. >> dan barker was among the crowd of curious onlookers. the worst began with high tide at 8:30 on thursday morning. >> what we saw was water coming out of the banks of socal creek and inundating people's homes and businesses of the capital of tillage. -- capitola village. >> by thursday night, businesses on the west side showed significant damage. this shows what is left of the once expansive outdoor patio. in the distance, the capital appear -- capitola pier, >> we got the evacuation notice yesterday. that is when the employees locked up and left. >> the hotel has been green tag. bad news, without power and utilities, there is a long way to go until hotel guests are able to return and business is able to resume. >> the restaurants across from us were not as fortunate. a lot of those are red or yellow tagged. it will be a lot of workhigh ray cruz war -- parts of the santa cruz warf. >> everything came together the wrong way. big waves, the king tied, the wind. the rain. everything, you know. it was the perfect storm. reggie: off highlands,