What was bomb cyclone yesterday is an area of widely scattered showers. Let me give you another look at live doppler 7. The Santa Cruz Mountains we have scattered showers moving on shore. You can see the pinks and whites will. Some snow in the Higher Elevations and around mt. Hamilton as well. In the east bay, we have showers near concord, antioch. Real vista farther south, in fremont, livermore area. The storm is not over yet. Whats left of it ranks 1 on the storm impact scale for the remainder of today and tonight. Well see scattered showers and possibly some hail, isolated hail or thunder, widely scattered of course and theres a chance of more snow in the higher peaks. A full forecast in a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. The rain is coming as lots of people are hitting the roads for thanksgiving. Thises a live look from sky 7 over 680 this afternoon. You can see all those cars on the overpass trying to get on to the freeway. They are just slowly crawling along. You can see some of the the roadways are still wet, too. For sure. Let take a look at live pictures now. The bay bridge toll plaids a. Youve got walnut creek and san jose. Walnut creek, 680 north, heavy as it always is at this time of the afternoon. David louie live with a look at how people are handling the traffic. Reporter larry and ama, yes, they are. A lot of people got an early start to the day, especially if theyre going to southern california. What youre seeing right now are people heading to the Central Coast or maybe into the central valley. Theyre leaving later but they can get to their destinations this evening. Everyone seems to have a way of coping in the congested roads and dealing with being cooped up in a car with a family together for hours. Its hard to decide if its worse to drive in the rain or just to be driving when it seems everyone else in the west is vying for pavement to get to their holiday destinations. It was stop and go, commutelike traffic on 101 near morgan hill. It was backed up on highway 152 as drivers cut over to go north or south. Thats where we ran into the erin may family taking a brey break on their road trip. We have oneliners in our family and we have the obligatory fire tablet ipad. Technology helps . Yeah. It helps in this case. Ryan and rihanna were taking a popsicle break. How many times do you say, are we there yet . Never in my life. But this one only once. This is day two of the halas family to see relatives in oregon. Theyre turning back because of snow conditions on i5. If we continue to kb to oregon with the snow, were not sure how it will be the condition going back, because we have to go back to school by saturday, sunday to corona. 8yearold yusef is dealing with it by watching movies on his phone. Chp says one detour adds 4 1 2 hours to the drive. Mohave is two hours which jesse halas doesnt like its really dark back there. If you have any car trouble, youre out in complete darkness. I dont like to have to take those roads. Reporter we can relate to that. While drivers do count on their navigational software in order to avoid the trouble spots, they also listen to traffic reports. Coming up on abc 7 news tonight at 6 00, well take a look at what snack foods can make a trip actually go faster. Live in or morgan hill, david louie. Those of you traveling to southern california, expect snow on the grapevine. The chp had to escort drivers on i5 this morning because of heavy snowfall. That stops after a couple hours and traffic began flowing again smoothly. Heres a look at different viewpoints. Chains are required on all vehicles except fourwheel drive vehicles. From three myeloowe eastbound 80 is closed to all trucks. Crews up early this morning at squaw valley clearing the new snow from the roads. The parking lots and decks at the famous resort. More than 18 inches of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24 hours. A skiers delight. Heres the view they enjoyed while i dont know how much they can see from the top of heavenly. Its socked in, the resort on tahoes south shore. Skiers enjoyed 11 inches of new powder. There was a dusting on mt. Hamilton overnight. This is 4200 feet. There were reports of snow on mt. Diablo and mission peak in fremont. A lot of people heading to the airport to visit family and friends far away. This is a live view of sfo. No major issues today despite the busy holiday. But the real problems weret Oakland International airport. Hundreds of people had to return to pick up their bags this morning after the power outage. This was a huge mess and we got some answers. Lyian melendez with the response from airport officials. Lyanne. Reporter you said it. It was a mess. Some airports around the country had their busiest day of the thanksgiving Holiday Season already. For Oakland International, today is it. Today is their busiest day. So you can imagine, it was not good timing to have this power outage last night. Claiming your luggage may be the most annoying part of anyones journey. Add to that trying to find your bags today after they arrived without you the night before. Came down here and had to wait 30 minutes before we were told wed have to come back this morning to pick up our bags. A major power outage crippled Oakland International for several hours last night. Power was restored by 10 00 p. M. Planes remained on the tarmac. Baggage claim area was in the dark, so was security. A spokesperson said there was never danger of anyone getting past security because screenings were halted. The power failure even triggered the fire alarm visible there in red. 1400 passengers had to be rebooked. Danielle matthews on her way home to oakland was left stranded in phoenix. No hotel. No food vouchers, nothing. Sleeping in the airport with hundreds of other angry people. Maria lopez was promised by the airline they would deliver her bags to her home in cloverdale. A promise they couldnt keep. I called and they say no. We charge to your house. Youre not mad . Yep. You dont look mad. I have to go to work and i not working. Reporter its still investigating the cause of the power disruption that affected terminal and Flight Operations last night. 38,000 travelers were expected to come through here today. Airport officials were hoping people affected would take a forgive and forget approach. Very, very happy thanksgiving to everybody. Reporter happy thanksgiving. Well, as you can see behind me, its still rather busy tonight, but a much calmer airport than what we saw last night. Now, let me ask you this. Which airport do you think has had major delays and has been the most affected by all this weather . I would have said chicago. But i just read that, in fact, its minneapolis st. Paul. Could i just finally say one thing. Im so glad that its not raining this evening. Im live at Oakland International airport. Leeian melendez. Clear skies. I think. Stay warm also. Little chilly out there. Thanks, lyanne. Dont get caught in the rain. More is coming. Our meteorologist use live doppler 7. So can you. Its the next best thing than following Spencer Christian around all day asking questions, which is what we do. Download the free abc 7 news app. Police are searching for the driver from a hit and run. The body was found at fox worthy avenue and ravine owe drive. They say its the 24th fatality involving a vehicle collision with a pedestrian this year. Pedestrian safety clearing an issue. Tragedy has struck, too many times. Chris nguyen joining us now with whats being done to try to protect pedestrians. Reporter speaking of that big picture, the number of deaths here in san jose much higher than both San Francisco and oakland. Those concerns are definitely growing after that pedestrian was struck and killed in san jose. City officials are doing everything they can to address the issue but say it is an uphill battle. In the bay areas largest city, another trafficrelated fatality has left this normally quiet neighborhood in disbelief. Probably still be alive. Just before 4 30 this morning, police found a man lying facedown near a curve near rue bino drive and fox worthy avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene. I know we take for granted every day what we have. Not everyone thinks theyll get hit by a car. The victim not identified was the 53rd person to die in a vehicle collision in san jose this year. What makes it more troubling, he was the 7th pedestrian to be hit and killed this month alone. We know we have to do much more and we need to do better to keep our residents safe and thats both with Police Officers getting out in Traffic Enforcement units and changing the configuration of road designs. Whenever theres an accident, the department of transportation sends someone out to see what can be done to make it better. Were putting pedestrian imrovements all over the city to alert motorists. Youll see more of the beacons that flash for a pedestrian to cross. But urban planning experts say theres more pressure on our infrastructure than ever before. Weve talked about it in terms of freeway capacity and Public Transit and trains. And now were finally starting to Pay Attention to what it does to the pedestrian realm. Reporter the Transportation Department has made it clear to the city council that they need more money to make these sort of improvements, but they are getting the sense that there is enough political will to get it done. Live in san jose this afternoon, im chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Chris, thank you. A boat owner has to clean up a fuel spill after the boat caught fire an sank. You can see from the sky map 7 technology exactly where the spill is extending to the posey and the webster tubes here. Video of the flames after the fire broke out last night. The Alameda Fire Department put that fire out and no one was hurt. You can see whats left of the charred boat. The coast guard said its up to the owner to clean up the spill and salvage the vessel. Liz kroits will have more at 5 00. Miracle treatment. A lafayette man paralyzed in an accident is back on his feet. How it happened. Green wednesday, not all about thanksgiving. The unique celebration thats all about cannabis. Hot toys, the top toys kids i just add a spoonful to my marinades. To stir frys. Sauces. Just whisk it in. Brush it on. Saute it. It adds a cooked all day taste. That doesnt take all day. Better than bouillon. Dont just make it. Make it better. Dont just make it. Dont miss the xfinityt gobeyond black friday event, when you can get 100 back with the package thats right for you. 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The world famous buena vista cafe which serves 2,000 irish coffees a day is no exception. This bartender says black wednesday is one big party day. Because all the families are back in town for traditions. The workers are off early. Its the day that you start preparing for the insanity that is thanksgiving on thursday and black friday. Now black wednesday is starting to get competition from green wednesday. The day before thanksgiving is also one of the busiest day for cannabis retailers. Its their shopping holiday ahead of black friday. Theyre stocking up. They want to bring ready to bring stuff to their thanksgiving tables or discreetly relax before getting to the thanksgiving tables. This is on market street. To make it through the holiday with us and our four dogs. Just me and my brother and sister. Were hanging out, going to have a great time. Going to be awesome. The shoppers taking advantage of the sales. Were offering 50 off on any legion of bloom vape cartridge when you buy another one. Also popular on green wednesday we sell a lot of edibles. Particularly gummis and vape pens which are easy to go in the backyard and use without much smell. All right. That was our vic lee with that report. Abc 7 and our Parent Company disney are giving 15,000 each to five bay area food banks this Holiday Season to help them serve the community. This morning, Laura Anthony presented the food bank of contra costa and solano with their check. 15,000 will provide 30,000 meals. One in nine People Living in contra costa and solano turn to the food bank. There are people with jobs but not enough to make ends meet. We have seniors on fixed incomes and also veterans. She says about half of their annual budget comes in during the Holiday Season. A significant portion is from individual donors. You can find out more about how to donate on abc7news. Com. Two families will be gathering for their fourth straight thanksgiving together tomorrow after an accidental text brought them together in 2016. You may remember back in 2016 when wanda densch sent a text about thanksgiving dinner planning. When they figured out the mixup, she went to the arizona home for thanksgiving together anyway. Theyve since continued the tradition every year. Tomorrow the two will break bread at the home of hintons girlfriends family. Hinton promises new photos are to come. Thats awesome. The accidental thanksgiving. Yeah. Spencer is here. Bomb genesis is over, i guess. Yes. The rain is not. Not quite. Although its mostly dry. Where it is raining, its not comfortable because its chilly. Live doppler 7. You can see how widely the showers are scattered. A look at the Santa Cruz Mountains where we have the most widespread activity at the moment and light snow over the mt. Hamilton area. In fact, some are fairly substantial in concord and antioch. It looks quite wet. For most of us, its looking like this. Just a lot of clouds as we look over San Francisco from sutro tower. Its 49 degrees here in the city right now. 50. Oakland, upper 40s. Redwood city and san jose. 40 at gilroy. 45 at half moon bay. Skies are brighter northward from the golden gate bridge. Temperature readings and other locations. Santa rosa, napa, petaluma. Concord and livermore. Looking westward from emeryville, lots of clouds from the distance. These are forecast features. Spotty showers, the possibility of them. Through the day tomorrow, through thanksgiving, freezing cold friday morning. The next round of rain will arrive this weekend. We still have a High Surf Advisory in effect until 6 00 this evening. Wave heights are elevated. Theres still the possibility of dangerous rip current and beach erosion. 1 in the storm impact scale. Tonight we expect a chance of scattered showers possibly isolating hail and thunder and snow, of course, over the higher peaks. Forecast animation at 6 00 this evening shows scattered nature of the system and the continuing snow in the sierra and a few patches of snow in the bay area peaks. Late tonight, spotty showers near the coast. Again, going into tomorrow, although much of the day will be dry, most locations will be dry. Theres a chance of old spotty showers popping up even the thanksgiving day as were sitting down to have dinner in the afternoon or evening tomorrow. Rainfall totals additional rainfall over the next 24 hours, not bring much. Novato, around. 17 of an inch and. 03 in ben low man. 30 at santa rosa. 32 at napa. Most inland locations seeing lows into the 30s. So for tomorrow, thanksgiving forecast shapes up this way. Lingering clouds. Isolated showers in the midday hours. Possibly, still a chance in the late afternoon, turning cold. Highs tomorrow, low 50s for most locations. That will be about it. The in the sierra, a Winter Weather advisory. Reduced visibility with more snow piling up. Travel will be tough there. The accuweather sevenday forecast. A bit of a break from the precipitation on friday. But you may not really enjoy the break. This is going to be so cold in the Early Morning hours. The next round of rain starts over the weekend. Looks like some periods of rain or showers are likely saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. Not too bad tomorrow. No. Not bad at all. What showers we have will be widely scattered. Thanks, spencer. If youre noticing fewer Christmas Trees, youre not alone. Why they could run out this year. Meet the bay area voices behind Charlie Brown and lucy. What theyre doing now. Hbut Mike Bloomberg became thele clasguy whoho mdid good. After building a business that created thousands of jobs he took charge of a city still reeling from 9 11 a threeterm mayor who helped bring it back from the ashes bringing jobs and thousands of Affordable Housing units with it. After witnessing the terrible toll of gun violence. 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