Police. Now to San Francisco where the power street cable car line is running back on schedule after a derailment delayed the line this morning. There were reports around 8 30 that a car derailed. Sfmta crews were able to get the cable car back on the tracks by 9 00 a. M. Close to the Sierra Nevada were close to 3 of snow is expected in some areas near tahoe. According to chp or at least their office there up in the sierra. Close to all truck traffic. You know what smiles all around. Many of those resorts are starting to open up with a few of their runs ready to go. Lets talk more about the weather were seeing up in the sierra and here at home with meteorologist mark tamayo. Theres been a shift in the weather pattern with repressive rainfall in the bay area and the sierra getting blanketed with that fresh power. Here we go with our rainfall totals. That main front that remained on shore then kentfield approaching 2 of rainfall. Oakland. 68 in the sierra. These numbers are going up as well. Most numbers picking up around 17. Were adding to those totals currently for your wednesday afternoon. You can see the coverage but the actions from the Lightning Strikes detected as well. Kind of randomly click on a few of these right now you can see tahoe city. As we move ute towards tahoe. 10 that was 7 00 this morning. Now todays you can see a brief lightning detected here on the area radar and still some coverage here with some sunshine, breaks in the clouds and shower activity. You can see in portions of the east bay. So san ramon approaching dublin and pleasanton. We can show you is this here on portions of the south bay currently bring on the side of lightning bolt here. But still some lightning stability out there with some showers closer to palo alto, Mountain View and sunnivale. You may have noticed a dusting of snow. The snow levels coming down around 2,025. As far as thanksgiving well have more on that forecast coming up in a little bit. While this storm is making a rough trip for folks all the way up to tahoe collision spinning out. Reporting now from the highway 50 corridor. Speeding cars literally having to be pushed. These snapshots on day two of this storm. Just how much snow are we talking here in public pines. Look at the parking lot that is a solid foot of snow on the ground. This is just the beginning. We hope right. Right. This morning, low snow as well as chain controls fell as low as placerville. Winds causing branches to block a portion of westbound 50 this as Power Outages darken the pines safeway and impacted more than 5,000 other pg e customers all as people tried to navigate heavy snowfall and snowcovered roads. They werent kidding when they said it was going to come in and it came in and it came in hard. You can barely see it across the street. And just as a reminder if you are going to be driving out in the snow keep in mind the light fluffy stuff on the top, well underneath sierra cement. It was a wetter snow earlier this morning that now freezing so that means conditions could be slicker. Wherever youre driving up here in the sierra. Mike testle. The storm passing through makes it feel a little more like the holidays. Its winter again. I love it. It just cleans everything out and it looks so pretty. Its so fresh. I love the rain. Hey,. There are concerns about possible flash flooding in the area up where the kincade fire burned. the chp also has a safety reminder for everyone driving in the rain. The biggest concern is everyone slowing down. We just really want people to back off, give each other room and be kind to each other right now because its tough. National Weather Service also posted advice a line about what an umbrella is and how to use one. Thousands of people will have an early thanksgiving meal today. Live at the Sonoma County fairgrounds with a look at this incredible event, sarah. About an hour ago on the diamond hall. Now this is how businesses help its really important to volunteer when Michael Schwartz started on hard times gusts admissions prepare to pick him up. As for 14month program schwartz landed back on his feet 10 years later and he returns to the mission as a volunteer. It feels pretty good. To give back to the people that gave to me. His daughter and six other volunteers at the Sonoma County fairgrounds. More than 5,000 people remain to be served a holiday meal and puck up a warm coat. We just want them to know that they are the community. The community has really rallied around this event. Last month a storage container was broken in to. But so many people stepped up to help. We pulled it out just an amazing response from the community. So much so. Expecting to go. Its that everyone at this banquet is thankful for this. And the. Theres still a lot of time to come out here. This event just started at 11 00 this morning and that started at 7 00 p. M. It is free and open to everyone. Sarah zendanom. With a second storm expected this weekend the rain is a concern for people looking in areas that burn fuelling wild fires across the country. To reduce the possibility of mud slides in sonoma counties. County crews will tl are setting up barriers. We have three separate non profit entities up there that we contracted with about 300,000. And reaction in the areas that are burnt are going to stay out of the streams. Those plans were placed not long after the fire burned 77,000 acres. The fire destroyed 177 homes. That fire is now 50 contained. Officials say that overnight blaze helped the fire fight and they expect that containment number to grow today. The cause of the fire is not yet known. A lot of people need help putting food on the table this thanksgiving. Coming up how to make housing legalities ffr more people in the south bay. Travels today are still waiting to be united. And from the airports to the roads it is get away day on this eve of thanksgiving. It is bumper to bumper in both directions. Were back after the break. The powers back on at the Oakland International airport and operations are back to normal. Thousands heading to thanksgiving destinations as Alyssa Harrington reports many passengers were forced to leave their luggage behind. Behind me you see hundreds of suitcases. This is the luggage left behind last night during that power outage. Travelers were not able to grab their bags when the lights went out. This is the worst. It was the worst ever. Cheryl murray and her husband finally returned home to oakland after a long night sleeping in chairs at the las vegas airport. Their flight to oakland was cancelled because of the power outage. Yeah, wherever they could sleep. It was ugly. On the floors benches. All night long. The problems started last night around 6 45. The Oakland Airport suffered a power outage in the middle of the storm. Lights went out. Lines at Security Check points came to a stand still because the screeners could not use the equipment. People who already reached the states were not allowed to board. We came here from atlanta and we were standing here and the lights went off and everyone was kind of like uh, oh. Hundreds of bags were backlogged in the system. People left without their things. I got off the plane a little after 6 00 and then as i was walking to the baggage claim the power all went out. So by the time i got to here the emergency power was back on but it wasnt working on the baggage claim so i waited for maybe a half an hour and decided to go. By morning travelers could return to the airport to be reunited with their bags. Southwest had suitcases separated by flight order. A few hours sleeping came back to get plain clothes. It wasnt terrible. It would have been a real pain. Communication wasnt great because i dont think they really know what happened. They said we dont have any idea how long its going to take. Stay if you want. I also felt bad for everyone check engine. If you flew southwest this is what employees could expect to see. To navigate through these roads of suitcases. The cause of the power outage remains under investigation. Alyssa harrington ktvu fox 2 news. Over at sfo it wasnt a power outage but a protest that added to holiday chaos at San Francisco international. Yesterday, dozens of workers staged protests inside and outside at sfo. Demanding better pay and health benefits. Six days a week. And a Part Time Job to pay our bills. We have no time with family. We work so much were popping ibprofen all day long just to get through the day. Police detained more than 50 workers and three San Francisco supervisors for trespassing. A little more sunshine starting to pop here in our back yard. Yeah, todays one of those deals where you have some sunshine. Another part of the bay area will have some heavy downpours. Because the conditions can change rapidly. This is our san jose camera looking to the east and if youre thinking to yourself it might be cold enough to snow youre right on. A bit of a dusty locally here. Here is the forecast model and as you can see were going to have some sunny breaks, some clouds, and showers quickly pivoting through portions of the bay area. This is 7 00 tonight and then into thursday for thanksgiving there is just a slight chance of an isolated shower or sprinkle. But it looks like a dry patterns setting up. Here we go for tomorrow thanksgiving forecast. We are expecting a sun cloud mix. Still that chance of shower and temperatures in the cool side on either side of 50 degrees tomorrow afternoon. A lot to talk about on the radar. Of course we have the rain showers moving in from the north to the south and of course the snowfall piling up in the sierra. And these are the snow reports in the lake tahoe area. As we come in closer to the bay area still this Lightning Strike here. The south bay. So we have some instability if you look outside you can probably see those puffy white clouds develop and that could produce the thunderstorms. Dublin closer to fremont. Closer to the sunnivale area. Its coming closer right now. Theres some of the coverage still some shower activity developing right there. It could be a sudden downpour. Were going for a drive conditions will change rapidly. As we mentioned a little bit of snow showing up on the bay area radar. We showed you this camera earlier. It is cold enough with the snow levels dropping to keep that snow in the forecast for us. The main impact with the real significance falls out towards the sierra. This was the deal yesterday. This was a source that heavy rainfall produced last night. With that some scattered showers and some low snow levels and then into the weekend we are tracking another system which could produce the moderate to heavy rainfall especially saturday evening and into sunday. Heres the forecast model into the weekend. Look at these numbers that go up dramatically. It looks like were shifting into a much more productive pattern in the bay that could produce significant rainfall. Today scattered showers off and on. A possibility of a thunderstorm. Bring the thick coat and jacket. Temperatures only in the lower 50s. Tomorrow, one of the cooler days of the week for your thanksgiving into friday. Partly cloudy skies and then by the weekend well have more rain clouds gopping by saturday afternoon into saturday night. Thank you for that. New at noon, san jose marking a milestone on the day before thanksgiving. This morning in a bariessa neighborhood. The finishing touches on 32 sleeping cabins. Each home is approximately 80 80 square feet with a bed, a desk and heating unit. Mayor luccardo says he helped install those desk. Desks. Obviously we find more than just this particular community of 40 tiny homes. We have another one under construction now so we can get more of our streets. The first 40 residents will move into those new homes by the middle of next month. A second Tiny Home Community will begin occupancy next year. Mayor london breed took part in the San Francisco transition this morning for the salvation annual turkey carving event. It included a carve off competition and the fire chief jimmy nixon. Carving is part of the salvation armys thanksgiving meals. With mayor london breed and talked about her concern for people in the city who dont have a place to call home and planning Navigation Centers by help. Ultimately we want to get people off the streets. We know homelessness is not just a problem in San Francisco but its a problem all over the bay area and its important that Navigation Centers open because they are solutions to addressing homelessness. It could be up and running before the end of the year. A lawyer for 0 potentials of the center says theyre considering all options. Coming up the impeachment inquiry heading into its next fades. Ahead of a planned senate trial on the president s dealings with ukraine. And well take a peak at the traffic conditions right now on the san mateo bridge. You can see it is still wet and the worst of the traffic is still to come in the early afternoon hours. Remember, this afternoon from 2 to 4 00 well be right back. The impeachment inquiry is moving forward with the House Judiciary Committee. Reporter kevin corn reports from West Palm Beach florida where the president is spending his thanksgiving holiday. Were going to hear from three democrat witnesses and so theyre talking about a fair process. I dont see anything thats fair. Republicans already calling the next phase of the house impeachment inquiry unfair. Even though the House Judiciary Committee is still days away from taking over the process. Announcing tuesday the committee will hold its first public hearing next week. The white house responding in a statement that its currently reviewing chairman nadlers letter. This is a moment to noesht for access to everything and then make thur they set rules to including that. Office of management and budget. Testifying that two staffers resigned after expressing frustrations with the hold on military in ukraine. Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence is an appropriate option. It may be easier, quicker. With the initial hearing scheduled for december 24 lieutenant democrats are hoping to have a vote sometime before christmas. Stocks rising a bit higher this afternoon we see the dow jones s p 500 ask up by over 1 3 of a percent. A surprising admission by the dmv. Who the agency is telling your personal information to. Also winter storm warning coming up how snow in the sierra is affecting tahoe. Speaking of driving conditions heres a look at highway 24 in the east bay on the east side of that tunnel. Maybe a lot of taking off a little early. Traffic moving pretty well in both directions. Say yes for less to gifts storewide. At 20 to 60 off Department Store prices. Most stores are open thanksgiving, 6pm to midnight. Reopening friday at 7am. With extended hours saturday and sunday. Yes for less. With extended hours saturday and sunday. Those darn seatbelts got me all crumpled up. Thats ok hey, guys hi mrs. Patterson. Wrinkles send the wrong message. Sorry. Help prevent them before they start with new downy wrinkleguard. You dont let a cold ruin your day. You take dayquil severe liquicaps and crush it. 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So far the early measurements from this morning showing you amounts around 17 to 18 to 20. So the winter storm warning in place as you can see. Total amounts up above 7,000 could be 2 to 3. So just keep an eye on the roadways also caltrans has a great phone number of 1800gas road. So heres the latest on the radar right now. The coverage right now piling up in the sierras coming close. These are just the early snow reports from this morning kientd of scattered around lake sta hoe as you can see here lake tahoe as you can see here. That was reported 10 08 this morning. Truckee reporting 7. South lake tahoe pick up snowfall as well. Another 10 as we continue to add to those amounts as you can with the snowfall continuing to move into portions of the sierra. For us we have a little bit of white on our local radar. Snow levels down to around 2,500. There we can see portions of the east bay and it looks like right around sunnivale. Its one of those deals where one neighborhood might have complete sunshine and all of a sudden you have these sudden downpours developing that could lead to heavy downpours and maybe some normals as well. Todays going to be one of those unsettled days in the forecast if are your wednesday but then some changes develop for your thursday forecast. Thank you. Ski resorts in tahoe certainly happy to see all this fresh powder. Staff members at heavenly work non stop to clear those lift lines. The resorts posting on twitter it has 11 of fresh powder. Kirkwood at north star expected to open on friday. If youre planning a trip to tahoe, heads up here. Todays one of the busiest travel days of the Holiday Season. Todays expected to be the worst time to hit the roadway. The rain in the bay area that weve had and the snow in the sierras making things a lot more challenging. Interstate 80 in berkley is a particular choice for Holiday Travelers. Some are beating the traffic by choo