Good morning thanks for joining us im kristen sze. Im eric thomas. President obama has declared new york and long island disaster areas because of the damage theyve suffered from Superstorm Sandy live look at new jersey flooding is a big problem. So far 17 deaths are attributed to the storm. More than seven million up and down the east coast without power, 13 foot storm surge caused widespread flooding. Tahman bradley in maryland with an update. Reporter along the east coast, signs of sandys fury, Lady Libertys torch out Power Outages spread, five million in the dark 1. 5 million evacuated sandy made landfall along the new jersey coast, 80 mile per hour wind as and flooding high tides, rough surf battered the coastline. This morning entire sections of Atlantic City are underwater. People who decided to ride out the storm were left stranded. New jersey governor announced no rescue services until today. I cannot in good conscience send them in the dark given all the various hazards that
Quarter mile north bay valleys where thickest and most widespread now going to stay that way until at least 9 00 then a slow reveal of sunshine like we had yesterday, with the hraoet area least likely area to get sun at the coast. Most of our sunshine in the east bay valleys, mid to upper 70s for you. Now traffic. San rafael here the fog fairly thick south 101 past civic center, tail lights disappearing in the fog as you head southbound. The it does get patchy and dense the visibility limit in certain areas, take care. Heres the bay bridge toll no metering lights yet slight delay for cash paying folks headed into San Francisco a little sluggish upper deck incline section westbound. Accident south 880 oakland before 66 blocking right lane. Basco road motorcycle down at Camino Diablo second accident on basco road reported at walnut, 580 westbound slowing as well. We continue our breaking News Coverage of sandy. Overnight the president declared major disaster in new york and long island.
Bench, judge persky. He messed up big time, again. Another judge will be hearing the case here in palo alto. This involves a sophmore Football Player at the college of san mateo. The 19yearold smith entered a domestic plea for domestic abuse. Judge persky worked out a deal to attend Domestic Violence prevention classes for a year and perform 28 daze of Community Service after serving 32 days in jail. However, smith is not complying but is still playing football. Now, smith is back in court today for a probation violation inquiry. The judge had many opportunities to hold this young man accountable. To make sure he served his sentence. He was going to school full time, playing football at the college and working from 10 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. In the morning to pay for the classes. They knew he was having difficulty. The District Attorney did not want to speak about case much the hearing is at 9 00 a. M. Police at uc berkeley are investigating two new sexual assaults involving students, f
Thank you. Ray of sunshine and warmth. Next time, someone takes off she better let us know so we can forecast the rain. Here is what going on the i amtrak the storm track and that is where it will stay. In its wake we have warmer weather. Sutro tower is showing Clear Conditions and watch out for the fog, 45 to 56, dress warmer, day planner is 60 to 65 at noon, and 60 at the coast to 7 inland. Enjoy the temperatures near average. Alexis . Enjoy a smooth commute on our main highways for now. A look at san mateo bridge, westbound starting to fill in, and the eastbound side, we had a crash on the light are side of traffic, early this morning that cleared before we started the show at 4 30 this morning. No delays from that and road work in benicia, southbound 780 to 680, closed each night from 10 00 to 5 00 through november. An athlete convicted of Domestic Violence will be in court. The 20 year old got a lenient sentence from judge persky who preside over brock turner case. Persky is no lo
We begin with social media. Facebook and twitter arent just for sharing photos. People are now using social networks to send complaints directly to companies, but are they being heard . Reporter phil lebeau has this weeks cover story. Reporter it happens thousands of times every day. Travelers rant online about an airline because their flight is delayed or they have had had a bad experience. I dont think they can listen to us, because theres so many people who are flying and complaining at the same time. I dont think that the airlines are listening to the complaints. Reporter fact is, airlines are watching and often responding to what you put on social media. Southwest airlines has a team tracking twitter, facebook and other online sites 24 hours a day, and when customers vent about a problem, southwest reaches out to them. The approach is really how can we help . Wait a minute, we hate to hear that. Whats going on . Give us some information and lets see what we can do to straighten th