already, just over the past 24 hours, more than four inches of rain in boulder creek. in marin county, two inches of rainfall in woodacre. this is the beginning of a wet wintery pattern there. the highest peak ins the syria, four to five feet of snow from this one storm by thursday morning with wind gusts there 70 to 80 miles an hour. this is the weaker of the two storms. we will talk storm number two coming up. >>> it has been snowing like crazy in the sierra. in fact, the first snow survey of the season was today. surveyors trekked through knee deep snow and found the depth of about 34 inches. that is only 53% of normal, but a lot more snow is on the way. and emily turner reports with all the new snow comes an avalanche warning for the back country. >> reporter: while the snow is great for those who want to hit the slopes and enjoy it an also for california's drought, when there is this much snow in such a short amount of time, it comes with some safety concerns. 20 inches of powder overnight. this winter's storm has made the sierra a skier's paradise. >> it has been

>>sot chief kevin mcclish/boulder creek fire dept.asically we are expecting heavy wind and rain for tonight. so of course we are worried about trees and power lines coming down. >> reporter:across from the slide.a home blocking her driveway. >>sot sharon/mountain resident--it was just scary. there are many emergency vehicles. >> reporter:the wettest winter in ten years here means the drought is over but santa cruz county has declared a water emergency, calling on after a pipeline from loch lomond reservoir failed. >>sot eileen cross/santa cruz water dept. santa cruz get 95 percent of its water from surface water like rivers and streams. and, and these kind of storms these waters become too turbulent for us to treat it so we have to live on all reservoir. >> reporter:the san lorenzo river is on the rise again as residents are worried about high winds which can take out power lines and electricity. >> resident so many of them are dead and have not been taken care of. >> reporter:there is widespread flooding slides are taking a toll on m

in boulder, colorado, the temperature is near zero. this delivery truck is stuck. pinched up alongside another car. >> i slipped into his acura. >> deicing at airports, but flights were cancelled. and in the south georgia transportation crews preparing to pretreat roads for the new system moving in. >> here in boulder all this snow has closed city offices and left cars buried. they'll be digging out here as the southeast is getting hit next. abc news, boulder, colorado. >> those 80 million americans are wondering one thing right now. how much rain or snow will we get, and when will we get it? >> for that let's go to justin. good morning. >> good morning to you. it's been a while since we were talking about plowable snows this far off to the south and later on today into to some areas throughout the tar hill state will see six inches of snow, some areas more. east toward raleigh durham and heading to south eastern virginia. meanwhile the west coast, a break right now. look at this. here comes the next storm. tropical moisture, flooding rains and flooding rains. >> t

this tree south of saratoga had one lane blocked as did the boulders also on ohio 9. the river below is rising but it's a safer and dryer place for steve and his dog than where they've been sleeping. >> we were underneath the bridge but it is being flooded. >> summer man grum is grateful she's not in the same house she lived a cup you will of months ago. >> it was right on the cliff of the river and it recently went off into the river. >> i'm told that the river here is two feet above flood stage. we heard sirens goingoff warning people that flooding is imminent. there is a couple of feet water come down the streets. >> such a situation for so many people. thank you very much. some of our best reporting has come from you our viewers. you've been sending us amazing photos and video. this sent to us by ryan o'neal. the stream has turned into a waterfall in cascade falls in fairfax. then at the san pablo bay. ed rogers shared this photo of a very large tree -- that's a tree -- that fell at bear creek in the santa cruz mountains. melody sweet sent us this picture of snow.

this is the same section where boulders slid during the last series of storms. crews tomorrow will knock loose any weak boulders before they fall on their own. i'm told by those crews that it will be very precarious work particularly if the weather is as troublesome as now. we are experiencing high winds in diamond heights. now, o'shaughnessy boulevard will be closed until at least friday to shore up the hillside in diamond heights. live in diamond heights, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> a live look now from treasure island. you can barely make out the bay bridge in the background there due to all the rain. >> emily turner has the forecast. >> it's over the entire bay area. a lot of green, yellow, even some orange. all that white is snow in the sierra. so if you are going skiing, that's good news. let's zoom into where this heavy rain is now. it goes inland over petaluma and over richmond. so if you are heading home just be careful on the roads because it is wet and, in fact, we have a flood advisory in effect right now until 8:15 p.m. most of the bay area is affecte

and near ymca camp in boulder creek, crews worked the fix the damage. and delays on highway 17. and chunks of pavement plummeted into the creek below. this is just the beginning. the water here at the san lorenzo river is expected to rise more than 12 feet by tomorrow afternoon. hitting the santa cruz mountains with a vengeance. people here are understandably concerned. i spoke with one woman in boulder creek who said during last big storm here, she was without power for five straight days. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> wow. that's a long time. people are nervously watching the russian river which is climbing and climbing. >> reporter: it is. and these people have lived through so many of these floods. many of the homes here, not far from here in the low lying areas have been built up on stilts. some of them as high as 20 feet. of course, the ones in most danger are those along the russian river and many of the creeks that flow into the russian river. we talked to a woman who has lived through at least 40 floods. one time everything she owned was underwater. >> i lived i

hey, do you see that san lorenzo park through redwood grove boulder creek? a little bit of a break there now but it's been raining all morning. we are anticipating four inches of rain on top of the 5 inches that already fell with the last storm system. we do have rain up and down the peninsula. sfo, now delays 3 hours and 18 minutes on some arriving flights. and check out this city. san francisco, light rain in the mission district. heavier rainfall throughout the richmond district backing through western addison. we have the rainfall all the way back through ocean avenue. now, this system is the latest one on the heels of the atmospheric river. it has a little atmospheric river impulse associated with it tapping into a cold front. bottom line flash flood watches in effect for this huge yellow area which encompasses the entire bay area. the blue area is the coastal flood advisory in effect. we'll see some coastal flooding. temperatures in the 50s. we have winds breezy 14 oakland, 15 san francisco, but these winds are going to increase as the day wears on tod

rain was heavy in the big surarea and caused boulders to -- sur area and caused boulders to fall in many places. >>> a dry forecast for tonight, and as we start out 2017, then the next few day, we're talking about multiple rain chances. the significant rainfall developing by midweek. some clouds across the bay area earlier today. even a few scattered showers. all that action is moving out to the south, leaving us with mostly clear skies right now across northern california and the bay area. current numberses -- numbers, time to bundle up. san jose, 50 degrees, san francisco in the upper 40s. a look outside, we can show you this, looking toward the embarcadero lights toward the bay bridge. a very popular destination for tent. and just bundle up. no umbrella needed in the short-term. overnight lows, the coolest locations backed down into the lower 30s toward santa rosa and napa, san francisco 46, san jose 39. livermore in the upper 30s, 38 degrees. tonight as we mentioned, fair skies, cool numbers out there. the main cloud area has moved out to the south. and here's what's happening. we ha

farther south we see very heavy downpours moving through boulder creek.is heavily affected by the last round of rain. a crash and slowing for the east bay. >> highway 17 still affected by the mudslide. more of that in a second. i want to show you, as kari said, the roadways are wet. pondings in the east bay. it causes a lot of slowing around highway 13. starting to slow down in orinda. we have slowing that shows up the last three minutes. heading toward the bay bridge. we have this to contend with as well. look at all of this rain coming down diagonally. >> another storm moves in. the russian river is already at flood stage. some homeowners you can see need boats to get out. >> conditions only going to get worse for that river. in pete is suratos is in guernesville. where do things stand now? >> good morning to you. flood stage is about 35 feet. you can see this is closed. this is just an example of the type of flooding we are seeing in guerneville because of the rain. as far as the russian river levels, 35 feet. it will dip down to 32 feet, which is stil

rocks and boulders crushed one of our vans on highway 16. our photographer inside was hurt but we're relieved to tell you he is recovering. >> reporter: the hope is that this fence will keep vehicles safe as the next group of storms loosens the rocks and boulders over the stretch of highway 17. >> this fence could hold back basically beach ball size rocks and boulders, small amounts of dirt and small rocks. but if we have a major landslide like what occurred last monday there are very few systems that could protect against that anyway. >> reporter: last week's mudslide struck in the dark, the photographer was on his way to work and was injured but on his way to the hospital. caltrans spent several days cleaning up the debris from the road, and moved additional rocks and trees. >> all the trees within 15 to 20 all the way up to the top of the slope, there will be no weight or loss of soil from the trees blowing in the wind. but the root system is still there. >> the crews are racing against the clock with the next storm coming, but the rails

and that sent people rushing to the boulder creek hardware store for emergency supplies. >> preparing getting wicks for lanterns and some fuel and head lamp and things like that. >> reporter: tonight's storm also sent chunks of pavement into the creek below in scott's valley and triggered several spinouts on highway 17. people who live in this area pride themselves on being prepared. but tonight, some are questioning if they've done enough to face what some meteorologists are calling one of the worst storms in a decade. to give you an idea just how much rain we're expected to receive overnight, the san lorenzo river is expected to rise 13 feet. by tomorrow afternoon. reporting live in felton, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> my goodness. thank you very much. we're keeping a close eye on rivers and creeks across the bay. you're looking live at the fairfax creek right now. this runs under the town's city hall. conditions look okay so far but the water there has a tendency to rise requickly. several rivers and creeks may reach flood stage or close to it. that does include the guadal

rocks and boulders crushing one of our abc 7 news vans as you can see here. our photographer inside was hurt but we are very relieved to tell you he is now recovery. david louie is live where caltrans took steps to protect other drivers. david? >> reporter: the fence caltrans installed here along highway 17 will probably look normal to you, but they insure us it is designed to help make drivers and their vehicles safe if the rain triggers another slide but for now they believe the hillside here that did slide last week is stable for now. the hope is that this fence will keep vehicles safe if the next series of storms loosens rocks or boulders over a stretch of highway 17. >> this fence could hold back basically beach ball sized rocks and boulders. small amount of dirt. small rocks. but if we have a major landslides like occurred last monday, there's very few systems that could protect against that anyway. >> last week's landslide struck in the dark just after 3:00 in the morning, crushing an abc 7 news van. the photographer was on his way to work. he was inju

up to four minutes about -- has already accumulated in boulder creek. there are delays of four hours 36 minutes at sfo because of rain that continues to fall. the city of san francisco around the marina district, you know what i'm talking about coming you hear raindrops on your rooftops. a thunderstorm blew through the bay area and over the bay and then dissipated. this is tracking to the north and east and we have a flash flood watch in effect for this yellow highlighted area. where you see the red in the southeastern portions of sonoma county, there is eminent flooding. this is the other side of the story in oakland where they have gusty wind. redwood city at 25. 22 in the concord area. a high wind warning in effect in addition to a high wind advisory. ocean beach is blustery at this time and temperatures are in the balmy 50s and 60s. if that makes a difference today with the rain and the wind. we have a live team of reporters in the thick of things this morning. we have kpix 5's anne makovec who is tracking flooding levels in san anselmo. first, let'

boulder creek saw seven inches of rain over tuesday and wednesday. when you couple that with a foot of rain in the forecast you will definitely see some flooding in the santa cruz mountains. this is the leading edge of the atmospheric river. a flash flood watch in effect for the bay area over the weekend. meanwhile, we do have watchful eyes on the rushing river. we had the flooding stage at 32 feet and anticipating 36 feet rise in the river at 4:00 a.m. on monday. there will be road closures. high wind warning in effect for a local wind hills. winds up to 30. right now they have been increasing up to 28. in an jose, redwood city at 16. you get the feeling this morning it's breezy but it will become down right windy. two hour delays at sfo on some arriving flights due to the rain and cloud deck. today's storm, flooding is likely over the weekend. i wouldn't try traveling to the mountains, the sierra or santa cruz. the urban areas if you experience flooding back in 2005 you will again this weekend. this is the blue highlighted area there. that's the ri

. >> some of the boulders could be the size of a small car. some of them could be little. >> reporter: the public works department decided to close the road wednesday afternoon. rock slides in the city have been a roll in the past. last week's storm its caused some rocks to fall down across from glenn canyon park. the city brought in experts who said more heavy rain this week could bring more rocks down. >> we don't want them rolling on pedestrians or cars or bicyclists. what we will do the next couple days is sending crews up there who will be going down the hill knocking off the loose boulders. >> i see this roadblock and now i have to figure out how to it get home. >> reporter: nearby on stone crest the sound of chainsaws in the rain. the hey winds brought a large tree character down across the road. >> one of our two big trees in front of our house. knocked over the fences and no carp was there. >> reporter: officials say it's just one of many fallen trees and they plan to have extra crews on stand by overnight. through the week. >> we had

rocks and boulders crushing one of our abc 7 news vans as you can see here. our photographer inside was hurt but we are very relieved to tell you he is now recovery. david louie is live wherens too other drivers. david? >> reporter: the fence caltrans installed here along highway 17 will probably look normal to you, but they insure us it is designed to help make drivers and their vehicles safe if the rain triggers another slide but for now they believe the hillside here that did slide last week is stable for now. the hope is that this fence will keep vehicles safe if the next series of storms loosens rocks or boulders over a stretch of highway 17. >> this fence could hold back basically beach ball sized rocks and boulders. small amount of dirt. small rocks. but if we have a major landslides like occurred last monday, there's very few systems that could protect against that anyway. >> last week's landslide struck in the dark just after 3:00 in the morning, crushing an abc 7 news van. the photographer was on his way to work. he was injured but later released fr

plan is to move in some heavy equipment this afternoon to try to get rid of that once really big boulder. once they get rid of all the rocks, they are going to put in some new fencing and the hope is to have o'shaughnessy boulevard clear by tomorrow afternoon. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> new at noon, contra costa county just issued a proclamation of local emergency in response to winter storm damage. parts of the county have had widespread flooding, mudslides, sinkholes and damage to public buildings. the declaration will go before the board of supervisors for ratification next thursday. the emergency status would make the county eligible for disaster leaf funding in the future. -- disaster relief funding in the future. >>> a mudslide in the santa cruz mountains. crews are still working to clear the debris. our heavy rains have caused trees, rocks and mud to flow into a road near highway 35. >>> 10,000 pg&e customers have a power outage in fremont. the traffic lights at multiple i want sections are dark. -- intersections are dark. we are checking to find out if it's

boulder creek, scotts valley, heavy rain which is important because they have had several mudslides down there. they don't need to have any more but it is only going to continue to get more saturated as the days go on. we also have a flood advisory in effect so be sure that you're very careful driving home. >>> rain coming down there's new rush to shore up sinkholes and tonight there's new frustration about one that's been sit there is for months. kpix 5's jessica flores shows us what is taking so long to fix it. >> reporter: right now we're here in orinda. i want to take you to the sinkhole we are at the edge of it. it's 22 feet deal. and workers are here right now. there is not the only sinkhole causing a headache in the east bay. the massive hole stretches across miner road in orinda swallowing up every raindrop today. crews working in the storm stabilized a 16" water main to be sure this sinkhole doesn't go from bad to worse. >> we'll have pumps and manpower, and we'll just see how bad it gets. >> reporter: a few miles away the nearly year old sinkhole in moraga is covered in tarps.

several hours of heavy rain were too much for this section of blue ridge drive near boulder creek. the runoff ate away a steep section of the switch back. crews installed bags of sand and concrete to limit damage. jennifer bloom lived up here for 35 years. >> so we're used to it. we all have backup power, fireplaces. we get by. gas. so we're good. >> reporter: here in downtown boulder creek they got some of the heaviest rain in the bay area and it fell all day long. by nightfall the town had gotten about 4 inches. i guess you have to love the rain if you are going to live here? >> i lived here over 30 years. >> reporter: this rain is no joke. >> i know it. i have been around when we have had close to 80 inches. >> reporter: the hillside started giving way after a full day of rain on our way out of the area. there were at least a half dozen mini slides on the 7-mile stretch of bear creek road. no major incidents but if the rains keep up, get ready. kiet do, kpix 5. >>> from rain to snow, it is coming down hard in the sierra. in fact, crews completed the first snow survey of the seas

. >> reporter: in boulder, colorado the temperature plummeted to near zero. we found this delivery truck stuck in place, pinched up alongside that acura. >> reporter: so you just slid sideways? >> yeah slid into his acura. >> reporter: de-icing trucks were going non-stop at denver's airport, but more than 130 flights were canceled anyway. and in the south, it's all hands on deck. georgia transportation crews, preparing to pre-treat roads tonight for the new system moving in. here in boulder, all this snow has closed city offices and left cars buried. they'll be digging out as the southeast is getting hit next. david? >> from colorado, neal, thank you. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano. he is with us live tonight. he has got the timing tracking both of these storms. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. we're cold enough for snow just about everywhere in the country. the atmosphere is packed with a look at the advisorieadvisories. so many of them across to country. the first pulse we want to deal with is one to three inches of sfl snow across the ohio valley

this one has closed both lanes of highway 9 near toll road trail just north of boulder creek. sky 7 shot this video around 9:00 this morning. a couple of pretty good-size trees came down as well. no word when the lanes will reopen. >>> more rain is on the way tomorrow, which will likely bring more problems to the bay area. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at the forecast. >> yeah, get ready for another soaker as you take a look at live doppler 7. you can see some showers ahead of our next storm. right now the steadiest of the rain in the north bay as i take you in closer, some moderate to heavy pockets. windsor, guerneville road into santa a. as we look around napa, it's lighter rain and the flood warning has been dropped but that could change. walnut creek, walnut boulevard, we're seeing spotty light showers. on the peninsula from pacifica to burlingame and san mateo also watching this moisture. this is heading our way in association with our next storm which is out over the pacific here. so here's a look at that storm. it's a 2. moderate in intensity on our

heavy rain in the santa cruz mountains, boulder creek. you have 4 more inches of rain between now and tomorrow. peninsula soggy. meanwhile the city of san francisco you are wet from market street around the embarcadero backing into the mission district and also into the sunset district. we have yet another area of low pressure. it's going to cause us some rain anywhere between one and four inches of rain across the bay area. flash flood watch in effect and a coastal flood advisory. bottom line out the door, you will be experiencing some ponding on the roads and on the sidewalks. temperatures are into the 50s. the winds at this particular time are breezy. 15 oakland, 17 san francisco, 10 redwood city, 16 along the coast. but they will be increasing as the day wears on. that's why we have a high wind warning in effect up to 65-mile- per-hour wind gusts in the higher elevations. at the surface pretty much 20 to 35-mile-per-hour sustained winds. three things to remember. showery for the morning commute. we'll have the rain and wind decreasing

they don't want any of those big boulders to come crashing down. route is closed. the street is closed. we've seen lots of people turning around in the other direction. we are told there is going to be aerial crews working this morning to secure and move some of those rocks and other debris above the cliffs. once that's done, they'll be conducting a study to find a long-term solution for this issue. now, there are a couple things you should be aware of if you drive in this area. line 44 has been rerouted because of this issue. they are now taking those buses through the mira loma neighborhood and also if you drive in the area there are three alternate routes. monterey, teresita, and diamond heights boulevard are all alternate routes. you will not be able to drive here this morning. i will be here through out the morning with updates for you. >>> james fletcher right now looking at more of the damage we've seen around the bay area because of the storms. >>> this was the scene at pacifica. it rained nearly all day yesterday. a streetlight came down w

boulder creek. haywood in there as well. hit and miss.he bulk of the heavier one also be this morning and then a break. weak ridge and the next next system fly acrosst. will be here late tonight and tomorrow. a system on friday. one on sunday and a cold little low drops in on monday. after that a break but the next five-days its been my experience and probably yours. they over estimate san jose's rainfall. that's more toward the santa cruz mountains. look at santa rose amount even san francisco. we are still in for some moderate to heavy rain over the next 72 hours. 50s on the temperatures. low mid-- temperatures haven't changed much in a long time. they won't until probably monday. rain, wind, sun on saturday. others same temperature and then a cold system up north. low snow levels. it's cold outside. this is. >> fort weekend will it rain or snow? >> snow. >> that's good. that always causes a lot of problems. >> all right. >>> students and teachers all across san francisco and parts of the east bay taking part in a day of action. they ar

boulders came crashing down just a few weeks ago. the street has been shut down as a precaution.>>> and contra costa county, they have declared their own state of emergency because of major damage from recent storms. one of the biggest problems is a sinkhole. they expect it will take almost a year to repair the hole. contra costa public works officials say this is the only problem area they have to worry about. a few areas are going to take a while to repair.>> amber valley road, mcewan road, amber valley has been the worst damage we have suffered and that's going to take a wild to repair. >> sure is. next week, county administrator will present the local emergency declaration to the board of supervisors so they can ratify it. in the meantime, the county is just hoping the storm a.com and cause as much damage as it did last time. please stay with kron 4 both on- air and online. we have everything you need to know about the storm and the ones that are coming next on- air and kron4.com/. we have live reports throughout the bay area and

some of the boulders could measure the size of a small car. the city brought in experts who said that more heavy rain this week could bring more rocks down. >> what we will do the next couple day social security sending crews up there who will go down the hill knocking off all the loose boulders. >> and on -- we found some more damage. fire crews say the rain and wind brought part of a rooftop crashing down on to the pavement and nobody was hurt. back out here live you are looking at the closure -- again it's closed from the base of the hill all the way to -- and we have information here about the muni bus. the bus line 44 will be rerouted through mira loma neighborhood. we don't know how long it'll be closed for. they will bring in experts to look and look at how dangerous this will be and if more of these rocks will come down. >> in san francisco. thank you. >>> with more rain headed our way you can expect more downed trees and power lines, especially with wind, work crews spent hours yesterday cutting up and removing a rge tree that fell ac

groomers are out getting everything ready on big boulder opening up at 8:00 this morning. we're in good shape through all of the major resorts here in pennsylvania, and the not 100 percent capacity since we have not had that big snowstorm but building good base here, toes and boulder up to 40 inches. thirty-six for cammal back blue mountain and decent amount of trails. twenty-nine in camelback, 27 in blue mountain. great day for skiing and riding. things go downhill next couple of days because we are talking about rain but they will be cranking out more snow with that cold arctic air. little signs, of the spring, if you do not like cold season , the daylight, could start increasing now that we have officially started the winter season, sunset tonight coming at 4:47, later and later by february 1st, it will be setting at 5:20. march 1st 5:53. and before we get the daylight savings time. we are gaining just over 30 seconds of daylight another week or so we will gain a minute of daylight each day as we head toward spring season. thirty-nine in allentown 356789 in reading. thi

boulder creek, riverside grove and also san lorenzo park. those are the areas prone to flood. peninsula you're now picking up rain showers from daly city making tracks 280 into the san francisco where we have rain showers across the golden gate bridge. we have a flash flood watch in effect for most of the bay area. coastal flood advisory, as well. we have a high wind warning for our highest elevations of our bay area. and we also have a wind advisory in effect for the bay and the coast. winds 20 to 35 miles per hour. currently blowing up to 20. temperatures are in the 50s. and if it matters, with the rain and the wind today's highs 50s and 60s. we'll continue to track this present storm and the one for thursday next time around but first, here's roqui. >> reporter: all right, thank you, roberta. it's 5:30. good morning. >>> you'll have a rough morning commute out the door. so let's take a look here in oakland. this crash we reported earlier is now a traffic alert issued by chp. it's westbound 24 in oakland before broadway. it's a two-car crash but also resulted in a car fire.

joining us with a new title in addition to his representation boulder and fort collins. he is the vice chair of the democratic steering and policy committee in the house. welcome to washington journal. what's this new role mean for you? guest: what the democrats are doing this session is expanding leadership geographically, ideologically. new faces from the middle of the country like cheri bustos from illinois. policy committee is involved with committee assignments for members. both sides of the aisle have one of those and along the way we do hearings toad hoc try to use our abilities to elevate our agenda and better communicate. host: what was behind the broadening of the democratic leadership? guest: one is really geography. it just so happens one of our -- some of our leaders are from the eased or west coast. the to make sure democrats from the middle to country are also represented. that we demonstrate that we are a national party. you see people ideologically diverse like full of mondello from texas. really to represent democrats and working families in all areas o

driving into boulder a car spun out more than 180 degrees in front of us. the roads are treacherous and all of this is now moving towards the southeast. robin. >> all right, neal, airlines are preparing for delays and cancellations. five major carriers are are issuing travel waivers. david kerley has more on that side of the story. >> reporter: not only are the airlines are offering passengers a way to change their travel plans by offering these waivers. not a blanket offer. but if you want to change your plans, the airlines won't charge you a fee. which could be up to 200 bucks. this is only in specific areas. the southeast, south central. the rockies. depends on the airline. here are the airlines. if you have a flight, the best advice -- check with that airline, see if where you're going will be affected by the storm. you may get the waiver. i got to tell you guys, it's going to be a couple of tough days of flying coming up this weekend. >> okay, thank you, david. >>> let's get to ginger right now. look at where the storm is headed. lot of white on that b

half foot of rain in boulder creek in the santa cruz mountains. rain falling at the top of the peer-mind in san francisco. -- mere immediate in san francisco. more rain coming. the timing on that coming up. >> thank you. >>> as wet as it can be out there but you can blame a lot of today's storm damage on the drought. tonight clean up crews can barely keep up with all the toppling trees. >> i am len ramirez in the santa cruz mountains, people continue to watch and worry about the swollen san lorenzo river straight ahead. ,,,,,, over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long: health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. and, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. to get covered, you've got to get going. open enrollment ends january 31st. visit covereca.com today. with sl

check out boulder creek. here is the rain totals, you see disparities too. so what happened here was we kind of lucked out because had the rivers or had the rain continued on, giving us the 12 inches we were forecasting, there would have been a lot worse flooding especially napa river and smaller creeks. there is a flood advisory and warning for the central valley. you see that area now. because there is more rain coming. off in the pacific, more showers. they will pick up overnight and river levels continue to come back up. but pretty good news at least based on the forecast center, the russian river, forecast -- looks like it will stay at or just below flood stage. that's the plan. earlier the forecast models thought it was going to get way up there a few feet. in gernville it is flooding. you can see right here. that's where it is right now and flood stages 32, so 3 1/2 feet over flood stage and here russian river 18. you see you do have a little above flood stage, but that's nothing like the 8, 10 feet that was possible. and the napa river calmed down qu

caltrans has brought in front loaders, dump trucks, bulldozers, and moved the boulders, the tree stumps. right now, it's just the effort of trying to clear the little debris, and then pg&e can come in and assess their power lines. >> reporter: and just up the road, this is another mudslide blocking highway 35 near summit road. an huge tree you can see came down on to power lines as a result of this slide, and the roadway is shut down entirely. we spoke with larry, who lives a at nearby winery. he was trying to get home this morning, but he's going to have to try to find another way to get to his house. >> it said road closed, and i thought, well, there are mudslides, rock slides, occasion lay tree blocking the whole lane, but this was like the whole side of a mountain came down with a big tree, and it's totally blocked. no getting around it. >> reporter: and there's all sorts of damage throughout the santa cruz mountains today. intense rain coupled with those very strong winds, so there's a lot of cleanup to do in this area. an lot of that cleanup already underway, but, of course, compl

he said he had a dry place to sleep in boulder creek. so all we needed to do was find somebody with a car. and we found two people who had a car. it was a woman and her boyfriend. and her boyfriend was a chronic heroin user, and he had a gun on him. he was trying to sell it for heroin or for money. they needed a place to stay as well. as soon as we got there, there were people already in the house by the name of eddie munster and rush. somebody got the idea in their head to borrow the gun from this man, [ bleep ], who was in the car, who provided the ride up there. and take the gun and rob a mountain store. he said no and that was that. i was fine with it. and when i walked through the door, i was pushed. somebody was behind the door. i think it was eddie. he had a baseball bat. he started beating him upside the head with the bat. and i was just in shock. i didn't know what to do, so i backed up, and i sat on the bed, and they kept beating this guy and beating this guy. his blood was going everywhere. just bits of skull and brain going a

the principal and vice principal of the boulder creek high school in arizona.claimed the skit was an inside joke meant only for teachers. but after someone leaked the video, someone presumably named john brennan, parents started to petition to have them fired. they say that students are not idiots and the parents are not morons. >> our students are idiots, our parents aren't morons. >> tom: even creepy jeff foxworthy put weight in. >> there's a saying that goes the fish stinks from the head down. >> tom: the school board has placed the pair on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. personally, i think it might be a big to do. it's not like school officials should know what is comedy. >> think summary of that level, because she is an officer of the school and the administration, i think that you should know better and what is comedy and what is not. >> tom: there you go. next, you've made some funny videos. >> some unfunny ones, too. should you get funny fired fore unfunny one? >> and have a job, can you get fired from twitter? >> this combines two

. >> the severity is big boulders the size of cars on the road, big holes in the road from the big boulders, as well. >> reporter: although warning signs of the closure are posted as far back as carmel, carloads of mostly tourists still try to get through but are disappointed. [ indiscernible ] >> we have to go back, consuming two hours. >> reporter: how do you feel about that? >> frustrated. >> yeah. >> i have dinner plans with my friends at 7:00. >> reporter: they came from new york. this family was from germany. >> landslide. >> we have to turn now? because we want to go to [ indiscernible ] [ baby crying ] >> reporter: that left stretches of the highway empty. bad news for big sur businesses. >> there's no one coming through. you can look around. there's not a single person in here. some are filing for unemployment. >> highway 1 is likely to be closed for at least three weeks. >> reporter: in big sur, kpix 5, len ramirez. >>> several state parks are all closed due to flooding damage. >>> new at 6:00 a new plan by the governor could cost some students their opportunity to go to college.

your job is to push the boulder up a little bit before someone pushing it further and the task never stops in perfecting our union. beginning he was going to be a transformational president. not a mid step guy. then around 2007 or 2008, he seemed to be more humble. then when i look back and look at his comments, i would say i was transformational. >> he was. starting with the health act. a lot of presidents for decades have tried to bring health care to all americans and he came close to doing it no matter what will happen under the trump administration and plus save this country from another great depression with this long economic expansion, but the thing that i think we will also look at is you're suggesting you get to losing congress in 2010, he faced an opposition in congress for the next six years that was very opposed to doing deals with him. very much unlike bill clinton in 1995 and '96 could go to bob dole and newt gingrich and get things like a balanced budget. obama would say if he were here tonight i did not have people like that on the other side. >> he also was able to

video of a creek turning into a river, this is in boulder creek. thanks to all of you for sending us incredible pictures and video during the storm. it helps us to tell our story. when you see news happening, tag us on twitter or insta grgram o post your videos to our face back page. >>> president-elect trump firing back after the actress scolded him publicly at the golden globe awards for reportedly mocking a disabled reporter. >> when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back, it, it kind of broke my heart. >> mr. trump took to twitter this morning calling streep the most overrated actress in hollywood, defending his actions saying he never actually mocked the reporter. now president-elect trump's swift criticism of meryl streep follows a pattern throughout the campaign. but are these practices likely to be part of his presidency? nbc bay area political analyst joins us now. there's campaigning and the actual presidency w

host: chris is on the line from boulder, colorado. caller: i had a question about what mr. price means by access. i was thinking about, like -- i have access to buy a bmw if i want to if i can afford it. but if you take about what is involved in what has been passed in the health care law, to use the car metaphor, you can buy a car without seatbelts, anti-pollution devices, gas mileage requirements. access, thereout are no guarantees about what you purchase. and we hear from oaklawn. caller: i thought today's hearing was a perfect microcosm of the election overall. there is absolutely zero self-awareness. the accusations of racism by mr. kanine. accusations of gender discrimination by senator warren i am sure mr. price is tired of being called a racist, a crook because of his financial dealings. good case study for people to observe and see how disgusting politics is. tom price has been in congress since 2004 and was asked a number of times about stock trades he's made or his broker has made with health , including senator patty murray. murray: recent press reports about yo

boulder creek could rise to flood levels. we could see power outages, trees and mudslides. the local reservoirs are getting to full capacity. we shot this yesterday when it was 76%. now it is 97% full this morning. back here live, you can see the guadalupe river is rising. there is a concern for the homeless. shelters have increased the number of beds. they're asking for any he dough the nations, blankets, warm jackets. >>> good warning there. thank you very much. 4:34 right now. when chp posts signs for flooding they certainly mean it. asa know ma driver stalled out yesterday. he pulled alongside the car and the driver was able to climb aboard the big rig without wading through the surging water. our he free nbc bay area app is a great source to keep track of the changing conditions. >>> this morning we are track thing a fire that broke out 2:30 this morning on 160 selby lane. it was on the backside of the home. that's where it started. everyone was able to get on outside who was inside that house. firefighters were able to get the flames under control within 15 minutes. f

boulder creek, probably more than that by now. mount tam .82. think scott's valley is the most rain i have seen. very low snow levels on 50 and 80. around the 2,000-foot level. in mendocino county and lake county, not as much in the way of snow today as yesterday. a couple people said do you think we will get more hail? i don't think so. we need breaks in the clouds for that. i don't see that too much today. plus temps have been modified a little bit. a lot of rain is on the way upstream. 40s on the temps. these are warmer than yesterday by far. a few 30s linger up in mendocino county and lake county. low to mid 40s. yesterday there were a lot more 30s. mill valley was 37 this time yesterday. the breeze is showing it elf is. it will only get stronger by tonight. there could be gusts about 40- plus in some of the higher elevations. north bay hills, so much moisture being drawn in from the low off of oregon. 40s and 50s later. a gray day. if you don't have to get out of bed or go to work, enjoy the day. >> that would be very nice. although i think

predicting a foot of snow here in boulder. based on what we're seeing already, they're getting at least that. overnight, wild weather from coast to coast. icy roads and freezing commute in pennsylvania. in the midwest, a wintry mess. white-out conditions in michigan. drivers in kansas city unable to get going. in the west, bitterly cold temperatures combining with squalls sending drivers into difference. in washington, rescue workers fighting frigid temperatures to rescue two 15-year-old boys who had fallen through a frozen lake. one boy in the frigid water for nearly 30 minutes. before being pulled out. >> he was not able to extract himself from the ice. >> reporter: in california, 10 to 15 inches of snow and driving rain causing concerns of flooding and mud slides. driving in we saw a car in front of us spin out, do a full 180 degrees right in front of us. treacherous and going straight towards the southeast. robin. >> all right, neal, airlines are preparing for delays and cancellations. david kerley has more on that side of

boulder creek. lexington hills.here is another round of rain for them and now in the mountains. 3800 feet. 40s on the temperatures here. mid40s for some but some 30s now showing up kelseyville at 36 degrees. 43 -- and there is a northerly part to that breeze. watch out the system car vexer s out. then it has more cold air with it. that is going to start working its way and starting tonight into tomorrow. yes we will be dryer but we are going to get colder. certainly on the lows. there could be a few isolated 20s. that in turn may equal ice. i would think so in to the weekend. today one more rain day and then a break. >> and have you seen some of the picture that the ski resorts have tweeted out? >> over their heads. >> the cars, i had to look at this one picture at squaw and -- it was a parking lot but you could only see small bits of cars. >> feet of snow. >> feet of snow. him weekend --. if will be a break up there. no rain, no snow. >> if there is any its week on sunday. >> yeah. >> not a big deal. >> thank you s

boulder creek more rain there on top of 4.5" of rain that accumulated yesterday.eninsula you, too have some rain showers drifting into palo alto towards the san mateo bridge. so far no reports of any delays at sfo. we'll kind posted. urban flood advisory still in effect for much of the bay area by that blue highlighted area. in addition to a coastal flood advisory for astronomical high tide. we have the king tide just over 7 feet at 10:00 this morning. rapid rise in the streams, rock and mudslides possible, downed trees still possible today even though we'll just see a lingering shower. the soil is beyond saturated. 48 to 53 degrees out the door this morning. the winds are up to 13 in some spots. we'll blow 10 to 15 out of the west today. number-wise into the 50s just shy of 60 degrees. and yes, you heard it correctly! lingering shower or two today. the bulkful your day will be dry but we are -- the bulk of your day will be dry but we are tracking a new storm and we'll do that at 48 after the hour. kenny, michelle? >> thank you. >>> mudslides are causing problems