Lauren winfrey stopped by a local Hardware Store to see what people are snatching off the shelves. Shes live with us now. George and carol, bitter cold has already arrived and lots of snow is expected this weekend, thats why the folks i spoke with say theyre preparing an advance. Snow blowers, shovels, and salt. Oh my. Our first big snowl finally scheduled to arrive. You just really need to make sure that youre prepared because if you arent its no fun. Nathan brennemanconsiders himself a wisconsin winter pro hes lived in the milwaukee area for 30 years and he says he knows a thing or two about snow. I know what a snow storm is like, i know what winters like. So, may as well take care of everything today. The department of public works is also busy preparing the city plans to keep all roads safe and passable. Thats snow storm is like, i know what winters like. So, may care of everything today. And taking it seriously is exactly what many people say theyre doing, stocking up to prepare o
Of course, well have much more on the impact of the courts ruling coming up on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Now to our storm watch coverage. More rain more misery for a homeowner who thought he heard thunder but it was worse. And and in the south bay a death is linked to storm clean up. We have live Storm Team Coverage with crews spread out all over the bay area. The Stormy Weather has now claimed a life. A contractor working on the highway 17 mudslide was hit and killed by a dump truck near the summit. Kpix 5 reporter devin fehely has more on that tragic accident reporter the cleanup here on highway 17 came to a standstill after a tragic accident killed one construction worker and serious injured another during our noon broadcast. Came out like a whirlwind. Everybody kind of jumped into action. Reporter the construction accident unfolded unexpectedly on live tv. There are a lot of chp crews out here. Reporter kpix 5s maria medina was reporting live in our noon broadcast whe
East. They got a blizzard going on. Team coverage starts in a few minutes. Just in a few hours, specifically 1 00 this afternoon, the official introduction of the 49ers new head coach and general manager. Were going to cover that News Conference live on ktvu plus and we will be streaming it for you on ktvu. Com. A lot of questions getting set for those two individuals. I wonder what they will say. Although we heard from the head coach yesterday when he was down at the 49ers headquarters. A little optimism from fans who, you know, say well it cant get much worse. Right. These guys are the new guys and we will see what happens. If you had the first question, what would you ask . Who are you going to draft. What are you going to do about the quarterback. What are you going to do about colin. We could go on and on. We could. Im going to get to steve first. I think i did something bad yesterday. You . Ill tell the story later. I will tease it that way. Thats a tease. We have a lot of yellow
Wind gusts 32 Miles Per Hour in the district. 28 degrees leesburg. 38mileperhour wind gusts in camp springs but keep in mind the winds are going to get higher as we go through the day today. Gusts near 60mileperhour possible this afternoon. This is damage to trees and power lines like weve already been seeing. Crystal clear skies out here. I can see the moon bright and clear so its going to be a dry day, but other than that, the wind going to be the main concern which is we have a weather alert day speaking of the wind and the wind causing some driving problems this morning. Taking a look right now at a couple of problems around town. Lots of downed trees, lots of downed wires. We have the full list for you. Were tweeting constantly from first 4 traffic. Well have a live report in just a minute. Downed wires with all lanes blocked. As we look up here top of the beltway, some of our main roads are just fine. Most ofur northbound blocked and southbound now open. All right. Thank you. Its
Snafrngs thanks for joining us at 10 00. Im tony perkins im is shawn yancy. Lets get to the school closings. In virginia, fairfax county. Prince Williams County, Loudoun County, manassas city and Manassas Park city Public Schools are all closed tomorrow. In maryland, Montgomery County, anne arundel, Howard County and Frederick County Public Schools closed. Georgetown university, george mason and the university of maryland at college park and Baltimore County also closed. Dc Public Schools say they will have a decision by 5 00 a. M. And the office of Personnel Management says it will make a decision whether or not the government will be open by 4 00 a. M. Fox 5 has a team of reporters on snow patrol. Le a live look at the latest track of the storm. Everything does seem to be on track. We expected to start seeing enough snow developing around 9 00 tonight. It might cover the grass in some areas and thats exactly what were seeing. Youre seeing snow here in the purple shade and the darker