Out of sfo have almost doubled since we arrived this morning. It was just under 50 when we arrived, now its about 90. A lot of cancellations there. Fortunately for one young travel, it worse, having her flight canceled is heartbreak when you heart about her and her story, you will understand why she is in tears. She needs to be in washington dc by tomorrow night for the National Kung fu team. She has been training for six months. She was ready to go and he and her parents arrived to find out that the Virgin America flight to dallas was canceled pause of the snowstorm on the east coast. She could miss the event, thats pretty sad. She has been training for a long time. Arent there other flights . I think everybody is booked. We checked and there was Nothing Available before sunday. She has to be there saturday . Friday night. Today is being billed as one of the worst air travel days this year. The snowstorm that started in the southeast and is now over new england forced a cancellation of more than 6,000 flights nationwide today alone. 57 arrivals cancels so far today. You see some of them here at terminal two. 33 departures. Most are due to the storm back east. Few of them are due to the cloud ceiling over the bay right now. They hope that will dissipate by 3 00 this afternoon. Boy, bob, we hope the gets out there somehow. The case against the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar goes forward in a few hours. Garc garciatorres was indicted. In the two years following his arrest, garciatorres has never entered a plea. Now with tuesdays grand jury indictment prosecutors can move forward without a plea in place. Im not happy that it is languished, but i think this will speed up the process. Garcia torres refused to tell investigators anything about the location of the body. Finding sierras body is crucial to the prosecution. The grand jury said there was enough evidence to take this case to a trial. That does not mean this case can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Thats the key at a jury trial. Back to that lake. Garciatorres used to fish there which is only about half a mile from his mothers house. Drivers found nothing in the lake but their search continues. Flowers and candles outside of a popular nightclub. Theyre in mem ory of a popular bouncer there. A man carrying a case of knives was just asked to leave the bar, and the victim was leaving about the same time. Minutes later he was found on the corner of first and santa clara. One person was taken into police custody. The victims friend says something needs to be done. We need to redirect spending to help people. People like this get hurt for them to wake up and realize that something is not right. The San Jose City council just approved overtime pay for five additional officers to patrol downtown. And a call for Pedestrian Safety downtown. Christie smith is downtown with more on the vision safety campaign. Yes, here it is february and two people have been killed trying to cross this year alone. Its a busy street, six lanes, and even police say drivers turn without even looking. This morning there is a loud call to do more about it as the coalition of Pedestrian Safety advocates for police and survivors held up hearts for those hit and those hit and killed. Last year 21 pedestrians were killed, a 6yearold was among those killed. 60 of the wrecks, according to police, occur on 6 of the streets. Theyre busy and wide. Police say a woman on a bike and a tow truck collided. Fortunately she was expected to survive. The city put together a plan to promote Pedestrian Safety and millions of dollars pent. Others say things like a turn signal, that needs more time. We spoke with the Transportation Department about what is being done and an advocate hi by a car, ran a light and changed his life. I went through the air, roughly 20 feet. And then landed on the pavement and did a roll of which they later determined that i had sustained traumatic brain damage. Were lowering speed limits, narrowing streets, enhance crosswalks, and were really going to ramp up that work. We spoke with police this morning and they say theyre issuing way more citations up about 43 this month in january over last year. So theyre increasing enforcement, and Safety Advocates are saying they want the city to adopt a program called vision zero that aims to eliminate all pedestrian fatalities in ten years. Other big cities have adopted it with success. Theyre not just out here citing drivers but also pedestrians if theyre in the wrong. All right, christie, thank you. Well, competition heating up right now in sochi as we take you to a live look here at the olympic flame burning bright there in olympic park. Also heating up, the weather. Its a balmy 61 degrees in sochi today. People Walking Around in shorts and tshirts. Some here are taking a dip in the black sea. The conditions are ideal for spectators, but not for keeping that snow from melting. Snowboarding also as a new golden girl. That would be 18yearold kaitlyn farrington. A usa underdog wins the gold medal. She was the lastz female to qualify for the olympic team but ends up winning the entire event. Surprising her family, she says even surprising herself. The 24yearold is from just outside of sun valley, idaho. She posted a high score on her final run, and she had six borders after her. Her score held up and she won the gold medal. Congratulations on the gold medal, this is not what you expected coming to sochi, huh . No, i was just happy to make the team, and it took at least a week for that to sink in that i made the team. Now i just cant even imagine that im walking out of here with a gold medal. You grew up in idaho, and you had to sell cows, right . Yeah, my parents would sell cows to support my snowboarding, so now i dont think they miss the cows. It has paid off. There to grate her, the original favorite in this event, kelly clark. The 30yearold won the bronze medal last night adding to the gold in salt lake in 2003 and bronze in vancouver in 2010. Kaitlyn has tickets for hockey today, but she had to give it up. She is now attending a medal ceremony, news conferences, and an appearance on the today show. Good for her, so cool to see. We should point out that when janelle is not on tv, she is writing a blog about her sochi experience. Go to the nbcbayarea home page for that. A track worker was his by a fore running sled. This is a new picture showing the worker being loaded on to the ambulance. The worker was hit near the finish line area. Were told he suffered a broken leg and perhaps a concussion. Crews made repairs to the ice and training there has resumed. The usa mens hockey team is looking pretty good after their first team. Joe pavelski had trouble with his skates. The americans won 71. They scored six goals in the Second Period alone, just on fire. Coming up next for team usa, russia on saturday. All of the excitement here on the nbc bay area. Well have gold medal finals in the 20 kilometer mens biathalon. And tonight at 8 00 the Short Program in the figure skating and the skelton. So a busy evening tonight. Janelle waj will also join us live from sochi tonight. Visit nbcbayarea. Com for updates on the olympics. Students among dozens of people forced from their homes by flames last night. And a driver flips over a uhauh pickup truck slamming into several parked cars on a city street. And a major change for facebook, well tell you about that coming up. Morning fog that is clearing out nicely. We have showers to the north. Well detail that and a chance for rain in the photographic this weekend. That is coming up. Welcome back, everyone. 11 14 right now. A driver in a reportedly stolen uhaul truck lost control and hit three parked cars. The crash happened just before 6 00 near highland hospital. Oakland pliolice say the truck s stolen out of vallejo yesterday. Firefighters trying to find the source of a fire at a 12story apartment complex. Two people were hurt. Right now conditions are not clear about what caused it. About 200 people have to be evacuated out of that complexion. They require evacuation. So we took precautionary measures investigators say the fire could have been accidentally sparked by a cigarette. A popular Football Player whose sudden death last week stunned the cal campus. Amazing grace 21 ted agu collapsed and died with while practicing. He wanted to Practice Medicine after graduation. More than 1,000 teammates, fraternity brothers, and members of the College Community gathered together last night to celebrate his life. I knew him, i loved him. And he knew every day because i told him. And i wasnt scared to because he knew he deserved that love. It will take six to eight weeks to determine the exact cause of death. Another recall from toyota this morning. Theyre recalling almost 300,000 vehicles because of a skidcontrol software glitch. They were all built from march 2012 through december of that year. Toyota says the problem can cause the stability control, antilock brakes, and traction control. No accidents or injuries have been reported. This comes after they recalled nearly two million prius for a Different Software glitch. You dont have to be just male or female on facebook any more. People can use about 50 terms to identify their gender. Facebook says the changes are aimed at giving people more choices for describing themselves. Facebook, that has more than a billion active month lly users around the world also allows you to keep your gender private. Comcast corporation will by time warner for more than 5 billion. Americas biggest Cable Tv Company is getting bigger. Comcast has agreed to buy time warner in an all stock transaction. The Time Warner Cable purchase gives comcast about 11 million subscribers to add to their 22 million. Despite the lack of any real overlapping territories between the two companies, this merger is expected to face tough scrutiny from federal regulators. It would damper competition and lead to higher prices for end users. An assertion that has been rejected by ceo brian roberts. It was a surprise for Charter Communications that was looking for assets in conjunction with comcast until reports broke down. We should mention that nbc bay area is part of Nbc Universal which is owned by com co cast. Look at this cute video. Drivers in fort meyers stopped in their tracks when they saw this mama cross with her ten little baby ducklings. It was a pretty busy street there and it was during morning rush hour. Apparently someone was waiting there, anthony, with a phone to record the entire thing. And she was not in the crosswalk. Tlrt, you know this morning, we saw really dense fog, peggy, and that gets cleared out in the entire bay area. You see from every Vantage Point were looking at low clouds burning off quickly. The north bay, san francisco, well see limited sunshine because we have more clouds pushing back in, and showers later on. In this zone you will notice really comfortable weather. 60s and 70s today, still above average. Here is the thing, san francisco, the north bay, not going to see a lot of sunshine even though were seeing a few breaks in the clouds now. More on building off shore that will impact your afternoon. Not overly bright but it will be across the rest of the area. 70 degrees, a mix of sun and clouds, the peninsula, you will see a mix of sun and clouds. In san francisco, you want to you will see lots of cloud cover on and off throughout the day. Drizzle as well. And for the north bay, we may see another round of showers push back in here. Elsewhere, east bay, trivalley, looking good with temperatures near 70 degrees. Another chance of rain in the forecast through saturday. Youll notice a little drizzle in the forecast, if youre trying to do a valentines day brunch, you may have to work, but showered spread across the region saturday night and they will be out of here early on sunday probably by daybreak. This particular system will not bring us a whole bunch of rain, but a lot does help. So, you will notice really trace amounts to a tenth of an inch. Still nothing like we saw this past weekend, just about a quarter of an inch that i think we will be good with. Peggy, back over to you. Thank you, anthony, appreciate it. Lady gaga gets ready to entertain the most famous castle. Details after the break. You can say that the hertz cancel is going gaga. Dancers, swimmers, and production crews have been shooting a music video in the neptune pool. She is donating 250,000 to the Hearst Castle foundation. When seth meyers taking over for late night, he will have a pretty powerful first guest. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to appear. He is taking over the show from jimmy fallon who is the new front man for the tonight show. Michelle obama is a guest slated to appear on the new tonight show with jimmy fallon. What these two daredevils were doing 1600 feet in the air. I can barely watch it. Ok, its time to set the record straight. Covered california is how californians can take advantage of the Affordable Care act. We can help you get Quality Health insurance right now. To sign up, call 8007879159 or go to coveredca. Com. You can also use our website to find local, inperson help. One of the biggest questions we get here is, does covered california offer Financial Assistance . Yes. Covered california is the only place that gives you financial help with your coverage. Millions of californians will qualify. Find out if you do. 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