Some of our local mountains. Now, we want to check in with our cold weather expert, kiet do. He has been out there all week long in the cold. Hey, kiet, you can go to snow this weekend. Reporter can you believe it . How many days have we been out here 2, 3, 4 . I lose count. Yeah. Reporter im excited we are getting some snow. It may not be down to san jose level but you can check it out in the mountains. You might see it this weekend. Not as much frost today as there was yesterday. Check it out. I think we found the only car in san jose that has some frost here. But im thinking that because we have a couple of days of subfreezing temperatures thats pretty much wrung out all the moisture of the sky even though temperatures are down to the 20s. Ill tell how is making some money. People selling things that are helping people cope with cold weather. Try getting an appointment with heaters. Those guys are busy. Everybody is firing up heaters and some are not working. A shoe repair business usually does 5 pairs of boots a day now they are up to 40 pairs a day. We have fully digital thermostat. I am now. I would rather be warm at all times. When the weather gets cold its really busy. Reporter so we have some ice cream out here. I just setted it out in the 4 00 hour. Its staying frozen. Well eat it at the end of the show. It looks like its going to last. Temperatures in the upper 20s in san jose. Bundle up. Looks like we have snow in the mountains coming this weekend. Live in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Right now, people are gathering outside Nelson Mandelas home in johannesburg. The former South African president died at the age of 95. Since then hundreds gathered to pay tribute to his life and littlecy. Cbs reporter Susan Mcginnis with how the entire world is reacting to mandelas death. Reporter South Africans sang and danced out sight Nelson Mandelas home in johannesburg. Reporter the outpouring began in the middle of the night when word spread that the man they called madiba which means father died. I was sad. But im also happy he gets to rest in peace. Reporter mandela spent 27 years in prison because he fought against apartheid. South africas system of legalized racism. But as desmond tutu noted this morning he forgave those who imprisoned him. This one has become a global icon symbol of reconciliation. Reporter upon his relief mandela would go on to become south africas first black president in 1994. Years later, he would meet the man that would become americas first black president. Weve lost one of the most influential courageous good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. No longer belongs to us. He belongs to the ages. Reporter not far from the white house, mourners gathered at mandelas statue outside south africas embassy. Intellectually i think we try to prepare ourselves but emotionally its not that easy. Reporter flags at the white house and other federal buildings will fly at half staff in honor of mandela through monday. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. Four months after he was released from prison, Nelson Mandela visited the United States and more than 70,000 people packed the Oakland Coliseum to see him back in june of 1990. Kpix 5s anne makovec in the newsroom with memories of his bay area connections. Reporter the east bay played a key role in the Anti Apartheid Movement and local leaders are remembering his visit and legacy this morning. It is you, you the people of oakland the people of the bay area who have given me and my delegation progress to continue the struggling. Reporter that was mandela speaking at the packed Oakland Coliseum the final stop on his 1990 u. S. Freedom tour. Then congressman ron dellums was the first to introduce anti apartheid legislation back in 1972 and seven years later the city of berkeley became the first in the nation to divest from south africa. Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner was part of that movement. It was so thrilling that we americans, that we east bay residents, could have been part of something with that kind of global impact. Reporter a lone rose left at an oakland monument memorializing mandela last night a reminder of the impact the leader will always have. There have been lots of people in our lifetimes who had positions and have passed on but nobody has ever matched the incredible inspiration and humanity of Nelson Mandela. Reporter that was willie brown, who puts mandela in the same group as Martin Luther king, jr. And john f. Kennedy. But he calls mandela the real leader. Live in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. Grace cathedral and the black represent Repertory Group will be holding services. We have more on our kpix. Com complete with a Photo Gallery. It is 5 06. Hopefully its friday light out there. Lets check traffic. It is exceptionally friday light. We just checked in with chp. Looked at their reports of their ongoing incidents. 0. So not a lot of major hot spots which is great if you have to get to work on time. This is a live look for the north bay compute. Southbound and northbound 101 in sausalito. As you can see, things look good right now if you are heading towards the golden gate bridge. Nothing but green on our sensors from redwood city down into palo alto. Heading out of milpitas for Silicon Valley commuters things are obviously still moving at the speed limit there. Bart looks good. Bart has more than 30 trains on time. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Back to you. A special task force will conduct an independent review of a racial harassment of a san jose student. Four white students are accused of tormenting their black roommate. A task force set up by the University President will look into existing rules and make recommendations for changes. Retired judge Ladoris Cordell will lead that task force. New details in the states highspeed rail project. The board will refile a motion to sell bonds for the work. They are hoping to sell more than 8 billion worth of it. But a similar move was blocked by a judge last week. The board said the motion was rejected due to lack of detail so they are resubmitting it with more information. Governor brown has a strong Approval Rating as he heads into a possible reelection campaign. Yesterday numbers show a field poll finds nearly 6 in 10 registered voters approve of his performance. 52 say they would vote for him. His closest challenger Lieutenant Governor able maldonado is backed by 11 . The governor hasnt said if he will seek another term. 5 08. Its the return of batkid coming back to the city. This time he is helping others. Well tell you coming up. And caltrain is rolling into the holiday spirit. The christmas train is getting ready to make stops this morning for a good cause. Freezing temperatures outside again. First it was the cold, now we have some rain maybe snow coming up. Well talk about it. And if you are heading towards the bay bridge this is what it looks like this morning. They just cleared the roadwork from the incline towards Treasure Island. Full look at your drive times will help you get to work on time. Your friday morning commute coming up next. ,,,,, last year was the biggest flu outbreak in over a decade. Before the first sneeze. Help protect with a spray. Before the first tissue. Help defend with a wipe. And help prevent with lysol. To get 10x more protection. And kill 99. 9 of germs around the house. This season, help protect your family with lysol. Start healthing color of the new year. Check it out. Pantone. A company that develops colors. Made the pick. They say its been a huge hn 3. And you can e its all about radiant orchid. A company that develops colors made the pick. They say its been a huge hit in 2013 and you can expect to see the pinkish purple chore in more stores, makeup counters really anywhere in 2014. Raidian orchid dethrones Emerald Green as color of the year. I still love that color. Raidian orchid is trending now on twitter as well as Nelson Mandela. Bitter cold. Lebron james will costar with kevin hart in the upcoming comedy ballers and grammy tonight nomination ceremony hosted by ll cool j airs here on cbs. Follow us on twitter at cbssf. Soon to be trending again the batkid returning to San Francisco. Mice scott saved the city from evil villains last month. Miles will be back tomorrow to help the Makeawish Foundation out. He will lead a 5k walk and run that starts at aquatic part at jefferson and hyde streets 8 30 in the morning to check out the batkid. You are looking pretty soon, yes, right here, live pictures of the caltrain holiday train. Its part of the caltrain station San Francisco near at t park pretty cool. Decorated with 60,000 glittering lights the train will stop at stations between San Francisco and santa clara tomorrow. And sunday evening. The carollers as you can see are there right now providing some entertainment. Lets listen in. [ music ] they are pretty good. I want some figgy pudding right now. That will get you in the spirit. Look, frosty. Hi, frosty crews are also going to be collecting toys for local children. So they are doing a good thing. Great. All right. Well, lets check traffic now. Hopefully, things are nice and light out there. They are. Caltrain is on time. I like that guy waving with the elf on him too. Get you in the holiday spirit if you have to get to work not so holiday spirit. We have not an accident, its more debris. Theres some metal cart debris in lanes. We are actually seeing a few slowdowns though southbound 880 approaching that a street exit coming into hayward. Once you get past there everything looks good maybe heading towards the san mateo bridge westbound 92 traffic also moving at the speed limit. And heres traffic a little farther north. Northbound and southbound 880 near 66th and the Oakland Coliseum, still moving at the speed limit this morning. Speaking of the san mateo bridge, a live look at conditions now in the san mateo bridge. If you are heading towards foster city, everything is looking really good only 13 minutes right now on westbound 92 between 880 and 101. Like i said caltrain reporting no delay this morning. Ace train also looks good. No signal issues. They have been having problems the last couple of days but nothing reported today. Bart systemwide also on time. Remember kcbs traffic once you hit the road, tune to kcbs radio 740am and 106. 9fm. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Still cold outside. Yes, back to the deep freeze again around the bay area maybe not quite as cold as some spots but these temperatures again very, very cold. Several days now of freezing temperatures outside. 25 in fairfield. 26 in the napa valley. 24 now in santa rosa. And just hovering above freezing in san jose. So another cold start to the day but we have some changes ahead. Clouds going to be rolling in. And then a chance of showers developing this afternoon. Maybe a little snow over our mountaintops too and then temperatures slowly warm as we head in toward next week. But that cold air still remains locked in place at least for another day or so. Then it looks look it will start to moderate towards sunday and monday but you also have a system thats going to slide down the back side of this trough bringing with it a chance of rain later today maybe a little snow over mountaintops. Traveling around the state 50s into the Central Valley watch out for the rain in far northern california. And then looks like those showers beginning to develop into the afternoon hours so those clouds start to roll in and i think for the evening commute maybe scattered showers nothing too heavy then likely to pick up a bit overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. With that in mind, all that cold air already trapped in place so Winter Weather advisory is going up over the east bay hills and also the santa cruz mountains. Could see 2 to 4 inches of snow overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. Headed to the high country not a bad idea. Grab the chains and take them up there. They are talking about heavy snowfall up to 2 feet across some of the higher peaks. Temperatures for us will be on the chilly side again. Only 40s and some 50s outside. And then as we look over the in excouple of days next couple of days, Cold Saturday night and sunday. Another hard freeze and toward monday and tuesday temperatures start to warm up and maybe more showers but not as cold as we head toward late next week. Thats good. I would love to see the snow on the mountains. Love that. Thank you. It is 5 17. New details on the summers devastating rim fire. Federal officials are now expected to file charges against the person they believe started that fire. A hunter is accused of starting an illegal campfire in the Stanislaus National forest that got out of control. The Tuolumne CountyDistrict Attorney announced yesterday that federal prosecutors privately declared their intent to charge that hunter. A pilot flying from salinas to auburn had to act fast to save his life. He found a place to come down safely in the sacramento area. Steve large shows us how the man walked away from the crash landing. Reporter the crumpled plane on the back of a flatbed truck was driven away from its crash site. Its exit far less dramatic than how it got here. A crashlanding. People at the park watched with amazement. Oh, my reporter how fearful were you . At first it was surreal like it wasnt happening. But then it was happening. And he came in quiet. So im thinking he ran out of fuel. Reporter the pilot able to walk away on his own is seen here on a stretcher after the crash. He had declare an inflight emergency moments earlier. Pan, pan, pan, may day, may day, just lost my engine. Reporter the plane registered to 49yearold mark mcbride to auburn was going to auburn from salinas when it lost power. He tried to divert to mather field but couldnt make it. There was no fire, n leaks. He did an amazing job landing. Reporter it came over neighborhood homes. It clipped trees it was so low. It broke off branches from the trees along its route and even broke off a piece of its wing. The plane also hit a parked suv. Its owner was not inside at the time. Does your Car Insurance cover plane crashes . Im going home to find out right now. Reporter a plane plunges into a park and incredibly, everybody is okay. That was steve large reporting. 5 19. Chicago bus mascot stole the show. Coming up. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up, the joints are going to see a lot of an old friend the giants are going to see a lot of an old friend this season. Can the sharks make it 7 straight on the ice against pittsburgh . Coming up. Whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com. Be sure to tell us why its a cool school, too. We feature your school on the show. ,,,,,, hey, look whos coming to town in pleasanton at 5 00. Yes, santa agoing to be there for the Tree Lighting ceremony santa is going to be there for the Tree Lighting ceremony. It should be chilly, temperatures in the 40s. Wear appropriate clothing. Outside we go. Heres a live look near the dublin interchange. Traffic is beginning to build now out of tracy 205 to north flynn. Once you get towards 680 everything is great towards castro valley. Well have more traffic coming up. There is a new twist in the hate crime that prompted a high school in massachusetts to cut its season short. Police now believe the person who spraypainted racist graffiti on a black boys home was his own mother. Andria braiser who is white is a strong suspects after police confiscated cans of spraypaint and they say she changed her story several times. Earlier Lunenburg High School canceled football for the rest of the season. Players had allegedly yelled racial slurs at an opposing team. 49ers fans can wine and dine at levi stadium when it opens for exhibition Football Games next august. A gourmet chef will be opening up a steak pub at the new stadium. The 14,500squarefoot restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner. Good morning, everybody. It was a potential stanley cup preview on the ice last night in pittsburgh. The sharks and penguins, take a look at our u. S. Hockey coach of the olympics, also for the penguins. And they put the game away in the first seven minutes. First goal dupuis, in the Second Period off the deflection and the fourth goal by kunitz. In the first 7 minutes of the Second Period sharks sixgame winning streak ended losing to pittsburgh 51. Thursday night football. The trick play the receiver jordan toddman for the touchdown. Jacksonville beat the texans. Florida state quarterback Jamesis Winston wont face rape charges. He is a heavy favorite to win the heisman. Brian wilson will remain in dodger blue. The beard signed a oneyear deal worth 10 million bucks to stay in southern california. He isnt even going to be the closer. He is going to be the setup man so well be seeing a lot of brian wilson of the dodgers this year. Special programming note. Set your clock, 49er preview special time tonight, 7 30 on kpix 5. One on one with jim harbaugh the big matchup with the seahawks this sunday. Dennis odonnell, see you tonight. Chicago bulls fan her boyfriend jumped out of an inflatable bull suit to pop the question. Here he comes. The proposal didnt go as planned. He put the ring on the wrong finger. Despite that, she said no no, she said yes. She did not. She said yes. Plea is said yes. She better. Thats cute. Took some guts. 5 25. The google barge secret is out. But theres one question left. Did they break the rules to set up shop on the bay . And eating