. >> now, sandhya patel is here with today's accu-weather forecast. hi, sandhya. >> hi. looking at live doppler seven hd, you can see high clouds starting to move in our north. it's no doubt dirty as far as air quality is concerned. from our mount tamalpais camera, you can see the haze. and wood burning aloued today, tonight or into tomorrow. but the good thing is that temperatures are coming up. tonight it isn't going to be as cold as it has been. you can see pollution there looking towards mount diablo. it's 54 in oakland. mild in redwood city. 58 san jose. 57 petaluma. sutro tower camera, high, thin clouds and we're not expecting rain. partly cloudy skies cool this evening. chilly tomorrow morning and afternoon. mid-50s to low 60s i'll be back with a changing forecast for the weekend. >> thank you, sandhya. still ahead a mail history. a letter signed and sealed 70 years ago. but just now delivered. >> i'm spencer christian. we're taking your food donations now. with petaluma childrens chorus. and very a special surprise regarding our give where you live food drive. >>

sandhya patel is tracking the cold weather with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yes and it will be icy cold tonight. we are in the clear right now and this is going to play into the chill. the freeze warning north bay in a few hours. when you are sleeping it goes up at 2:00 a.m. and it runs until thursday at 9:00 a.m. expecting 20s tomorrow morning so you will want to protect your pipes, your plants and of course don't forget about those pets. the rest of the bay area with the exception of san francisco under the freeze warning wednesday night through thursday morning. this does come with some danger and that is the risk of hypothermia. keep this in mind. the view from the exploratorium camera showing you how clear it is. the temperatures are in the 30s. santa rosa and napa as we look at the view of clear skies over san francisco. here are some of the coldest spots in the morning. 29 santa rosa and 27 in napa. 30s, low 30s, below freezing in fairfield, concord, livermore , and it is only going to get colder. we even have the potential foreseeing white capped p

sandhya patel is watching it closely. hi, sandhya. >> hi, dan and carolyn.inter chill coming a couple weeks early. you expect to see this cold weather around january and february. clear skies right now and i want to show you the view from the emeryville camera looking at the eastern span of the bay bridge. it is clear. here are the areas that are going to be likely hitting record territory. everything with an as strick. napa, 19 degrees will shatter its previous record set in 1972. san rafael a record at 30, 38 in san francisco and getting really two degrees below the previous record. oakland is expected to tie at 35 and livermore and san jose pretty cold there. but it is not cold enough for records. gilroy is expected to hit 24 degrees. you can see a lot of those records were set in 1972. the roof camera is showing you the view. pretty calm here. san francisco at 43. 38 in oakland. a little breeze holding your temperature up above freezing by 2 degrees. redwood city, los gatos, half moon bay, 36 degrees. you can see it is clear in the financial district. ch

sandhya patel is tracking the cold weather with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yes and it will be icy cold tonight. we are in the clear right now and this is going to play into the chill. the freeze warning north bay in a few hours. when you are sleeping it goes up at 2:00 a.m. and it runs until thursday at 9:00 a.m. expecting 20s tomorrow morning so you will want to protect your pipes, your plants and of course don't forget about those pets. the rest of the bay area with the exception of san francisco under the freeze warning wednesday night through thursday morning. this does come with some danger and that is the risk of hypothermia. keep this in mind. the view from the exploratorium camera showing you how clear it is. the temperatures are in the 30s. santa rosa and napa as we look at the view of clear skies over san francisco. here are some of the coldest spots in the morning. 29 santa rosa and 27 in napa. 30s, low 30s, below freezing in fairfield, concord, livermore , and it is only going to get colder. we even have the potential foreseeing white capped p

sandhya patel is watching it closely. hi, sandhya. >> hi, dan and carolyn.inter chill coming a couple weeks early. you expect to see this cold weather around january and february. clear skies right now and i want to show you the view from the emeryville camera looking at the eastern span of the bay bridge. it is clear. here are the areas that are going to be likely hitting record territory. everything with an as strick. napa, 19 degrees will shatter its previous record set in 1972. san rafael a record at 30, 38 in san francisco and getting really two degrees below the previous record. oakland is expected to tie at 35 and livermore and san jose pretty cold there. but it is not cold enough for records. gilroy is expected to hit 24 degrees. you can see a lot of those records were set in 1972. the roof camera is showing you the view. pretty calm here. san francisco at 43. 38 in oakland. a little breeze holding your temperature up above freezing by 2 degrees. redwood city, los gatos, half moon bay, 36 degrees. you can see it is clear in the financial district. ch

sandhya patel is watching it closely. hi, sandhya. >> hi, dan and carolyn.s early. you expect to see this cold weather around january and february. clear skies right now and i want to show you the view from the emeryville camera looking at the eastern span of the bay bridge. it is clear. here are the areas that are going to be likely hitting record territory. everything with an as strick. napa, 19 degrees will shatter its previous record set in 1972. san rafael a record at 30, 38 in san francisco and getting really two degrees below the previous record. oakland is expected to tie at 35 and livermore and san jose pretty cold there. but it is not cold enough for records. gilroy is expected to hit 24 degrees. you can see a lot of those records were set in 1972. the roof camera is showing you the view. pretty calm here. san francisco at 43. 38 in oakland. a little breeze holding your temperature up above freezing by 2 degrees. redwood city, los gatos, half moon bay, 36 degrees. you can see it is clear in the financial district. check out the temperatures. we are

meteorologist sandhya patel begins our coverage with a look at how low it is going tonight. sand yaw? >> it is going low enough to where you are going to feel. it it is a widespread area and let's check out live doppler 7hd. we are seeing high clouds. there is a sign of hope out there. check out the 24-hour temperature change up 2 to 11 dries -- degrees. milder air is getting in trained. we have freeze rn whattings and you can see the hard freeze warning. it runs until 9:00 a.m. pipes can burst and there is an increased risk of hypothermia. northern santa clara valley and so bring your frost sensitive plants in. we had two records that were fight. moffet field and 27 in santa cruz. the cold is getting old. there is hope and changes are coming. >> thanks very much. >> abc7 news reporterly is a you amin gulezian is live in sunnyvale at the national guard armory. >> dan, it is true. this shelter behind me has been open in the daytime as well when it is usually closed. but hopefully this last night of freezing temperatures have just about caused everyone to scramble. >> suzanne

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sandhya patel is tracking the cold weather with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yes and it will be icy cold tonight. we are in the clear right now and this is going to play into the chill. the freeze warning north bay in a few hours. when you are sleeping it goes up at 2:00 a.m. and it runs until thursday at 9:00 a.m. expecting 20s tomorrow morning so you will want to protect your pipes, your plants and of course don't forget about those pets. the rest of the bay area with the exception of san francisco under the freeze warning wednesday night through thursday morning. this does come with some danger and that is the risk of hypothermia. keep this in mind. the view from the exploratorium camera showing you how clear it is. the temperatures are in the 30s. santa rosa and napa as we look at the view of clear skies over san francisco. here are some of the coldest spots in the morning. 29 santa rosa and 27 in napa. 30s, low 30s, below freezing in fairfield, concord, livermore , and it is only going to get colder. we even have the potential foreseeing white capped p

meteorologist sandhya patel begins our coverage with a look at how low it is going tonight. sand yaw? >> it is going low enough to where you are going to feel. it it is a widespread area and let's check out live doppler 7hd. we are seeing high clouds. there is a sign of hope out there. check out the 24-hour temperature change up 2 to 11 dries -- degrees. milder air is getting in trained. we have freeze rn whattings and you can see the hard freeze warning. it runs until 9:00 a.m. pipes can burst and there is an increased risk of hypothermia. northern santa clara valley and so bring your frost sensitive plants in. we had two records that were fight. moffet field and 27 in santa cruz. the cold is getting old. there is hope and changes are coming. >> thanks very much. >> abc7 news reporterly is a you amin gulezian is live in sunnyvale at the national guard armory. >> dan, it is true. this shelter behind me has been open in the daytime as well when it is usually closed. but hopefully this last night of freezing temperatures have just about caused everyone to scramble. >> suzanne

sandhya patel is here with the christmas forecast.ast smooth sailing for santa tonight. >> absolutely. since i have no storms to track, i'm tracking santa tonight. >> and good bicycle weather tomorrow and all the rest of it. >> absolutely. scooter weather. i know dan wants a scooter for christmas. a lot of kids are actually up tonight. keep your fingers crossed. and if they are watching right now, wondering where santa, let's go right to where he is. he left the north pole quite some time ago. you know he is heading west. he has been spotted in new york. and he is on his way out towards the west coast. so we should be seeing santa any time now. keep an eye on that. of course i am keeping an eye on our live doppler 7 hd. only high clouds passing through. no fog to speak of. no rain. and it doesn't look like we'll be seeing any rainy time soon. hilltop winds have begun to pick up. take a look right now. gusting to about 30 miles per hour in the east bay. 24 miles per hour knoxville creek. notice the direction of the wind, though. it is

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. nice to see the change. >> absolutely, dan and ama. people are talking about it, and it will finally be great to be breathing some fresh air, and especially like ama mentioned people with respiratory issues. looking at live doppler hd we are tracking low clouds along the coast and higher clouds above. so far no rain reaching the ground. as you look toward the sierra nevada we are seeing snow showers. look how limited the system is in terms of moisture. as you look at our heavenly camera looking toward heavenly, there is no snow coming down. i wouldn't wax off your skis just yet. a couple inches expected and not much more. they are dropping to the 40s. oakland, san jose, los gatos, 50 degrees and the view from the east bay hills camera, the camera is not shaking too much, but you notice the camera was shaking earlier. temperatures in the 40s from santa rosa to thap paw and vacaville 44 and 47 in livermore. it was a cooler afternoon today and the cooling isn't done yet. look at this sho

sandhya is inside being warm for a change. >> loving it. >> not freezing on the roof. sheer look at doppler seven hd. morning temperatures going to moderate. there is relieve on the way. take a look at livermore. 28 degrees. numbers coming up above freezing by friday. cold and snowy in washington. minneapolis, two degrees for a high. # five atlanta, mid 30s in salt lake city. in tahoe, 45 degrees into afternoon. yosemite, 52. dry weather north to south. you have to go to los angeles to get warmth. 70 degrees with sunshine there tomorrow afternoon. here in the bay area, a cool, sunny crisp day. temperatures coming up thursday, friday. i've got you covered for the weekend. temperatures higher afternoon highs for weekend upper 50s to the mid-60s so hang in there. i know it's cold out there. yes. >> we're wusses >> still head at 4:00 a kiss gets a #-year-old boy suspended from school.. the school is calling it something else. >> a message on a hair product ad gets an endorsement from sarl sandberg. >> at the food bank of contra costa ask sow lan yes counties. there is a lo

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meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast.> absolutely, dan and ama. people are talking about it, and it will finally be great to be breathing some fresh air, and especially like ama mentioned people with respiratory issues. looking at live doppler hd we are tracking low clouds along the coast and higher clouds above. so far no rain reaching the ground. as you look toward the sierra nevada we are seeing snow showers. look how limited the system is in terms of moisture. as you look at our heavenly camera looking toward heavenly, there is no snow coming down. i wouldn't wax off your skis just yet. a couple inches expected and not much more. they are dropping to the 40s. oakland, san jose, los gatos, 50 degrees and the view from the east bay hills camera, the camera is not shaking too much, but you notice the camera was shaking earlier. temperatures in the 40s from santa rosa to thap paw and vacaville 44 and 47 in livermore. it was a cooler afternoon today and the cooling isn't done yet. look at this shot from the kgo roof camera

sandhya tracking another night of cold sandhya. >> yes dan. the key here is to dress in layers.u will stay nice and insulated. live doppler 7hd mostly clear skies right now. expecting freeze warning to continue right on through then am tomorrow morning. most of the bay area under it except san francisco. we have a hard freeze warning for the straits delta and also the central vaechlt you look at the have you from the exploring camera clear sky and here are the expected low for tomorrow. asterisk indicating more records coming. 20 degrees napa. 31 in san rafael. look at the temperatures. 25 livermore. 30 in san jose. yes it is going to be frigid and tomorrow afternoon doesn't get any better. see some sun and cloud and we good mid 40's to low 50's and then we add in some rain just to give you the complete winter mix. snow could be dropping as low as 2500 feet here locally friday night in saturday morning so the bay area peak may see some white by the time you hit the weekend. >> that's always fun thanks very much. >> larry is here sports director. interesting development over at c

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast.absolutely, dan and ama. people are talking about it, and it will finally be great to be breathing some fresh air, and especially like ama mentioned people with respiratory issues. looking at live doppler hd we are tracking low clouds along the coast and higher clouds above. so far no rain reaching the ground. as you look toward the sierra nevada we are seeing snow showers. look how limited the system is in terms of moisture. as you look at our heavenly camera looking toward heavenly, there is no snow coming down. i wouldn't wax off your skis just yet. a couple inches expected and not much more. they are dropping to the 40s. oakland, san jose, los gatos, 50 degrees and the view from the east bay hills camera, the camera is not shaking too much, but you notice the camera was shaking earlier. temperatures in the 40s from santa rosa to thap paw and vacaville 44 and 47 in livermore. it was a cooler afternoon today and the cooling isn't done yet. look at this shot from the kgo roof camera.

sandhya pat jell in with our first look at the accu-weather forecast update. sandhya? >> live doppler seven hd we'll talk about what's happening with fire burning dow jones. we have high clouds passing through. clear skies other than haze into the atmosphere, temperatures 68 degrees and it's really calm in terms of the wind. that is what is not moving the smoke a lot. humidity is 33%. gusts three miles per hour. the wind pattern will continue to push the low perhaps into the northeast. we're seeing high clouds drifting through. smoke players may drift north overnight tonight. just keep that in mind. we're not expecting strong winds which is why you're looking at this hazy picture with high clouds near the surface. and a little bit of orange sky. air quality remains poor. spare the air alert will continue. tomorrow is the 10th day. poor air quality in inland east bay. santa clara valley. moderate for the rest of the bay area. we have a change in the weather pattern that will mean you may need umbrellas. >> concern about big waves prompted authorities to alert beach yess

thank you, sandhya. health officials believe people who ate and drank at a popular san francisco bar and restaurant may have been exposed to hepititis a. an employee there was diagnosed with the virus. management tells us he was not a food handler. he worked december 12th to the 15th and the 9 tineth. 19th. it can cause vomiting and diarrhea and even hospitalization. they believe there is little risk of a restaurant patron though developing the infection, but say anyone who has not been vaccinated to get tested. >>> if you need to sign up for health care, cover california has extended the sign up for affordable -- the affordable care act i should say until this friday. four times the number of people in our state who were signed up by the end of november. the pace of pay picking up. many are looking toward the health care act for coverage. on monday two million people visited the website and it handled the huge amount of traffic without crashing as it did when it was first launched. >>> today a judge rul

and sandhya patel is here.en you can do this and scoop up air in your hands. >> it's murky. >> and terrible. >> if have you res pritory problems you notice it. so thing is that we have one more day. we'll talk about what skum. there is a change going to bring us better air quality. there are some clouds right there temperatures 62 in san francisco. 58 in oakland 61 an jose. temperatures have been in mid-60s to low 70s and around monterey bay, mid-70s. check out how poor air quality is from our bridge camera. you can see there. 63 santa rosa. 59 meta luma. 64 in livermore. so still, comfortable. sheer look at visibility. down to four miles. san jose, five miles with oakland. better visibility towards north santa rosa is ten miles there. check out wind forecast into will feel it by thursday. mount tamalpais camera, it's a beautiful view with those high clouds. there is that dirty air. cooler day with a slight chance of drizzle or light shower tomorrow, colder thursday with gusty winds. so there are changes in wea

sandhya is here. has snaichltd it has indeed. it's about time. i'll said all right.re finally seeing temperatures running higher than where they were just 24 hours ago. you lack at live doppler 7hd some cloud going through certainly helping keep the moisture up in the atmosphere that men temperatures in the falling as quickly. temperature in most area up by few degrees. check out fairfield 10 degrees higher from our exploring camera. financial district. transamerica pyramid in the clear. 49 degrees in san francisco writ now. from unin oakland. temperatures in the upper 30's. red wad city half moon bay san jose 41 degrees and here's view from emeryville camera. you can see the eastern span of the bay bridge. no fog out there. and the numbers for change above freezing for the time being 33 in napa. you get close. 34 santa rosa. 38 concord livermore 39 degrees and from our sutro tower cam are we notice san francisco is clear right now. spare the air has been declared again for tomorrow so we continue it tonight into tomorrow which no wood burning. warming trend for the

finally, sand yaw -- sandhya, it eased up. >> we are almost done with this. one more night. it has been a long stretch of the icy weather. one more night like i said. freeze warning for the north bay and valleys until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. still expecting 20s and low 30s and increased risk of hypothermia. you you need to protect pipes, plants and pets. this was posted on my facebook. he was repairing this fence in napa and found the water was frozen. poor little llamas. my sources tell me they can survive very cold and very warm weather as well. it will be warming up very soon. the winds are down at the lower elevations very calm. san francisco 48, 43 in oakland. currently 40 in san jose. 36 in los gatos. these temperatures are actually running higher than where they were 24 hours ago. we are starting to see a moderation in the air mass. from the exploratorium camera you can see a beautiful view. 32 in santa rosa and it is bone chilling cold. petaluma, 30 degrees. fairfield 31 and 36 in livermore. the view from the camera, the camera has been shaking tonight a little bit. so t

sandhya is here with live doppler 7hd. >> yes. live doppler 7hd tracking mostly clear sky rate now take a look at what the temperatures are look at this hour. as i show you the freeze warning fears it covers the entire bay area except san francisco until "newsnight"am tomorrow. than cease risk of heap 0thermia the straits and dealt and the darker shade of purple under hard freeze warning and you look from our roof cam are here are the temperatures already. well below freezing. santa rosa napa fairfield all upper 20's. livermore 33 degrees this morning we had a record leof 25 in san jose. we had teens up in the north bay and we are expecting another very cold night ahead i'll be back to let you know exactly where the low pressure end up and when live doppler 7hd might track some rain. >> all right see you shortly. cold being blamed for 7 deaths in the bay why are. most recent in hayward. 50-year-old homeless man found dead near city hall yesterday morning. wearing hooded sweatshirt short and shoes. on friday a man fond dead in dub

. >> sandhya is here now on just how cold it will get tonight. >> cold enough that just about everyone will be feeling it. let me show you live doppler 7hd and the freeze warning that is up until friday morning. sub freezing temperatures for just about everyone except san francisco. temperatures are already at or below freezing. the straits and delta under hard freeze warning as you lack at the new record for this morning, 25 in napa. shattered the previous record exploratorium tied at 40. oakland broke the previous record coming in at 33. upper 20's san jose, oakland, look at this picture. it was posted on face back of ice napa where he said it was 19 degrees. that's what some of you wil with in the will is he some more records. back with the details on that plus a look at when live doppler 7hd track rain her and snow. dan. >> thanks. >> the cold snap not just tough on people but animals too. allen is live in santa rosa tonight with that story. alle allen? >>reporter: over the past 2 hours we have been watching the temperatures drop on this abc 7 weather app. from the high 30's to blo

i'm sandhya patel. will plunge, coming up. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley >> the bay area and whuch of california bracing for cold weather. >> we are. cold weather is a concern for the considerate truss crop. worry majority could be damaged on the vines. >> it's cold with an 18 degree high this, is video courtesy of lake tahoe tv. four inches of snow has fallen. >> here are pictures of interstate 80. caltrans warning drivers heading up owe to get ready >> meft of us don't think about swimming but pool companies get busy. they need to shut off heating systems and drain panels for those using water insulated solar panels the water could freeze and split open panels. >> here is a look from our camera. sun is setting and temperatures dropping. >> let's get the latest from sandhya patel. >> yes. freeze warnings affecting north bay first tomorrow night showing you live doppler seven hd. clearing skies. freeze warning temperatures at 2:00 a.m tomorrow, running until thursday, at 9:00 a.m . expecting 20s overn

sandhya is here with live doppler 7hd. >> yes. live doppler 7hd tracking mostly clear sky rate now take a look at what the temperatures are look at this hour. as i show you the freeze warning fears it covers the entire bay area except san francisco until "newsnight"am tomorrow. than cease risk of heap 0thermia the straits and dealt and the darker shade of purple under hard freeze warning and you look from our roof cam are here are the temperatures already. well below freezing. santa rosa napa fairfield all upper 20's. livermore 33 degrees this morning we had a record leof 25 in san jose. we had teens up in the north bay and we are expecting another very cold night ahead i'll be back to let you know exactly where the low pressure end up and when live doppler 7hd might track some rain. >> all right see you shortly. cold being blamed for 7 deaths in the bay why are. most recent in hayward. 50-year-old homeless man found dead near city hall yesterday morning. wearing hooded sweatshirt short and shoes. on friday a man fond dead in dub

sandhya with what to expect this week. >> yes.are expecting much cooler weather and as a matter of fact morning you will feel a winter like chill. live doppler 7hd right now showing you just some clouds around. we have a little bit of drizzle showing up. our radar is tracking some snow beginning to cross 80 right now but if the rain snow mix to the north winter weather advisory up for the sierra nevada beginning at 4 a.m. tomorrow running until 4:00 p.m. expecting 4 to siption inches above 6000 feet and all you snow lovers up to continue inches possible above 7000 feet. this is cold stovrment you are going to feel it. sfo camera showing you the drop on the lens writ now it's drizzling there. might encounter delay flying out tomorrow morning. temperatures quite comfortable so don't get too used to this. it's going to be freezing cold coming up. temperatures in the 50's. san jose 53 degrees and look at the view from the emeryville camera. few clouds around. mid 50's same thing for novato livermore and from the roof cam are looking o

sandhya is here. has snaichltd it has indeed. it's about time. i'll said all right.o we are finally seeing temperatures running higher than where they were just 24 hours ago. you lack at live doppler 7hd some cloud going through certainly helping keep the moisture up in the atmosphere that men temperatures in the falling as quickly. temperature in most area up by few degrees. check out fairfield 10 degrees higher from our exploring camera. financial district. transamerica pyramid in the clear. 49 degrees in san francisco writ now. from unin oakland. temperatures in the upper 30's. red wad city half moon bay san jose 41 degrees and here's view from emeryville camera. you can see the eastern span of the bay bridge. no fog out there. and the numbers for change above freezing for the time being 33 in napa. you get close. 34 santa rosa. 38 concord livermore 39 degrees and from our sutro tower cam are we notice san francisco is clear right now. spare the air has been declared again for tomorrow so we continue it tonight into tomorrow which no wood burning. warming trend fo

sandhya with what to expect this week. >> yes. we are expecting much cooler weather and as a matter of fact morning you will feel a winter like chill. live doppler 7hd right now showing you just some clouds around. we have a little bit of drizzle showing up. our radar is tracking some snow beginning to cross 80 right now but if the rain snow mix to the north winter weather advisory up for the sierra nevada beginning at 4 a.m. tomorrow running until 4:00 p.m. expecting 4 to siption inches above 6000 feet and all you snow lovers up to continue inches possible above 7000 feet. this is cold stovrment you are going to feel it. sfo camera showing you the drop on the lens writ now it's drizzling there. might encounter delay flying out tomorrow morning. temperatures quite comfortable so don't get too used to this. it's going to be freezing cold coming up. temperatures in the 50's. san jose 53 degrees and look at the view from the emeryville camera. few clouds around. mid 50's same thing for novato livermore and from the roof cam are looki

. >> sandhya is here now on just how cold it will get tonight. >> cold enough that just about everyone will be feeling it. let me show you live doppler 7hd and the freeze warning that is up until friday morning. sub freezing temperatures for just about everyone except san francisco. temperatures are already at or below freezing. the straits and delta under hard freeze warning as you lack at the new record for this morning, 25 in napa. shattered the previous record exploratorium tied at 40. oakland broke the previous record coming in at 33. upper 20's san jose, oakland, look at this picture. it was posted on face back of ice napa where he said it was 19 degrees. that's what some of you will have to deal with in the morning. we will is he some more records. back with the details on that plus a look at when live doppler 7hd track rain her and snow. dan. >> thanks. >> the cold snap not just tough on people but animals too. allen is live in santa rosa tonight with that story. alle allen? >>reporter: over the past 2 hours we have been watching the temperatures drop on this abc 7 weather app.

. >> sandhya is here now on just how cold it will get tonight. >> cold enough that just about everyonebe feeling it. let me show you live doppler 7hd and the freeze warning that is up until friday morning. sub freezing temperatures for just about everyone except san francisco. temperatures are already at or below freezing. the straits and delta under hard freeze warning as you lack at the new record for this morning, 25 in napa. shattered the previous record exploratorium tied at 40. oakland broke the previous record coming in at 33. upper 20's san jose, oakland, look at this picture. it was posted on face back of ice napa where he said it was 19 degrees. that's what some of you will have to deal with in the morning. we will is he some more records. back with the details on that plus a look at when live doppler 7hd track rain her and snow. dan. >> thanks. >> the cold snap not just tough on people but animals too. allen is live in santa rosa tonight with that story. alle allen? >>reporter: over the past 2 hours we have been watching the temperatures drop on this abc 7 weather app. from

finally, sand yaw -- sandhya, it eased up. >> we are almost done with this. one more night. it has been a long stretch of the icy weather. one more night like i said. freeze warning for the north bay and valleys until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. still expecting 20s and low 30s and increased risk of hypothermia. you you need to protect pipes, plants and pets. this was posted on my facebook. he was repairing this fence in napa and found the llama's water was frozen. poor little llamas. my sources tell me they can survive very cold and very warm weather as well. it will be warming up very soon. the winds are down at the lower elevations very calm. san francisco 48, 43 in oakland. currently 40 in san jose. 36 in los gatos. these temperatures are actually running higher than where they were 24 hours ago. we are starting to see a moderation in the air mass. from the exploratorium camera you can see a beautiful view. 32 in santa rosa and it is bone chilling cold. petaluma, 30 degrees. fairfield 31 and 36 in livermore. the view from the camera, the camera has been shaking tonight a little b

sandhya is here. has snaichltd it has indeed. it's about time. i'll said all right.e finally seeing temperatures running higher than where they were just 24 hours ago. you lack at live doppler 7hd some cloud going through certainly helping keep the moisture up in the atmosphere that men temperatures in the falling as quickly. temperature in most area up by few degrees. check out fairfield 10 degrees higher from our exploring camera. financial district. transamerica pyramid in the clear. 49 degrees in san francisco writ now. from unin oakland. temperatures in the upper 30's. red wad city half moon bay san jose 41 degrees and here's view from emeryville camera. you can see the eastern span of the bay bridge. no fog out there. and the numbers for change above freezing for the time being 33 in napa. you get close. 34 santa rosa. 38 concord livermore 39 degrees and from our sutro tower cam are we notice san francisco is clear right now. spare the air has been declared again for tomorrow so we continue it tonight into tomorrow which no wood burning. warming trend for the w

finally, sand yaw -- sandhya, it eased >> we are almost done with this. one more night.has been a long stretch of the icy weather. one more night like i said. freeze warning for the north bay and valleys until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. still expecting 20s and low 30s and increased risk of hypothermia. you you need to protect pipes, plants and pets. this was posted on my facebook. he was repairing this fence in napa and found the llama's water was frozen. poor little llamas. my sources tell me they can survive very cold and very warm weather as well. it will be warming up very soon. the winds are down at the lower elevations very calm. san francisco 48, 43 in oakland. currently 40 in san jose. 36 in los gatos. these temperatures are actually running higher than where they were 24 hours ago. we are starting to see a moderation in the air mass. from the exploratorium camera you can see a beautiful view. 32 in santa rosa and it is bone chilling cold. petaluma, 30 degrees. fairfield 31 and 36 in livermore. the view from the camera, the camera has been shaking tonight a little bit.

. >>> we started with the cold and we want to go back to sandhya patel.ppears to be easy. >> absolutely, dan. here is a big reason why. we are starting to see high clouds moving in. it is holding the temperatures in the last hour. they haven't been falling a lot. that is a good sign. check out this photo posted on my facebook page. this is in icy campbell. lesson learned, turn off the sprinklers when it is freezing. this is what you see. watch out for some icy conditions out there from the east bay hills camera. the visibility is not very good from this vantage point. we have poor air quality. spare the air alerts in effect and poor air quality for the north bay and inland and east bay. that means of course no wood burning. you have to turn up the heat or put an extra blanket on the bed. the exploratorium camera is looking good. the temperature right now is quite comfortable. 46 degrees in san francisco. the upper 30s oakland and redwood city is 40. 36 degrees in los gatos. some of you will still feel the chill from the emeryville camera and looking back

sandhya patel is here now with the accu-weather forecast update. >> yes. it's poor air quality. i'll show new just a moment. a live doper seven skies and 15 spare the air alert. another alert up for tomorrow, tuesday from our camera. beautiful view looking out towards the bay. temperatures are mild. 54 in half moon bay. it is in the low 60s if you're going to the niners game, they play falcons at 5:40. and make sure you take a sweat shirt or a jacket. forecast, clear, cool, temperatures into 50s and chilly tomorrow morning. mild, hazy, numbers in the 60s >> thank you. >> developing news, supporters valley behind 13-year-old jahi mcmath. doctors there say she is brain dead a judge extended a temporary restraining order preventing her from being removed from a vent later until december 13th. her family says the hospital is pressuring them to remove her from life support. >> i know my daughter wants to live. she enjoyed life. and i know she won't like someone having a time limit on her life >> we continue to investigate the cause of jahi's death. main thing we want to emphasize is

. >> i'm sandhya patel. the air quality continues to suffer. i'll have details on a spare the air coming up. >> good evening, merry christmas, carolyn johnson is spending the holiday with her family. we're going to start with the perfect gift. a san jose family with a healthy baby boy but an excited father is racing across the country now to meet her newborn son. born early, yevin melvin is just four pounldz, nine ounces. >> my due date is 13, february. iet was clear yevin was going to be seven weeks early. >> he's doing good. everyone telling me he's strong for a preemie. >> doctors say he is strong and healthy and could be headed home in 2 to 3 weeks. >> surprised, huh? >> yes. just glad he's healthy and she's doing well. >> her mom remembers giving birth to dina and two sisters in this building. >> being born in this hospital is a family tradition? >> yes. >> you see, dina was here on a rare visit. she and the father are stationed in alaska with fourth brigade combat team. >> you can say we like our job when jumping out of planes a >> but th

sandhya with what to expect this week. >> yes.e are expecting much cooler weather and as a matter of fact morning you will feel a winter like chill. live doppler 7hd right now showing you just some clouds around. we have a little bit of drizzle showing up. our radar is tracking some snow beginning to cross 80 right now but if the rain snow mix to the north winter weather advisory up for the sierra nevada beginning at 4 a.m. tomorrow running until 4:00 p.m. expecting 4 to siption inches above 6000 feet and all you snow lovers up to continue inches possible above 7000 feet. this is cold stovrment you are going to feel it. sfo camera showing you the drop on the lens writ now it's drizzling there. might encounter delay out flying out tomorrow morning. temperatures quite comfortable so don't get too used to this. it's going to be freezing cold coming up. temperatures in the 50's. san jose 53 degrees and look at the view from the emeryville camera. few clouds around. mid 50's same thing for novato livermore and from the roof cam are loo

. >> turning now to sandhya patel for the outlook. >> we're going to be stuck in this for a while. for a wide area of the bay area. let's check out live doppler seven hd. freeze warnings going up, it's getting clear out there. taking a look at who is going to feel the freeze first, it's the north bay. and you can expect some frost sensitive plants and pipes could see damage. so be aware of that. now, freeze warning is going to cover virtually all of the bay area. only exception is san francisco there is an increased risk of hypothermia. take a look at lowest records. tomorrow morning is 27. san jose, 34. well away from records. gilroy flirting with 28 degrees tomorrow morning. and that is not the coldest of the weather. i'll be back with details with live doppler seven hd. >> temperatures dropping this much there are steps to take to protect people, pets, and plants. we have team coverage for you tonight. we're ready with live reports. you first, leanne, please. >> reporter: i want to show you how people are staying warm. the business has been very good here at royal grand cough ey

how to help us donate to bay area food banks. >> i'm sandhya patel. clear and chilly now. freezing comb morning with records again. getting ready to pull out umbrellas we have rain coming and could see snow capped mountains locally. >> another live look at afternoon commute. it's a crawl, bumper to bumper towards lower deck of the bay bridge. better for folks on the right side of the screen. back with more on the screen. back with more on to those who'v to those who've waited... the screen. back with more on worried... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com or call 1-800-752-6631. [s[man] no one told her,right?a. [son]hi! [mom screams] >>> a teen-age girl from the bay area one of the youngest monster truck drivers and is crushing the competition. literally the 16-year-old from watsonville started compet

sandhya? >> yes. about a dozen records this morning. let me show you records we had today. 25 degrees, a previous record 26 in napa. set back in 1972. had records in san rafael. you can see moffett field shattered the record of 33 coming in at 39. santa cruz, 28 degrees heading into another morning of record cold temperatures. sheer look at areas under freeze warning all areas except san francisco. hard freeze for central valleys. make sure you protect your pipes, pets, and plants. and i'll be back with the weather. >> a san francisco drop in center serves girl that's live in public housing. vandals broke into the girls after school academy, shattered five windows and took things a step further >> took a water hose and started to go forward with water. why? >> the broken windows make it too chilly to learn officials say the girl can use help trying to fix windows and terrible water damage is senseless. >> the cold weather is making life difficult for some residents. they have had unpleasant surprises. we're wlif that part of the story t

is sandhya, live doppler 7 hd. >> yes. live doppler 7hd no rain to speak of just high clouds passing through the bay area. we do have as you mention the cold air and the stagnant air although modifyin modifying. from our east bay hills camera we look across the bay. temperatures actually running higher right now. air quality running low. you can see here poor in santa clara valley why a spare the air alert in effect now and runs really right on through tomorrow moderate air quality rest of the bay area. wood smoke tribts to the pollution here in the bay area when you have this area of high pressure with sinking air it just traps that stuff down near the ground is if you have respiratory problems you know whether i'm talking about. limit your exposure on days like this. we have a look at milder overnight temperatures but warmer afternoon high weekend forecast coming up. >> thanks very much. >> this is wild. investigation is under way tonight to figure out how a phone sex hotline number actually wound up on one bay area coun

live from roof of the kgotv broadcast center i'm sandhya patel. cheryl? dan? >> that is a perfect ten. >> thank you. >> you look adorable. >> thank you. >> well, still ahead traveling chihuahua >> why dozens of dogs being air lifted out of the bay area. back in a moment. [s[man] no one told her,right?a. [son]hi! [mom screams] >> cute little face there is one of the dogs that are from shementers in berkeley, oakland and sacramento. local veterinarians and groups are paying for the animals to be flown to idaho this, is an annual holiday event. there, you can see they're being loaded on to the plane. since pets have not been adopted here it's hoped they'll have a better chance elsewhere. so keep fingers crossed to find homes in idaho the group wings of rescue provided these pictures. >> bon voyage to them. >> students able to check out a certified therapy dog. the university of san francisco, san francisco spca provides dogs uc berkeley dogs are from a nonprofit rescue foundation. these dogs so popular with students they come to uc berkeley every month to help st

sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd. we had nearly two dozen. >> it is hard to believe, dan. tomorrow will be number 19 for the season so far. live doppler 7hd showing clear skies and we have the stable air mass. as you look at the kgo roof camera we can see nothing but clear conditions and the air quality will remain poor going into tomorrow for the entire bay area. no wood burning and spare the air alert up and it is pretty clear why from the camera. you can see all of the ground level pollution this afternoon. it will be another hazy one tomorrow. we will let you know when things will be changing. the air district is predicting an improvement going into the weekend because we have changes coming and we have changes coming as we get closer to the end of the year. your 2014 start, i will let you know about that coming up, dan? >> we need those change had. thank you. >> a christmas surprise hustling to find a flight to the bay area. his daughter was born seven weeks early this morning, christmas day at san jose regional

sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd. we had nearly two dozen. >> it is hard to believe, dan. tomorrow will be number 19 for the season so far. live doppler 7hd showing clear skies and we hav the stable air mass. as you look at the kgo roof camera we can see nothing but clear conditions and the air quality will remain poor going into tomorrow for the entire bay area. no wood burning and spare the air alert up and it is pretty clear why from the camera. you can see all of the ground level pollution this afternoon. it will be another hazy one tomorrow. we will let you know when things will be changing. the air district is predicting an improvement going into the weekend because we have changes coming and we have changes coming as we get closer to the end of the year. your 2014 start, i will let you know about that coming up, dan? >> we need those change had. thank you. >> a christmas surprise hustling to find a flight to the bay area. his daughter was born seven weeks early this morning, christmas day at san jose regional m

>> sandhya patel is here now. >> carolyn and dan, one more day of unhealthy air. but check out the time lapse from the south beach camera. we captured this, the sun going down. it was an incredible sunset. i want to show you one more picture. it is just too hard to resist. this was sent to you report. loss altos and sunset and look at all of that color. it is due to the air collusion and ice crystals. that's why we had a chance to see it. tracking moisture to the south. nothing is reaching the ground in san jose. we have a little green off the monterey coast. don't be surprised if you get a few sprinkles. visibility is good and looking out toward the bay. it is 55 in san francisco. it is 45 in redwood city. oakland has dropped to the upper 40s along with los gatos. 52 in san jose. today was so mild. the temperatures were in the mid60s to the low 70s. down around the monterey bay, in the mid70s. that's all going uh way. from our exploratorium camera, a few whispy clouds. napa and petaluma, you are feeling the cold air already. it is 46 in livermore and from our eas

we start with meteorologist sandhya patel with a first look at weather on live doppler 7hd. >> ama, weather is definitely picking up in intensity. it is tracking heavier rain and the national weather service just issued a special marine warning for san francisco south of the bay bridge over the pacific waters including the san mateo bridge and south san francisco. i'm sorry. i am just reading this to you right now. it is issued until 11:30 p.m. it looks like a strong thunderstorm has developed. i do want to take you in closer and show you the area where we are seeing some very heavy returns here in violet purple heading toward the east bay. be aware the fact the rain is come -- coming down heavily and we are seeing rain-snow mixing in over mount hamilton. you look at this and it has been snowing around the mount hamilton area and mixing with rain. we have also seen snow in ukiah and down to about 600 feet and also looking at some snow in northern napa county and do to 1700 feet which is why winter weather advisories are up above 1500 until 6:00 a.m. for the north bay mountains and 2500 tomo

sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd. had nearly two dozen. >> it is hard to believe, dan. tomorrow will be number 19 for the season so far. live doppler 7hd showing clear skies and we have the stable air mass. as you look at the kgo roof camera we can see nothing but clear conditions and the air quality will remain poor going into tomorrow for the entire bay area. no wood burning and spare the air alert up and it is pretty clear why from the camera. you can see all of the ground level pollution this afternoon. it will be another hazy one tomorrow. we will let you know when things will be changing. the air district is predicting an improvement going into the weekend because we have changes coming and we have changes coming as we get closer to the end of the year. your 2014 start, i will let you know about that coming up, dan? >> we need those change had. >>ank you. >> a christmas surprise hustling to find a flight to the bay area. his daughter was born seven weeks early this morning, christmas day at san jose regional med

sandhya is tracking the conditions at big sur with live doppler 7hd. >> yes. the wind has not really been strong. let me show you this. fir create their own wind of course and that could be a little bit erratic. high clouds moving in on live doppler 7hd. conditions down to the south. 62 degrees where the fire is burning relative humidity 24 percent. wind out of the south west at 3 gusting to 6 so we are not expecting strong winds out there and as you look at the curve tour of the clouds and direction of clouds going, going from south to north. smoke layers may drift north overnight. so far smokey skies reported around monterey all day today. we in the bay area deal with the poor air quality and when we see improvement in that and when you feel the change in our weather. it's going to be a big one. >> okay thanks very much. talking about air quality and it continues to plague us here. tomorrow the tenth consecutive spare the air day this is video from the mount tam cam the haze that hangs over the bay area. spare the air day issued when air pollution rises to u

>> sandhya patel is here now. >> carolyn and dan, one more day of unhealthy air. but check out the time lapse from the south beach camera. we captured this, the sun going down. it was an incredible sunset. i want to show you one more picture. it is just too hard to resist. this was sent to you report. loss altos and sunset and look at all of that color. it is due to the air collusion and ice crystals. that's why we had a chance to see it. tracking moisture to the south. nothing is reaching the ground in san jose. we have a little green off the monterey coast. don't be surprised if you get a few sprinkles. visibility is good and looking out toward the bay. it is 55 in san francisco. it is 45 in redwood city. oakland has dropped to the upper 40s along with los gatos. 52 in san jose. today was so mild. the temperatures were in the mid60s to the low 70s. down around the monterey bay, in the mid70s. that's all going uh way. from our exploratorium camera, a few whispy clouds. napa and petaluma, you are feeling the cold air already. it is 46 in livermore and from our eas