On the road again. Yeah. A lot of people making returns to the malls. It is a busy day for those gift cards and then also a busy day on the road as people head back into sort of a normal pattern. It is tuesday, december 26th. If you are planning im pam cook. Were in for gasia and mark. Heading over to rosemary who is in for steve. How does it look out there. Sfo reporting delays. Okay. They started off good. At this point it looks like a few. Maybe check the flights first. Miami also reporting a few. Newark, International Reporting some on the east coast there. Here is a live look into sfo where we actually have a nice view and good conditions there. It will more than likely be other airport thats are experiencing delays. I know houston has some rain there and delays reported there. That may be the reason that were seeing delays here. On to the roadways where we have good visibility in most areas. We have a little more moisture in the bay area. Because of it were seeing fog in spots. Along the coastline up from pacifica to half moon bay, im seeing a little bit of fog. The visibility should be okay. It is in the north bay and the valleys where were seeing patchy dense fog. Right now it looks like it is santa rosa to the north, along highway 101. Your visibility down to quarter mile to half a mile and stretches towards the west. We have been seeing that. It has been off and on throughout the morning. Temperatures off to a cold start but slowly rebounding. 35 santa rosa right now. Low 40s in loafer more. 49 to start your morning in hayward. 47, redwood city. 47 in the city much San Francisco. In the afternoon, upper 50s to low 60s across the board. 58 in San Francisco. 60 in oakland. 60 in concord. It is another spare the air day. With air quality moderate to slightly unhealthy. It looks like over the north bay and the Santa Clara Valley we will see it above the 100 mark. If you have respiratory issues, asthma, it will be hazy out there. Unless youre exempt, not okay to burn wood in the fireplace today. The extended forecast looks dry through the rest of december. I will have that for you in a little bit. Thank you, rosemary. Flag as the state capital flying at halfstaff to honor a chp officer killed in the line of duty. The accident happened on Christmas Eve in hayward. Officials say it was not long before the officer was supposed to join his family for christmas. Candice nguyen is live at the Hayward Officer with more on what the officer leaves behind. Candice. Reporter thats right. The young father and husband joins a list of 37 other Golden Gate Division chp officers killed in the line of duty. Their assistant chief says by all accounts theyre heroes. And here at the hayward station, their flag flies at halfstaff to remember their latest hero. Chp officers and captains from all over the bay area are helping to support the Hayward Office here. Shortly before midnight on christmas receive, the officers were pulled over were pulled over to the side patrolling 880 south in hayward. The chp says a 22yearold man was high and drunk when he crashed into the patrol car from behind, killing camilleri and injuring velasquez. A sobering reality that Officials Say break their hearts and anger them. These irresponsible and senseless acts need to stop. The impact was so severe that it turned a Utility Vehicle into a small compact vehicle. It kind of gives you an idea the speeds involved. Reporter since it was christmas yesterday, a visiting captain told me just now are they starting to plan a Public Memorial Service and hope to have the information fort public and how to show their support by the end of the week. Canness nguyen, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you, candice, for the update. Were following a developing story this morning out of san jose. Take a look right there. Firefighters battling a two alarm fire at a commercial structure on alma court. Not a lot of wind. You can see the smoke is heading straight up. It started about half an hour ago. And we will keep an eye on it. Follow it, and bring you more die tails as soon as we get more information. Also keeping an eye on the airports here in the bay area as people head in and out of town over the holidays. There are a few problems. Here is our live camera at sfo. One flight from San Francisco to houston was canceled this morning. Several other flights are delayed. There are two flights arriving in san jose that are delayed. One oakland departure is running late at this point. But certainly that information is changing. So please check ahead with your air carrier before heading to the airport. Bad weather causing delays at airports in the northwest and midwest. Bostons Logan Airport has all of the runways open this morning. But thats after a jet blew plane arriving from is a van a georgia slid off of the runway last savannah, georgia slid off of the runway last night. It certainly could cause a ripple effect. Casey steagal reports that dreams of a White Christmas came true in many parts of the country but it is causing lots of problems. Reporter a lot of americans got to enjoy a White Christmas. It is gorgeous. The best Christmas Present we could ask for. Reporter a strong winter storm out of the rockies brought several feet of snow to much of the midwest. The northeast got its share as well. Some parts receiving three to five inches of snow per hour. Although it fell less rapidly in most areas. With any snow all, there is always a catch, hazardous driving conditions. Motorist as cross the country were advised to stay off the roads on monday and for good reason. Crews responded to countless accidents, crashes, spinouts and pileups. Massachusetts state police lowered the speed limit to 40 Miles Per Hour from boston to the new york border. Many drivers were purposely going even slower. The windows get icy. And the windshield wipers dont really arent effective with the ice. Reporter near zero visibility was the biggest problem in places like erie, pennsylvania. It only took a light coating of snow to make the roads slippery in the seattle ware. Washington state got barely an inch overnight but it was enough to make driving a slippery nightmare. I was stuck in the middle. So i cant go anywhere. Reporter people out walking had to contend with bridgity temperatures. The temperature in iowa monday, negative 3 degrees. It is cold. Cold is cold. And youve got to adjust. Reporter all of that snow on the roads combined with freezing temperatures made driving at night even more treacherous. In new york, casey steagal, fox news. Republicans are still feeling good about tax reform. When Congress Returns to washington next week, they will have a few more legislative hurdles to jump over. As griff jenkins, report, the first is the impending government shutdown. Reporter with tax reform in the rear view mirror, republicans are facing a growing list of issues. The current funding measure gives congress until january 19th to reach a spending agreement or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown. The latest plug was passed just hours before lawmakers skipped town for the december recess. Its the third time since the new fiscal year began that congress has resort today a shortterm solution. Republicans acknowledge that the possibility of the wind taken out of their tax reform sails. You dont get long to enjoy Something Like this, with an accomplishment like this. We have to shift to the other challenges in front of us. Reporter washington needs to decide what to do with immigrant whos came to the country as children. Democrats are working on a permanent solution for dreamers. We need to deal with them in a constructive bipartisan way. If we dont, dont look to us for help. Reporter congress is expected to revisit an 81 billion Disaster Relief package. It includes money for hurricane and wildlife recovery and was passed by the house on thursday but stalled in the senate. Democrats are hoping that it will help extract concessions from republicans, especially after the alabama election gives them one more seat in the upper chamber. From washington, fox news. Coming up here on mornings on 2, firefighters continue to battle the thomas fire in Southern California. How fire crews were able to take a brief moment and celebrate christmas despite being away from their families. crunching dude, your crunchings scaring the fish. Dude, theyre just jealous. Kelloggs raisin bran crunch. With crunchy clusters and the taste of. Apples and strawberries. I got one i guess were having cereal for dinner. Deliciously hearthealthy kelloggs raisin bran crunch. She leaned on her friends there church and her family. But the pain just got worse. I went to the emergency room and they did a ct scan and ran some more tests. And they told me that everything was fine. That maybe i had an ulcer. I think they were going to refer me to a specialist, check in with my doctor. And my test results came back normal and the ct came back fine. It was frustrated. I knew something was wrong but they told me that everything was okay. One day when the pain was once again unbearable. I went back to the emergency room that i originally went to and a doctor rushed in and basically let me know that the night that i had came in, the radiologist wasnt on board. The person that reads the ct scan. So they sent it out to another hospital and it was misread. They let me know that they have to rush me into emergency surgery because my appendix was on the urge of bursting. I was terrified. I never had any type of surgery. Surgery went well but recovery took time and her job did not provide Recovery Time or sick time. Im the only one that provides for me and my son. I didnt have any source of income coming in. I remember coming to the point that i was very stressed out. Wondering how am i going to pay my rent or get bills paid in the house. Reporter she went to the Welfare Office but told she didnt qualify for government help in her desperate situation but the man helping her didnt give up. He left. I remember sitting at the desk. He came back and told me i have great news to tell you. He told me about season of sharing. Reporter she had never heard about the fund t was started in 1986 to help families in crisis with housing and emergency needs. She filled out the paperwork and waited for a call. I never got the phone call. So then when i didnt get the call, i was thinking, okay, i didnt get approved. So then i really started stressing out. And rent was almost due. I didnt know what i was going to do. And i went to check my mail. And i was on the phone with one of the sisters from my church and i seen the envelope from season of sharing. And i was like oh my gosh. And then we prayed. I open touchdown and it said i was approved. I remember crying and praising god and thanking him for providing. Reporter the season of sharing fund paid for her rent that month and got her over the rough spot. Today she is back on track, ready to celebrate the holidays. I was in a time of need. But i thought about it and i was like, wow, there are probably people going through worse than what i did. Reporter melody is now working and planning a move to Southern California for a new opportunity with her church. She says she is excited to start this new chapter in her life. Thank you, claudine. Cal fire says the wildfire burning in ventura and Santa Barbara counties is now 86 contained. The thomas fire has become the largest now in state history. It has burned more than 281,000 acres and destroyed 1063 structures, mostly homes. Officials are still hoping to have it contained by january 7th. Here is the story of Christmas Kindness for firefighters who have been on the fire throughout the holidays. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer reporter off of the fire line and into the holiday spirit. For many of these firefighters, it is their first christmas away from loved ones. It is hard to be away from your family much theres no duty about it. Reporter oregon, utah, arizona, and arkansas. Many of them are far from home. And they have all got someone missing them. All of my family and my girlfriend. My oneyear anniversary was on tuesday. I was able to miss out on that. It was important for me to be here. She understood that. Im just very fortunate. Ive got my family and my fiance who live in phoenix. Theyre missing me a lot. Ive got my cat. [laughter] my dad. He is down in arizona. My mom is in massachusetts. My wife is back home by herself. And she is wanting me to be home. I know that for a fact. Reporter but christmas night, theyre all with their Fire Fighting family, enjoying a christmas dinner and a few hours off the line. It is busy. Were out there pulling hose, doing lastminute rehab work. Were just out there cleaning up line, cleaning up hose, rehabbing lines, getting dirty, trying to make things happen. Reporter thank you notes remind the brave men and women why they do the job. An opportunity to give another family the holiday gift in the form of a house to come home to. We know there are people here who have suffered more than us just being away from home. Reporter now they have gifts gift wrapped in updated maps of the thomas fire. Were happy to be here. Merry christmas to everybody. Moving on. There is a prep rally in San Francisco ahead of the foster farms bowl at levis stadium. It includes bands from the wildcats and the boil makers. It kicks off at 11 00 this morning at embarcadero plaza. Press conference with the two head coaches will follow at the neighboring hyatt republican regency. Purdue is coached by former 49er quarterback brohm. They are an underdog in the game. You can catch it right here on fox 2. Coverage begins at 5 00 tomorrow night, with kickoff at 5 30. The 5 00, 6 00, 7 00 news programs will be on ktvu plus. Some are looking forward to the parades this time of year. Volunteers already creating the 39 beautiful float thats will slowly make their way through pasadena next monday for the parade. Everything visit on the floats muting natural. It includes, the flowers, leaves, see weed, fruits and vegetables. They are put on just hours before the parade starts. There be unique cars carrying celebrities and marching bands from all across the u. S. The theme is making a difference for this year. Nice. The Old School Arcade game of pinball is making a come back. The Flipper Pinball Association says interest has sky rocketed over the last decade or so with compe tigs growing around the world. Some pinball makers are also notice the changing with a 30 increase in sales from last year and 40 over 2015. Experts say interest in pinball has been sparked by applications on smart phones. Theres that little place down along the wharf. Have you been there. I have. And there is actually a museum in alameda. A pinball museum. Drop a card was mine during the 70s. I lived there. Long before video games. Fun, fun, fun. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9. If you didnt watch. I did. The warriors beat the cavaliers even without steph curry. Coming up, the Big Christmas victory in front of the National Television audience and the key play at the end of the day. Welcome back to mornings on 2 the 9. Drug abuse is being blamed for decreased Life Expectancy in the u. S. For a second year in the row. Allison barber looks at the details of the epidemic. This is occurring across the country. It doesnt matter, plaque, white, rich, poor, it does not discriminate. Reporter three weeks ago in a Northern County 22 miles away from the heart of d. C. , five people died from opioid overdoses in a single week. The victims ranged in ages from 22 to 44 years old. Reporter it was a deadly week in Fairfax County but only a small part of a much larger drug problem. The Life Expectancy at birth is down 1 from 2015. It dropped last year as well. What is contributing to it is more concerning than the number itself. Officials say drugs, opioids in particular, are a significant factor. About 64,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2016 according to the cdc. Thats 22 higher than the year before. And the rate of Overdose Deaths when it comes to synthetic opioids doubled from 2015 to 2016. Overdose deaths are categorized as unintentional injuries, now the third leading cause of death, ranking higher than strokes and alzheimers and only outranked by Heart Disease and cancer. Jamies daughter was 17 when she overdosed on opioids. I miss my daughter helen every second of every day. Reporter her husband, helens father, found the teen unconscious in her bed on the morning of a fatherdaughter dance. He is the one who called 911, gave her mouth to mouth. She was already gone. I ask myself, how did we go from picking junior rings, College Campuses to picking out a casket. Reporter jean lost her oldest to heroin. With my own children, i canned see what path they were going down. I never thought in a million areas that i would lose three sons. Reporter officials true i to educate anyone who will listen about try to educate anyone who will listen about the dangers of the drugs but it is a problem that cant be solved with police alive. Im allison barber, fox news. Lets talk hoop. The warriors held on and won an intense game against lebron and the cavs on Christmas Day. Bad decision by bell that time off of kevin love. Thats not his responsibility. Alleyoop to bell. The rookie can jump. Emotions were high in the nfl final caliber game. He comes up with another play. Inside and blocked by green. Here is the last to the rim. Game tight down to the wire. Cavs down three with 26 seconds left. Here goes lebron going in. Durant signals for the refs. Wait a minute