Morning, quietly and build throughout the day today. Meteorologist christine wapp is watching t the conditions this morning. Definitely cold as you mentioned in uptown. Temperatures in the 20s and so far, drivers not having a lot of problems on the roadways. D. O. T. Was out in full force last night pretreating the roads. Of course, laying down the salt, the brine, ahead of this system. Concern as we head out today. No problems out this morning so far but as keith has mentioned that threat for freezing rain continues throughout the lunch time hours, although the numbers for this morning as originally thought with ice or snow not much of a concern. It is good that they took the precautions last night. Out here this morning, as i mentioned, it is cold. Starting to see light drizzle falling out here this morning. It will be a concern as we head throughout the day today as temperatures hover at or below of course, the bridges and offer passes, likely to have overpasses, limely to have slic
Before it begins to taper off by later on in the afternoon. So this is for tomorrows snowfall. Snowfall from brooklyn and queens, points east onto central long island and 3 to 6 inches, the eastern 2 3 of suffolk county. I think the back edge reaches back to western parts of new jersey but its probably just a slushy coating in this area from manhattan back to the west delaware water gap. This is only storm number one. We got another system on the way as well, closer to the middle part week. Were talking about that in the full accuweather forecast. New Safety Measures will be in place for large construction cranes operating in new york city, and for workers who dont follow the rules, they will face serious fines. Mayor plaza announced a de blasio announced a new safety plan. Cefaan kim has details. Reporter sandra for the First Time Since this massive crane came crashing down here in tribeca, you can see that to both traffic and pedestrians here. Worth street meanwhile, you can still se
First but again, one person was pronounced dead at the scene. So they have that closure down for quite some time. Hopefully things are improving. All lanes are now open. You should use the dumbarton bridge just for the next maybe 15, 20 minutes. Things should be good after 6 30. Lets jump to the maps. We have a new trouble spot to report westbound 580 at high street. Getting word of an accident where a vehicle may have hit a pedestrian in the road. No word yet if its blocking the main lines of the freeway or if the accident happened on the offramp there. Well get more details on this just a few minutes. Well send it back to the news desk. Thank you. Was it a playful planing or playful prank . A San Francisco sergeant at first claimed responsibility for a highspeed joyride through a tunnel in town. Elizabeth wenger reports. Reporter the video is astonishing. He is changing his story but the first question is why. Why would a San Francisco cop post this on facebook to begin with . The vi
Passengers after flight 214 crashed last year. Three people die and dozens were injured. The fine announced tuesday as the fist time federal regulators have broken u. S. Laws requiring prompt and generous assistance to the loved ones of crash victims. The u. S. Department of transportation says some family members were not contacts for dais after the crash and the south korean carrier lacked translators an emergency personnel. Asiana has not commented of air time. The largest Drinking Water provider in Silicon Valley will ask people to cut back. Keico garan says this is just the start. Reporter Santa Clara Valley Water District cannot wait for Mother Nature anymore. Tonight, they are asking for the publics help. A 20 reduction. Reporter a plan to reach that reduction goal is not clear whether it will be voluntary or mandatory, but the Santa Clara County residents could see anything from restrictions to lawn watering to temporary hikes in water rates. If the board approves the reduction
Raging wildfires are destroying homes and forcing new evacuations across the state. 6,000 firefighters right now battling about a dozen major fires today from los angeles all the way north to the oregon border. One fire raced through a Northern California town yesterday, damaging or destroying 100 homes. Kpix 5s ryan takeo has an update on how firefighters are gaining ground now on the boles fire. Reporter the boles fire is now 20 contained frank but much of the damage is already done. The tiny town of weed in Siskiyou County is essentially burning down. The boles fire continues to race through dry brush. Its already destroyed 100 buildings including a church and a wood mill in the he is rock lumber Town Historic lumber town of weed and little else is left. Theres nothing left. My lawn is all burned up. All thats left there is bricks. Its completely gone. Everything my clothes. And all i have is what i got on. Reporter wind gusts of up to 40 Miles Per Hour spread the flames from one bu