ramon perez just finished fueling up and was on his way to get something to eat when the lights went out. >> i was driving off of the highway and on the side road going into in-n-out, and i saw just down the road the power -- the transformer sparked. >> he said he missed his turnoff into the restaurant parking lot because it suddenly got so dark, and the freeway was shutdown for a while and then opened up to just one lane of traffic in both directions. we watched as a pg&e crew member pulled the damaged line from the traffic light on a highway frontage road. there were a few sparks as he cleared the line from a nearby power pole. it did take pg&e a little while to clear the line and restore the electricity, and the crew at in-n-out left early for the day. the power has been restored around here every since. they have been getting a lot of rain in the storm, more than four inches in some spots. gregory green lives on a houseboat. >> it's a little rocky down there, you know. i have seen it a lot worse. >> it got much worse in forestville after a redwood came down and took out a chunk o

ramone perez had just fueled up and was on his way to get something to eat when the lights went out. >> i was driving by, off of the highway. the side road, to in and out. the transformer sparked. >> he missed his turn because it got so dark. power was knocked out on both sides of 101. the freeway was opened up to one lane of traffic in both directions. we watched as a crew member pulled a damaged line from the traffic light on the highway road. there were a few sparks as he cleared the line from a nearby power pole. >> it did take pg&e time to clear the line and about an hour to restore electricity. the crew here left early for the day. power has been mostly restored around here since. mill valley and some of the neighboring communities has been getting a lot of rain in this storm, more than four inches in some sports. and the wind in nearby sausalito has been an issue, for gregory green, who lifs on a houseboat. >> overall, i've seen it a lot worse. >> it got worse after a redwood took down a roof. one person was inside the home and amazingly, was not hurt. sergio quintana, nbc bay

ramon perez had just finished fueling up and was on his way to get something to eat when the lights went. >> i was driving by off of the highway and on the side road going to in-and-out. and i saw, just down the road, power -- the transformer sparked. >> reporter: he said he missed his turnoff into this parking lot because it suddenly got so dark. mill valley and some of the neighboring communities have been getting a lot of rain in this storm. parts of marin county have been getting up to about 4 inches of rain as of about an hour ago. now, it did take pg&e a little while to clear the line, and then about an hour to restore electricity. so the crew here at in-and-out, simply left early for the day. power has been mostly restored around here, since. in mill valley, i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> live look at interstate 80 right now at king veil soda springs where few cars are driving through right now. presumably, with chains or four-wheel drive with snow tires. that's required from king vail to trucke as of a few minutes ago. earlier in the day, people trying to make their