los gatos, two inches and a quarter. s altos and pacifica along the coast, about 6/10 and an inch and a half in concord and fremont looking at an inch and a quarter. more rain to come. also, strong winds. winds gusting at 84 miles per hour in the marin peninsula. los gatos, 77 periods. sfo 45 miles per hour. 46 for san jose. several storm reports. we have been tracking flooding as well as wind damage. now let's go to charlie with sports. >>> coming up in sports, why deebo samuel is a little bit shocked that he is -- plus -- >>> warriors >>> the warriors are on the back half of an eight-game homestand and those inside the chase center are getting their money's worth! the dubs have won eight straight. golden state is hoping to have curry back next week. 90 seconds left. bogdanovich, slick pass. gets them the assist! draymond green, that is his second technical. green, you are ejected. four seconds left. warriors down three. dried up, steve kerr! look at this play. thompson gets it with a second left. detroit did have a seco

robert handa joins us from near los gatos. crowds have been gathering all day to see the water flow. >> reporter: that's true. people have been gathering and the water is certainly flowing. behind me is what people have been coming to look at. it was a little easier to see and might have been surging a bit more earlier today. but the lexington reservoir began spilling over today. the water system knew this was coming and cleared room on sunday. the water district is releasing about 3,200 gallons a second at this reservoir. enough to prevent overflow here and on the los gatos trail. the spillway is just as impressive here. it has been spilling over for days. people who came out to watch the water say the scenic spillway is a bitter sweet experience. >> a lot of our neighbors had to be evacuated this past week. it had been a tough time. so i hope aware done now. i hope that the snow pack takes care of the rest of the drought and we've had enough of the rain. >> reporter: we definitely heard a mix of opinions on that. the water d

it happened basically at bascom avenue work crosses over los gatos creek.ortunately for that man it worked out okay. fortunately , san jose police will resume their patrols to warn people to get to safety. there are free bus rides being offered by vta to get people to warming centers that have been set up at community centers in san jose, including the roosevelt community center in downtown and the seven trees community center in coyote creek. that's it from san jose. back to you. >> thank you, lynn, for bringing us that story. >>> meanwhile, pouring rain and gusting winds have been pounding half moon bay and the san mateo county coastal area. our reporter has been monitoring that area all day long, and he is live in el granada with the damage to that area. >> reporter: yeah, liz, absolutely right. double whammy with the strong winds jik and rain. these are two communities located between half moon bay and pacifica, and this is an example of what we are seeing this evening. a large downed tree coming right down on alameda. you can see that it actually took

sion desde el momento hasta el próximo lunes, vamos a las montañas de santa cruz al norte vemos los gatos por lo menos sin lluvia pero hacia el norte aún hay presencia de lluvia la región en especial para livermore que se presenta en esa dirección hacia el noreste sería. vemos entonces el primero de tres sistemas, el segundoviene cálido baja presión es el que se acerque traerá mucha lluvia y detrás el tercero que viene con mucha humedad desde el pacífico, estas la línea de tormentas de la región es el panorama de las siguientes tormentas sábado y lunes de dos a cuatro pulgadas los valles de una a dos corrientes y/o las peligrosas que seguiré hablando de nuestro siguiente segmento continuamos con más >> esta información nos llega de las autoridades de santa clara, nuevas órdenes de evacuación por peligro para varias zonas del sur de la jurisdicción, entre estas zonas >> la orden de evacuación aplica para las áreas cercanas al embalse, también para quienes viven cerca de este río pacheco y la autopista 101 en el área pantalla. en nuestro sitio web tenemos las indicaciones zonas afectadas en

robert handa joins us from los gatos where crews and crowds have gathered all day to see what's happening and if they should worry about what's coming next. >> i've got quite a crowd around me. it is quite an attraction today. the weather did give us a bit of a break today, providing some relief for the saturated ground and a good show for the people. >> it is an impressive sight to see the water moving down the spillway. they are releasing more than 3,200 gallons a second, enough to prevent the reservoir from flooding but keeping in mind to protect the los gatos creek trail from being overwhelmed. >> walking around the creek and knowing the ground is so saturated. just the danger of mud slides and trees falling. it was more of a concern. >> reporter: mud slides and falling trees near the roads are all over the area around morgan hill where the storm has hit especially hard. small waterfalls show how saturated the ground is and drivers have to make their way through many spots of standing water. but the reservoir like lexington is an impressive sight, with the water district releasing 100

that's in los gatos. and then a little further down northbound 17 at drone drive in los gatos. issue there, traffic hazard. so certainly pockets of issues. the roads are very slick. the winds are very high. the bay bridge heading into the city right now about 10 minutes may's to that fremont street exit. your san mateo bridge chat 14 minute ride 80 to 101. and most of our bridge camp this morning, as you can see and then go in and out in out the weather is really bad. so san rafale, you've got some flooding here. southbound 1, 1, and manual to freeze parkway. certainly a day. you want to drive much lower if you're taking bart 20 minutes systemwide delay darya. james, back to you. ok? thank you. reyna 5.22. the time. and as we head to break another live look outside. this is northbound. one want to broadway. >> we're seeing traffic beginning to bill. hopefully everybody's keeping it safe and slow back with more and slow back with more coverage than a minute. when you're ready to go, but static says “whoa.” try bounce lasting fresh dryer sheets. ♪♪ more freshness. more softness.

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so those increased flows will continue for the los gatos creek as we go into today. and for the sierra snowpack, also a huge boost from all of these storms right now statewide we're at 245% of normal. and if we extend it out to april 1st, if we don't get another snowflake, we'll still be at 117% of normal so we've had a lot of snow, and we're expecting another foot or two over the next several days and then a chance to enjoy the sunshine. as we get a look at what's happening here all of us driving in this morning had a lot of heavy rain. i mean, it was just dumping down. and still a lot of that rain is left on the roadways even though what we're seeing on storm ranger right now is starting to tamer off. 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

operaciones el gobernador dice que están siendo lo más proactivos posible evitar viajes innecesarios los gatos senderos el sistema de lluvia será continúo desde esta noche en otras partes están atentos ante posibles desbordamientos hacemos contacto en vivo para que nos cuenten la situación en san josé >> es de las áreas bajo advertencia de posible inundaciones en los dos días la ciudad de san josé verá entre 3 y 4 pulgadas de lluvias el río guadalupe podría salirse la ciudad de san josé ha emitido orden de evacuación para los que que también se proecupan por posibles apagones en la tormenta que se viene >> cuando no hay luz el semáforo siempre hay accidentes preocupada >> la ciudad de san josé se prepara además dos centros comunitarios han sido activados tendremos más información noticiero telemundo 48 >> gracias por ponernos al día están tomando previsiones en san rafael el departamento de obras públicas entregaran bolsas de arena para tener más información puede llamar al número en pantalla las autoridades entregaràn sacos de arena pero además palas en la dirección 530 de la calle nevada pod

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. >> at idlewild road in los gatos. so drive times for you. about 30 minutes traveling from santa cruz up to los gatos. 85 heading into the city. the meter lights are now on. so put you at about 13 minutes may's to that fremont street exit our san mateo bridge gives us about 13 minutes traveling across towards the peninsula. 8.80 to 101, richmond center fell bridge tolls to want to want a 7 minute ride and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes dary . james, back to you. thanks. a lot of rain. a 601. and today elon musk trial over his tweets about tesla gets under set to begin later this afternoon. the company shareholders suing him because they say tweets he wrote back in 2018. >> misled them. kron four's. michael thomas is live in san francisco with what the trial deals with. good morning, michael. >> yeah, good morning, everyone. you know, this was about 4 years ago and really today he's going to have to answer to those tweets that he because, again, those shareholders say that it put them in a really awkward or bad situation.

this is southbound 17 south of the drone drive in los gatos.ling busy morning on our highways, especially a ridge is very slick, very wet. and you that high winds there. so 17 minutes. but yeah, add a couple of minutes on to that 60 minutes. san mateo bridge 80 to 101, heading across towards the near richmond center fell bridge about 9 minutes tolls to 101. there. we still have reports of some flooding as you're traveling 5.80, westbound i-80 west in oakland and low highway 13 in moraga. there's a downed tree there blocking lanes still so definitely and have to get off a 17 go around. if you are trying to travel through maze and a little further down northbound 8.80, north of davis street and silly and run accident. so flooding southbound at 80 fieri and boulevard. a busy morning. nonetheless, bart's busy to darya james. just like a 20 minute systemwide bar delay. so it's definitely a lot going on out there. back to you guys. all right. let's continue our team coverage then of this storm on the top of already so many storms that >> the ground c

alto en los prÓximos minutos, hacia santa cruz, las montaÑas mirando las lluvias que se mueve hacia los gatosra maÑana lluvia moviÉndose hacia el sur del Área de la bahÍa. tengo buenas noticias, vemos un cambio en el valle central en categorÍa de sequÍa extrema se han movido a la categorÍa, era categorÍa excepcional ahora estÁn en extrema. en el Área de la bahÍa nos movimos de severa a moderada en tres condados santa cruz, santa clara y parte de sonoma. no significa que nos han librado totalmente de la sequÍa sino que vamos paso a paso pero hay mÁs lluvia en el pronÓstico mÁs intensa para el sÁbado y el lunes. >>> han sido varios aÑos que no llueve como ahora, como tÚ decÍas no es suficiente. cuÁnto mÁs de lluvia necesitarÍamos para que salgamos de esa parte extrema de la sequÍa. tiene que continuar estas tormentas todo lo que sobra del invierno y quizÁ hasta el verano. >>> un guardia seguridad muriÓ el sÁbado por la noche al recibir disparos. los investigadores detuvieron a un niÑo de 14 y otro de 15, el joven de quince aÑos disparÓ el otro es presunto cÓmplice. y la empresa de (nombre en in

lexington, 94.4% full. 2.6 feet from spillover to impact los gatos creek starting tomorrow. the rain surplus continues to grow. north bay, central bay, 8 to 10 inches. 153-228% averages. oakland passed your annual average already with the rain today. colder tonight. not as much wind, the gusts driven by thunderstorms moving through. still some roaming downpours. richmond, san carlos and the santa cruz mountains. as we head into sunday morning, bands of showers passing through. nothing expected to be as intense as earlier today. sunday around midday we start to catch a little bit of a break. a few showers. once we pass lunchtime, rain will pick up into evening. future cast into sunday evening, rain comes back in. peak event for the storm is midnight right on top of the monday morning commute and a little bit of snow. east of san jose around mount hamilton, colder air, could be snow. peak rain totals sunday into monday. santa cruz mountains and south bay may get the most rain of the storm. it moves out finally tuesday. after that, one more weather system dropping through but l

dustin: livery with los gatos roofing says what has been keeping him up at night are the more than 150or service and repair over just the last few days. one of those storms coming from benson's house. >> it has been nuts. i was afraid the neighborhood was going to flood. new year's eve was when this happened. i was walking into the spare bedroom and i felt a drip and i'm like, no. dustin: thankfully for lee, it was minimal damage. crews are trying to service as many customers as they can so they can provide temporary fixes until the storms pass and a permanent cleanup can be made. >> any water that comes down the valley is going to be refreshed on top of the plastic. dustin: picking up the pieces from an historic storm. >> i have been here since 1994. dustin: and this is probably one of the worst? >> one of them. dustin: it is not just residential issues. alliance roofing has been dealing with damage at commercial buildings. since thanksgiving, more than 400 calls for service. it is not just the rain causing the issue. >> a little bit of rain without wind, and a lot of times they will

it was on los gatos boulevard between highway 9 in loma alta. police say the driver. i mean, that looks terrible. but the driver had minor injuries. fortunately, at last word, the road is still closed in walnut creek, a stretch of ignacio valley boulevard remains closed tonight. strong overnight winds toppled a tree. there damaged a power pole, shutting down eastbound lanes between civic drive in tampico, place. this is near the john muir medical center pg and e crews have been out there all day making repairs. walnut creek police say the road probably will not reopen until tomorrow morning. drivers are being told to use treat boulevard instead. this, of course, is a major thoroughfare in walnut creek. coming up on kron, 4 news at 9 kron, 4 s amanda hari. we'll have more how ball of this was affecting commuters. and take a look at this. this is pretty dramatic. a lightning strike hit the top of the transamerica pyramid in san francisco this afternoon. >> it happened about 12, 30. it was captured live during our noon newscast right here on kron 4. and the pyramid was n

one zip code 95030 in los gatos a two bedroom amount more than $6,300 a month. a one-bedroom averages more than $2,600. san francisco south beach ranked 59th. >>> a quick look at the top stories this morning. the latest on the half moon bay shooting rampage and what may be an important day in court. we're live with details emerging about a possible motive of the suspect's first scheduled court hearing. stay with business can happen anytime, anywhere. so help yours thrive and stay connected with the comcast business complete connectivity solution. it's the largest, fastest, reliable network. advanced gig speed wifi. and cyberthreat protection. starting at just $49.99 a month. plus, you can save up to 60% a year when you add comcast business mobile. or, ask how to get up to a $750 prepaid card. complete connectivity. one solution, for wherever business takes you. comcast business. powering possibilities. >>> 6:55 for you this morning. welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at those top stories on "today in the bay." prosecutors are preparing to take t

the agency made room downstream to capture lexington's overflow in los gatos, and that's the reason the dramatic spillover at the dam drew so many people. >> we saw how high it was and wanted to get a look. >> it's just insane. i've never seen it like this before. >> reporter: those evacuation warnings expanded overnight. san martin lions club open as an emergency shelter. we've been hammering this home for weeks now, if you see a flooded roadway, turn around and go the other direction. don't try to make your way through a flooded roadway. and as you get out to maybe satiate your curiosity, the water is cold and swift. in gilroy, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> saw a situation like that yesterday for me. i turned around. so did a lot of other people. thank you, kris. >>> happening now caltrans crews have new issues to deal with on the already closed section of highway 1 near big sur. a new slide in an area near mill creek. the closure on highway one is expected to last several weeks due to multiple slides. as this storm hits we want to remind you our free nbc bay area app gives you

check out this damage from this tree that toppled in los gatos. that truck is also a total loss. and a nearby home also sustained some heavy damage there. >>> 6:04. in the marina district there are growing concerns over rising crime. last night police chief william scott, d.a. brooke jenkins and supervisor catherine stefani met with the community at the marina middle school. the main reason for the meeting a series of car windows being smashed in the area on sunday night. chief scott said hundreds more officers are needed citywide and d.a. jenkins addressed those who disapprove of the current city response. >> what i recognize is we are in a state where nobody believes there are any consequences for their actions, and i am working day and night to make sure they understand -- >> at the end of the meeting the main agreement was that there needs to be another town hall to address the issues. >>> lawyers for the ex-police officer who killed george floyd in 2020 are expected to ask for a new trial. derek chauvin is asking to have his sentence thrown out on the grounds his high-profil

arroyo algunos de los mayores destrozos ante esta antena de más de 140 pies que cayó sobre el río de los gatosal nivel que ... fue catalogado como el vecindario más afectado por apagones en toda el área de la bahía. >> esta torre ocasiona que se cayera tendido eléctrico y derribó tres postes de luz eso causó un efecto dominó en este vecindario donde más de 2100 personas se vieron afectadas por este incidente uno de esos postes de energía cayó frente a los apartamentos de diana ubicados por la calle paula donde tampoco tiene luz. >> veremos como le hacemos. >> estamos con linternas. >> ella dice que pasó parte de su día en el carro para poder cargar su celular allí dice que le ha mandado mensajes de texto donde ya han atrasado dos veces la hora de reinstalación. >> le hicimos esta pregunta a la vocera ... >> me podría en especial en esta zona donde se cayó la torre queremos ya tener los postes nuevos para poder restaurar el servicio eléctrico. >> se han perdido tres días. y han habido miles de dólares perdidos. >> su negocio ha perdido mínimo de 30,000 dólaresy con cada hora que pasa sin energí

now reopened in both directions while highway 17 in santa cruz is still closed glenwood drive in los gatosblocked. let's take a look at other road closures and alameda county at last check highway 13 at bread road, redwood road in oakland is flooded along with 84 between niles canyon road and pleasanton sunol road and fremont in both directions because of flooding and a landslide in sonoma county highway 101 in both directions between creek bridge and highway 12 in napa in santa clara county, along with 101, we have southbound. 35 at bear creek road in los gatos closed because of a landslide. and in contra costa county, a section of the notorious morgan territory road is also closed. so residents are being allowed through as crews worked to clear it up and drivers should always remember anywhere you come across flooding to go to the term, turn around. don't drown in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. thank you all on. the thousands of people in the bay area are still without power tonight after got knocked out during the storms of the weekend. >> here's a look now at the pg e powe

we'll see 57 in los gatos and 62 in napa. tomorrow morning we begin with some even colder temperatures than what we're seeing right now when the winds calm down. we'll drop down into the mid-30s for many spots inland and upper 30s for much of the north bay. so this is a look at the overall weather pattern, fairly quiet, high pressure keeping it dry and the storm track staying well to the north. as we go into the next few days that high pressure slowly starts to move away, and that will allow for a low to dip in for the weekend. look at that. by sunday we could see rain and more sierra snow moving into the bay area. a big change in our weather pattern will bring in wetter weather for early next week and possibly reopen the storm door once again. we'll be watching that. as of now it looks like the rain is pretty light for most of us. three-quarters of an inch of rain between sunday and tuesday. but we're all dry throughout the week. we have several more days to allow all of that local -- the recent rainfall that we had to reall

let's take a look here. 95030 in los gatos ranked 23rd on renthop.com's list. typical two-bedroom apartment, $6,300 a month. this is in san francisco for two bedroom, $5,000 to rent. and the last one 94920 in tiburon, $4,950. you may be wondering why didn't more cities in the notoriously expensive bay area place and rank even higher, right? we are told one reason the bay area tech industry has embraced remote work in recent years, which has allowed a lot of renters to move away. >>> bay area assembly member phil ting is pushing to make the lunar new year a holiday, a chance to observe lunar new year as a holiday and would give the flexibility to alter other holidays so they won't have to add any more to the calendar. supporters believe it would help promote cultural understanding. assembly member ting says this will help the community move forward. >> to do this lunar new year is a holiday for us where we're not supposed to be in school, we're not supposed to be doing anything. we're supposed to be with our families ushering in the new year. >> the bill is awai

southbound 17 south of her barred in los gatos. we had a fallen tree. they just got that clear. that was a long 2.80, as you're traveling. so that's good news. just a little silver lining. caltrans has been doing a great job of getting things off of the highways starring james, back to you. all right. let's get back to the highway there where the cleanup is underway after that accident >> rain was talking about. yeah, well, in we know that there were some issues with past storms system and will tran. >> want out there. see what the update is now from the neighborhood will what he's seeing this morning. >> james taria, this neighborhood on saturday took a beating and we were here on monday just to show you the damage and this street was so full of mine. and i know >> that they said round one caught them off guard on saturday and they were not going to be caught off guard again. so they spent the last couple of days shoring up their homes. in fact, look at that. there are sandbags pretty much. all along the front of this home here. this is on brookside drive near downtown danville

well, highway 17 in santa cruz is still closed at glenwood drive in los gatos with all lanes blocked. let's take another look at road closures here in alameda county at last check highway 84 between niles canyon road and pleasanton sunol road and fremont it shut down in both directions because of flooding and a landslide in sonoma county highway one. 21 in both directions between creek bridge and highway 12 in napa and santa clara county along with 101. we have southbound. 35 at bear creek road and la scott us that still closed because of a landslide. and in contra costa county, a section of them to tory u.s., morgan territory road is also closed. so residents are being allowed back up. but really carefully and crews are working to clear it up. drivers anywhere when you come across flooding. do remember the term turn around, don't drown the national weather service warns that just 12 inches of flowing water can carry off a small car in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. >> wow. what a sight. their impacts from the most recent storm felt all over the state. huge rocks as you c

those outages forced the closure of the los gatos union school district. the district is also dealing with the water line break at rj fisher elementary school. there is no word of school will be canceled tomorrow. >>> the rains and winds toppled trees and power poles in the south bay. justin andrews is live in san jose. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yes ryan from our perspective it looks like this tree was actually uprooted and it actually took this power pole down with it. notice how you can see those wires kind of weed in between the tree branches here. a woman who lives on this block told me the family who lives here, listen to this, they may not even know about this because she saw them leave this morning heading into work. this is not something any of us would like to return to. we have been seeing these conditions most of the morning hours. another tree is operated on canyon drive and moorpark avenue. this is just off of the thomas expressway. we were in route to that location when we saw this. this tree also took a powerline down as well. we to

lexington reservoir near los gatos, valley water is releasing walter to avoid any flooding but this is the fullest in years. some people who live nearby are stopping in to see it. >> it's good to see that we're making a dent in the drought but we still need to be cautious how we utilize resources. >>> the near relentless rain is also causing a sinkhole to widen on the ground of an east bay church. this is near the church of the good shepard in pittsburg. a storm drain failed sending the water through church property. maintenance worker says it already causes issues with tree branches and even a 15-foot light pole. >> this sinkhole is about 23 feet deep and, i don't know, 30 feet across. >> thankfully the church building sits on higher ground and is not impacted. nearby flooding has closed nearby harbor street which should remain closed at least through tomorrow. and don't forget our free nbc bay area app gives you access to our exclusive doppler radar allowing you to track the path of any of those storms plus we'll send you the latest storm alerts. >>> happening now america honors the

so you can see the crowds have been gathering all d ahead of the los gatos creek trail to watch. >> looking at the reservoirs, typically, at least the years i can remember, there is just feet and feet of rocks at the edge. it's just completely fulfill it is pretty amazing. >> to keep up, the water district is pretty much releasing more than 3,000 gallons per second at lexington. we did send robert handa out there to check it out. we'll show why you all this activity is giving a lot of people a feeling of awe and dread. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri? >> seeing that spillway going over, doing what it is designed to do and with some dry weather ahead. i think we'll be okay that on that front. we had that rain moving to the south. what i wanted to share with you and everybody at home. look at this. there are a lot of numbers. this is so far this season, and you can see our deficit surplus every single spot in the bay area running above average. santa rosa up over eight inches. when you look at everything, putting the damage aside, this is the gains we needed to deal with that drought. we'll

los gatos based netflix is cracking down on password sharing which i think everybody does. >> yep. any idea how many times my kids call me? dad, what's the password? >> i'm sure that happens. so boot the kids off. so netflix is cracking down on this by the enof march according to a letter to shareholders. they will charge people who share accounts which is again something that seems a lot of people are doing. the company says password sharing undermines its ability to improve the platform. sure. >> yeah. >> it says you will be able to transfer profiles to new accounts if you have to. take the name john green. he is best known for the fault in our stars. he said on tiktok, someone was sharing his account, the thing is he had never met the guy. >> it's like omar a few years ago, sara and i log on and it said who is watching? john, the kids, and omar. we were like, who is omar? so went to omar's account. omar watches great stuff. he has really good taste. and, has been regularly using our netflix account. never causes any trouble. in fact, sometimes i get great recommendations from om

lexington reservoir near los gatos, now at 82%. good to see for comparison, to see it during a dry spell at 23%. that's what we're used to seeing. and they've had a 40% jump at lexington since december 27th. and lexington is always that one where you see a storm move in and you think, this will do something and it barely moves the needle. we've had so much water coming on down that this is just really excellent news on the other side of this, the damage we went through. we know, there were several communities that were on the verge of, you know, some big time water issues. >> we were doing that. >> and if you exceed ad certain amount, you were getting penalized and fined. >> and we always go through parts of the santa cruz mountains where they may not be able to get water. we know wave had problems but this is on a really good track. we have another three months left of the season, too. >> and we have the snow pack looking good in the sierras, too. to keep track of the storms whenever you want, access our exclusive radars. the ones

and i say there are important hunting areas in los gatos mosquitoes in the caribbean. areas of columbia and venezuela and where between 801-2000 turtles are 100 each year on the nicaraguans side. in some areas, eating turtle meat is part of indigenous culture. hunting is still allowed, their tourists are only allowed on the beach if they're accompanied by a local guide, they all have to wear dark clothing, so they don't disturb the turtles. with it, we accompany the park rangers during their nightly inspection. the number of tourists per group is limited. there is a fine if the rules are ignored, that he has yet to put it on an order. he. 12 members of the community who are skilled trackers have been trained to look for the turtles on the beach. they inform the tourist guides where and when the females are laying their eggs so they can bring their tourist groups there. ah. but 1st everyone has to have a ticket fill. if i thought up they get an invoice that sizes to permit and informs the taurus of the sector de schedule and a number of people in the group. i local tourism is well organi

. >>> an extremely close call for three people in los gatos. a car hanging on the edge of a cliff. this happened yesterday on old mill pond road. chp officers were able to help the three people get out of the car. officers are reminding residents to only drive if necessary during these storms. >>> well, still ahead, on cbs news bay area, how the effort to bring more mental health services to west oakland found a new base of operations. >> the on beginning issues for drivers going to or coming from tahoe this weekend. what it means for people's plans for the three-day holiday. >>> with all the rain we are getting, california's reservoir storage is up to 87% of where it should be this time of the year. that's up from 81% at the beginning of the week. and, take a look at how far we have come just this year. lake sonoma was at 30% capacity on january 1st. now? it is over half full. so is lake orville which is at 36% 12 days ago. and lake shasta is at 45% after starting the year at a third full. >>> usually a three day holiday weekend is a good time to go to tahoe, but maybe not this ti

drought with our recent storms, so we have, that is for sure, a look at lexington reservoir south of los gatos today. it does look full. california and the bay area have, for the most part, dropped out of the most severe drought category for now. robert handa joins us there and what people who live near the reservoir are saying about this huge sudden change. >> reporter: well, here at lexington reservoir, it's been a while since i haven't had my storm gear on and even longer, much longer, since i've seen the water levels so high. today's drought index confirms what we see. it is quite a scene no matter how you look at them on the ground or the view from nbc bay area sky ranger. local reservoirs, some filled to the brim, others overflowing. renee marin just had to see for herself. >> it's usually trees coming up everywhere. it's amazing. i'm grateful. i know the flooding is bad, but i say keep it coming. >> reporter: much of california and almost the entire bay area dropped from the most severe drought category to moderate with the state's reservoirs approaching normal levels. the report was go

this is the lexington reservoir in los gatos will levels surpassed 100% today. we'll get to those stories. first, let's check in with jeff ranieri. things are finally drag out. >> we will see one more chance of rain. there is more sunshine than rain coming in the seven-day forecast. so with the sat late picture, you can see most of the storm we had overnight is now moving toward the south. and look at the totals. we had 11 back to back storms in

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. >> reporter: rescuer search for the man who had fallen into los gatos creek when they spotted him , they threw him a lifeline and pulled him to safety. it happened just below the baskin street bridge where the banks of the creek are steep and dangerous. the man was apparently exhaust it from his time in the frigid water and was helped to his feet is and has a firefighter. the man's girlfriend said he was trying to retrieve some belongings from their camp near the river bank when he slipped and fell in. first responders took only a few minutes to bring him to safety . >> how are you doing, sir? what happened? what happened? >> slipped and fell. >> heavy rain and gusty winds have been lashing the bay. san mateo county coastal areas and trees are cresting down. south moss beach with the latest on the damage there. it looks like a lot of downed trees there. >> reporter: good morning. you are absolutely right. take a look at what we are seeing here. this is a huge side of the tree. you can see the roots coming out. this is taller than me over six feet and an impressive site it is as the

earlier this morning 71-mile-per-hour wind in los gatos. when that initial line of storms came into that area, and so we're still looking at 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds through at least late morning and then going into the rest of today about 15 to 30-mile-per-hour winds still continuing and then ramping back up again early tomorrow morning as the next storm comes in. we are still in the thick of it. we're going to continue to track it hour by hour. more of that in the forecast coming up. mike, you have a look at how it's impacting the roadways. >>> we have wet, slick roadways in many patches, washouts continuing. highway 84, again, we don't know when they will reopen through niles canyon. the light yellow is coming in now where wind is registering around the bay as well as the green and the blue. the blue is puddling and ponding. thank you for asking specifics about the color over twitter. i can address individual questions that way as well as on facebook, instagram. looking to a continued alert just before you get there is a tree down bl

. >> reporter: over in los gatos the lexington reservoir is overflowing for the first time many nearly four years. the excess is now rushing down the spillway and drawing a crowd. >> that was betty yu reporting. >>> paul is here now. we've been in this pattern for what feels like weeks where we're talking about rain and then a little break and then more rain again. it sounds like we're still in the thick of that. >> we've got one more rain chance to go in this pattern that has now lasted three weeks. we had the first rain chance a day after christmas. we've been getting inundated since then. one more chance to go. this current one is not quite over just yet. there are still a few sprinkles hitting the ground in the santa cruz mountains. we've seen a few off and on showers there this evening while the rest of the bay area has seen clearing skies. we see the clearing trend continuing except for a little fog spilling in from the central valley through the delta into the inland valleys of the east bay. that will dissipate and we'll see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. our dry break will contin

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chp santa cruz said it happened saturday afternoon in the area own mill road in los gatos. an officer was able to calm the passengers down and give them instructions on how to safely exit. wow. all 3 are actually are okay. chp says this moment is a reminder that if people must travel during this really bad weather, you have to do so carefully. and just south of mill creek in monterey county, a mudslide as cover both lanes of state highway one. the gates at paul slides south of big sur remain closed and you have crews are responding to a new closure north of lucy, a caltrans is continue to evaluate that areas for the elephants. so viewing area 4 miles north of san simeon it's going remain close. a large like continues to cover both slides of the roadway, restricting access. flood warnings remain in effect today across the bay area on saturday. and santa cruz county officials worked to evacuate the community on felton grove, located by the san lorenzo river. that area was devastated by flooding in the last storm. now the river briefly reached flood stage again on saturday. th

it is the first time the reservoir near los gatos has spilled over nearly 4 years. lot flowing by this afternoon, drawing a crowd. >> incredible, i had to come out here to see it . as retired firefighters would like to see the reservoir is full, and i like to see it myself, so i left to come out here and take a look at it. >> we all like to see it, all the water that flows into the creek valley water, which manages the reservoir says it is still monitoring the spill and it is not expecting any flooding along the creek. here's a look at where other large reservoirs in the area stand, all more than half full, compared that to january 1st, when they were hovering around one third full. we had no idea what what was coming for us, of course, at that point. despite all of this, california is still in a drought, technically because of all the previous dry air compounding. >> the glass is half-full and then some. >> reporting good news for once, now. >> i think they liked feeling the missed when they were checking out the roadway, thank you. >>> a community in santa cruz co

important after rain like this. 72 hour totals, almost 10 inches of rain in the mountains, from los gatosnd oakland, 4/10 of an inch of rain. san francisco's second all-time 24 hour amount , 5.94 inches and those records date back to the earliest in california, back to the gold rush. you know something weird was happening, and it was. tomorrow, we get a much more typical storm, with fast-moving rain slamming the bay area. midday for the bay area. then, a bit of a break and more rain coming in, not dissimilar to what happened on friday and saturday. that is coming in on wednesday and thursday. a windy system, a wet system, we have a few days of heads up on that. in the meantime, first things first, let's look at tomorrow. broken clouds or not tomorrow, increasing clouds, then write about midday, into early afternoon, too:15 tomorrow afternoon, fairly good rain over parts of the bay area. the rain comes down pretty good, but it is a fast-moving storm. it will not stick around, it is out of the bay area by tomorrow night at 7:00. clearing conditions, briefly. in terms of amounts, a third of

caltrans has alerted us they have shut down highway 17 in los gatos. you should be able to see the backup. this is so workers can clean up the mess caused by yesterday's storm. reporting live in fremont, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> and of course we have a lot of hills around the bay area. richmond neighborhood sits under this unstable hill. officials are monitoring this hillside near seacliff way. evacuation orders in effect for low-lying areas of the russian river to jenner. one woman sent us these photos, kind of before and after. the one on the right is yesterday morning as those waters rose. the water may reach 40 feet on sunday, well above flood levels. of course you can track those storms on our nbc bay area app. just type in your city and we'll send up to the minute weather alerts straight to your phone. the app is free to download. a live look inside the white house. we are moments away from president biden marking the two-year anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. he is expected to deliver a warning that the threat

we're still seeing rounds of rain moving through the santa cruz mountains over toward los gatos and then making its way toward san martin and morgan hill and gilroy as we are seeing the rain very close to those areas. now, as we go into the rest of today, still this energy is going to be rolling through the same areas, raising more of the potential that we could see more flooding as it's not done just yet. so once again, most other areas drying out, but the santa cruz mountains and the south county still under the gun with these showers, and potentially even more storms. we can see the atmospheric river has now targeted southern california as it moves away and we'll see one more shot of some bay area rainfall widespread as we head into the next few days. i'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. >> yeah, the rain causing a lot of problems throughout the bay area. thanks, kari. >>> this morning the commute started really rough for dozens of drivers on the peninsula. this is after they were sidelined with flat tires. to blame, a pothole on 101. we have team coverage on this pen

locations open during the day where people can go to warm up, including libraries in cupertino, gilroy, los gatosches and morgan hill business hours very thankfully, i have. >> for heat so. i'm good. thank you, josh. raja have been enjoying the dry weather and is now preparing for the coal. i our you know, it's who's not right now, but normally when it's cold, the chilly temperatures can make for hazardous conditions for those most vulnerable to cold temperatures including unhoused people, the santa clara county office of emergency says people in san jose who need overnight shelter can reach out to the phone number or email you se- here on your screen, a number of unhoused people die due to cold exposure last month in the county, the emergency management office shares these tips to take precautions against hypothermia and to seek shelter. avoid being outside during the coldest part of the day dress in layers, wear a hat, scarf and gloves, mittens, wear waterproof, insulated boots to avoid hypothermia or frostbite. and stay hydrated. >> and the is offering free bus rides to the warming centers. co

. >> saturated ground means trees are coming down everywhere including this one in los gatos. you can see the damage. this pickup truck did not stand a chance. >> today's break in the rain gave a lot of people time to assess the damage and make repairs and that's a good because tomorrow the rain returns. his nbc bay area stephanie -- >> reporter: destruction and damage can be spotted across the bay area during tuesday's clear skies. crews spent hours clearing several landslides in the east bay that forced families out of their homes. many of them now fear an even worse scenario with even more rain in the forecast. >> hang on, we are not clear yet. >> reporter: in the south bay hammers are moving fast as roofers scrambled to permanently cover leaks. and others like antonio medina are dealing with this. piles and piles of tree branches over his property after he says pg&e crews came in to fix this powerline. so basically he is saying that because his dove inside was damaged this was a makeshift kitchen and you can see it's now just covered in tree branches. inside his wife's wor

yet bear creek road in los gatos clothes from highway 17 to some. it rode it to slides and downed trees. and in contra costa county, a section of the notorious morgan territory road. he's close. so only residents are alwewworkclea it up. drivers should remember anywhere you come >> aroun don'trou okay. turn around. do not drive through that. now, here's a look at more roads and hazards to look out for during your commute this morning. you can access this, matt at home by visiting 5, 1, 1, that website you see on your screen is 5, 1, 1 dot or that's the left side that i've used every mning where i c see the different closures. all red cir that's where those closures are located. so again, 501, dot org. >> there's a debris i have to move track 3rd, get to the them on. probably not crossing today. >> wow. we'll take a look at this. this is what clayton look like yesterday. the viewer who sent us this video tells us this waterway on ask drives. usually about 3 feet wide and 3 inches deep. he says it los 50 feet wide as 6 f deep. you can learn more about