Been canceled as of this moment. All lanes have remained open. However, it looks like were still seeing a few cones out in that area. Well keep a close eye on any backup. We have Team Coverage of that crash on 280. Lets get straight to today in the bays tom jensen who has been on the scene this morning talking to investigators. Tom, you actually had to move locations at one point. What kind of updates do you have . Reporter we had to be moved from the location because theyre opening the lanes right now. You can see the traffic at least where we are south of the accident scene, all five lanes are open. We did notice when we were coming down here, there were still flares in a couple lanes. That might be causing a bit of a backup. This is a horrific accident, if we can go to the video we got earlier today. Wrongway driver, a volkswagen heading northbound in the southbound hit the red car. The engine was actually blown out of the vehicle and was wrolg down the highway. They had to exkate the woman from that red car. We talked to chp sergeant out here who told us exactly what happened. We think a silver volkswagen was going the wrong way on 280, hit head on with the red chevy thats right behind me here. As those vehicles rotate, the chevy goes into the center divider, hits the wall, winds up on the roof. The driver is trapped in the car. The volkswagen stays in the two lane and gets rearended by a third vehicle which was a white bmw. Reporter i talked to the sergeant later, he told me the woman in that red car was upside down. She was screaming when firefighters came up. She passed out. They extricated her from the vehicle, took her to the hospital. She and the woman who was in the volkswagen both have major injuries, both at area hospitals. Another driver who was at a bmw crashed into the back. She had minor injuries and was able to be released from the scene immediately. This is causing a bit of a backup just north of us. They hope to have all five lanes open here very soon so the commuters coming in, going into the downtown, will have those lanes open in a little bit. Well keep you up to date as we get more information. For nourks live in san jose, tom jensen, today in the bay. A very serious scene there. We hope everyone is okay. Tom, thank you very much. Were going to check in with kari hall now. Much the same, a chilly morning. You say today and tomorrow are the warmest days. Yeah, during the afternoon. We still have those cold temperatures in the morning to deal with, some freezing temperatures especially in those windsheltered valleys and all clear skies around the bay area. So looking at now the shot from emeryville, as we see that, traffic is moving smoothly. Skies are clear. Only 37 degrees now there and 33 in napa. 29 in fairfield and 34 now in morgan hill. It will be warmer today, up to the low 60s for parts of the south bay, mid 50s for San Francisco and 58 degrees for napa. Ill show you a little bit warmer weather in the forecast for tomorrow. Thats coming up and also a look at some weekend rain in a few minutes. 6 04. More breaking news this morning. This coming from downtown San Francisco where utility crews are searching for the source of what theyre calling a suspicious odor. Today in the bays pete suratos joining us live. We understand the Fire Department got a lot of calls about this overnight. What are you learning . Good morning, sam and kira. About 30 calls is what sf fire is telling us they got regarding this gas odor spell. According to pg e, theyre saying there are no natural gas read dngs and classifying this as an unspecified odor. This is specifically in the downtown San Francisco area including south of the embarcadero as well as geary and leavenworth. The first call came in from polk street. The good news is, this smell has dispalted. Were told there are crews on the ground with pg e conducting those readings around the city. If we get new information or new details on, this well bring that to you back in the newsroom. Live in San Francisco, pete suratos for today in the bay. Pete, thank you very much. Some folks in the bay area also feeling this this morning. A swarm of earthquakes near South Lake Tahoe that could be felt close to the bay area. Take a look at this usgs map showing the cluser . The center of your screen, being updated as aftershocks continue to hit. This is what we know, two 5. 7 magnitude quake shook minutes apart this morning after midnight. Then there was a serious of smaller earthquakes after that. The two larger quakes were centered near hawthorne, nevada, more than 300 miles from the bay area. At least one of the two men arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing inside a target store on Christmas Eve will be charged today. Were also learning new details of the vicious attack of a father of four. The victim here, Tyrone Griffin seen in this photo with his family. Police say he was stabbed in the toy section of the target store on whipple road in hayward, again, on Christmas Eve. Griffin was shopping with his 4yearold son at the time. The suspects who were arrested that night are franky and jesse arch let toe. Witnesses say the victim was talking to the two men about their music because it was inappropriate for children. So tragic there. At 6 06 right now, star wars fans remembering Carrie Fisher. Certainly a lot of heartbreak. Fisher died yesterday in los angeles at 8 55 in the morning. She was only 60 years old. Her death comes after she suffered an apparent heart attack while on a flight from london back to los angeles last friday. Fisher was best known for her iconic role as Princess Leia in star wars, but she accomplished so much in her acting and theatrical career. She was also known as an author, activist and srcertainly a witt personality. Coming up at 6 30, well hear from a bay area man who directed fisher for her show wishful drinking. Stay tuned for continuing coverage at 7 00. The today show will have an indepth look for her life as can Carrie Fisher. Well remember her work and sem braet her life. Its 6 07. Still cold out there. All clear skies, 39 degrees now in the peninsula and the south bay, 35 degrees. Were dealing with frost again this morning and freezing temperatures in spots like the north bay. Its 30 degrees, 44 in San Francisco as you head out the door. It will be up to 58 degrees today in the peninsula. Upper 50s to low 60s again this afternoon and a light wind with mostly sunny skies, looking at more sunshine in the forecast for the next couple days and also a chance of rain as we go into the weekend. We will be keeping an eye on a couple of storm systems moving in, but it looks like only spotty light rain at this point in the forecast as we end out 2016 and get ready to start 2017. Ill have a look at that frost coming up in about ten minutes. Heading over to vianey looking at a lot of busy things going on. A couple of crashes. Kari, unfortunately a very scary start on the southbound 280 near byrd avenue exit. There was a sig alert issued. Thats due to a wrongway driver involving three vehicles. Unfortunately, it appears to have major injuries. As of now, all lanes have been reopened and the sig alert has been canceled. Good news if youre heading in that direction. A quick look at your south bay drive times, not looking too bad on the roads. Coming up next, a bay area Public Transit agency making it easier for you to get home on new years eve. The steps caltrains is taking to make sure everyone stays safe as they ring in the new year. Fights breaking out at malls across the country. Well tell you why social media is being blamed. A live look outside from our emeryville camera. As we were finding out, traffic still lighter this week in between christmas and new years. Youre watching today in the bay. Much more in two minutes. Traf good wednesday morning. Time for the tahoe, squaw valley, alpine met does report. It will be bright and sunny today. Up to 42 degrees for tomorrow. Into the weekend, a slight chance of snow at the base. 24 inches of snow as we head into the holiday weekend. Looking at only spotty light snowshowers. A bigger storm for monday and tuesday where we could have over a foot and a half of snow. Well talk about that and how much rain for the bay area coming up in about five minutes. Weve been getting updates on the major crash southbound 280 at bhird avenue. The sig alert was canceled. No backups at the moment. A quick look at your south bay drive times. Ill give you the late up updates in just a bit. Vianey, thank you very much. Lets stay with the roads now and kind of a good news, bad news. The good news, duis were down. The bad news is chp says not wearing a seatbelt is what caused many deaths. The agency also says among the 16 people who were killed in collisions within the chps jurisdiction, half of them were not buckled up. Chp says its going to also crack down this upcoming weekend for new years eve, focusing on impaired and distracted driving, speeding and, of course, seatbelt violations. Caltran is making changes to accommodate passengers on new years eve. Start 8 00 saturday night, theyll offer free rides to encourage partygoers to use the train instead of getting on the road. If youre hoping to catch the fireworks, caltrain has four extra southbound trains running after midnight. There will be four extra trains every half hour. The 2 15 a. M. Train is expected to be very crowded. Caltrain is urging people to take an earlier train if possible. On new years eve theyll be on a regular schedule. On sunday,. Someone found what they thought was a suspicious bag yesterday afternoon at trump tower. That triggered the panic you see here. The building was evacuated. As it turns out t suspicious bag was filled with toys. The president elect was at his estate in florida, not at the building at the time. Social media may have played a roll in a number of fights at malls across the country. 15 massive brawls erupted the day after christmas. People could be seen running from fights and from the exits at malls across the states. Some say rumors of mass hysteria being spread through social media is feeding into these panicked scenes. No reports of major incidents here at bay area halls. 6 15 on your wednesday. Lets get to business and tech news now with scott mcgrew is off this morning. Wall street could start positive today in the green as futures right now are pointing higher. The dow rose 11 points to 19,945, the nasdaq up 24 to 5,487. Stocks posting small gains yesterday with the nasdaq reaching a new record high, although the caveat is, on very low volume. Investors are cheering Economic Data that shows Consumer Confidence rose to a 15year high. Donald trump taking credit for that increase in a tweet he posted last night. Well get a report today on ending home sales as well. A lastminute surge in spending may have helped offset a slow start to the holiday season. Sales at brick and Mortar Stores rose 6 . Master card says Strong Demand for furniture, Home Furnishings and mens apparel is what pushed holiday sales up 4 , slightly above the forecast. December is the season of giving, january may be the month of returns. Ups expects to deliver 1. 3 million packages back to retailers on january 5th. That day is celebrated by the company but no one else. About 10 of holiday purchases are returned. Staying with post holiday shopping, if youre headed to the stores to return an unwanted gift this week, experts say be on the lookout for fake money. The secret service says theres always an up take in counterfeiting money. The Federal Reserve says the 20 bill is the most count fitted in the u. S. While the 100 is the most counterfeited around the world. Hulu signing a deal for movies with disney. The first time disney films have been available to hulu customers. Rival netflix also has a deal with disney for recent releases such as zoo topia. The mighty ducks is old now . I love that movie. I probably watched it over a thousand times. Thank you for making me feel old about that. Im included in this. A bunch of hole difficults up here. Let me ask you a question. Is today going to be a good day to sit in and watch movies . At least early. Then it warms up and youll want to get outside. Thats the kind of weather weve had recently. Mornings it makes you not want to get out of bed. You want to stay warm under the blankets and then well have sunshine, making things all bright and a lot more comfortable. A live look outside at san jose. It is chilly again this morning and all clear skies. Only 35 degrees. 32 in livermore. Below freezing in fairfield and santa rosa. Starts out the morning at 30 degrees. Now we make it up to 60 today. A big difference from the morning to the afternoon. In oakland up to 58 degrees and 56 in San Francisco. We compare that to what everyone else is feeling around the country. Its pretty much the same. A big chunk of the northern half of the country seeing temperatures right at or below freezing. But no major snowstorms which were seeing on this busy travel week as people try to head over toward new york city to watch the ball drop. Well be watching out for a weak storm system moving into Southern California for the end of the week. It may bring scattered showers south of the golden gate bridge, but not expecting any widespread heavy rain, also spotty showers and chilly air for the weekend. As we start out the new year, it will be still wet in some spots with spotty showers here and there. Then the rain estimates show we wont see much, up to about. 25, maybe. 50 inch in spots. Looking dry over the next several days. In San Francisco, expect highs to be the upper 50s, dry weather until friday. Then the weekend once again, some cool spotty showers moving in and look at the highs next week in the upper 40s to lower 50s. So enjoy this warm weather the next couple days. Heading over to vianey, whats happening as you head out on the roadways now . Following the holidays, were starting to see that traffic pick up. Early this morning during the 4 00 a. M. Hour, we had a major accident that happened on southbound 280 at byrd avenue involving three vehicles and a wrongway driver. There are serious injured involved. As of u now, all lanes are open. We had a car fire westbound 580 that still appears to have backup. Here is a quick look at your try val li drive times from 580 to 680, about 26 minutes. The south bay seeing light backup from northbound 101 towards highway 85, about 19 minutes. The san mateo bridge, a quick check, already seeing cars trying to get out on the bridges. Coming up next, you may be paying more for medical care than you need to. Well tell you the reason why next. Plus nbc bay area responds. A train trip where the temperature dips into the 40s on board. Then an even frostier reception when a refund is requested. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds next. On treating and manag in medical news this morning, when it comes to health care, americans spend the most money on treating and managing diabetes. A new study looks at the dramatic rise in Health Care Spending from 1996 all the way to 2013. Diabetes topped the list at an estimated 101 billion followed by Heart Disease and low back and neck pain. Treating high Blood Pressure and high cholesterol also rank in the top 20 for Health Care Spending. New Research Suggests icus are used far too often. Data from 808 patients admitted to Ucla Medical Center in l. A. Shows more than half could have been treated in less expensive and less invasive settings. Many were in need of close monitoring, but not quite at icu level care. Others were so sick they didnt even benefit from intensive care. Nbc bay area responds to a San Francisco man who says he experienced a very cold train ride on amtrak. Consumer investigator chris chmura has what happened when that passenger requested a refund. Good morning, bruce paid 4200 for an amtrak rooid to portland and back with his family. Bruce says the return trip was way too cold. He says the air conditioner in their sleeper car malfunctioned. This is a screen grab of the temperature in there. This is the thermometer from his phone, 41. 6 degrees in their cabin. He recorded that with his cell phone. Bruce says it was very hard on his aging father while sleeping inside that cabin. He complained to amtrak but was told no other sleeper cars were available. After the trip, bruce asked amtrak for a refund and was denied. He reached out to us and we reached out to amtrak. It issued bruce a partial refund of 500 plus a 700 credit for future travel. In a statement, amtrak only said this matter was resolved. Bruce told us this has at least lightened and other wise dark and unhappy chapter in his familys life. If you have a consumer complainter, you can call any time, the number is 1888996tips or visit us online at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Have a great day. Thank you, chris. You, too. up next on today in the bay, the president elect takes his battle with the current president to where else . Social media. The online feud between donald trump and president obama. Plus, chilling new details released in the case of a bay area father stabbed and killed inside target on Christmas Eve. Well tell you what witnesses reported seeing just before the attack. Reporter a bad accident, a multiplecar accident on highway 280 southbound. Well show you exactly how it happened and what commuters can expect coming up in a live report. And here is a live look outside right now from the bay bridge toll plaza. No metering lights necessary. Were still enjoying Holiday Light this week. Vianey is in for mike tracking all the latest incidents in the bay area. Well be back in two minutes. Another chilly start across the bay area this morning. Taking a live look at downtown san jose. A lot of blue on karis maps as once again were waking up to chilly temperatures this morning. That is not dublin. Thats downtown san jose. Good morning. Thanks for join