Night and this morning. The storm previously hit much of the midwest. More than 2300 flights have been canceled nationwide including dozens at the bay areas three major airport. This is a look at how big the storm is. Its estimated that onethird of the u. S. Population has been or will be affected. We have Team Coverage this morning. Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the storm in the weather center. Kiet do at San Francisco airport for delays and cancellations. But lets start things off with cbs news marlie hall live in new york. Reporter michelle, the first winter storm of the new year is pummeling the northeast with blizzard conditions and cold temperatures bringing many cities to a standstill. Crews in boston are working around the clock building mountains of snow as they try to keep up with the winter storm. The northeast is getting slammed but massachusetts is one of the hardesthit areas. Some spots up to 2 feet of snow. These french tourists picked the wrong time to visit. We like boston but its snowy. Reporter the storm is forcing airlines to cancel flight and planes are grounded at logan airport. Driving conditions arent much better with cars slipping and sliding. New yorks governor shut down the busy long island expressway and in new jersey, even the plow drivers are having problems. Slipping and spinning out. Reporter the snow here in new york is expected to wind down by late morning. But across the region temperatures are plummetting. Subzero temperatures you worry about frostbite and hypothermia. It doesnt take long for symptoms to come on. Reporter thats why officials are warning people who want to get out and enjoy the snow to be careful. Its an extended winter break here in new york city because this morning it was announced that classes were canceled here in the city. How does this storm compare to big ones . It says new york is 10 degrees. How nice is that . Reporter thats right, it is in fact 10 degrees. And with the wind chill, it makes it feel even colder and thats the real significant thing about this storm. Its brutally cold here. In places like boston, massachusetts the windchill factor is less than 0. Were talking minus 25 in some places. Forecasters say thats the coldest we have seen it since 2009. Thats amazing. How are people getting around there in new york . Reporter last night the governor of new york state ordered three major roads to be shut down and they may be reopened this morning around 8 a. M. Our time. However, they say that mass transit is up and running although on a limited basis. But local streets like the ones you see behind me, they are still passible and some people are still out. Theres movement but officials encourage people to stay indoors if they can. All right. Marlie hall live for us in a frigid new york, bundle up, thanks. The effects of the snowstorm pounding the east are being felt right here in the bay area. Kpix 5s keit do is live at the San Francisco airport. Are we seeing any flight delays or cancellations . Reporter we are. That is because jfk is shut down now. They are deicing planes at bostons logan and also experiencing moderate delays at chicago ohare and philadelphia. About 1,000 flights. Here at sfo, thats about 2 dozen flights that are either canceled or delayed coming from those locations at logan, philly, jfk and ohare. But mostly with flights that are arriving from the northeast right now. The only departures that were seeing that are affected are going to philly. Of course, they canceled about 50 flights here at sfo last night. A lot of those people just stayed at the airport, didnt bother getting a hotel, slept here and are now getting on flights. So thats affecting a lot of people who are trying to get on an airplane right now. But the good news is that not a lot of departures are affecting the passengers for now. But well check on see. We talked to some people who spent the night at the airport and well have that coming up in the next half hour but for now, could be a worse here at sfo. Lawrence karnow has the latest on the weather conditions all across the country and here in the bay area. Here he is. Yeah. I think well see a Ripple Effect as people get up and see a lot of problems with the airlines all across the United States. This is the reason why a very serious storm system. One for the record books making its way along the northeast. Subzero from the south subtropical moisture air coming from the south and cold air from the north and pounding areas along the northeast United States. Some of the outer parts of the area are seeing 23 of snow, that in boston, and still more to come. Temperatures of 4 degrees in boston. A seaspray warning along the coastline and freezing temperatures. So cars and anything along the waters edge all frozen this morning. Here in the bay area we have a different story as we have a lot of sunshine coming our way. The temperatures moving up into the 60s High Pressure building in with high clouds in the skies. The temperatures out the door not as cold as yesterday. Thats because we are seeing some of that cloud cover outside. Still down to 34 in santa rosa. 42 in san jose and 47 degrees in San Francisco. This afternoon, the high soaring to 67 in livermore, 67 in the napa valley, and 68 in oakland. It could be another near record breaking day around the bay area. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec on the scene of developing news in marin county. Fire crews are keeping watch over a vegetation fire in corte madera this morning. Reporter the fire is out but firefighters are still here, been here all night and will be here all day. They will be looking for smoke from dense grass areas, fire may still be hiding. So far three acres have burned in corte madera and this is area near village Shopping Mall near marshland. The fire was reported around 11 00 last night. This is also the site of several homeless encampments which brought extra hazards for firefighters. There were several propane tanks in the area and at least one exploded. Police had been out to the area to clear part of these encampments out earlier in the day. Its a frequent homeless encampment. Its occluded from view with the marsh grass out there and that keeps it from being visible to the outside. So there are quite a few encampments there. Escorted about 6 people from the area. Reporter firefighters were able to escort them out and had to use special techniques to keep this fire down. Again, a lot of dense grass to contend with and it took firefighters about two hours to contain it. No injuries were reported. Live in corte madera, anne makovec, kpix 5. Its kind of a holiday and its a friday. So my guess is, liz isnt that busy. Youre right. Traffic is still way down. The number of cars on the road. Still not seeing the amount we typically see so its extra friday light today. People are taking a long holiday week off and heres a live look this morning down the eastshore freeway. Carquinez bridge to the maze about 19 minutes no delay from richmond into berkeley. Some of your overnight roadwork is picked up, as well. We saw earlier this morning leaving danville heading into san ramon southbound 680 between Sycamore Valley and crow canyon, now that were past 5 00 all the lanes are reopened. 65 Miles Per Hour across that stretch of southbound 680. Northbound looking good as well if you are heading into walnut creek. And heres a live look at our road sensors on highway 4. Often times this time of the morning we see some slowdowns. Not the case this morning coming off the antioch bridge but there is roadwork eastbound. Happening today, in oakland two Court Hearings in the case of braindead teenager jahi mcmath. At 9 a. M. Lawyers for Childrens Hospital oakland and the family will meet a federal federal judge and then at 11 00 there will be another hearing. Jahis family wants the hospital to insert a feeding and breathing tube. She needs them to be transferred to another facility to keep her attached to a ventilator. Federal investigators hope Surveillance Video will lead to the identity of an arsonist who torched the chinese consulate in San Francisco. This Surveillance Video came from a camera across the street. It appears to show a man pouring two buckets of gasoline on the door before lighting it on fire. Surveillance video reportedly have clearer images. The fbi is investigating it as a standard criminal act, not terrorism. We have not received any responsibility notes or demands from anyone at this time. Firefighters managed to control the fire within minutes wednesday night. So the damage was limited to the front exterior. The consulate was also attacked in 2008. That time, someone set the buildings back gate on fire. At the time, demonstrators were protesting the summer olympics in beijing because of chinas human rights record in at the bet. 5 10. The name of fashion, lady gaga sets the twitter sphere abuzz with her latest photo shoot. Plus a big win for city college of San Francisco. It will stay open at least for now. She realized she probably couldnt get back out. And she really wanted to win. Coming up, a young girl finds herself in a tight situation as firefighters are called in for the rescue. , [ man ] yo buzz drop that beat remix hey must be the honey you got that medley crunch go go buzz go go go buzz hey must be the honey clusters, flakes that medley crunch, crunch clusters, flakes that medley crunch, crunch go hey must be the honey hey you got that medley crunch hey must be the honey fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Yeah. Everybody knows that. 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I was watching michelles face as you were reading that story. I didnt realize brains were at a museum. Right . Or could be stolen. Stolen brains museum. Look that one up. All right. Out live towards the sensors now in San Francisco. We have a problem brewing it sounds like a power outage and traffic lights are out. This is the citys south of market area specifically around 6th and folsom. If you come to an intersection where lights are out treat it as a fourway stop. 6 45 they hope to get power restored. Again, about 1400 customers are impacted in San Francisco. Now, outside we go and heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No delay this morning coming into the city from the east bay. They have not had to turn the metering lights on. I should probably check this to be exact but i think since christmas eve. So lighterthannormal traffic heading into San Francisco since the holidays. And up the incline and all the way towards treasure island, any overnight roadwork that was there should be picked up now that were past 5 00. Heres a live look at the nimitz in the east bay taillights moving northbound. Southbound traffic looks good as well if you are continuing past Oakland Airport into hayward. About a 15minute drive time in both directions between 238 and the maze. And westbound 580 still clear through the altamont pass. This is how you usually know its a holiday. This commute and highway 4 usually those are the first spots to slow down and both of them look okay right now. The nimitz like we showed you everything is clear there and the eastshore freeway. We are not picking up any brake lights yet if youre heading through richmond or berkeley. Problemfree and only about 19 minutes right now from the carquinez bridge to the maze. Mass transit everything is back to a regular schedule. And including ace train number one everything reporting no delay. That is your latest kcbs traffic. For your forecast, your weekend forecast, heres lawrence. Is it a holiday . Sure doesnt feel like it. We have been working hard all week except for you elizabeth. We should take next week off. Around the bay area today, starting out with high clouds drifting overhead. The clouds have kept the temperatures from getting as cold. Out the door, chilly in spots. 38 concord. 34 santa rosa, 47 in San Francisco. 42 in san jose. This afternoon, well see a mixture of sunshine and some clouds and some mild temperatures again. This week weekend looks very nice. I think more sunshine and less cloud cover and these temperatures will stay mild. High pressure overhead right now continues to hold on. You have another system off the coastline. Eventually one of these begins to push through next week. But for now, we keep things dry. With High Pressure overhead, still another spare the air day as the air quality has been suffering really pretty much all this winter season so far. Looks like around the state you will find about 70 degrees in the sacramento valley. 69 in fresno. 6 ninemonth tray bay with partly cloudy skies. Weak system over the top of the ridge, so kind of falling apart here. We are left with clouds, no rain. But that may change into next week. Temperatures wise 66 in san jose. 64 hayward. And 67 degrees in redwood city. Wouldnt be surprised to see a few more records set around the bay area. We had one yesterday in moffett field. I think well get close again by the a68 in oakland. About 67 in santa rosa. Next couple of days well see some sunshine and dry weekend slight chance of showers though as we get into tuesday of this next week. Then maybe some more showers toward next thursday. Thats the latest forecast. Back to you. City college of San Francisco gets a win in superior court. A judge issued an order that will keep the college open while a legal fight plays out. The college is trying to keep its accreditation. Its suing a commission that ruled the college is badly managed and should not be certified. San franciscos City AttorneyDennis Herrera claims the evaluation process was flawed. The college was on track to lose its accreditation in july. Is it standard out as a harmless game of hide and seek but quickly turned into a searchandrescue. 11yearold trinity rose was playing with her cousins on new years eve and found the perfect spot to get trapped. The best place would be in the washer. All of her weight was on her ankles and knees pushing against the sides. Well, the local Fire Department came to the rescue for trinity. It took them two hours to get her out of there. Crews had to saw off the top of the washing machine. Trinity had no injuries. I think she is just a little embarrassed. Its on tv after all. Under the bed, thats always a good spot. Better spot. She is a big girl, too. Im surprised she would fit but there she is. 5 19. The 9ers take on the packers this weekend. Coming up, we make a friendly wager with our morning counterparts in green bay. Just got a minute to talk about it. Conference play opening up for pac12 teams locally at maple pavilion and in the nba, what the warriors did last night to the heat you have to see it , female announcer sleep train thanks female announcer all those who helped make a difference last year for thousands of california foster kids. Thank you for helping foster kids. Thank you for the school supplies. Thank you for the new shoes. Thank you, secret santa. And thank you for donating money. Female announcer your generosity proves that while not everyone can be a foster parent, anyone can help a foster child. Thank you. Thank you. Gracias por la ayuda. [baby chuckles] thank you. Good morning, everybody. Well, after six straight wins, it was time to just see how the warriors would match up against the leagues elite. Im talking about the miami heat. At home lebron james, they rarely lose at home, 14 of 17 games. Last night it was warriors attack. David lee, steph curry. Warriors shot lights out curry with 35. In complete control throughout. Look at david lee over lebron he had 30 warriors won it 123114. A shocker seven in a row. Stan for hosted kalas night pac12 play stanford hosting cal, last night. They went in and wreaked havoc. They won 6962 to get to 104. Saint marys playing in gonzaga. Forget about that one. They roll 7351. Sharks against the oilers last night. Thats childs play. Pavelski rolls it home. Sharks win 51. Sugar bowl oklahoma in white beat alabama 4531. Oklahoma 17point underdogs biggest upset they are saying in bowl history. And it happened last night. That will do it. Time to compose myself and move on. See you later. Well done, vern. Love it. The nfl playoffs are here in just two days and the 49ers begin their march to the super bowl in a very frigid green bay against the packers. And to show how confident we are, we decided to put a Little Something on the line against our green bay affiliate, wfrv. Take a look. Get ready, the 49ers are about to boot you folks right out into the deep freeze. You better love freezing because thats what youre going to do. Heres your bet and it all starts with this. Im the great karnow that would be the great karnow, the best meteorologist in all the land. Im the great karnow see . Thats him. So thats what you have to do. Heres the deal. When 9ers win, you have to go out into the cold with your best california gear, right, what is that . Shorts, red and gold. We want you in flipflops, we want you in a tshirt and maybe some short pants. I think some shorts. Yeah. Absolutely. Good california weather. Go out there, say im no, we love the great karnow and we love the 49ers and what about the hard thing . I dont know. Just say, what, the 9ers stole your heart and took it back to San Francisco . You can say that too at the end. Good luck but not too much, right . Go 9ers. Good morning,ch is frank and michelle, we meet again. We cant tell you how much we are looking forward to this sundays game between our great Green Bay Packers and your so so 49ers. Not only are the pack looking for revenge for last seasons playoff loss, so are we. I left my heart in San Francisco after that loss we had to sing while holding cheese. But this season frank and michelle its your turn to hold the cheese. Heres whats on the line. If the packers win, frank and michelle, tell your sports crew, take the day off. We dont need them. We are going to write and youll read some lovely game highlights with our packer backer perspective. And all the while you two wear green and gold have and a nice big picture of Aaron Rodgers smiling face with a big heart around it. Isnt that sweet . So you know, this weekend, we have the advantage up here. Game time temperatures at this point look to be below zero and we are not even talking about wind chills yet. So may the best team win and i know you two will look very nice in our winning teams green and gold. You know, i dont know why theyre talking about the weather because if the 9ers win, whats the temperature in green bay right now . Minus 11. Minus 11, flipflops, shorts out there . You know what i realize . Im wearing green and gold today doesnt mean anything. Im rooting for the 9ers snapchat makes changes after a Security Breach but will it be enough . And propane tanks explode sparking a grass fire up in the north bay. How earlier Police Activity in the area could be connected. Massive delays in the northeast are causing some very unhappy flyers here at sfo. 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And a record cold storm back east while we could have some record highs around the bay area. Well talk about your weekend forecast coming up. And we got a power outage in San Francisco south of market causing traffic lights to be out and affecting about 1400 customers. Well have the latest on the commute as well coming up. Good morning, everyone. Its friday, january 3. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. 5 31. Developing news in marin county. Crews are keeping watch over an overnight fire. We go live to kpix 5 reporter anne makovec in corte madera with the latest on the vegetation fire near a popular shopping center. Reporter firefighters are going to be here all day long to be sure this fire doesnt reignite. Basically, they do have a handle on it but they just double the size from three to 5. 5 acres so it was larger than they originally thought. They are going to be out here at sunup to look for hot spots, any smoke coming up from some of these areas of dense grass. This fire broke out at about 11 00 last night just east of the village Shopping Mall in an area of marshland the site of several homeless encampments which brought extra hazards. There were several propane tanks in the area and at least one exploded. They vent when they get large and can sometimes explode so some of those did out there. The ones with the camping stove. Reporter they cleared out the homeless encampments earlier this is day. Firefighters escorted six people from the area. They had to use special techniques to keep the fire down. A lot of dense grass to contend with. It took them about two hours to contain it. Well have more in the next hour. Did firefighters think people in the end campment started the fire . Reporter ill ask about it. It was a coincidence that police are trying to clear these encampments earlier yesterday and suddenly this fire broke out a few hours later. Anne makovec live in corte madera, thank you. Old man winter dealing the northeast a bitter cold snowstorm. Theres a live image from new yorks times square. Some roads were closed in new york city and some areas of massachusetts got 21 of new snow. The storm previously moved through the midwest and the air travel situation. Kennedy airport is new york is closed. 2300 flights have been canceled nationwide including dozens at the bay areas three major areas. Heres adriana diaz in boston with more. Reporter people are calling this weather relentless. Others say it is downright punishing. The winds have really picked up and the temperature is down to minus 20. The governor advised people to stay off the roads allowing snow plowed to keep the roads safe. Boston schools are closed as well as state government. Logan airport has canceled flights. Bostonians are getting a cold welcome to the new years. Kiet do is live at sfo and kiet, how are the passengers handling some of these cancellations . Reporter depends who you ask and how long they have been sleeping here at the airport but when you look at jfk being shut down for almost two hours now, massive delays in boston, we are talking deicing going on of the planes and then moderate delays in philly and chicago ohare, thats whats causing a lot of the headaches here on the west coast. All told, three dozen fleets are affected. Some of the cities you might not think of are dallas and houston. Thats because they are getting connecting flights that arent making it from the east coast. Plus 50 flights were canceled here last night. Some opted to stay at the airport and skip the hotel. Just sit down and wait. I have been sleeping all day here. [ pause ] reporter all right. So goes without saying if you are going to or expecting someone from the east coast, check your flight. Three dozen flights are affected right now. That could change with rolling conditions here. As they clean up the east coast airports, thats when you should make sure that you check your flight before you leave. Cant say that enough. Live at sfo, kiet do, kpix 5. Some parts of the country have been experiencing north polelike temperatures. The thermometer read 42 below zero at sunrise yesterday. That was in international falls, minnesota. For comparison, it was almost 90 degrees warmer in the bay area at the time. And bitter cold weather is expected in wisconsin this weekend as the Green Bay Packers host the 49ers in the first round of the nfl play offs. Some forecasters say the wind chill for sundays game dip to 30 below zero at the legendary Lambeau Field but you know, those green bay fans will pack the stadium anyway. Lawrence karnow has the latest conditions in the weather center. What a storm it has been. One for the record books along the eastern seaboard. And they are not done just yet. This storm system continuing to roll on through. Lots of heavy snow developing there. Some strong gusty winds, blizzard conditions, even in through new york city. You have some coastal flooding likely to be there, as well. And behind that, these very frigid temperatures. I think the snow will move out into the middle of the day in the afternoon. But the high temperatures check this out, 15 degrees in boston. 18 in new york. 16 in pittsburg. Some of these temperatures though with the winds and they will still see some gusty winds behind the system could be minus 20 degrees or more. Very dangerous cold there. Out in the bay area, what a contrast. Well see a few high clouds but our temperatures above average into the 60s in many spots some places near 70 again this afternoon. High clouds this morning outside. We have some fairly mild temperatures compared to yesterday. 47 in San Francisco, still chilly. 38 in concord. This afternoon we are planning on about 66 degrees in san jose. 68 in oakland. And 64 degrees in San Francisco. More coming up but lets check your kcbs traffic with elizabeth. A bad accident in daly city southbound 680 approaching john daly boulevard so the accident happened in the northbound lanes of 280. One of the drivers got out of the car, walked over to the southbound lanes and again we are getting first reports is that pedestrian was hit. So the traffic impact is in the southbound lanes right now. Again, this is approaching john daly boulevard. Our sensors are not picking up any slowing yet but we are calling chp now to get the latest information. Mass transit everything is on time. Bart systemwide no delay. In fact, 41 trains all on schedule. Ferries, caltrain, ace is back to a regular schedule. There is a power outage in San Francisco. We just talked to pg e. Now 800 customers impacted down from the earlier 1400 customers. They are working to get power restored happening around 6 and folsom. Some traffic lights are out. They hope to get powerfully restored by 6 45 this morning. That is your kcbs traffic. Back to you guys. Thank you. An emotional Memorial Service held for a 13yearold boy oaklands first murder victim of the new year. Dozens of people gathered at 104th avenue and walnut street where lee weathersbuy iii was shot new years eve. The boys mother had this message for whoever killed her son who died new years morning. They shot my baby like a dog. You know . He was the goodest kid you would ever know. And to the people that did this, i hope you are suffering a 10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Friends of a Sonoma County teenager plan to rebuild a makeshift memorial that was damaged by an accidental fire. Investigators say yesterday mornings fire was started by a burning candle. The memorial is a tribute to 13 yearold andy lopez who was fatally shot by a sheriffs deputy in october. Prior to the october shooting, lopez was carrying a bb gun. Investigators said he did not comply with deputy orders to drop it. A man is now in custody in connection with the murder of a priest here in northern california. Gary lee bullock was arrested yesterday afternoon near garberville in humboldt county. Investigators say witnesses led them to him as well as evidence found at the Eureka Church where father eric freed was found dead. Just unbelievable shock and grief that Something Like this could happen. I dont think reality i mean, its sinking in, but i was just in shock. Right now, no word on a motive and the cause of death hasnt been released. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. Today ben bernanke could give his last advice as head of the fed. Wendy gillette of cbsmoneywatch. Com joins us now with more. Wendy. Good morning. The markets will be paying close attention to what outgoing Federal Reserve chairman fed chairman ben bernanke has to say later today at an economics conference in philadelphia. He will talk about the fed past, present and future. Other fed officials will also speak. Yesterday on the first trading day of the new year the markets lost ground. The dow lost 135, nasdaq down 33. General mills is now manufacturing original flavored cheerios without genetically modified ingredients. The new boxes of cheerios will be labeled and should be on grocery shelves soon. The change doesnt apply to other types of cheerios. And more than 60,000 employees of American Airlines have picked the paint design for the tails of the companys jets. Red, white and blue horizontal stripes. American plans to repaint more than 1100 of its old planes. Thats good. Patriotic, right . Yeah. Reporter exactly. There you go. Okay. Well, an update now on a snapchat Security Breach. What is the company saying now . Reporter well, snapchat says it will put out a new more secure version of its app. Hackers breached the messaging service on new years eve and posted 4. 6 million user names and phone numbers to a website. Snapchat is popular with young people for its perceived privacy. Pictures and messages disappear after 10 seconds at most. Frank and michelle, back to you. Wendy gillette, cbsmoneywatch. Com, have a great weekend. It is 5 41. An illegal immigrant will legally be able to practice law now in the state of california. The controversial ruling that cleared his path. Plus, making a cops job easier. The hightech ticketing tool now in use in one bay area city. And a womans home caught fire. How her dog was able to save her life when we come back. Bulldog well, pup, bulldog its out with the old and in with the new during mattress discounters year end Clearance Sale puppy look, i found a red tag bulldog that means folks can save up to 40 on clearance mattresses. Puppy oh, heres another. 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Debbie says her dog suffered from smoke inhalation but is doing much better now. 5 45. Check of traffic i guess we got something serious going on . We do. Its a major accident right now on 280 and it sounds like both directions of the freeway are impacted. At this point its not clear what lanes are blocked. Chp is heading to the scene. Sounds like bad injuries. I would definitely try to use 101 if you are about to head into San Francisco right now. Again, southbound and northbound 280, this is approaching john daly boulevard, with injuries. It is reported as a hitand run. So we are continuing to watch it closely. But it sounds like a pedestrian was struck on the freeway. Heres a live look outside over to the bay bridge now. No metering lights yet at 5 46 this morning. Well let you know if that changes but so far from the east bay its an easy ride into the city and mass transit is on time and back to a regular schedule for bart with more than 40 trains all reporting no delay. Well, it is time once again, we want to know what drives you crazy during your morning commute. And we got a letter from roy in san ramon and he writes, if i put on my turn signal to enter a lane, where theres more than enough space the driver behind me in that lane hits the gas to close it up. I try to start my signals a change lanes which doesnt give the other driver enough time to close the distance but also lets them know im coming. Roy, we get a lot of gripes about this one. We get to a lot of emails. Some drivers do intentionally close the gap, of course, for no good reason and while it can be infuriating to not signal at all when changing lanes is unsafe and chp says against the law. In some cases, the other driver is doing you and other commuters a favor by accelerating. Slowing down to let others in is, of course, not always the safest option. Thank you, roy, for writing us. 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. All right. That is your latest kcbs traffic. For your forecast, heres lawrence. Seems like its always a race out there on the roadways with some people. It i. Outside, we have some nice weather here but in other parts of the country, that noreaster just rolling in and heavy snow continuing in new haven, connecticut. And they have the strong gusty winds. They have the snowplows out there right now trying to clear out your roads but yeah, look at this. They have a seaspray warning along the coastline in the boston, massachusetts area. We are going to see very strong waves moving in along the coastline but the temperatures are so cold, all that spray just freezes right when it hits the surface so anything along the coastline will be covered in ice. We should see some really interesting pictures by the afternoon. We have record highs over the last couple of days on the west coast and may see that again today. A few high clouds drifting overhead. Otherwise, we have a lot of sunshine coming our way. Right now, its 38 degrees in concord. 42 in san jose. And 47 degrees in San Francisco. As we head through the day today, well see plenty of sunshine and a mix of sun and clouds and some very mild temperatures. Maybe even a couple of records. The weekend looks sunny and bright but after that, maybe welcome changes as we could see rain heading our way. Run cold front from the Pacific Northwest going east will factor in our weather in the latter part of the weekend. A ridge putting a cap on the atmosphere means the air quality has been suffering. Another spare the air day for today. Temperatures around the state 70 degrees in sacramento. 69 into monterey bay and 54 degrees in yosemite. A lot of clouds streaming across our skies today. Then it will start to break away and i think more sunshine over the weekend. And it will be sunny saturday and sunday. Temperatures today near record levels. 68 morgan hill. 64 fremont, 62 pacifica, 67 pleasanton, 65 benicia. Napa 67. 68 oakland. Next couple of days, well see some nice sunshine for the weekend staying dry. Slight chance of showers on tuesday. The weather becoming unsettled maybe some more showers as we head in toward thursday. We have a big game this weekend and for that game, it is just going to be cold there. Mostly cloudy, theres a chance of some snow. Temperatures maybe about 8 degrees. And that is maybe lucky if they get to that. How about this . Your sunrise time today, 7 25. Your sunset tonight 5 03. But you have to feel for the 49ers. Are they going to be ready for those bitter cold temperatures . I think they will be okay. Is that right . I think so. I think thats tough to go from a west coast team where its balmy and you have that hard surface frozen tundra. The linemen wear the undershirts to look big and brawny . I would be wearing that. I think they will be all right, though. Well see. Better be or well be doing some odd stuff on monday. [ laughter ] more serious now. 5 50. Secretary of state john kerry has arrived in jerusalem to aid in peace talks between israel and palestine. This is kerrys tenth trip to the region to negotiate a potential peace deal. Kerry says peace in the middle east is not Mission Impossible but israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu isnt on board. He says difference between israel and the palestinians are getting in the way of that peace process. Iraqs military is battling to regain control of two major cities. Sunni gunmen stormed the cities of fallujah and ramadi taking over police stations and mosques there. The Iraqi Military responded with air strikes against them. Violence between the shia and sunni muslims is on the rise over the last several months. Yet another deadline today regarding the Affordable Care act. This specifically deals with birth control. Late tuesday night, Supreme CourtJustice Sonia sotomayor blocked part of the healthcare reform law. The law requires some religious organizations to provide their workers with insurance that includes birth control. Today government officials have to respond to that emergency stay. An illegal immigrant waited more than four years for this day. The state Supreme Court gave him a law license. I think to keep on keeping on, never give up and eventually if you persevere long enough, you will manage to make your dream a reality. Sergio garcia of chico came to the United States from mexico with his father 20 years ago. He got his law degree and passed the bar in the first try. He then challenged the federal law banning Illegal Immigrants from getting professionals licenses from government agencies. And he won. Time now is 5 52. Talk about a drivers nightmare. The hightech ticketing tool that could change everything. And check it out, one cool ride. We want to know what happens when it overheats. More on that coming up. , good evening, this is flo. [laughs] yes, im that flo. Arent you sweet licensed phoneups available 24 7. Call 1800progressive. Californias snowpack levels today. The water resource we are getting a look at californias snowpack levels today. The Water Resource Department will conduct its first snow survey of the season. The results will come in later this afternoon. Officials expect the readings to be dramatically lower than last winter because of course all the dry weather. A new year brings new technology to a Silicon Valley town with a parking problem. Los gatos is getting rid of of the old system of putting chalk on tires. Now it has a 75,000 Hightech System called auto view. It takes pictures of cars and license plates and keeps track of how long people stay in a parking spot. Its more accurate and efficient and hopefully gets people to move their vehicles. Now we have to get out there religiously and move the cars every three hours because we dont know if they are marked or not. Los gatos police have been warning people about the new system. They will start writing tickets on monday a company in canada proved nothing can stand in the way of its car batteries not even the brutally cold temperatures. They made a truck partly out of ice. They stripped the cab and body from a gmc silverado and replaced it all with ice. They drove it through the streets for about a mile or so so it could appear in a commercial but just like frosty the snowman, it is not around anymore. It melted. 5 56. Coming up, heavy snow continuing to fall in the northeast. How high will it pile up and why its impacting people here in the bay area. The size estimate of a fire in the north bay overnight has doubled. Coming up, well speak with the fire chief about the significant challenges they have trying to knock it down. ,,,,,,,,, we strongly condemn this despicable act. Federal investigators are looking for the arsonist who set fire to the chinese consulate in San Francisco. Surveillance video shows the suspect with the fire set on wednesday night. The fbi doesnt consider it terrorism. This does appear to be significant bluntforce trauma. We are learning more about the man accused of killing eric freed a priest found death at his Eureka Church. Gary bullock is charged with the murder. Police say bullock was in jail for public intoxication just hours before freed was killed. Temperatures will be extreme and they are thats a serious hazard not just for ice conditions but for the impact on human beings. A monster winter storm in the northeast and some areas will see 2 feet of snow. 2300 flights were canceled including dozens at airports right here in the bay area. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com your realtime captioner is mrs. Linda m. Macdonald. Good morning, everyone. Its friday, january 3. Im frank mallicoat. Im michelle griego. Time now 6 00. We begin with developing news in the northeastern United States which is being pelted by snnechilling winter