past three it was at port chicago accident westbound really backed up the ride in the westbound direction to now were looking at slowing not only the pittsburgh but all the way back to antioch for this westbound commute. and continuing delays with only minor improvements for the westbound a ride on interstate 580 which castro valley backed up this morning. not because of any westbound problems but because of some east bound accidents. and we still before we talk about this let's get a look at the nimitz freeway here. and the westbound a southbound direction rather. to 38 heading south into hayward toward the work and union city people are pretty things are pretty badly back up. were still talking about mission boulevard the block between eighth street and blossom way. the reason why is a severed power paul and even though pg&e could have been on the scene for a long time this been a lot more of this than there has been of this thrift guess in that poll moved out of the way. were well past the estimated times when the

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port. patti ann: a monster winter storm pounding parts of the northeast after hitting the midwest hard with heavy snow and cancelling hundreds of flights to chicago. dangerously cold temperatures making things even worse. garrett is live in chicago. >> reporter: you can see behind me downtown chicago with all the snowfall, you can barely see it. throughout much of the region this storm brought more than a foot of snow across areas of lake michigan, wisconsin, chicago, indiana and michigan. more than 600 flights were canceled at chicago's o'hare airport and it has made for dangerous driving conditions. more than a dozen people were injured and a driver killed outside south bend, indiana when a truck crashed into the car carrying those passengers. patti ann: how much more snow is expected? >> reporter: this is the lake-effect snow. we are expecting up to 10 inches on top of that. up to a foot in some areas. the lake-effect snow comes as the cold winds move across lake michigan and pick up on water vapor and dump that as snow on the land along lake michigan. throughout the day it's expected to fall at more than 2 inches an hour in some areas. it's c

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chicago morning lows will be below 0 for days next week. >>> in this bitter cold, about 200 people were stranded for two hours after their train lost power in west porthat left grand central last night. they had to wait with no heat for another train and they were not happy. >> pretty severe weather. so you would expect problems. the fact that a train got stuck is pretty severe. it is pretty cold. so i can imagine the passengers are cold but that is one of the hazards of the weather. >> what downed the wire? they blamed it for the delays this morning. >> a snow blower shattered a glass panel at the entrance to the flagship store. >> the store is remaining open for business. >> how about this, folks? a live look at miami where our affiliate believes justin beiber is inside a police van. there is a white something. heading down the highway in miami and it is believed to have justin beiber. he was accused of drag racing and failed a sobriety test. he is remaining behind bars at this hour. >> right now he is leaving the miami beach in jail in route to the miami dade county jail and will remain until later this afternoon once the first appearance happens