Double duty. She has traffic and weather. Ho ho ho good morning. Merry christmas, everybody. As you head out on this early Christmas Morning, we have some very crisp temperatures away from the bay. Currently in the 30s. Its freezing in throughout fairfield, back into rio vista throughout the delta. Mid30s common around concord. 33 santa rosa. And 40s from redwood city into mountain view. Now, today it is the 18th spare the air day of the winter season. You will see haze in the atmosphere and what you can expect is poor air quality to continue today and all the way through the rest of the week. Sunny skies and dry conditions the remaining portion of the year. Todays highs between mid60s at the beaches, 60s common across the central bay to the low 70s inland. Very similar conditions to yesterday. And yet again. Near record warmth anticipated. Lets check the traffic this morning. While we have clear skies, we are clear currently in the south bay home your san jose sharks. Has nothing to d
50 now in San Francisco. Today is the 18th day of spare the air day in the bay area, illegal to burn indoors or outdoors for 24 hours. Meanwhile todays highs will be unseasonably mild and near or record warmth. Mid60s at the beaches, upper 60s bayside to the low 70s inland. In fact, we are even forecasting 72 degrees in santa cruz. Heres a look at your sevenday forecast all the way through the beginning of next year, no rain. Lets check traffic. In the Silicon Valley 880 237 interchange looking problem free on this Christmas Morning. In fact, shhh dont want to wake anybody up there. As you head up the 880 no delays. The nimitz is all in the green. And now lets head due north over that mighty Golden Gate Bridge span and its absolutely problemfree. You know, my cyclist friends, this is the morning for you. This is my gift to you on this christmas. Hop on your bike, go to the Golden Gate Bridge. Look at that. Its absolutely clear. If you want more of your traffic information, tune to kcbs
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. It is the winter that will not quit. Right now the storm is delivering a second round of snow, iand freezing rain to much of the east coast. Bayville, new york, on long island, got more than 14 inches of snow. Westminster, maryland, 16 inches. Warnings, watches, and advisories are up tonight in 20 states from South Carolina to maine. The storm is blamed for at least 15 deaths, most of them in highway accidents. Travel is difficult throughout the region. Thousands more flights were canceled today. And more than 750,000 homes and businesses have no electricity tonight. It is all testing the grit of millions of americans. We have a team of correspondents in the storm zone. First, were going to go to don dahler in new york city. Don . Cott, half a dozen storms in as many weeks have left this city battered. Snow totals in this area are now at 51 inches. Normally this