Good morning, everyone. Now at 4 30 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera looking at the bay bridge. Im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. We are off to a chilly start. How cold is it . Mary lee has got the numbers. Clear skies and cold temperatures. Take a look at what you can expect if youre heading out the door right now for work and school as we get back into it. 39 in concord, 49 in oakland, 35 in livermore, San Francisco coming in at 47. San jose at 42 and a cold 36 degrees in santa rosa right now. As we head through the afternoon, enjoy the sunshine with mild, above average daytime highs, 57 in San Francisco with that sun, 58 in oakland, 59 in fremont for daytime highs. San jose 61, and 59 for concord. We will talk about our chance for showers as we head through the week. Details coming up. Good morning. We should start seeing more of a backtowork pattern for folks as people come home from the holidays. Traffic isgetting busy
3040. A cold 34. 39 concord forty fort in oakland. Livermore 4746 fantasy of 40. Checking the visibility, down to a quarter of a mile livermore across the trivalley and a mile and a quarter for santa rosa. Heading through the afternoon, enjoyed the sunshine her daytime highs in the 50s from San Francisco and oakland, looking at the mid50s in concord as well as livermore. Temperatures around where we should be if not a little below average. We talk about the week ahead and the chance for rain Christmas Day, coming up. Taking a look at the roadways, not a bad start handing out if you had a place to go early not a lot of accident in the Traffic Center but as mary mentioned we are dealing with foggy spots limited visibility in areas of the bay. Heads up working away on the freeways. 101 and 280 off to a great start. Fog advisory in effect for 680 heading into the areas of scott creek. A pretty decent start. Definitely limited visibility. Use caution working your way through. The bay bridge
And at 12. 30 its click live, from the new v and a in dundee. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition demanding that sydney cancels its traditional new years eve firework display and spends the money on tackling australias bush fires instead. Dozens of fires are raging across the country with the largest one on the outskirts of sydney. Will batchelor reports. Its one of the biggest and most spectacular parties on earth. Sydneys new year firework display. But now the citys authorities are facing growing calls to cancel the event and divert the money it costs, around £3 million, towards tackling both severe Drought Conditions and the dozens of bushfires which are raging across australia. Close to 300,000 people have signed an online petition, which says the fireworks may traumatise some people who are dealing with enough smoke in the air. Sydneys lord mayor has said the show, which is planned and paid for months in advance, must go on. However, there are reports t
57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Annemarie green is off. Im wendy gillette. A powerful snowstorm in the northwest continues to cause headaches for millions of travelers. Overnight snow and ice made for dangerous conditions in the mountains of Southern California. A part of interstate 5 remains closed this morning because of icy roads, and part of interstate 15 is deep in snow. Both lead out of los angeles. Ameri Marc Liverman is following all of this in new york. The storm is causing a nightmare for many mostHoliday Travelers . Reporter it really is, good morning. Yeah, this fastmoving winter storm caused major localized flooding on roads and freeway lanes in other parts of california. Snow led to multiple traffic accidents. One town at the eastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains got up to 25 inches of snow by midday. It was a Winter Wonderland for kids in Southern California. I love the snow. I feel like its a christmas miracle. Reporter but for Holiday Travel havoc
Its arguably the worlds most dazzling fireworks display, but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new years eve spectacular. They say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfire crisis. Sydneys lord mayor, clover moore, said she shared the deep sympathies of those whod signed the petition, but stressed that the fireworks were planned months in advance and most of the budget had already been spent. So, barring catastrophic fire conditions in sydney on new years eve, the event seems certain to go ahead. In between now and then, the authorities are warning of severe to extreme fire dangers across much of south eastern australia, much of the heavily populated parts of australia. That includes south australia, victoria, tasmania and new south wales, where more than 80 fires continue to burn. Volunteers are a vital part of the emergency effort. Many have been fighting the flames for weeks. The government says theyll be able to apply for about £3