Work . This is not a no oil or oil choice it is a choice of where it comes from. One activists is rejecting the prediction by the Energy Information agency that we will be using so much fossil fuel in 20 years. That is one of the dumbest things i have heard. He says there is no way the coastline will be leased to oil companies. The whole Environmental Movement in the United States was sparked by an oil spill off of santa barbara, california in the 1960s. The process is just starting and nothing is set until 2019 but in the meantime the sierra club is ready to fight appealing to congress and the public and the courts. We want to look at suing the department of interior. We will put every challenge out that we can. This is the plan that is included. These big blocks show the areas being reviewed for drilling leases but i want to point out this is only the first phase. There would be at least two mackelmore to narrow down the potential sites based on things like the environment and nation
Especially in north bay. Give yourselves extra time. Closer look in just a few minutes. Across the country this storm has claimed lives, caused Power Outages and canceled flights. Blizzards bringing a foot of snow, flood waters overflowing, cancellations at kennedy, laguardia and newarkliberty. Also in boston. Jfk is still closed. San francisco, flights to and from east coast canceled, leaves thousands stranded in the bay area. Jonathan bloom is live. You spoke with some of those travelers. Reporter well, last check, 97 Flights Canceled out of sfo going to and from major hubs. According to faa, jfk is scheduled to be closed until 7 00 tomorrow morning. For all the people you would expect to see camped out, sfo is a ghost town. That means new technology is working. Where were you coming from . Italy. Stuck far from home. In a foreign land with a Foreign Language but learned one word quickly. Canceled. Ultimately i think it will be a few days before airlines get back to normal. Reporter
Weather. Need it because Drought Conditions on the rise. Across the country, millions enduring brutal winter storm. Seei seeing effects here. Spencer christian is tracking. Biggest effect is air traffic delays. Show you what is going on. We have shattered showers. Powerful winter storm up along the Atlantic Coast is dumping snow in new england and canada. Cold across the eastern u. S. And midwest. Minus two in detroit. Cold into the southeast. As airports there are impacted, we have traffic delays here. We have storm coming in. Scattered showers tonight, moderate rain tomorrow. Wave of rain wont arrive until after midnight but into the morning commute, steady rain, especially in north bay. Give yourselves extra time. Closer look in just a few minutes. Across the country this storm has claimed lives, caused Power Outages and canceled flights. Blizzards bringing a foot of snow, flood waters overflowing, cancellations at kennedy, laguardia and newarkliberty. Also in boston. Jfk is still c
Speeds should be lower. The bay bridge toll plaza. Now under 30 minutes. So far so good. And we are tracking that massive winter storm on the east coast here at the live desk. As if the winds werent bad enough there is record flooding. Look at this video from overnight. Floodwaters froze hitting streets and turned parked cars into popsicles. Rescuers pulled more than a dozen people to safety as water surrounded their homes. I am fine. The house completely flooded out. Propane tank flipped over. More fire inside the house. Shocked at how quickly the water rose. This morning the worst of the storm is over and moving into southern canada, but freezig cold temperatures are still keeping people indoors. The man accused of plotting a tack on pier 39 is facing charges on terror charges. Everitt Aaron Jameson will be in court today. He made homemade pipe bombs. The indictment says jameson told undercover fbi agents he wanted to attack pier 39 as a show of support for isis. He went into detail
Morning commute. Moderate at times. The showers will start decreasing at 7 00. Temperatures are already in the 60s in some neighborhoods. Well go into the low to mid60s during the evening hours. Another mild day on tap. It doesnt look like anybody is in the north bay, sue. What do you see . Its pretty light. Its been light all week. A little bit of excitement at the bay bridge. A couple days this week. Yesterday they never did turn them on in the morning. Right now its not on and everybody is snuggled in bed enjoying the nice rain as they should be. A lot of kids are still out of school this week. I think thats the reason for the lighter than usual traffic. Youre looking at a 25minute drive from tracy up and over into livermore. Getting some live pictures out of new york city, times square. There is snow on the ground. We are keeping tabs of that big winter storm back east thats brought in heavy snow, Hurricane Force winds, and record flooding. It doesnt look too bad in new york city b