boulevard in castro valley. ca slide happened on new year's day and after coming down the heel and covering the road, the mud continued on to tyler eases property. all this mud with was down here into the driveway was at. >> 5 o'clock when it started this here got clogged and my fiance notice we just had a river of mud going down the driveway. he says it is not the only storm related road hazard in this part of the canyon. >> he points out a short distance from here on palomar is road. you'll find this huge sinkhole. this was caused by a covert being plugged. >> water started running around the fight. undermines the colver. i if that pvc line breaks, that's what an 8 inch main. there's a lot of water coming through. >> the damage covert was removed replaced with this temporary pipe. you see anytime you have situation like this, you can have backlog of calls. >> the deputy director of the alameda county public works department says that they are aware of these road hazards in castro valley and are working to get

in castro valley. has it made 4 news? he is in proactive. >> there are a number of other sandbag pick up locations in alameda county. there are 3 in fremont where officials say people are being allowed to take up to 10 sandbags per household. you can also pick up a maximum of 4 sandbags in dublin, hayward and livermore. for more details on sandbag locations. you can go to our website kron 4 dot com. >> it's a big demand for sandbags on the peninsula. there was a long line sandbag station outside belmont city hall this morning. many people say they were kind of caught off guard by the intensity of this past storm on saturday and they're taking extra steps now to try to make sure they don't get whacked again. >> and new year's eve pumping water out of my basement my office about 10 hours. if you don't have to travel anywhere, stay off the roads. we rescued quite a few people from inundated cars the during the last storm just be ready for a 24 to 48 hours of some tough times with regard to flooding and loss of power. sandbag

. >> coming up, people in castro valley calling for a number of large trees to be cut down. why they say it is necessary now more than ever. (vo) at wells fargo, direct deposits come up to two days early with early pay day. what if everything came two days early? (hero) have a good weekend! alright now... have a good weekend. (co-worker) but it's wednesday... (co-worker 2) see you monday! (co-worker 3) am i missing something? (hero) it's the weekend baby... see you later. (vo) like getting things two days early? when it comes to payday, you can with wells fargo. (co-worker 4) what are you doing this weekend? >> let's get a check on our 4 zone. weather forecast with were that there's more rain coming our way. this is a live look outside tonight along san francisco's embarcadero. no rain there yet. but of course, this is an area that is often the side of king tides. come for chief meteorologist lawrence back with after a nice week off and telling us what's going on. yeah, we're gonna have some large king tides out there. the in the coming days are actually fortunate. >> that w

no need for a re-route out of castro valley. but ashland, for example, you can exit 164 and then get over to 14th. that's your alternate if you need it and you see those flashing lights. you'll see signs as well, likely, overhead. highway 4, 37, typical slowing through richmond and the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. no problem through the dublin interchange. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> we have some tips to help you handle your money better. still ahead on "today in the bay," the thing you want to keep in mind once you get your tax refund >>> tax season is here and i think i can hear you groaning. >> two-thirds of americans are expecting a tax refund this year. analysts say you should use the extra money to reach savings goals, instead of treating yourself. so a credit karma survey found about one-third of those surveyed planned to use their refund to pay down debt. one expert says you should file your taxes as soon as you can this year. >> and so we advise that anyone who expects to get a tax refund and has also g

a st connector between 18 85 80 in castro valley. it's also an easy route for drivers to get to hayward or the peninsula through the san mateo bridge. this is very important road for this whole. i mean, and i'. on the other side of the creek neighborhooddeo of the high creek collapsing their backyards. it just wasn't two pieces breaking and going into the water. 40 ft three fell down right after that, and all gushing into the waters extremely scary and want to experience that again. county offers up to four free sandbags. but at locations like these fire stations and castro valley sand is all gone. a division chief tells me they'll restock and fire stations 6 25, 12 and 31 sometime tomorrow, but there is no telling what further damage the next set of storms will do to this road. or how soon crews can fix it. this is going to mess up this whole neighborhood for a long time reporting in castro valley. i'm james torres , ktvu fox two news. well, people living at a senior care facility in castro valley had to be evacuated by the county f

you cannot prepare for a disaster like >> in castro valley has a menu kron. 4 news. happening tomorrow. president biden will be in the bay area assessing the damage caused by the recent extreme weather in our region. he will visit. >> some of the hardest hit areas so be in santa clara county, santa cruz county police here. the president will also visit disaster zones along california's central coast says he'll meet with first responders along with state and local officials while in california, the administration will also determine what additional federal support may be needed in our state. >> a big blow to has 2 of the world's biggest companies, amazon and microsoft are. >> slashing thousands of jobs. amazon reportedly plans to lay off 10,000 workers just this week. >> the company also slashing 18,000 jobs in total, which is just a fraction of the one and a half million employees that amazon has worldwide. >> and microsoft is cutting 10,000 jobs in a filing today. microsoft notified employees of the layoffs, some of which are effective immediately. the company opera

lena howland is an castro valley -- in castro valley. lena: neighbors in this community are now asking for more to be done after this massive tree you see behind me fell on this castro valley home, leaving a family of six without a home. take a look at this mess fenced off behind me. you can see where it fell, crushing the home and the father inside. his wife tells us that she was also home, along with their four kids, but they were not hurt. she says the her partner working to walk again, is on these other bigger trees bordering the kelly canyon creek, what is left of her home, and many other homes in the area . half a dozen neighbors say that no officials have talked with them about possible removal. >> who is going to take care of this? we don't want just a blind eye to be prone to this situation. >> when it is a public nuisance, the tree could fall over, hit the street and the sidewalk. of course it is a public nuisance. lena: nearly 1000 people hav signed a petition asking for the county to act immediately on this. we reached out to

there is a deadly crash reported coming out of castro valley. it's a very important time and very important spot there. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive but slowing did pop up in san jose. we're watching 101 as well. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> 5:42 right now. prescription drugs may soon be getting longer. that is because two huge retailers plan to cut back on pharmacy hours. coming up, how it factors into the rate. >> debates about controversial documents and if they're as serious it's official, america. xfinity mobile is the fastest mobile service. and gives you unmatched savings with the best price for two lines of unlimited. only $30 a line per month. that means you could save hundreds a year over t-mobile, at&t and verizon. the fastest mobile service and major savings? can't argue with the facts. no wonder xfinity mobile is one of the fastest growing mobile services, now with over 5 million customers and counting. get in on the savings and switch today. having diabetes can raise a lot of questions. like my morning ride, will i

fire stations. 25 6 now looking back here, live within castro valley.here? it's not nearly as high as it was over the weekend. it's dropped several feet since then , but you can certainly expect that to happen again. if we have rainfall anywhere near what we saw over the weekend. coming up later this week. we're live this morning in castro valley. i'm james torres. ktvu fox two news , james. thank you. every barea county has had storm damage in berkeley. the storm knocked down trees, including this one on claremont avenue that blocked the street and power lines were also knocked down, leaving nearby homes with no power for hours, and in san francisco, a huge boulder rolled down a hillside near the randall museum. it's impressive, very impressive. the size of the boulder is amazing. that rolling rock stopped before it hit the rocky mountain nursery school. the playground and swing set were not damaged, but there's plenty to clean upsa for childre again. the school director always feared that among side was possible but never expected something like this.

we have better news in castro valley. they have moved the crash that wasn't even kenyon road to the right shoulder. but it is still backing up traffic from dublin. people are slowing to take a look. although it is not bad as when two lanes were blocked. we also see niles canyon road closed between signal and fremont, and it likely will stay closed for the next few days. just too much debris on the road there. we also can see the bay bridge is not the slowest. i've seen it, but there is a backup now. maybe about a five minute delay and there's also some slowing on the bridge. it's 7 12. let's go back to the desk. okay sal. thank you . well, twitter ceo elon musk handed what the next actions on the twitter files would include coming up when he when he says he's going to release information about what he calls the fauci filers. and preparations for the next storm , well, cleaning up from the last one. after the break, i talked live with alabama county fire departments about what crews are doing to help families in alameda co

kron four's mod-yoon went to castro valley where he caught up with a woman who's getting her home ready ahead of the next storm. >> was a car. >> helen herzberg is taking advantage of a break between storms place sandbags around the exterior of your home in castro valley. everybody along this hillside. >> has had to have french trains push him. because we get way. you already did so much before. >> was a car. >> helen herzberg is taking advantage of a break between storms place sandbags around the exterior of your home in castro valley. everybody along this hillside. >> has had to have french trains push him. because we get way. you already did so much before. >> the sandbags are going in her backyard just outside of the screen door to prevent any potential runoff from getting in, depending on the area. it may be best to place the sandbags in a horizontal position for more coverage like they're doing here. >> it just just because it, you know, the drains have to be able to handle the volume of water. >> berthoud their sandbags here at alameda county fire station number. 25 on san miguel

in castro valley, abc7 news.homeowners to think twice before taking away trees to a dump. this massive 100 year old tree collapsed in get backyard on new year's eve, crashing into a shed and playground. a local company repurpose is the wood to make art into they are working with the family to find creative uses for the tree. >> i see opportunity. we had a large segment before the main branch there. these are giant conference tables. kumasi: the family envisions the tree becoming a dining table and benches. reggie: you can check the weather on our streaming app, wake up by the latest forecast and live doppler. it's available are roku, apple tv, fire tv and google tv. kumasi: we are looking live at sfo, an going to the airport because you might see united airlines pilots having an informational picket. it will start at 10:00 a.m. and pilots picketing our in negotiations with the airline. they say they are frustrated with the airline's unwillingness to invest in its pilots. this is coming as the fourth-quarter profi

castro valley. let's talk about the conditions there because a road is still shut down after a part of it collapsed during the heavy rain. ktvu james torres live for us in castro valley with more on the damage and the areas to avoid and james have been following your twitter as your warning drivers be very careful, certainly was scary before the daylight came up, and people couldn't see what they're doing, but but really a mess out there. most of this area looks exactly as it did over the weekend. when all of this washed away at first. there are probably a few more barricades here to make sure cars are aware they cannot pass through here. this is a street of westbound lanes of a street where normally aleppo's would be about 30 ft. higher from the ground here, but right now it's at eye level because most of this roadway has washed down into the san lorenzo creek . you see some of the pipe bike lane now gone. the guard rails now gone fences gone here as well. and that creek several feet lower than wha

. >> we are pushing for more answers on the towering threat to a castro valley neighborhood where some giant eucalyptus trees came crashing onto homes. we ask the county supervisor what neighbors should do about the ones that are still standing. >>> with all of the recent storms, it's fair to say concerns about covid have taken a backseat. but a highly contagious variant of omicron is a spreading quickly. the latest data shows x bb-15 accounts for 40% of all cases in the united dates. a good portion in the northeast and south. as for california, you can see on the chart that we are well below the winter oh microns lake of 2022. the average number of reported covid cases trending down since its recent peak last early december. though the accurate wastewater numbers show more of a plateau. how do we handle covid in 2023? max darrow talked with an infectious disease specialist two things this year will be all about finding balance. >>> when he is not busy in his office at the medical center, this infectious disease specialist is on the hospital floor with patients. this patient did not ha

in castro valley j.r. stone, abc7news. >> a massive mudslide stopped a train in its tracks today more than 200 passengers were stranded for hours. the a's train came up to the mudslide just after eight this morning near niles canyon after about four hours another train it came to rescue the stranded passengers who were then escorted to buses to get them to their destinations. george mcelroy at one of the writer shares his frustration. >> i am just disgusted because they wasted a whole day sitting on that train and potentially we could have been in jeopardy. >> there were no reported injuries from today's incident but niles canyon has been highly impacted by storms and mudslides. >> let's bring in abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian because we have one more bit of rough weather to keep an eye on tomorrow. >> we have entered a. of drying out but this is one minor system coming through let me give you a look at what's going on you can see on live doppler 7 quiet conditions right now but the approaching sto

but you know, the destruction comes with it in castro valley has menu kron. 4 news. >> up >> audi rattle yet again by another earthquake. you're looking at that video taken at a person's home in for 2 on sunday morning. the 5.4 magnitude earthquake stuck. real dale and neighboring cities. p g says more than 1000 people lost power. most of them that their power restored. this was just 12 days after a strong 6.4 quake struck and killed 2 people and injured over a dozen others. the u.s. geological survey says more after shots are expected over the next few days. well, go ahead. take your phone out. scan this qr code. you can get the latest on the weather conditions like the 7 day forecast. a look at tomorrow's temperature and this ongoing storm. we're going to continue to track. remember, take this your phone out, scan that qr code for more updates. happening now, san mateo county officials are asking for your help in finding this missing toddler 3 year old. andrea flores was last seen sunday in millbrae. police believe she's a victim of parental abduction. they say her grandma dropped her

in castro valley j.r. stone, abc7news. >> a massive mudslide stopped a train in its tracks today more than 200 passengers were stranded for hours. the a's train came up to the mudslide just after eight this morning near niles canyon after about four hours another train it came to rescue the stranded passengers who were then escorted to buses to get them to their destinations. george mcelroy at one of the writer shares his frustration. >> i am just disgusted because they wasted a whole day sitting on that train and potentially we could have been in jeopardy. >> there were no reported injuries from today's incident but niles canyon has been highly impacted by storms and mudslides. >> let's bring in abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian because we have one more bit of rough weather to keep an eye on tomorrow. >> we have entered a. of drying out but this is one minor system coming through let me give you a look at what's going on you can see on live doppler 7 quiet conditions right now but the approaching sto

so now i'm i don't know what i'm going to do in castro valley has menu kron. 4 news. >> san francisco police are pretty busy on sunday responding to 3 separate shootings and stabbings. sfpd says the stabbing happened just after 02:00am when a man and a woman were walking back to their car after visiting a nightclub. that's when police say they were attacked by 2 suspects. police say that the suspect stabbed the man who has been identified as a 28 year-old from antioch and they stabbed him multiple times. he is now in critical condition. the second incident happened about 40 minutes later in the mission. police say after fireworks were set off in that area, a 22 year-old was shot. the victim suffering now from life-threatening injuries. and the 3 o'clock in the morning, a victim told police that he was in a fight when he was shot. police say that the victim is a 28 year-old from san francisco. he sustained non life-threatening injuries. and police also responded to shots fired in the area of mission street in bay view street. once officers arrived on the scene, they found shell casings

what they saw 2 days i don't blame him. >> there are 2 sandbagging locations for residents in castro valley. alameda county fire station number 6 on call canyon road and here at fire station number. 25 on san miguel avenue where i found brandi hill who says she came here on a lunch break from work to hopefully prevent my garage from flooding again, i came back from out of town this weekend and i guess you guys had a pretty big storm and my garage with sweat. it. other folks say that they dodged any major impacts from the last storm and are here because better safe than sorry. actually, we're very lucky. there was very little. absolutely ok, but you hear at sandbagging just in case just in case. just in here, you will find sandbags and a sandbagging station. however, alameda county public works. officials say be prepared to bring your old shovels and to help yourself like these folks are doing >> first come first serve. and when it runs out, it runs out. but their counties keep up best. they can elevate a county residents will also find sandbags that public works, maintenance and operations

. >>> and live report in castro valley where nassif tree fell onto a house. person is in >>> from cbs news, bay area, this is the morning edition. >>> welcome back it is 6:30 a.m. let's start this half hour with a check in with the weather. this latest d of bay. nos dionalfloo issues and e wis arti down. thmeing at e short term. see the few showers that are out there. a couple just to the north of the golden gate right now and a few more are waking their way into the county. the hefty is rain is in solano county. this is a full-fledged thunderstorm ongoing before the sun comes up this sunday morning. the activity will push further and further to the east. once this winds down which will happen in the next 90 minutes or so, we will be dry through the rest of today. this guy is brightening as we approach sunrise. look at the rainfall amounts, anywhere from two inches of rain in the golden gate. the rain was a very slow to move in. once it moved in it just kind of passed through quickly, leading up to 3/10 of an inch of rain in san francisco, concord, and san jo

sleepless nights for some castro valley residents who worry their entire neighborhood is in danger. this comes after a eucalyptus tree smashed through a house there and pin the owner to his sofa. ktvu jana katsuyama spoke with neighbors and the family about their new petition calling on alameda county to take action. there's a lot of nervousness. i know there's a lot of sleepless nights. it's a nightmare that bonnie frisvold and other neighbors in castro valley do not want to see repeated. the giant eucalyptus tree remains right where it toppled over more than one week ago, kelly canyon creek behind the homes flooded and on january 7th. the tree came crashing down right on top of the gonzalez family home on sandy road, pinning the owner, a father of four underneath where he'd been sitting on his living room couch. you're sitting on yourself. for watching a football game. the last thing you expect is a tree, too. come through your ceiling and literally separate your family in half. he has major broken bones, major rehab ahead of him and having to learn to walk and things like that ag

but you know, the destruction comes with it in castro valley has menu. >> kron 4 news. and the north bay. meanwhile, the storm is fail causing rain there. it was a little bit clear earlier today. nice morning and welcome break from the rain yesterday when it was sunny. lots of people. today walking their dogs, try to stretch their legs, get some exercise before the next storm moves in and it started raining about midday. and marin county monday morning here, fairfax water it's urging their down the spillway from lakeland. you need us into law. need is creek, heavy rain over the weekend. it's of course been talking about that storm, how it was just relentless with the rain filling many of the creeks coming off mount tam over in mill valley. neighbors say the coming storms could knock over trees near their we sleep >> to be safe. and we have our fingers crossed for wednesday. as i understand the big rain so hoping that the winds stay calm. >> flooding, of course, could be a point of concern this week been talking about that rivers streams tend it peak and then take time t

. >> gia vang is in castro valley dealing with the trees falling. what's going on with you there, gia? >> raj, audrey, some really harrowing moments for our team, our crew out here in castro valley. just within the hour, really. so i want to show you what happened to the back of our suv. we were in this suv, and then a tree branch fell right on top of it. you can see it nipped the top of the car here. we were looking for a spot really to do our live shot, this one right here. and we were parked right across the street there next to that guardrail, and we weren't quite under the tree, but it was next to that guardrail. we were kind of assessing what we were going to do for our live shot. photographer mikey and i heard some cracking. and as soon as we looked back, we noticed that the tree was falling down. so we tried to get out of the way, and just got nipped by that really giant tree branch there. here is what we're looking at on palo verde road here. there is a slide area right here, and that is why the road is closed. you can see all the mud right

crow canyon road in castro valley has been closed for more than three weeks now because of storm damage, authorities now warned it could take another several weeks to fully reopen that road. but as ktvu brooks jarocz explains, for many commuters and regular drivers on that road, patience is wearing thin. and this is a major thoroughfare. i think they got to work faster and get this roadway open. the signs are easy to see. and for some drivers, they're easy to ignore time and time again. it doesn't make any sense to us. you know, i've been doing this job for about 14 years, and it's mind blowing every time i see these rare occasions where someone will obey, disobey, assigning, like drive into a pothole or to a ditch or drive off the road for weeks, crow canyon road in unincorporated alameda county has been closed from castro valley to san ramon for good reason. you can see this this area to the right here. oh, wow! lead. storms cause mudslides, flooding and erosion and ultimately caused another safety issue. they run through here crazy. speeders and lawbreakers running rogue, frustrating

. >>> in castro valley, neighbors are pleading for help with a towering threat. you can see this massive eucalyptus tree fell onto a home am i slicing it in home, sending a father of four to the hospital. it was 1 of 2 trees that came down between sandy and madison avenue. neighbors are worried about the one still standing. juliette goodrich reports they have signed a petition and are scrambling to figure out who is responsible for the next tree falls. >> he got pinned under the tree. >> reporter: pinned under a eucalyptus tree that came crashing into their castro valley home. heather gonzales' husband is recovering in the hospital, and is not supposed to get out for months. >> he was on the second part of the house over there. in the living room. the tree crossed the kitchen and living room and my children and i were on the outside and my oldest was on this side. >> reporter: is it hard to look at this? >> absolutely. this is our home, where we have made memories read it's very hard. i'm just glad he is alive. >> reporter: just to give you a lay of the land, you

on 580 between dublin and castro valley , gina was driving and the heavy downpour on saturday when the dash cam on her tesla recorded a car, look at this, sliding across four lanes of traffic , but missed any oncoming cars and slammed into the side of the road. this is what happened next. >> i knew i wanted to check on whoever it was. i came out of the car and hugged her leg, it's okay. she is like shaking. >> a 360 all the way. 470. whatever you want to call it. >> and i was behind the wheel. the rear tire got caught in a drainage basin and it looks like it was not going anywhere. angel martinez lived up to his name and arrived to help her. he was driving to work in orlando from modesto. he could have kept going but spotted a need in the community and got out and risked his own life. titus dropped from his trailer to the front of it and within seconds, look at this, he pulled the car back onto the roadway and give somebody else a second chance and a second moment. he said it was the fourth time he's done something like that in a storm. >> saw someone stuck like you know what, i'm goin

meanwhile in the east bay, 18 residents were forced out of the castro valley nursing home by the floodthey're back home tonight. they spent the last two nights at a local church after being forced out of the firm lodge assisted living facility over the weekend. a bad seal on some sliding glass doors allowed water in the nearby creek to overflow. about half an inch of water covered the floors, still being cleaned right now. the church that a mattresses on its own floor for the elderly evacuees who actually did not seem to mind. >> in a nursing home day after day after day, week after week and have a routine. it's a good routine, but delev is a routine. here they get a break from the routine. >> the facility is now sandbagging in advance of wednesday's big storm with the hope of avoiding another big evacuation. check this out. not far away, also in castro valley, does have a section of redwood road walked off as they work to repair a collapsed sidewalk there. further south in the santa cruz mountains, several families are busy adding up after the san lorenzo river spilled at banks on sat

interviews greg lee live tonight with the story in castro valley, greg make this break between storms, giving lawmakers like congressman eric swalwell chance to see the scope of the damage of the storms. and here along a street in castro valley, it is striking the congressman calling for more federal dollars in this recovery. congressman eric swalwell took a closer look at some of the damage recent storms caused in his district a portion of a street, a major thoroughfare that connects hayward and castro valley, washed away by the rain and surging san lorenzo creek. it's eye popping. just see it in that standing because so many of us, you know, have just relied on the local infrastructure here. but i think it just commands us to do everything we can to get it back up and going well joining with alameda county public works officials and the sheriff's office to request more federal assistance, specifically a major disaster declaration to help reimburse counties for the recovery work ahead, the known damage so far. estimated $52 million. 83% of it of the current estimate is directly relat

but you know, the destruction comes with it in castro valley has menu kron. 4 news. >> a massive sing hall at the gates of the oakland zoo has forced the facility to close until at least mid-january kron four's. well, bellow spoke with the zoos ceo today about the damage well, what are they going to do to be closed for so long? unfortunately, they're losing a lot of money not being able to accept visitors to the zoo as well. just steam. saturday's historic rainfall caused a covert to collapse at the entrance of the zoo and with more rain expected this week, engineers are worried that sinkhole could worsen. >> this is not the way start 2023. >> a river of muddy rain, water rushing down. the oakland zoo proved to be too much for the property. >> a large sinkhole now sits at the front entrance. know that sinkhole was a major issue as it is completely cut off public access to oakland zoo ceo nick deja says the arroyo, viejo creek running through the property. >> became swollen saturday, forcing the covert it feeds into to collapse in the fall. u.s. e. >> the weight of this water collapse.

. >>> to castro valley and a lot of neighbors pleading for help after this.ucalyptus tree fell right onto a house with such force that it wasted right in half, sending a father of four to the hospital. it was one of two trees that came down homes last week. this one along kelly canyon creek between sandia and madison avenue. neighbors are worried about the one that is still standing, looking at the rooftop again, are we next? juliette goodrich reports they have signed a petition. they are scrambling to figure out who is responsible before the next one comes down. >> pinned under a eucalyptus tree that came crashing into their castro valley home and now, heather gonzales' husband is recovering in the hospital and is not supposed to get out for months. litelly, he was sethhein e livi om and theecrmy hed livingm. chen and i idd my oldes on abis is wh've made molyard.m ad live >> just to give you a lay of the land, you can hear the creek right now. kelly canyon creek. neighbors said they have never seen it this fall. take a look at the results on the house here.

it effectively close a major thoroughfare between hayward and castro valley. >> you can see the whole street is bad. >> reporter: this man and his family have lived on the opposite side of the creek in castro valley for the past two years. on new year's eve, they watched helplessly as the creek started to flood. mind buried their bayard then there was a terrifying sound. >> we could hear the actual bridge falling down one by one. when we came back we saw it. >> reporter: both lanes of letter a street are closed. vehicles have to detour around the watchtower road. this is causing problems for residents who are asking the same question. >> when will they be fixing that street? >> i do not want to say how long but it could take a significant amount of time. the county is trying to fast-track these repairs the best we can. >> reporter: john junior is the deputy director of alameda copley public works. he says the level of damage to the area is unprecedented. the repairs cannot start until the rain stops. >> we may have to adjust our designer plans as we go along. other storms could have a

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this is just east of the trader joe's here in castro valley. you can see it's really just i pop into you here. you can see what looks like part of that bike lane has already just collapsed from over the storms from over the weekend here, like paul has been taken down with an offense all of that falling into the san lorenzo creek here. what we've noticed this morning is there's a line of cones kind of covering where that stretch of road is, it looks like they've kind of somewhat created a new bike lane here. there's a little bit of a wall that separates the medium divide if you will, that separating the east and westbound lanes here have already seen at least one bicyclist this morning using that little space between the cones and the wall as the new bike lane for this morning now, no word on how soon some of this damage will be repaired. but sure enough, these crews are bracing for another round of rain that we are expecting to see a little later this week, of course, this roadway being washed away from over the weekend collapsing into the cree

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the castro valley resident was sound asleep this morning in his grandma's in-law unit when a 100-foot eucalyptus tree crashed through the roof. >> i woke up at 3:00 to the loudest noise i think i've heard and i hopped out of bed and looked up and the sheet rock was gone and the beams were hanging down and went outside and there's a giant tree. right over there in the corner next to the night stand, my bed was right there. >> reporter: he showed me the aftermath and his bed right underneath a gaping hole in the roof where the tree landed. nobody was hurt. he believes the home's chimney may have saved his life. >> it's a brick chimney. >> reporter: he said his grandmother had an arborist over yesterday who said to call the county about the tree. the tree beat them to it. he's thankful to be standing here knowing there could have been a much different outcome. >> i feel lucky. it could have been worse. everyone is safe. >> reporter: pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> he is a lucky young man. >>> president biden approved an emergency declaration for california. governor newsom made the r

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the pothole track break coming into castro valley and heading north on 238.s will slow you down a tad bit. hopefully it will clear quickly. chp just notified us about the break and that was all. the repair work should be cleared in the next few minutes and will be well ahead of all the activity coming in that kari is talking about. this will not be clear, the sinkhole on 92 over to sun studios, pilarcitos. that huge sinkhole. we'll show you that video later on. just know highway 1 and 280 are your alternates. more traffic going north if you get over to the coast and southbound highway 1 heading down past sam's chowder house. there's a parking lot and a lot of surf fans across the roadway. that's where to be careful. a smooth drive through the north bay and the east bay. no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. we do see the camera moving back and forth. our view from sutro tower, the wind kicking in and light rain as kari is talking about heading through the north bay. that is a range. a lighter drive. back to you. >>> it's 5:20 right now. up next on "today in

we began in castro valley where neighbors are pleading for help with the tower and throughout and you can see the massive eucalyptus tree that fell into a home , slicing it in half, sending a father of four to the hospital. it was one of two trees that came down along kelly creek between sandy and madison avenue. neighbors are worried about the ones still standing. they signed a petition and are scrambling to figure out who is responsible before the next tree falls. >> he was pinned under the tree. >> reporter: pinned under a eucalyptus tree that came crashing into their castro valley home. now heather gonzales's husband is in the hospital, not supposed to be out for months. >> he was over there, in the living room. and that tree crossed my kitchen and living room. my children and i were on that side. my oldest was on the side. absolutely , this is our home, where we have made memories and it's very hard. i'm just glad he is alive. >> just to give you a lay of the land, you can hear the creek right now. neighbors tell me they have never seen it this fall . take a look at the results o

. >> pete suratos is joining us from castro valley. some residents concerned the trees are an imminent threat to the community. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. they definitely think the eucalyptus trees are a threat, especially following the storms. the trees are falling. i want to show you guys, that is the 200-ton eucalyptus tree that fell into this home along sandy road two weeks ago. a father was down there when the tree came down and split into two. i spoke to his wife and she says he is recovering in the hospital. he's going to be there an extended amount of time, she says it's going to be a long road to recovery with a lot of therapy. the residents here are stressing concern of other trees falling and created a change.org petition calling on alameda county to remove about a dozen trees on this road. they say there is a threat of them falling following the storms. i spoke to a resident. this patio is facing what our viewers are looking at right now and he says he was washing dishes and he saw that tree collapse right there, spli

. >>> welcome back, the recent storms have left a clothing optional community in castro valley cut off the saqoans are a social nude club. it is open to the public in the warmer months. right now, they are trying to find their way around a giant sink hole. >> it started new year's eve and little bits would go away. >> reporter: the road collapsed. rob bephillips has lived on the product 26 years. >> how many people are on the other side just waiting to get back into castro valley and the east bay? >> there are seven families. everyone is fine. getting in and out. >> this is a private roadway. you can see how it is washed out from the recent storms. they have even made a walkway just across over. now, members of the clothes free club tell me they have an auxiliary road. they are not trapped. this is not an emergency situation. but obviously, they can't get past this particular road and this is definitely a dangerous area. phillips says they have plans to fix the road and everyone living on the other side of it has propane, food, water, and power. the 80-acre site started as a nudist clu

both of this flooded castro valley road on one side. flooded with the other, flooded farmlands in between a narrow ribbon of road that was largely impossible to all but the biggest trucks. a couple of them did defy the street closure signs and went through those floodwaters to get to some of the farmhouses that are just beyond the closure. the good news is this water is receding. i've been here 2 1/2 hours at this point. it's closer to where i'm standing now. it has receded into the background a little bit. but on the other side, it has started to rain again in this area. a very dynamic , unpredictable situation. the biggest impact as the closure of south bound 101 in gilroy. the difficulty to navigate around the closure for people that are trying to get to gilroy and points south this evening. >> thank you so much. as you can imagine, traffic in that area has just been a complete mess. south wound 101 backs up and connecting highways 152 and 25 , also backed up. best advised to avoid the area. >> a lot of you are told to get out this e

life here in castro valley, ryan curry, abc 7 news. >> well, it's happened again. for the second straight day, mudslides stop and a stream. more than 200 passengers and to be evacuated, they were hurt. it happened in the same spot, niles canyon, between vermont and since -- sonora. this inside the train as many were shaken awake by the impact. >> i was asleep, it sounded like we had a vehicle or something, it was so powerful. it just rocked us. >> i had fallen asleep finally, and then boom, i was woken up. >> the slide let several people stranded for hours just like yesterday. a strain officials say the backpacks lights were unprecedented. crews spent the day removing the mod while officials assess the risk of another slide. asa says it is not going to run anymore trains until monday. >> all lanes of highway 37 are now open. flooding shut down the highway over the weekend. 37 reopened to traffic on monday, but caltrans did not have all lanes open until today. >> in belmont, another home among san juan boulevard has been red tagged effort -- after a mudslide. a seco

around 2 of locations for residents in castro valley. one is at alameda county fire station number 6 on coal canyon road other. that's going to be at fire station number. 25 at san miguel avenue. we talked to one woman who was not home during the storm on saturday. take a listen. >> to hopefully prevent my garage from flooding again, i came back from out of town this weekend and i guess you guys had a pretty big storm and my garage with sweat. it. >> alameda county public works. officials say be prepared to bring your own shells and to help yourself like these folks are doing here. sandbags are available. 24 7 while supplies last each household is allowed to get at least for sandbags for a full list of sandbagging locations around the bay area. head over to our website at kron 4 dot com. stanford. they're encouraging employees to work remotely this week because of the storm. their website says all stanford redwood city campus employees are expected to work remotely until monday, january night. other employees on the stanford campus are a

a mudslide caused a major traffic hazard at palo verde road at east castro valley boulevard. now the slide happened new year's day. it's not the only storm related hazard in that area. just a short distance away on palomar israel. there is a large sinkhole there. take a look. this was caused by a covert being plugged. >> water started running around the fight. undermines the if that pvc line breaks, that's what an 8 inch main. there's a lot of water coming through. >> the alameda county public works department is busy responding to a backlog of calls and they say they know about the road hazards and they're getting to everything as soon as possible. workers say they're using a dispatching tool that helps to address the county wide problems. and one of homeowners thought there was an earthquake early tuesday morning because of how much their house shook back and forth. but it turns out a large tree fell on their roof. call forcefully to shows us the damage. >> howling winds up through the 100 foot cedar tree landing on sandy peters's home early tuesday morning. i thought we're

this is a lot of madison avenue in sandy streets in castro valley. in fact, during one of the reasons storms a tree did come down on a home sending one man to the hospital. >> and it could come down to my house, the public street, the public sidewalk. you could injure someone driving by. we want the whole creek to be inspected. we want all of the trees to be looked at and checked out to sea. >> posing a danger. >> these castro valley residents are asking alameda county to take a look at the trees. alameda county tells kron 4 the resident who do not wish these trees to be on their properties should consult with tree removal contractors. they say they're working on repairs which are within their jurisdiction. all right. let's take a live look this morning at the bay bridge lights. look at those. they're beautiful cm. whenever you travel across the bridge, the site we won't be seen in march. okay. that's because of a non-profit behind the art installation. they're saying the hardware is family kron four's. noelle bellow tells us how millions in donation

in castro valley city crews were out cleaning the creek along madison avenue. hundreds of sandbags are also on the way. residents say that the water was overflowing the line of sandbags that they had set up this past weekend. and in neighboring san leandro. there are also fears that the canal along crosby street will suffer even more damage. here we have torrential rains come through bone. the dynamic walls coming down our backyard sliding into the canal. all 18 residents of the fern lodge nursing home in castro valley had to be rescued from the rising waters. yesterday nobody was injured and they were able to return home today. live images from this year. we're giving you a sense of wide chains are required on interstate 80 and 50. this is what drivers are dealing with right now on 80. this is right near soda springs. we're trying to make it a little bit bigger. there we go. chp is asking drivers to stay on top of those calls for trains all of this week because we do have those storms in the forecast video now from napa county tonight shows snow and snow plows

. >> and castro valley has an axe to grind with. the alameda county public works department about their response to mudslide that is affecting his whole. but a public works. official is defending the response by work crews in that area. our kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has that part of coverage. >> this is an alameda county public works vehicle driving by tyler reads home palo verde road and cast their >> typical that night with that during a typical drive-by. that's all we've got in this entire time. reeves claims that he and his family have been abandoned by the alameda county public works department. >> after he says they've got no response to a major mudslide that came down this hill and onto his property during the storm. >> during a plug hillside came down. i came all the way down into our driveway and we've had to dig ourselves out with our tractorsaand and continue pushing the mud. >> that direction because it keeps coming down from the hillside. the alameda county public works department close palo verde and placed a yellow

the castro valley why traffic has been slowed through castro valley. we are also looking at some other commutes because it's busy out there already on monday , in case you're thinking it's going to be lights, not light at all. it is backed up to the maze at the bay bridge, san mateo bridge and dunbarton bridge or crowded but not stop and go ahead and over to the peninsula where we haven't had too many issues reported on the peninsula, however, were look looking at a couple of things that we're going to have another traffic update in just a few minutes. now it's 703. let's get back. to the headlines. thank you. the national weather service is warning of more cold nights ahead, leaving some of the bay area's most vulnerable residents in a particularly dangerous situation. with the wind and cold. it feels like it's in the twenties and some parts of our region right now, and it will be this way for the next couple of days and nights. many counties and cities are opening up warming shelters to help all those who don't have stable housing. for me, it gets re

you can take east 14th or northbound 880. 580 slows out of castro valley. the rest of your commute looks standard. there may be a disabled vehicle on the san jose bridge. i'll check on that coming up. back to you. >>> prosecutors take their first real steps this morning in seeking justice following this week's half moon bay shooting rampage. "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us in half moon bay. >> bob, the suspect will go before a judge for the first time later today. >> reporter: you are correct. good morning, laura and marcus. chunli zhao is the suspect in this mass shooting. he will be arraigned in redwood city on charges in connection with this shooting that killed five men, two women and put another man in the hospital. we're here off the main drag in downtown half moon bay where you can see people have left flowers and candles in honor of the victims. the sheriff's office says zhao knew the people he allegedly shot and they believe, the sheriff's office, believes this was an incident of work place violence. he work at both farms targeted in th

but you know, the destruction comes with it in castro valley has menu kron. 4 news. >> scary stuff there. humble county rattled by yet another earthquake. this is yesterday morning looking at videos taken at someone's home and for tuna. shakes the light fixtures and the furniture. you saw the dog got freaked out. the 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck rio, dell and neighboring cities today inspectors red tagged 20 homes at one apartment complex. the red tag. it means the home is not livable. residents say they felt strong shaking starting to surround 10, 30 sunday morning pg and e was reporting more than 1000 residents without power. but most of them have been restored. this is just 12 days after a strong 6.4 magnitude quake killed 2 people and injured more than a dozen people in the same general area of that county. the u.s. geological survey says more aftershocks are expected over the next few days after jeremy renner is in the hospital after being seriously injured while he was plowing snow. >> his representative saying that he's in critical but stable condition after he was flown to the