Night and this morning. The storm previously hit much of the midwest. More than 2300 flights have been canceled nationwide including dozens at the bay areas three major airport. This is a look at how big the storm is. Its estimated that onethird of the u. S. Population has been or will be affected. We have Team Coverage this morning. Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the storm in the weather center. Kiet do at San Francisco airport for delays and cancellations. But lets start things off with cbs news marlie hall live in new york. Reporter michelle, the first winter storm of the new year is pummeling the northeast with blizzard conditions and cold temperatures bringing many cities to a standstill. Crews in boston are working around the clock building mountains of snow as they try to keep up with the winter storm. The northeast is getting slammed but massachusetts is one of the hardesthit areas. Some spots up to 2 feet of snow. These french tourists picked the wrong time to visit. We like boston but its snowy. Reporter the storm is forcing airlines to cancel flight and planes are grounded at logan airport. Driving conditions arent much better with cars slipping and sliding. New yorks governor shut down the busy long island expressway and in new jersey, even the plow drivers are having problems. Slipping and spinning out. Reporter the snow here in new york is expected to wind down by late morning. But across the region temperatures are plummetting. Subzero temperatures you worry about frostbite and hypothermia. It doesnt take long for symptoms to come on. Reporter thats why officials are warning people who want to get out and enjoy the snow to be careful. Its an extended winter break here in new york city because this morning it was announced that classes were canceled here in the city. How does this storm compare to big ones . It says new york is 10 degrees. How nice is that . Reporter thats right, it is in fact 10 degrees. And with the wind chill, it makes it feel even colder and thats the real significant thing about this storm. Its brutally cold here. In places like boston, massachusetts the windchill factor is less than 0. Were talking minus 25 in some places. Forecasters say thats the coldest we have seen it since 2009. Thats amazing. How are people getting around there in new york . Reporter last night the governor of new york state ordered three major roads to be shut down and they may be reopened this morning around 8 a. M. Our time. However, they say that mass transit is up and running although on a limited basis. But local streets like the ones you see behind me, they are still passible and some people are still out. Theres movement but officials encourage people to stay indoors if they can. All right. Marlie hall live for us in a frigid new york, bundle up, thanks. The effects of the snowstorm pounding the east are being felt right here in the bay area. Kpix 5s keit do is live at the San Francisco airport. Are we seeing any flight delays or cancellations . Reporter we are. That is because jfk is shut down now. They are deicing planes at bostons logan and also experiencing moderate delays at chicago ohare and philadelphia. About 1,000 flights. Here at sfo, thats about 2 dozen flights that are either canceled or delayed coming from those locations at logan, philly, jfk and ohare. But mostly with flights that are arriving from the northeast right now. The only departures that were seeing that are affected are going to philly. Of course, they canceled about 50 flights here at sfo last night. A lot of those people just stayed at the airport, didnt bother getting a hotel, slept here and are now getting on flights. So thats affecting a lot of people who are trying to get on an airplane right now. But the good news is that not a lot of departures are affecting the passengers for now. But well check on see. We talked to some people who spent the night at the airport and well have that coming up in the next half hour but for now, could be a worse here at sfo. Lawrence karnow has the latest on the weather conditions all across the country and here in the bay area. Here he is. Yeah. I think well see a Ripple Effect as people get up and see a lot of problems with the airlines all across the United States. This is the reason why a very serious storm system. One for the record books making its way along the northeast. Subzero from the south subtropical moisture air coming from the south and cold air from the north and pounding areas along the northeast United States. Some of the outer parts of the area are seeing 23 of snow, that in boston, and still more to come. Temperatures of 4 degrees in boston. A seaspray warning along the coastline and freezing temperatures. So cars and anything along the waters edge all frozen this morning. Here in the bay area we have a different story as we have a lot of sunshine coming our way. The temperatures moving up into the 60s High Pressure building in with high clouds in the skies. The temperatures out the door not as cold as yesterday. Thats because we are seeing some of that cloud cover outside. Still down to 34 in santa rosa. 42 in san jose and 47 degrees in San Francisco. This afternoon, the high soaring to 67 in livermore, 67 in the napa valley, and 68 in oakland. It could be another near record breaking day around the bay area. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec on the scene of developing news in marin county. Fire crews are keeping watch over a vegetation fire in corte madera this morning. Reporter the fire is out but firefighters are still here, been here all night and will be here all day. They will be looking for smoke from dense grass areas, fire may still be hiding. So far three acres have burned in corte madera and this is area near village Shopping Mall near marshland. The fire was reported around 11 00 last night. This is also the site of several homeless encampments which brought extra hazards for firefighters. There were several propane tanks in the area and at least one exploded. Police had been out to the area to clear part of these encampments out earlier in the day. Its a frequent homeless encampment. Its occluded from view with the marsh grass out there and that keeps it from being visible to the outside. So there are quite a few encampments there. Escorted about 6 people from the area. Reporter firefighters were able to escort them out and had to use special techniques to keep this fire down. Again, a lot of dense grass to contend with and it took firefighters about two hours to contain it. No injuries were reported. Live in corte madera, anne makovec, kpix 5. Its kind of a holiday and its a friday. So my guess is, liz isnt that busy. Youre right. Traffic is still way down. The number of cars on the road. Still not seeing the amount we typically see so its extra friday light today. People are taking a long holiday week off and heres a live look this morning down the eastshore freeway. Carquinez bridge to the maze about 19 minutes no delay from richmond into berkeley. Some of your overnight roadwork is picked up, as well. We saw earlier this morning leaving danville heading into san ramon southbound 680 between Sycamore Valley and crow canyon, now that were past 5 00 all the lanes are reopened. 65 Miles Per Hour across that stretch of southbound 680. Northbound looking good as well if you are heading into walnut creek. And heres a live look at our road sensors on highway 4. Often times this time of the morning we see some slowdowns. Not the case this morning coming off the antioch bridge but there is roadwork eastbound. Happening today, in oakland two Court Hearings in the case of braindead teenager jahi mcmath. At 9 a. M. Lawyers for Childrens Hospital oakland and the family will meet a federal federal judge and then at 11 00 there will be another hearing. Jahis family wants the hospital to insert a feeding and breathing tube. She needs them to be transferred to another facility to keep her attached to a ventilator. Federal investigators hope Surveillance Video will lead to the identity of an arsonist who torched the chinese consulate in San Francisco. This Surveillance Video came from a camera across the street. It appears to show a man pouring two buckets of gasoline on the door before lighting it on fire. Surveillance video reportedly have clearer images. The fbi is investigating it as a standard criminal act, not terrorism. We have not received any responsibility notes or demands from anyone at this time. Firefighters managed to control the fire within minutes wednesday night. So the damage was limited to the front exterior. The consulate was also attacked in 2008. 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I was watching michelles face as you were reading that story. I didnt realize brains were at a museum. Right . Or could be stolen. Stolen brains museum. Look that one up. All right. Out live towards the sensors now in San Francisco. We have a problem brewing it sounds like a power outage and traffic lights are out. This is the citys south of market area specifically around 6th and folsom. If you come to an intersection where lights are out treat it as a fourway stop. 6 45 they hope to get power restored. Again, about 1400 customers are impacted in San Francisco. Now, outside we go and heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No delay this morning coming into the city from the east bay. They have not had to turn the metering lights on. I should probably check this to be exact but i think since christmas eve. So lighterthannormal traffic heading into San Francisco since the holidays. And up the incline and all the way towards treasure island, any overnight roadwork that was there should be picked up now that were past 5 00. Heres a live look at the nimitz in the east bay taillights moving northbound. Southbound traffic looks good as well if you are continuing past Oakland Airport into hayward. About a 15minute drive time in both directions between 238 and the maze. And westbound 580 still clear through the altamont pass. This is how you usually know its a holiday. This commute and highway 4 usually those are the first spots to slow down and both of them look okay right now. The nimitz like we showed you everything is clear there and the eastshore freeway. We are not picking up any brake lights yet if youre heading through richmond or berkeley. Problemfree and only about 19 minutes right now from the carquinez bridge to the maze. Mass transit everything is back to a regular schedule. And including ace train number one everything reporting no delay. That is your latest kcbs traffic. For your forecast, your weekend forecast, heres lawrence. Is it a holiday . Sure doesnt feel like it. We have been working hard all week except for you elizabeth. We should take next week off. Around the bay area today, starting out with high clouds drifting overhead. The clouds have kept the temperatures from getting as cold. Out the door, chilly in spots. 38 concord. 34 santa rosa, 47 in San Francisco. 42 in san jose. This afternoon, well see a mixture of sunshine and some clouds and some mild temperatures again. This week weekend looks very nice. I think more sunshine and less cloud cover and these temperatures will stay mild. High pressure overhead right now continues to hold on. You have another system off the coastline. Eventually one of these begins to push through next week. But for now, we keep things dry. With High Pressure overhead, still another spare the air day as the air quality has been suffering really pretty much all this winter season so far. Looks like around the state you will find about 70 degrees in the sacramento valley. 69 in fresno. 6 ninemonth tray bay with partly cloudy skies. Weak system over the top of the ridge, so kind of falling apart here. We are left with clouds, no rain. But that may change into next week. Temperatures wise 66 in san jose. 64 hayward. And 67 degrees in redwood city. Wouldnt be surprised to see a few more records set around the bay area. We had one yesterday in moffett field. I think well get close again by the a68 in oakland. About 67 in santa rosa. Next couple of days well see some sunshine and dry weekend slight chance of showers though as we get into tuesday of this next week. Then maybe some more showers toward next thursday. Thats the latest forecast. Back to you. City college of San Francisco gets a win in superior court. A judge issued an order that will keep the college open while a legal fight plays out. The college is trying to keep its accreditation. Its suing a commission that ruled the college is badly managed and should not be certified. San franciscos City AttorneyDennis Herrera claims the evaluation process was flawed. The college was on track to lose its accreditation in july. Is it standard out as a harmless game of hide and seek but quickly turned into a searchandrescue. 11yearold trinity rose was playing with her cousins on new years eve and found the perfect spot to get trapped. The best place would be in the washer. All of her weight was on her ankles and knees pushing against the sides. Well, the local Fire Department came to the rescue for trinity. It took them two hours to get her out of there. Crews had to saw off the top of the washing machine. Trinity had no injuries. I think she is just a little embarrassed. Its on tv after all. Under the bed, thats always a good spot. Better spot. She is a big girl, too. Im surprised she would fit but there she is. 5 19. The 9ers take on the packers this weekend. Coming up, we make a friendly wager with our morning counterparts in green bay. Just got a minute to talk about it. Conference play opening up for pac12 teams locally at maple pavilion and in the nba, what the warriors did last night to the heat you have to see it , female announcer sleep train thanks female announcer all those who helped make a difference last year for thousands of california foster kids. Thank you for helping foster kids. Thank you for the school supplies. Thank you for the new shoes. Thank you, secret santa. And thank you for donating money. Female announcer your generosity proves that while not everyone can be a foster parent, anyone can help a foster child. Thank you. Thank you. Gracias por la ayuda. [baby chuckles] thank you. Good morning, everybody. Well, after six straight wins, it was time to just see how the warriors would match up against the leagues elite. Im talking about the miami heat. At home lebron james, they rarely lose at home, 14 of 17 games. Last night it was warriors attack. David lee, steph curry. Warriors shot lights out curry with 35. In complete control throughout. Look at david lee over lebron he had 30 warriors won it 123114. A shocker seven in a row. Stan for hosted kalas night pac12 play stanford hosting cal, last night. They went in and wreaked havoc. They won 6962 to get to 104. Saint marys playing in gonzaga. Forget about that one. They roll 7351. Sharks against the oilers last night. Thats childs play. Pavelski rolls it home. Sharks win 51. Sugar bowl oklahoma in white beat alabama 4531. Oklahoma 17point underdogs biggest upset they are saying in bowl history. And it happened last night. That will do it. Time to compose myself and move on. See you later. Well done, vern. Love it. The nfl playoffs are here in just two days and the 49ers begin their march to the super bowl in a very frigid green bay against the packers. And to show how confident we are, we decided to put a Little Something on the line against our green bay affiliate, wfrv. Take a look. Get ready, the 49ers are about to boot you folks right out into the deep freeze. You better love freezing because thats what youre going to do. Heres your bet and it all starts with this. Im the great karnow that would be the great karnow, the best meteorologist in all the land. Im the great karnow see . Thats him. So thats what you have to do. Heres the deal. When 9ers win, you have to go out into the cold with your best california gear, right, what is that . Shorts, red and gold. We want you in flipflops, we want you in a tshirt and maybe some short pants. I think some shorts. Yeah. Absolutely. Good california weather. Go out there, say im no, we love the great karnow and we love the 49ers and what about the