slippery roadways. back to you. >>> let's turn to rob and more detail about slippery. >> we're still seeing a few scattered showers mainly around the south bay. the story for the afternoon, northwest winds picking up for the afternoon, cool temperatures ahead, though. we'll see dry days ahead. you can see in the east bay most of the rain has moved on. we're still seeing showers around san jose and around highway 17 this morning. look at all that snow in the sierra, pretty good dusting of snow. almost a foot has come down in the last 12 hours. around the east bay today highs in the low 60s. we'll see mostly cloudy skies to start and patches of fog, then clearing and turning a bit windy in the east bay hills this afternoon. winds from 10 to 20 miles per hour. you can see our high today pret they cool but the showers the last we'll see for quite some time. high pressure building in which means 70s for oakland and livermore as we wrap up the weekend and head to next week. scott. >>> democrats and republican

slick roadways as well. lowering the speeds after you get through, don't make it up on the freeways. do your work faster. >> thanks so much. it's going to be a cold one tonight. jennifer it is in for rob. >> i have it all. rain and tonight gets cold and even snow falling at the upper elevations. when you walk out the door, it's chilly. temperatures in the 40s and the 50s. mainly the 50s. 47 degrees in gilroy and 50 in livermore and 52 in san mateo. for tonight, it will get cold, but until then, the rain falling and take it easy out there. skies clear out and the cold air comes in. freeze warning in effect for tonight. freeze watch for tomorrow night. the rain was heavier earlier this morning. it's tapering off a little bit, not quite as active as it was. we see snow falling and on i-80, we have a closure for eastbound traffic around applegate. people are spinning out because of all that snow. >> about to rain in santa rosa. expect internittent rain showers. going through oakland and danville, we see the heav

paring between oakley road debris is in the roadway. and bel air route 24 the traffic lights are out and other their are several other incidents as well. back to you. >> thank you. >>> stay with us. we will have more on the team coverage with the severe weather in baltimore city as well as baltimore county. these are live pictures in baltimore county where the damage is emense. -- immense. ♪ [ female announcer ] there's a way to get your groceries when you want them, all without leaving your home. it's called safeway home delivery. visit safeway.com today and you'll save $15 on your first order and get free home delivery. just type in the promo code: fresh. it's everything you need. so you have more time to do what you want. order today. with $15 off and free delivery, now's the time to shop at safeway.com. okayhellllllo...that one, everyone looks great. [ female announcer ] when you make your christmas cards at hallmark.com... my show, perfect. ♪ la la la la la la laaa ♪ [ daughter ] dad! sorry. aww yeah! that one! [ female announcer ]

it might be more folks on the roadway. that will contribute to slick roadways as well. be very careful out there on this friday. back to you. >> 6:32. the latest edition of time magazine calls oakland a city on the move. now police chief anthony in bass is starting a program aimed at oakland's kids to try to make sure that change in perception continues. today in the bay's christie smith is live with more on how it will all work. good morning. >> good morning. when you don't have a lot of money or resources, you lean on what you do have. the police chief here in oakland is leaning on people. he is looking for volunteers to step up to the plate and help out at middle schools here in oakland as a way to keep kids on track and intervene with at risk kids before they turn to a life of crime. he unveiled this program at a crime tracking meeting last night saying the city is really at a critical point with a shortage of police officers. theyed a off about 80 and we have a new mayor. he said the idea came from a discussion he had with the school's chief here in oakland. both t

a car went off the roadway at that cloverleaf.ibution to the wet weather but you do want to watch those wet roadways, at least for the morning. >> we're seeing still some areas of showers around the bay area and that's probably adding to issues for your morning drive. right now san francisco not seeing any showers, 55 degrees. a little breezy. no wind in san jose, 52. into oakland, also 52 degrees. in terms of what's left of the showers, you can see a few offshore right around half moon bay heading down toward pacifica and santa cruz, a few scattered showers. and showers now pushing away from morgan hill. if you're heading up to the high country, lots of snow. the snow is close to 5500 feet to 6,000 feet and that's continuing throughout the day. northwest winds picking up later on this afternoon will help clear out our skies but won't help warm us up. 50s to low 60s for highs today. good news for veterans day plans tomorrow, dry weather and warmer. 70s coming back as we make our way through the weekend. back to you. >>> it's 5:39

still affecting the roadway.ing that rhode island in northeast shut between 4th and 12th street. taking you over to arlington, virginia, george mason drive between 16th and washington boulevard. northbound river at persimmon tree road, another tree to watch for. coming up in the next traffic report, at 6:00. more storm damage to avoid. back to you. >>> making news at 5:48 this morning. today, senate subcommittee holding hearings about airport security screening. they review the transportation security administration, senators expected to discuss that detailed imaging machine and pat down technique, that some call violation of privacy. >>> former vice president dick cheney appeared noticeably dhinner at tuesday's ground breaking for the george w bush presidential library. a cheney spokesman says he spent several weeks in the hospital this summer after heart surgery, is trying to keep his weight down for health reasons. >>> students in washington state rushing to the stores to buy up for loak oh. it has the caffein

last stretch that roadway was closed down.we're doing. 66, so far so good. pretty quiet morning. thats welcome news after last ght. lanes open all the way to the capitol beltway. metro, vre, mark, all starting off quietly with no early issues reported. >>> thank you, jerry. >>> redskins fans may be questioning the new deal with donovan mcnabb after monday night's game, but this morni mcnabb's agent has clarified some of the details of the contract. while there could be up to $40 million in guaraees, the redskins would only be on the hook for $3.5 million if they cut mcnabb at the end of this season. if they decide to keep him, the veteran quarterback woulde due another $12.5 million during the off-season. he had two touchdowns and three interceptions in monday night's 58-29 mauling. >> what are you having for breakfast this morning? how do you feel about sinking your teethnto a juicy chicken sandwich. just wait in a long line outside the new chick-fil-a outside crystal city. they are giving away 10,000 free sandwiches to celea

right half of the roadway is blocked. two left lanes are getting y. traffic has come to a grinding halt. delays southbound 270 beginning very close to clarksburg now. those of planning heading south out of urbana, frederick, headed towards montgomery village, 355 is your better bet right now. or bail off and take 119 to great seneca highway which parallels i-270. that's a good alternate. right now you d not want to commit 270. south of montgomery village, you're okay. north of that point it is nothing but ake lights. we'll keep you updated. inbound 66 just as the sun begins to think about coming up over the horizon, little volume. no sunshine delaysust yet. new york avenue looks pretty good through northeast, as did kenilworth. we'll head over and check the railfor you. metro, vre, no delays. marc rail, one delay, brunswick 872. six bins behind schedule. >>> more breaking news from the roadways, southbound lanes of the baltimore-washington parkway are back open after a deadly n't overnight. >>> a person was struck and killed north of 197 around 1:00 a

look past the coliseum and the water kicking up off the roadway. the glow kicking up off the backwash of the cars. that will be an issue for you and the windshields. keep that in mind. a lighter volume showing no major delay for 880. we will look at 580 through livermore. a little slowing later on in the commute. 6:30 it should kick in for central livermore. a smooth drive eastbound out of the pass into tracey and stockton. watch for the conditions to change dramatically as well as 880. car quinn as is moving well as well as the benicia. >> snows looking at to four inches of snow today. a winter weather advisory for the sierra nevada. locally we are looking at rain and chill weather this morning. this afternoon things will clear out and remain cool. we have a freeze watch in effect for tonight and possibly tomorrow night as well. current temperatures, we have 50 in fairfield and 51 n concord and 50 in livermore and 47 in gilroy. we are not looking at a warm up any time soon. a look at the radar shows the rain passing through and all of this ahead o

if you hit the roadways, be careful. another thing, look for anybody texting or intoxicated so be careful out there. >>> in the sierra thousands of people are without power. pg&e heavy snow weighted down many tree branches which snapped and brought down power lines. officials say more than 300 pg&e employees are working to restore power. >> this is one of the busiest travel days of the year and it could be a frustrating one for many of the travelers because there is a call for national day of protest at security checkpoints. terry mcsweeney joins us live where crowds are growing. >> they are growing and get big and small. people on getting on planes so far it's not that bad out here. it is early. over body scan area, things are moving well. body scan is the source of the whole threat on what is busiest travel day of the week. take a look at video we're talking about, protestors are upset about number of things. they feel new tsa regulations are intrusive, pat-downs are intrusive, body scans show too much. they are suppos

we have a busn the middle of the roadway.s really the only vehicle left other than the toe trks here. as soon as they get out in a out they will be reopening the southbound side of the b.w. parkway. a vehicle became disabled in the southbound lanes of the parkway. the driver got outside of that vehicle for whatever reason, to check things out. and another car that was traveling struck that individual, killed him. he died here on the scene. now, officers are still investigating, trying topiece together what happened, whether he ran out of gas, whether there was a mechanic problem. but they point to this situation. again, this is a fatal accident to remind people just how dangerous it can be to get out of your car on the side of the road. >> when people's vehicles become disabled it's critical they get as far as off the roadway as possle. if you have to change a tire or anythinglse on the side of the road, make certain you're well off the road. if you have any concerns about your safety, notify the police department and we can

the slick roadways are an issue. lower the speeds. >> new this morning, filling up to go over the river and through the woods to visit grandmother or any other family member will get expensive. a two-tank trip will cost more than $5 more than last thanksgiving. bob redell has the story out of fremont. >> gas prices are the highest they have been in six months. the average price for a gallon has gone up a nickel over the past 30 days, putting us well above $3 a gallon. here's a look at the overnight hour. san jose is running around 3.20 for a gallon and oakland is $3.19 and sf at 3:27. we compared the current prices and hitting the road this is 20 to 25 cents more expensive than last thanksgiving. experts blame the rise on two factors. one is the weak dollar which increased the price of oil and two, temporary refinery shut dons in the u.s. and france which decreased supply. the laws of supply and demand dictate that generally price guess up when splice go down. the upside is analysts believe prices will stop rising an

fitzgerald on the other side of the roadway. a spinout is not affecting traffic. i want to let you know because it's a spinout and slick road y roadways is a note for you. a good drive at the maze. you see the speeds approaching coming out of the tunnel and westbound 580 as well as northbound 880. no major issues and it's friday light for the most part. you are watching for unusual reports to pop up. send it back to you. >> a storm coming our way. is it a big storm or a cold storm or are we spoiled? what is it? >> probably the last two. now 50s for the weekend. we will see the sun, but it will be chilly outside. 53 in san jose and cloudy skies. low 50s around san francisco and oakland. we are seeing mist under the clouds and winds picking up out of the southeast. in terms of the heavier precipitation, light to moderate showers across the north bay and areas of drizzle for most of the area. the substantial showers will drop down the coast. rain developing and yes, this is chilly. highs in the mid- to upper 50s and cooling down more as we go through the weekend. int

that big tree will take time for that to g out of the roadway.tch of mass avenue near naval observatory closed for the time being. 270 getting reports of an accident. southbound after montrose road. fire and rescue just dispatched. in from the west along interstate 66 crawling as you get through manassas. word of a broken down tractor trailer in the roadway near 234 business on i-66. out to the rails, busy morning all of a sudden. metro, green line delays, broken down train at suitland. that's been cleared bu delays in the direction of greenbelt. 300, 302 and 304 delayed. brubs wick 872, 874 and 890 delayed as well. >>> jerry, thank you. we begin with breaking news this morning. strong winds and heavy rin swept across the region overnight leavin a mess. the winds tore off roofs and sent debris flying. megan mcgrath isive in northwest d.c. with a look at the damage. megan, gd morning. >>> well, good morning, eun. when this storm blew through it packeduite a punch in sections of the city. we're here in northeast washington standing in the parking l

you can know exactly where the roadway is. you know where the signs are. you can see all that matters. what we're looking at is that environment. >> ok, and then i suspect in the interest of time, our final question, the federal highway design handbook is a set of design treatment recommendations, and in light of constricting state and local budgets to implement many important things in the road in varna, which you wrote environment, are there any recommendations or treatments in that handbook that you think should be regulatory in nature, as opposed to merely a recommendation? is there anything that we really should be pushing to have implemented? >> everybody is looking at me. ok. we make recommendations. that is where this is a guidance document, and it is up to really determine whether or not this particular treatment needs to be a standard. we do not do that. we just make really, good, sound recommendations. it is others, such as the committee, which will make those decisions. that is one of the things that will be coming

. >>> we are waking up to a green light across the region as we look at our roadways. a live look the inner loop, construction in virginia is between gallows road and route 50. that should be clearing by 5:00. we'll switch it over to 267, the dulles toll road eastbound. it is closed between 495 and 123 as a result, you'll want to follow the detour there, going westbound we have the roadway closed at 123. staying in virginia, moving to 66, headed eastbound, no problems to report. you'll want to watch for more road work inside the beltway degree road exit. we hear they'll be out there until 6:00 a.m. as opposed to the normal 5:00 a.m. closing time. >>> we're okay between i-95 and 270, but go have fog to deal with, please take it easy. 270 southbound free flowing out of frederick down towards the split. coming up in your next traffic report at 4:40 we'll have a look at virginia roads including 395 northbound. >>> thank you, angie. time to check stories we've been following while you slept. >> national transportation safety board investigators are trying to determine what

again, slick roadways. a note for the morning, just watch that and don't make any sudden, jerky movements with your lane changes. easy buildup starting at the toll plaza because of the metering lights being turned on at 6:20. not a whole lot happening except between the metering lights and the toll plaza itself and a little slowing starting down the east shore freeway. also out of the caldecott tunnel a slow drive out of the oakland side heading towards 580. typical pattern for the morning commute. also typical pattern westbound 580 starting that slowdown coming out of the altamont pass. it's a 17-minute drive. just in the last five minutes we saw a disabled vehicle that might cause some slowing. westbound is your commute direction. eastbound in the evening that's your commute direction. it might get a little better thauz they're hoping an hov lane from pleasanton over to livermore but they have to sort it out another couple of days. >>> it's time to grab a thermos of cocoa and pair of ice skates. holiday i

the sheen on the roadways with the small puddles. there is the crew moving the cones for the morning commute. we will take you back to the desk. >> today in the bay wants to thank you for your help in feeding the bay area's hungry and homeless. thousands pitched in to make sure even those hardest hit in these economic times can enjoy the holidays. brent and i were in the safeway in morgan hill where a lot of people were willing to give back. they met in local food banks about 9,000 bags of groceries and 1400 turkeys. safeway is collecting food. you can drop by your local safeway and buy a bag. it will go to local families in need. >> as charitable organizations around the bay are prepared to feed and clothe the homeless, 1 o san francisco institution has launched curbside donations and it needs a special item. st. anthony's is collecting scarves to be handed out to people who arrive for a christmas meal. they collected more than 1,000, but thousands more are needed. st. anthonys has been helping to feed and clothe the needy. >> it's

again, far right side of the roadway that's loaded up.sult traffic is going to be very, very tough. heads-up if you're headed that direction. i-66 from the west, few more minutes, major sunshine delays. be aware o it. out to the rails we government metro and vre, with no delays. marc, 872 and 405 and 509 are delayed at the moment. >>> many of you may be sitting inraffic but the district daily rush hour has a new hour, dubious one. a new list out by navtechtraffic.com. t d.c. area comes in right at the top at number two. big apple was the only city to beat us out. san francisco followed up d.c. at numbe3, followed by los angeles at number 4. and our neighbors in the city of brotherly love, philadelphia, rounded out the top five. >>> virginia state police out in force. the police agency said 75% of troopers will ben patrol beginning midnight tonight through midnight sunday. they won't be alone. there's a nationwide initiative to reduce traffic deaths by speeding and alcohol over the weekend. 16 people died in traffic accidents during the th

the concerns on the roadways as the freezing temperatures. we'll let you know what to watch out for just ahead. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at san francisco international airport where the story is about thanksgiving travel and pat-downs. >>> 5:30 a.m. on the day before thanksgiving, thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. it's pretty cold out there this morning and day before thanksgiving but frosty himself is ready to make an appearance himself. >> frost and freeze warnings, let's get the latest from mike. >> you'll be scraping wind shields because the frost is forming as we speak. take a look at the temperatures and napa the cool spot at 27. but we also have frost at this conditions in santa rosa, fairfield and los gatos, 32 in livermore and concord. so in the outlining areas from the city we are dealing with some frost. we'll have freeze warnings for the east bay valleys and all of the north bay except for the coastline until 9:00 this morning. two hours freezing temperatures and northern part of the monitor ray ba

so expect some hazardous roadways here as well. the huge storm system we're dealing with this weekend is across the west. we're talking rain in the valleys and heavy snow into the higher elevations. we're talking feet of snow. i want to zoom in right now and take you into los angeles, where we've had some spotty showers across the area throughout the day today, but we're starting to get some major problems on some of the roadways. this is from traffic.com. we want to show you what's going on right now. right here on i-10, this is the santa monica freeway, east and westbound lanes are closed here at the 110 because of standing water on the roadways. you can see high impact and problems on some of the roadways right now in downtown los angeles. all right, we are expecting to have more problems, we think, out west, through about the middle of the week. we're going to have to wait until wednesday before the conditions start to improve here. that's the big travel day. so that's great news for those of you out west that need to get aroun

at the bay bridge not a lot of folks on the roadways. looking good as you make your way into san francisco. and up in the north bay in marin county 101 at the 580 split. traffic also very light for your thanksgiving holiday. 5:49. here's steve. >>> thank you, tara. >> you're welcome. >> boulder creek 24 the coldest so far. kenwood 28. but that's three degrees warmer than yesterday. there seems to be enough stirring in the atmosphere to keep us from getting really, really cold. i know it's cold but i mean like teens or low 20s. lafayette 29. saratoga 30. cold canadian air continues to work its way down. depending on the wind if you have a breeze you have a little windchill but also keepinged temperature probably low 30s. if not upper 20s. temperatures today very close to what we had yesterday. low 50s. probably warmer by the coast. it will be a push. 45 san francisco. they need to get to 42 to tie a record. napa 31. hint of a breeze there. that's the only thing holding the temperature up. concord, livermore, 32. livermore dropped to 29. l

downed wires and tree in the roadway.arlington, george mason closed between 16th and washington. more weather related road closures at 7:25. meanwhile, find a whole list, and trust me, there's a list at wusa9.com. >>> now to wall street. looking higher after the big selloff yesterday. good news for us. >> early show up next. erica hill has more on the royal engagement and new ways to save money shopping online. >>> see you tomorrow at 4:25. until then, have a grt

. >> so much rainfall yesterday the roadways are still wet and it is chilly. look at the numbers. 46 in livermore and 56 in oakland. for now most of the rain moved on. scattered showers and we are in between weather systems today. a very cool day if the highs are near 60. the trivalley temperatures are cooler than a couple of days ago, low 60s and the same story over to concord and the hilltops of the east bay. we have more rain on the way and we will show you in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you. let's check in with mike. some people will they be leaving late or early? >> roll back an hour. maybe they will be leaving early and you have an extra hour, you take your time. they may be late. i'm going to hedge my bet to both sides. that's a good note to sort out after a time change. we will see things adjust. the first effect will be the high wind advisory issued. overnight they issued a warning, but it stays in place. gusty winds for the bridge and if you go according to the previous school, antioch will see slowing about 5:30 for that to sta

hereeis what is happening on the roadways with candace dold.bble.3 we are talking about what is happening on the roadways. weeare talking about fog actually. let's take a live look of the bay bridge and route 50 at sandy pointt fog looming over the area. just be aware, there's fog warnnngs here, and of course, you can find them wherever you're traveling this morning. so far speeds are looking good. 59 miles per hhur onnthe jfx63 miles per hour on the beltway, traveling through pikesville. there's an accident on the outer loop lanes of the beltway and you will find that right at the jfx. a car actually hit a jersey wall there..3 we will continue to monitor the situation, but as for right now no significant delays. now on 695 a little bit farther -p, let's take a live look at harford road, this morning, way the inner and ouuer loop strechedz are looking good that's the same deal on 95. on 95 we're in incident free through whitemarsh be but let's take a live look through the harforddcounty region, here it is on route 152 and the cars are zipping a

a lot of puddling on the roadways.oing to make for dangerous travelling over the next couple hours. high-def doppler picking up on rain. pretty impressive band making its way through now. scattered showers an even thunderstorms still embedded in the cells. in hayward now headed eastward. union city more showers and lightning strikes in towards santa cruz. you see this flashing light here, those are a couple of lightning strikes making their way along the coastline. pushing onshore. could see more lightning in the evening hours. going pretty well all around the bay area right now. in toward danville. walnut creek lots of rain up there. folks, more rain and it will be heavy at times through the evening hours. it will then begin to taper off. travel very carefully out on the roadways. lots of puddling out there on the major highways. in the meantime though, throughout the night tonight, rain, isolated thunderstorms and occasional hail. gusty winds below some of the thunderstorms and even some snow over the mountain tops.

>> there have a little difficulty keeping up because like i said it was packed with snow the roadway. i tried to dig out with my hand to reach the ash fault that i could get down to it. it's definitely it's sort of a situation where caltrans has to work their best to get caught up. we don't know what will happen overnight and there may be a little bit more so because the skies are great. >> how would you describe the crowds were the roadways that were travelers? >> hardly anybody on the road today. i'm sure that will be a different situation, tomorrow and thursday for a lot of people in the bay area are planning on calling it a top for the giving. today not that many people in the road that i think anyone who's traveling this way will probably expect to see a lot more people on the road tomorrow. >> alright jeff bush along an icy the kings killed a cue. >> some new details to tell you about to the same combination of pillows, italy used to treat hiv could be helpful with prevention. in his study that spans four continents to years men that took the combined drug showed dramatically lo

no incidents on the around yeah this morning as we look at the baltimore metro roadways. we are quiet. nothing working. and no delays at this time either. now back to you. >>> all new this morning, baltimore city police found a missing 8-year-old boy overnight. darrell brown was seen saturday afternoon in the 800 block of west fayette street e was wearing a black skullcap, gray t-shirt and gray old navy hoodie and blue jeans. now he was found around midnight and he is okay. >> that's good. >>> 5:00. andy joyce was trying to make a living towing cars. he was making a call on the first of the month, not repossess or take a car to the pound, but trying to help someone out and got killed for doing it. charley crowson with how they are remembered. >> reporter: family and friend want to see one thing happen, they want the person brought to justice. more than 50 tow truck drivers held vigil for joyce who was shot and killed two weeks ago during a call on moher street. the father of 57-month-old son washings two weeks on the job with quick response towing. this happened in the ma

we are looking good on the roadways early on. no traffic to let you know about. anne arundel county, these are the westbound lanes of route 100 approaching 97. no issues continuing on towards 295 and 95 in this area. looking at our maps, the earlier key -- earlier debris at route 26 has been cleared. no problems on southbound 83 coming from past the beltway. now back to you. >> thanks. >>> 5:30. it's going to be a slow ride for san diego for the nearly 4500 passengers and crew of a ship that was lost -- that lost power following a engine room fire early on monday. there's been no air conditioning or hot water and guests had been living on things like caned crab meat and spam. the carnival splendor drifted off mexico's pacific coast before a tugboat started to pull it toward the port. here's abc's david who reports with more. >> reporter: the splebdor -- splendor is dead in the water 80 miles off the mexico coast. the passengers stuck for hours without air conditioning or working toilets. sailors from the uss ronald reagan took the pictures. the navy a sir lifting

we are quiet on the roadways. on west side at liberty road, traffic is building a little on the outer loop lanes heading towards i-70. no delays at this time. we don't have accidents or incidents working. you will find all lanes open around the baltimore metro. now back to you. >> thanks. >>> news time right now is 5:30. now for many of you, this is the week you fly out of town to see family. and some of you are expressing concern about the upclose and personal pack-downs -- pat downs at the security lines at the airport. you won't see much of a change before the thanksgiving holiday is over. john has the story. >> reporter: in the busiest travel week of the year, just how bad are the airport lines? we checked. in denver, 16 minutes. chicago, 7, dc, 5, and boston just 2 minutes. >> our fliers don't mind. >> reporter: why so short, the tsa says of the 2 million passengers who fly, less than 3% are getting pat undowns but many are frustrated over the pat-downs and inconvenience of airport security. >>i don't know th

we will look at the roadways.e the water behind the cars and that's a factor for much of the east bay. >> we will see the rain throughout the morning and then tonight it's going to get cold. bevel chilly and temperatures in the 50s and the 40s. we are not going to see temperatures getting much warmer than this. thanks to the cold air that will sweep in out of canada that created a freeze warning for tonight and watch for tomorrow night. let's take a look at the rain. heavy earlier and we see it turning to snow in the upper elevations. i-80 still closed thanks to a lot of spinouts happening up there. if you are heading up to tahoe, give yourself a lost time. around the bay this morning, we are dealing with intermittent rain showers coming to an end by this afternoon. cold air will come in. those are the forecast highs. only 54 degrees in oakland and 53 in san jose. only 49 in las gatos. the cold continues. take a look at the forecast low for thanksgiving morning. temperatures of 29 degrees. keep your turkeys warm,

f you can still move your car, get it as far off the roadway as possible. if your car is in the middle of the roadway or you can't safely repair the car on the side of the road, notify the local police department so we can come out there and give you a hand. >> so don't get out of your car in the middle of highway? >> in the middle of the highway, getting out of your car is a very dangerous thing to do. if your car is in the middle of the roadway and you can't get it off, you should call the police. >> the driver involved in this crash did stop so everybody is cooperating at this point? >> everybody remains on the scene. we don't have a hit and run situation here. >> reporter: any idea if any charges or anything might be pending. >> it is still early in the investigation. so that will be determined based on what the investigation reveals for causative factors. >> reporter: this appears to be a tragic situation wray driver got out of his vehicle, got hit by another car from behind southbound on bw parkway between 198 and 197 still shut down. but we are being

but the roadways will be the main concern. power route here in -- right here in parkville is spotty at best. you can see with the streetlights. but overturned trees and power lines are down. as many as a dozen county fire crew members and trucks making their way up and down oakley back into parkville where damage is severe. this is going to be continuing throughout the day. so stay with abc2 news and abc2news.com. you can also go to the facebook page where we have the photo gallery up of some of the damage scenes and photos here in parkville. but for now, charlie crowson abc2 news. megan, back to you. >> all right, thanks. good work out there. >>> and our coverage on this fire, this storm this early morning storm doesn't end here. we are covering this story not only on the air but online as well. check out abc2news.com and we will update the website throughout the morning with new video and pictures and information. we want to see your pictures. if you are waking up to something interesting, we want to hear the stories and sha

-- depending on what alignment we choose, and reconstructing the roadways. there is a small funding gap, but we feel we would be able to close it fairly soon. the fta gave this project a high rating for cost effectiveness. it is one of only two in the country. we thought that would help to close that gap. just to go through the alternative, as with all projects, the first is the baseline for the do nothing. what this really consists of is buying newer vehicles, putting in new shelters, having the off- port fare payment. the project would improve current conditions out there by -- improved run times by about 3%. not a marked improvement, but it would create a different experience. where we have really seen a difference is where we go into alternatives. alternative two is a sideline bus rapid transit with curve boarding -- curb boarding. vehicles would be boarding in a protected lane. this would increase ridership and reduce run times, so it would be a marked improvement there. there are some specific issues with this, in that there are the right-turning vehic

so the roadways have been fine the last couple of hours. but now as that sun goes down, we'll watch things freeze up again. so the secondary roads, especially ones that haven't been treated, will be icy. watch out around i-35 and i-94 and i-90 into parts of wisconsin as we're looking at that moisture. the huge weather story in terms of what's going, a huge winter storm, a series, actually, is what's been happening across parts of the west. look at all of the snow on the map. we're talking about snow north of seattle stretching all the way down into the mountains, even los angeles county. it's been extremely heavy into the sierras, as well as the wasatch. look at the rocky mountains, that little area right down here in southern california, that's a blizzard warning. so you add in the winds along with the heavy snow and it really makes for extremely hazardous travel conditions. take a look at some of the snowfall totals that we've seen so far. truckee, california, 45 inches. 45 inches of snow! how many feet is that? it's over three feet. mamm

not expecttng severe weather the roadways.'s taking its toll on the morning commute. we can show you what it looks %-can you see the road completey blocked off.ú in fact the intersection of northern pack way and mcclain bouuevard is going to be shutdown there. police on the scene. debris all loafer the road and %-not just here where you will find it. you can use cold spring lane as an alternate route. it's going it be a heavy ride 95 up toward 83, 31 minutes at 19 miles per hour. 39 miles per hour with an 11-minute riie from 83 up toward 795. and thee we're back in the red from 795 own toward 95, 29 minutes at very slow 22 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning, patrrce, back ooer thank you. >>> you probably elll sleep llst night just toothe sound of rain outside. overnight that weather turned wicked and left a trail of ddmage across our region. right now city firefighters are ú% the scene in northeast baltimore where several roofs have blown on off of homes and ttere aae reports of injuries. -he crews are still searchin

that the drawings that metro lad and that we had show a little more depth between the bottom of the roadway, and the top of the tunnel within the metro station. so it appears that we hit something, it fell through the ceiling, and it actually, you know, fell into the station. >> very interesting. v-dot spokesmen say as they've be doing this work on connecticut avenue they found some areas where there was a lot of filler between the roadway and the area they needed to get to to build this median. they were saying here as soon as they started drillin went right through that filling. th're gog to have to take a second look at the plans that they're dealing with as they continue this construction. for now folks should probably plan on uing dupont circle until we know for sure what's going to happen here. tracee wilkins live in northwest. >> thanks so much for that update. >>> there is still a lot of cleani up to do after those severe storms that rolled through our area, especially at a post office in northeast washington. strong winds caused this two story wall behind the brentwood post office

reduce your speeds for the possibility of patchy ice on the roadways. towards the altamont pass, travel times right on schedule, 64 miles an hour. highway 4, one of the spots we see slowing typically in the morning, right now traffic moving freely in both directions. we'll watch your weather and traffic both being affected by that patchy frost and ice this morning. back to you. >>> new this morning, a fire chief is warning eight fire stations in contra costa county could close if voters don't approve a new parcel tax next year. the board of supervisors -- the contra costa fire protection district is staring at a $11.5 million deficit in the next budget. the district service 14 communities, including pleasant hill, walnut creek and concord. >>> speaking of concord the city will spend half a million dollars to rewrite zoning laws. those rules have not been changed since 1953. at the time the city had a population of 36,000. it now has more than 150,000. the city hopes to have the project finished by the end of next year. >>> today is expected to be the bu

and they can move safely across a roadway. and were all so promoted to countdown pedestrian signals, which will find in the 2009 and tcb. dr. molloy. >> thank you. thank you very much for the presentation. our next presenter is dr. joe coughlin, director of the u.s. transportation new england university transportation center. he is based at mit. he's also the founder of the mit age lab, doing research on the impact of aging on automobile design of public policy. you can give us a presentation. >> thank you very much, madam chair. but if the gentleman, thank you for having me. i like to briefly discuss the convergence of the wealthy type allergy and older age and have a think about some design considerations we may want to think about the future of the car as well as the future with the rest of us. if the gatto industry is fast and researchers are asked, this is essentially what are looking for. we'd like to get the driver out of the front seat. .. how these new technologies fork in the car and how it changes how we drive. we h

a lot of debris on the roadway. and at last count we think three, maybe four other vehicles involved after that initial accident. still a bit of a mess out here. it is still raining. so you may have some trouble if you're coming through this area this morning. live along interstate 80, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we are also following developing news this morning. a dramatic escalation of tensions between north and south korea. north korea bombard add heavily populated south korean island overnight. allison burns is covering the developments from our washington d.c. newsroom including reaction from the white house this morning. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. this entire exchange lasted just an hour. but it is the most significant escalation of tensions between the north and south in decades. we just got some brand new video from south korean television. you can see here an artillery shell exploding near a building on south korea's island. people are running for cover. two s

generally, it is light across the area but wet roadways just about everywhere. rain moving in here from the south and west. we have a little batch moving through right along 66 here entering the southwest portions of the city. that will be moving across the city and to points north and east over the next hour or two. this will kind of be the theme around here. periods of rain around here. let's open up the satellite- radar for you, show you the bigger picture. look what is going on down towards atlanta, down towards georgia and the deep south. more rain moving in our direction. we'll have periods of rain through the forecast today and again later tonight. definitely a change in the forecast after a recent spell of very nice temperatures. >>> 49 at dulles. 51 at fredericksburg. 48 in hagerstown. forecast highs today, much cooler than they've been, about 56 with cloudy skies. i mentioned the on again off again rain showers. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it was a monday night massacre at next field and it all started with a little bit of a pre-game skirmish. the s

looking at major roadways, traffic is moving pretty well. we don't have any didn't along 695, i-70. as we look at the maps, several intersection are closed because of debris. in kateonsville rolling road closed near the baltimore national pike. in baltimore city northern parkway at mcclean perring at mcclean make your way into parkville puddy hill closed at conroy court. perring closed at oakley for debris and downed wires. just be aware of the road hazards issues make your way out the door. now back to you. >> thanks. >>> ten minutes after six this morning. people are waking up to a mess. we are talking trees down, windows out, power out, and a lot people wonder what happened. a perimeter has been set up around the dutch village apartments in northeast baltimore because the damage there is so bad. people who live there said they thought a train was coming through the apartment complex. we have live team coverage starting with sherrie johnson. >> reporter: good morning. we are here at the dutch village apartment complex here. and we are here in northeast baltimore. they have evacuat

the truck overturned on a ramp, spelling trouble on the roadway. -- spilling gravel on the roadway. >> starting on wednesday at noon, all temporary lane restrictions will be lifted to make room for the extra holiday volume. construction projects on interstate 95, and it is they 66 will be affected. -- and interstate 66 will be affected. it is now time for a look at traffic. >>> he does not have a microphone. we will check them out later. >>> a deportation case has won it with the coming together. host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? do woodchucks chuck wood? (high-pitched laughter) man: hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood! vo: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> lets get back to our check of the metro traffic situation. >> eric thomas has the traffic. >> this is a big accident that took place. i understand it was a fatal accident. a single file to the right. you are going to have to stay with the dulles toll road. as you can see, the closures aren't significant. because of th

off of the roadway, one lane is opened and closed.he chp is discussing that while the to truck driver looks like he is hooking up the vehicle. we will see the last lane reopened before 7:00 as they estimated. there is the bart station. good and bad news. the back up there and bart takes over where the roadway started to clear. it will help take you out of the area and getting to the area is the problem for the morning. the bay bridge back up is the only other issue for the morning. heading back towards the berkry curve and slow from emeryville and berkeley. a little puddling. >> snow flurries, but around the bay area a gorgeous view. you can see the sunrise there and look at the sun coming up over the tops of the clouds and a pretty shot and a reminder thanks to the time change, time change and not pick up a lot. patches of ice on the roads and still snow flurries around truckee. late afternoon for the north bay and it gets out of here quickly. wednesday things will dry out and we will have a dry forecast for the second half of the we

let's see what is happening on the roadways right now. candace dold is here with a check of the traffic edge. >> reporter: steve, we haven't seen too many delays this morning. in fact, it's going to be a relatively easy drive out there wherevee you're traveling. on 83, at north carmel road, a moderate volume on the southbound lanes. that's what you're going to find toward the beltway. as for the beltway taking the outer loop lanes from 83 toward 795, 8 minutes a 50 miles per hour. only an 11-minute commute, 64 miles per hour there. a relatively calm ride on 95, traveling through baltimore, we're in the green from the fort mack henry tunnel toward the beltway. 8 minutes at 55 miies per hour of the ttat's a look at the morning travels. patrice, over to you. >>> thank you, candace. >>> 6:02 on fox 45 morning news. the city's police union is set to vote on a new contract today. it's expected to include pay cuts that could help close baltimore's deficit. megan gilliland is live in hambden from the union lodge where that vote wwll be taken. goo

-et's see what is happening on the roadways.and by mile 50 milr but then look at this number, 21 miles pee hour on the top end offthe beetway traveling right near stevenson road and it's because of an accidenn at the you can see it's going to be jam packed outer loop direction and the inner loop stretch at well. conggsted spot for us this morning. frederick road. that is a much prettiir picture. inner and outer loop down toward 95. take a live look near 195 and there's nothing to get in the -wy there. pretty much the same deal for 2955as well. we haven't had any incidents in tte 8:00 hour taking a live loo3 neer 1 yyu can see lit accivity northbound and southbound lanes. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice and megan, back over to you. that are fun anddeffective. how you can get on board with the program without paying the full price. >>> a healthy ifestyle doesn't always mman a healthy body. what at home tests you can perform to make sure your health is on track. 8:44 is the >>> hey, it is half off. fx stt studios has

no incidents in the roadway there. virginia. southbound 395.ow spot really all the way from washington boulevard down to duke street. slowing beyond 123. back to you. >> thank you so much, richard. >>> a clash of the titans in chinatown tonight. coming up we will tell you why tonight's wizards game has millions tuning in halfway around the world. >>> topper? >> time for your help. food drive 9. we need soup cans, tuna. fill up the bags. they will pick them up saturday morning. they left you a bag last saturday. go to any safeway locations inside the district and drop off food. help out. we appreciate it. >>> but up next, our ready, set, shop deals of the day and a new toy you might want to put on the wish list. >>> a name that ignites controversy. >> the white race is a race of devils. >>> brings forth a bright new chapter in the most unlike of places. brett haber reports. lewis' grandson. 9traffic now is brought to you by geico. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happ

there are a lost leaves in the roadway.l this morning if we could take a look at the latest numbers that we are getting right now. pepco is reporting over 2400 customers without power. dominion virginia is reporting about 5300 bge just over 1500. these numbers have actually gone down somewhat. hopefully, crews are able to get to these areas. it will be quite a mess. george mason drive between 15th and 16th, it is closed. this is right next to the virginia hospital center and it will have an impact on your morning commute. we are live here in arlington, sarah simmons, back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's get the latest now on traffic. let's check in with julie wright and find out what is happening out there. >> sarah is telling the story rate now because that is what we're dealing with depending on where you are traveling in from this morning. we've got trees and wires down. we also have in the district rhode island avenue, a position of that blocked off between 4th and 12th streets because of trees and wires down across the

california highway patrol and emergency crews are on the seeing lots, lots of debris on the roadway. be cautious as you make your way eastbound into albany. traffic is only slowing at the scene. no problems to report continuing on with the project, live look to the bay bridge toll plaza westbound 80 traffic is nice, light no proms. san mateo same story nice coming easy conditions in both directions. right hand side of your screen traffic headed westbound in the foster city, no promise to report. nice, easy conditions at the toll plaza. 12-13 minutes between 80 and 101. walnut creek, soap and not found in very good shape. no problems to report lots of space between cars westbound 24 is in the clear. genes are required if you're heading into this year. beginning at him station but clearly no requirements for interstate 80. caltrans has cleared the roads. will. >> glide memorial church will be very busy they are getting ready for the traditional thanksgiving day celebration some 5000 meals will be expected today. gene to a merger is as to talk about what is needed this morning. i imagin

so to keep the bull off the roadway, they shot and killed him. >>> alcohol been named the world's mostul drug. alcohol was ranked number one. scoring a 72 on a scale of 1 to 100. it was followed by heroin and crack. >>> coming up at 4:00 on a special edition of ktvu channel 2 news, leading up to the world series, we'll take you to the rangers' ballpark in arlington where giants' fans are hoping for a world series win. >>> we'll take you back to 1954, the year the giants last won the world series. what was life like back then? that's coming up at 4:00. that's our next newscast at 4:00, followed, of course, by game 5 of the world series. thanks for watching and have a great day.