we showed you the nayak gas station that's about a mile east of us. that's as high as we could make it this afternoon. the snow was coming down too heavy. right now conditions are much improved. chain controls however are in effect from gold run all the way up and over the summit over the truckee. at blue canyon, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> we have more storm coverage to come. bill martin will have his complete forecast in 10 minutes. at 5:30 we head to the south bay. neighbors are comparing their storm damage to a tornado blowing through. >>> the million dollars home is on alameda diablo in the town of diablo. the tree caused so much damage that home is now red tagged. crews were scheduled to bring in a crane today for that tree removal. tarps were kept on the roof to keep the rain from soaking the inside of the home and wrecking all the contents. the homeowner says the tree fell because the roots were diseased. >>> google has reached a height never achieved. it stock heights hit and then closed above the $8 mark today. google closed at $806.85 thi

this is the nayak gas station. we stopped here because our wipers were having a difficult time getting the snow off the window 30 minutes here just 30 minutes and this is what piled up on our truck. >> there were very few customers here at nayak early this afternoon as the interstate both east and westbound had been shut down. it reopened but tim gorman said he had gone far enough. >> i went down highway 20, got stuck on 20. decided to go on highway 80. got stuck on 80 so we've given it up and going home. >> reporter: when you look at those head lights you can see that visibility is an issue up here it's starting, the visibility is actually getting poorer out here. as for chain controls they're in effect from gold run to truckee. i talked to the chp about an hour and a half ago, they said as far as the number of spin outs out here they said it was an absurd number of spin outs fortunately no major injuries to report. on blue canyon, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >> follow our ktvu weather team 24 hours a day on faceboo