Thats a look from the rooftop to the bay bridge which its gone you cant even see it. Limited visibility at this hour and we currently have air temperatures pretty much into the 50s. Later today, from the 50s to the 60s. And i got to show you something here. Because as we slide towards the weekend, were talking about near or record warmth right here in the bay area. Highs in the low and mid 70s and frank what do i say about that . You say we need rain but if we dont have reign lets have nine. Rain lets have sunshine. What ive been saying is that is wrong. The temperatures. Tiebreak. That can be a record breaker . A heck of a weekend i can tell you. Yes crazy. All right out the door, as roberta said its fuzzy or what was your word . Pewey. Outside. Yeah. So it is really hard to see. Weve all said that as we were driving into work that we really couldnt even see the tunnel on the approach. Just kind of follow the white line there. In the meantime just some slight delays in the cash lanes.
And some hospitals are now putting tighter restrictions on the visitors there. Kpix 5s kiet do joins us live from San Franciscos Oconnor Hospital. Good morning. Reporter yeah, good morning. You know were live here right on the front lines of the battle against the flu. Were r hospitals are taking some drastic measures to stop the spread of the disease. Here at Oconnor Hospital theyre asking everyone whos entering the hospital to wear a mask even if they have had the flu vaccine. Its meant to protect you and everyone else. Theyve even posted a sign complete with the Security Guard restricting anyone under 16 years old from entering. We saw one girl get turned away when she tried to go in. Theres a lot of children that are sick right now. And theres other viruses circulating in the community that are affecting primarily children along with the flu. So theyre tending to be a good population to bring something into the hospital. We want to keep that out. Reporter also discovered bay area p
Us back. Reporter the archdiocese response to all of this, the signers presume to speak for the Catholic Community of San Francisco. They do not. The names here though include dozens of people. Were talking about executives, teachers and lawyers. Live in San Francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. A small earthquake shook the south bay this morning. The usgs says the 2. 4 quake was about a mile west of campbell. It hit about 1 11 a. M. Of course, no injuries or reports of damage or probably even feeling it. A crash killed two people in san jose. Kiet do is at the scene with the latest. Reporter good morning. This is a fairly unusual crash and we are still trying to learn exactly how the car ended up the way that it did. The cash initially came at 9 45 as a call of people trapped inside a lexus suv. The car had heavy damage to the rear, flipped and landed on the roof crushing it. It landed on the vta light rail train tracks blocking service for hours. The two people inside why killed. It is un
The savings targets are really unrealistic and possibly even illegal under current water laws. But the thing we should stress is this is legislation thats proposed. Even a threat of the fine. If you want to rattle cages he got their attention. Meanwhile perfectly good groundwater is being pumped straight to the storm drains in one bay area city. New at 6 00, kpix 5 is in palo alto where the city cant seem to stop the water wasters. Theyre building a basement which requires them to pump water out of the ground all day every day. Tens of thousands of dollars of water literally going down the drain. Reporter this is what the city of palo alto calls dewatering. A common construction practice in which thousands of gallons of water are pumped from the ground to build a basement. In a time of severe drought neighbors call it Something Else entirely. This water could be used for other purposes. Reporter the citys Public Work Department estimates the contractor at one construction site could pu
Indianapolis. Up to 8 inches of snow there expected there before it heads our way. Kansas city, missouri, new video just in of a Southwest Airlines plane stuck in a snowdrift. The engine stalled. The plane got stuck on the tarmac. 60 people had to be rescued. And that same system is barreling down on our area right now. The next couple of hours could be the most dangerous for drivers. Our Team Coverage begins tonight with Doug Kammerer tracking the conditions. The most critical over the next hours is our temperatures have now dropped well below freezing in many areas in just about every location. Take a look at the temperatures at or below freezing. 32 degrees in washington. 30 degrees, manassas. 28 in frederick, 28 in gaithersburg. As this rain continues to fall, it will freeze instantly. Thats why we have a freezing rain across the area. You can see radar showing that freezing rain all across the area. Most locations, its falling at a fairly light clip. But just about everybody repor