on i80 chains are required from nyack to truckee. and on u.s. 50 from east placerville to myers. ken wayne went to the sierra and it was not long before he ran into trouble. >> reporter: caltrans put up chain controls at about 11:00. but it was from this point heading eastbound toward the summit where the problems really began. we have just passed the chain controls and we've already hit a situation. we're kind of on a curb where the road slightly leaning to the right. this semi truck to our left is spinning out. so is a small suv right in front of it. once we made it past that truck we found a pair of tow trucks helping free an suv that spun out and sustained damage. we saw a big rig getting a push from a caltrans truck. the ice clung to the road. and to our mirrors. it was a tense drive, a bit much for laura slate and her family. >> we may end up going back home because they said they closed the freeway down at colfax. >> reporter: the interstate was shut down for hours as spin outs were cleared. >> a cold snow like this is icy, that's the problem. we were sitting in this traff

on i80 chains are required from nyack to truckee. and on u.s. 50 from east placerville to myers. went to the sierra and it was not long before he ran into trouble. >> reporter: caltrans put up chain controls at about 11:00. but it was from this point heading eastbound toward the summit where the problems really began. we have just passed the chain controls and we've already hit a situation. we're kind of on a curb where the road slightly leaning to the right. this semi truck to our left is spinning out. so is a small suv right in front of it. once we made it past that truck we found a pair of tow trucks helping free an suv that spun out and sustained damage. we saw a big rig getting a push from a caltrans truck. the ice clung to the road. and to our mirrors. it was a tense drive, a bit much for laura slate and her family. >> we may end up going back home because they said they closed the freeway down at colfax. >> reporter: the interstate was shut down for hours as spin outs were cleared. >> a cold snow like this is icy, that's the problem. we were sitting in this traffic jam hea

drivers required to use chains between gold run and truckee. >> want to take a 1(v at what happened inansas city, missouri. there is a downtown inferno. this is cause bid a car hit a gas main in an upscale shopping district?ja. the fire continues to rage police say serious injuries have been reported at this time, still not clear how many people have been hurt for if anyone died but there are dozens of firefighters and other crews that have responded to this. the building established in 1922 including shops restaurants apartments and offices we'll continue to bring updates throughout the newscast as well as nbc 7 news at 6:00. >> dan ashley is in washington, d.c. now for a very special assignment. he's the only reporter who will interview president obama tomorrow. dan joins us live with a look at what the president is dealing with today, dan? >> good evening, from washington a very busy day. if republicans and democrats cannot come up with an agreement in just 10 days, $85 billion in cuts will kick n the president invited state and local workers to join him he warned that these are re

as for chain controls they're in effect from gold run to truckee. i talked to the chp about an hour and a half ago, they said as far as the number of spin outs out here they said it was an absurd number of spin outs fortunately no major injuries to report. on blue canyon, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >> follow our ktvu weather team 24 hours a day on facebook, twitter any where you go. >>> san francisco detectives are trying to come up with new clues in the unsolved killing of a well liked grocery store worker. new at 6:00, paul chambers live in san francisco where the victim was gunned down while just walking down the street for no apparent reason. paul-- >> reporter: frank we're live outside sfpd where they say they have very little to go on in this case. a senseless killing of a beloved grocery store clerk. today they released his photo in hopes someone will come forward. his name was ernesto acosta but his friends just called him che. this 24-year-old worked at this store. outside the store flowers and a picture to remember him. >> it's weird not se

. >> two and a half hours, three hours on the truckee side. >> that much of a holdup there? >> yeah. >> reporter: how are you going to make it up? >> i'm not. >> reporter: and we're getting a better understanding of how much money and goods and supplies is halted when the interstate closes. caltrans just finished a six-month study. it found $4.7 million in goods is trucked through the sierra every hour, if it's not closed. you think it's more than that? >> it's more than that. >> reporter: back here live in blue canyon. a quick shake of the balances here and you can see all the powdery snow just falls right off. it is really excitable for the resort s the chp, caltrans expet huge traffic in the sierra as everyone comes up and tries to get some telephone snow. kntv, bay area news. >> thank you, richard. you know who else is excited? >> jeff ranieri. thrilled about this. it's nice to see. the snow here in the bay area. of course, where richard was on the way to tahoe. >> who would have thought in november and december we would have been so excited, about 8 to 10 inches of snow

. >> reporter: 26-year-old raleigh butler who is originally from petaluma, but living near truckee waseath in the cabin his mom had rented for several years. also killed, 46-year-old richard lewin from new york, and 42-year-old todd klrakowsski from colorado. his mother was away when it occurred. investigators say they believe the three were trying to buy marijuana. and while authorities won't speculate the amount of drugs involved, they say it was significant. trent hart didn't know raleigh well but says he was a talented snowboarder. he said he heard this was a big drug deal. >> what i hear i guess like 100 pounds, $200,000 deal and some fool just took their life. >> reporter: marijuana is pretty common around these parts. >> there's definitely a lot of -- a lot of marijuana farmers in this area. that's for sure. >> reporter: in fact, it's a huge problem for authorities. >> most of our violent crime is related to marijuana, the theft of marijuana, the growing of marijuana. >> reporter: even so, authorizes again reassured rest -- authorities again reassured residents they are not in d

truckee is 16. tahoe valley airlift is 19. shrinking snow pack is only 75% but new snow will arrive on tuesday. we're looking at high clouds, sun is setting at 5:50. ten hours and 52 minutes of daylight. high clouds, we are milder this morning in most areas. live doppler 7-hd, we will be tracking a few showers come late presidents' day in the wee hours of tuesday morning. the rest of the up coming workweek looking unsettled. finally some changes, but this morning it is really mild from half moon bay to san francisco, mid 50s. 47 if oakland. upper 30s have returned for santa rosa, napa and novato at 41. 44 in san jose. 51 in salinas. some areas are cooler. look at our coast. it was in the upper 60s yesterday. a little cooling in the valleys of the north bay and livermore, 2 degrees cooler as well as fremont this morning. certainly noticing the higher clouds. they will thin out and bring us another mild to warm day today with plenty of sunshine. cooling trend starts tomorrow. in fact upper 50s back for our friends along the shor

he has been identified as a 26-year-old raleigh butler from petaluma, living in the truckee area. a 46-year-old from new york is the second victim to be identified. the name of the third victim will likely be released later today. all three men lived outside of the area and just came to butler's mother's house with the intent on making a drug deal. investigators say they have leads as to the shooter but that is all they're saying about that.cd0 abc 7 news at 6:00 we'll talk with neighbor who's thought it was a drug deal and why they thought so. >> sky 7 hd above the cable car tracks. officials say a bolt lodged into the tracks cause that had accident. muni says it may have been loosen wid normal wear and tear. >> this cable car stopped. and we don't know what happened. >> officials say tracks were equipped with an alarm but it didn't go off in this case for some reason. they're looking at maintenancey issues. we have a[0p; picture you can follow her and leanne will have a live report at 5:00. >> a man arrested after a shooting will not face murder charges. police say the 19-year-

chain controls however are in effect from gold run all the way up and over the summit over the truckee. at blue canyon, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> we have more storm coverage to come. bill martin will have his complete forecast in 10 minutes. at 5:30 we head to the south bay. neighbors are comparing their storm damage to a tornado blowing through. >>> the million dollars home is on alameda diablo in the town of diablo. the tree caused so much damage that home is now red tagged. crews were scheduled to bring in a crane today for that tree removal. tarps were kept on the roof to keep the rain from soaking the inside of the home and wrecking all the contents. the homeowner says the tree fell because the roots were diseased. >>> google has reached a height never achieved. it stock heights hit and then closed above the $8 mark today. google closed at $806.85 this comes eight years after google stock topped $7 a share. analysts are crediting larry page under his two year leadership google continued to push into ambitious new areas that are growing more opportunities to sell advertising. a

detectives went to truckee to interview other snow borders who knew him. they are also following leads on the other two victims that were out of state. >>> time is 5:38. muni warning commuters about a big jump in theft and electronics. there was an 83% increase in those thefts. more than 400 cell phones were stolen in 2012. and over half of the robberies involve some kind of stolen electronic device. >>> we want to go back over to sal. check in on the traffic. you reported a few things. spinouts and such. >> when it's wet we have higher incident of collisions out there. let's take a look at what we have on east 80. there is a report of a car there that ran into one of the medians there. and the traffic is actually moving along pretty well westbound on 80. but eastbound there could be activity pretty soon. let's take a look at westbound bay bridge as you drive at the toll plaza there is a small delay. no major problems come into the city. if you are driving on eastbound 92 there is a crash an injury crash on the shoulder. the problem so the emergency vehicl

right now 18 in truckee. 6:58 the official sunrise, setting at 5:50. we haven't had any snow here in a little bit. we saw some last week. but overall the snowpack continues to decline and back home we are looking at some higher clouds and some low clouds, stratus we call it. live doppler 7hd, partly cloudy conditions around the bay. we are looking at mild conditions except if you are at our coast where we are 13 degrees cooler this morning. so we've got on shor winds and there will be a little cooling here and there. overall very mild this morning san francisco. 54 average highs. just in the upper 50s to near 60 this time of year. we will surpass that. numbers drop into the upper 30s in spots with cooler numbers. and mild conditions around mountain view at 46. 39 in gilroy, 49 in salinas. how about 59 in monterey. this morning some areas of warmer up in santa rosa, but we talked about those on shore winds. they are bogey to play a key element in our cool down for tomorrow. and then by monday we've got low pressure that is headed towards the bay area, b

have been identified one from new york one from colorado and one from petaluma but now living near truckeea home where they were shot but was out of state at the time. we are interviewing associates of the three victims. authorities will not say how many suspects they're looking for, but it is in most of the violent crime in sonoma county is due to marijuana. there are a lot of people out there doing it committing these crimes and it is definitely an issue that we are constantly dealing with and we need to fix the prom. authorities tell us that they do not believe anyone in the neighborhood should be worried as the days when my flight. at the time neighbors did not realize that gunshots were even being fired. reporting live from the sheriff's office in. tonight neighbors in sonoma county are reacting to news of this drug deal gone bad. kron 4's j.r. stone is near sebastapol. and talked with those who live within sight of where these men were gunned down. what happened beyond these trees directly behind me has taken everyone in this manner by surprise. premari once all the things going on i

truckee single digits on the low part sunday but the days will be nice e. 50s on the temperatures, upperort of snow mix -- it's all gone by the weekend. >> all right. thank you. there have been two more shootings related to the search for accused police killer. new information in the manhunt for the expolice officer suspected of shooting three police officers earlier this morning. >> and pam cook will be here to tell us about the big party that's planned right on the new bay bridge. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the new fiber one caramel nut protein bar. of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant . >>> stocks slumping on wall street suggesting the rally that had pushed index, section may have run its course. a taking a live look the dow down 132, the nasdaq down 29, s and p down 11. >>> san francisco's mayor wans to bring more high tech jobs to the city. the mayor said unnamed private business partners will help him make sure the city benefits

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