a lot of people are going through sfo.million travelers will go through the airport from this past friday through january 1st. they recommend you arrive two hours before domestic flight, three hours before an international flight. smoke caused delays up to an hour yesterday. it's been a problem for about a week and a half. >> i left last friday, it was actually worse. but i was able to get home. they were canceling flights last friday, too. >> reporter: it will be busy everywhere you go. aaa says this holiday weekend will see the highest thanksgiving travel volume since 2005 with about 4.27 million traveling by plane. make sure you double check with your airline before you head here to sfo and check out that smoke. lingershi mornin matt keller, abc news. >> now all i want to do is go to hawaii. >>> let's turn to this bizarre story in san francisco. a business owner wants to find out who is lighting toilet paper in his store. surveillance cameras captured the whole thing at mid-city market sunday morning. you can see the ma

at sfo, cloudy with rain possible delays as we head through the day but just checked at sfo and no delays so far. >> let's check in with dennis for a look at sports. >>> will the durant-draymond feud impact kd's decision on staying with the warriors? we have the answer. and tiger and phil go face to face and make a huge bet. you're going to hear what that bet is coming up. >>> before we go to break, another live look outside. this time at the golden gate bridge. definitely a clear shot. we'll be right back. welcome to emirates mr. jones. just sit back, relax and let us entertain you... ...with over 3,500 channels of entertainment, including the latest movies and box sets from around the world. eveha lsporing the latest mand news channels. ( ♪ ) and your free wi-fi will start shortly. enjoy your flight mr. jones. world's best inflight entertainment. fly emirates. fly better. >>> let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is fine. the metering lights go on in 7 minutes. you can see "holiday light" traffic heading into san francisco as a lot of people are heading out of town for

the drivers can still access sfo, so they can access sfo if this goes through and if the airport pickupsare for purchased medallion holders, the drivers would drive the purchased medallions and to they would be able to pick up at sfo. again, a direct benefit for the purchased medallion holders. the final piece in terms of the supply, that is the corporate and pre-k, i would say that has a less direct impact, but again, pointing back to the pfm study, that is one of the recommendations. and so, 17% of medallion holders from the study are making a sustainable income. and so that is again working toward improving the income. >> just one follow-up question. so you mentioned that the goal is to reduce the rate of foreclosures or stem the rate, of the purchased medallion. i wonder, have other alternatives been explored to achieve that same end? sort of following different logic. one proposal to restrict the competition essentially at sfo of taxis only? i wonder, a lot of folks reflected on the tnc and we all understand that san francisco regulated authority over the tnc, but i wonder if any ot

view of sfo. it is 6:12. every baby can have the freedom to move their way in pampers cruisers with three-way fit. they adapt at the waist, legs theyand bottomthe waist, for our driest best fitting diaper. pampers >>> in the east bay, we're getting our first good look at the baby saved by a police officer. the baby boy's mom is homeless and living in her car. she gave birth tuesday on the side of the road. a driver flagged down the officer. the baby wasn't breathing. the officer cleared his airway. the city of oakland has found mom and baby a place to stay while they are recovering. >>> former president barack obama is coming to oakland in february. he will take part in my brother's keeper rising. it faces opportunity gaps facing young men of color. this is the organization's first ever national event. >>> new at 6:00, a big "american idol" reveal on gma. one lucky singer gets to skip the first round of the show's auditions and go straight to hollywood. singers submitted videos on social media. three finalist

as for flying, it hasn't been so bad here at sfo this morning. we'll talk to some of the people who caught these predawn flights coming up in the next half-hour. live at sfo, i'm anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> in butte county, rain will cause new problems in the "camp fire" burn zone. hundreds are still in tents with the wet weather approaching. according to the red cross, there is plenty of space in evacuation shelters but some are scared to go. more than 100 people there have been hospitalized by the norovirus, many evacuees plan to ride out the rains out in the open. >> so we are getting tarps and stuff like that. it's been rough but we're making due. >> the "camp fire" is 70% contained. 81 people are confirmed dead. nearly 870 are still unaccounted for. that number dropped by about 100 yesterday as more people were located. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a couple of pg&e transmission lines are under the microscope and now one california lawmaker is working on a bill to shield utility companies from liability when they are resp

amy hollyfield joins us from a soggy sfo. amy? >> reporter: it's still sprinkling here a little bit at sfo and that's creating delays of 45 minutes to an hour, and with rain forecast for the rest of the day, officials expect for the situation out here to get worse, not better. at this point they say about 40 flights have been cancelled. with the first rain of the season arriving outside and large crowds expected inside. travelers brace for a rough airport experience. some told us they got here to sfo three hours before their flight. >> we have an 8:00 flight so we got here very early, but we were anxious to get here. >> reporter: the crowds inside looked intimidating and the security line in terminal two even had a spillover section. >> i never travel on this day. i actually usually travel on thanksgiving day, and it's a breeze. i'm very trepidatious about traveling today. looks can be deceiving. we timed one passenger at the height of the crush who started in the back of the add-on section of the line. she texted us when she got

jana is live at sfo. jana this, is projected to be the busiest year for travel since 2005. >> reporter: workers here at sfo say it was a really busy day. there were also delays due to bad weather here on and the oso coast. they say tomorrow those could continue with the wet weather moving in. >> reporter: as san francisco international airport some travelers face add schedule board full of flight delays and crowded planes. >> very busy. every flight was full. they had the typical please check your bags with us because there won't beryan arrived from florida and was waiting for his granddaughter from boston. her flight was delayed due to bad weather. >> my daughter said i might need a mask. >> >> reporter: the added challenges this holiday aweek's worth of hazardous smoke from the butte county wildfire that had some eager for a breath of fresh air. >> these kids have been couped up. no p.e. outside at school so they're looking forward to running around. >> reporter: this family thankful to be heading to co

at sfo, gabe slate kron 4 news. identified noah cordier... as the one-year-old child who died after he was hit by a car. the accident happened near cutting boulevard and south 17th street ... around noon on sunday richmond police say, noah, who is from sacramento... ran out into the street. crews immediately took noah to the hospital... but he died from his injures. the driver of the car reportedly tried to get away ... but authorities located the woman behind the wheel and arrested her. at this point, she has not been charged and her identity has not been released. (pam) tonight... the death toll in the camp wildfire has risen to 88. after investigators determined human remains they thought belonged to two people .,...actually belonged to three. 203- people are still on a list of unaccounted for. meanwhile .. the fire is now 100-percent contained. the massive fire began the morning of november 8th, near the town of paradise .. it has since become the most destructive wildfire in california history. (pam) meantime.. me local bay area firefigh

thank you. >> so changing the assumptions with the sfo. if those purchased medallions are shifted out and we change that analysis in the pro forma from two shifts per week to eight, and we think because operating at the airport is prime and that's what the drivers want to be able to do, that they will want to drive those purchased medallions. so plugging in the new numbers in the pro forma analysis shows the estimated income for purchased medallion holders just based on lease income would increase from $38,000 to $64,000. i think that's an important thing. >> chair c. brinkman: thank you. >> chair c. brinkman: audience, this is going to be a very long item, we have a lot of people who want to comment. the more you interrupt, the longer this will take. i don't want to have to clear the room but i will. if you are in support give consensus hands, if you don't give me a thumbs down but please keep your comments to absolute zero minimum. that will keep you occupied. thank you. go on. >> thank you. recommendation number 3 to waive the 5% retran

this is a live look at sfo this morning at security lines. airport added new interactive maps to help travelers. in total, 6.7 million travelers are expected at sfo between today and january 1st. i still can't believe it's already thanksgiving time. >>> when a lot of people trying to take advantage of the full week, you will an earlier evening commute so maybe about 3:00 to 5:00 when it bunches up. >> makes sense. >> plan ahead if you are going out of town. >>> we have some bart delays right now this morning. police activity and some major delays at the bay fair station. so plan for this. is there may be a vehicle fire near the bart tracks. ten-minute delays in other directions. warm springs, richmond, daly city, dublin-pleasanton. again, technical problems and police activity at the bay fair bart station so it is closed. heads up, ac transit will not be operating service from line 600 to 699. 688 will be operating today. samtrans, muni and vta will be offering free service for riders today. just keep in mind cable cars will not be runng. ilp

at sfo, fox tv news. >> thanks for checking, very thorough. a lot of people are going to see family and traveling. we'll keep an eye on the roads and we're saying the middle of the day 1-3 will be the most crowded. >> i believe it. some people go into the office on a day leak today, they get a couple of last minute things done, they turn it around and get on the road at 1:00, it's a popular trend, they are the only ones doing that and that's not the case >>> the traffic this morning is going to be okay. getting into san francisco, it's lighter than usual, what we're hoping is over the last now days, people have taken off more gradually, i know that some people have the entire week off. that will hope those of us who are still driving around places, you can look at the bay area, and if you're driving in san jose, the commute looks good, there are no major problems , as a matter of fact, i've been looking at the commute, every single one, they're all light. so, enjoy yourself, don't drive too fast, chp is out there. lets bring steve in. >>> some

so tell me a little bit the food program at sfo and what makes this so special >> well, we have a weave food and beverage program at sfo we trivia important the sustainable organic produce and our objective to be a nonterminal and bring in the best food of san francisco for our passengers. >> i like this it's is (inaudible) i thank my parents for bringing me here. >> this the definitely better than the la airport one thousand times better than. >> i have a double knees burger with bacon. >> i realize i'm on a diet but i'm hoping this will be good. >> it total is san francisco experience because there's so many people and nationalities in this town to come to the airport especially everyone what have what they wanted. >> are repioneering or is this a model. >> we're definitely pioneers and in airport commemoration at least nationally if not intvrl we have many folks asking our our process and how we select our great operators. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the food option in san francisco airport are phenomenal that's if it a lot of the airports >> yeah. >> you don't have the choice. >> some airports ar

live at sfo, abc 7 news. >> all right, some good info there. as kate mentioned weather in the midwest is causing problems and our own weather is changing again this week. let's get to spencer in for drew tonight. >> you'll have some travel delays here in the bay area this weekend because of rain and wind. here's a look at live doppler 7. we have calm weather right now, but by midweek a couple of storms coming in. it'll bring light to moderate rainfall starting mainly in the north bay early tuesday morning. that light rain will spread to other parts of the bay area by tuesday evening, followed by another round on wednesday. stronger storms lingering and periods of heavy rainfall, strong, gusty wind and it's going to have a lot of energy when it comes through on thursday but it'll start to clear out thursday night. and could be followed by a few more trailing showe dwisoirs. to be a week of active weather here in the bay area and we'll not only have air travel delays but probably round travel delays as well. >>> san francisco police are searching

if you are heading to sfo just keep that in mind. you can use 280 if you work your way north of there into daly city per se. but if you are going to cut across over towards sfo you will catch 380 to get on 101. your drive times look okay. 14 minutes from woodside to sfo on the northbound side of 101. live look of the area and this is just south of where that crash is and traffic seems to be moving at some decent speeds through there. let's take a look at our drive times out of the north bay. north 101 easy eight minutes no troubles now along the eastshore freeway. >>> a live look outside where the air is so bad in san francisco. you can see the bay bridge there. but it's hazy. other parts of the bay area are feeling it too as smoke from benazir bhutto's butte county -- as smoke from the butte county "camp fire" drifts into our area. katie nielsen reports. >> reporter: class here at san francisco state university are canceled true saturday all because of that poor air quality. we have seen people walking around campus wearing masks li

sfo is right here. folks off of 280 will cross over eastbound 380, that crash just cleared just after el camino real highway 82. it's a smooth drive now, folks just a little slowing which will clear quickly. the rest of the bay shows a nice easy flow of traffic, even though the bay bridge metering lights are on, there's no back up wat the toll plaza. little pause for the metering lights. toward the rest of the bay and the south bay, i'm trying to see if my clikclicker -- there we g battery is getting weak. single car crash, the car is facing the wrong way. slicker roads, oftentimes this indicates a spinout. be careful. marcus, back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:02 for you right now. >>> in the wake of the camp fire, search and rescue crews in butte county are gearing up for a new challenge, a wet, muddy and potentially dangerous day. the number unaccounted for 870 and the death toll stands at 81. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from chico, where there are flood concerns in a specific area a

the sunrise, that haze and smoke has had an impact on some refusing flights to sfo, we may see some of that for today. here's a look at san francisco where there's a dark one, you can see some haze afternoon today, we and it's not expected to be much better. we'll have a look at what you can expect for the neiganwhile, the time 4:01, lets toss it over to sal. >> we have the traffic in the tracy supercommute and it's doing well. the road center is not showing us much in the way of slow traffic. usually we have slowing right there, and i don't see it at all. that's good, and 580 to the hay wood area looks good. i see a little bit of road work on 880 slowing traffic south. it's not for long, but it will be a concern. this is a look bay bridge toll plaza. 4:01, let's go back to you at the desk >>> the camp the deadliest in california history. at least 42 people have are sti missing as missing. 183 miles have burned, it's bigger than san jose. the fires are 30% contained. it may not be contained until the end of the month. president trump declared it a major disaster area, and the presid

looking at sfo, sfo at times reporting delays because of that smoke and haze, we may see that once again for today. 48 degrees right now in san francisco, 34 in santa rosa, a cold start for you there. temperatures ranging from the low to mid-30s to low 50s around the bay area this morning, livermore at 40 and 43 in san jose. st are up by a few degrees, it has to do with the cloud cover you can see. these clouds are associated, the systems that are rolling through the pacific northwest, we won't see any rain out of this unfortunately, we'll be partly cloudy for today. the smoke and not going away either. air quality is unhealthy across the board from the north bay to the east bay to the south bay. southern edge of the peninsula, heading into areas of the south bay with moderate air quality. it has to do with a wind shift right there. it's unhealthy and for the afternoon we'll remain unhealthy for sensitive groups as we roll through the second part of your tuesday. afternoon highs for too, a lot like yesterday, barely budge these numbers, 71 in oakland, 70 degrees expected for concord, low

. >> sfo this morning had flight delays almost two hours, okay? i have some good news if you're getting ready to head out. it's down to an hour. >> okay, that's better. >> some might be coming in on time, i think. >> yeah, it's mostly the departures that have had issues because of the winds. and elsewhere things are looking pretty good as far as those travel times. let's get to stormranger. that's our mobile doppler radar. we have a park near sfo on san bruno mountain, the only mobile doppler radar in the bay area. and the good thing about it is as you watch the station, the scan is live, so it's showing us a minute by minute update and some of the other scans that you see on other stations are about two to five minutes behind what we are showing. so stormranger also scans closer to the ground and it picks up on some of that low rain that a lot of the other raiders will miss out on. and the rain has shifted north, so we had it in parts of the north bay, now still coming down in solano county and napa county. and then it's moving off towards the no

sfo warning there may be delays because of the incoming storm. abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> now to the reason behind the poor air quality. the campfire burned 151,000 acres. it is 70% contained and 79 people have been killed. the number of people considered missing is improving although still long. fewer than 700 names on that list right now down from nearly a thousand just yesterday. one of the biggest questions is why it's fluctuating so much. several factors including the fact that some don't even know they have been reported missing and others are not able to reach their fraeiends or families sti. sheriffs office asked people to call one of these numbers if someone has been found. we also posted the numbers on our web site, abc7news.com. >> wild fire survivor vors are bracing for the rain. a flash flood watch goes into effect. it includes the fire and also the car area. the wild fires can make soil almost waterproof which can cause mud slides. you're going to want to get the latest updates from the campfire by using our free abc 7 news app.

. >> sfo duty manager maria would know. she has worked in the airline industry for decades. >> it's definitely a busy day. we amendment about 80,000 travelers departing sfo. >> the bay area is not the problem. if you look at the misery map on flightaware.com, delays and cancellations are due to blizzard conditions in the midwest. he barely beat the storm in chicago. >> the flight was an hour and a half late, maintenance for an hour, then we had to hop onto another terminal for a different flight. >> it's crazy but glad to be home. >> reporter: check in with your carrier for the latest information. if you are plan toning for next year's travel, thanksgiving dayst the best day to travel during the long holiday weekend. >> a live look at detroit where you see snow on the ground right now. over to meteorologist mike nicco for what's impacting the rest of the country. mike you said you're not minding it too much. you get extra time with your son. >> absolutely. we put up one of our christmas trees yesterday. too bad it wasn't sn

sfo in on that. levels are all -- that's a better part of sonoma and napa but other locations are worse including much of contra costa county. santa rosa 34. san jose at 44. smoky skies and hazy skies continue here. air quality going into the weekend. should get westerly breeze or southwest as a system undercuts the ridge. san rafael is up there. santa rosa is not. they are below unhealthy levels at 90. napa at 150. oakland over to san francisco is bad. livermore just went crazy. 204 right now in the particulate matter. san jose at 180 way up from yesterday. a few very unhealthy levels are beginning to show up. last rain was so long ago i can barely remember it. dry pattern through next wednesday and thursday. there's a lot of rain and snow coming in out of the south and also the northeast. you can see that system is prompted a ton of advisories so if you have travel plans back to the northeast, you might have some travel delays. we do not except for we do have sfo due to haze and smoke. arriving fli

sfo is alarming. limiting the earning ability. cab drivers have to be able to pick up where they are. when you take out a piece, it's like a broken leg. limiting taxies' access, will make it impossible to -- there was a time that they were not going to go to the airport and it's chaos. it makes a cab company suffer. this business needs drivers to work together. i've never seen more togetherness when the other ride services came into san francisco. this proposal, this group of proposals, pit taxi drivers and medallion owners against each other. when you take a class of medallions and make them more valuable than the others, there's a current and undercurrent. i think that drivers would lose money on the extra they would pay and the medallions would be worthless. taxis have been barely surviving. we have to find a real solution. vet it. talk about it. we came to so many meetings to talk about this. there was a lot of nonsupport from this from all of us at the meetings. to hear the support, it was surp losing. we need to find a solut

sfo reporti ining 40 mile an ho wind gusts. we have been seeing debris flows and surf, and power outages. we will be looking at the morning commute time line coming up. >> thank you. >> it can be intense for the next few hours, we have crews around the bay area. >> we begin with kate larson, she is live where a power pole caught fire, kate. >> reporter: that is right, we are off highway 1, you can see the branch fell down after the rain and wind started to pick up in the area. joining me now live is eric who lea -- who lives on the street over. we will show you the cell phone video he took. what did you hear before? >> a lot of sparks and then i saw flashing green lights out our window and i ran outside to see what was happening. >> reporter: that was the tree branch taking out of the power line and messing up the transformer, were you worried about your house and your neighbors? >> at first i was worried about my house, i didn't know what was going on and realized it was behind us. and my wife called 9-1-1 and tried to make su

we have more from sfo, frank? >> all right, gasia, good afternoon to you, we know it's really difficult to breathe the smoky air and apparently it is very hard to my in it as well. up to 40 minute delays in 14% of the flights on sfo and it's part of the poor air quality. that's happening on one of the busiest days of the year, the friday before the thanksgiving holiday. low visibility on a clear issue on a clear day you can practically see forever. today we see only a mile and a half. those delays will continue until our skies eventually cheer up. >> it looks like we could see this continue into the weekend. i know we're due for precipitation next week, hopefully that will help not only the affected area, but the bay area air quality as well. >> over 30 million are expected to fly nationwide over the holiday week, nearly 3 million will be at airports today. travellers we talked to say they don't mind the delays whatsoever, anything that gets them back into fresh air is worth the wait. >> yeah, it's really nice, yo

visibility down to a mile and a half, sfo, because of the haze and smoke, sfo has been dealing with delays. we may see that for today. visibility like the areas and s 3 miles. visibility not changing, and are not changing, upper 60s to 70s for the inland communities, 60s along the coast. we'll have a look at the extended forecast in just a moment. >>> we'll look at the solano county supercommute. traffic in fairfield is continuing out to the hercules area, it looks nice. there's no major issues. i have a feeling today we'll have a lighter commute because so many schools are closed, that will keep some people off the road. some people are driving to the macarthur maze, the traffic itself is looking light at the smoky bay bridge toll plaza. let's go back to you at the desk >>> a disaster recovery center will open in chico, in the meantime the fire is blamed for 63 deaths now. that final count may be higher. the list of the missing, 630, it's burned 220 square miles, it's 40% contained. among the 1,000 buildings that were destroyed, 9700 were homes. >>> for many of the surviving from the camp

reporting live at sfo, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, amy.outside the airport. now getting to and from the airport this morning. it should be easier as far as sfo is concerned about the holiday travel because of new rules for uber and lyft things are a bit easier. op-offs were moved to a center island in zones 14 and 17. in july, the airport set aside a meet-up spot for uber, pool, and lyft rides at a garage for domestic terminals. >> do not eat romaine lettuce. throw it away. definitely do not serve it on thanksgiving. >> the cdc is issuing a blanket warning as it searches for the source of an e. coli outbreak. it started last month. federal officials have not ordered any recalls of romaine products. so this will largely be on you. the cdc said consumers should throw away any romaine lettuce as well as salad mixes if you aren't sure if it contains romaine. and clean your refrigerators where romaine had been stored. we will send another push alert when we get more information. get the latest on your phone using abc 7 news app. >>> today's sto

demonstration of the new security process tsa is trying out at sfo.his morning ... crews are cleaning up after a u-p-s truck overturned and caught fire in cotati.several lanes of northbound 101 in cotati are still shut down.( james ) kron 4s sara stinson is live with the details. sara? (darya) good morning i'm a (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to skies will clear today as compared to yesterday's partly cloudy conditions but will remain smoky for most areas. with air quality issues continues despite comfortable temperatures back up into the 60's and low 70's it will be an afternoon to limit outdoor exposure yet again. expect air quality issues to stay with us well through the remainder of the week. ( darya ) breaking news we are following th

bay area later this morning, which as we know at sfo could cause some delays.try, 2.5 million flyers will be in the air today, 3 million on sunday. many say they're packing their patience and leaving early. >> we're about an hour and a half before our flight, usually we get an hour or so, not too bad. >> we're leaving today instead of tomorrow. >> yes, i think it will be a lot worse tomorrow. >> at least they're smiling. cheaper gas is helping to fuel the busiest travel rush on the roads in 12 years. it is down 24 cents in a month. "today in the bay's" bob redell tracking all the travel on our bay area roadways. he's going to join us with a live report ahead at 6:30 this morning. >>> the head of homeland security there is blasting a ruling made here in the bay area blocking president trump's asylum ban. >> we have seen time and time again the open border advocacy groups venue shop here in the ninth circuit and obtain temporary injunctions that are far outside the judicial mainstream, and in this case will unequivocally make the united states less secure. >> the

mountain view and sfo all southeast.ee how the rain is picking up a little bit just off shore but that is the bulk of it in san mateo starting to lift on the peninsula toward the east. our friend will come through late morning and early afternoon and then we will get some cooler unstable air. the system out here will come in on friday and that will be a better front. >>> looking at some of the roads and we will also take a look at some of the airports and in just a minute i will toss this to my colleague. highway 4 westbound a little bit of rain and there have been no major problems. people are either driving to the airport or perhaps the people that are going to work are not very many because it's only taking 22 minutes from the bridge to the maze. there is not a big backup at the toll plaza. you can see that traffic is frowned -- is crowded at the airport exit. the roads getting to the airport on all three major airports are good. we spoke about this, leigh martinez is a san francisco international airport checking in

it circled over and refueled before returning to sfo where passengers transferred. another delayed flight. from seattle to hawaii was diverted to sfo after an elderly passenger suffered a cardiac incident. crews used a portable defibrillator to reviver and rushed to the hospital. the flight took off a few hours ago. tonight, health officials say it is okay to eat some romaine lettuce once again, make sure to check the label. the fda says romaine lettuce sold at markets will be labeled with a harvest location and date. officials say it is safe as long as it is not from california central coast, growing region. you should not eat if there is no label. >>> general motors announcing major layoffs today. the nation's largest carmaker plans to shift its focus to atonomous and electric vehicles. closing down plants and lay off 14,000. wall street cheered the plan, the stock rose 5%. >>> we are in the final minutes into cybermonday and it could be the biggest year for the holiday, ever. predicting sales could reach $7.8 billion. that is a 17% increase over last year. this f

sfo blocking one lane. we are seeing speeds down to 17 miles per hour. so very slow as you head through there. you can always take 280. unfortunately, you have to cut across 280 behind where the crash is. so you might need a few extra minutes through there. taking a look at the bay bridge, no metering lights just yet but the cars are stacking up in the cash lanes. easy ride out of oakland into san francisco. the nimitz freeway still dealing with overnight closure all lanes blocked. you can use 580 as an alternate. you can see in our live shot 580 is great in both directions true oakland. so a great choice instead of 880 until the delays are wrapped up. >>> jennifer aniston is making new friends and a big night celebrating the best in country music. hillary lane has an "eye on entertainment." >> reporter: the 52nd annual country music awards were held in nashville's bridgestone arena last night. keith urban won entertainer of the year. and the album of the year went to kasey musgraves for "golden hour." brad

sfo 59 degrees and a look into sfo where we have hazy skies still. i showed you a little while ago, air quality still unhealthy, one more day. santa rosa 61, and livermore 61, and san jose at 63, going through today, it will be a cool day. here's a look at the system that will bring us the rain and the snow and flooding concerns unfortunately for the burn areas. here's a look at the winds that we're wait being for, that southerly flow that will help to knock out some of the bad air that we're dealing with, and the rain should help us a lot. we're giving you a look at the futurecast model. today will be a dry day, we're not expecting the rain to arrive late tonight or tomorrow morning. here's a look at 8:00 or so, we move to shore, it tapers off in the evening hours, wednesday could be a soggy day for most if into the entire afternoon. as we get into the second part of the afternoon, there's tahoe with a winter advisory for late wednesday all of wait into late wednesday night into the evening hours to early thursday, here's and look at thursday, this

. >>> sfo considering honoring late mayor ed lee. commissioners will tour the airport looking for a spot to rename a spot in lee's honor. it would likely be in part of sfo before you reach security. >>> more than a dozen democrats say they want someone other than nancy pelosi to be speaker of the house. house leaders will pick a new leader in january. 16 democrats have released a letter saying they'll vote for new leadership. the battle for the speaker's job is shaib shaping up between the party's liberal members and a group of moderate lawmakers. a spokesperson for pelosi says she remains confidence in her support among other house members. >>> we are on our 12th consecutive day of unhealthy air. there's some yellow, moderate air creeping up from the santa cruz mountains into parts of the south bay around palo alto, redwood city and menlo park. in is going to be the trend as we head throughout the day. we wanted to see more yellow, which sh acceptable for everybo everybody. we're 40 in fremont. alameda at 49. pretty much 40s, low to

r>>teor out of sfo after delays forced them to cancel yesterday. >> goto the airport and two hours latein. >> reporter: not a big deal but won't have car when they get to final destination. >> uber 70 miles to ventura. >> reporter: among thousands of passengers waiting in long lines for tickets,cknnd security because of flight delays. >> chaos inside of there. >> reporter: 500 flights delayed, mostly due to bad weather. rain made visibility a problem, and winds causes diversions. francisco played it smart. six hours early. >> prefer to be waiting for the flight than get stuck on the freeway and check in. >> reporter: now this is one of the busiest holiday travel periods of the year but sfo officials say if passengers thought today was bad, sunday is expected to be worse. abc7 news. >> thanks. >>> they won't let us go, leave. >> because the rain caused multiple power outages including here in san leandro. a sparking power pole outside her home on daley drive. >> more than 3,000 without power. majority in peninsula and east bay. >>> stormy weather could make getting to tahoe tricky. cal t

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live at sfo this morning. amy. >> reporter: hi.ing, reggie. the rush is on. this is the security line at sfo. all headed to gates 40 through 59. a good healthy crowd. there's still room for more people. come on down. everyone seems to be in a good mood. they know what to expect on this busy day. it is one of the busiest in more than a decade. we are told nationally the airlines that prepared. they have added flights, increased staffing. officials opened up restricted airspace to handle the extra flights. sfo has had some delays in the past few days because of smoke issues. i checked the boards. i see a couple of cancellations, one to san diego and one to seattle. and i see a couple of delays. i don't know why yet. i checked in with the manager and i'm waiting to find out if it could possibly be because of smoke or because of weather or maybe mechanical and airlines issues. we don't know. i will check on that to see what they are thinking the rest of the day will look like. there is a little bit of rain falling here so that should b

giving you a look at sfo, sfo has reported delays due to the haze and the smoke and low visibility at times that. can be the case for today. upper 50s reported in, upper 40s reported in san francisco right now, 56 degrees in santa rosa, a cold start in the valley locations, back to the 30s, in most areas up a tad, we're under partly cloudy skies and that's helping to offset that cooling as we move a little bit closer to sunrise, 45 degrees in oakland and 39 in livermore and san jose 44. a tad cooler in novato, and san jose and napa, just a tad, half moon bay cooler down by 9 degrees or so. again, we'll continue with this dry mild pattern. here's look at the partly cloudy skies, and these are coming from the pacific northwest, window won't see any rain out of that unfortunately, and the winds will remain light, and if you notice the arrows underneath the films coming from the northeast, the smoke drift will come our way. air quality is expected to be right about the same. here's a look at what we're seeing right now. unhealthy for most, this is moderate air quality the this is towards

the morning holiday rush in sfo was a smooth one. but, the rain came down harder and if the faa and sfo said a travel warning came into effect and they announced there could be a delay because of weather and wind. the big problem in the last few days was because of poor visibility because of the smoke from the butte county wildfire. and this couple had a lot of luggage for this 14 week old baby conrad, he's alert and ready for it. he's been on the move all week. >> we actually got into town on sunday, because we have a new born, so, we have been out of town, we went out of town for a found rallied and we actually just extended our trip to keep him out of the air, yeah, so, it's actually nice we're leaving now, because you know, i've just been worried with something like, this one who is 14 weeks old. >>> many people are expected to fly this holiday and they expect in california 7 million will travel. it's up 5% from last year. traffic on i-80 was packed. and there will be more at the 1:00 hour, things will start getting tight. out he

we have a sig-alert north of sfo. you don't want to take southbound 101 if you have an early flight this morning. sig-alert southbound 101 before brant avenue a semi, pickup truck and two sedans involved. injuries as well. we haven't gotten many updates on that. take el camino real or 280 for an alternate. you can see all the broke and haziness under the lamps. >>> out of control wildfire threatening chico. it has burned through paradise. >> and the camp myer on this map spread quickly yesterday and destroyed paradise. megalia, butte, creek county, butte valley under evacuation orders. 40,000 have been evacuated. the fire destroyed a thousand buildings. 20,000 acres have already burned. high winds are making the campfire even worse. >> take a look at this firenado. laura anthony captured it on camera. she said when the flames picked up, the flames were leaping hundreds of feet into the air. >> schools are canceled in santa rosa. we just got word a few minutes ago. the administration says it is canceling classes and ac

are departing sfo today."port duty manager maria buico (boy-co) says they were prepared.. winter storms in the midwest caused more than a dozen flight cancellations and more than 200 delays at sfo most flights to and from chicago and kansas city.but we found quite a few passengers who missed the storm by a hair..and one bay area resident who was not so lucky.. ha luong's (lue-wah)/flight to chicago got cancelled.

leigh martinez, at sfo, ktvu 2 news. >>> we'll continue to check in with you. warning drivers to obey traffic rules and the maximum enforcement period begins at 6:00 tonight and it goes through midnight on sunday. highway patrol officers will look out for speeders and distracted drivers and those under the influence and people not wearing their seatbelts, 46 people died in highway crashes, last thanksgiving holiday more than half were not wearing and seatbelt. >>> the time is 6:36, tonight aaa is offering the tipsy stowe service, it will start at 6:00 p.m. and will run to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it's easy to remember. it's 1-800-aaa-help. you can get a free ride and a tow. >>> fire crews in butte county are preparing for the rain it, even though you can control the camp fire, it can create new risks, crews same the biggest hazards arrested -- hazard is falling trees. this is more dangerous as it turned turns into mud. the ground can't absorb water at this point. it combines with the ashes and debris and starts to run off. >> it can cause accertificates prob

visibility at sfo about a mile and a half. we may experience delays once again. san francisco right now at 48. it's a cold one, santa rosa below freezing at 31. 44 in oakland this morning. san jose at 42. these numbers like yesterday morning at least for most as we get into the afternoon. the temperatures are not changing a whole lot. widespread 60s in the forecast for today. air quality right now unhealthy for everybody and very unhealthy for some. san francisco, sfo one of those areas down along portions of the peninsula stretching towards the north bay, sausalito and san rafael reported in that. areas like martinez, pittsburgh stretching out towards antioch and brentwood. you get into the inner east bay areas like livermore san jose reporting unhealthy. this isn't lukely to change. it will fluctuate at times but not expected to get any better for today. here's a look at the visibility in san francisco. oakland, mile and a half. san jose reporting two. to the north bay, between three and four now. napa and santa rosa reporting three miles visibility there. smok

from seattle to hawaii was diverted to sfo after an elderly passenger. she was rushed to the hospital. no word on passeer's condition. the flight eventually took off. >>> meantime across the country snow storms slammed several states forcing more than a thousand flights to be cancelled and the travel nightmare covered most of the states. >> if you're trying to get from point a to point b... >> if i get there i do if not i've brought plenty of things to do in my briefcase. >> according to flightaware.com. o'hare was hit especially hard with more than 1300 flights grounded. >> that was cancelled. so then i diverted and found another flight. i found one last flight. >> this storm is moving northeast and more storms are expected over the next few days. >>> please check your airlines for the status and rebooking. >> there were winter weather advisories from illinois through new york. affecting more than 18 million americans. >> they had to pull their plows off. so they could not treat the roads. >> but some stranded travelers are making the most of the situat

the air quality at sfo improved slightly on saturday.. of delays and dozens of cancellations...many travelers say they want to get out of the smoke...sot: it would be nice to get some fresh air..sot: it was pretty scary to get out there and and see all the fog and everybody with masks..the couple from miami were not alone..these students from germany are excited to get back to san diegosot: the smoke..the smoke was made our trip a little bit difficult you know?most of the people i talked with did not say san francisco was a bad place..just not the best place for outdoor activities..others are actually concerned because they're arriving in the bay area for thanksgiving..sot: sot: im wondering..what am i going to do? can i go out at all? or do i have to stay indoors?if you're looking to travel--considering both the smoke and the holiday..airport officials say you should give yourself plenty of time..sot: maybe even more so than you would normally and also check your airline check your flight ( marty ) airport officials reccommend you visit

..sound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "we are seeing delays from chicago, ny, and boston weather related" sfo airport spokesperson doug yakel says snow storms cause visibility and de-icing issuessound from doug yakel - sfo spokesperson "you can't see it's like fog and de-icing a plane can add 30-45 minutes " sound from carol - flew in from chicago"we were lucky only delayed for 2.5 hours" pam who flew in from chicago said there was hundreds of cancellations at o'hare airport.. she's glad they got out..sound from pam - flew in from chicago"we were lucky only delayed for 2.5 hours" john had a similar experience sound from traveler- flew in from chicago "delayed about 2 hours" dave tried to avoid delays by flying on the non peak days sound from traveler- flew in from chicago"traveling thurs. and monday" he got out thursday ok but the storms today ruined his plan sound from traveler- flew in from chicago"delayed about 2 hours" (anchors) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at the s-f-o... joining us now is meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez... rain returns

half moon bay 20-mile-per-hour winds. 12 at sfo. 24 four downtown san francisco with west-northwest winds looking at 17 in san rafael, looking at 12-mile-per-hour winds in berkeley and 15 for novato. weather headlines, a break and a breather from the rain today. mostly to partly sunny skies. the next storm system rolls in, this is going to be a fast moving storm system for rain tomorrow morning. it's going to be a weak storm. pushing in. and then moving out very quickly so a dry saturday afternoon and looking at clearing and then mostly sunny for sunday. we are going to time it all out for you on futurecast taking you hour by hour through today and the weekend coming up. now let's check in with gianna for a look at traffic this morning. >> metering lights were turned on about half an hour ago at the bay bridge and traffic is getting very busy as you commute out of oakland into san francisco. a live look at the toll plaza. you are stacked up through there. drive time not bad 15 minutes from the maze to the central freeway. you're not quite backed up to the maze just yet. but almost. traffi

sfo ranked number 16 out of 20.ings are based on 20 things that matter to travel lers including on time arrivals and departures, how long it takes to get through security and airport restaurant rankings and nonstop destinations and average fares. sfo ranked number four for wifi speed and number six for yelp food ratings. number 18 for both on time arrival and rental car taxis. philadelphia, new york rated lower than sfo. denver was rated number one. orlando was a close number two. >>> waymo is launching a self- driving car service. the service will officially launch next month in phoenix. they have been testing the self- driving cars in arizona for the past year. at first they have human back up drivers on board but eventually they will operate without them. >>> the search continues this morning for survivors of the deadly camp fire. how many people remain missing and the death toll continues to increase. >>> hundreds of fire survivors have to rebuild in the town of paradise and surrounding communities. this heartbr

united airline passengers in terminal three, they'll be used for the new screening equipment, sfo is the first bay area airport to have the advanced screening lanes. they'll improve efficiency and they'll provide better security. sfo officials say the new lanes will be operating in time for holiday travel, they did the give us an exact date when they'll first be used by travellers. >> san mateo county are expanding the emergency alert system. they unanimously agree to automatically enroll everybody in the system. right now 10% of people in the county are signed up to get of individuals you'll have an option of opting out. >>> when people can, they can, now, opt out when they're enrolled, that becomes a game changer. >> san ma thai te'o county is there to approve the legislation and other jurisdictions are considering it. >>> christmas is just 6 weeks away and many parents starting to get those gifts, but a safety advocacy group is sounding the alarm about popular toys, and this could seriously hurt a child. >> this year alone, an estimated 200,000 injuries occurred. one child is trea