and it's just the beginning of a powerful storm system -- with the bay area in the now at 11:00, rain in the mountains wind in the coast. it's just the beginning of a powerful system. >> we have team coverage. joe vasquez is in a location that's already seen a strong winter. >> a massive amount of moisture has already fell. expect 8-inches of rain in the low land. especially in the santa cruz mountain. we'll also have more than 16- inches of snow. no wonder there are avalanche

warnings and winter storm warnings as well. the details in the forecast in just a if minutes. our details continues now with the water gushing tonight. >> reporter: what may be a spectacle for some is a danger for others. it could be months before water levels at the reservoir are safe. it would just splash so high. >> this is the start for california. who knows when this will come again. maybe, 14, 15 years. >> reporter: water spills over the cascade and as the levels

rise. >> i've never seen it that high. >> reporter: so is concern. >> it's a wake up for everyone to be a little more prepared. >> reporter: and dozens flocking to take a look for themselves. the it's trying to release water from the anderson dam to bring water down to normal faster. but with more rain on the way. >> we have never had this much rain in these many days. >> reporter: the surge may not be strong enough. if it failed the flooding downstream would be catastrophic. homeowners are simply hoping for a break. >> the water is staying in the culvert. it's still spilling off of the foothills. the ground so saturated i don't think it's been this saturated

in years. >> reporter: tonight we know with the reservoir at capacity. the district is keeping a close eye on coyote group. officials are urging homeowners in the area to be prepared especially with that round of rain straight ahead. >> rain is already coming down the santa cruz mountains tonight. the area has been battered with recent storms. >> that's going to be a mess tomorrow. strong winds are the big problem in pacifica. the area can't seem to catch a break. >> reporter: it's been a light rain off and on all evening here at the pacifica pier and it's become very breezy. it looks like the outer bands of that atmospheric river are beginning to arrive.

just as the rainbow started fading, rough conditions started gearing up. a large sink hole opened up, a mud slide closed a highway, large waves crashed through the restaurant. all this including the cliff erosion that has seen entire apartment buildings get demolished. >> it's not an easy economy even when you have a steady employment. but to logistically have to pack up because it's been yellow tagged or red tagged it's not good. >> reporter: the replacement should arrive in the next couple of hours. officials are bracing for the possibility of downed trees or mud slides. >> stormy seas brought up the marine county water rescue

team. they rescued three kayakers who were having trouble getting back to shore because of strong winds and currents in tamales bay. the ross valley fire department has already warned people to move their vehicles to higher ground. the storm is expected to impacting the area. cbs reporter alyssa bacerra shows us how people are gearing up for the flood. >> the water is flowing more

toward the river than over toward my house. >> reporter: sam and his family live roughly 3 yards from the creek. several days ago water filled this vineyard. the ground so saturated we had to use an atv just to get here. now concern that more water would compromise the levee system. >> i'm kind of high here. the concern is being landlocked and i won't be able to get out of here. >> i just hope to land in my neighbor's porch. still he's concerned about the river. >> we all are. the that's never a good thing. >> reporter: sean smith says he

and his family are ready if the system turns. a water rescue team is headed for sacramento to be on stand by for potential flooding. it's the same team that went to oroville if the levee broke. >> one neighbor says she is relieved the neighbors are looking out. >> the fire department are very taxed so we have to do our part. >> we're look -bg for breaks in the levee, we're looking for boils on the edge of the levee. >> most people have not

evacuated. the next storm is the next big test for the oroville dam. the concrete spillway will need thousands of dollars in repairs but until now, officials continue to use it to prepare for the approaching storm. at the same time, the lake level has dropped nearly 50 feet compared to a week ago and officials are confident the lake can handle more heavy rain. the spillway which helps protect the dam itself was in danger of collapsing. the level has dropped now to 48 feet in lake oroville. waiting now for the storm watch to see what happens next. bryan. >> the don pedro reservoir is also filling up.

the county has began taking on water. some people there are already evacuating their homes. and with the threat of flooding around california, there are questions on how much we can handle all this rain. the cracks exposed in our system and what california needs to do now to avoid flooding. if you're still planning to head up if -- heading up for the holiday, be sure to check road conditions before

shut down tonight after a deadly crash. it happened just before 7-30 at the spencer avenue exit. drivers in the area should expect delays. c-h-p officials have not said when the lanes will reopen. a gruesome discovery in santa cruz county: the sheriff's department is investigating after a man's body was found... ... wa -- road conditions before you leave. the sheriff's department is investigating after a man's body was found. it was washed up along the shore of the san lorenzo river in ben lomond this morning. his death is under investigation. on to the white house where this week president trump has been holding in-depth meetings. they include john boldon.

acting national security advisor keith kelogg and hr mcmaster a top strategist. >> reporter: retired vice admiral turned it down. >> in many ways this administration is under disarray. >> reporter: craig deer another senior administration was demoted after criticizing mr.

trump. more comes after demonstrations both more and against the president's agenda. in new york, thousands protests against his plans for a travel and immigration ban on people from seven predominantly muslim countries. the muslim community is our biggest ally. they say they're celebrating the true spirit of america showing compassion to all faiths. >> i believe in defending people's faiths. i believe that's what we'reabout. the white house is trying to clarify comments the president made yesterday. he left people in sweden a little confused after mr. trump suspected some kind of event had just happened there. >> you look at what happened last night in sweden. sweden who would believe this,

sweden they took in large numbers of having problems like they never thought possible. >> problem is nothing much had happened in sweden. president trump may have been talking about a report that say sweden had accepted thousands of refugees recently. we look forward to informing the u.s. administration about sweden immigration and and integration policies tweeted the embassy of sweeten in the u.s. it's not clear if the security move is in response. there hasn't been marshal protection for a cabinet pick

in 29 years. in san francisco today people gathered at a movie theater to remember that chapter of american history. back in 1942, films made it look like japanese were happy to go to the internment catches. a man who was 11 years old at the time remembers the forced relocation differently. >> we were in a state of following along, get on a bus. so i'm just following the instructions because beyond that i don't know what else was going to happen to us. >> reporter: they were worried about parallels between the 1940s u.s. tony decopell shows us what made today's flight different

from the rest. >>four, three, two, one. ignition and lift off of the falcon nine to the space station. >> reporter: with roaring engines and a cheering crowd, the historic launch marked the first time a private space company elon musk. shortly after, space x made a successful return to the space station. meanwhile space x has bigger plans to ferry not just

supplies but astronauts to the space station. perhaps as soon as next year. >> there's also been set backs, last september an unmanned rocket exploded on a space pad. and another disintegrated shortly after take off. phil harwood is consistent. >> what the trump administration plans for nasa. >> tony decopell, cbs news new york. back to all the weather we've had lately. the huge scare at oroville dam has people concerned whether california can handle all the rain. >> the lessons learned and what experts say needs to happen now to prevent future flood disasters. >> reporter: it is not normal.

it's getting worse. >> it's an incredible story. >> they may have missed a little patch. >> reporter: a textbook message in the power of small problems. >> we still have some room to absorb the water coming in. >> reporter: small problems that can become huge. the smallest crack, the smallest mistake can lead to tremendous problems. >> we are all thinking about infrastructure. we have old infrastructure that needs to be inspected and maintained. >> reporter: a lot of this stuff is old. shasta dam built in the 30s. oroville is young built in 1988. >> we have a problem of this success of a previous

generations infrastructure building. >> they did such a good job we haven't had to put as many of our best people and as much of our money into that than when the infrastructure was first built. >> that infrastructure was built thinking the climate was not going to change and we now know that's not the case. >> because it's been a drought. you're trying to capture all that water. you don't want to lose it. >> these dams weren't really built for that kind of agility. >> i think part of the challenge is redesigning the system to accept more flood risk and reduce the populations at exposure from these extreme events. >> reporter: we know how to do this. we're doing it right now at

folsom dam where we're about to finish work on a second spillway. because those new gates sit 60 feet. the lake level can be brought lower sooner meaning they can make room for big storms before the water even starting kr climbing toward the top of the dam. >> that was a new way to deal with the infrastructure. let's deal with extreme weather. >> it was also extremely difficult. updating folsom lake by $3 billion and it may not have happened thanks to another major disaster. >> katrina did a lot of good for our system. >> this is probably one of the bigger cracks we've seen where the levee didn't fail. >> the heave -- the levee is

a problem. try to imagine for a home, what almost happened in oroville. >> essentially what we're looking for is essentially a 30- foot wall of water. >> we hope to not have too much water. you often need a little bit of failure. >> reporter: the more apparent we need to be to allow more water. >> let's rethink the whole system. >> in the long run, concrete fails. and if we can think about a broader way of managing our water for the 21st century we'll be much better off. in the sacramento san joaquin delta, wilson walker kpix5. you take the weather we've got coming in. the weather we've had for the last three months with the levees out there soaked then

have a -- let's face facts. if we get an earthquake, the levees fail that's a disaster. not many people talk about that. but we're going to talk about this. the weather coming in, temperatures in the mid-50s. cloudy skies in the bay area at around 11:00. it is just offshore. it's already beginning to move in to parts of the coastal peninsula with the high de f doppler moving in. then heavy rain will develop in the next 60 minutes more much of the bay area. the wind and rain immediate a flood threat. the river el rations spike and the problem is it becomes to rain within if next 60 minutes and does not let up until tuesday monday. you can see the focus. the swath of rain goes all the

way up into the is sonoma coupty. -- county. it just depends where it focuses with this. we still have scattered and some pretty good cells coming down. it finally beginning the break up 24 hours from now. it doesn't ease completely until we get shower and almost 5-inches in santa cruz. that's in santa cruz. imagine what they're getting up in the mountains and san lorenzo river basin. even santa rosa and san rafael. about 3 inches for san francisco by the time we add it all up. so a flood watch in effect. winter storm watches are posted. if rain turns into 2 feet of snow. winds also a factor. look at all the bright colors

meaning wind gusts in excess of 30 miles per hour. so rain, wind, high wind warnings posted. 60-mile an hour gust possible. at skyline boulevard and also in the east bay hills. wind and rain develops tonight. rain and wind through tomorrow night. tomorrow morning you will wake up to rain and wind. overnight tonight we'll -t get down to the low 50s, mid-50s in the area. the high wind starts to develop now. in the extended forecast we're looking for things to finally dry out. we'll be back after this break. ,, brought to you by mancini sleep world. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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oroville dam crisis... then their home was burglarized. but tonight, it all ends well for a yuba first they were evacuated in the oroville dam crisis, then their home was burglarized. >> but tonight it all ends well for the couple. medals were returned to mike polmoroy. >> men came forward after police posted that the burglars may have dumped the stolen items into the back of a blue pickup. the truck's owner found the items and took them to police who returned them to the family. and three people have been arrested. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,

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