the situation here this morning at sfo is improving slowly.n fact, some flights did take off this morning for jfk, laguardia and newark. they're leaving out of here late. if you need to come to the airport, be prepared. there are some very long lines at the ticket counter. this is a continental airlines counter at passengers arrived hope to catch a flight out to newark at 11:25 this morning. the latest word on that flight is that it has been delayed a couple hours but people are hopeful many of these travels have been stuck days due to those snowstorm and airport closures back east. it is a hopeful sign because you see not as many cancellations today. little by little flights back east are taking off. they're leaving late but they are getting out of here. but it has been a long and tough couple of days here for a lot of stranded people. and some this morning are hopeful. others are still worried. >> on time, on time, on time until 15 minutes before departure when they say cancelled without any explanation and saying the next flight would be ja

the situationere this morning at sfo is improving slowly.n fact, some fligh did take off this morning for jfk, laguara and newark. they're leaving out of here late. if you need to come to the airport, be prepared. there are some very long lines at the ticket counter. this is a contintal airlines counter at passengers arrived hope to catch a flight out to newark at 11:25 this morning. the latest word on that flight is that it has been delayed a couple hours but people are hopeful many of these travels have been stuck days due to those snowstorm and airport closures back east. it is a hopeful sign because you see not as many canceltions today. little by little flights back east are takin off. they're leaving late but th are getting out of here. but it has been a long and tough couple of days here for a lot of stranded people. and some this morning are hopeful. others are still worried. >> on time, on time, on time until 15 minutes before departure when they say cancelled without any explanation and saying the next flight would be jaary 1st. >>

the fog causing problems at sfo. you only have to look at some of the shots to realize how dense the fog is. mt. tam shot you can see we are soft did. all lot of dense fog and low cloud cover not just in the north bay but settling into the peninsula as well this morning. we are looking at the east bay, the north bay to join with quite a bit of fog in fact dense fog the advisory has just gone into effect this morning. rain is expected to return to the badger towards tomorrow. for today dense fog advisory you can see where the north bay this highlighted area through portions of the spade on the peninsula and and to the south bay dance fog advisory until 10:00 a.m.. we are dealing with the dances fog through sfo, oakland, along 101 into san rafael. napa valley and the delta as well this morning. your numbers look like a quarter of a mile from nevada, oakland, and up into napa and fairfield. that fog really starting to build in as we head towards next hour seam story continuing with dense fog through the document along t

sfo and 8 flights going out.llations involving jfk, philadelphia, la guardia, and newark. and that is in part because faa reporting newark, la guardia, jfk airports closed at least until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon our time. on top of that snow related cancellations at sfo they are watching the fog to see if it may effect arrivalling the morning. so that is happening as well. now, at oakland international no reports of flights from the east coast. no cancellations anticipated there. we have not heard back from san jose. because of the east coast storms some passengers have been stuck for two days and trying to rebook flights many booked for wednesday through friday. airlines say they don't expect service to return to normal, until tuesday, so the best advice is to call your airline before you come down. grace. >> that weather packing a wallop. thanks for the update. >>> 6:57 a.m. mike singletary is out as head coach of the 49ers, team owner jed york fired him after the team lost in st. louis, 25-17 and was eliminate

and also this morning, fog at sfo diverted several arriving southwest and united flights.they landed instead in san jose, oakland, or monterey. and the airport duty manager reports that the current one to two-hour delays could rise to three hours later today. and a big backup from the combination of east coast snow and san francisco fog and low visibility in southern california. patience, the key to surviving air travel today. >> passengers are scrambling to find another flight out. julie seemour and her husband are still hoping to mark a milestone on a six-day vacation to the big apple. >> an anniversary trip. we're just trying to figure it out and see if we can find an alternate way to get there. >> reporter: sandra will have to stay two more days before returning to her new york baker's job. >> it is a lot warmer. it is not horrible. it is not the worst thing. >> karen nessbit hopes she gets home. her flight to montana overbooked she says because of the east coast cancellations. >> we're a victim of the ripple effect. that's a good way to say it. >> how are you dealing

closer to san bruno and sfo.ame thing out of oakland airport the nimitz freeway moving fine. volume exceptionally light for this time of the morning. those headlights are moving southbound towards hegenberger and northbound traffic quick trip 15 minutes there from 238 up towards the macarthur maze. no problems at all through downtown oakland. as far as mass transit goes, we have a couple of changes today for christmas eve. ace train there is no service. so don't plan on using that today or tomorrow. bart is operating on a normal weekday schedule but they are offering longer trains midday. so that's to accommodate all those extra holiday shoppers and people traveling to the airport to get out of town for the holiday. golden gate ferry caltrain and various other mass transit agencies are operating with slightly less service on a holiday schedule. that is your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is a better sweet homecoming for a schnauzer found beaten, shot and left to die on a street in oakland last week. a

that's heading toward the airport at sfo. no major problems of the airports around the bay area right now. it there could be some issues for international travelers since where thinking about that lets put at sfo right now dan curman is standing by live with the latest. dan. >> as the band sang much better weather today, that means fewer delays especially domestic the cash and carry a out of the international terminal it's here where travelers are seeing delays to places where there's bad weather. we're talking specifically about frankfurt and london and many of these folks did no. there were getting home for the holiday. tuesday's weather as we travel at sfo much better than the last few days, those flying internationally are still encountering delays and cancellations. it did a bad weather in places like frankfurt and london. >> my flight was canceled last night, and to try to get home before christmas. they said they came here to fight it on christmas day to get home boxing day. >> i'm supposed to leave sunday and it got c

an hour at sfo, 43 mi. an hour gusts in half moon bay. san jose with the wind gusts around 3:00 or 41 mi. per hour. wind gusts and the 30's for fairfield, san carlos and hayward and around the bay. storm tracker for showing rain shower activity dying off a shower showing up of the santa cruz coast. there rain showers on the way up to sacramento, east fairfield it and getting that snow in fairfield and snow showers will break here on 80 for the moment. the chain requirements in place. on the treasury's satellite raider a storm that came through while the southern california again today. when watch the direction everything's coming of the north and really cold air runcie's by the clouds with cold air dropping in. it were watching the next door and that's going to bring as rain unfortunately and looks like rain for near sea. cold temperature down and meet 30's and land to more on the '50s will get a little more sunshine and maybe a sprinkler to not as many sprinkles and showers as we saw this afternoon as there were numerous around the bay i

>>> travelers through sfo are experiencing arrival and departure delays. we'll have the latest in a live report coming up. >> reporter: how this tree narrowly missed two people sitting inside an oakland home. >>> and it is the busiest mailing day of the year hawaii this means for those who still have holiday mail to send. >>> good afternoon everyone. i'm heather holmes in today for tori campbell. today storm clouds are only adding pressure to an already difficult situation in oakland. that's where a giant tree crashed into a house. and that's not the only problem. ktvu's kraig debro is live now with more on the mess the wet and windy weather left behind, kraig. >> reporter: good afternoon. the tree still causing problems. my estimation the tree is about 100 feet long. you can see some of the branches torn off yesterday in the fall. no one has actually scheduled a tree removal service, but remarkably the home is habitable. you'll soon see why these people narrowly escaped the crash. late this morning we had our first look inside the house. two different tre

sfo is he the video present false and myself leading information on sfo security program.the airport says in many cases sfo exceeds federal safety requirements. and in addition all field employees must first be sponsored by an employer and then pass a 10 year fbi background check before they are hired. all of that in reresponsible to the pilot's videotape and assertion about security at sfo. >>> well in the midst of one of the worst snow storms of the year, several airlines announce today they are raising prices. united contin continental, american, delta airlines have added a 20 dollar round trip surcharge for the majority of their domestic routes. this is according to fear watcher fare compare that says the increases also come when oil prices soared 2 26 month high. of course the oil prices impact the cost of jet fuel. >>> california marijuana law are easing up. beginning january 1st getting caught with an ounce or less of pot will be treated the same as getting a ticket for speeding or littering. until now possession of ounce of pot has been a misdemeanor punishable by

yes, passengers are stranded here at sfo. i wanted to give you the latest for travelers headed out by plane. we have duty manager joseph walsh with me and we'll get the update from you as far as how many flights are canceled and to and from where at this point? >> okay. so far we have 20 inbound flights from a combination of cities, jfk, philadelphia and boston to sfo that have been canceled. and six outbound flights to boston and jfk that have been canceled. >> reporter: is that for the whole day? is that just for this morning? what time range are we talking about? >> those are just the earlier flights that are leaving the east coast and earlier flights that leave from sfo toward the east coast. flights later on in the day, there's still a possibility they might be able to take off and arrive from boast destinations. >> reporter: so those numbers could change during the morning. what is the best advice for passengers who have a flight booked for today? >> our best advice is to contact your airlines before coming to the airpo

there is good news tonight, reggie is live at sfo had as a look reggie? >> for at the domestic terminal here at 3 it's a pre labor and now people are able to get through right away and go directly to their gate. the high wind warning in effect for sfo is supposed to possibly expire at sunset that's when the winds will decrease according to the did the minister pierre curie and take a look at the video you can see people are coming into the airport with their bags and luggage. there were some delays coming in from boston and new york because of the huge storm that hit the new york area. listen to what this couple had to say, they're trying to get to hawaii there from boston now they're stuck here at sfo for another night. they're stuck in l.a. for the past two nights. listen to what they had to say and when they're expected to arrive in hawaii. >> it's one of those things about last august for this, my daughter and granddaughter family are in hawaii already waiting for a spirited were about to be scuba diving tomorrow we'll. we're here. >> were going to ge

with more of these flight-mares, leslie brinkly is live at sfo. leslie? >> that's a good word for it, fright mare. it is an emotional nightmare for those travelers who are still stranded in new york. also for nose who made it back here to sfo, some are being told that it could take weeks before they can catch a flight here. things are turning ugly. >> there could have been other things keeping you waiting. >> they were stranded and waiting in line for hours being told they can't get on a flight for weeks. >> they are reaccommodating people, and then several people called our hotline and said they missed their reaccommodation flights because there was no communication from the airline telling them they had been reaccommodated, and now they won't get out for two weeks. >> they under toed a flier's rights website and hotline four years ago when she was stuck on a plane in austin for nine hours. in the last few days, she has fielded hundreds of desperate calls. >> there is information on the website. i don't know what to do. >> with a blizzard, passengers are

the update from sfo come up. >> i am grace lee. sydnie kohara has the day off. >> yep, i am juliette good rich. weather and traffic, tracy is working on that forecast. that storm door is it open? >> yeah, it is rotating right now. every day looks like something new we are talking about and we are talking about something new today. first and foremost, sunshine expected for monday but more showers, more rainfall, more snowfall moving back into the bay area, for much of the workweek. we will take a look at your seven-day forecast in a few moments. >>> thank you tracy. an update for your sierra travel forecast. no more chain requirements on industry state 80, trucks being -- interstate 80, trucks being screened near king dale but still in requirement for highway 50 and 88. back up to you. >>> thanks you guys. it is not going to be easy getting around the northeastern part of the u.s. this morning. let's take a lookout side. the blizzard pounding the coast from carolinas to maine. some folks are getting more than a foot of snow strandin

. >>> passengers here at sfo are feeling the freeze, too. some of them got to san francisco international today only to find out many of their flights heading east have been delayed. we just found out there's thick fog causing more problems with flights from los angeles that are being cancelled. kraig debro is live at sfo with the latestle travel conditions. >> reporter: good afternoon. flights to and from louisiana b eing delayed up to three hours. not only united and american but other carriers. this is the security line. it's very thin. but don't let that fool you. i gist found out, we hope earlier this morning, that afternoon flights heading to new york and on the eastern seaboard would be able to leave. we've just learned that flights have been cancelled. the the fog has diverted thirty flights. there are not any firm numbers yet but officials say it's not as bad as yesterday. airlines were forced to cancel roughly,000 -- 2,,000 flights yesterday. as the snow tapers off and runways clear up, this u nexpected weather delay is now affecti

flight cancellations are affecting travelers at sfo as well.ohn allston reports. >> with all flights to the northeast cancelled, the jetblue ticket counter at sfo looked like a ghost town. a few tried to negotiate a seat on the next flight. one college student drove all the way from chico to hear the bad news. >> i have to wait four days. >> four days you have to wait? >> thursday. next flight is thursday. >> she's trying to get to new york city where the storm scuttled more than 800 flights sunday morning. now she will have to wait until almost new year's eve. >> i will stay at my friend's house. but my friend as house is very hard from here so it's very tough for me. >> all day the east coast flights out of san francisco dropped like dominos. american and delta about a half dozen each. the same for continental and virgin. that was a fraction of the hundreds of cancellations nationwide including trouble here in boston. that's where katy lewis is heading not realizing the weather situation, her father drove her all the way from lakeport hoping

like an easy ride through sfo. san jose camera shows very light traffic here moving up towards ours great america parkway. and the guadalupe parkway no problems for 280 commute, even 17 looks good. james. >> 6:49 a.m. gas prices haven't gone up recently but did you know they are at the highest point since 2008. the average now is $3.40. i wish. the california average much higher. the averages 330. gas going for $3.38 in san francisco, $3.31 in oakland, $3.32 in san jose. a fire inside the abandoned building in northern new orleans killed eight people. tempter were below freezing in north and survivor of the blaze and escaped through a window. the eight that were killed have not been identified. cadaver dogs are expected to search the building. five friends are dead likely from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by running car in the garage underneath their motel room. they rented the room sunday to celebrate one of the team's 19th birthday. a car that needed to jump-start earlier was left running in the crotch. a doo

it's making a dangerous to take off and land at the rate that people normally do here at sfo. as a result, were looking at 30 minute delay rate now on flights that are how did elsewhere in the country even flights headed the southern california. these delays will have a ripple effect thing out longer as the night goes on and airport officials expected delays to peek around in our say about 9:00 tonight. live at sfo jonathan kron 4 news. >> our coverage continues was some at the haze and shows us how the northeast is buried under piles of snow. >> if there's one word to describe the christmas snow storm that paralyzed parts of the northeast. its stock. new york city dozens of vehicles are still stuck in this note >>. today our number one challenge as stock ambulances in cars and buses. if these vehicles are making it hard to for plows to move as quickly as they usually do. that is why the differences between the storm and past ones that we have dealt with the >>. at jfk and laguardia the skies may be clear in but planes and passengers are stuck on the ground. also stop, the res

he raised concerns about procedures at sfo. coming up, what a northern california pilot is saying about those who dismiss his claims. >> also, the planes finally flying but when will passengers finally make to it destinations. >>f@o@opk$6$6$6$6$6$6$6$6$6$6$6' >>> the pilot who blew the whistle on lax airport security blasted critics today, posting cell phone video last month criticizing security measures at san francisco international airport. transportation security administration officials went to his home and confiscated a handgun he carried part of a federal flight deck officers program. he held a news conference today, and says critics are naive and ignoring a serious threat to the flying public. >> this was never with b.being famous for me. this is about aviation security. this is a serious issue at the airport. i just wanted to address it. >> he argued ground crews are not screened by metal dedoctors or tsa. sfo says the video presents false information about the airport security program. >> and while that pilot has got

reporting live at sfo, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some air travelers expected to land in sfo or oakland found themselves in the south bay. 25 flights were diverted and passengers had to find their way from new york to boston. >>> we're seeing flight -- flight delays an c ancellationings here. thousandses are still without power in parts of ms. and some stranded passengers may not be able to rebook their flights until friday. up until 16 inches of snow is expected in new england before all is said and done. >>> similar story in new york at times today all three major airports were shut down but are partially reopen with some flights taking off. it's going to take days for things to get back to normal. getting around new york city on the ground proved tough going. including problems with trains, planes and subways. >>> in philly, more than a thousand passengers were stranded at the airport there and last night's eagles game was postponed because of a snow emergency. at eagles -- that eagles/vikings game will be played tomorrow night. >>> here at home, tragedy in a walnut creek

he held >>> the pilot who exposed security flaws at sfo has now gone public. chris liu is a pilot for american airlines. he held a news conference yesterday at the sacramento airport. it was an attempt to silence his critics. they attacked him after he posted videos on youtube last month highlighting ground crews at sfo entering secure areas without screening. when the tsa objected, liu took them down but now says he had no idea that the videos would cause such an uproar. >> this was never about being famous for me. this was about aviation security. >> the tsa is now investigating liu. the pilot's attorney is calling on congress to investigate. >>> more flights are getting back on track but some passengers in the northeast are still stranded after sunday's blizzard. travel officials say it could be new year's before everyone gets home. during the storm, more than 7,000 flights were cancelled across the country. at new york's laguardia airport, hundreds of passengers are just waiting to get on a plane. >> found out that now they rescheduled my 6:00 -- 6 a.m. fl

let's check in now with terry mcsweeney who's live at sfo. terry? got a couple dozen flights in and out of sfo cancelled. 20 coming in and 6 going out. it doesn't sound like a whole lot compared to those huge numbers you were just says as to what's going on back east but for the thousands of passengers affected, it is a huge deal. take a look where it all started, the domino effect. back east the snow, just an amazing storm back there as a result out here -- well, take a look at the jetblue ticket counter last night out of here at sfo. people showing up trying to find something maybe later on. they don't know exactly how much later on. and, again, 20 flights cancelled out here. yesterday it was more than that. all cancels about a half dozen each and 24 cancelled and it is early in the day. now, if you're comin' out, call ahead of time to check on your flights and also call ahead to check on parking. listen to this. >> we encourage the use of the cellphone lot which is only a three-minute drive from the terminal. and if you're picking somebody up, on

we have been monitoring flights this morning at sfo. the good news right now at the not any local delays right now. there are cancellations due to snow in london. heath row airport is only allowing a number of flights in. british air ways have canceled their flights. and united will try to get travelers to london if they can. we don't know if there will be any further delays. we did spend time at sfo yesterday and it was a slow weekend. lots of delays and airport officials say the weather will likely cause more problems in the bay area all week. more than an inch of rain soaked the bay area last night. the westest city half-moon bay. pg&e reported power outages in the santa cruz mountains and in the south bay. >> right now there is no delays. we don't have traffic to cause delays. right now we have enough flights going out to meet our arrival rates so we're not having any problems. >> reporter: no problems as of yet. but ktvu will be monitoring this. off and on showers we can tell you are expected to hit the bay area until late tomorrow

hundreds of people at sfo. >>> it was expected, but not this sudden. tonight the san francisco 49ers fired head coach mike singletary hours after the team lost the 10th game. for more let's talk to sports anchor rick quan. this all followed a nasty scene on the sidelines with singletary and his quarterback, troy smith. >> there was a nasty incident. but the 40 nipers were under performing and not on the right track. the team owner promised changes would be made, and he wasted no time firing head coach mike singletary. during his two years as head coach, the fiery hall of famer had a run in with players and the media. today he got in a shouting match with quarterback troy smith after he threw an interception. many had san francisco winning the nfc west, but they lost their first five games. next week is the season gnaw nationally against arizona, and here is what some fans think of the change. >> i think it is great. i think it is what they needed for at least this season, and maybe some other personnel changes may be needed, but definitely the coach. >

we spent some time at sfo yesterday. several reunions were planned but each found delays due to weather. more than an inch of rain soaked the bay area last night returning travelers this week muchlike last night shared very similar stories. >> he was supposed to take a bus and five flights and all of those were perfectly fine. the bus and four flights. only the last flight that was a problem. >> how big a problem? >> almost three hours i think. >> reporter: pg&e reported power out annals in the san -- outages in the santa cruz areas. off and on showers are expected to hit the bay area late tonight and tomorrow. i want to bringup back out here to sfo. this is the american airlines terminal. we just checked in with a spokesperson and right now there is no delays. there is lots of travelers in lines right foul. you never know once the planes start going throughout the day they will check to see if there is any delays at any point because travelers like these always have to make sure they can get to their connections. we'll

down quite a bit at sfo.for the most part this morning it looked like this long lines of lots of people. it really is all the things working against each other. not only do have lots of folks travelling. but then you also combine that with bad weather that we experience not only here on the west coast but around the country specifically in the midwest. we expect to see major delays. chicago here nearly flights were on time but they expect to see more delays as the day goes on. we talk to travelers travelling across the country with small children they talked about what they expect to see today. >> where you guys traveling? obviously you have a family. >> we are off to new york city for the night and day to connecticut. we expect heavier traffic. >> what about the weather? you have to kids with you are you expecting to go swiftly today?. >> i hope so i have no expectations of it not going well. >> has been so far? >> not so bad. >> this is the annual pelham pilgrim. >> whether crowds doesn't bother you? >> we

if you are headed to sfo, traffic is good on 101. checking our sensors you can see all that green on the freeways so no delays for 101 or 280. 380 also checking in problem- free. elsewhere as you work your way on highway 4, this is one of our slowest spots this morning, typical westbound seeing delays right through antioch, 15 miles per hour. also some slight delays on 580. 19 minutes westbound from the altamont pass to 680 but looks like 80 and 880 all checking in problem-free. if you are cruising through the south bay you're cruising. speeds are good 101 no delays to report through san jose. here's live look at 280 northbound into downtown san jose and traffic is just moving right along nicely this morning. that's a look at your weather. for your traffic, here's liz. >> thanks, tracy. at your morning -- that's a look at your morning drive. back to you. >>> thank you. coming up a preview of "let's make a deal" making a comeback on cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. bart, all 51 trains are on too many right now. no delays so

his bills will typically have an sfo trip, if not several. smart cars were introduced to sfo the summer of 2007, in june 2007. you can get good data. in order to pick up anyone from the airport, he must use their smart card to enter into the airport terminal. you do not need a smart card to drop off at the airport. if you are dropping someone off at the airport, you can drop them off at departures and exit without a smart card. however, if you want to pick up a person, you must first enter into what we call generically the taxi pit at the airport. you use your car to get in and wait in line with the other taxicabs. there can be up to 200 cabs at a time. you usually wait for 30 minutes , 2.5 hours. when you are called to pick someone up, you then can exit. upon exiting, you can tap out your card. after you have your customer, you go. that being said, with mr. omar saying he was at sfo, we did a quick spot check for 2008. we did it for other years as well. for 2008, there were at least 40 ships where mr. omar said he was at the sfo, and there w

reporting live at sfo kraig debro. >> thanks. we'll learn how the travel conditions are shaping up on the east coast this morning with a live report from la guardia airport. some are calling it hotel la guardia with hundreds of stranded passengers. >>> we now know the identity of the body found days ago. casey speed of santa rosa was found near the community of strawberry. he went missing december 10th. his wife said he fell overboard and he was not wearing a life jacket. a bird watcher discovered his body friday. the coast guard believes his death was an accident. >>> a backlash against the antioch city council as they decided to laze off police officers. the clock is ticking and six police officer will be laid off. the antioch police union is posting fliers showing the faces and contact information for all five city council members and city manager hoping residents will reach out to them. they have been forced to impose the layoffs because of the police unions unwillingness to make concessions. the negotiation between the polic

there is a flight delay at sfo because of the fog. they usually wait until the sun comes up and burns off and then it's no problem. but right now in a slight delay because of the fog. that conference call i told you about a second ago. that's gonna determine if hundreds if not thousands of flights for a second consecutive day will be closed. we just learned that newark airport is just relearn -- is just now learning they don't know when it will open again. the weather will determine what happens today. how dot airlines accommodate passengers whose flights were cancelled yesterday and those who have reservations today. this man says forget about yesterday's flights. >> those passengers cancelled will be -- will be put on now as seats become available. the seat capacity is very high, fortunately. >> there's already an hour and a half delay. i've been checking online and they have us delayed for an hour and a half and i think we will depart at 8:30. hopefully it's not much longer because it's harder with the -- when we check-in with our

ken wayne is at sfo. >> reporter: if you could pick a time to fly out of sfo, this would be the time. this is the tsa ticket line, there's only three people in line. it was much much busier this morning. 120 people will fly out today and tomorrow. we talked to a passenger, one passenger, as she put it. she timed it right and picked a good afternoon to fly. there were lines at baggage claim and on baggage claim, but for a hollywood week at sfo it's not what karen porter was expecting. >> i thought it was going to be raining, i thought lines were going to be long. i thought flights were going to be delayed, and this is a nice surprise. >> reporter: the only delay, flights to chicago because of rain. international flights to hethrow were cancelled due to blizzard conditions. but in the bay area, the weather gave fliers a break, one that likely ends tomorrow. >> if the weather comes to forecast, low visibility, high winds and rain. >> reporter: fliers can expect delays tomorrow morning. >> the best thing people can do tomorrow if they are traveling, before they leave their home, check wit

. >> what is causing big problems at sfo some passengers have been stranded for hours. kron 4 dan is their he has a live update. a lot of unhappy people i guess stand? >> that's right, especially people horrify one place to make connections will not get to the destination tonight i want to spend the night on a layover destination. were here at the american airlines destination they're having delays the distillate we saw are over at the southwest terminal. why southwest? were seeing delays basically anywhere from 30 minutes to four hours. if the bulk of the delays are the western united states as well as the southwest. southwest airlines you know flies to both of those areas. if people like nursing are having to wait up to four hours just to check in their bag. normally a lot about me and they miss our flight but because the flights are delayed, they are not missing the flight. they are missing their connection. such as southwest airlines but all the airlines are seeing delays. here's what passengers had to say. >> we are headed to miami to god approves the left seattle

and san francisco gusting as high as 40 at sfo. and inverness, winds gusting to 37. san francisco, ocean beach, 49 mile-an-hour wind gusts. and sustained winds averaging around 25 miles an hour. and that is a look at your weather, i will throw things back upstairs to you, ladies. >> all right. thank you, tracy. >>> a sewage spill in marin county is one threat from the storm that dumped record amounts of rain on parts of the north bay. and joe vasquez checked out the problem. >> the rain is steady an the driving is treacherous. in petaluma, at rinehart truck stop, water is puddling up, flooding parts of petaluma boulevard south. the same sort of pooling is happening along parts of 101, from petaluma to marin, although the water is not quite as high. a downed tree in kentfield covered part of the roadway. north bay communities braced for a major rainstorm even though most we talked to don't seem to mind it. >> i like it. it is nice. it makes everything a little more difficult to drive to work. >> what was driving like? >> it is really dangerous. it is scary. >> we get

this is the pilot from sacramento that shot video at sfo. video he posted to you tube in september. >> you can see airport security is a farce. it's only smoke and mirrors. >> reporter: the pilot claims that people are checked by sfo but not the people behind the scenes. >> how secure is the airport when everybody inside is checked but everybody on the floor is not. >> authorized personnel, slide card through reader. >> reporter: the videos were removed from you tube. the pilot who was authorized to carry a gun on board, says this videos show federal agents confiscating his gun after what he calls a security lapse. pilots we spoke to were not mixed on the situation. >> i think he did nothing wrong. he should make it public. >> i think he should talk to the security people. because he would feel more security understanding everything. >> the only way this story got traction is because of the government's response. >> reporter: the tsa released a written statement in which he said it was confident in the security here at sfo but it did not add

>> 26 flights cancelled. 20 of them coming into sfo, 6 leaving sfo. it's all because of that storm in the northeast. i met a woman this morning who's already been delayed for a couple of days and she's hoping to be home not today but tomorrow. that's no sure bet. take a look where this mess is originating. that is the northeast. as you mentioned, more than a thousand flights cancelled at the new york airports alone. only a couple dozen cancelled out here at sfo today. one of them was a flight to philadelphia. and mary found her flight yesterday was cancelled. said she was rebooked and it got cancelled again. so today she's going to be flying to las vegas and orlando, spend the night and tomorrow home to philly. maybe. listen to this. you're supposed to be back when? >> last night. last night. >> and now it's gonna be. >> it's gonna be tuesday night. two nights later. hopefully. they don't hit a snowstorm and land us in denver or something. >> but the attitude. you gotta give something to that woman for her attitude. those tough pennsylvanians. anyway

it often and at small connecting flights many of which in turn feeds a larger house like sfo. sfo is working with the airlines to tweak schedules to try and reduce the number of flights at peak hours and that is helping some. it is a travelers and the schedules will simply continue to be at the mercy of the weather. at sfo rob kron 4 news. >> the federal government said october was the first month with no airplanes were stuck on the ground for more than three hours. it was the first month without tarmac delays since the government started collecting data in 2008. ups system of requiring photo identification for customers who are shipping packages at retail locations around the world. this comes a month after explosives made their way onto one of the company's as part of the company's ongoing review to enhance security >> are extended forecast the rate on the way with chances of labor in showers of the beginning of the wheat. we'll talk about it coming up in just a few minutes. after reduction in crime after the first nine months of the year san francisco is in his bike and hom

the only main trouble out here at sfo, flights to europe. while more on that coming up for you tonight kron 4 news at 5:00. if reporting live at sfo kron 4 news. >> such as the roadways getting swamped by heavy rain in southern california, but the runways to. but the this, an airport in corona has been shut down. you could see why the place is buried in flat water. the airport manager said workers spent the day pulling planes at of this murky mess. an estimated 200 aircraft are at that airport. take a look at the weather over the golden gate bridge right now. no sign a promise headed our way, certainly the traffic is moving well, the pavement as dry right now. don't be fooled we continue our storm tracking team coverage in the north bay. >> i'm at the shoreline highway under is highway won a one at mill valley, take a look of the standing water that's taken over this parking lot right here. contra markers tell me the owners of these three cars are going to be pretty unhappy when they come back because, apparently they either ignored or didn'

a delta airlines has canceled 500 flights, including several out of sfo. the same storm is move up to washington, new york and boston, where up to 10" of snow is expected. >>> that eastern storm is expected to cause travel problems as people try to fly home, but tonight, except for those delta flights, sfo reports no delays. oakland and san josi mineta flights are generally on-time. as always, call or visit your airline's website before going to the airport to check your flight status. if you are flying east, deltaer american and united airlines are waiving penalties for travelers who want to reschedule during the next few days. >>> southwest airlines says it appears an l.a.-bound flight that made an emergency landing in oakland had a small engine fire. the faa says the float took off from san francisco when an indicator alerted the pilot to the possible problem. southwest flew the 108 partners to los angeles on a later flight. >>> an airport spokesman said today a pilot's youtube video makes baseless assumption about security measures at sfo. pilot, who w

if you're flying at sfo, more cancellations, more delays sfo yesterday because of the rain in the blizzardslamming the east coast some plans or delayed up to two hours, we checked the web said so far and no delays at of the three bay area airports have been reported. we will let you know that changes. >> you can find all of this at your fingertips just go to our website at www.kron4.com. we have all the information you need. news around the bay, sam and his police are asking for witnesses after the shooting killed the man in the city's bayview the shooting happened around 7:45 a.m. officers report to of a victim, they found him dead gunshot runs, to his head. san mateo police have released a sketch of one of two men suspected in an armed robbery. two construction workers at an on occupied home and the 1300 block of maple street or confronted by two men toting a silver handgun and night. after taking their personal possessions they fled the scene, suspects described as hispanic between 20 and 30. each weighing 180 lbs.. cemetery police have identified a man who strong to home in santa clara

earlier this morning because of fog at the sfo they had to reroute some flights. dozens of the more it read breaded as far away as monterey. they're still recovering from that. the passengers and have had to wait and long lines and ticketing. they are saying you need to get early to deal with it. >> when i showed that i was willing to check in and and obviously i am not. i missed my flight. i was delayed three times so i am trying to figure out my neck strategy. when stay here and other night? can i talk to a manager? can they help? i've no idea. >> there's those to be bad weather tomorrow said that could cause problems at the sfo as well. on top of that you have everything going on in the east coast. the best device is to go on-line and to check out, some people are not getting it alerts to let them know that delays and cancellations. you need to be proactive. >> it looks to be of good storm coming in with rain and wind. we're checking on storm trucker for board the train is moving into your week. eight ended to you quite this evening. it should be dry. it is goi

. >> the weather's been causing as to what expect problems at sfo.ive with an update. it's been a bad day for our travel has and a damn? >> that's read a special sfo when you have rain like this bus low visibility, you can't land as many plans as possible. normally you land 60 planes side-by-side, and our today they've only been letting 27 planes and hour on average. as a result, its lead to delays in almost 80 to 90 percent of the flights. take a look of this line at southwest airlines. it goes on, on, not on. we've been waiting in line from israel is now. about three as long as ever seen. two are to check bags. i'm not there yet it's going to be another hour looks like. in fact, getting to the lead to the check-in counters taking three to four hours. no one is missing their flight, because rainy weather coupled with low visibility at sfo is still lying almost all outbound and inbound flights. >> we have a connection big as we been delayed for three hours. >> flight is delayed three hours connected through l.a. to get to dallas. >> the delays at sfo

in this case no one is immune from the delays you're at sfo. >> there still trying to clear along the northeast shares the view of brooklyn york. many streets in cars buried under 2 good as gold and the train subways and buses also having a hard time getting around as the cleanup continues. many residents criticizing your city to take too long to get this off the streets. mayor michael bloomberg said the city's doing all it can to get the roads clear as quickly as possible. here's the view from new jersey, 30 in. of snow there. he sees several drivers try to get their cars dugout. many residents are removing snow from walkways are sidewalks, and from the looks of some the snow mounds of the windshields and looks like it's going to be a long time before they got those cars out on the streets again. gigot the time lapse from boston over the weekend. it shows the stock piling up here over a 12 hour period. a video store to 10:00 on sunday and he did siesta time lot moves it keeps piling up higher and higher. not a lot of cars out on the road a lot of people decided to stay home toward th

george warren, abc 7 news. >> sfo is challenging that pilot's observations.t supposeman said the door with the card swipe you see of the video does not lead to the airfield. it opens a lunch room. the airport says in many cases it exceeds federal security requirements. sfo says field employees must be first sponsored by an employer and have an 10-year background check. >> if you want to pull a stuck snowplow out of the snow, well, here's a way not to do it. we told you about the blizzard in the northeast at the top of the news. take a look at the cellphone camera video. a new york city front loader got stuck on a side street. workers tried to free it using a tow truck. as you can see a ford explorer got caught in the middle. the unhappy owner will find out about this. after dragging the s.u.v. into another vehicle, the front end loader ripped out the explorer's rear bumper. the stuck plow eventually got free. no word whether the city will pay for repairing the s.u.v. but somehow i think it probably will. >> there's the bumper. ohhh! my goodness. and it's just

video shot at the sfo airport. this is for ground personnel while most everybody else goes through these metal detectors. >> as you can see, there is only a card slide and one door. this is the joke about airport security. >> we're keeping the sacramento pilots' identity sdreecret. he posted this video over a month ago. >> i think it should be pretty equal all the way around. >> now this pilot is under investigation. the tso said he may, quote, have violat violated sensitive information. >> we spoke to the pilot. >> their response was extremely over the top. >> federal agents and deputies also showed up at the pilot's home, confiscating his government-issued handgun and concealed weapons permit. the only explanation: the pending investigation. >> he's not the story here. the story here is why isn't tsa doing an adequate job in protecting us? >> top military leaders are praising the tsa warnings about those insulated mugs, though. the head of the u.s. northern command says it's an example of federal leaders doing th

don knapp is at sfo, where dozens of flights in and out have been canceled, leaving some travelers stranded. don? >> reporter: as you know, it is no fun spending precious holiday travel time stuck along the route somewhere. but that's happening to people all across the country, trying to get to the east coast, new york and boston airports, and obviously people back in new york and boston trying to get here through the snow. meredith went worth is stuck halfway home to boston, after a visit to australia. steady snowfall back east forced cancellation of her flight. >> i was supposed to fly out tonight and i'm now stuck here until wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m. >> not a bad thing to be stuck in san francisco. >> no, it's not, but i've been in the air for 14 hours already today. so i'm just looking forward to getting into a hotel room. >> reporter: it's been a bad day for flights from sfo to the east coast. 29 flights have been canceled so far. the airport looks deserted. >> i believe they are calling their airlines ahead of time like we've been asking them to do, and getting the information, n

just how many travelers are out here at sfo. this line that you are looking at right here was actually all the way to the front door of the terminal here at the american airlines terminal. it's a commonly busy week at the airport just before the h olidays. everybody ready to get home to family and friends. we haveian update for you. we've been telling you -- you about cancellations. and joining me is the s pokesperson for sfo. you have news? >> the flights are coming in from london and they will -- dash and they will go out. if you are booked on british or virgin, come on out. er we're going to -- planning on going out today. >> reporter: oh, that's good news for travelers. you said sfo expects delays later this morning. the weather forecast is breaking right now. it looks like from 10:00, the faa is going to put in put -- if you are frying -- flying west of the rockies, the flight delays will happen after 10:00. >> reporter: now, those are delays that travelers yesterday, friday, saturday, sunday, saw. >> right. because of the

showers across the bay area and there's at sfo this morning over one hour -- delays at sfo of over one hour. that's a look at your weather. for your traffic, here is elizabeth. >> thank you, tracy. eastbound 80 approaching solano avenue they just got all lanes re-opened. there was an earlier traffic alert. five cars were left on the shoulder with flat tires after that accident caused some debris. westbound 80 still looks good all the way down the eastshore freeway through berkeley. here's a live look at ashby down towards the bay bridge, still fog as well as the golden gate bridge. you can see the mist that the fog is creating. chp issued fog advisories for the bay bridge and stretches of highway 1 through daly city. san mateo bridge looks good westbound 92 in the commute direction holding steady, 13 minutes towards the peninsula. back to you. >> thank you. >>> first tough, now just downright terrible. the drastic cuts being proposed for one bay area school district. >>> also ahead... >> they are flying. they are going 100 miles an hour. that's what they're doing. >> a race against tim