We are. At least we are not laughing. You can see where the precipitation is up north as we talked about yesterday still too far to the north. We do have midtoupper level clouds over us that are making it mild of the we will get a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon and temperatures are above average. The midtoupper level moisture will let go and evaporate before it hits the ground. Lowtomid 60s, another mild day. The second day of the week commute, leyla gulen . Im afraid we are reporting or seeing reports of accidents. The first accident is in san jose a solo vehicle spinout northbound 101 not causing delays because it is on the shoulder. C. H. P. Is out there. There is no wore as to injuries. To oak, eastbound 580, this is where we have an accident involving a motorcyclist. That is blocking one lane. We are not seeing delays. Westbound 580 up to highway 13 the drive is still looking clear. Identified, this is our drive through walnut creek southbound 680 with cars out there and everyone is moving along at top speed. This only we are hearing from an east bay woman whose quick thinking led to the rescue of an abducted girl after another woman came forward last week claiming to be the Good Samaritan who broke up the kidnapping. We have the story if pittsburg that is taking twists and towns. Amy . They say they found the real hero at target. Police say a worker here helped lead them to the kidnapped girl. Roxanna ramirez job is to prevent shoplifting and saw 43yearold David Douglas and said he was acting strangely. He did not steal anything but something wasnt right. I seen him grab a steering while and shake it like something was wrong with him. I thought, okay, manage is wrong with this guy. He is not all there. Later she was told about amber alert and the car matched the car she saw at target. She took down the license plate and called police who found him and the girl. Police say another woman lied about her involvement and said she said she helped find the kidnapped girl and she gave tv interviews, police say, she had no role. The free hero was here at target. The suspect gave a jailhouse interview to Bay Area News Group saying that kidnapping was a cry for help to get out of a situation. Happening now, a family is asking for the Publics Health fining a missing woman from san jose. Here is ac picture of the 22 yearold woman. Her family said she was out with friend on saturday and not come home. They are worried because she is usually home by 10 00 each night. Her car is also missing. It is a 2000 chevrolet license plate 4wae006. Anyone with information is urged to call the San Jose Police department. Happening today the Santa Clara ValleyWater District will be looking over a report on its water conditions but abc has an advanced copy of the report. We are at the stage where the yellow caution light is on and the reportening released today indicates the san jose rainfall was. 16 last month bringing the total rainfall since july to 30 percent of average. Local reservoirs are only at 33 percent of exist and 66 percent of the 20 year average but it is still early in the season. We have an initial outlook and made some initial recommendations to the board and by april that is when we would solidify any plans related to water shortage contingency. The Water District is boosting of thes to get residential customers to conserve and are offing incentives to reuse we watching machine water for irrigation. They will decide whether to declare a statewide drought. The Water District says that the sierra watershed has seen over 3 of rain this year,. 1 of normal. According to the times, neither is contemplating water restrictions. The reservoirs are normal capacity and water demand is down. However, precautions are being taken in the sacramento area. Water releases from the damn are cut in half for the next few days. As a result they say 10 percent of the salmon eggs waiting to hatch will die. Half of the country is waking up to the coldest temperatures in decades and at least ten people have died as a direct result of the deep freeze that stretches to the south and east coast this morning. Our reporter joins us from washington, dc, with the very latest. Good morning. Good morning from a frigid washington, dc. This city, like so many other cities around the country, is bracing for the recordbreaking cold. When you thought it couldnt get any colder, a dangerous arctic blast is plunging temperatures to historic lows coups the United States. A life threatening bone chilling record breaking freeze. I am wearing long underwear and i feel like i am going skiing but i am not i am going to, would. The cold, freezing eyebrows, icing glasses, and it is called a polar vortex, a whirl pool of frigid arctic air bringing freezing temperatures to every state but hawaii. Polar vortex sounds scary and i felt better when it was just cold. 28 below zero. 30 below zero. 40 below zero. Chicago residents renameed their city chi beria south. Schools if atlanta, closed. The snow, ice and wind still causing commuter chaos on the roads and runways. Jet blue canceling all flights at four major airports this will later today. My frustration level is here. If you want to know. The cold is a serious danger with frostbite occurring in five minutes. It is hard to believe but what we are feeling here in washington which is about nine below zero which is considered warm compared to what so many members are weighing up to this morning. It is relative, mary. Now, the flights the number of cancellations has been climbing all morning. So far, 1,893 flights have been canceled. This morning, sfo has seen over 0 cancellation 20 chance lakes the oak had cancellations but has resolved the problem according to www. Www. Flightaware. Com. And jetblue, those passengers have suffered the most because the airline did not try to fly in or out of northeast canceling all flights leaving many passengers stranded at sfo for a few more days. Secret blue is expecting to be at full capacity this afternoon and our reporter is at sfo joining with a look at how it is going at 5 30. Now can i tell my story . We are here. I remember years ago when working in a storm there was a deep freeze and it thawed and it was ten degrees and we thought that was warm. Short sleeves, tendegree weather. You know how that goes, mike. We take the weather seriously when it freezes to the gas pump. That happened to me. That is how cold it was. Then you respect how dangerous the cold can be. I forgot my gloves and put gas in the car and my hand froze to the handle of the gas pump. Feels like 30 below in chicago and 41 below zero in green bay and 15 below zero in st. Louis. It is 23 above in denver, 15 degrees warmer than yesterday but atlanta is 9 below zero. This is not something new but something the national media, the latest flavor of the day, always near the northeast part of siberia is now showing a chunk of energy that moved further south than normal so we are setting the records. The area of High Pressure that has been dominating our forecast has been allowed to go higher to the north. Studies show it is because of the lack of ice across the not pole allowing the normal cold weather to travel further. In atlanta, 38 in the capital, and nome is 31, on alaska is warmer than they should be. The east bay hills camera, we will talk about the day planner 34 to 49, and midtoupper 50s by noon, and holes in the cloud cover and upper 50s and near 60s in the afternoon with a sprinkle or two possible any time. Leyla gulen . Go have a couple of crashes out there and i will head back to the crash that is not in oakland but in san leandro, eastbound 580 headed out of oakland into san hand drove involving a motorcycle blocking one lane. We dont have injuries reported and the motorcycle was able to get up and move over to the side of the road. As you travel along, be careful if you are making the commute away from highway 13 you are going to be at top speed but know that is still sitting in one lane and proceed with caution. Here is the construction until 6 00 this morning in san jose, northbound, 680 from 280, we will have lanes blocked off there so slow if the cone zone. Outside, here is a look at the bay bridge beautiful view of the bay bridge and you cannot see the track it is a great drive into San Francisco. First, a smartphone and now a smart toothbrush. 911 comes back to haunt new York City Police and firefighters, the serious charges facing dozens of retired First Responders. What prompted hollywood director to walk off the stage during a rare appearance at the consumer el yes honey . Dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true . Says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and thats heart healthy. [ dad ] jan . These ugly stains are ruining my good looks and style. And good luck using that cleaner. Excuse me, miss . Hes right. Those are tough hard water stains, and that cleaners not gonna cut it. Truth is, 85 of us have hard water and many dont even know it. You need limeaway. Limeaway is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. Its 4 times more effective at removing lime scale than the leading bathroom cleaner. See the limeaway difference or your money back. Covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area this is abc7 news. Scores of retired new York City Police, fire, and collection officers living from new york to florida are arrested in a 911related disability scam. The prosecution says that scores of retired First Responders along with lawyers and doctors are being taken into custody accused of faking workrelated stress and psychiatric disorders from the september 11th attacks. The alleged fraud cost taxpayers hundreds of millions. The Manhattan District Attorney is planning a News Conference for 10 00 our time this morning. Senate democrats are scratching for votes to pass a bill to renew Unemployment Benefits for the longterm jobless which expired ten days ago. Bad weather kept more than a dozen senators from reaching washington yesterday head to the postponement of a test vote. The bill restores between 14 and 47 weeks benefits to an estimated 1. 3 million americans. Target is looking to fill 300 jobs at a new store in San Jose Holding a job fair this weekend to take applications and interview applications. It opens in mash in south san jose. The job fair runs friday, saturday, and sunday with details including the location and times on our website at abc7news. Com. The year is still young but so far it has been a slow start for the Financial Markets in 2014. Super bowl ad featureing David Beckham is helping experience something you have never experienced before on tv. Topping americas money, the careers slow start for stocks. The s p 500 has dropped each the first three trading days of 2014. The last time that happened was in 2005 when the average climbed only 3 percent. The Federal Reserve will be led by a woman for the first time ever. The Senate Confirmed janet yellen ensuring popular policies continue. The Security Electronics show opens with the first connected smart toothbrush tracking your brushing habits. Also, toyota unveil as new fuel cell car that can power your house for a week during a blackout. For the super bowl, the first ever tcommerce commercial enabling those with smart tvs to buy pieces from a body collection of David Beckham through the tv. Intel is taking a political stand. The chip maker says this year, all of the processors will be made from minerals that do not come from mines that are held by armed groups in congo. It is the first United StatesTechnical Company to take this step. There has been concern that Foreign Companies buying minerals from mines controlled byerly add groups are fueling the bloody conflict that has claim the five million lives, the deadliest since world war ii. Hollywood is buzzing after movie director michael bay walk off stage after the unveiling of the new hd tv. How will it impact how viewers experience the movies . Im sorry, im sorry. Okay. Ladies and gentleman, we thank michael bay for joining us. So, what happened there was the transformer director was frustrated at the show and says a problem with the teleprompter threw him off and later he blogged and said i embarrassed myself. We invite you to come over here and hang out with us get used to it. Being able to talk when the teleprompter goes out. Mike doesnt use a teleprompter. Never. That is why my ab libbing skills are so wonderful. We have haze out there around concord and livermore and everyone also is okay but, unfortunately, no rain right now on live doppler 7 hd. The east bay valley is mild this morning and everyone is in the lowtomid 40s from san rafael and pleasanton at 40 to 43 in Pleasant Hill and lafayette and milder over the ridge and head out highway four at pittsburg and brentwood, midtoupper 40s, and 45 in san jose, hayward, and oakland the cooler spots. In los gatos it is 44, and 51 in San Francisco and mid50s at napa and novato. From the camera this morning, it is quiet weather looking to the south. We will have sunny pockets breaking through the clouds today. We have a chance of light rain wednesday. A better chance on saturday. If anything falls, it looks to be mostly in the north bay, along the coast, less than. 1. The dry and remain warmth will return sunday through next week. You can see cloud cover is like yesterday thicker at times and at times opening for the sun. Temperatures are above average. We do not have as strong an offshore wind. Upper 50s to he [sic] into San Francisco. Lowtomid 60s for the rest of us. Tonight the clouds keep us mild with mid30s around cloverdale and santa rosa and napa and morgan hill and the rest of us in the lowtomid 40s until van at 48. The High Pressure we talked about the lows chipping away and pushing eversoslightly away. The series of low pressures will come through, small bits of energy that will move through and they may hookup with this moisture and try to squeeze out sprinkles today, a chance of light rain especially in the management bay tomorrow, and sprinkles on thursday, and a last chance on saturday, and look at the lowtomid 60s returning for sunday and monday. Have a great day. Also want do say a very merry orthodox christmas day. Did you know today is the orthodox christmas . Yesterday was epiphany. If you are staying home, this is good news because it look like the westbound side of 580 is bumper to bumper at 37 Miles Per Hour from tracy and over the Altamont Pass to dublin, i will show you how long it takes, eastbound direction some construction to grownville road. Tracy to dublin is 31 minutes and highway 4 westbound antioch to concord is 14 minutes. 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They were stranded after hitting a 13 snow drift that paralyzed the engines. The passengers are taken by bus to chicago. Target employee in pittsburg is getting credit for amber alert tip that led the police to the suspect and kidnapped girl. Police say a target employees took down the license plate. Federal judge canceled a hague scheduled today in the case of 13yearold girl declared brain dead after council surgery. The family moved jahi mcmath from Childrens Hospital oakland to undisclosed facility if longterm care. Aussie, can you see how clear the air is, our third consecutive non spare the air day, and we have chances of sprinkles and light rain spread throughout your sevenday forecast. The timetable is coming up. Seven, look behind my, this is the bay bridge toll with traffic light and we do have a light commute this morning in most areas with a couple of accidents and now they are clearing, but, the buildup in certain areas and i tell you where they are coming up. 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