The hilltop mall. More than 3300 customers are currently without power. The lights went out at 3 00 this morning and it is expected to be restored at 7 00 this morning. We have a call and we will bring you the latest information as soon as we get it. Forecasters are calling it a polar vortex and it is not over yet. Some cities are keeping schools closed. Yesterday they dropped to 11 degrees below zero and the chicago zoo brought in all the animals, keeping all the animals warm to prevent hypothermia. My hands were so cold and my feet were so cold and my hands hurt so much and i just cried current it was so cold. Alex safe havent in life where the problem is continuing this morning ; alex . Reporter yes, its going to be another difficult day for folks here, this is a fairly common sight and people are trying to get a little bit of rest, another difficult day to travel and even when you look at the big board a lot of flights look like they are on time but i just spoke with the duty manager and she said dozen flights have already been caps selled. A lot of them are how posed to go document and it led to head particulars all across. In many airports, they only allowed them top be on the tarmac and more than 8,000 flights have been canceled nationwide. We spoke with a father and daughter to visit numbers and they are here open it willing who fly home to toronto. It is a little bit frustrating but we are making due the best we can and we dont want to miss anything so that is why we came to the airport early. We are surviving the best we can with comforters and computers. One airline is made each worse. Jet Blue Airlines said it has forced them to stop all service into new york and boston and it remains in effect through 10 00 this evening. They are making sure at a time like this they can rebook all of nostranded travelers. All of those stranded travelers. Three are headed to chip chi and the trains from l. A. , quincy l. A. Was stopped 80 meals west and crews began to clear tracks. Passengers were fed and kept warm by the crew. They are limiting service to and from chicago because of the weather. One couple in panola is bringing back memories of a powerful movie. They had a powerful explosion that blew out their home. Manipulates say ther there was a blast so pure full is blew out the banning wall about two feet and blew all the sheetrock from the ceiling down to the floor. It doesnt water that often to the walls to all of the material that was blown out in the yard, and this was an i am important thing, the metal flew because of the fire and the situation brought backfire scenes of the incredible mooch have i, back draft. A man said he set the chinese consulate on fire and he is the figure seen in the surveillance tape setting the fire on the chinese consulates doorstep last wednesday he figured the chinese cops lat had to be involved. He was motivated by terrorism there was no indication it was motivated by terrorism civil rights issues. He was the one who set the fire at the consulate. Is he a chinese citizen with permanent status in the u. S. It happened last night near 76 aim owes potential victims are expected to survive and it is not clear what led up to the gunfire. Now now richmonds homicide rate has fallen to a new low. Richmond did not any any improvement in 2013 and they have not seen them in any given years since 2009. We are getting some new information about the kidnapping case of a sevenyear old girl from antioch. In a jail house interview, the suspect admitted to kidnapping the girl but said the it is something i did as i cried out and he said he did not molest the girl and was trying to calm her. He also said quote, i tried to think of something to tell her so i said i am an angel sent by god to get her. He went to the antioch marina and thats wheres has been sleeping. A target employee helped to bring the abduction to an end. She wrote down the license license plate and she was watching him as a possible shoplifter and after knowing that, she called in the license plate and. They told me what i did helped and it was the craziest feeling. She started watching him in the store because his behavior seemed odd. She is glad the little girl is home safe and the ordeal is over over. This will say a man dragged a young woman to the ground before she was able to escape. It happened 8 30 p. M. January 1 january 1st. He told the woman he had a gun. He was about five foot 8 inches tall. He reportedly smelled strongly of cigarettes and a 5,000 reward has been offered in this case. The family of jahi mcmath concedes they are losing the battle to save her. The familys attorney said jahi mcmath who was declared brain dead was examined yesterday morning. They say she is in quote bad shape after nearly a month at childrens hospital. Experts across the country are watching this across the world. All i can say is not yet nor would i expect it to. The professor, directs hastings on medical law. He points out, she is legally dead and there for has no constitution natalee hollaway rights constitutional rights. Time now 4 39 with an increase in flu activity what will happen. The biggest concern this year is the swine flu but they have confirmed more than 514 cases of flu and now that many cases are returning from this and many are end coveraging them to get flu shots for their kids. A major shake up at the Sheriffs Department and the big announcement about the departments top cop. And they tip. Work, north north car line in sunday. Traffic is moving well hand the pay area i will let you know when it is beginning to slow. Temperatures are near average, will they stay there and for how long . Late last night they finished report ago broken watermain and it happen had on juiced avenue and aetna street. The pipes date back to 1929 and are vulnerable when the pipes from the reservior get empty. It was destroyed by fire last week but volunteers helped to put it back together this weekend. Investigators say it was started by candles part of a memorial. Itinvestigators said they would push for a new law to require guns to be painted in bright colors. Last year the Senate Passed a bipartisan bill an offered to pass to citizenship for 11 million him grants here in the u. S. But House Republicans pressured by Tea Party Conservatives have a more limited form. The vote was originally scheduled for yesterday but was delayed after weather related flight delays kept 17 senators away. Democrats want to extend the deadline, some republicans say it is time to phase out the benefits. We have never had so many unemployed for such a long period of time. Emergency Unemployment Benefits did go out and today the maximum is 73 weeks and pennsylvania is 63 weeks and we will have to take that down as the money increases. He will appear at the wheat house for those who have been out of work for more than a year. And for the insurance exchange, they are still waiting to get a confirmation much and of the 400 line deadline and because of that flood of applications, they are working at the top speed to process them. 49ers fans are looking to book last minute trips to take on the carolina panthers. They not only have that bought them know, this will be his first across country trip ever to see them play. I just kept thinking, man, i missed out on all the fun they had last year and i said, let me go out with ban. It costs 600 for airfare and pack am and the real demand will come if the 9ers win setting up one last game at candle stick park. Now you can watch it on the road trip to a championship which has kick often starting at finn and mark raul ibanez is following the game. Good time hanging at home you can watch all of that. Yeah. 4 48 is the time, sal . When your team is playing you know it can only go one way. Traffic is moving a long well, around the bay area we are off to a decent start and on the east shore freeway, we look good, westbound 80, no meaning problems and no major problems if you are getting on to San Francisco the morning commute, we are off to a good start here and getting there from union city, lets go to steve. All right, very dry, record setting dry and if i knew i would tell you. A lot of patterns are changing and there are hints around the 20 forecast models which are trying break through if it happens. I will plea of it what the when they are covered with 40s and 50s and and in San Francisco, it is 10 below. 26 below new york and they have tied a record at 6. It is doled there and somewhere down the road they have to brake and we had that offshore breeze which gave that record high as well. We have more of a westerly breeze and sometimes temperatures take a dip and they will settle in today. Lots of clouds cover and it is 50 the and lower so there is a possibility of some rain up in men 60s and 70s county, things look look they come down. They have 20,000 products on display. They feature any kind of electronic damage shall the slows are off and it makes deals for the future. This one is like one for bike one for bike lists. And that store is scheduled to nope march and the village. So to find out more, the fire the will take place between 11 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. And thats at the work to future building in san jose. Time now 4 51 coming up, a call for action, and what you are being asked to do do to help her and now back on the job, he has had to to take a pay cut. There were concerns about water and concerns about water are rise being and dropping in northern california. The director in calistoga gay says, it looks like an empty hole and the city is asking people to restrict their water use. It is not mandatory but people we spoke with said it was a reasonable request right now. Itit looks awful to see the hills that were lush and green are all brown and burned. Other water agencies are asking residents opcon serving their water. Term he is facing a pay cut. The officer suched 10 broken ribs when he collided with a car back in november. The San Jose Police association is now fighting back. They are losing 07 plus officers 70 plus officers a year. We have dozens and dozens of employees who were receiving premium pay who are not actually earning. That becomes a problem for us. It is a lot of the money. The policy goes into effect before june before officers hernandez was hurt. They could keep shuttle buses running at a price. There have been complaints that buses from yahoo and google take up space. But everyone benefits when workers dont have to get into their cars. It keeps San Francisco from being over run by an enormous volume of cars. They are limited to the 2500 bus stops and they pay a dollar a day for each stop they use. That could add up to more than a million and a half dollars a year. They will vote on whether to on a program each time. The family camp was evacuated during the devastating rim fires and the camp he is caped major losses. Despite the fire, the camp will be ready for 500 visitors a week. This years holiday windows in San Francisco were a big success. The agency said all of these animals were able to find new homes and thats the largest number of adoptions, 287 animals were adopted. The efforts brought in 80,000 in donations the petition failed even though it had enough signatures. Classes resume for many bay area standards but new concerns about a dangerous flu bug as children head back to class. Good morning, traffic is doing well, as you are driving through no major problems on to the deck. Well see if this continues we have thousands of stranded across the country. A Court Hearing for the man accused of the chinese consulate fire, the reason he said he did it. And a lot of students are heading back to school today, its all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. Are. Good morning, we want to take you live to San Francisco national airport, and you can see this is horrendous weather, except for right here, deep freeze in the midwest, another day of delays and alex savage is out there, talking to travelers finding out what they are facing today, they are