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what is different this time around. >> suddenly, boom. >> i thought the tree was going to hit the window and break it. i had to duck. i had to go on the floor. a scary moment for passengers as another landslide hits in the same area as the east bay last time. another update on what it means for your commute going home and in the coming days. good afternoon. i'm reed cowan. not the kind we have suffered with over the past couple of weeks. i mean suffered. chief meteorologist paul heggen is here. >> a few showers showing up on first alert doppler already over the north bay. most of this evaporates before hitting the ground. plenty of snow its wainto the bay area. good news for the

evening commute. holding off until most folks are home. more showers in the north bay between 5:00 and x:00 this evening. the actual showers. not the evaporating sprinkles we are tracking right now. the bulk of the rainfall after the sun goes down , it makes its way towards the golden gate by 8:00. the heaviest towards san francisco and oakland falls between 8:00 and 11:00 this evening. locally heavy downpours are going to be brief and pastor quickly, limiting the potential for any significant flooding threat. the rain dives down into the south bay by about 11:00, midnight. long out of here before the sun comes up on thursday. watching the wind speed, which is fortunately not very strong. 25 mile-per-hour gusts as the strong wind moves through. potentially downed trees as we monitor the rest of the evening.

a string service is not going to operate until monday due to mudslides. the train stopped once again early this morning. anne makovec watches it all. >> we just saw this yesterday. in a strain carrying more than 200 stranded on the tracks for hours along niles canyon. this was on the ultimate quarter express train. it by dirt, branches, and debris around 5:30 this morning between pleasanton and fremthas223 pas members on board. today, they were evacuated and transferred to another train. taken back to pleasanton. crews moving equipment to try to clear the tracks and shore up the hillside. then toe the damage train. debris spilling over onto the tracks into alameda

creek. one passenger said they felt a strong , powerful force like the train had hit the tree. three passengers ended up with minor injuries because of how abruptly the train stopped. after the jolt, they saw mud against the windows. some of them broke from the impact. >> i thought the tree was going to hit the window and break it. i had to duck. i had to go on the floor just to make sure. it was scary. >> things flying all over the place. i flew into the table and i hit the table. >> is transit officials are not operating until monday because of the conditions of the location. they don't know what will happen next and they have to keep the safety of passengers and crew friend of mind. >> thank you for the update. new teo county. eva lo debris in front of a home that has spilled out onto a road

below it. all these landslides throughout the bay area keep scientist on their toes. we are watching the single of the story at 5:00 and shawn chitnis reports on the physics of how landslides behave. president joe biden will tour the central coast tomorrow to see the storm damage firsthand and try to figure out what additional federal funds might be needed to support people suffering. the storm really ate away at laces like west santa cruz. at a minimum, $5 million-$10 million. they have a long-term plan to convert an area into a one-way street with an additional lane for walkers and bikers. >> there is a point where repair is astronomical. >> there are ideas of making this one way . just a little more of a buffer. this is extremely expensive real estate. they're going to keep this road here.

>> the wharf and i still erect. board sections washed away, making it impossible to reach businesses beyond the rupture. we have not been told a firm timeline as to when the repairs will start. right now it is about cleanup. capitola village, the debris finally hears from the streets. stores and restaurants are open. business owners who saw a lot of spooked customers are having to think outside the box to get customers to come back. case in point, this clothing store , catalina is by the sea karaoke >> we are going to talk to the businesses and say hello and let them know we are open. >> so many places that are open. >> open, open. >> you get the message? they are open. this is held to go over resources and job opportunities and to talk about how to allocate thousands of dollars from donations. many

people stepped forward to say they will help their friends in capitola. it could be months, if not longer for businesses to clean up and get back on their feet. we are there as they journey through that process. reservoir levels in sonoma county have made a dramatic rebound. we are hearing about waters of life a lot these days. wilson walker visited lake mendocino where the army corps of engineers is having to make stte >> reporter: unbelievable. 3000 cubic feet per second. it's something to see. the release here at lake mendocino signals at dramatic change in fortune for the northb supply. this was not inconceivable. but to have it happen in four or five weeks. >> the rain has been separated out by a 15-week period, then we would not have seen the benefit to the reservoirs. >> reporter: lake mendocino, full and releasing water. months ago --

>> it was empty. >> it really took that type of sequential number of storms to create and really saturate the watershed. and create that huge amount of runoff into the two reservoirs which are basically now both fully recovered. >> reporter: the other reservoir is at lake sonoma . where people came to gawk at the change today. >> it's like the cavalry came. it's a miracle. sonoma has made an incredible climb from record lows. >> reporter: closing in on full storage pool. >> we are almost there. about 50,000 acre-feet short. over the next 10 days, that natural inflow will probably get us there. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers now has greater flexibility in managing lake levels, which might allow for more storage, depending on what the weather brings. >> it is exciting to think that we could go from being in a water deficit, you know , last

year and the year before, to this year, maybe having an additional volume of water in both of those reservoirs. in a much better position than we have been in for a long time. >> it the orage. we are going to need more rain if we want to keep chipping away at the drought. top stories . opening arguments kicked off in the securities fraud trial of tesla ceo elon musk over tweets from 2018 where he claims he secured funding to take tesla private. they lost millions when the deal never happened. meanwhile, san francisco twitter headquarters auctioning items. the twitter neon logo. two bicycles that charge devices while you are

writing. lots of electronics, commercial supplies. even masks . boxes and boxes of them. covid is still impacting a lot of you in our communities. we will get a doctors take on dealing with the virus in the new year. plus this. >> definitely a huge matchup. >> here from the 49ers against

let's talk about our hope now. a highly contagious variant of omicron is spreading quickly. the latest data shows something called xp be 15 accounts for 45% of covid cases in the united states right now. a good case are in the northeast in the south. california is below the omicron strike spike of 2022. the average number of cases is trending down since the early peak last december. chances are you knew someone who came down with it. accurate numbers show more of a plateau. how do we handle covid in 2023? max

talks with an infectious disease specialist who thinks this year will be all about finding balance. >> when he's not busy in his office at mills peninsula medical center, infectious disease hospital dr. kim ehrlich is on the floor with patients. this patient did not have covid. but ehrlich says, as we start 2023 -- >> like every facility in california, we have seen an increase in the number of nations presenting the covid. however, he says there are differences this year from previous years. >> they're not presenting as sick as they used to be, say three years ago. >> treatment options are readily available. >> paxlovid has been a team changer. it is superior to no treatment from preventing somebody from coming to the emergency department or having to go to the hospital. but he says delivered covid does not mean pretending it does not exist. the balance between safety precautions and going about daily life and >> the balance is what we are looking for the next 12 months.

we might have to live with covid in our environment for the next several years. >> covid is prevalent in our community in the bay area. the best sense of how much so is found by looking at the wastewater. it's a biological sample of the entire community. in stanford university, that is alexandria's area of expertise. her team conducted extensive surveillance for covid-19 and other pathogens in wastewater all over the bay area works >> the concentrations we are observing in wastewater art at high, similar to what they were in the last surge during ba .4 and ba .5. they are not going up. their study and declining but they are still present and quite high. >> mixed in is the newest variant yet. seeing what she sees in the data , seeing what

she sees , at this point. >> with the knowledge i have, i like to mask when i go into public spaces like grocery stores. when i'm not in crowded spaces outdoors, i do not mask . >> at the hospital, it may be a new year. ehrlich sure to advise from the previous few. >> try to stay safe and get vaccinated and wear a mask when appropriate. stay home when sick. doors are open at san francisco's newest blood donation center. coinciding with national awareness month. newest center in this jonestown area near buckingham way and 20th avenue, replacing the irwin donation center near usf. the bay area support and a half-dozen blood drives tomorrow. also a way you can serve your fellow man. a list of times and locations on our website , kpix.com.

levi stadium ready to host the divisional round on sunday. the 49ers face a longtime rival, the cowboys . vern glenn joins me now. things are heating up, my friend. >> it always makes me smile when you say 49ers and cowboys. what a buildup this is going to be for the ninth postseason meeting. they lead the series 5-3. wildcard game a year ago monday. prescott did not spike the ball in time. this cost one final play. brought this poor woman to tears. the locker room is hip to the library. rivalry. >> obviously, i hate them now. but growing up a fan, you hear about the niners and cowboys rivalry going back since the '70s.

>> everybody seems to like the cowboys. my dad likes them. my cousins love the cowboys. a couple of my uncles love the cowboys. that's just what comes to mind. cowboys playing. eagles playing. that's what comes to mind. >> soft -- soft proclaimed american team. >> he still loves the cowboys, you know. >> even this weekend? >> he would not care who won. let's just say that. let's just say that. >> here is what is going on. today, first down play, second downplays are put in. position meetings. refined thursday with red zone plays, situational plays. more meetings to put it all together on friday. walk-through saturday. game time sunday at 3:30. >> lots of people will be tuning in. joining us tonight at 6:30

for our half-hour special, you will hear more from the 49ers and analysis from vern and the sports team. time for first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> one more round of rains ago if that puts your nerves on edge. the last 3.5 weeks of wet weather that we have had . i will start with the good news. this is a quicktime system that gives a slight rain. we are going to dry out on thursday. that pattern continues for a while. high pressure continuing in the atmosphere. really suppressing the development of much cloud cover. offshore wind starting to kick in. i don't think they are going to be significant in terms of additional tree damage. the first alert doppler shows a chance of showers moving into the north bay. pretty light and mostly evaporating before ground level. a priest wrinkles here and there. the bulk of the rain is further up to the north area the bulk of this rain moves to

the north bay this evening. this is a little slower than what we were talking about 12 to 24 hours ago. just slowing down a bit with this arrival time, it is not going to last for long. the heaviest rain will be falling over san francisco and oakland by about 10:00 this evening. it quickly moves through into the south bay. santa clara valley between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. it will dry out tonight. we will see a little bit of fall to start the day tomorrow. very confined. otherwise plenty of sunshine overhead is weak go through thursday and clear skies tomorrow night. chilly to start the day and abundant sunshine once again as we finish up the work week. let's talk about how much rain we are looking at. a few spots may approach a half-inch of total rainfall the highler elevations of napa county in the coastal ranges of marin county. a 10th of an inch to a quarter inch of rainfall.

not enough to cause a significant flooding threat. we will keep an eye on things this evening. this is not going to be a huge rainmaker for us unlike the past several systems. it could result in locally strong winds. the cold front sweeps through and places the atmosphere as a result of those strong winds. to five mile-per-hour gusts look like the range for this evening tonight. that is strong given how wet the soil is. minor tree damage. offshore winds in that 15 to 20 mile-per-hour range. temperatures might warm up a little bit in some of the north bay spots that are down slope of the higher terrain to the north. winter storm warning in effect until 4:00 thursday. expecting up to 20 inches of additional snow. those are the highest elevations . up to 45 miles per hour. difficult travel conditions through the rest of tonight to start the day tomorrow. a dry forecast. next week's rain chances, there are not any. last

weekend of january, not much to worry about there. temperatures drop down pretty quickly. low 40s around the bay and along the coast. high temperatures are a few degrees below average. 4 to 6 degrees below average. some of the spots barely touching 50 degrees on the east bay. temperatures will warm up a little bit with the down slope offshore winds struggling to warm us up. sunday and monday will be warmer days as we look over the next five days or so. a consistent pattern for tuesday and wednesday. maybe slightly above 60 degrees. all in all, a nice january pattern. the first seven-day forecast we've had in weeks that doesn't include a rain chance. still ahead, a project highlighting community heroes. addressing a serious health concern for many of them. remember you can watch us

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welcome back red cuteness matched with kindness. the sacramento spca recently connected this pup with a new home. willy wonka smiling, top right, complete with his crocheted canine ears. he lost his actual ears when he was attacked by some other dog. a vet tech decided to make faux ears and share his story online. >> i worried that he would not take it home. as soon as he had the hat on, everyone was interested in him. san francisco department newest emotional support door, clifford. we were there for his first day on the job.

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