Westbound 237. Problemfree all the way out into sunnyvale. We just checked our chp reports. There are no incidents out there at all. There was one earlier problem in woodside. Thats now cleared. Anyway, in oakland, everything is moving at the speed limit near Oakland Airport. Heads up if you to pick up or drop someone off. 580 in the east bay. Dublin interchange no brake lights yet through the Livermore Valley. That could be one of our first spots to slow down through the Altamont Pass and Livermore Valley. That right now is 14 minutes towards the dublin interchange. Eastshore also in the clear through berkeley. No problems yet all the way up and down the eastshore freeway. Heres a live look at the Richmond San Rafael bridge, which is so far moving at the speed limit towards marin county. That is your latest kcbs traffic report. Frank, michelle, back to you. All right, elizabeth. Thank you. We are following breaking news this morning in san jose, where police are investigating the citys first homicide of the new year. Officers were called to san antonio and 33rd streets on the citys east side about 1 30 this morning. They found a gunshot victim. The wounded man was rushed to a hospital and later declared dead. So far, there are no suspects. And a fire at the chinese consulate building in San Francisco appears to be arson. It began just before 9 30 last night. Crews managed to control the flames within minutes. We are going to have a live report from the scene in just a couple of minutes. New this morning, all 52 passengers once stuck on a ship in icy antarctica waters have been rescued. Susan mcginnis has the story of some happy and grateful passengers. Reporter shortly after a helicopter flew into assess the area around the icebound ship in antarctica, the rescue began. The helicopters to take us home. Thanks, everyone reporter images posted online show some of the 52 researchers and tourists making their way to safety. The Research Ship has been stuck in thick ice since Christmas Eve. Todays breakthrough comes after days of failed rescue attempts, bad weather and ice 15 feet deep keeping icebreakers from australia and china from getting close enough. Throughout the ordeal, passengers remained optimistic and used social media to reassure loved ones back home. Good things happening today. Having a wonderful time. You can see we have this wonderful snowy wonderland. Reporter earlier this week, the scientists and tourists stomped on the snow forming a helipad to aid rescue workers. The helicopter took passengers in groups to an australian ship waiting nearby. That vessel will soon bring the rescued passengers to land. Susan mcginnis, kpix 5. The researchers an tourists are expected to be reunited with their families in a week. The 22 crewmembers will stay on the icebound ship until the vessel can break free. New this morning, some shaking up in the north bay. There were two earthquakes in the geysers area overnight. The first magnitude 2. 5, at 12 23 this morning. Then a 3. 3 quake hit at 1 32. The usgs website reports a few people did feel the quakes but there have been no reports of damage or injuries. Big question right now about the driver arrested after a girl was killed in San Francisco on new years eve. Kiet do reports from the tenderloin. Reporter the memorial for 6 yearold sophia lu continues to grow here at the corner of ellis and polk streets. Thats the been a lot of back and forth theres been a lot of back and forth about whether the driver was working for the car service uber. It started with a Facebook Post by supervisor jane kim who said the driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter and the driver also selfidentified as an uber driver. Later supervisor kim backed off from that saying the driver was a nontaxi forpay driver. The crash happened at 8 p. M. On new years eve. The suv was making a right turn when it hit the mother and two children killing the 6yearold girl. The driver saying i had a green light. I had the right of way. He is saying that right after the incident. He got out of the car yelling, who saw it . I need a witness. I had a green light. I had a right of way. He was approaching the kids. The girl was screaming, kicking her foot in the air with tennis shoes on that grow when you run. The mother was just she was out. She was gone. Reporter months ago Cab Companies protested warning that a death like this could happen with loosely regulated car services. Now, at first uber said it was not their driver. Now they are asking San Francisco police to release more information about him so they can confirm that statement. If he was an uber driver, they say he will be removed from service. Kiet do, kpix 5. San Francisco Police have two suspects after a brief high speed chase in potrero hill. Officers spotting a car last night that looked a lot like one that was involved in a robbery. They tried to pull the car over but the driver took off. A few blocks away he crashed and was caught. His passenger jumped out and was also caught. Police say they recovered a gun that was thrown from the car during the chase. Back to our developing story now. Kpix 5s anne makovec is in San Francisco where a fire at the chinese consulate is being investigated as arson. Anne. Reporter and you can see the front entrance, the damage after last nights fire here at the chinese consulate building on laguna street. The u. S. State department is now involved in this investigation categorized as arson. Heres one of several pictures being circulated on social media this morning of the front door burning. The chinese consulate as office says someone in a minivan pulled up, poured two buckets of gasoline on the door and set it on fire around 9 30 last night. The Fire Department headed out in about 10 minutes and you can see the damage here. The consulate spokesman called the arson a Violent Crime targeted at the chinese consulate. He calls it a sabotage of a vile nature and a, quote, despicable attack. Now, you can see the door here, the damage to the front door. That has been removed. All parts of the investigation. There is also a Security Camera out here, also sure to be part of it. In the meantime, the chinese consulate is urging the u. S. Government to do a better job protecting its facilities and its personnel. Live in San Francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. Police say that no one was injured. An uncle of jahi mcmath says the family is getting closer to moving the braindead teenager to a facility in new york. We do have Ground Transportation and a plane thats ready and as soon as our facility is ready to receive her, we will be moving jahi. In order for the girl to be moved out of Childrens Hospital oakland, breathing and feeding tubes have to be inserted, something the hospital wont do. The family and the hospital have been in a legal battle over whether to keep jahi mcmath on a respirator. We can make a better place for our babies. Yeah. And their babies. About 100 people rallied gathered at the Fruitvale Bart station in oakland to remember oscar grant yesterday. It was five years after his death. Grant was shot and killed by then bart Police OfficerJohannes Mehserle on the station platform. Grants mother girlfriend and daughter all attended the event. Also there, the man who made the movie Fruitvale Station which chronicled the incident. 5 08. A human skull on a paper plate surrounded by beads, thats what police found off grizzly peak boulevard in the oakland hills. Police say the skull was out in the open when it was found last night. It was near tildon Regional Park where people go for the view. Part of me is not surprised for how many different types of people i see up here all the time and its dark and sometimes people drink up here. So but part of me is kind of shocked. Never really thought that driving up here i would see a bunch of cop cars. We expect to get an update from the Oakland Police department a little bit later this morning. Happening today, a man suspected in San Rafael Bank Robbery and Police Pursuit is expected to enter a plea this morning. Christopher wooten faces five counts in connection with last months crime. Investigators are still trying to determine if he is connected to a series of robberies attributed to the cotton ball bandit. This morning, the bart board is expected to ratify the final contract agreement with its two biggest unions. They had to renegotiate the deal because of a family leave provision that was in an earlier version. Thats been removed with the unions getting concessions on other issues in return. It is 5 09. Senate chap hacked. How the data of more than 4. 5 Million People was leaked online. Also ahead can tell different parts of the porch is like coming aparted. Rotting from the inside out, brad pitts Charity Comes under fire for poorhousing construction. And its no small feat. The trail this 9yearold took to scale one of the tallest mountains in the world. And today could be the warmest day of the week. But we could see a little rain in the near future. Well tell you when coming up. We have a new crash blocking one lane westbound 205 right there by Mountain House parkway. So well have the latest details on that, but first we still want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. Ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy kpix. Com. Or tweet me at ewengerkpix, and watch to see if your question gets answered on air every friday morning. Well be right back. Shortcomings. Account information for more than 4and a half milln snapch a hack attack on a social sharing app was done apparently to show the sites shortcomings. Names and phone numbers appeared online yesterday briefly available for a download on a website. Hackers said they released all the information all in an effort to put pressure on snapchat to beef up its security. Also trending uncle phil, the fresh prince of bel air actor passed away. Fiesta bowl ucs stunning baylor in the game last night. Aaron rodgers is denying rumors he is gay. Gas prices were down in 2013 expected to go even lower this year. Follow us at twitter anytime at cbs San Francisco. Even lower in that sounds awesome, elizabeth. Dont hear that very often. Wont be burning through a lot of gas today, it is so quiet on the roads still hardly anything going on. We did find something out of tracy. But its not causing a delay at all. Its coming on 205. The accident is in the clearing stages now. We dont have sensors right in the area but a little farther west we do and through the Altamont Pass and the Livermore Valley everyone is on vacation this week no problems all the way towards the dublin interchange and mass transit is on a regular schedule. Bart more than 30 trains right now systemwide no delays. They were on a Holiday Schedule yesterday. Everything is back to normal. Bart, muni, caltrain and ace no delays. So taking you outside, heres a live look out towards the bay bridge toll plaza. Free and clear in the cash and fastrak lanes and eastshore freeway 19 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. But we checked all the approaches and so far, everything looks good including the nimitz as you can see there, 15 minutes is that drive time between 238 and the maze. So this includes the stretch toward Oakland Coliseum and Oakland Airport problemfree and once again that westbound 580 drive time still looks good. That is a check of your latest kcbs traffic. If you have any questions once you hit the roads, tune to kcbs radio 740am and 106. 9fm. Heres lawrence. We have a great day ahead with sunshine and mild temperatures. High pressure continues to sit overhead. Looks like we have mostly clear skies, with patchy fog on the north coast. Otherwise, more sunshine coming in and, well, another spare the air day as the air quality is suffering from the ridge of High Pressure thats been really semipermanent feature the better part of winter. More sunshine on the way for the weekend but we may get rain sometime next week. Enjoy the sunshine while we have it and the mild temperatures. A few more systems continuing to make their way up to the pacific northwest. But we continue to see some dry weather. The air quality though is suffering under that ridge of High Pressure just not seeing much mixing in the atmosphere. So a little unhealthy in spots. But i think that should begin to improve tomorrow. Temperatures around the state today, 69 degrees in Sacramento Valley. 70 in monterey. 54 degrees partly cloudy in lake tahoe. And 55 in yosemite. Around the bay today, you will see numbers in the 60s in the south bay as high as 67 in morgan hill. 66 in san jose. And 64 in hayward. East bay numbers moving well into the 60s. Wouldnt be surprised to see a couple of 70s pop up outside and maybe a couple of more records begin to fall as the strong ridge sits overhead now. Next couple of days well see changes, cloudy tomorrow, lots of sunshine for the weekend. But by next week the jet stream may drop far enough south that we could see a couple of scattered showers as we head in toward tuesday. Doesnt look like a lot but it could be wet and maybe more on the way toward the latter part of the week. A big game this weekend, it is going to be cold. We have been watching the forecast bouncing around a bit but about 8 degrees for the big 9ers game there. And by the way, sunrise time today 7 25. Sunset at 5 03. But cold, maybe a little snow for the game. Thats football weather. I know. It is. But im glad well be watching the game on our couch. From inside. Yes. From inside. Very nice. Frozen tundra. All right, lawrence, thanks. Marijuana is a hot new consumer item in colorado. People waited in line for hours to buy pot on the first day it was legal to do so for recreational purposes. Some of the outlets had to close early because of short supply. Supporters expect the legalized marijuana trade will create jobs, increase tax revenue and reduce crime. Sales have taken place in our country for decades and all that money goes into the underground market and cartels. That stops today. Marijuana buyers have to be 21 or older, cannot smoke in public. Colorado residents can buy up to an ounce at a time but nonresidents can only buy a quarter ounce and they cannot take it out of colorado. North of the border embattled toronto mayor rob ford is expected to file for re election today. He held this meet and greet event just yesterday. Ford made International Headlines recently after admitting to drug use and alcohol abuse and making vulgar remarks about a member of his staff. The mother of a former nfl linebacker is suing the Kansas City Chiefs over the death of her son. The suit claims the teen forced belcher to play while he suffered from complications with concussion. Belcher shot and killed himself outside the Team Facility and his girlfriend. Many new orleans residents lost their homes when Hurricane Katrina hit. Then brad pitts group built homes built with an environmentallyfriendly friendly product. It was supposed to last 40 years but many of the homes have rotting wood now just eight years later. We noticed the wood started turning like a dark gray and then also mushrooms started growing through the wood and you could tell like different parts of the porch was like coming apart. Pitts foundation is considering legal action against the company. The manufacturer says it will look into the complaints. It took him three weeks but a 9yearold can now say he climbed the tallest mountain in south america. Tyler armstrong is home this morning in Southern California after trekking argentinas highest mountain. He summited it on Christmas Eve 22,841 feet. The legal age to make the trek is 14 years old. So he needed a permit. Sometimes it was a little bit scary because there was ice and then water going down the ice. Tyler was joined by his father. He is the youngest person on ever to stand on that mountain. 5 20. Coming up, photo bomb fail. What happens when a football fan tries to get some on air time on live tv . Coming up. Nerd nation took the field as a one touchdown favorite in pasadena gives Michigan State stanford looking to repeat as champion. A rundown of bowl action coming up next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,, right side of the screen. A th a wouldbe photo bomber took a fall on a sidewalk. Watch the guy coming in from the right side of the screen. Oh, there you go. About the time he starts to mug for a live camera, his feet went out from under him. [ laughter ] there you go. The reporter didnt even know until an anchor point it out. But the guy popped right back up and walked away. [ laughter ] even better. [ laughter ] in order to win a second straight rose bowl stanford would have to puncture the number one ranked defense in the country. Little over 95,000 in pasadena for stanfordMichigan State. Legendary announcer vince scully the grand marshal for the game. Cook gets the heat from umanum. The pass goes to Kevin Anderson who takes to the hothouse. Stanford 1714 at the half. The door opened for a comeback. 17 unanswered points. Then they are down 2417. Fourth and one under two minutes to go. Instead of going to gaffney, ryan was denied. Thats the ballgame. Michigan state wins the upset 2420. Baylor ucs and the fiesta bowl play of the day from bryce petty. He flips head first into the end zone but the knights beat the bears, 5242. A record 105,000, the big house for the winter classic in ann arbor. Tyler bos e k with the game winner in a shootout. Leaves win 32. Thats the sports minute. Have a great day. Play of the day from the gator bowl. We have some more football. Nebraskas Tony Armstrong junior unleashing a deep pass from the end zone and watch quincy unumwa. He is at the 50 and beats that guy. No one left, michelle. Gone thats a 99yard touchdown pass. The cornhuskers beat georgia and they get the play of the day. Thats a play of the week. Maybe. 5 25. Coming up, how a routine traffic stop brings a fugitive banker back from the dead. Plus sounds like its going to be a hard snowstorm and its the transportation is going to be difficult. And the east coast preparing now for a big winter wol lap. The impact already being felt at the nations airports. Reporter sabotage of a vile nature, that is what they are saying about an arson at the chinese consulate in San Francisco. Well tell you who is joining the investigation next. ,,, check it out everybody. Our kids are out of their rooms. Because weve got the kfc favorites bucket. 10 pieces, any recipe. Twelve ninetynine. Everybody gets what they want. We love this new extra crispy boneless. Hes taller than i remember. Female announcer he needs a firmer he needs a firmer tempurpedic. She wants a softer tempurpedic. 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Checking south bay roadways now, 101, 280 and the guadalupe parkway, all at the speed limit. Well have the latest travel times with kcbs traffic coming up. Good morning, its thursday, january 2. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Nearly 5 30 now. And we begin with some breaking news this morning in san jose where police are investigating the citys first homicide of the new year. Officers called to san antonio and 33rd street on the citys east side about 1 30 this morning. They found a gunshot victim there. The wounded man rushed to a hospital later declared dead. So far there are no suspects. Anne makovec is on a developing story in San Francisco where a fire at the chinese consulate is now being investigated as arson. Reporter you can see the damage here to the front entrance of the chinese consulate building on laguna street here in San Francisco. The u. S. State department is now involved in this investigation. Categorized as arson, here is one of several pictures being circulated on social media this morning of the front door burning. The chinese consulates office says someone in a minivan pulled up poured two buckets of gasoline on to the door and set it on fire at around 9 30 last night. The Fire Department had it out in about 10 minutes. And you can see the damage here. The consulate spokesman calls the arson, quote, a Violent Crime targeted at the chinese consular institution in the united states. Now, back out here live, you can see there is a Security Camera point at the front entrance. So if they have the video from that it will be a large part of the investigation. In the meantime, the chinese consulate is urging the u. S. Government to do a better job protecting its facilities and personnel. Anne makovec, kpix 5. No one was injured. Were having unusually warm and dry weather around here. Its a different story back east. Cbs correspondent marlie hall has the blizzard and winter storm warnings for much of the northeast. Reporter the snow is already falling in boston and across the northeast, the snowplows are ready for a major winter storm. I have a 9horsepower snow blower, three bags of rock salt, two shovels and two sons. Reporter the heaviest snow is expected to fall tonight and into tomorrow. Up to a foot or more in boston, 6 to 12 outside new york city and less to the south. Reporter many schools in boston will be closed for the next two days. Sounds like it will be a hard snowstorm and its the transportation is going to be difficult. Reporter here in new york, the governor has asked commuters coming into the city to use mass transit to avoid gridlock if the snow shuts down the highways. The storm has already caused major problems across the midwest. As much as a foot of snow fell in some parts of chicago prompting hundreds of flight cancellations. And in indiana, one person died and 15 taken to the hospital when a pickup truck slammed into a bus. The pickup lost control due to the weather. Reporter blowing in with the snow is bitter cold arctic air. Across much of the country temperatures are expected to be 0 and below zero. Marlie hall for cbs news, new york. The National Weather service has issued a wind chill advisory, that means it will feel even colder than the subzero temperatures already in the forecast. Well, were desperate for some wet weather here in the bay area just to give you an idea of how dry its been this year, in 2013 San Francisco oakland and san jose had about five inches or less of rain. In a normal year they get anywhere from 15 to 20. You can see the problem when you look at the lexington reservoir near los gatos. Its down to 32 of capacity. Its much the same story at most other reservoirs around the bay area and santa clara county. Theres no sign of rain in the near future. I hope for rain every day. It fills up our water supply, clears our air. Been extremely dry, so were watching the weather very closely and hoping that were going to get some rain and snowpack in the sierra. For bay area water users, calls for mandatory restrictions or other measures are probably a year away. It hasnt rained in San Francisco since december 6. The last time we got anything significant was way back in the week before thanksgiving. Lawrence says not a lot of hope on the horizon but maybe just a glimmer. Yeah. Id like to be hopeful and i think there is a chance we could see some showers next week. It doesnt look like its going to be much. If we see. 10 of rain were lucky. But just maybe that will open the door to more. So well keep looking forward to that. We have recordbreaking high temperatures around the bay area possible for today as High Pressure builds in overhead. These temperatures going to soar well into the 60s by the afternoon. Some places near 70 degrees. Could see that into the monterey bay and also into the santa cruz area. So hazy sunshine out there once again. It is a spare the air day. You have clear skies right now. Chilly in spots. 39 degrees in san jose. 44 San Francisco. 34 in concord. As we head toward the afternoon, plenty of sunshine all the way to the coastline again today 67 degrees in redwood city. 68 in oakland. And 66 degrees in san jose. Well have more on the possibility of some rain coming up. Right now lets check your kcbs traffic with elizabeth. And roads are looking good so far. The second day of 2014 heres a live look in the east bay westbound 24 traffic we can show you a live look and everything is moving at the speed limit this morning through oakland heading into the maze and out towards the bay bridge toll plaza, still no metering lights and kind of be interesting to see if they turn them on this morning which they probably wont. Heres a live look highway 4 traffic, looks good past a street into concord. So far things are also quiet southbound 680 heading into 24 and the caldecott tunnel. Westbound 580, finally starting to see a little slowdowns coming out of tracy continuing towards north flynn. That accident that earlier crash, it was on 205, a little beyond where our sensors are, westbound 205 Mountain House parkway. That accident has now officially been cleared to the righthand shoulder. So even if it was causing a minor delay, it is no longer causing any problems on the main lines of the freeway. Mass transit on regular schedules so bart systemwide is on time. That is your latest kcbs traffic. Right now crews are battling three separate brush fires in orange county. At least 100 firefighters are on the scene. There are concerns the flames could merge into one massive fire. The fires began about 6 00 yesterday evening in the Trabuco Canyon area east of irvine. Two unoccupied cabins have already been destroyed and this cell phone video was shot by two brothers whose truck broke down during an off roading excursion in the area. This is the craziest [ censored ] thing i know. This house is totally burning down. Witnesses say a manscaped one of the cabins with his dog. The cause of the fire is still unknown. 5 36 now. Friends and family are remembering a 19yearold woman who was struck by a pickup while carrying her baby in fremont. They guard yesterday evening to remember ashley who died tuesday night. Her 3monthold son is in critical condition. They were on paseo padre parkway when her younger sister and Family Member were in an argument. We believe at that point the two young gals exited the car along with the 3monthold baby boy. And as a result, they were crossing over paseo padre parkway when they were struck by a vehicle traveling in the other direction. A passerby rushed the baby to a nearby hospital before emergency crews arrived. Capoot chins younger sister was hospitalized with nonlife lifethreatening. Homicide investigators are looking into the death of a priest in Northern California. A man found the body inside st. Bernard church in eureka yesterday after the priest failed to show up for morning mass. The citys mayor identified the victim as father eric freed. Everybody knows its father eric and he was a friend of mine. A tremendous person in this community. So far police are not releasing details about the cause of death but they say the victims car is missing and there are no solid leads. The first trading sessions of 2014 kick off in less than an hour. Wendy gillette cbsmarketwatch. Com looks at where the markets will kick off on this january 2. Good morning. Reporter good morning. After a year of gains for the stock market, the dow finished the year 26. 5 , the nasdaq up 38 . On tuesday more record highs. The dow gained 72. Nasdaq up 22. A georgia banker accused of embezzling millions of dollars is scheduled to appear in federal court today. Aubrey lee price had been on the run for about 18 months was pulled over tuesday in southern georgia because his car had illegally tinted windows. He is accused of stealing up to 17 million of his clientss money. Price told Family Members he was planning to kill himself before he vanished. And researchers at m. I. T. Say they have discovered a way to allow people to interact with 3d versions of people or objects in a different location. The technology could eventually help urban planners, architects and doctors. Back to you guys. Theres a big ownership change in the auto industry. What is it . Reporter the italian automaker fiat is taking full control of the u. S. Automaker chrysler. Fiat agreed to buy the remaining shares of chrysler that it doesnt already own from the united autoworkers union. Fiat will pay 3. 65 billion to the unioncontrolled trust fund which pays healthcare bills for retirees. Fiat already owns 58. 5 of chrysler. The news sent the stock soaring today in europe. Wendy gillette, cbsmoneywatch. Com, thank you. It is 5 39. Coming up, simple solution, researchers coming up with the most effective way to reduce smoking. Changing the game when it comes to buying a car. The new trend thats giving you the power to get the best price. But first, it wasnt just fireworks. What else was lighting up the night skies over california on new years eve. Posturepedic, even tempurpedic. Puppy i found a red tag hahaha bulldog mattress discounters year end Clearance Sale ends soon. Another check of your kcbs traffic everything okay on the bay bridge but there was an accident near the fremont street exit t looks like they just cleared it. This is a live look at traffic coming off the bridge into San Francisco. We are not seeing a delay but there are more cars than when we last checked. No sign of metering lights. Well let you know if they turn them on. They have not turned them on in a while at least since christmas so overall the volume of traffic is still down especially at the pay gates. Heres a live look now westbound 580. It looks like we are seeing a touch of slowing through the liver liver. Once you get past vasco once again, the drive time still 16 minutes between the Altamont Pass and 680. An earlier crash from tracy is completely gone. Bart on time in fact all mass transit we have been checking everything back to normal regular schedule bart should have more than 40 trains including all those downtown San Francisco stops on time. So your other drive times its hard to find a slow drive time out there right now including up and down the nimitz freeway. 238 to the maze 15 minutes and the eastshore freeway, not a touch of slowing so far. If you have any questions about your morning drive, tune to kcbs radio 740am and 106. 9fm. That is your latest kcbs traffic. For more on your forecast now, heres lawrence. This is going to be some kind of day probably the warmest day of the week. Wouldnt be surprised to see a couple of records fall outside as High Pressure is still in control. It is bringing mostly clear skies to the bay area couple of clouds along the north coast but other than that we have some great weather ahead. Sunshine all day another spare the air and more sunshine for the weekend. Theres a weak system going to dive in our way as we head toward tomorrow that may bring a couple of clouds but no rain. High Pressure Holding on systems off the coastline one to the north here another one off the coast and then one to the south. Otherwise, it looks like that ridge just too strong and its overhead capping the atmosphere. So the air quality has been suffering and another spare the air day for today. East coast getting ready for a major winter storm. Up to a foot of snow in boston in the next 12 to 24 hours so a very wicked storm headed in their direction. Right now no delays at sfo if you are expecting anybody in or headed on out. Mostly sunny skies temperatures about 63 degrees. If you are headed across the country no delays just yet but again that may change. Check your air carrier as we expect some snow into chicago at 21 degrees. Snow into new york at 33. And that will be intensifying throughout the day. 50 partly cloudy in houston and 51 in denver. Temperatures around the bay 60s in the south bay, 67 morgan hill, 64 san mateo, 65 benicia, and about 66 degrees into dublin. Inside the bay, hazy sunshine, 68 oakland, 64 in San Francisco. Next couple of days, well see some cooler temperatures for tomorrow, maybe a couple of clouds and then a whole lot of sunshine for the weekend. But the good news is theres at least a slight chance of showers by next tuesday. Havent been able to say that for quite a while. We have a game this weekend and its big playoffs for the 9ers and the green bay packers. It is going to be cold, snow, 8 degrees. Your sunrise time at that time 7 25. Sunset 5 03. I dont know if we told you yet. We made a bet with the green bay morning anchor team. And youre included. Oh. The great karnow is included. Oh, boy. So you will have to check it out tomorrow morning. We are going to run it. All right. Well, the dangers of distracted driving and new research on Substance Abuse among the mentally ill. Adriana diaz says researchers are finding interesting parallels. Reporter people with severe psychiatric disorders are far more likely to smoke, drink and use drugs. A new study in jama psychiatry is the largest assessment ever of Substance Abuse among patients with severe illnesses including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Researchers found that more than 75 of those patients were regular smokers. 30 were binge drinkers. And 50 were regular marijuana users. A new study examining the dangers of distracted driving finds drivers are multitasking about 10 of the time. That includes eating, using cell phones or texting. Research in the new england journal of medicine finds that the risk is greatest for newly licensed teen drivers and that they are much more likely to be involved in a crash while texting on reaching for a phone. Researchers say raising taxes could go a long way to reducing smoking deaths. A review finds tripling tobacco taxes would prevent 200 Million Deaths worldwide during this century. They say the tax hike would double the price of cigarettes in some countries which could reduce of number of smokers by a third. Those are some of the days top medical stories. Adriana diaz, cbs news, new york. For many people, its one of the more intimidating parts of buying a car, haggling over the sticker price. But joe vazquez shows us a new trend is putting the customers in the drivers seat. Reporter its a new era for car buyers so says this person of Stoneridge Chrysler jeep dodge. Its night and day as far as convenience for a customer to come in buy a vehicle make it hasslefree haggle free knowing they are getting a good deal feeling confident about the deal because they prepriced the vehicle that they are buying before they walk in the door. Reporter nowadays instead of guessing at a cars price then arguing with a car salesman, customers use their smartphones. You have basically technology to your advantage. Reporter i have spoken with several bay area Car Dealerships about this and they all have a similar story that the old days of standing toe to toe with a car salesman and haggling out a price that those days are dwindling. More and more customers are simply contacting the dealerships internet managers directly bypassing the salespeople on the lot. Buyers research and then find the average price for the exact same car using one of several reputable websites. A range of test drive with the dealer and then go back online and lock down the sale price over email or on the phone. No arguing, no back and forth negotiating. Dave from he had months. Com says its a Game Changing trend. Its not like that if youre armed with all the information. When you can show a printout on your tradein what its worth and a printout of what this car costs and what you want to pay for it what the true market value is for that area, you cant argue with that. Reporter no need to haggle. You dont need to haggle. And if you do your homework because it is a big purchase, you dont need to haggle anymore. Reporter joe vazquez, kpix 5. Time now 5 49. Coming up, there was some fierce competition but we have a winner for the first baby of 2014. Its all thanks to a last minute change of plans. A new years eve proposal caught on camera. 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It wasnt just fireworks in the sky on new years eve. Several people in Northern California saw mysterious flying objects. The glowing lights were spotted in sacramento and auburn. People who saw the lights described similar scenes. I seen like six bright orange colored lights and they are like almost in the diamond or triangle shape. It was weird. So they started just separating. Of course theres usually a rational explanation for ufo sightings. Back in 2008, sighting over the Sacramento Valley was an airplane. A year later a mysterious flashing light turned out to be an arcing power light. But right now they just dont know. Maybe they were those floating lanterns. A san jose family celebrated the new year with a new baby the first to be born in the bay area in 2014. Melinda topin had a baby girl two seconds after midnight. There she is. Liliana was 8 pounds 7 ounces. She is happy and healthy. Yeah, feeling good. She pushed pretty hard 20 hours. 20 hours of labor . Yeah. Natural birth. Lilianas parents actually planned for a home birth but when the labor stretched out, they had to go to the hospital and have a csection. A mother in washington, d. C. Gave birth to twins three minutes apart but in different years. The baby girl was born at 11 58 new years eve her brother 12 12 012014. A new years eve engagement caught on tv. It was. It happened while a reporter was doing a story in fort worth, texas. Cbs 11 is live there. Awww. I dont think thats her. [ laughter ] it could be. With a sneak peek at tonights celebration. Did someone just get engaged . Apparently thats a proposal. Yes. I did not want to tell you because you have to look at this couple. They just got engaged. We wanted to share this moment with you. He must have taken a knee there. The reporter says the family had let her know this was happening, moments later there you go. Yup. The young man got down on his knee and proposed. I think she said yes. I think so. Very cute. It is 5 54 now. Next half hour coming up, a dramatic rescue plays out in the waters of antarctica. This morning you will hear from the passengers on that stranded ship. Rideshare company uber getting involved in the investigation of a crash that killed a 6yearold girl. Im kiet do. We have a live report coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,, female announcer female announcer get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempurpedic mattress sets, at low clearance prices. Save even more on floor samples, demonstrators and closeout inventory. The year end Clearance Sale is on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep the girl was screaming, kicking her foot up in the air. A driver is facing vehicular manslaughter for the death of a young girl crossing a San Francisco street new years eve. But questions remain about whether the driver worked for the car service uber. We do have Ground Transportation and a plane thats ready. And as soon as our facility is ready to receive her, we will be moving jahi. A braindead teenager remains on a ventilator but Family Members say they are closer to finding a facility for jahi mcmath. And now the family of Terri Schiavo has joined the fight. The helicopter is taking us home. Thanks, everyone. Dozens of people trapped on a Research Ship near antarctica are finally going home. Rescue hospitals began picking up 52 researchers and tourists early this morning. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Your realtime captioner is mrs. Linda m. Macdonald captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com thats the only thing they missed all day, folks. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday, january 2. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Nearly 6 00 now. And there is a big question about the driver charged with a death of a little girl in San Francisco on new years eve. Kpix 5s keit do in the tenderloin on the possibility the driver was with a car service uber. Reporter good morning, frank. The memorial for 6yearold sophia lu continues to grow here at the corner of ellis and polk. There was a Facebook Post by supervisor jane kim who said the drive was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter. She also said the driver, quote, selfidentified as an uber driver. Later supervisor kim backed off from that uber connection and issued a written statement saying the drive was a nontaxi forpay driver. The crash happened at 8 p. M. On new years eve. The suv was making a right turn when it hit the mom and her two children killing the 6yearold girl. The driver saying i had a green light. I had the right of way. Saying that right after the incidents . Right after the incidents. Got out of the car yelling. Who saw a witness, i need a witness, i had a green light, i had the right of way and he is approaching the kid. The girl was screaming. She is kicking the foot up in the air with those glowing tennis shoes on that glow when you run. The mother was out, shes gone. Reporter now, a month ago Cab Companies protested at city hall warning that a death like this could be happened with loosely regulated rideshare services. At first uber said it wasnt their driv