i spokesperson for contra costa county confirmed. a judge ruled in the county's favor. and since the case is under appeal, they can't comment on pending litigation. every year, it gets further and further upstream and affects more and more of the neighbors, and it's terrifying, called a structural engineer and are waiting on an emergency permit to build a retaining wall to protect their land from further erosion. but a wall is well out of their means. the estimates i'm starting to get are starting to add up to what is you know? half a million dollars, maybe even up to three quarters of a million dollars, given the amount of terrain that's been affected by this, they say they can't afford to fix the problem, but they also can't afford not to if we don't settle or when. it'll financially sink us. it should have been taken care of before we lost our land before we lost our trees before we lost our hillside. the jensens hope the county recognizes it has an obligation to address the damage done before their home is at risk of falling down into the creek in contra costa count

mud and rocks are continuing to tumble and slide off hillsides along marsh creek road in contra costa county found force believes ago shows us how public works. crews are responding to that. >> heavy rain over saturating hillsides along creek road mud and rocks into the thoroughfare. a 10 mile stretch of road from brentwood to clayton remains closed while contra costa county public works. crews used to did not agree back into we've got the majority of that last system that rolled through here cleaned up pretty good. but we're expecting this next system to >> roh through and hit us pretty good maintenance worker michael mann says his team is trying to keep up with mother nature or number one. priority right now is public safety. >> parts of the road continue to flood and reach creek along some private streets within the closure, making some areas unpassable public works is easing back on trucks to second clear catch basins to allow water to flow on the roadways. it really helps. when we get a break in the rain. but once it starts to pound again. >> they're here comes the mudslides. and

where it's yellow and red, that shows really intense rain over contra costa county. you actually have the same tool on your smartphone if you have the nbc bay area app or go to the website, you can actually tap on our storm ranger, and then can you zoom in to your neighborhoods, see what's going on and you'll be able to do that throughout the storm. we are seeing some really intense rain for mill valley, the richmond/san rafael bridge, pretty hard to see there as well as the bay bridge as you come over from oakland into san francisco as some of our other roads have been also really difficult to drive on. but it's just now starting to get going with a little bit heavier rainfall moving into the south bay. milpitas on 680 is also picking up on some moderate rain. this storm has greatly intensified over the past 24 hours. and it's tapping into the subtropical moisture slinging it right into the bay area. we're going to have a lot of problems here but there will be some opportunities to get out there and assess the damage, see what's going on and then prepare for the bru

i spokesperson for contra costa county confirmed.a judge ruled in the county's favor, and since the case is under appeal, they can't comment on pending litigation. every year, it gets further and further upstream and affects more and more of the neighbors, and it's terrifying, called a structural engineer and are waiting on an emergency permit to build a retaining wall to protect their land from further erosion. but a wall is well out of their means. the estimates i'm starting to get are starting to add up to what is half a million dollars, maybe eating up to three quarters of a million dollars, given the amount of terrain that's been affected by this, they say they can't afford to fix the problem, but they also can't afford not to if we don't settle or when. little financially sink us. it should have been taken care of before we lost our land before we lost our trees before we lost our hillside. the jensens hope the county recognizes it has an obligation to address the damage done before their home is at risk of falling down into th

video further north here in contra costa county. the fire protection district has their boats ready for any possible swift water rescues. this is the flooding they witnessed last weekend. con fire believes it's almost a given this storm is going to threaten lives. >> the extent our residents can prepare now to avoid those risks will help all of us to be able to focus on the really life-threatening situations that require immediate response. >> reporter: the emeryville police department summing up what all of us can do to help, make sure your storm drains or gutters are free, down spouts are pointed away from your homes, stack sandbags to deflect water away from the flood prone areas and you want to be ready for storm power outages, the possibility with the storm. last saturday we had a lot of rain. this storm we could have a lot of wind which could cause more problems. for more on what it's like on the roads this morning, over to vianey. vianey, i know it's going to be dangerous out there today. >>> yeah, thanks, bob. we saw the imp

talk about contra costa county. same thing because we had a crash. shut down. 6 88, north main that's on the shoulder, but traffic is backed up from concord. how we four is slow and so is interstate 80 on 80 between elsa bronte enrichment. we looked at the bay bridge toll plaza. let's take a peek at that . same entail bridgette's moderate no problems on the peninsula. by the way, when you drive on one on one, there's a little slowing in burlingame. that's about all and we've been checking with public transit systems today. they have not told us of any delays just yet. at 7 12. let's go back to the desk, whereas a powerful storm in south texas hit that sausage , texas area with a tornado. one couple managed to run away just seconds before it hit their rv. we're sure you how they managed to hide that eventually saved their lives, and it was all caught on camera and someone stole a van with eight dogs inside. how the neighborhood came together to find those dogs and make for this safe and happy reunion. [narrator] everyone needs quality health insurance

in contra costa county, pete. >>> something rare is happening in the sky this week and you're kind of looking at it right now. a recently discovered comet will pass close to the earth over the next few days. the comet has a green appearance, thus that picture. it hasn't been seen since the stone age. if you want to catch a glimpse of it, you'll find it in the morning sky as it moves toward the northwest. you will probably need binoculars. if you want to see the comet in much greater clarity, foothill college and astronomical society are holding a viewing event tuesday at 6:30. chabot will host free viewing in their observatories on friday and saturday. what you also need is clear skies. rob, can you help us out? >> midweek things are looking better for that. right now we're getting a nice sunset. after the rain is starting to move out, now we have the cold temperatures, gusty winds. get used to the term windchill temperatures. we'll see a case of that tonight, especially across the north bay and east bay valleys as the showers kick out. there's a pretty view of san francisco. approach

having lived alone, aspera drive off marsh creek road in unincorporated contra. costa county for 28 years. tim ward keeps a shovel handy, especially during make it fun. so bad. sometimes we're stuck in here 3, 4, days. sometimes that was the case weekend flooded the water subsided monday and he is entering as much debris as possible. >> weather to the point where we all know what we can't cross. >> you know, living here that long. so it's a little bit of a chart of the night here, you know, between the fires in the floods. this is part of them in the country. the spirit drive rest speaking deer valley and morgan territory. roads off marsh creek road. >> and east county area shut down by the contra costa county. public works department. are riding up and down the roadway. clearing rocks and mud from slides. and in this case using a large backing device to clear debris from ditches blocking drain pipes. >> by doing this, the water that falls into the ditch won't stay in the ditch or on the roadway. instead, it will pass through the pipe and into the creek nearby. we are

this week contra costa health requested taking legal action. company so far has not issued a response. >>> well, there's one thing you should do today, it's get a mega millions lottery ticket. >> the jackpot is tonight. the drawing up to $940 million. no one matched all six numbers on tuesday night. so now the jackpot closing in on ten figures for the second time in just over five months. last july a massive $1.3 billion prize was won for some lucky person in illinois. tonight's drawing is happening at 8:00 p.m. good luck. >>> the house adjourns for a third day without electing a house speaker. next on "today in the bay," a live report from washington on the standoff on capitol hill. still no speaker of the house. the new response kevin mccarthy is >>> right now at 5:00, a small moment of relief as many work to clean up from the last storm. flooding concerns are on the rise. this as another storm is set to hit the area this weekend. kari hall timing out our forecast and when everything will show up. we'll take a look at the damage already pilin

police justine waltman tells us how contra costa animal services say badly beaten dog and why they say that dog actually save the community. turbo is doing much better. now. contra costa county animal services rescued the one year-old pit bull mix from what investigators described as an abusive situation in san pablo. the living we're not humane. it was that a humane situation for the animal to be in the animal services report details someone alerted them of a video taken in the hallway at the montoya garden apartments. >> where a man forcibly be turbo with a stick or crowbar as the dog cried out, leaving blood all over the stairs. officers had to get a warrant to enter the home and they say they found her boat in distress hand in a small crate without access to food or water feces all over san pablo. police also got involved because in the home they say they uncovered 5 guns, ammunition. several stacks of cash and many bags of what appears to be marijuana. and the owner was on felony probation for several violent felony charges with firearms. it hits every aspect >> you know what good

hop over to the pittsburg area talking about contra costa county. have flooded roads specifically on harbor street. so if you're in that area in pittsburg you're going to see at least a portion of harbor street is dealing with flooding from those storms. it also caused a sinkhole at a local church. we spoke to a city engineer to explain the weather factor in all of that. here is what he had to say. >> we believe from photos we've seen and the evaluation of the facility the top of the pipe has failed and soil from above has partially filled the storm drain line. >> reporter: now the city of pittsburg on their twitter page sent out a tweet saying a portion of harbor street will be closed due to flooding. so we'll see how long that takes. it could possibly be reopened tomorrow. keep an eye on that twitter account for updates on that. back out live to 13 south where you have the downed tree. no injuries to report that we know of according to chp. no injuries to report from all of this. we'll provide any updates here in oakland as they chime in. live in

we zoom down towards alameda county and contra costa county. a few showers in the diablo range and a heftier shower to the south of discovery bay and eastern contra costa county. much more miss than hit compared to four or five hours ago. widespread thunderstorms across the entire bay area. we see the chance for a few scattered showers and a thunderstorm over the rest of the evening. this makes it look much more impressive than it's going to be. nothing to be concerned about. however , by early tomorrow morning, before the sun comes up we will track the rain approaching the coast , and it's likely to move and as we approach the peak of rush-hour once again. widespread rain is likely across the bay area for much of wednesday. most of us will have light to moderate rain. north of the golden gate, the rain will be heavier. specific relations coming up in just a few minutes. whatever we get will be on top of the rain we picked up in the last 24 hours. over three inches of rain. an inch of rain from downtown san francisco and danville with the storm

mud and rocks are continuing to slide off hillsides along marsh creek road in contra costa county. it's real mask. kron four's philippe shows us how public works. crews are responding. >> in unincorporated contra, costa remains closed aside for pockets of standing water, mud and rocks are still sliding off hillsides to stay home. don't drive. i mean, it's not you. you have to worry about other people say leaves in the area and drives a living. so she says she has to hit the roads. the cautions the public against attempting to use marsh creek road to get to their destination. i expected to be closed all week. public works. crews are spread out throughout the county, responding to downed trees, flooding and but creek road is a priority. crews are relying on back the their clear its main goal is >> help up any kind of a blockage. i might be in our catch basins and just to keep that water flowing. maintenance worker michael mann is also using this week. the brea fire just act. the road, not the mud off the road right now in a little rocks, a small debris. crews are also keeping a close

paola: hablemos de una joven guatemalteca que vive en contra costa y que estuvo a punto de ser deportadaar con el tratamiento mÉdico que le permite seguir con vida. marÍa antonieta mejÍa habla con ella y nos tiene la historia. marÍa: isabel y su madre dijeron sentirse devastadas cuando recibieron la noticia de que la acciÓn diferida con la que isabel permanecÍa en el paÍs llegarÍa a su fin, pero acudieron a su representante en el condado de contra costa y hoy estÁn celebrando poder permanecer en el paÍs y continuar con su tratamiento mÉdico. >> muchas personas creyeron que yo no vivirÍa mucho tiempo y ahora voy para 28 aÑos. marÍa: ¿quÉ estÁs pensando para esta fiesta? >> me voy para san diego, a la playa. marÍa: durante la administraciÓn de donald trump recibiÓ la noticia que quizÁ serÍa deportada en tan sÓlo 33 dÍasporque esa acciÓn diferÍa de dejarÍa de ser vÁlida. ahora la joven guatemalteca que sufre una rara enfermedad estÁ llena de planes. tuvimos que hacer una ley privada para decir que son residentes permanentes por su condiciÓn de salud, esto la sacÓ de la acciÓn diferida que d

and crews in contra costa county are working to fill as many potholes, which are such a pain, as possible before the rain comes back tomorrow. >>> the same situation in san francisco as crews took advantage of the dry weather to fill in some of the hundreds of new holes that have popped open on city streets the christie smith is in the city for us with the pothole crew. christie? >> reporter: raj, on this dry day, the potholes are certainly easier to spot out here on the street and public works crews are racing to fill them as fast as possible. >> busy, busy, busy. >> reporter: that sums up the day for christopher brown with san francisco public works and is helping as crews try to philpot holes before the next storm opens up more of them. >> when you get a large amount of water on the roads, water creeps through small cracks and starts loosening up the roads, and so as you have these heavy vehicles with these buses driving up and down market, it creates potholes. >> reporter: we caught up with a crew working alongside market street busy since new year's trying to fill as many potholes as

contra costa county firefighters train for everything. but tuesday's call on barbara lane in martinez was unique. one. >> in addition to safely rescuing 3 people from this home. firefighters also had to round up dozens of animals, mostly i can say from being at the scene. >> it was i think the word that comes to mind is chaotic. steve hill with contra costa county fire says the call came in shortly after 11 in the morning. >> when they got to the scene, the garage was fully engulfed, but they put the fire out in a matter of minutes and got everyone out in the end result. >> our firefighters carried out about 70 dogs. there was a case where there was a carrot to victor cervantes was one of the first people on the scene. he's worked in emergency board up services for 15 years and he says he's never seen a situation like this one might just seem dogs flying out of the house. >> fire department. everybody was trying to help out. so at first i thought it was only like 10 dogs, but i it was a shelter. contra costa county animal services on the

contra costa county, san francisco, san mateo county. we expect a rapid rise in the water levels of creeks, streams, ditches, low-lying intersections on the roadways because the rain is falling on already saturated ground. the rain has moved in. let's look at the damage reports we've had from across the region. several wind damage reports in the mountains. highway 1 was closed for a little while this afternoon. the latest report was of a tree coming down onto a car near pacifica within the past hour or so. about two miles away from downtown pacifica. the heaviest rain is falling across most of the bay area. northbay covered in heavy rainfall. orange and red indicates rainfall of 1 inches to 2 inches per hour. that adds up very quickly. all of maren,omsolano county in those rainfall rates. similar over san francisco. the water levels have been really rough today . for the east bay, ran over the oakland hills into contra costa county. similar down the peninsula and into the santa cruz mountains. this continues west to east as the batch of

contra costa county firefighters train for everything. but tuesday's call on barbara lane in martinez was unique. one. >> in addition to safely rescuing 3 people from this home. firefighters also had to round up dozens of animals, mostly i can say from being at the scene. >> it was i think the word that comes to mind is chaotic. steve hill with contra costa county fire says the call came in shortly after 11 in the morning. >> when they got to the scene, the garage was fully engulfed, but they put the fire out in a matter of minutes and got everyone out in the end result. >> our firefighters carried out about 70 dogs. there was a cat it was a cat or to victor cervantes was one of the first people on the scene. he's worked in emergency board up services for 15 years and he says he's never seen a situation like this one might just seem dogs flying out of the house. >> fire department. everybody was trying to help out. so at first i thought it was only like 10 dogs. >> but with the shelter contra costa county animal services on the scene to c

contra costa county firefighters train for everything. but tuesday's call on barbara lane in martinez was unique. one. >> in addition to safely rescuing 3 people from this home. firefighters also had to round up dozens of animals, mostly i can say from being at the scene. >> it was i think the word that comes to mind is chaotic. steve hill with contra costa county fire says the call came in shortly after 11 in the morning. >> when they got to the scene, the garage was fully engulfed, but they put the fire out in a matter of minutes and got everyone out in the end result. >> our firefighters carried out about 70 dogs. there was a cat were it was a cat or to victor cervantes was one of the first people on the scene. he's worked in emergency board up services for 15 years and he says he's never seen a situation like this one might just seem dogs flying out of the house. >> fire department. everybody was trying to help out. so at first i thought it was only like 10 dogs. >> but with the shelter contra costa county animal services on the scene

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we reached out to the contra costa county coroner's office for the cause of death, but have not heard back. the family is planning to hold a memorial for damon on january. 25th julie alright, amberleigh reporting in the newsroom tonight, amber. thank you. it was a new salon. i just did not want to go to my original place because they were booked. she contracted something during her treatment that caused cancer coming up at 10 45. tonight one woman shares her experience, hoping that you don't have the same issue. also ahead on this mlk day, we'll show you what's being done in the bay area to live up to martin luther king's mission to lift people out of poverty. nobody there. showers have died down. that's pretty nice. we had sun today we're going to see a bunch of sun tomorrow. there's a little bit of rain in the five [narrator] everyone needs quality health insurance, even if you're healthy and active. covered california is a free service to help you get covered. 90% of members have received financial help. and every plan offered is comprehensive, covering preventive care, doctor visi

new details tonight about the death of an east bay teenager who disappeared on new year's day in contra costa county. hello again, everyone have alex savage, julie julie haener. investigators now say he was struck by a driver who took off ktvu. zambelli joins us. now she's in the newsroom after speaking with his family. amber julie, his family tells me there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding the teenager's death . they say they will not give up their search for answers. this is an aerial view of highway four eastbound between port chicago highway and will pass road in contra costa county, the location where the highway patrol now, says damon lazenby was killed by a hit and run driver and his body was found on the shoulder of the road. but the family says there are still many unanswered questions since relatives, friends and law enforcement had searched that area multiple times. we walked the highway we didn't see him. we walked all that area. we didn't see him. then all of a sudden he appeared. i just find that strange and i just want some help. damon's body was discovered n

liz some parts of contra costa county like walnut creek and danville saw massive flooding on saturday and those neighborhoods know they will likely be hit again tomorrow. so preparations are underway abc 7 news reporter on sir hudson joins us live from danville with more answer. our good evening. i'm on our capitan drive here in danville. you may remember on saturday. this area was flooded three to four feet of water. you can see the streets have been cleaned up, but still there's a lot of thick mud out here the concern now for neighborhoods like this one being saturated on saturday. how will they hold up against wednesday's downpour? for 20 minutes 45 minutes ago this line of cars in walnut creek is a people waiting for sandbags and then came an update from the county. i would say within the hour. they got lucky within the hour ray musket who lives in walnut creek picked up 15 bags in the morning. he's back for more that's pretty severe. so hopefully everybody gets through it. okay, and i mean, it's it's it's scary for some people, but i got a generator and i think we'll be prepared.

contra costa firefighters battle the flames. in a garage on barbara lane. one person at that home was treated for injuries and smoke inhalation. 70 dogs and three cats were found on that property . the firefighters don't believe this was a suspicious fire. investigators were on scene the fire had it's been determined the fire started in the garage. the garage had quite a lot of material stored in and it's always a little bit difficult for us to determine the exact location or the cause of the fire. we believe it may have been electrical. um and it had so far as we know had nothing at all to do with the animals that happen to be residing at the home. contra costa animal services says the dogs were from a licensed breeder and they were in good health. we've been told the owner temporarily moved the dogs at the home because of the storm. authorities are still searching for at least two people who shot and killed a family at a central california home. the local sheriff called it a horrific massacre related to drugs and gangs to larry county officials released t

there's still some showers over parts of contra costa county. it's letting up for san ramon. it's just some light rain but it's still raining steadily over antioch and discovery bay. i would give it another 30 minutes before it lets up there as well. we are seeing it changing over to snow for our upper elevations coming down to about 3,000, 4,000 feet, and we're also seeing still some lingering showers over san jose down to morgan hill, but letting up in gilroy. so we're starting to see some of this widespread and heavy rain taper off for now, but we are not completely done. what's out there in the pacific is another round of energy that's going to push its way through with the colder air but we can see the atmospheric river, that long connection to the moisture over hawaii is now targeting southern california. so eventually we will start to see this letting up for us. it will be a cool day. we're only headed for the low to mid-50s for this afternoon and we'll also have the potential of lingering thunderstorms for later today. but the areas that have the highest chance of see

that's according to san pablo police kron four's justine waltman tells us now how contra costa county animal services. >> saved his badly beaten dog and why they say the dog actually save the community. turbo is doing much better now. contra costa county animal services rescued the one year-old pit bull mix from what investigators described as an abusive situation in san pablo. the living we're not humane. it was that a humane situation for the animal to be in the animal services report details someone alerted them of a video taken in a hallway at the montoya garden apartments. >> where a man forcibly be turbo with a stick or crowbar as the dog cried out, leaving blood all over the stairs. officers had to get a warrant to enter the home and they say they found her boat in distress hand in a small crate without access to food or water feces all over san pablo. police also got involved because in the home they say they uncovered 5 guns, ammunition. several stacks of cash and many bags of what appears to be marijuana and the owner was on felony probation for several violent felony charge

we're watching for impacts throughout contra costa county. traffic moving slowly through the altamont pass. as we look through the south bay and continuing lou the south county, slowing in the southbound direction. all lanes did open overnight after earlier and wires down right around bear creek. we're looking at slowing south of the summit, so i'll check it out to make sure the monterey reports don't have anything i might have missed. 101 is open right now, watching for continued impacts from the run-off and hillside slippage is quite likely. between the east bay, contra costa county moving slowly. the same thing for 37. the flooding on 37 seems to be clear for now again. emma goss is up there at the manzanita parking lot. she'll give us an update coming up. the bay bridge toll plaza the slicker roadways but traffic is kicking in and water kicking up off the treads to the cars behind. back to you. >> we know it can cause ponding and the rain is flooding parts of marin county right now making it very dangerous for anyone headed out the door.

people around contra costa county are getting ready for round two. >> the preparations there. >> you remember on neighborhood was facing three to four inches of flooding. now you can see the streets have then cleaned up but there's is still a lot of mud. the concern for neighborhoods like this one which are already saturated from saturday storm, how will they hold up against wednesday's downpour? this line of waiting for sandbags. then came an update from the county. they got lucky. the sand and sandbags arrived. karen says her house after saturday's storm but she is not taking any chances. >> very much concerned for tomorrow. i have a neighbor whose water drains onto my property. i am going to put sandbags so i can keep the water away from my house. >> the best advice i can give to the residents of contra costa county is to stay off the roads during these big storm events if you can. >> brian is the public works director for contra costa county. along with keeping sandbag station stocked, he says the county is still working to clean up areas hit on saturday and now getting ready for

they have not yet gone through for their first run and a smooth drive through contra costa county. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> stunning new details are coming to light about the deranged gunman who killed ten people during lunar new year celebrations near los angeles. authorities say he targeted a second location as well but people there were able to disarm him. >> we do have team coverage this morning and will begin with jay gray who is live near the scene of that deadly attack, jay. >> reporter: it happened in the dancehall just before me. thousands were in the streets in this neighborhood closing out the first day of an annual two-day festival to ring in the lunar new year, that celebration suddenly turning horrific and leading to heartache in this community. the spray of gunfire cuts through a packed monterey park clubhouse. >> my young officers did their job, searched for a suspect. came back and had to deal with the carnage that was inside. it was extensive. >> reporter: ten dead, tennell ten more wounded. the suspect on the run showing up at a similar ballroom in al

contra costa animal services says the dogs were from a licensed breeder and we were in good health. we're told the owner temporarily moved the dog to the home because of the recent storms. so it's not just the price of eggs that soaring right now. economists say the price of butter is also up to ktvu. south bay reporter lamonica peters has a story. after egg prices recently jumped a whopping 60% the latest consumer price index report says the price of margarine jumped to 43.8% and butter shot up 31.4% from a year ago. it's very expensive. it keeps going up. why do you think that is because i bought some last weekend. it was like six something. xanatos market in willow. glen jan heard says the clover butter she bought last week was just over $6. and now it's $7.59. so what's causing the jump in the price? the national milk producers federation says milk was being used to produce more cheese than butter last year as butter consumption lagged behind significantly in the u. s. we have a lot of things going right in america, and we got a ton of things kind of going wrong, but i mean, i c

this week contra costa health requested taking legal action. the company so far has not responded. >>> 5:36. a follow-up on walgreens' response to theft in their stores that eventually led to the closure of several san francisco locations. in late 2021, the company closed five stores in the city, and they cited organized theft as a major reason why. but during an earnings call yesterday executives admitted concerns about theft may have been overblown. one person even saying, quote, maybe we cried too much last year. now since that time walgreens' theft rates have stabilized. the company is also considering reducing the number of private security guards at its stores because their data showed the presence of guards did little to deter thieves. >>> back when the closures were announced, our nbc bay area investigative unit ran a series of stories looking deeper into the problem. you can watch all those reports online, nbcbayarea.com. click on the investigations tab. >>> it is still early in the morning, 5:37. that's why the sun is not up, and we'r

lawsuit against contra costa county over who should maintain the creek.ut they say the recent storms have made the problem worse and put their home and family at risk. ktvu is cristina rendon has this story. it was really just sort of a nice little natural watercourse that you know, we enjoyed seasonally can only watch as the creek behind his home keeps getting wider, eroding his property line. he lives near brookwood park in an incorporated lafayette. this is really where the problem is. sort of started is there was failed spillway here in the creek says that failed spillway , caused concrete to fall and block the flow of water, creating a scour hole documented in these pictures from 2017. year after year, it gets worse. we lost a lot of our fans, and we lost a lot of land here when we bought the house, i mean, you could step across the creek, but january storms were the tipping point. their backyard is washing away. we were concerned the fence would fall in. we had to remove the fence in a couple of trees and or an expense family and another neighbor su

it is basically contra costa county from out.y up along the river to antioch. and then on the north side of the river. but leah hope in a shot fairfield, it is a district that i represent in the first session of congress back in 2009 10. it's also a district that has all 5 of northern california we find these and as california moves away from oil, these charts are going to be seriously affected. so we're working already. with the community and the community leaders as well as with the industries in the area to talk about transitioning, what will come of them. and i believe we will build. but we call the interstate 80. agriculture research and manufacturing corridor. california is developing a whole new industry. it's the biotech industry and we're perfectly position with the ucsf uc berkeley and davis and you see it taper, sacramento on the interstate 80 corridor to create a new industrial base for the nation and specifically for this area. and part of it is to the education job training as well as transitioning and some of the r

. >>> in contra costa county the school district is dealing with a fallout from a teacher getting into a fight with a student reportedly after the student called him a racial slur. the teacher was fired, but as nbc bay area's pete suratos reports, the superintendent now plans to address the other side of the issue as well to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: the video capturing attention on social media. on monday a richmond high school substitute teacher is seen grabbing a student and throwing him to the floor after the student reportedly called him a racial slur. i spoke with a district superintendent, dr. kenneth hearst, who says school investigators confirmed the student called the teacher the n word. that does not mean they condone the teacher's actions. >> i want to be very clear that no teacher should be putting hands on a student. so that was inappropriate and our stance is that should not have happen. >> reporter: dr. hurst confirmed the teacher is no longer employed and the student did not sustain any major injuries. however, the student won't face disciplinar

i'm diana beckton, district attorney for contra costa county. after the dobbs decision june last year i took a pledge with 80 other prosecutors in the united states to protect a person's right to make their own reproductive choice. today i am here to state the pledge that i took is part of a plan. it is a unwavering commitment to use our expertise to insure that in the bay area and in california that this is a safe place and a accessible place for those who are seeking or providing reproductive care. it is a plan to strengthen our healthcare system in the bay area. it is a plan to help manage the arrival of those from other parts of our country seeking reproductive care. it is also a plan that details the patient capacity of bay area clinics and hospitals, and a plan to help those with expenses who travel to the bay area seeking reproductive care. part of the reason why i took the pledge last year and why i i'm here standing today is because reproductive rights are also economic rights. reproductive rights are the rights of personal liberty, and

this garage fire in contra costa county left dozens of animals displaced . the debris pulled out of the storage unit everywhere. a large tarp on the roof to the left of your screen. several animal carriers on the driveway. this happened today on barbara lane in martinez. according to contra costa fire, as many as 70 dogs and cats were rescued because crews and neighbors stepped in to help and one person was rushed to a hospital but to others were not hurt. they say the fire is not suspicious but no word yet on an actual cause. we will follow up on the fate of all of those animals. dozens miss placed in the fire. >>> a san jose business district was hit with another blow. len ramirez reports leaders in alan rock village are worried that other murals in the colorful neighborhood could be hit next. >> this is alan rock business village. >> of all the problems merchants in the alan rock village have had to contend with over the years, graffiti is one of the most consistent. >> it's mostly immigrant businesses here. they work so hard. >> reporter: jesse has seen

quite a rain for alameda and contra costa county counties right now. san francisco and a brief break. torrential rain still falling over most of contra costa and alameda counties image of the santa clara valley as well. a lot of the rain has survived his trip over the santa cruz mountains. there is more offshore. this will be accompanied by heavy downpours and some of the guest is with we have experience so far. the band will follow in by 8:00 or 9:00. the way the system's progress. by midday, we get break in the action. more rain likely to move in by the nursing when he committed. every band is falling onto already flooded roads, creeks, and glowing spot that will be collecting water because the ground can't handle anymore. the flood watch continues to 4:00 p.m. on thursday. right now, sustained winds mostly in the 20 to 30-mile-an-hour range. the gusts at the top of the hour, 59-mile-an-hour guest at the oakland airport. 52-mile-an-hour for hayward. the high wind warning continues across the bay area the 10:00 him tomorrow. it will still be breezy, b

pretty much all of contra costa county and northern alameda getting in on heavy rain. moving into san francisco as you cross the bay bridge moving over to oakland, danville, as well as livermore, san ramon, dublin. it is a lighter rain for milpitas in san jose. down to morgan hill and gilroy. as we open up the view, we see a lot of the storm that has to work through the bay area. it has intensified as we look at even the motion, the low pressure, and taps into the tropical moisture all the way from hawaii moving across the pacific. that will enhance the rainfall that we see today. as the center of the storm gets closer, the winds will pick up and we'll see high wind gusts later on today. as we go hour by hour at 8:00 some of the heaviest rain is hitting the north bay, there may be some breaks for the peninsula as well as parts of the east bay, but then as we go into the noon hour, some of us may even see a little peek of sunshine or two but then we're getting ready for the heaviest part of the storm that will be moving in for the evening at 4:00. it's moving into san f

but there are still scattered showers and there has been a well developed line across contra costa county. and, coming across really the san rafael richmond bridge. this could go on for the rest of tonight. isolated on again off again. 6:00 a.m., there is a little more organization possibly coming through so you might get woken up to the sound of thunder and gusty winds. a brief little downpour. but then that beit. the cus is the mighmonday systemd u see it here. that's the one that is going to deliver another round of widespread heavy rain. enough so that there is a flood watch that stays in effect until monday night at midnight going into tuesday. we will look at that one coming up in a bit. this was today. an inch and a quarter in santa rosa. an inch in livermore. i will see you in the complete forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks darren. >>> a san francisco woman killed by a tree branch that fell at golden gate park. happening this evening at about 5:00. a jogger called for help after she noticed an elderly woman on the ground next to the tree. first responders got there and provided

a little bit of activity just on the side of the contra costa-alameda county line.xit the bay area in the next dixie minutes or so. we will see the next wave of rain lining up. one moves out in the next storm system is already getting closer to us. it's going to send ran back into the bay area on saturday. heavy rainfall saturday night. let's take a look at futurecast. the leftover showers should be diminishing. trying to bring more rain too far southern portions of the bay area tonight. coin flip chance of that actually happening. no additional flooding problems, though. showers, more miss and then hit. the bulk of the rain will be further up the coast of california as we head through tomorrow and tomorrow night. the rain getting closer as the sun comes up on saturday. the first wave of rain moving in saturday morning. this is not going to be tremendously organized in all likelihood. it will bring gusty wind and potential for more tree damage or power outages. a hit or miss pattern on saturday. not going to be running everywhere all the time. this forecast model, a

hora pero pudieran extenderse hasta las 50 millas por hora con esas ráfagas condados alameda, contra costaiones debido a la superficie esa agua que ya no es absorbida por la tierra por lo menos hasta el martes cuando entra segundo sistema recuerde sábado para domingo entra uno lunes para martes entra otro más poderoso en la región, los vientos serán otro problema especialmente para el tendido eléctrico nuevamente mucho cuidado con esos árboles san francisco hasta 50 millas por hora partir del día domingo este es el panorama para los próximos tres días sábado de lluvia domingo de forma ligera pero lunes entra otro sistema que seguirá trayendo lluvia, nubosidad por lo menos para el martes y así continuar hasta el próximo viernes continuamos hablando de esto en muchos siguiente segmento >>> esto no one muy buena cara el mucho de los comerciantes del área de la bahía las lluvias están causando pérdidas monetarias para ellos principalmente los dueños de los camiones de comida flavio estuvo con comerciantes afectados y nos cuenta lo que han tenido que padecer durante estos días lluviosos >>> no

alyssa goard is in contra costa county where a church is dealing with a muddy mess.ut we want to get right to rob mayeda. is there really an end in sight for these storms? >> there is. it's tomorrow. finally we're going to see that things are going to settle down. hang on. we still have one more storm to deal with. now there's been enough rain. and now for the first time since february 2019, lexington reservoir has reached the spillway level at 100% capacity. an incredible run of a rise of 66.7% capacity in just the last 45 days. this is a snapshot of our reservoirs going back to december 1st. now look at these three weeks of atmospheric river boosted storms have done. uvas, coyote, almaden and now lexington up to 100%. marin water, east bay mud close to the 100% level as these raines rains continue. all of this leading up to more rises on rivers tomorrow. alameda creek at niles, same time. another rise up to 12.8 feet, about 3.8 feet above flood stage early tomorrow morning. flood watches up till midnight tomorrow night. after that things do calm down, but another t

some of the heaviest rain falling over marion county over into western contra costa and county. some of the heaviest rain we are seeing squeezed out over the diablo range. later showers down the peninsula and into the santa cruz mountains. it is additional rent, which is not what we need to flood advisories continue through 9:30 this evening for most of san mateo crews and san mateo county and contra costa and alameda county. watch out for intersections. in the north bay, it will continue a little bit longer. in general, we will see the rain quieting down . the last of the showers should hit the ground by about nine, 10:00. the possibility of a couple of sprinkles for for northern sonoma county. things will be going in a dryer direction. the concern of nothere more rain nues. flct the forecast for the current peak is forecast to happen . the crest of the russian river tomorrow afternoon, 2:00, 3:00 or so. then it starts to go down a little bit. more rain friday and saturday. still have to be concerned about gusty wind right now. some 50 to 60 mile an hour's. the wind advisory wi

a few pockets of slightly heavier rain for far western portions of contra costa county right over richmond. this activity is sliding toward the east. some showers in the diablo range in the santa cruz mountains just adding more moisture to soil that is already saturated. you can see this band of rain moving into the northbay. how much have we picked up so far? it is nice to see the sun peeked through. one of the measurement points of the santa cruz mountains picked up more than 6 inches of rain. going to this, we expected on a widespread basis an inch and half to 3 inches of rain and generally that is where things have ended up. a little bit less for san francisco and san jose but well over 1 inch of total rainfall. we are not done yet. the next system will be heading our way on saturday. there is a slight risk of excessive rainfall which means that the rain, while it will not be as intense as this past system, it will be enough to lead to the threat of localized flooding. i will have more details on that coming up . anne makovec is in the newsroom tracking some damage from the storm. >> t

a couple of showers left over in contra costa and alameda county as well. this system is losing its influence. let's take a look at future cast as we go through tonight. still a chance for a couple of showers north of the golden gate. i think this forecast model is overdoing that just a little bit. more miss than hit. once again on friday the best chance of additional shower activity will be north of the golden gate and then tomorrow night we will see about clouds and more moisture moving in and the first wave of widespread rain with the next storm system moving in on saturday and gusty wind as well . that pushes off to the east. off and on showers from late morning for much of the afternoon on saturday with the next wave of heavier rain. lining up and approaching the coast for the sunset on saturday afternoon. this will be accompanied by gusty wind, and the potential for tree damage and power outages. despite an angry look on the radar simulation, we are talking about and ar 1 system, low end of the spectrum. bringing us half an inch of rain on a wide brea

roads were all over the county doing the same activity cut back is made of rock and contra. costa county public works. crews used it as a temporary fix to repair their truck then compacts the material which should last through the end of the winter season for longer. in some cases, these areas existing historical potholes have occurred in the past. they may have gotten a little bit bigger and in some cases, their new potholes that >> have occurred around. we're cracking in our roadways of her. >> maintenance division manager chris lau says water is a roadways, worst enemy. the recent storms have taken a toll road in discovery bay for this spent most of thursday. >> water seeps into cracks. softening the foundation. that's when material set to crack larger pop up and then that becomes a pothole. this work is considered routine maintenance, but operations ratchet up during the wintertime. the rains weaken the roads and it's vitally important. >> that the holes get filled up. we're eliminating hazards along our roadways to make them safe. >> in extreme cases can become sinkholes of w

the low come right in over the city, the peninsula and then went over the east bay into inland contra costa county and it is still there. i'll show you how it moves in a bit. we are so far the second rainiest day in san francisco history and that is significant because those records go back to the gold rush. i'll show you a few more numbers coming up in a bit. oakland you're about to break the record as well. much more in the first alert forecast and when this rain quiets down in a few minutes. for now, back to you. >> that's a lot of rain. >>> in the east bay, car crashes plenty of problems along the road. looking at damage there and more on the guardian angel who came to one driver's rescue. >> reporter: it is in times of adversity that we discover our character and here on 580 in the east bay the worst rainstorm of the year brought out the best in people. the rain came down in a torrent in the anpodo hillsides where katie with was working to free a storm drain to prevent her front yard from becoming a lake. >> i walked the dog up and there was so much water. trying to clear it as much as

most are in east bay, alameda, contra costa, san francisco county as well. tens of thousands in the dark statewide. >> some of the storm damage will leave oakland zoo closed for at least two weeks. you can see this ten-foot gap that opened up formed during the worst of the storm on the road that leads up to the zoo's entrance. this was caused by a culvert that collapsed, leading to rapid erosion. you can see it here. well, this morning zoo leaders are still holding their breath of what comes next. >> we've got another atmospheric river event coming through this week, we have to let that rain get through us and see where we land. >> this all comes at a bad time for the zoo, which has been holding its annual holiday glofari event. anyone with tickets will be able to receive a full respond. the storm did not cause any damage to the zoo enclosures or exhibits. if you want to know when the next storm will hit your neighborhood, download our free nbc bay area news app. you'll get alerts of whenever the rain or changing weather conditions are headed your way. >>> n

antioc where rescuers continue their search for a person who went missing this afternoon in the contra costa canal near deer valley road. crews searched by boat and along the shoreline, even deploying a safety and appeared to be ok speaking to wrestlers in the back of an ambulance. at this point, we do not know how the two ended up in the water. we will have an update as we have more information. dan: the other top story we are following is the threat along the russian river. >> this one looks like it is going to be pretty bad. >> is going to flood in a couple days if it keeps raining like it was. >> it takes a community to help a community, so everyone has to have skills and be looking around to see how they can help. ama: dan: tonight, neighbors and the north bay are helping for the best but preparing for the worse as the russian river creeps dangerously close to flood stage. it is forecast to crest early next week. dan: we have team coverage for you with stephanie sierra live in kernville. but let's start with spencer christian and a look at the rain that is on the way and the timing for

this was last summer after investigators say the man drank a cleaning solution contra costa county da's office now charging his care taker with elder abuse kron four's. dan thorn following this tragic story for us and joins us now in the newsroom with more. dan vicki and catherine. prosecutors say this worker. >> willfully caused unpermitted 94 year-old constantine. noon to be in a dangerous situation suffered from dementia and was somehow able to drink a toxic cleaning solution. the nursing facility previously said they believe the reaction was to food. but the coroner's report disagrees. >> a nursing home worker is now in jail after an elderly resident died from poisoning on the night of august 23rd of last year. investigators say constantine can noon had to be rushed to the hospital after ingesting all-purpose cleaning solution. the 94 year-old died just days later, something went very wrong here. contra costa county deputy da mary knox says could nunes caregiver. 54 year-old leticia starling ignored her responsibility. noone was living and memory care unit at atria walnut creek. whe