the nonstop rain causing west side road in forestville to give way. this is about the noon hour. this is a vacation home, so thankfully no one was inside. search and rescue crews were sent out as a precaution. i've never personally seen a house come off a hill out in this area before, so these are unprecedented rains that we're getting out here now. here's the bottom line as we move into the next several hours, the russian river is expected to flood by tomorrow morning. people in the low lying communities from unincorporated healdsburg to jenner have been told to evacuate. now the napa river also expected to reach a flood guerneville and the monte rio union school districts will be closed tomorrow because of all the weather in san francisco. now, the heavy rain and wind causing a lot of trees to fall. this one in visitacion valley coming down on a person. thankfully, that person suffered only minor injuries. our reporters are out in the elements, but we want to start in house here with our meteorologist, jeff ranieri and rob mayeda. jeff, we'll start with you. this is important h

in forestville. it's a vacation home. thankfully, no one was inside.never personally seen a house come off a hill out in this area before. so these are unprecedented rains that we're getting out here. a search and rescue crews, you see him there were sent out as a precaution, but we mentioned no one was inside that home. nearby homes have been evacuated until geologists can determine if that hillside is stabilized. okay, so sonoma county has a lot of drying out to do and a lot of repairs to be made. that means some schools will be closed tomorrow. they include all the schools in the guerneville school district, the monte rio union school district, and the west sonoma county union high school district, plus cassia elementary on the coast in stewarts point will also be closed tomorrow. let's get to marin county. some streets are under water. this is in novato garden court and novato boulevard. neighbors tell us they're actually used to this because it is a flood zone. many have learned to park across the street at a local shopping center, so they can the

this happened in forestville. it's near the hacienda bridge just east of guerneville. what a mess. just minutes ago, the city of healdsburg says they are expecting the russian river to crest at 9:00 tonight. luckily that is going to be just below minor flood stage, but it could cause some flooding in low lying areas. we're going to keep an eye on that. >>> and the new video just if to our newsroom from marin county. you can see and hear all the rain and wind coming down in the north bay this afternoon. the storm also caused some problems in the east bay throughout the day. have some video from the citizen app showing the car blocking a street in oakland. the tree blocking street rather. this is at 98th and c streets near elm hurst park. now to the sierra, where of course, we would see rain here and then we would see snow there. winter storm warning is now in place. snow is dumping along parts of interstate 80. some of the roadways were covered with fresh powder, but they have been plowed. chain controls are in effect. traffic is getting by right now, but travel is not advised for t

we've had a mudslide in forestville in sonoma county, which sent a house down the russian river. luckily, no one was inside at the time. now the surrounding homes near the river have been evacuated until they're deemed safe to get back home. that's our jodi hernandez spent the day. she'll have the latest on the mudslide. our marianne favro is tracking outages on the peninsula, but we begin first with our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. with more on the storms timing. i got to tell you, coming into work, 680 slammed. i know you were on there too. yeah, a torrential downpours just making it impossible to get from point a to point b, as you can see in that current storm ranger scan. right now we're tracking the heaviest rain with that frontal system now over the peninsula east bay and moving into the south bay. and along with that, we had these very strong wind gusts here with some of these downpours that got to 50 to 60mph. right now, for a lot of the lower elevations, it's 20 to about 40. some of the mountains, 40 to 50. so let's get in here and track some of this rain. and wha

definitely a crazy scene there in forestville. we actually smelled the propane and saw a propane tank from that house also going down the river. a wild scene. the storm seems to have caught a lot of people off guard. reporting live in sonoma county. i'm jodi hernandez, nbc, bay area news. jodi. thank you. let's shift our attention to the peninsula. now, this evening, the peninsula is getting hit hard with flooding and power outages. in fact, pg&e has an outage map here right now. close to 22,000 people are without power. that includes more than 9000 on the peninsula and about 5000 customers in the south bay. let's bring in nbc's marianne favro, who joins us in east palo alto with the very latest, marianne. raj. one of the big concerns is the san francisquito creek. and take a look here. you can see that the water level is rising quickly. and we've also seen big logs come through. now, this area flooded just a few years ago, which is why residents here are on high alert now. across the peninsula, heavy rains made it very difficult

so this is in the town of forestville. this is not far from guerneville. our wilson walker was there and heard from neighbors all day who were in disbelief. >> reporter: the rain let up late this afternoon. and not a moment too soon after downpours through most of the day. we have been showing you the video from up here on the street. but the best way to get some perspective is from above and you can see the scale of the slide and how it pulled the house toward it as it started moving down toward the river. fortunately, of course, nobody home. >> as we all know, russian river is a beautiful place. especially during the summer. when we get this heavy rain, it is very unpredictable. >> reporter: about 12:30, when a highway patrol officer responded to a hillside giving way and that officer watched as the land and trees below west side road went sliding down toward the russian river and one home went right along with it. within minutes, rescue teams from across sonoma county had descended on this narrow street and down to the debris below. for a time there wer

take a look at it unbelievable video, showing the power of mother nature in forestville and sonoma county right now. live with the very latest. wilson? >> i got off the phone today and just after lunch. they said it had been pretty quiet, just some minor nuance, flooding. then they got a call that something happened here over the forestville bridge, for those of you familiar with the area. and all you could really say is thank goodness no one was in that house. >> as we all know, russian river is a beautiful place. but when we get the heavy rain, it is unpredictable. >> reporter: it's about 12:30 when they responded to a report of a hillside giving way and that officer watched as the land and trees below westside road went sliding down towards the river and one home went right along with it. within minutes, they had descended on the narrow street and down to the debris below and for a time they were patrolling the water and word came that the home was empty. >> there was nobody inside the house. >> i thought it was brush or tree sliding down our house. and then they popped. that sounded l

it happened shortly after noon on west side road in forestville. luckily, no one was inside that house when it slid into the river. surrounding homes were evacuated until it was deemed for those people to return home. people are dealing with flooding all around the bay area. this is highway one just south of point reyes in marin county. that road is closed, but you can see some people taking their chances and driving through flood waters. the chp strongly advising against that. also in the north bay, crews were quick to break up these large boulders that slid off a small hill into the roadway on montgomery drive. that is about ten minutes from downtown santa rosa. and take a live look outside. right now you can see it's really wet. rain slick roads all across the bay area. we even have a severe thunderstorm warning in some counties. our storm ranger is up on san bruno mountain tracking the latest radar. you can see right now and we have team coverage, our sergio quintana's in san francisco for us, capturing downed trees and flooding. but first, our

suzanne. >> so we are in forestville, and this in sonoma county is an area where it's been raining allfternoon long. and that's part of the problem. in the distance there, you can see the debris from a house that had slid down the hill. now it was around 1230 this afternoon when authorities say they got a 9-1-1 call about a massive landslide. and when they arrived, they saw that a house that was on the steep hillside there had slid down the hill into the russian river. now we're told that that street is west hill drive, and that house was empty at the time, according to authorities. apparently it is a vacation rental. needless to say, though, they evacuated several homes in the area, 8 or 9 homes in the area, and then they launched a crew member on a jet ski, who then searched the water for the house and the debris. and again this afternoon, there was nobody in the house. no one was hurt, no one was missing. but we do know that that area is very unsteady because of all the rain that has been coming down in that area seems to be shifting. so that's why they have evacuated the area. so b

wilson walker was in forestville all day, here's what he heard from neighbors who were in disbelief about what happened to that house. >> reporter: the rain finally let up late this afternoon and not a moment too soon after downpours through most of the day. and we've been showing you the video from up here on the street, but really, the best way to get some perspective of what has happened here is from above. and you can see the scale of the slide and how it pulled the house towards it as it started moving down towards the river. fortunately, of course, nobody home. >> as we all know, russian river is a beautiful place, especially during the summer. but when we get this heavy rain, you know, it's very unpredictable. >> reporter: about 12:30 when a highway patrol officer responded to a report of a hillside giving way. and that officer watched as the land and trees below westside road went sliding down towards the russian river and one home went right along with it. within minutes, rescue teams from across sonoma county had descended on this narrow street and eventually down to the debris

this is video of a landslide in forestville. and this is video of a landslide in san francisco's telegraph hill neighborhood that went through a retaining wall and into a bike lane and traffic lane. >> it's really crazy. i'm scared. i mean, wow, what did happen? >> i wouldn't have expected that. it just seems like it's pretty stable. >> should we be surprised at all? >> no, honestly, this type of movement we see very often in the winter months when we have a solid rain. >> that's san jose state university professor laura sullivan, green. >> telegraph hill. there's been lots of failures there over the years, and they've done some improvements on it and improved drainage, improved retaining walls to kind of maintain that. >> while the houses above aren't deemed to be at risk at this point, there is concern on the ground. >> so i was just telling my friends right here that i don't think i'm gonna commute using this sidewalk anymore. it's because what if it rains again and the same situation happens? >> sullivan green says people sh

this is video of a landslide in forestville. and this is video of a landslide in san francisco's telegraph hill neighborhood that went through a retaining wall and into a bike lane and traffic lane. >> it's really crazy. i'm scared. i mean, wow, what did happen? >> i wouldn't have expected that. it just seems like it's pretty stable. >> should we be surprised at all? >> no, honestly, this type of movement we see very often in the winter months when we have a solid rain. >> that's san jose state university professor laura sullivan, green. >> telegraph hill. there's been lots of failures there over the years, and they've done some improvements on it and improved drainage, improved retaining walls to kind of maintain that. >> while the houses above aren't deemed to be at risk at this point, there is concern on the ground. >> so i was just telling my friends right here that i don't think i'm gonna commute using this sidewalk anymore. it's because what if it rains again and the same situation happens? >> sullivan green says people sh

we are here in forestville. i happen to be standing on hacienda bridge and across the way in the distance on that steep hillside, you can see a lot of debris. the home there is now gone. now around 12:30 p.m, authorities got a call, a 911 call about a landslide. they arrived and found a house on west side road that slid down the steep hillside into the russian river. the home was empty. we hear it was a vacation rental. 8 to 10 homes in the area were evacuated. now, all the rain lately has soaked the soil and the land in the area. and so that land has been shifting. no one was hurt. fortunately, no one is missing. we hear that a rescue crew launched a jet ski and searched the river and the debris. i talked to a woman who lives around here, and this is what she told me. >> i've never seen anything like this before. and i've lived here since 2015. i'm very shocked that there was a house on it that's now in the river. but at the same time not too surprised because it's really steep and wet around here and there is

. >> in forestville. the storm caused a dangerous landslide that sent an unoccupied home into the russian river. witnesses captured images as that home floated downstream. the area is west side and rio vista roads, right near the hacienda bridge. despite the rain easing overnight, several other homes remain at risk. this morning. the hillside continues to be at risk as the river's flow is extremely fast. >> having a lot of rain, low intensity, long duration. so finally the soils got really saturated and they gave up pretty much. >> over the years. it just erodes, you know, the river gets wider and people just need to be cautious that they're living on the edge of a cliff side. you know. >> an evacuation order remains in effect along the russian river from unincorporated, unincorporated areas of healdsburg all the way to jenner. the river is cresting this morning and expected to be at flood stage for most of the day. that reminds us that you can always stay ahead of this week's rain and future storms. with

a dramatic scene this afternoon in forestville. look at this.nants of a home floated down the russian river. the house was swept off a steep hill by a landslide and ended up in the water. no one was inside at the time and no one was hurt in the slide. the sonoma county fire district says the house was used as a vacation rental property. people have been evacuated from several homes in the aa just as a precaution. >> in san francisco, an ambulance responded after a tree branch fell on a person there. it happened in visitacion valley this afternoon. you can see some of what was left of the fallen tree there, and you can also hear the wind whipping quite a bit. the fire department says the person did not go to the hospital. and you can see t chainsaw and crews there making quick work of that tree branch that came down and took down some power lines with it too. the tree landed on top of that white car, which was parked on fulton street at 18th in san francisco, on the edge of golden gate park, and part of an 80 foot tall tree broke off at lake merc

this all happening in forestville. ktvu tom vacar reports from sonoma county. >> a forest hill home, high on a hill overlooking the russian river, plunged into the river when the earth beneath it gave way under the weight of the water that totally saturated it. other homes here are also at risk as rains continue to super soak the now denuded hillside that's also being undermined by the fast river flow. >> over the years, it just erodes, you know, the river gets wider and people just need to be cautious that they're living on the edge of a cliff side, you know? so it happens. >> this presents a multitude of problems. not only are the people that live on the same ridge worried about their homes, but all the people live on top of that ridge. have to be worried too. and for all practical purposes, landslide insurance is not available or affordable. >> pretty much up tucked in, but you never know. >> one other thing how difficult is it to get insurance around here? because there's always a danger of fire and now this comes

you can find them at sonoma county fire station seven in forestville.ation, fire district station two in healdsburg. rancho adobe fire station three in petaluma, and larson park in sonoma. now, if you do come, come across any roads that are closed or flooded, a good reminder to not try driving through any of those roads for now. reporting live in sausalito lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. and don't forget, you can track the rain throughout the week ahead with the abc seven bay area app. you can get the latest forecast and the same live doppler seven radar our weather team uses. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store and download it now. >> in the east bay, layoffs are coming to oakland city workers, a consequence of the city's devastating financial crisis. that's according to a memo from the city administrator that was obtained by the east bay times, the first two city departments to see staffing cuts are public works, which will see 26 roles gone. then the police department, where 19 positions will be elim

it is in forestville. good news, no one was home at the time, thank goodness. scene after the collapse. he joins us live from the area there. hey, wilson. >> reporter: hey, juliette. over the last hour, we've been showing you a

this all happening in forestville, near the intersection of west side road and rio vista road. that problem? just one of many. let's go now live to tom vacar, who joins us from sonoma county with details on what you've been seeing up there, tom. >> right at the moment, we seem to be in a lull. i can even see a few peeking blue sky patches up there. but it was a very, very, very rainy and windy day up here. in fact, it was a very hard day in the north bay. and here are some of the things we saw in rapid succession. a forest bill home, high on a hill overlooking the russian river, plunged into the river when the earth beneath it gave way under the weight of the water that totally saturated it. other homes here are also at risk as rains continue to super soak the now denuded hillside that's also being undermined by the fast river flow. >> over the years. it just erodes, you know, the river gets wider and people just need to be cautious that they're living on the edge of a cliff side, you know? so it happens. >> this presents a multitude of problems. not only are the people that li

a mudslide actually brought down a house into the russian river in forestville nearby.nd pittsburgh. tonight, concern about some rising flood waters. and in san francisco, dozens of trees came down. plus the rain. also tonight, triggering a rockslide. we do have live team coverage for you. lamonica peters in san jose with the outages. roberto gonzalez in san francisco tonight with that rockslide right near telegraph hill. betty, you there along the russian river, where tonight, an evacuation order is in place for some low lying areas. but we do begin with our chief meteorologist, bill martin. bill, we got hit hard today. >> we got hit hard today, and it got taken right to the tipping point. the rain moved off this afternoon. late in the afternoon commute. you can see the live radar now, mostly to the east of us in the mountains where there's a winter storm warning. but we reached that tipping point. you could feel it. all the water was coming up. we had rivers and creeks rising, the whole thing now. the rivers, the big rivers. let's take the russian river or the napa ri

you can find them at sonoma county fire station seven in forestville. district station two in healdsburg. rancho adobe fire station three in petaluma, and larson park up in sonoma. now, if you do come across roads that are closed during this storm, fire officials are urging everyone to not try driving through those closed roads. live in sausalito. lena howd abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. now, a look at conditions in tahoe. the storm brought mostly rain to the sierra yesterday. and as you can see from this. video from palisades tahoe, it's all there. the tahoe and el dorado national forests were under an avalanche warning that ended early this morning. that warning did not include ski areas and highways. higher elevations at 8000ft are seeing some snow. don't forget you can track the rain throughout the week ahead with the abc seven bay area app. you can get the latest forecast and the same live doppler seven radar. our weather team uses. just search abc seven bay area on your device's app store and download it now. >> in the east bay, la

we also saw a landslide in fairfax and another landslide in forestville which forced evacuations.ow one lane of traffic will continue to stay open here at this landslide on samson street, while crews work to work to make some of these repairs starting later today. for now, reporting live in san francisco. lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you lena. and again, we do expect rain this morning. you can track today's storm using the same live doppler seven tools our weather team uses. just download the abc seven bay area app for the latest forecast and updates on the storm as it rolls through the bay area. >> the trump administration's plan for widespread layoffs among federal workers is set to begin today. the sweeping, so-called reductions in force are being organized by the office of personnel management. a resignation package being offered allows workers to leave voluntarily and be paid through september 30th. employees who don't accept the deferred resignation offer could still lose their jobs with no compensation. and this morning, governor newsom is in washington, d.c, as h

we also saw a landslide in fairfax and another landslide in forestville.ne lane of traffic will continue to stay open here on sansome street, while crews work to start the cleanup process. live in san francisco. lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. and you can track today's storm using the same live doppler seven tools our weather team uses. download the abc seven bay area app for the latest forecast and updates on the storm as it rolls through the bay area. >> the trump administration's plan for widespread layoffs among federal workers is set to begin today. the sweeping, so-called reductions in force are being organized by the office of personnel management. a resignation package being offered allows workers to leave voluntarily, and they'll get paid through september 30th. but employees who don't accept the deferred resignation offer could still lose their jobs and get no compensation. this morning, governor newsom is in dc, where he's working to secure more federal aid to help with wildfire recovery efforts in southern californi

of pup who will let a little rain get him down, which is good, because there's plenty of rain in forestvillef santa rosa in sonoma county, one of the spots wet throughout the day tomorrow, temperatures not changing a lot, just running in the 50s. it's going to be a generally soggy bay. other parts of the bay area may get a little break in the action. let's get into how things evolve starting with the current radar view. i'll put some labels on the map is here so you can keep your geographic bearings. there are gaps. so it's light to moderate rainfall, little breaks here and there, a little break in the action now from santa rosa towards bodega bay. that will fill in with more shower activity through the rest of tonight. from the current radar view to the simulation through 4:00 tomorrow morning, it shows light to moderate rain continuing, little pockets of yellow indicating the potential for a couple heavier downpours, but in general, we're talking about the same kind of rain we've seen for most of today until we get to about 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. this widespread light shade of gr

it is in forestville. good news, no one was home at the time, thank goodness. wilson walker was one of the first on scene after the collapse. he joins us live from the area there. hey, wilson. >> reporter: hey, juliette. over the last hour, we've been showing you a lot of video from up here on the streets. i could tell you even as you're standing at the edge of the road there where the ground gave way, it is hard to really see what has happened, so let's show you a little video that we were just able to get from the air now that the rain has finally eased up. take a look at what has happened here. this is a far more informative perspective. i think you'll get a little look at the way the ground was situated, where there would be water running in that direction. then we could also see, you know, the folks that are standing up on the roadway and what is right below them, how steep the drop is. as we sort of pan down a little bit, look at how much water is still running through there. and so clearly seeing some certain degree of uncertainty about what's going on w

más al norte en forestville, en el condado sonoma, un deslizamiento de tierra se llevó consigo esta casaa alarmante. it was a unoccupied. los bomberos informaron que esta era una casa de renta de vacaciones, que no había nadie allí y que por precaución, trajeron al equipo de rescate acuático. pero no se necesitó. y así, la situación es santa rosa con parte de la autopista 101 inundada y una roca que terminó en medio de una calle. autoridades tuvieron que literalmente cortarla para poder removerla. la lluvia continuará con nosotros por las próximas horas, por lo que el llamado es a andar con cuidado. andrés brender noticiero telemundo 48 y mire usted en san francisco. debido precisamente a estas fuertes lluvias y los vientos. un árbol cayó sobre el cableado imágenes. ahí lo ve? fue entre las calles unión y laguna, obstruyendo el paso del autobús del muni. como vemos en estas imágenes. cortesía de la aplicación citizen app. según informaron las autoridades, esto provocó que las rutas de ida y vuelta se desviaran por el área de billboard entre las calles octava y bucnan. insistimos, se debe

this happened on west side road just north of river road and this is near forestville. we also saw some flooding, but fortunately no reports of any injuries. okay, let's take a look at things right now across the bay area. these are our cameras. you can see a lot of wet lenses up there, especially in san francisco. rob mayeda is here tracking the storm. rob. there is more on the way, and it's by far the biggest impact, as you saw in that video up in the north bay, where if you go back to friday, we've had almost ten inches of rain up there near mount tam. we've had an average of 2 to 5in of rain across sonoma county. but look what's happened in san jose. virtually nothing out there. we're going to explain why that's the case coming up in a moment. right now, a view on our storm ranger shows scattered areas of rain, including around the santa cruz mountains, but not much rain in san jose. this is the santa clara valley rain shadow effect underway where you got rising air over here on the west side of the santa cruz mountains. as the air comes up, rain falls on that side.

carino says she's been concerned about this 200 foot tall douglas fir, which once stood near her forestville home. >> and then it sounded kind of like a soft thunder coming down. >> the giant tree falling on her neighbor's house, damaging theer roof line, taking out a fence and part of the back deck. >> this is the best case scenario of a worst nightmare, but nobody who was inside was injured. and i'm really, really grateful for that. >> this tall tree falling over west side road on saturday. >> right now the soils are incredibly saturated, so the tree systems are relatively weak. and then you add wind to that. we're getting we are seeing a lot of trees coming down. >> captain colin ramos from the sonoma county fire district says the latest atmospheric river has brought several inches of rain and flooding. by sunday morning, slosser road in the russian river valley was under nearly a foot of water, but many drivers were still going for it. not michelle lee and her friends from martinez. >> there is an enormous amount of flooded water coming through. the vineyards are all flooded. the road is

carino says she's been concerned about this 200 foot tall douglas fir, which once stood near her forestville home. >> and then it sounded kind of like a soft thunder coming down. >> the giant tree falling on her neighbor's house, damaging the roof line, taking out a fence and part of the back deck. >> this is the best case scenario of a worst nightmare, but nobody who was inside was injured. and i'm really, really grateful for that. >> this tall tree falling over west side road on saturday. >> right now the soils are incredibly saturated, so the tree systems are relatively weak. and then you add wind to that. we're getting we are seeing a lot of trees coming down. >> captain colin ramos from the sonoma county fire district says the latest atmospheric river has brought several inches of rain and flooding. by sunday morning, slosser road in the russian river valley was under nearly a foot of water, but many drivers were still going for it. not michelle lee and her friends from martinez. >> there is an enormous amount of flooded water coming through. the vineyards are all flooded. the road is f

. >> on tuesday, heavy rain triggered a mudslide that swept this unoccupied forestville home into the russian river. parts of the road crumbled, too. near santa rosa, all eyes on this hill where a landslide destroyed a home. no one was hurt, but more than a dozen neighbors remain under evacuation warnings in case the earth starts to move again. back in monte rio, chief backman is watching the weather. he says the ground is already too saturated. what are your concerns about more rain this week? >> landslides are our big thing. is landslides and trees down because the country is getting so softened up. everything's just starting to slide. just getting liquid. liquid is what it is. >> in sonoma county. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> a reminder you can follow along as the forecast changes with the abc seven bay area app. it gives you the very same access to the live doppler seven our weather team uses. we'll also send alerts with important updates. moving to the peninsula. san mateo police are investigating a hit and run crash that killed a 56 year old man. he was hit while walking

a 200 foot douglas fir in forestville came down on its neighbor's house, damaging the roof line, taking out a fence and part of the back deck. and by sunday morning, slosser road in the russian river valley was under nearly a foot of water, but some drivers were still going for it. >> there is an enormous amount of flooded water coming through. the vineyards are all flooded, the road is flooded. we can't get through. we can't drive through that. right now. the soils are incredibly saturated, so the tree systems are relatively weak and then you add wind to that. we're getting we are seeing a lot of trees coming down. >> with more rain coming. the fire departments swift water rescue team will be standing by along the russian river. this lull in the storm might be a good time to set up any sandbags outside your home. now take a look at conditions in tahoe today. our storm is bringing mostly rain to the sierra. as you can see in this video from palisades tahoe, the tahoe and el dorado national forest were under an avalanche warning this morning. that warning did not include ski areas and hi

and take a look at this video out of forestville. that is a home floating down the russian river after it got taken out by a landslide. look at this. the sonoma county fire district says the home was a rental property and no one, thankfully, was inside at the time. this happened off west side road around 1230 this afternoon. several homes in the area have been evacuated as a precaution. >> i've never seen anything like this before and i've lived here since 2015. i'm very shocked that there was a house on it that's now in the river, but at the same time not too surprised because it's really steep and wet around here and there is erosion happening. >> and crews did search the river and the debris just to make sure that no one was trapped. >> highway 101 in windsor is back open tonight. it closed at arata lane earlier today because of major flooding. you can see in the roadway there. the water was so high at one point. look at this. caltrans crews spotted waist deep in the water. you can see him there on the left hand side of your scree

up in the north bay this afternoon, a major mudslide in forestville sent an unoccupied home plunging into the russian river. this happened near the intersection of west side road and rio vista road. authorities have issued evacuation orders for everyone living in unincorporated areas of the russian river, from healdsburg to jenner, as the river is expected to keep rising and some roadways are now shut down as a flood watch remains in effect until tomorrow. chp marin county posting these photos to social media. highway one between bear valley road and point reyes station closed due to flooding. highway 101 closed also for a few hours in santa rosa, also due to flooding. you can see officials there on the left side of the screen and nearly waist deep water. officials reminding drivers do not drive through flooded roads. instead try to find alternative routes. well, this storm hitting much of the bay area as far south as san jose. and we do have team coverage tonight, meteorologist mark tamayo and roberto gonzalez closely tracking this storm. roberta, you are out in the field, but we'll

it'll probably be a few more days before didn't pass little further north in forestville home on westside road fell into the russian river. according to the sonoma county fire district neighbors nearby discovering the mudslide. i walk down here. >> sure enough. there's a giant. off the hill in the water. and you can see parts of it washing away. he saw search and rescue crews patrolling the water on jet skis. but the sonoma county sheriff's office says the home that fell into the water was unoccupied. >> that sheriff's office also had their hands full with road closures more than 15 by midafternoon. so i've heard some stories about up at the project up the light. >> of cars trying to drive through and getting stuck but absolutely do not try to drive through this. >> that's blocked a punt blocked out for it. >> when it comes to flooded roadways, fire officials, as always said, turn around, don't drown. it's also a lot harder to see flooding in roadways when it gets darker. so it's night time like this. it's very important to reduce speeds reporting live in santa rosa. i'm rob nesbitt. kron

. >> on tuesday, heavy rain triggered a mudslide that swept this unoccupied forestville home into the russian river. parts of the road crumbled, too. near santa rosa, all eyes on this hill where a landslide destroyed a home. no one was hurt, but more than a dozen neighbors remain under evacuation warnings in case the earth starts to move again. >> everyone clear. >> back in montreal. chief backman is watching the weather. he says the ground is already too saturated. what are your concerns about more rain this week? >> landslides are. our big thing. is landslides and trees down because the country is getting so softened up. everything is just starting to slide. just getting liquid. liquid is what it is. >> in sonoma county. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> you can follow along as the forecast changes with the abc seven bay area app. it gives you access to the very same live doppler seven our weather team uses. we'll also send alerts with important updates. moving to the peninsula where san mateo police are investigating a hit and run crash that killed a 56 year old man. he was hit w

it'll probably be a few more days before didn't pass little further north in forestville home on westside road fell into the russian river. according to sonoma county fire district neighbors nearby discovering the mudslide. i walk down here. >> sure enough. there's a giant. off the hill in the water. and you can see parts of it washing away. he saw search and rescue crews patrolling the water on jet skis. but the sonoma county sheriff's office says the home that fell into the water was unoccupied. >> when it comes to flooded roadways, the message from fire officials has always been slow down and don't drown. it's also a lot harder to see flooding on roadways like it. starker with a good idea to reduce your speed as the sun starts to go down like it is now reporting live in santa rosa. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. all right, rob. yeah, it's a mess out there. thank you for that live report. some developing news in san francisco this evening. a tree. >> has fallen on top of a person there. kron four's. dan kerman has the very latest on that story. >> in the 1100 block of goat engine and it

and in sonoma county, a large tree brought down power lines near forestville. but fortunately no repororts of any injuries. let's bring in chief. meteorologist. let's bring in meteorologist. rob mayeda. rob, this storm is far from behind us. yeah. right now we've been seeing those impacts, most widespread in the north bay. and that's where we've seen the top rain totals going back to friday. more than ten inches of rain atop mount tam and across sonoma county, napa county. some of the hills there 2 to 5in of rain, but a lot less south of san francisco. san francisco about an inch of rain over the last three days. but san jose kind of a different story, even though it's been raining as much as three inches of rain around ben lomond. we get this when we have that upper air pattern over the santa clara valley, also known as the rain shadow effect, the rising air. the rain falls on the ocean facing side of f te santa cruz mountains. then, as that air descends down towards san jose. and fortunately, you don't get a lot of rain, but that is set to change big time tom

a dramatic scene this afternoon in forestville as the remnants of a home look floated down the russian river. a landslide sent the house tumbling off a steep hill and into the water. fortunately, the house was empty. no one was hurt. the sonoma county fire district says the property is used for vacation rentals. first responders evacuated people from several neighboring homes just as a precaution. >> strong winds took down tree branches and power lines in several spots across san francisco today. a branch fell on a person in the visitacion valley area. thankfully, they did not have to be taken to the hospital along union street in cow hollow, a tree crushed a parklet there. well, the strong winds and rain soaked the peninsula in south bay as well. plenty of people spent part of the day in the night in the dark as well. abc seven news reporter tim johns is in san mateo with a look at the aftermath and the work to fix those power outages. >> reporter the bay area's second atmospheric river in a week, soaking the peninsula and the south bay tuesday. in the evening, heavy rain fell on san

an evacuation order has been issued along the russian river including forestville where a home slid intosburg and jenner. the river is expected to reach moderate flood stage ar

. >> about 20 miles away in forestville. another unusual sight. a landslide sent an unoccupied home tumbling from a hill into the russian river as the atmospheric river battered sonoma county. onlookers later watched as the home floated downstream. >> i've been having a lot of rain, low intensity, long duration, so finally the soils got really saturated and they gave up. pretty much. >> we're here on north fitch mountain road and as you can see, there is one bulldozer trying to clear at least one of these lanes of mud. and then there are crews busy trying to clear storm drains on the street of any mud and debris. >> the best thing they can do i have sandbags and monitor for earth movement. you know, at this point the soils are saturated, they're going to liquefy. they're going to move. >> sonoma county issued an evacuation order for areas along the russian river from unincorporated healdsburg to jenner tuesday evening. the river is expected to crest at 7 a.m. wednesday. dave gilbertson lives just outside that zone and drives for uber. >> i just ha

a dramatic scene this afternoon in forestville as the remnants of a home look floated down the russian river. a landslide sent the house tumbling off a steep hill and into the water. fortunately, the house was empty. no one was hurt. the sonoma county fire district says the property is used for vacation rentals. first responders evacuated people from several neighboring homes just as a precaution. >> strong winds took down tree branches and power lines in several spots across san francisco today. a branch fell on a person in the visitacion valley area. thankfully, they did not have to be taken to the hospital along union street in cow hollow, a tree crushed a parklet there. well, the strong winds and rain soaked the peninsula in south bay as well. plenty of people spent part of the day in the night in the dark as well. abc seven news reporter tim johns is in san mateo with a look at the aftermath and the work to fix those power outages. >> reporter the bay area's second atmospheric river in a week, soaking the peninsula and the south bay tuesday. in the evening, heavy rain fell on san

le mostramos incluso como una causa se dio luego de un deslizamiento de tierra en forestville.ounty, union y monterrey cerraron sus puertas, sus sus clases, sus aulas escolares hoy, y lo que las autoridades piden es que estén atentos. como les dije, mañana vuelve la lluvia y en especial todavía hay vías cerradas y lo que las autoridades están alertando es que si usted ve agua en la vía que ve que está cerrada, pues no se meta allí. de hecho, ayer los bomberos del condado de marin tuvieron que rescatar a 2 personas cuya camioneta se quedó atascada en plena vía. lo buena noticia es que pudieron ser rescatados, pero muchas veces el agua se lleva simplemente el vehículo al río si está ahí o si no, pues se queda atascado y el agua puede comenzar a subir rápidamente y esto pone en peligro su vida. así que a estar atentos, alertas y preparados. andrés brender telemundo andrés muchas gracias. y hablando de inundaciones en esta misma zona, le queremos contar que también esta madrugada algunos residentes de greenville intentaron sacar sus vehículos de un estacionamiento inundado sobre la

. >> on tuesday, heavy rain triggered a mudslide that swept this unoccupied forestville home into theussian river. parts of the road crumbled, too. near santa rosa, all eyes on this hill where a landslide destroyed a home. no one was hurt, but more than a dozen neighbors remain under evacuation warnings in case the earth starts to move again. >> clear. >> back in monte rio, chief backman is watching the weather. he says the ground is already too saturated. what are your concerns about more rain this week? >> landslides are. our big thing is landslides and trees down because the country is getting so softened up. everything's just starting to slide. just getting liquid. liquid is what it is. >> in sonoma county. cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> we'll be sure to stick with abc seven as the rain returns this week. you can track the storms using the same live doppler seven tools our weather team uses. just download the abc seven bay area app for the latest forecast and updates on the storm as it rolls through the bay area. three people were hurt in a fire in san francisco's mission di

carino says she's been concerned about this 200 foot tall douglas fir, which once stood near her forestville home. >> and then it sounded kind of like a soft thunder coming down. >> the giant tree falling on her neighbor's house, damaging the roof line, taking out a fence and part of the back deck. >> this is the best case scenario of a worst nightmare, but nobody who was inside was injured. and i'm really, really grateful for that. >> this tall tree falling over west side road on saturday. >> right now the soils are incredibly saturated, so the tree systems are relatively weak. and then you add wind to that. we're getting we are seeing a lot of trees coming down. >> captain colin ramos from the sonoma county fire district says the latest atmospheric river has brought several inches of rain and flooding by sunday morning. slosser road in the russian river valley was under nearly a foot of water, but many drivers were still going for it. not michelle lee and her friends from martinez. >> there is an enormous amount of flooded water coming through. the vineyards are all flooded. the road is fl

. >> an earlier landslide on tuesday, storm caused a home in forestville to fall into the russian river. >> our time is now 706. the city of san francisco is launching a new task force, now with an increased police presence around the city. the hospitality zone task force is a collaboration between several law enforcement agencies. they're going to focus on areas with high foot traffic like moscone center, yerba buena gardens and union square. police chief bill scott says each site will have a station command van and also extra police officers. we know that this work is not an overnight thing. >> we're not going to snap our fingers and all the problems that we have seen and endured will be gone tomorrow, but i can guarantee you this. you will see a noticeable difference with this task force a noticeable a noticeable difference, and you will see it very quickly. >> now, city leaders say the launch of the task force is also part of the city's efforts to improve safety before the nba all-star weekend and the lunar new year activities. >> the fcc says it's investigating radio station kcbs o

lighter rains expected attention turns to landslides after a home fell into the russian river in forestville and another was destroyed in santa rosa's fountaingrove by landslide. >> we're starting to see some of that earth not be able to absorb the water, and it's starting to move. >> super soaked soils cause power outages in two ways. >> with some of the winds that we've had over these last couple storms, you know, the risk of trees coming down becomes greater and greater as that ground gets more saturated, current saturated soils with a little bit of rain. all it takes is a little bit more for some of those areas to possibly slide. >> when we have a storm like this, this very strong atmospheric river with multiple, multiple days of rain coming down the ground gets incredibly saturated. and that's a problem for trees coming down. but it does also impact pge's equipment, specifically our poles. just like trees uprooting, we can see our poles coming down because the ground is just so saturated. >> 16 neighbors of this landslide destroyed home in santa rosa remain under evacuation warnings, an

a large tree fell down in a mudslide near forestville, taking down p-g-and-e's lines with it. check it out. rocks and mud scattered there at about 3 p.m. today, and at last check it was blocking the road at westside road, just north of river road. crews came to assess the damage and clear what they could. now, this round of wet weather may be slowing down, but more is on the way. let's bring in spencer christian with a look at your accuweather forecast. and spencer, we do need the rain, but not all at once. >> like this. you're so right, diane. it's a lot of rain in a short period of time and our soils are saturated, so we may see more scenes like that with the downed trees in the next few days. right now, looking at live doppler seven, you can see that the storm that we had today and earlier this evening is now gone. it's just a few areas of isolated light showers, so during the overnight hours it will look like this. the storm track has lifted, so the major storm activity or rainfall activity is to our north right now. although the storm track will dive southward again going