East coast are getting socked by a blizzard with blinding snow and near Hurricane Force wind. Thousands of flights cancelled. Public transportation suspended and for the first time in new york the subway were shut down. We are in new york city. Worst of the storm moving in much of the northeast could be buried between few feet of snow in the morning. This will most likely be one of the largest blizzard in the history of new york city. Prompting unprecedented level of response. Bridges and tunnel in new york city shut down for everything but emergency vehicle. Subway and a lot of commuter trains not running either. They say go home early, you probably not getting home especially in this. So many took the advice with similar travel ban in place in new jersey connecticut and massachusetts. Also several major airport in the northeast closed. Ripple effect being felt nationwide. Im exhausted. Annoyed. I just want to good home. Not just the snow causing problems. Supposed to get bad. Wind gust in some area could be up to 75 miles an hour. Leading to white out conditions and potential for wide spread power outage. This is a significant storm. Should not be taken lightly. Students and thousands of workers in the northeast getting a snow day tomorrow potentially unlike any they have seen before. Snow fall really expected to pick up over the next few hours with the heaviest of it lasting well into tomorrow morning. This is abc news new york. The now the blizzard is bearing down on much of the northeast and affecting air travel nationwide. Lets look at sfo the airport report ago total of 51 cancellations and delays to and from that storm zone. The airport in Oakland San Jose one cancellation each because of the storm. At least 6500 flights nationwide are cancelled and may not take off until tuesday. After taking heat for jacking up praises during past disaster San Francisco base ub disaster San Francisco base uber is capping the peak demand fare in places like new york and boston tonight. Riders are paying nearly triple the standard fair but after paying the drivers uber plans to donate the proceeds to the red cross to help those affected by the storm. Lets now check in with spencer with much more on the blizzard tonight. Spencer. Okay. Start with a look at live doppler 7hd where nothing is happening. Bounce over to the other side of the country where that blizzard is building up along the north atlantic coast. As a matter of fact blizzard warnings in effect from new york to boston to bangor maine expecting 15 to 30 inches of snow along the coast line there. Gust up to 55 maybe 65 Miles Per Hour in the interior areas away from the coast line winter storm warning in effect 18 to 24 inches of snow may fall gusting 30 to 40 miles an hour. Gust up to 48 Miles Per Hour in long island out on the east end of long island. 67 Miles Per Hour nantucket and 25 to 37 Miles Per Hour in other coastal locations in the urban areas there. Lets look at the big storm which is just a powerful winter storm that is likely to produce the most powerful affects along the coast line during the wee hours of the morning 1 and 6 00 a. M. As it churns up the coast line producing powerful gust and heavy snow fall late tomorrow start to taper off and move away from the coast line. It is big storm and paralyzing transportation not only in the east but across the entire nation. Okay spencer thanks very much. More on the weather as we continue but lets move on. Woman is dead ncaa and two drivers in custody after what Police Suspect was street race that wept out of control. We show you where the collision happened near eden wood drive when police say 2 silver cars racing west on this road. They collided. The drivers lost control and plowed into a railing. The impact killed a female pedestrians on the sidewalk. The driver may be facing vehicle already manslaughter charges now one of them suffered some injuries in this crash. Neighbors in the silver creek neighborhood in East San Jose say they have been complaining for long time about speeding vehicles. One woman was home tell he commune mute muting when the accident occurred outside the window and then she realized someone was killed. Heart breaking. It was unnecessary. And not the first time. Right across the street few years back. Another fatal collision where car coming down too fast and 2 people were killed. Car wrapped around the post. Reporter she says she and her neighbors have complained to the city about the speeders but no action has been taken. They say to ongoing pra problem. They would like a traffic signal to try to slow down vehicle. Popular pizzeria shut down because of fire. Fire that was caused by a young teenager driving out of control. 7 News Reporter vick lehas more from san bruno. St thick black smoke and flames sore into the morning air. Firefighters responded to 911 calls a little after 10. Fire went quickly to 2 alarm. Fire that was tough to fight. Rupture gas line kept giving the stubborn blaze life. Shooting flames to the attic of the peter ri a. He owns this pizza shop. I just woke up out of my sleep to run over here and see our what we have been working for for the last 12 years up in flames. Reporter firefighters brought 18 pieces of equipment including ladder trucks. They doused the gas line with heavy doses of water hoping it would stop the inner shah. It helped while pg e got here and dug a 4 foot hole in the sidewalk clamping the gas pipe. Firefighters were able to stop the fire from reaching a tattoo shop in the same ground level building. Had to kick my door in. And i had to see if any flames went in the show. The white mir said benz wedge in the pizza shop. Firefighters say that is what caused the blaze. 16yearold girl was driving the cary ratcly down a back street. Police pursued her through several stop lights. Jo an saw the chase from the bedroom. It was like if you were in a race track. The it was so loud. Tell and fast. Reporter the driver apparently lost control and plowed into the pizza ri a. Hit the building hit a gas main sought gas main ruptured which started the fire. Vrjts teenager escaped unhurt arrested. Fire put out a little after 12 noon. Vic lee abc 7 news. San jose police want your help tonight locate ago missing teenager who may be in need of his medicine. Noah ran away ran away from home last thursday. Missing teenager has type 1 diabetes and requires insulin twice a day so this is serious. Last seen wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers hat and black sweatshirt. If you think you have seen him please call 911. At another business to the list of places visited by a measles patient. Health Officials Say the person visited dave and buster in milpitas. Man came here week ago tonight. Visitors to the arcade today didnt seem overly concerned. Im from the older generation so you know we hall measles when we were kid so i dont know if the strain is worse or better or what but im not overly concerned about i dave and busters has its own entrance and the measles patient didnt go into the adjacent mall. South bay location where people were possibly exposed to measles to 3. Man also visit add costco and walmart in gilroy the day before. Signs of those stores warn customers to look for symptoms of measles for 21 days. If you havent heard this story and seen the pictures today its something. Pilot has quite a story to tell about the plane that he was supposed to deliver to australia but did not quite make it. Watch this remarkable video taken by coast guard rescue crew 250 miles short of hawaii. Pilot deploy a parachute as plane runs out of, develops a fuel problem that despite addition of auxiliary fuel tank in california. Plane goes down in the water where it tank but the pilot rescued without injury by crew of nearby cruise ship. Hes the one in the green shirt there. Just an incredible survival story. The laura went to tracey where the fuel tank was i hope stalled. Its long range fuel tank that extend the total distance the plane can fly. Richard says his Company Tracy sky view aviation has installed 1200 of these long range fuel tank for small planes and 25 years. Never had a system failure. Very the good system we design many, many years ago and never had a system with the system. Cant really have any as i said before you put fluid in the tank and nrutd here and you open the valve and come from here down to here. The Company Installed a tag because they are called on this small plane aand the system flight test entered tracy over the weekend. Had video show second before the it loses engine power midair. 250 miles from maui. And the parachute deployed. First the plane faces nose down until stabilize and land gently in the ocean. Coast guard had directed pilot lou to fly to the area near cruiseship Holland America where the 28yearold mort an water pulled safely on board. Morton said just few word when he arrived in maui this morning. Coordination of San Francisco air and coordination with coast guard and Holland America has been more than impressive. This system is totally safe. He wouldnt speck litton what went wrong in the plane but he told us he has installed 1200 of these over 20 years. And never had a failure. The company morton works for in seattle released a statement saying the plane had adequate fuel reserve but the remaining fuel was unable to reach the engine for unknown reasons. I have to get going to the airport guys. Reporter in hawaii he declined comment on what happened to the fuel system. National Transportation Safety board safety board will investigate the incident. In tracy Laura Anthony abc 7 nuts. Just incredible. All right. There is more ahead here tonight. Coming up. Vapor harmful as smoking. Ecig receipts like the real thing. The rare grass fire that burned here this morning. Spencer is checking on our forecast. Whats that thing . I moved our old Security System out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. Why dont you switch to xfinity home . I get live video monitoring and 24 7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. Hear ye the awkward teenage one has arrived dont be old fashioned. Xfinity customers add xfinity home for 29. 95 a month for 12 months. Plus for a limited time, get a Free Security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast. Com xfinityhome. Pass. State senator is latest politician to try to regulate the use of ecig receipts. He says they are designed to hook another generation. But users say they are a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes. Carolyn tyler has more. This shop in San Francisco a map indicates that customers from all over the world have been here. They come to buy the battery operated devices that heat liquid nicotine inhaled or vaipd. State senator says these ecig receipts are Tobacco Products that should be regulated under california smoke free act. Amazingly this is now a multibillion dollar industry unregulated untaxed operating on its own and we know that there is great risk to public health. To individual health of these users study published last week found that users who turn up the heat on the vaporizeser are exposed to high levels of formaldehyde but shop owner says thats not what regular users do. Its kind of like saying the cars are dangerous. If you drive them at 800 miles an hour around a curve when eating a bailing. So yes same thing. Tested in a manner not supposed to of course its dangerous. Reporter the fda has called for a thorough review but nothing has been finalize. The uc berkeley variabilityal scientist says he supports the fda getting involved. But also thinks the device may be useful in helping traditional smokers quit. Its better i think health wise than smoking cigarettes. Even though its probably not totally safe. Reporter this former pack a day smoker says hes now vein day smoker says hes now veining at low level. Senator leno wants to make sure he and other users captain do it in bars Restaurants Public transportation or anywhere smoking is banned. In San Francisco, Carolyn Tyler abc 7 news. It is skunk mating season if you didnt know it in the bay area. Female often spray away unwanted partner we probably all smell skunk the next month or. So experts say dog are drawn to the spray smell so pet owners should keep the pets close so they dont accidentally get sprayed by skunk. Cause of rare january brush fire in pacifica early today still hasnt been determined. The wind fueled blaze moved up a hillside in the Rock Away Beach area forcing evacuation of 90 people. 6 acres burned. Firefighters able to contain it before it reached any structure. Residents say they have never seen anything like this during the winter. Why wouldnt we have this brush fire. Feels like its spring or even summer. 70s over the weekend. So dry. Season almost reversed. Except we dont get rain in the summer. If exactly. Heres a look at live doppler 7hd weather down under. And we have got increasing clouds over the bay area right now. Relatively 1 million and we may have a few sprinkle in the Early Morning hours because of this system to scattered shower activity in Southern California. Half inch so far across much of Southern California but the system is weakening moving in our direction. Right now dry conditions temperatures 59 degree ins San Francisco at this hour. 55 across the bay in oakland. 60 in hayward and dropping now to 50 right now at fairfield. Live view along the bay bridge from our south beach camera. Forecast feature cloudy but not chilly as last night. Spotty sprinkle likely tomorrow thats about all the rain we get out of this system and dry mild weather for remain dear of the week. Lets revisit satellite image and see weak low pressure system caiingt the wet weather down in the southern part of the state kicking clouds and moisture up into our area. But we are not likely to get any significant precipitation from the system. Forecast animation to about 5 00 oclock tomorrow morning at which point just a chance of some light showers to our south south bay to monterey bay and later if the day maybe some spotty sprinkle thats about it by tomorrow evening. Should be all over with possibly no measurable rainfall at all. Mane while in the sierra some light snow fall by 11 00 oclock tomorrow nature looking at total of only 1 to 3 inches and thats above 7500 feet. So back to the bay area. Cloudy skies overnight. With increasing chance of spotty sprinkle. Low pressure mainly mid upper 40s. Probably 50 degrees oakland 52 San Francisco. Begun Half Moon Bay francisco. Begun Half Moon Bay. Tomorrow after a little episode of spotty sprinkle in the morning we have mostly cloudy. Easy conditions the rest of the day. Mild in the afternoon with High Pressure reaching into the low mid 60s even see some mid 60s on the coast about 65 at Half Moon Bay tomorrow around the bayshore line mid 60s low 60s some of our east bay and north bay inland locations and heres the accuweather 7 day forecast not much different from last week actually once past spotty sprinkle we have warming trend taking us that the weekend by saturday sunday. Lose my voice saturday sunday. Lose my voice. We see High Pressure up to about 70 agrees on the coast inland and around the bay. Both weekend days in just a graduate tapering off of temperatures into next week so we still have the long dry mild spell he doesnt look or feel like anything what we have come to know as winter. Not at all. Thank you spencer. Come to police dog this needs a little protection of his own. And bay area gas prices. Enjoy them while they last. New survey predicts the end is fight Humane Society is hoping 5000 dollar reward will help locate whoever stepped 3 terrier puppy in plastic bag and abandoned them at a park last week. Puppies discovered by couple walking their dog. We are glad to tell you the dogs are doing fine. Being held at facility in clayton until they are old enough to be adopted out. Well tonight strangers stepped up to help save the life of a canine at the is he boss poll police department. 7yearold german shephard started limping. His handler took him to the vet and turns out that frank has a form of cancer. Treatment 10,000 dollars. The city can cover only a portion of it. Without the treatment frank would have just to months to live. Comes with me every day and like a member of the family. Look pretty sad when we found out and do everything we can to keep him around for as long as we can. Sergeant bell started go fund me page to help raise the 10,000 dollars and guess what he reach the goal. Sense we first reported the story at 4 00 p. M. Today people donated 8000 dollars towards frank treatment including one, 2500 dollar donation. Well tonight at 11 00 over on channel 7 sneak peek behind the scenes of the bachelor. Mud is my thing. I like getting my hands dirty and being outside. Find out what length the bachelorette will go to to whip chriss heart. Hit show comes to the bay area and everyone gets dirty. The dirt on what the women say about this season punk. So tune in for the 7 news report at 11 00 oclock on channel 7 or look hyped the scenes. And another 30 minutes of 7 news at 9 00 is next. Coming up. Drone breach at the white house. Discovery and the man at the controls. Also rethinking fish. Scientist found in people who eaten times more than we do. Find out which zip code pay the highest Auto Insurance rate. Yours on that list. Stick around with us. Another half hour we begin the half hour with update on the breaking news out on Treasure Island wlichlt the patrol car c