. >> reporter: pablo castro says the water came gushing in at 3:30. >> just tried to save things on the floor, lift them from the floor. the chairs, the sofas we couldn't do anything about it. >> reporter: he says he has to replace all of his hardwood floors which are already warping. efsays they have sentimental value because those floors were inside jerry garcia's house. cars, cabs, even emergency vehicles got stuck. several afternoon and offramps to highway 101 had to be shut down until the water subsided that snarled the morning commute for hours. while the rain was a relief, it was also a headache for many. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the weather system is causing big headaches for people flying in and out of san francisco international airport once again today. these are live pictures of the airport. it's rather overcast there. airport duty manager is reporting 112 cancellations. those are mostly short-haul flights up and down the west coast. most flights, 30, 60 minutes, that's exacted to get worse as the day goes on. san jose and oakland airports, those operations ar

around the corner on cecilia way pablo castro figures that will be about the damage to his place. >> my wood floors are all damaged. they have to come out. they are not salvageable. >> reporter: castro owns a wood flooring business, put in maple, bamboo, and cherry floors that are now all ruined. next door, the hardwood is already coming out. neighbors say escrow just closed on this house yesterday, the day it flooded. the culprit is this pump house operated by the county of marin. yesterday morning around 3:00 a.m., a high water alarm went off. two of the three pumps had shut down. likely due to overheating or a power surge. the county is investigating. late this afternoon, i spoke with the head of the county's flood control division. she said the workers got out here and found the two pumps not working. they turned them on right away but it took two hours for the water to recede. the implication that she was making is that even with those pumps working properly, it might not have been enough to handle what turned out to be a very expensive rainstorm. >>> in san francisco, workers a

pablo castro takes us inside his home. >> all the rooms in my house, they were flooded. >> reporter: he was up in the middle of the night frantically moving paintings and furniture as water poured in. he will have to replace his hardwood floors which are already beginning to warp. >> it was a shock for me. first of all, these wood floors are very important to me. >> reporter: neighbors stacked up sandbags preparing for another round of wet weather. but the worst of the storm seems to have passed. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> just because there's a break in the rain doesn't mean the dangerous driving conditions are behind us. the california highway patrol says you still need to take it slow because there is still standing water on the roads. some drains on the freeways are clogged and that makes it tough for the water to drain. >> we have had some flooding that's deep enough, people will have to stop and actually go around until we can get crews out there. >> if you do end up on the flooded road, the officer says the best thing to do is let off the gas and stay off the brakes so

. >> this was gridlock for miles storm mixed with high tides and in tiburon, pablo castro is left replacing his hard word floors >> all rooms in the house were flooded. >> these aren't just any floors he says he remodelled the house where jerry garcia used to live and took the floor boards. >> these floors were very important to me. >> neighbors are preparing for another round of wet weather. earlier, where i'm standing near the park and ride was underwater. the on and off ramp are back open, traffic is finally moving. >> thank you. just up the road streets of petaluma were swamped this morning you can see flood waters released a foot teep. >> a family in half moon bay heard a crash and discovered a large tree covered their home. branchs landed on two cars nobody was hurt. this afternoon's big thud rattled nerves. >> i went doning down and found i couldn't get out of the front or side door. so we're lucky and healthy. and okay. >> they thank firefighters for helping them within minutes >> in san francisco a large sink hole opened up during the morning's storm. crews are making repairs at 6t

. >> this was gridlock for miles storm mixed with high tides and in tiburon, pablo castro is left replacing his hard word floors >> all rooms in the house were flooded. >> these aren't just any floors he says he remodelled the house where jerry garcia used to live and took the floor boards. >> these floors were very important to me. >> neighbors are preparing for another round of wet weather. earlier, where i'm standing near the park and ride was underwater. the on and off ramp are back open, traffic is finally moving. >> thank you. just up the road streets of petaluma were swamped this morning you can see flood waters released a foot teep. >> a family in half moon bay heard a crash and discovered a large tree covered their home. branchs landed on two cars nobody was hurt. this afternoon's big thud rattled nerves. >> i went doning down and found i couldn't get out of the front or side door. so we're lucky and healthy. and okay. >> they thank firefighters for helping them within minutes >> in san francisco a large sink hole opened up during the morning's storm. crews are making repairs at 6t

pablo castro needing to replace his hardwood floors. pumps on his street were not able to keep up with the runoff. >> all the rooms in my house, they were flooded. >> reporter: these aren't just any floors. castro said he remodeled the house where grateful dead singer garcia used to live. >> it was a shock for me. first of all, these wood floors are very important to me. >> reporter: neighbors stacked sandbags, preparing for another round of wet weather. rain is expected through friday. but the good news is, the worst of the storm appears to be over. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> in san francisco, a large sinkhole opened up during this morning's storm. crews are making repairs at 6th and lake street. they're expected to be there through the night. here's abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler. >> reporter: neighbors say they've been trying to avoid a patched-over piece of asphalt on lake street for weeks, which is where today's sinkhole developed. >> the city knows there's a problem but haven't done anything about it. >> we're trying to

around the cfés r on cecilia way, pablo castro figures that will be about the damage to his place.ged. gave to come out. they're not salvageable. >> reporter: castro owns a wood flooring business, put in h76,ñ, bamboo and cherry floors that are now all ruined. next door the hardwood is already coming out. neighbors say escrow just closed on this house yesterday, the day it flooded. the culprit is this pump house, operated by the county of marin. a.m., a high water alarm went off. two of the three pumps had shut down. likely due to overheating orosf power surge. the county is investigating. qñ novato, it wasn't pump but a drain that failed. >> when we bought our house, they told us we was in a flood zone. >> reporter: residents blame runoff from the smart train construction that poured into a city-owned drainage ditch which flowed into the mobile home park. >> it was moving, moving good. >> you can see a high watermark on the side of tmp shed up to about here. >> reporter: the damage was limited, primarily to sheds and the skirting underneath the mobile homes. but the concern is th

pablo castro took us inside the home where he said water came gushing in around 3:30 this morning. upset because all of his hardwood floors have to be replaced. they have sentimental val -- val u. they were the homes inside jerry garcia's home where he worked. >> we tried to save things that were on the floor and lift them from the floor. the chairs, the -- the sofas we couldn't do anything about it. after an hour, an hour and a half, the water started going the other way. >> reporter: behind castro's house, more flooding. a physical therapy center, restaurant, flower shop and frame shop next door to paradise grocery store received the brunt of the damage. about 2.50 feet of water got inside. the high tide has come in. as we've been mentioning all morning long, the area where highway 1 and 101 meet is 5 to 6 feet underwater. the offramp is closed now in the northbound direction. live from tiburon, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we will continue our stormwatch. team coverage. you can also find more on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. >>> we're following d

>>este hijo adoptado del cantante cubano pablo milanÉs asentado en puerto rico desde hace muchos aÑos simpatizÓ con el gobierno de castrotro. >>esta muy bonito el interÉs y el comercial pero creo que por parte del gobierno cubano eso no va a llegar a nada. es un ilusionismo polÍtico en el cual yo entiendo que ellos no conocen a fondo realmente que es una dictadura y quiÉn es el protagonista de una dictadura. >> contra carmona pesaba una orden de arresto por sus expresiones disidentes en contra del rÉgimen cubano. hoy considera que esta apertura diplomÁtica no es otra cosa que algo superficial. >> al gobierno de cuba no le conviene tener relaciones con estados unidos porque serÍa su fracaso total. serÍa el colapso total si ellos nunca histÓricamente han hecho concesiones con el gobierno de estados unidos. nunca han hecho concesiones y nunca las van a ser. a mÍ me parece una hipocresÍa política. >> carmona considera que serÍa buena una verdadera apertura pero piensa que es algo que no ocurrirÁ bajo el gobierno de los castro. >> que ese gobierno ha sido un fracaso y que como gobierno no ha resuelto los problemas vitales qu

pablo milanÉs. a diferencia de milanÉs, quien por mucho simpatizo con el gobierno de castro y mÁs recientemente creciÓa que la normalizaciÓn de las razones es un buen mÉtodo de washington pero sÓlo se queda ahÍ. >> estÁ muy bonito, es comercial. esta bonito el interÉs pero yo creo que honestamente, por parte del gobierno cubano eso no vaya a ningÚn lado. se ha metido un ilusionismo polÍtico. un ilusionismo polÍtico en el cual, yo entiendo, que ellos no conocen a fondo que es una dictadura. y quien es el protagonista de una dictadura. a su llegada puerto rico hace mÁs de 20 aÑos, contra cuyas carmona pesaba una orden de arresto por sus expresiones disidentes en contra del rÉgimen cubano. hoy, consideren esta apertura diplomÁtica nuestra cosa que algo superficial. >> al gobierno de cuba no le conviene retener relaciones con estados unidos, porque serÍa su fracaso total. eso serÍa el colapso total. si ellos nunca, histÓricamente, hecho concesiones con el gobierno de estados unidos. nunca han hecho concesiones. no la van a hacer y al parecer esto una hipocresÍa política. >> carmona, cuyas obras estÁn desp