Near the small town of yellow pine, idaho. Ken wayne has been talking with the pilots neighbors and is live at the airport where that plane was based. Reporter that plane was here for at least the last eight years. Tonight, the pilots friendses and family, no doubt have their fingers crossed that he and his four passengers are okay. This is the beach bow unanimous disci owned by pilot dale smith bonanza owned by pilot dale smith. Smith toll air Traffic Controllers he was having engine troubles. Today, National Guard helicopters tried to search the area, but bad weather forced them backment this Youtube Video shows a landing there. The beach bonanza is a sophisticated single engine plane. Neighbors in the Santa Theresa hills area, where smith lives didnt want to speak on camera, but were told he was a conscientious pilot, who was traveling with his adult son and others. His wife is not on the trip, and is reportedly in idaho to be close to the search. Wild the wilderness can be unforgiv
Pilot of a singleengine plane. Yesterday afternoon he took off for baker city, oregon heading for montana. We are in san jose this evening. Do we have any clue if his plane crashed or landed safely . Reporter no clue at all right now. Thats what investigators are trying to figure out. The search will resume tomorrow. Neighbors and members of this san jose Mormon Church are worried an concerned waiting for any piece of good news but preparing for worst. Im very sad right now. Reporter elizabeth is hoping and praying that her friend dale smith and his family are okay. Rescuers are searching for their singleengine plane that has been reported missing near the central idaho town of yellow pine. Its all you have is faith and hope that things will turn out all right. Reporter the pilot reported an engine failure near the Johnson Creek airstrip about 125 miles northeast of boise, idaho. Dale smiths friend has flown with him several times. Hes one of the safest pilots i know. Someone i have no
Everyone is at the limits. Thanks. Our Team Coverage of the snap continues with abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield in san rafael. Mike sees the lowest temperatures in san rafael. Good morning, yes, very cold here in san rafael. We have picked this condition to keep an eye on at temperature gauge in san rafael. It shows it is 43 degrees. Such a swing considering days ago i was warm outside. Now it is cold. People got prepared. We had lots of warning this was coming. Stores in the bay area told us people were stocking up on firewood. People are working to protect their plants. Here is a good tip water your plants during the cold. What do put in when it is not phrasen frozen will ahead eight radiate heat. Orchard supply store had to stock up to get ready for this weather. Now it is here and do not forget to grab your gloves and a heavy coat this morning before you head out the door. It is very cold. Thank you. No one is more intimately familiar with the goose butchess than those would work
From the Pacific Northwest and behind it a cold air mass from alaska in the southbound direction. We do have reports of precipitation in monterey and you may wake up to a little bit of moisture on the roads but, really, not very much. It will be mostly dry for the better part of the week and from the kgo program exploritorium, it is winds at 20 Miles Per Hour with isolated shower possible and freezing cold the next few afternoons will we have cooler temperatures in oakland and San Francisco and 51 in San Francisco, and oakland is 52. For much of the south bay, it is 52. Half moon bay is chilly at 50 degrees. Headed to the roads, we will see what is happening in traffic. We have a couple of issues including a brushfire burning off the side of the freeway in oakland and if you are traveling along 580 at coolidge you could find it, so we have c. H. P. Crews headed out there not causing any delays but there is a high wind advisory for the bay bridge so there are gusts across the bay. Outsi
Switch on the worlds most famous Christmas Tree today. Wednesday, december 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a. Good morning. Im matt lauer. And im Savannah Guthrie. What is tall and bushy . No, not matt lauer. It is the Christmas Tree. All four of us set to do the honors. We have a great show planned. And were glad youre back. No, thanksgiving hangover lasted a long time. Just kidding. I had a stomach virus. Im not contagious. We should mention the weather not too bad for the Tree Lighting. Upper 40s and 50 degrees. Perfect. The weather not so great in other parts of the country. The top story is a monster storm impacting millions of people across many parts of the country. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in denver this morning with parts of that. Miguel, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. 32 million americans are impacted by the storm, but it is not what you see which is the steady snow which is dangerous, but wha