the country in traffic accidents from freezing to death in the elements or from a range of other causes as a direct result of this storm. multiday snowfall totals have been titanic, up to 43 inches in hard hit buffalo. governor hochul requesting a federal disaster declaration due to the historic winter storm. it is devastating. it is going to a warzone and the vehicles along the sides of the roads are shocking. it is not just small vehicles, it is literally snowplows, it is major size recovery vehicles and utility vehicles and tow trucks. so we have a real challenge right now are we have roads blocked. roads are literally blocked by emergency vehicles so that has made it extremely challenging for us. effect on air travel on a crucial holiday week end was nothing shorts of catastrophic. there were a total of more than 11,000 flights canceled friday, saturday and sunday. this morning so far airlines have canceled another 1300 flights. nationwide more than 60,000 homes and bus
Died, whether it was weather related or not. No other major injuries are reported. Despite being told to shelter in place, many people spent the day packing. Those who have fourwheel drive vehicles are trying to drive out while others left their vehicles and camps behind trying to walk five miles in the deep mud to reach the road. We walked to the front gate and we had to put bags on her face to get across some rivers. A lot of people made it because they are running into each other. It is slippery. You have a bunch of people driving rvs they are not familiar with and you are lucky if you make it. A lot of people are stuck out there. Other festivalgoers are planning to stay put for the next few days, waiting for the ground to drought. Lets give you some perspective on how big like rock city. You can see a series of semi circles from the inner circle called the esplanade to the man in the center is 2500 feet. The playa extends far beyond, mild in some directions. It was so large that ha
Outside the hospital and wait. We had an ambulance that responded and was at scene within three minutes for a fall victim. An elderly fall victim. They transported the patient and arrived at the hospital rather quickly, and then sat at the hospital with the patient for over an hour, burchard says. The countys standard for offboarding is 20 minutes. John muir health acknowledges theyre experiencing unprecedented patient volume and offloading challenges. But in a statement, they said John Muir Health must be able to continue to use a clinically driven triage process to treat those with the most urgent needs first, rather than being pressured to meet an off load standard. But as ambulances wait to offload, they cant respond to other calls for several hours on thursday and friday, the system reached level zero zero available ambulances. Its a systems issue were having, people over utilizing the ambulance services, contra costa supervisor Diane Burgess says. Too many people are calling 911
Welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30. San jose Police Investigators just gave an update on this case. Were going to, of course, give you the latest details. Were also tracking other stories on this monday, including sounding the alarm. Fire chief in Contra Costa County says the community is in danger during an emergency. Our Jodi Hernandez is looking into an ambulance shortage and possible solutions. Also, more than 3 billion in federal funds. But is it enough to make it happen. Our Sergio Quintana is looking into the long awaited transbay portal in San Francisco and revolutionizing air travel. The changes in east bay congressman is pushing for. After a close call at sfo. But lets go ahead and begin with new information this afternoon about a Police Shooting in East San Jose over the weekend. Detectives just gave an update. Within the past 90 minutes. They did release this video. Youre looking at right now of what what led up to that shooting . The acting chief says that when officers
Who was shot as investigators prepare to deliver an update. Good morning and thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia and im marcus washington. That investigation into the shooting involving San Jose Police and a suspect continues. Now, police say that that suspect was firing a gun in a densely populated neighborhood. Well San Jose Police also telling us that theyll provide an update in about four hours. Nbc bay areas kris sanchez has been at the scene all morning long. Chris, what do we know . I can tell you that there is still a bit of a disruption here in the neighborhood. You see the crime scene tape here behind me, and officers are still actively investigating here on the scene. This is a parking lot that is blocked off. It abuts the alleyway where it appears at that officer involved shooting ultimately happened. It was in that alleyway where we got video just about an hour or two ago of both a patrol car and a gray van being covered up and put onto flatbed trucks and then t