Mess and its not worth it. They think its a safety issue. Thank you. People all over the bay area were stocking up on sandbags today. This is san jose where people were loading up the back of their pickup trucks. They were filling up in fremont, as well. There are dozen of sandbag stations set up all over the bay area pretty much free to anybody who wants em. We have a team of reporters on storm preps. Ann notarangelo is in the east bay. But first, len ramirez in palo alto where they are sandbagging san fransesquito creek. Reporter they dont want a repeat of two years ago when san fransesquito creek flooded East Palo Alto so workers spent the day building up this wall of sandbags. Reporter on the banks of the san fransesquito creek a small army of the california conservation corps worked fast against the oncoming storm. They are building a wall of sandbags and it just may be the only thing standing between East Palo Alto and a flood. Now the creek itself is dry but its prone to flash f
School closures, due to weather are not common in the bay area. And one of the first School Districts to decide toh3p in he hasuh decision there. Reporter for theseby8t t ks leaving lou sutton elementary class[ now that the School District has canceled class at all of its schools on thursday and friday due to the upcoming storm. Its all about safety, of the kids and the familys and our . [ employees. Reporter thecu School Superintendent unified School Superintendent word out to parents before noon. The brunt of the storm is expected to be between 4 00 a. M. And 9 00 a. M. School starts on some of our campuses at 7 00. So i just i dont want families and kids and Staff Members on the road during the worst part of the storm. Reporter reaction is as expected. Im excited because i think i get to stay home all day and stay up late. And im sad because i dont get to see all my friends at school. Reporter as for parents, they seem to support the decision. Decision. Should come first. U reporter
Anything thats wet refreezing and of course icy spots overnight and through tomorrow morning. Well talk more about this, how long this cold lasts in the seven day. Hope of a january thaw. Ill be back with that later in the broadcast jess. Kathy thank you. The fbi is investigating a cyber attack against social media accounts run by u. S. Central command and right now the Army Central Command twitter page is just starting to come back up but theres talk on twitter tonight after a group claiming to have isis ties took control of the armys social media page. Cbs news correspondent Craig Boswell has latest from the white house. Reporter for about a half hour monday the youtube and twitter accounts for u. S. Central command became propaganda tools for islamic extremists. A warning to american soldiers saying we are coming, watch your back, isis. The message was posted by a Group Calling itself the scene cyber caliphate which has hacked other American News sites and claimed it had penetrated
Here, not terribly windy but enough that you notice it and certainly enough that it will make it feel a little colder than the thermometer officially reads. Little after 7 00 this morning, outside on 95, between the walt whitman bridge and broad street. The southbound lanes here, where you can see disable vehicle, push over into the right hand shoulder, not much in the way of volume here. Get it cleaned up and out of the way over the schuylkill expressway, problems here involving an accident, up in the right hand corner, right here, right around belmont but these are the eastbound lanes headed toward the center city area. And the westbound lanes not doing too much better there headed toward the king of prussia area, slow going as well. Now, over on 95, woodhaven into the vine expressway, southbound pretty slow 422 heavy oaks into 20, will take but 15 minute for that, back to you. Leg zero police track down husband of south jersey mother. Pick up at traffic stop while driving his wifes
Tell us a bit more. Are you any closer to finding out what may have caused it . We have not yet determined the source of the smoke in the station. Thats still under investigation at this time. The station is still closed. All patrons have been evacuated at this point. We got reports of people passing out vomiting. What can you tell us about the injuries currently . Injury reports have not fully been confirmed. Dc Fire Department has been working with them at this point. Once i do have more information for you ill be sure to let you know. How long were people stuck inside this tunnel . We did have a train that was in the tunnel at the time of the incident. They were evacuated through the tunnel to Lenfant Plaza station where they were taken out of the station. We have activated our tunnel fans which is helping dissipate the smoke in the stations. At this point there are no longer any passengers inside the station. Do you have any sense of how long the station is going to have to remain