Clouds, 51 to 56 degrees. The morning commute, guess who will tell you all about it, hi, sue. The east shore freeway, the solid stream of headlights moving at the limit. If your travels take from you the upper portion of the east shore freeway, hercules through san pablo and el cerrito, berkeley into the mcarthur maze, youre looking at about a 26minute drive and thats through the toll plaza. No delays here except for a few minor cash paying folks. Thats not a bad commute. Quiet up there. We do have existing drive times for you in a few minutes. Mike told us yesterday the winds will be worse in Southern California and that is proving to be the case. Were talking about gusts topping 50 Miles Per Hour in some areas thats fanning the flames for the wildfires burning out of control. The rye fire burned 7,000 acres near santa clarita. The skirball fire and the thomas fire has grown to more than 90,000 acres. Thats near santa paula in Ventura County. A live look at the flames this morning in
Cause issues. My 12hour planner, high clouds and sunshine, 60 to 65 at noon. Cooler at 4 00. 60 to 62. And a great evening for shopping, 50 to 5 or wherever your activities take you outside. Sue says she has an update on an accident. I do. The bay bridge behind your graphics, the taillights. Well check back. Slowing up and over the Altamont Pass typical. We were hoping for friday light. So far so good. Well check it out. Southbound 101, this is blocking the left lane. Two vehicles involved. One facing the wrong way. Its early enough im not seeing any red sensors there. This is the el camino. The red sensors on 82. Not affecting 101 as of yet. Well check back in a couple minutes. Sue, thank you. Firefighters are facing another difficult day in Southern California. There are six explosive wildfires burning out of control now. The largest of the fires, the 115,000 acre thomas fire is burning in ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The fire just 5 contained this morning and flames crackled
Off. To the end zone, touchdown. The College Football playoffs live up to the hype with a do overtime thriller. So who will play in the championship as tickets for that approach super bowl prices. A good Tuesday Morning to you all. We begin with the bitter cold weather gripping most of the country even the south. Yeah, the overnight low in tampa, florida, is 37 degrees where cold weather shelters are now open for the homeless and anyone who lives in a home without adequate heat. Chicago called off the Polar Bear Plunge due to too much ice on Lake Michigan and officials worried the cold might be downright dangerous. Stephanie ramos has more. Reporter so far 2018 is off to a bitterly cold start with recordsetting low temperatures and dangerous winds. The High Temperature in chicago on new years day, just 1. In new york city 9 degrees at midnight for the ball drop. Hundreds of manatees popping up in the wears new Blue Springs State Park in florida trying to escape the cold. The water temp
Line at the metering lights. Back to san jose where we had that accident cleared to the shoulder northbound 101 to mckee, but the backup youre look at speeds bf 35 down ton 15 moufrz when you pass the 280 680 junction so expect delays there as well. Were going to come back with mass transit options in just a fuse minute. Now a live desk update. We want to begin here at the live desk with a update in texas the death toll in harvey hasries tone 7 and right now theres a zbrait celebrate search for a family swept away in houston flood waters. Two grandparents and the four children. This is from our colleagues, our abc station in houston. Those kids range in age from 16 ton 6 years old. And our colleagues there spoke to another Family Member this morning, an uncle of those kids who said the grandparents had alzheimers, that they were trying to evacuate when they were swept away. And the red cross says houstons biggest shelter is beyond capacity right now. Its original capacity was 5,000, bu
Just coming back and gathering what i can. So much to rebuild. The day of giving starts right now. Good morning, america. Welcome to our day of giving. Harvey is finally moving out of texas. The damage left behind just devastating. These helicopter shots show the conditions around port arthur and beaumont, texas, right now. As you can imagine, the road to recovery is going be a long one. And heres what we know this morning, at least 31 deaths, the red cross says it is caring for 32,000 displaced people, 49,000 homes reported to be damaged but we know that number is believed to be much, much higher. This could end up being the costliest storm in u. S. History, more than 100 billion. And we are devoting this morning to the fundraising effort, all part of disneys day of giving. You can support the red cross by phone, text or online. Text harvey to 90999. Go to redcross. Org abc or call 1855999give. As you can imagine, we have Team Coverage across texas and louisiana. Well begin with break