the 311 system relies the information to my staff and we dispatch crews daily to address outages. the same system communicates with pg&e and pg&e has voluntarily participated in that approach. we've recently added to the reporting methods a new application that puc folks developed that allows residents to use new app call street light sf so when you're walking down the street and your noticing a problem you can open up the app and it will automatic low position you and allow you to allow the positioning just by drag and drop of the pen and you can acting report to the 311 system and puc. we have, you know, 311 serving as our hub, if you will, of all those outage reports to rely on their data collection. quite frankly, i like them being as a third party collaborator of the information to be sure we're responsive with it out needs from our residents. and so what do we do once we find out about an outage we have serve level goals for how quickly we want to respond. you can see on this slide our summer we get lots of different reports you poles that are knocked out or wires exposed. we

before the outage, witnesses say they heard an explosion. >> all we heard was this loud crash and allthe lights kind of came on and off for a while. we looked out the windows and they still had their, you know, their lights on their christmas lights on and then all of a sudden, everything went black. >> pg&e officials say the two outages are related. they say the cause of the transformer failure is now under investigation. >>> well, today is expected to be the busiest travel day of the christmas day holiday at san francisco international airport. according to the airport spokesman about 132 travelers are expected to -- 132,000 travelers are expected to pass through today. security lines appear to be moving well so far and flints are on time. >>> the winds won't be as strong today. but calfire says we're still in a state of high fire danger. strong winds are concern and they were a concern yesterday in parts of the bay area. and there are worries that more wind, even the weaker breezes could still send a tree branch across a power line and start a fire. the fire in big sur is expected

>> absolutely. >> the outage began at 3:00 a.m. and at its height more than 4000 people were in the dark, almost 15% of the town, at the high school it was all about waiting it out, but while the lights came on on the other two just in time for school there it was dark, 1100 kids went to school anyway although one parent said she is prepared to come back and get her son. >> that is fine if they do, i work in town so it is okay. >> still everyone from the children to the teachers to the principal took it in stride. >> i don't think it will be the best day but it will be fine. >> it will by ok. >> you put a jacket on and those on. >> uh-huh. >> so you are okay. >> yes. >> temperatures hovered right above freezing most of the morning. >>en the sierra foothills the weather is causing pg&e to staff extra crews. they are concerned about a repeat of a snowstorm 4 years ago that left thousands of people in the placerville area without power for days. they are stocking up buying everything from oil lamps to shovels. >> i have actually decide

northern virginia has the most outages. dominion power is reporting 600 outages tonight. pepco with just 21. at this point, bge is reporting 25 people in the dark and the cold. erika gonzalez continues our team coverage from arlington where she spoke to a woman who was diabetic and tells us how neighbors stepped in to help as to crews are working to get that power on. erika? >> wendy, when you rely on insul insulin, keeping it cool in the fridge, losing power is not an option. >> wandering around in the dark. everything is -- touch. >> it's been a rough couple of days for valerie but you would never know it by her demeaner. >> take it as it comes. >> reporter: she's diabetic and needs her insulin and she's been without power since yesterday. so the tree limb came down sunday night? >> yeah. and broke the wires down and i still had electric. >> until yesterday. >> the truck went through the cones, got caught up in the wire and everything was gone. >> reporter: dominion power has had 1300 employees working on outages like valerie's around the clock. >> putting the main feede

what we are learning about the power outage. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. getting ready to ring that opening bell live in new york this morning. and they are ringing in a really good day for the dow, nasdaq, and s & p. there it is live. numbers the future stock right up after that jobs report came in. the unemployment rate down five year low now. the monthly numbers coming in for november this morning and it looks like the dow will be up 150 points right off the bat. >>> time 6:30. good morning. thank you for joining us on the ktvu morning news i'm brian flores in for dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. rosemary orozco is in for steve as well today. talking about this cold weather. >> yes brewly tally cold once again. we have advisories. this advisory is is for later. tonight into tomorrow. when snow is expected to fall over the sierra. but the shades of purple advisories once again a freeze warning in place. the only area not included san francisco. and you can see it here. through 9:00 or until 9:00 this morning freezing and sub freezing temperatures with th

what pg&e says caused the power outage and when the power could be back on. >>> good morning. right now on the san mateo bridge traffic looks pretty good as you head out to the high-rise. but find out where traffic is already beginning to slow. >>> its colder out there this morning. 32 in bay point. 31 in middletown. does that mean it will stay cooler or the afternoon highs warm up? i'll have the details. -those other store cards... -...preferred shopper... ...club...things... ...kept sending me coupons for cat food. i'm just not a coupon clipper. i buy what i want to buy. can i get a reward for that? [ brina ] something extra from raley's, bel air, and nob hill. you get something extra rewards... ...for the way i shop... for buying the things i like. instant offers, points balance, right here on my smart phone. [ brina ] join today at raley's dotcom, or at your store. ...it rewards you... for being you. [ brina ] something extra -- now rewarding over 1 million members. >>> good morning. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. you are looking at a live picture of pg&e

so one is the afternoon day of closer for any complaints and the second slide is the afternoon outage >> right. >> that's a simpler fix and the other one has the longer number of days. >> right >> could you talk about the efficiency. >> i can talk about it for puc's. >> right. >> from puc's prospective as i mentioned we have not had increased staffing this is how we deliver our resources and how we managing manage our inventor to be sure when a truck roles that crews is going out with the information they need about the light they're going to. we have all our records on our street lights are electronic our maintenance planner looking at that data and say okay. at that light it's, however, any voltages put that one on the truck. you know, we really go out more armed and ready to address the issues. we're doing better at using did electronic tools with our skilled and trained staff able to use those systems focusly >> thank you. >> sure. >> so i was talking about a little bit about the street light funding. once we have those funds you know how do we decide what we do first. lots of cri

temperatures are in the mid- 30s. outages in three areas knocked out power to about 4100 homes. we spoke with some folks who spent the morning bundled up without heat. >> i woke up, and everything was black and dark and it's very, very cold and freezing. >> i woke up and tried to get my daughter to school and we had no heat, no nothing. i tried to come down here for a cup of coffee and nothing. >> that's tough. the cause of the outage is under investigation. pg&e hopes to have everyone's power back on early this afternoon. >>> an amber alert is in effect right now for a 14-year-old girl from washington state. this is a picture of elizabeth romero. the teenager disappeared wednesday afternoon. police believe 19-year-old eduardo flores rosales abducted her. chp just released this surveillance photo of his vehicle, a 2001 to 2003 ford escape hunter green in color with a roof rack and custom wheels. chp believes they may pass through the bay area on their way to mexico. >>> a man is in custody after slamming into a police car and then trying to escape in san jose. kpix 5's kiet do sp

the robber to run away. >> developing news, pg&e restored power after a major outage and 11,000 customers were without power at the peak of the outage starting before 8:00 this morning and affected volume formers in lafayette. a squirrel got too close to some equipment. >> state population report shows that more people moved to alameda and stand clear county than any other counties in the state. the california department of finance says that alameda county saw more than 15,000 newcomers bringing the county's population to just over 1.5 million. santa clara was not far behind with 111.,500 -- 11,500 new a major change for target. they now admit encrypted pins were taken by hackers in the breach that span three weeks of the holiday season. target says they are confident that the numbers are safe and secure despite the breach explaining on the web site that a customer's pin is encrypted from the moment it is used. the breach is the second largest in the history of united states retail. >> a federal judge has ruled a massive government phone surveillance program is legal. the government was exposed by edward sn

what's caused the outage and who's still left in the dark. >>> traffic is flowing on the bridge, but the real backups are on the phone lines. why some are saying laying off the toll takers isn't saving time or money. ♪ ♪ looks like you started to make something. ♪ oh, a green! ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] cheerios. with flavors your heart will love. >> new at 5:00 it was touted as a way to save money. earlier this year the golden gate bridge replaced its toll takers with an electronic toll system. it was meant to save money but some say that's not the case. patty lee live at the golden gate bridge with how the switch is costing both time and money. patty of? >> reporter: the problem is there are still a lot of problems. after 28 full-time toll takers lost their jobs here, 25 customer service reps had to be hired to deal with the flood of calls from confused customers and they are still on the job. now, you remember the switch here took place back in march, and it's now december. and the website is still crashing and the call center is still flooded. the metropolitan transportation commis

after the outage more than a million were left in the dark. >> we bought a space heater and we got some candles. i don't mind being in the dark but it was the heat. >> forecasters say the heat and the cold temperatures will affect many. >>> the board vote was originally scheduled for thursday. they announce had it could finally end a labor dispute which could end a controversial clause could affect those up to six weeks of paid leave along with other contexts. in the meantime we have good news for those who ride with bart. the bart strand is expected to leave the block airport, it is a connector system using driver driverless 3 car trains. >>> is he making his around the world trip and norad will be using their satellites and radar to watch out for santa tonight as tomorrow. they watched the santa watch back in 1955 but just incase your power does out, you can call norad to find out where santa is. and we will find out more about this santa arriving in their time zones. >>> they are temporaryily banned and how will they be designing the newest t- shirts. >>> you are looking at lafayette

more coming up and a couple of minutes for you. >> of the a snow came north and .est of the district power outages and slick roads prompted businesses to close. schools closed today. these kids were happy about that. the adult spent the afternoon cleaning up. snow watch coverage of the day continues ahead. sam ford shows is how people dealt with the weather and the closed down government. >> on the other side of the world, many of the most powerful people in the world gathered to pay tribute to a man many considered a personal hero. a ceremony was held today in south africa to honor the memory of nelson mandela who died at the age of 95 years old. leon harris was inside the stadium during the ceremony. he is there with the story. aboutust had to tell you the incredible electricity that was in the stadium today at the memorial service. tens of thousands of people jumping and dancing, singing routines that seem to be perfectly choreographed. they did this for hours before the dignitaries even came out to take the stage. it was special. tens of thousands of people singing and dancing in unison. >> it

and in third place, the outage at the super bowl. remember that?ormance drew 24 million tweets. 1 million were sent after mtv's music awards thanks to miley cyrus for the most part. rounding out the top five, the announcement of the new pontiff garner dd more than 130,000 tweets her minute. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: the energy in one gallon of gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasoline's high energy density, your car doesn't have to carry as much fuel compared to other energy sources. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. another shovel full of dirt on her wholesome alter ego hannah montana. take a look at her brand new video, the parts we can show you on television. the video has the cyber verse all an twitter as you can imagine. miley wasn't alone in making headlines this past year. nischelle turner counts down the can top ten entertainment stories of 2013. >> bieber's bad boy behavior. justin hasn't le

most of the outages have been concentrated in the areas of rose drive and columbus parkway. again the power went out again three hours ago. they are expecting to have all power restored by 9:00 this morning. >>> time is 6:06. a huge fight outside of oakland high school leads to three arrests. i want to show you cell phone video sent to us from a viewer. police say two girls started fighting and one of the girls pulled out a stun gun when a police officer tried to stop the fight. when police tried to detain her they say she passed the stun gun to someone else who police say put up a fight when they tried to detain him. police made three arrests. the investigation continues. >>> later today in santa rosa a rally is planned in memory of andy lopez. the 13-year-old killed by a sheriffs deputy. rally organizers who have been holding vigils and protests since that shooting in october they want rally participates to wear the color white and bring candles. protest starts at 4:00 p.m. at santa rosa city hall. deputy eric who went back to work this month after the shooting says lopez

tom kierein, chuck bell are working on the latest conditions in the forecast. >>> between power outageswet or slick roads, your commute this morning could be a mess. >>> news 4's melissa mollet with an idea of conditions before you head out the door. melissa? >> reporter: good morning. we're on river road heading back to the beltway and then we're going to head up 270 for you. as you can see in front of us us it is just wet. we're not having any major issues. i can say river road heading into the district we just actually at springfield drive saw a car into a tree, a police officer is with that person. it looks like no one is injured but obviously perhaps a slick spot on parts of the road just depending on where you are. if it got a little bit colder, we would be seeing icing. real hadly right now what we're really seeing is some icing and nastiness in the neighborhoods, the drive walks. no major issues river road heading out to 495. we're going to check back in with you throughout the morning. as we head north and we know things are a little bit nastier up there, aaron and eun? >>> you

according to their website they don't have a reason for the outage and they don't have a time of when the power is going to be back on. we have been through town, seen flashing stop signs or signal lights and stoplights. we will keep an eye on this. live in benicia claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> city crews say cold weather is partly to blame for a water main break in martinez. as you can see the brakes sent water pouring out into the street. this is martinez avenue. the problem started at about 9:30 last night. at one point 50 homes were without water. it is back on now. crews were able to fix the water main over night and a few hours ago they put sand on the road to make sure it is safe for drivers. >>> a hard freeze warn willing expire across the bay area around 9:00 this morning. one of the coldest places is napa where overnight temperatures dipped into the 20s. we are used to hearing exposed pipes need installation during the winter but even interior pipes are springing leaks. people have been responding to emergency calls due top the frozen water lines. >> it may have bee

. >> fairfax county had the most outages. in prince williams, you will signed a cold daughter-in-law. . she watches repair crews try to clean up the mess from the storm. [indiscernible] customers were affected. >> it has been hard. no cooking. >> $11 million were approved to build more power lines. they have no power. they just stocked their french. >> my husband went grocery shopping because the storm was coming. the food is going to go bad. all.is is not fun at >> the biggest chunk of those without power is about 4000 in hern than -- in nort virginia. a major repair job is going to occur tonight. the minion power begins at 11:00 tonight. alls going to shut down lanes here at route 28 from 11:00 to 12:00. two closures in order to literally pull in new wire across 66 and reconnect it. they expect to have everybody in northern virginia back on by tomorrow morning. most snow fell to our north and west. i'll frederick got more snow than the immediate metro, the storm turned out to be manageable. brad bell tells us how people deal

on the campus. that outagea holiday concert that was planned at the school last night. but that event was moved to a nearby church at the last minute. this morning this is the message put up on the school's website letting parents and students know that classes are canceled for today. school administrators do expect that the gas and electrical issues will be fixed over the weekend and they are telling parents and students that monday will be a normal school day after an unusual accident scene and a lot of repair work to do here. live in san rafael alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> bart and its two biggest unions will meet tea. yesterday's meeting ended at 8:00 last night with no resolution. the negotiations are over a clause in the contract that allows union workers to receive up to six weeks of paid family leave. the unions ratified the deal and bart's board of directors approved the contract but without that clause. bart says it was a contract by mistake. >>> we find that 52% of bay area voters think publ

at the peak, the outage left 500,000 homes and businesses in the dark and canceled or delays thousands of flights across the country. in college we had a similar situation with no power for six days. >> mike? >> i can see the national map it is not looking too good? >> it is clearing out with the big storm pulling off, but there is snow headed to denvers minneapolis and lake effect snow through the chicago area, but, so far, all of our national airports are running on time. we have our own issues back here related to winter. can you see from the east bay hills it is looking hazy this morning looking across emeryville to san francisco. all of us can expect poor air quality so those most expensive to fine particulate matter may want to stay inside the 17th "spare the air" day of season, the 26th of the year, yet another record. here is the day planner today: we will talk about temperatures that will run in the freezing mark to 48 degrees. from the north bay valley to san francisco, we will be 58 to 64 at noon, and 60 to 66, and we could threat an few record high temperatures yesterday se

the biggest outage was in oakland, more than 1100 people were forced to deal with the cold without power. a power outage in san anselmo left more than 600 homes and businesses in the dark. power has been restored for nearly all of the customers. >>> power is restored for 3600 homes and businesss in benicia. pg&e says the power outage was reported thursday night just as temperatures were dropping to their lowest levels. pg&e says an underground cable is to blame for the power outage. you can get the latest weather information at ktvu.com. . >>> cleanup will begin in a castro valley neighborhood after large water main break. just after 7:30 last night a 12-inch wide main burst sending water gushing into a half dozen homes near seven hills road and santa maria avenue. water three to four feet deep flooded living rooms, garages and yards. 20 people were forced out of their homes. >> we were just in our living room and just heard this rushing and thought it was pouring rain or something was happening. we looked out here and the water was rushing. we came out pretty quickly. it just was nonsto

we've made major improvements in cooperating there are things that are difficult one fact is the system we log outages. per diem has their own system for the 15 million customers we operate differently we do duplicate repairs so when an outage comes in it will go to the city and we close it in our system and 311. unfortunately, it's often down so people can't log it in it maybe done in december 1st and it might be out until the 7 letting. it's not an issue from a data and reporting standpoint it miss categories the work that's being done >> i know last year you discussed or we discussed physical examinations database in terms of all the street light locates is that included in the database observe talking about not everybody everything was in an electronic format. >> the way it works is most of what pg&e side is on paper plat mats. it's even further complicated because the soft of different nature of the bill. the self-puc appraise maintenance and operation services that's in the basically format there's another system being built to accommodate the lights that's for the slow movement. as i said our t

the outage started this morning and initially more than 4,000 homes were without power but pg&e has gradually restored it throughout the day. it's not clear what caused it. >>> if it's not the electricity, it's water giving homeowners fits. plumbers have been busy fixing pipes as they burst because of our frigid temperatures. we caught up to one plummer making a repair today in pleasant hill. one thing you can do, let a faucet slowly drip overnight. another thing, run the furnace at a low temperature. it should help keep the pipes from freezing up. we are not done with the bitter cold. more to come. >> that's right. on top of the cold, wind, rain, even snow, kpix 5's chief meteorologist paul deanno is at the foot of mount diablo for a preview of what's to dom. >> reporter: at 2500 feet and above it will be snowing tonight and may be right now. it just started raining here 10 minutes ago. temperature not that bad, 46 degrees. we had clear skies overnight hard freeze once again. then i want to show you some video of the ominous looking clouds that moved in after the lunch hour. rain moves in ov

a total of 4100 customers lost electricity this morning the outage caused by failure of a baseball. ools had to shuffle students to sunny classrooms. >> it's probably about 25 degrees in there. in there is colder. >> power was restored to the school that's were affected. >> abc7 news has been checking out all of the information as well as annual memorial being displaced because of the cold. laura joins us live now. >> cold has been around a couple days the event supposed to be held tomorrow afternoon but now they're going to move it into the plattlands. this is what folks awoke to in the morning. water gushing down the street from a broken pipe. another sign the bay area doesn't do subfreezing well. just ask plants or chicken that's found ice chips in the water this morning. pg&e doesn't fore see problems related to the cold. >> we'll have adequate supply of gas to handle this cold snap. and we anticipate you know colder snaps throughout the season. we're prepared for those situations. >> the group save mount diablo sees a potential problem with this remembrance the newly restored be

the fire broke out at a home before 3:00 this morning. a dog and two turtles inside home are okay. >> there a power outage in the north bay. it is happening in benicia. three separate outages affecting 4,000 customers. it started two hours ago and pg&e is working to fix the problem but no word when it will be restored. we are getting a new update they hope 1,500 people will be restore by 6:45 and we will check on that for you and amy hollyfield will have an update at 6:30. >> we continue our coverage of the cold snap with how people in the south bay are handling the freezing temperatures. katie marzullo has been talking with people in santa clara county and is bundled up. katie? >> i am forcing a smile. can you tell? it is 33 degrees. i am wearing four layers and gloves and a scarf and people are making fun of me but they are originally from the midwest. we are watching people come and go from the starbucks after hot coffee, of course. if you look at the video you can see normal people are wearing jack oats and long pants, scarves, hats. joe is visiting and originally from minute and is wearing shorts. he wasn't laughing ye

the 311 system relies the information to my staff and we dispatch crews daily to address outages. e same system communicates with pg&e and pg&e has voluntarily participated in that approach. we've recently added to the reporting methods a new application that puc folks developed that allows residents to use new app call street light sf so when you're walking down the street and your noticing a problem you can open up the app and it will automatic low position you and allow you to allow the positioning just by drag and drop of the pen and you can acting report to the 311 system and puc. we have, you know, 311 serving as our hub, if you will, of all those outage reports to rely on their data >> (clapping) all right. thank you erica and thank for the great work. leader pelosi and mayor ed lee thank you for your attention. welcome to yelp. i'm excited to have you here at our new headquarters. as you know yelp has lived within the same radius. we've moved a short distance away and to keep our headquarters in san francisco was a conscious one. san francisco was a key player in the yemz s

they are blaming the outage on a hardware problem. in a tumbler post, yahoo! es that the issue has been harder to fix then asked active. they have dozens of people working around the clock. they launch the new yahoo! mail in october only to be hit by user complaints. discovery networks is the company behind tlc and animal lannett. they are eyeing a possible bid for scripps network. edmund lee is with us now. why would discovery want this network? >> he gives them a lot more cable channels that they can take when they talk to distributors like comcast or directv. they can say they have a much bigger lineup with popular content. we want more money for that. it raises the affiliate fee for all their networks. it gives them a bigger package of channels that they can sell. >> is scripps looking to sell? >> there are no reports that they are actively looking to sell full discovery has been looking at them as well as other possible targets. it could be that anyone could want to buy them. it could be fox, time warner, they have attractive assets. they have popular cont

crews have been working to restore electricity but some of the outages could stretch into this weekend. forecasters predict parts of maine could get up to seven inches of fresh powder today. representatives for utilities companies say they're worried the extra weight on the tree branches and power lines will complicate their efforts. a massive pileup today shut up to part of the pennsylvania turnpike. that's an hour northwest of philadelphia. authorities say at least 20 vehicles were involved, and several people were hurt. laura ingall is in our new york city news room. this ice storm has also killed people. >> it has. 27 people have lost their lives as a result of this wicked weather. most tying from carbon monoxide poisoning while using generators or barbecues to create heat. 17 deaths in the u.s. and ten in canada, along with many other injuries. people without power have been spending their down time filling up gas cans for generators which prompted officials to be aware of potentially deadly fumes and hire hazard -- fire hazards, police in michigan say a 7 7 3-year-old woman ran a

there were two other schools affected by the power outage. gh school, benicia high school and another elementary school, mary farmer elementary school. as far as we know a little bit before 8:00, both schools got power on. mary farmer is doing okay. but we're hearing reports that the high school power is flickering. but at both of those schools, students are also being held in class and school is in session. they are just hoping to make it through the day. live in benicia, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:47. a new year's dead lynn could send the price of milk -- deadline could send the price of milk soaring. our grocery bill depends on politicians getting along and that's a little alarming. pam? >> reporter: yes, it is. if you think your grocery bill is high now, just wait until the start of the new year. dairy subcy disare set to -- subsidies are set to expire january 1st. the agriculture department is warning that if congress doesn't pass a new farm bill, the price of cheese, ice cream would go up and a gallon of milk could cost as

pg&e says the outage was apparently caused by a squirrel that came in contact with a piece of electricalequipment connected to a bank of transformers. >>> the latest spare-the-air alert extended now through today. that means no fires indoors or outdoors with wood, charcoal or any other solid fuel. this is the sixth spare the air day in a row. we have also found out there's this new study by mit that says san francisco's unhealthiest air can be found in the inner mission. both the inner and outer mission are bordered -- bordered by freeways. those are known health risks but people living in the inner mission are six times more likely to suffer from pulmonary disease because in the outer mission they are more likely to have trees. the study recommends planting more trees to combat freeway pollution and even encourage homeowners now to install green roofs. >>> it's one thing to have unhealthy air outside, but what about inside your home as well? lawrence berkeley lab researchers are warning people with gas ranges to be aware they are exposing themselves to toxic fumes. they say something ev

utility crews are trying to get the power back on and at the peak on sundae at the outage more than a half million people had no power. >> we just went and bought a space heater and we have some candles, i don't mind being in the dark, it was just the heat. >> they are expected to die down and the cold temperatures, they will stick around for the rest of the week. >>> new this morning, at least 15 people are killed because of air strikes in syria. 3 children are among the dead, it was an area tack and five children were killed. more than 360 people have died since the assault started 10 days ago. >>> and signing up under the extension but not here in california. >> under the new law, they opted to open, officials say workers at the call centers including one in concord are abiding by the deadline of last night and those have passed. you can still sign up for coverage, it will just not be on january 1st. >>> and administrators of the healthcare dot governor, they extended to allow for any technical problems which resulted in a last minute rush and it only affects them, open roll. goes

we do have the power outage that is at the san francisco yard where the trains are being kept. if you need to travel between daly city and dublin, those trains are not running because they cannot get the trains out to send them on their way. what bart is doing, they are taking the trains from dublin to san francisco and they will be able to move back-and-forth. if you need to travel eastbound you can use the yellow or the green lines to take you to bay their. this problem is still unresolved and we will tell you when everything comes back on line in a little bit. we have this, a car fire, that was towing a u-haul truck at 164th avenue. that was fully engulfed. c.h.p. units are on the scene with a lane blocked but not impacting traffic. the drive you it castro valley is clear and a look outside, this is going to be the toll plaza into young from san francisco with hardly any cars in the westbound direction. we have freezing temperatures everywhere but pittsburg is close to 33 and brentwood is at freezing. to livermore we have mid-to-upper 20's and pleasanton is 129. same in frem

the power outages are the aftermath of a major ice storm that pelted the region last week. about 140,000 homes and businesses are still in the dark. and at one point, that number was in the 700,000 range. >>> roberta, are we even seeing snow in tahoe? >> no, except what they are making overnight. >> manmade no. >> it is cold enough to do that. they are firing up the snow guns every night overnight. but right now, any chance of snow i'm looking at and it's a long-range forecast so things certainly can change, january 10th. on that note, let's look at what's going on today. first off, count it it five. five straight days of "spare the air." it is illegal to burn for the rest of the day. for five straight days we are also looking at very unseason bly mild conditions. right now 57 degrees in san francisco. that's typically the high temperature experienced for this time of the year. santa rosa after a morning low of 30 now up to 53 degrees. it's also 53 in mountain view. okay. today's forecast high a sampling across our microclimates into the 60s easily. typically we're into the

that usually work with baltimore gas and electric were called up on monday to help deal with the power outages. they join workers from ten other states in the effort. tens of thousands of homes remain without power in parts of the upper midwest and new england after that storm. >> we're not going to see anything like that but we're going to have a change in the weather. >> we have a lot of rain for the day tomorrow. the short period of time it's going to dump quite a bit. if you think you can get away without using your umbrella, not a chance. >> unless you don't leave the house. >> the clouds are here and the clouds are here to stay for the rest of the night. we're going to look for the additional on set of the rain after midnight. if you have evening plans outdoors, walking around, what not, you're going to have no problems at all. the wind chill factor makes it feel like the middle 40's. high today 57 degrees. our average for this date is 44. the record 75 set back in 1946. george washington university now at 55 degrees. winds around two to five miles per hour. our final stop 53. temperatur

at the peak of the outage, more than a half million people were left in the dark.y say the cold temperatures will stick around for the rest of the week. he will make his around the world trip and they will be using their satellites and radar and i am posting the results on google map. you see the annual reindeer and santa is dropping off gifts and they are updating facebook and they lawn muched the watch back in 1955. >>> time is now 6:49 a smash and grab robbery inside a busy san jose mall which was filled with san jose shoppers, what the armed robber managed to get away with. >>> some of them had a little too much fun and they had the details, san francisco poll just shared this with us and it is all coming up in just about 10 minutes,. >>> well, it's not a workweek for a lot of people, we have tara moriarty who is in for sal looking at some of the bridge traffic. >> that is right, all of your bridges are looking very clear at this hour, there is not much of a backup and that's the good news for your christmas week and let's take a look, so we can show you all of

but if you dig murder it is not 100 percent back up and running. 70 percent of e-mail sent during the outagehey still have to be delivered. that's expected later this afternoon. sthooivengs lauren. >> good to see you. >> millions of people waking up to arctic air had morning. >> we could get 3 inches of snow. lady in red you look so pretty this morning. >> thank you. you do as well. we have seen three inches in new york. we have had the lake-effect snow machineic canning up yesterday producing significant snowfall and shy of four feet in new york. 44 inches of snowfall on the ground during this storm system. incredible stuff. more than 20 inches widespread across other sections of parts of new york. significant snowfall. we are pektsing more snow as we head into later on today. warnings across parts of up state new york and downwind of lake erie. temperatures like you mentioned arctic air still in place across parts of the plains and in the northern plains international falls in minnesota current windchill 40 degrees below zero. temperatures are actually the coldest we have seen in three yea

that is the concern, the power outage threat and also the icy, slick roads out there.the power lines and cause more power outages. that's the concern there. one more time, here is the threat as we go through the first wave of the system, second system behind it saturday through sunday almost the exact same place so cold arctic air, power outages, never a good situation. michaela? >> thanks for that look at the weather, indra. let's talk about a situation that's happening in florida right now. this morning, rescuers trying to save 41 pilot whales stranded by the florida everglades. ten whales have died and as the group spends more time in the shallow water experts fear the worse. joining us is philippe cousteau, the host of "eyes going deep." >> good morning, michaela. >> they want to set expectations really low and they're not thinking these whales could be saved. this morning, more vessels are aiding in the effort. what is making this operation so difficult for them? >> well there's a couple factors that are contributing to the difficulty down here. it's very, very re

the roadways. we will see power outages, too, as some areas could pick up a quarter of an inch of ice. make sure you have the head lights on and take your time. >> be sure to check back after the football game. we'll see you then. . >>> good evening fromouth africa. president obama will begin making his way here to south africa tomorrow. to attend tuesday's public memorial service for nelson mandela. for three days now, south africans have been honoring and celebrating the man who helped unlock racist suppression and led his nation into democracy. it was a day of prayer and reflection. richard engel is also in johannesburg tonight and has this report. >> reporter: south africans let the holy spirit overwhelm them. they came to pray here because nelson mandela prayed here. fire master tom was growing up. mandela was in prison. they met only after he walk free. >> he was a friend. is he blood and flesh like us? because he was so good. >> reporter: for many here, mandela was more than just a prisoner turned president. he taught a lesson. >> we must always be humble, kind, and we huft love

>> reporter: it also stranded thousands of the dallas fort worth airport and briefly grounded planes in philadelphia. power outages continued in the south and midwest. and as the next wave of arctic weather pushes down from the north, millions could find themselves facing a treacherous monday morning commute. allison harmelin for cbs news, new york. >> in case you're curious, minnesota saw the coldest temperatures. in some place it is hit 35 degrees below zero. it almost makes it seem like our 30s are down right balmy in comparison to that. back to you. >> 60-degree difference. thanks, jess. >> thank you. >>> the question of the morning time now. it is 4:30 on the nose. according to oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa, what is the number one- related killer in the united states? >> is it snow, b, floods or c, heat. post >>> 4:33. a weather advisory south till 7:00. d.c. and areas west till 10:00. i don't know if it will last that long but i want to show you the forecast because we still have light freezing rain showers and showers. this afternoon a lot better. highs in the low 40s. we'll do a lot of mel

"new hampshire, maine, the o outages from the ice storm last week. it will workt its way down into the weekend and into the northeast monday and tuesday. we will have to bundle up for new year's day. even down into northern florida, it's going to be much cooler temperatures for you. so, sunday, dry and mild for louisiana. texas sort of split in half with the colder air along the west texas area, lubbock, you will start to feel the chill. it doesn't kick in until you get into later sunday night and monday. so, after that comfortable weather, maybe a little on the muggy side because of the storms, we will be monitoring the carolinas and even over toward atlanta, georgia. we are going to look for the development of some severe thunderstorms. at a time could bring dusty winds, heavy rainfall causing local flash flooding but, also, hail, lightning, and that's definitely risk with these storms. the rain will get heavier as the storm will spin right up the east coast. temperatures as we get through the course of the morning hours will drop coldest, of cours

that is where we're expecting the possibility of power outages. i saw pictures from the walmart with the bread aisle with nothing on the shelves. people are taking it seriously. so again, the area of greatest concerns is the darker purple shading from outside louisville to paducah and little rock, memphis. this starts later on today, more or less this evening. then all day tomorrow. the northern edge of this will get some snow, too. so oklahoma city will get a little snow, st. louis, indianapolis and start as sleet and heavy crunchy snow on top. even dallas has winter storm warning. the temperatures, billing, montana, a high temperature today of zero. goose egg. >> it was warm walking in today. >> east coast is warm. rain coming. we're just lucking out. >> coming up, "morning joe." president obama grig income and equality into the spotlight. but is there a realistic legislation that can actually make a difference? when we come back here, we huddle around the cooler. why a $50 million lottery winner may be the luckiest winner of all time. we'll be r