Talking new scheduling and we will check in with him in just a moment. January 7th, what was i going to say, i am pam cook. Well, i am dave clark, lets talk about weather and traffic. I just came across this record low temperatures, and thats cold for anywhere but really cold for baltimore. We in the Weather Service get excited, cloud cover will keep everybody in check and the warm pattern has definitely ended for now and the offshore breeze has been replaced with more of a westerly breeze and we will continue that theme all the way to thursday. Lots of clouds, a little cooler, a couple of very low 60s and look for temperatures again. Here is sal. Good morning, right now we are looking at a commute which is not all that bad as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, no problems here and no problems getting into the area and traffic is light. If you are driving from union city to fremont, the speeds are off limit. Lets go back to the desk. This morning it is happening for the second straight day and keeping the stim closed. It was so cold the chicago zoo brought the animals inside to stay warm an extra effort are being made to protect the homeless. We are trying to give them enough bus tokens to ride the trains or buses all night so they dont freeze. They have any exposed skin to prevent hypothermia. They are trying to prevent that because of the weather. Channel 2 reporters, alex safe havent are are making things worse. Many people have been stuck here in San Francisco because of that unusuallyily cold weather and people are trying to get some sleep wherever they can get it. Things look pretty good, most of them are on time right now but i did just check in with the duty manager and i was told they had a dozen flights and they are still waiting to see as we move throughout the morning many places and the scene has led to travelers and over the past three days around the country more than 8,000 flights have been canceled and we spoke this morning with one couple from reno and the weather has forced them to rebook their flight back east and eventually they are trying to get to he can what door. I who he hate to on vacation. One airline says what is making things worse for them are new faa requirements which require a new rest period, jet blue said those rules went into effect at the beginning of the year and that stoppage will remain in effect throughout the morning. Another recent issue where they cut the number of flights to make sure their planes are full but at a time like this, it means there are very many empty seats there are not very many isnt tip seats when the least amount have been do this, nor on the ktvu channel 2 morning news news. At. They are being blamed for stranding 500 passengers on three different amtrak trains, one was los angeles, quincy illinois and the bay area and 0 miles west of chicago. They were proud in the tapes to their destinations. They were if he had by the crew and they are limiting service because of the weather. A daily city manned a mitted starting a fire at the chinese consulate is due in court today. 39yearold fang is the person who started the fire in the surveillance, he said he tar fitted the employees so he figured the chinese consulate had to be involved. Tara moriarty has more coming up at 5 30 with more details on the suspects arrest. It happened to one couple who escaped an explosion which blew out the windows annuals of their darn and walls of their home. He decided to put a couple of logs on the fireplace and plater on they smelled smoke in their bedroom shortly before this explosion raised the hands. It tonight happen this often. And tonight to all of them, this is an extremely dangerous situation. Fortunately nobody was hurt and investigators are focusing on the chimney and a testimony metal flu which is part of saving them, it reminds them of the movie back draft. And it happened in eldorado dough county. Officers found the bomb at the entrance to the Office Yesterday morning. Experts say it did not blow up due to some type of malfunction. They were able to quickly diffuse the bomb and the Probation Office had not been the target of any recent threats new this morning, word that the sheriff will leave his station, he is he is accused of this. He was up for reelection in june. He oversee is the department in deputies. And he has been under misconduct for the past few years. There was agreeing concern about a possible dangerous flu a growing concern about a possible dangerous flu bug, classes are about to start . Reporter yes, it is the first day of willow glenn and with students back together f germs can easily spread. It is nope as the spine flu and this years vaccine is closely as to what is circulating right now. They are recommending the time to get vaccinator to and, last week, a woman became the first person to die from h1n16789. You must take h1n1. Dont for get to cover your mouth and avoid touching your eyes nose or mouth. Also good advice, stay home if you are sick. We plan on trying to get them vaccinated if there is a report out there. San hose, ktvu channel 2 morning news. There are reports interests some of the signatures gathered were made up. City leaders tried to block the ban but did not have enough signatures for the election. They had almost 39,000 names that were fake. Homeless people were given gift cards in exchange for gathering them. Coming up how things are changing and why one may be going off the books in San Francisco. San francisco looks good and they started the commute on the sunole grade as you head to san jose, we will fell you where it is already getting slow. I should snow and can that pattern continue and can we get any rain in here this week . Welcome back, today a heart broken mother is trying to find her sons killers. It happened seven years ago south of mark kept area in south San Francisco. Somebody shot and killed alberto while he was driving home from a club with a friend. This afternoon the victims mother will join police at the scene of the crime and they hope to raise awareness for this still unsolved homicide. They are responsible through his time and mut be put away. We are hoping somebody in the public should be put away. Witnesses created these sketches suspects and there is also a 25 sketches these suspects and there is a 250,000 reward. The bar pilot who was hired to guide the ray march out of the bay was faulted for a late decision to change course. Now not doing anything, none of then happened but the collision did cause 1. 5 million to the ship and the bridge. Mark farrell wants to overhaul what we calls outdated city codes and many like lifts are bicyclists are holding what can be stored in garages and that law is not necessary. He is hoping citizens will take a look at the website, San Francisco. Org, he wants people to make suggestions which should be eliminated or made morel havent. It is dangerous to 0 use a cell phone. He used video devices and other devices to measure speed and location and the risk of a crash jumped 60 for other newly licensed drivers and the risk was up 300 when they were texting. Only dialing a phone was the writs being. How is everything going so far . Well, as a matter of fact them not everything looks good and also on the westbound bay bridge it is light and it is slow on the construction zone, highway 4 looks good. If you are driving on interstate 880 from fremont and no problems to the san mateo bridge. Last tees we start of started off and we had a lot of false alarmss a lot of and any way we have clouds which it what been womb off and it is still just amazingly cold and i think it was 4 in manhattan this morning and 4 in baltimore which is really cold. 10 below in chicago detroit and thats just the 30 hoe and it gives some something and it is being replaced with more of a westerly breeze and it is slightly blowing up this but we have a Little Something on low temperatures and it makes him since and nothing extreme but mostly sunny as we get to the weekend the the bad weather is keeping people out of the stores right now. Futures are indicate ago good strong opening across the board for the Dow Jones Industrial average, nasdaq and s p 500. And it follows a bit of a down day yesterday Senate Confirmation much january net he will land and we will teen oh on you nearly 3,000 companies raised their raised their dividends and technical and Financial Companies paid the most. You only notice this. What officials plan on doing to cut back on water use. What happened to the future going a all the way to north carolina. Good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Welcome back, Vice President joseph biden will be joining como on the left at an event. They will be talking about using the federal disaster money they received and they promise to build a stronger infrastructure in new york saying storms are happening more often. 49ers are taking on the Carolina Panthers meanwhile they are having attribute in his room and this will be his first Cross Country trip ever to see his team play. I just kept thinking, man, i missed out on all the fun i had last year, i said let me go out with a bank at least, and 600 that he said are well worth the money. New orleans wins setting up one last game at candle stick. Now on sunday, it was a most watched wildcard game in nfl history. According to the nfl, 47. 1 million tuned in and prior to sunday, the most wildcard ever, and in 2012. That bass filed pack in 2011 and that whip went to between bay. Channel 2, we will have a large Team Coverage kickoff set 10 00, and we will have the points followed after the game. Time now 5 24, speaking of football, kids are celebrating a big victory this morning. Kids are happy, can you hear them . Their Football Team beat auburn, james winston, 13 seconds left in the game and send and seminoles ended the season with a perfect 14 and 0 record. time now 525, we have new information in the kidnapping of a sevenyearold girl from antioch. My heart dropped, i could not plea of it and what police did to bridge that girl to safety. The man accused of setting a fire at chinese consulate turned himself in and we will tell you about his court appearance. We have more on your morning commute and where it is beginning to get slow. 20 degrees this morning in south carolina, record low and we have more on how long it will stay cool, stay tuned. So you can get cash back on all your purchases. So you can use your cash back. To follow your dream. So you. Can save the day. Chase freedom. So you can. Good morning welcome back, yes we are at the Police Station and there is a Court Hearing scheduled later today for a daily city man accused of that arson attack on the chinese consulate, and Tara Moriarty is there and she will tell us more about the arrest in just a few minutes. 5 27 almost 5 30 lets get to our weather. 19 degrees in savannah, that is a record low, that is really impressive and really cold for them. Now we have a lot of high clouds over us maybe a sprinkle and 20s in the mountain 20s in reno 50s along the coast, you can see the source of the cloud cover is streaming in, we have a cloudy day and the system has backed off and instead of an easterly breeze we get a westerly breeze and they have been more average and we are so high above and now upper 50s and 60s and these are close to average and slightly below, here is sal. On use it tie 80780 car 880 toll plaza, there is not a big delay at all and coming in off of 580, yesterday we had ael big delay as you drive towards dublin. A daily city man is due in court today. Tara moriarty is live in daily city with the reason the man said he targeted the chinese consulate. Reporter well, they will have their First Court Appearance and he called daily city police after the incident to say he was the man setting fire, usually a chinese translator said he such on the door step in San Francisco. The federal criminal complaint said he targeted the chinese consulate because all of the voices he had been hearing were in chinese and it gave him nor issues. It shows a man approaching the building and fang said he tried to burn his passport to signature ignite three containers and resorted to a lighter in asked. Again he will appear in federal court to if the more information. Tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. Police are searching for suspects in a shooting outside of a neighborhood market. It happened near 76 avenue. Investigators had one bullet, smashed and hit a clerk. He was almost wounded. Still not clear what led up to that gunfire. It used to be called one of the most dangerous cities in next. Now it is a at a 35 year low and they had no homicides. 16 people were killed in 2013 and they have not seen anymore homicides in any homicides in any given year and they are crediting better relations and better outreach and also the demographics are shaking. And a sevenyearold girl he admitted it but it was a cry for help. It is something i did as a cry out and there is a situation i cant get out of. Douglas said he did not molest the girl and was trying to calm her. He also said i tried to think of something to tell her so i said i am an angel sent by back to get her he it not go to antioch march arena and he said that is where he has been sleeping. A target employee helped to bring this abduction to to an end. Roxanne wrote down the license plate of what turned out to be the kid knap involved. She called in. License plate. Police officers paid ramirez a visit. I was surprised they came when they did and they told me what i did helped and it was the craziest feeling. She said she was watching him in the store because his behavior seemed odd. Whip woman dragged her 8 30 p. M. He wrapped his arms around the 18yearold woman and told the woman he had a gun. The man is described as African American and he is described as 5 feet 7 to 8 feet inches tall, and reportedly smelled strongly of cigarettes and a 5,000 reward is being offered inned cause. Right now they are bridges record low temperatures and yesterday 38800 flights were canceled and now they are trying to play catch up. The weather may not be the over problem here the only problem. Alex savage has more, it is alex . Reporter this morning you can see behind me, things are pretty busy at the American Airlines tickets, they are not a into the she told me they are happening to see how things play throughout the day. Many of those canceled flights are supposed to be headed to chicago, baltimore and many back east have been hit hard by these temperatures and lots of people here at fso, they have been stuck for a long time and we saw people curled up just trying to get some sleep wherever they can get it and hoping for a flight out today. At some airports, the real problem is that it is too cold for workers to be out on the tarmac for more put that is really show and each though who are lucky enough to get a flight but one man says, you have to stay warm. There is no sense in getting irritated. Reporter what makes it so hard to recover with so many flights canceled, they have cut the overall number of flights they offered just to make sure their planes are full when they take over and there are fewer empty seats and the particular kit counter and up might want to avoid the Customer Service line inside the terminal much and i and alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. The city council has selected a new mayor. They voted to make nancy shepherd the citys new mayor and she is an accountant and it the mostly symbol lick, and this where calistoga would normally be full, it is shallower than any average year. They are supposed to fill it and the city is asking people to restrict their water usage. The people say it is a reasonable request. We all need to conserve, it looks awful, the hills were and green are now plaque and blond. People are asking if to conserve on watering their guard ends. And the lurk is at the water rationing and by friday it could drop to its lowest level since the 1977 drought. Well see how it affects salmon and other wildlife. Tesla is expanding to three charging stations. They are going to the eastern wyoming town of husk and the chargers are allowing them to play 45 minutes and there will be a chain of super chargers from coast to coast. They have won an emotional battle in court but the reason family members of jahi mcmath say they are losing a fight that is far more important. Also a warning going out to Bay Area School kids head back to school. Good morning, traffic is still pissy in most hours. Well see how much rain we have and how much cooler we will be on those temperatures. Welcome back, it is now 5 42 he is offering to repay a memorial to honor andy lopez. It was destroyed by a fire last week but volunteers helped to put if back over the weekend. It was started by candles that were part of the memorial. He was shot and killed by a sheriffs deputy and and it looked like a real gun but they are looking to make a new law to require replica guns to be painted in bright colors. And the judge in los angeles had schedule add Pretrial Hearing for marvin norwood. They are scheduled to go on trial for the vicious beating of brian stow in march 2011. They have won their battle to move their 13yearold daughter outside of oakland. Family members can see they are losing the battle to save the girl. Jahi mcmath was examined as an undisclosed medical facility and they say she is in quote bad shape after nearly a month at childrens hospital. Meantime legal experts are closely watching this emotional case involving a girl who was declared brain dead last month. This has revolutionized the law and all i can say is not yet and nor would i expect it to. Professor david directs on medical law and he points out jahi mcmath is legally dead and has no constitutional rights. We understand, a transfer will not take place now that she has been moved. Some of the people who have applied for Health Insurance on the Insurance Exchange say they are still waiting to get an invoice or at least confirmation on coverage that was supposed to begin on january 1st. The problem seems to be that 100,000 of the 400,000 who signed up did it in the last four days before the december 23l1rdl0 deadline. A spokesperson said they are now working at the top speed to process the mall. And they are still one of his Top Priorities for 2014. Last year they addressed Border Security that provided a path to citizenship for 11 immigrants here in the u. S. Illegally and however, those pressured have insisted on a more limited piecemeal approach to immigration reform. And they will take a vote on a three month extension for 1. 3 million americans. It was delayed after flight delayed kept 17 senators away. Also this morning, president obama will pass Unemployment Benefits and will be appearing at the white house and will be joined with people out of work for more than a year. Help could soon be on the way and the board of supervisors is expected to approve 180,000 in emergency funding to help an estimated 130,000 people without shelter. They will add up to 08 additional beds during the winter months and the program is designed to get Homeless People out of the cold weather in hopes of preventing serious sickness and even death. They are distributing to 100,000 people in santa clara and san mateo counties. They are lacking fooled following a freezing cycle which damaged produce across the state. Time now 5 47, sal, can you take care of our friends on the east shore . We are trying to and as a matter of fact westbound 880, it looks good as you head out to the Mcarthur Ranch mcarthur maze and we have no problems getting out to the mcarthur maze. We have a little bit of a backup and west of the pass, it is better by the time you reach dublin and pleasant tonight on the way to caster valley. Lets go to steve. How about that. We have incredible record, and so far we start off with nothing here except for a few sprinkles here. Sprinkles here. It is too far out, forecast modelels are trying break down the ridge and they are sitting in some high level clouds, mid level clouds and maybe some rain to the north on thursday and it is possible he gets some in lake county on thursday. It is brutally cold, and i never set a record low and what you are seeing is very, very cold air going in over the atlantic and sea smoke is what is developing and thats unbelievably cold air and thats pure lake effect snow coming across and some areas will really just pileup. I will share a story, i used to forecast in chicago and we would be on Lakeshore Drive and we would go to ohare and Lakeshore Drive and have flurries. We do have a pattern change, finally for us, we had the offshore breeze and record highs on the weekends and now we have more of a westerly breeze and there is a lot of cloud cover. It is kind of a nice change, lighting pack maybe a few overall, and friday into saturday, temperatures are staying normal instead of way above. They are making a swap of airways which gives more companies more of what they need. They need more a verizon of portions and that has been the missing coverage. They expect to have it relief congestions. Chevy owners will be able to reach out to on star and on star will use the location to help find the nearest hotel to meet the drivers requirement. And piece of office space should be wrapped up. They are buying the office tower at 101 near mission, her. Of the deal are private and what would make it the most expensive deal for an Office Property in the last year. A new law which of what pays. Why this officer does not plan to sit back and take it. Stay tuned for more. Time now 5 54 and they are turning a tradition into honoring those who have been victims of the homicide. Want rio sanchez was shot and killed thursday just a couple of blocks away from the church. They plan to put up one cross for every homicide this year. Last year there were 44 in san jose. The man suspected of killing a priest. Gary lull lock was arrested and bail was set at 1. 2 million dollars. An autopsy reveals the reverend was beaten to death with a wooden steak and metal pipe. The suspect had just been released from jail a couple of hours before the alleged murder took place. Doctors say a San Jose Police officers who was injured on the job is facing along recovery. He is also facing a pay cut. He suffered 10 broken rinse but reason city hall said they are now fighting back. This is going too far especially in light of the fact that we are losing 07 plus officers a year to other agencies. This is not the time to nickle and dime people. We have others who are receiving premium pay that they are not earning while on duty. This becomes a problem for us. Half a million is knew money. And pad handwriting, somebody handed a note to a teller and she took it to the manager and when she returned, the person was gone. They located the suspect across the street at the Shopping Center and arrested him. The International Consumer electronic show is underway in las vegas and there are 20,000 on display. It features any kind of electronic gadget you might use and this is not open to the public. This is where the industry shows off its best new ideals and they make deal for for the for the our wupl of bicyclists and it also tells you how fast you are going and the distance you have traveled. Electronics including Television Sets with curbed screens and also surveillance devices. Always something new we have to buy. Coming up, dozens of flights still canceled here in the bay area, bad weather not all to blame, the new scheduling in, how investigations and scandals are forcing him to make decisions about his future. Good morning, we have a troubled spot in the south bay and right now traffic does look good crossing 880. The clouds brought the temperatures down maybe week or not. Try new pillsbury heatngo mini pancakes. [ male announcer ] dont wait for awesome. Totinos pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. Totinos pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. Were new to town. Ells. Welcome to monroe. So you can move more effortlessly. We want to open a new account checking and savings. Well we can help with that. We tend to do a lot of banking online. You play . Yeah discover a mobile app that lets you bank more freely. And feel at home more quickly. Chase. So you can. We are live in daily city and we will tell you about the man who turned himself in for the chinese consulate fire. And we are live in san jose where it is the first day back to school for many children, find out what ailments Public Health officials are warning about. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. Good morning and welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. We are out with one of many schools and it has been warm and dry and unusually dry here in the bay area