the upper level of the road up to my waist. as you could see from this angle, it runs down the road. it's getting worst every day. the huge cracks appeared in the driveway of the home nearest the road. cushing and sidewalks are buckling. other cracks are appearing around the house and the ground is falling away from the foundation. pg&e has repair add gas leak and is installing an emergency shut off valve and power poles, they say are at risk. property owners are waiting for the rains to end before tackling themselves which they may likely do themselves because this is a private road. >>> a woman had to be rescued by a helicopter after the ground gave way from under her. she was walking her dog when the road collapsed and she fell close to 40 feet. she was able to pull herself up part of the embankment. the ground was so ub unstable that she feeded help -- needed help. >>> three mobile homes were evacuated and red tagged because of a landslide. you could see the slide that's threatening the sierra mobile home park. we talked to

the road bed below. huge chunks of the road continue to fall away as you can see in the shot. i'm standing on a piece of road that has now fallen. the upper level of the road got up to my waist. on a single you conceive of the ways tide crack runs for about 200 ft. along the road. it's getting worse every day. these huge cracks appeared in the driveway, curbs and sidewalks are buckling. after cracks are appearing around the house. the ground is falling away from the foundation. pg&e repaired a gas leak and is installing emergency cut off valves. property owners are waiting for the range to end before tackling repairs which the more than likely have to foot themselves. this is a private road. in san jose, kron 4 news. frustrated >>pam: residents are trying short-term repairs but they're worried a permanent fix will have to include not just a road but the entire hillside. a look at to get costly. >> the plan is to fix all we can temporarily. it's all temporary fixes. i has been filled the clock cracks with

for people on nelson road. just up the street, homeowners are dealing with their second power outage since monday. after this 80-foot fir tree crashed down on power and telephone lines. >> i got there and there were wires on the road and pavement. the asphalt was melting in a couple of spot where is the wires was touching it. >>> yesterday we show you a huge fir tree that crushed this home and nearly missed the homeowner inside. the power outages has pg & e crews on 24 hour shifts. >> we're trying to do as much can do and stay safe. >> reporter: some homeowners say yes, mother nature is picking on them. >> we're due for a break. we've had our share of indenses this year. >> reporter: this afternoon the county told us there was no change with the slide or the san lorenzo river where people were evacuated yesterday. but right now it's flowing safely. robert handa. >>> tonight in capitola they are looking at a long clean up from yesterday's storm. check out these picture, you can see the power of all this water fr

look at this, you can see the road covered by the trees. they shut that road down completely. it happened early sunday. it is still a problem tonight. scores of people are stuck in their homes. >> reporter: santa clara road crews have removed about 80 truck lodes of this large mudslide, blocking both lanes of corey road. the slide was so strong, it snapped dozens of redwood and oak trees from their trunks. most of them ended up on top of the road. 80 residences are being impacted by this mess. they must have a four-wheel drive bike susan. this is the first time she's left her house since the road's been closed. >> this is the biggest slide we've ever had up there. it's taken both lanes, and on the other side, if you were to try to walk around it, it drops down 50 feet into corey creek. so it really isn't any way around it, and all the residents past there have no electricity. we have a generate so we were rationing gas with the generate. >> reporter: santa clara roads and airports -- say they're working as fast as they can to remove this mountain of mud, rocks and trees, but h

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. >> reporter: neighbors are also concerned about flooding on this road, the same road that is blocked by a rock slide. the newly cut trail that allows 50 people trapped access in and out is now a muddy mess. crews are expected to build a new path here tomorrow. our stormy weather has forced people to change the way they live. and for this family, change where where they live. you are seeing firefighters from felton hose down the road to make sure that it is not slick for drivers when they reopen this road at 6:00. as i mentioned, things are changing by the minute. i just heard about another tree that fell down and blocked another road here in mount herman. if you are going to be driving here in the santa cruz mountains, be alert. reporting live in mount herman, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> an evacuation order for a portion of the santa cruz county. this follows a flash flood warning for the areas of felton grove, gold gulch and paradise park because othe risk from the san lorenzo river. residents rdeceivero a reverse 1 call about 60 minutes ageio, th red cross has set up an

road to the now muddy makeshift road. >> it doesn't sound like they have a plan. it sounds like we will take what they guys did yesterday and try and make it better. >> the county hopes to start building tomorrow. >> you can put down rock and gravel and some fabric down to stabilize the road and that way vehicles can get in and out of there. >> the next community meeting will be tuesday of next week. that will be at the scott valley fire department, and i'm told that geologists will be on hand to answer questions. live in scots valley, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> thank you, lisa. >>> and here is a sign of unstable weather all over northern california. a tornado picked up rooftops and tossed them through this window in williams. it is about 60 miles north of sacramento. no one was hurt. but about five homes have roof damage from this. the owner of this house huddled in the bathtub with his wife and newborn until the tornado passed. >> we heard a big -- it wasn't a bang like two cars crashing, but it was more of a loud, sucking sound and then heard nothing. al

it is the main road to get to the conference center. until the road reopens there is an alternate route that to reopened. >> vicki: bad news for scotts valley. work to restore access to the homes has been delayed. public works says it is too muddy for construction to begin around the slide. for now, people will need to use 8 walking path to get to and from their homes. just up the street, this home was destroyed by a polish entry. look at this. a woman and her homdog were in there. heavy winds and rains took down the trees. familiar scene of the big area of damage. 6:05 a.m. and we will be right back with more in just a couple of minutes. the keeper watching kron4 news morning. here's a live shot from our refund best avenue. darkness in san francisco. nobody is getting hit too hard we will be right back. (music) >>darya: 6:09 a.m.. they are getting snow just like we got rain. you can see it storm tracker for covering tahoe and the north. they're looking at a few inches. showers and snow. if you get at their age will be great. yesterday

keep roads clear. >> we want to remind visitors roads are still slippery. >> the range jerz the park will reopen friday morning. pg&e expects to have pourer by saturday night n meantime, some buildings are running on generators, including the refurbished ahwanee hotel. only a few guests stayed here since the park ish wrued a volume teary evacuation, more are expected to arrive. >> it's been beautiful. but we're excited to see our guests coming back in. >> for those who visit before power is restored, admission is free. >> and this is spectacular. >> there is a little bit of sun there. >> and there is right here in san francisco now. there is a break. the sun is peeking through cloidz a bit. and there is a flash flood warning in affect. and we had expected this to expire at 6:30. and there is you can see a wide path of rainfall still with us across mountains and points northeast ward. so there is this wide path of rainfall now. and other areas of rain as well as up in the north bay there are tl is a thunderstorm cell moving and down pours there and there is spotty and showers, season

tonight the roads are open. there's also severe flooding on todd road. two lanes were shut down by a foot and a half of water. >> it will be another nerve racking night. their houses are threatened tonight by a slipping hillside. the ground began giving way thursday after days of rain and today, at least one family decided it was time to get out. they are packing up. don. >> reporter: we are in the backyard of the walker house here. take a look at the yard. they tell us this is a fairly level yard until the slide dropped at about 15 or 20 feet. now despite a day of little or no rain, the sliding has continued. meanwhile, city officials are drawing up an emergency decloration they hope to have on the governor's desk by monday. the hillside behind and under this san pablo house hasn't stopped sliding since thursday. >> as of right now, it is unstable. they did advise us that the hill is moving and they can't guarantee the houses will be here tomorrow or the day after. >> last night, blanca and their two kids slept in their sliding house for probably the la

this is blocking the road to the conference center. till the road is re opened an alternate route has been made available. >> more bad news for residents near scotts valley. officials say the area way too wet and muddy right now forclusion on a new road. for now people have to use a walking path to get to their homes. >>> just up the street, a home badly damaged, as you can see by a falling tree. this was the scene, the center ridge of the house destroyed. they managed to get out safely. heavy rains and high winds downed trees today. >> reporter: problems across bay area roads, emergency crews shut down highway 1 in pacifica. as high winds toppled a utility pole. traffic backed up for more than a mile. and more trouble on highway 1 in the north bay. a section began to collapse. caltrans closed the south bound lane after a deep crack appeared in the road. heavy rain is causing the ground to sink. crews will take soil samples and begin working on a fix. >>> in fairfax, a tree on a suv, this did a lot of damage to the yellow suv. left som

all the roads are closed due to mud slides, fallen trees, downed power lines and since the roads are closed pg&e says it will have to use a helicopter to get a new power pole in place. they are using generators for the few people left in the park. >> we have a series of storms moving in. one is bringing heavy rainfall in the area. all the rain turns to snow in the high country with gusty winds to go along with that. the main cold front now making its way through. if you are going out, be careful this morning. storms continuing around the bay area and it's bringing with it heavier amounts of rainfall in through berkeley, look at that. you have some yellows, dark oranges moving on through as well and that's some heavier amounts of rainfall sliding through. this will continue on and off in the morning hours then become more scattered about the middle of the morning and as we head toward the afternoon, more widely scattered but that's when we have a chance of some thunderstorms. so with all that rain coming down in such a short amount of time, we have some flash flood watches especially

be very careful on the roads. as the front moves through it will bring with it gusty winds early on and the showers then behind that, not so bad, becoming more widely scattered out there but you head out the door this morning, we are looking at a lot of rain early- morning on, some gusty winds in spots, temperatures in the 40s and 50s. by the afternoon some sunshine and occasional showers but more storms on the horizon. we'll talk about that in a bit. right now let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. let's go live out towards the south bay. here's a look at 101 traffic. this is near the alum rock exit. the rain causing kind of a halo effect on those headlights as they head up towards santa clara. we have seen reports of downtown trees in the santa cruz mountains, standing water at lucky drive where it usually floods in marin. better news in san mateo county. on the maps, they just cleared the scene of this overturn accident. they had to do a one-way traffic control for a while. highway 92 near

it road sank six feet. you can tell by looking it's lower than the road. police captain says city workers managed to save the road from crumbling and prevented a gas line ruptured. and watermain break. >> it opened the shoulder. at one point the roadway, north bound lane of woodridge road actually stayed in place but the soil sagged away, exposing a pg&e gas line and a water main. the pilings we put in over a 24 hour period to make sure the roadway stabilized. >> he is asking residents to be patient because construction on a new wall that will prevent the hill from eroding will not be finished for another six weeks and part of the road will remain closed during that time. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> floodwaters stopped but they left behind damage there. yesterday the counsel made an emergency probing luimation because of a pipe burst causing $1 million in damage. four homes were red tagged. 39 were yellow tagged. authorities will keep an eye on their condition. as kron 4's rob fladeboe shows you, there is a lot of work to be done. >> residents say the w

at the roads. righ. >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. 4:14 a.m. a live look from our roof camera and they start to this wednesday hot temperatures are expected. a live look at tahoe this is interstate 80 where there is snow on the ground that had a lot of a fall last week. on lot of sunshine for you, speaking of which let's get the latest. >> louisa: get out your shades you will need it had to the beach in will be gorgeous. lots of sunshine potential out record- breaking heat starting off form, will continue warm it actually stays warm as we had through friday. we will start traffic here temperatures, getting them out to about 73 degrees today. we are still staying shy of a record. 76 oakland. will napa, if we hit 83 degrees we could actually break a record set about 10 years ago. same for santa rosa. san jose working its way up to 78 degrees over all really just a big warmup rid across the board. we will continue throughout the week. current temperatures, starting off form, 54 degrees for

the road is private and a half-dozen and property owners say they will probably have to fix the roads themselves once the hillside settles down and the rain stops. in san jose, rob the kron 4 news. >>pam: in morgan hill road as been covered by a massive landslide. disproves the been working on it all day. they did not yet have a timetable of when it might be fixed. the slide goes 100 yds beyond what you see in this video. their homes along the road which means residents do not have a direct route to leave the area. we have the following the san pablo landslide since the rains last week, six homes are involved. three have been yellow tagged. to the homeowners will talk with the city about how to move forward. kate thompson is live in san paulo with a preview and a look at how the landslide has changed the properties there. >>kate: homeowners have been waiting for days for this meeting with the city. new information we have is according to the assistant city manager, there have been no soil samples taken from the hillside. i'm sure that will come as a disappointment to many of the homeo

be careful on the roads. we'll talk about your forecast coming up. >> all right, lawrence. >>> the csu system may cut enrollment by 10,000 students next school year to deal with anticipated budget cuts from the state. that's nearly 2.5% of the 420,000 students in the system this year. in addition, the 23 campuses may be asked to cut $281 million from their budget. that includes $28 million from the san francisco state budget and $13 million from cal state east bay. >>> governor brown may have to wait until the fall to ask voters to approve a tax extension. time is running out for the governor to get state lawmakers to approve the proposition for a special election in june. so according to sources who spoke with the "contra costa times," the governor is thinking of delay the vote until november. the governor says an extension of tax increases is necessary because budget cuts alone can't erase the state's deficit, estimated now at more than $26 billion. >>> it is 4:44. a possible vote today could give a boost t

we were there at the moment on river road. residents from about 200 homes along the san lower yenzo river were asked to move out to relocate. the reason, of course, because the river crested. it was coming down rather hard around here. the river right below the covered bridge was full of debris, logs and that created a mini jam. at 3:25, reverse 911 system was activated. felton firefighters went knocking on doors and asked them to evacuate. of course, few did. those areas of -- . >> right now we're just warning people the river at warning level. we're going door to door letting them know it can flood. >> and okay. so those areas affected felton grove and gold gulch. 825 people were affected. evacuations did not last very long. the main reason is because the river, the water started to recede, the rain has subsided quite a bit. waits raining again before and there is a lot of debris, a lot of the logs they've managed to clear them out. i'm live near felton abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. there is a massive tree came crashin

it happened on nelson road in scotts valley.s about two to three hundred feet long and about 150 feet wide. it wiped out a power line and cut off access to 25 homes on the main road. people can walk around it but no cars are allowed in and out. the slide stunned residents. one woman was able to capture it on our cell phone. >> anyone was there, oh, that's going down. >> geologists will be here this morning to try to figure out how to move it without causing another slide. they have a small window to work. next storm is on its way which could definitely loosen things up. the 25 homeowners that are blocked would appreciate a speedy fix. 57 people are in the homes and no one was hurt but at this point they can't drive in and out of their homes. >>> opening statements and first witness testimony are expected in the perjury trial of giants' slugger barry bonds, he was in court when jury selection took place. it only took five hours for attorneys to select a jury of 12 including eight women and four men ranging from 19 to 68. nurse, t

this stretch of road looks like it could be in the sierra. it's bear gulch road before noon today. that is not snow. it's hail. >> reporter: hail has been falling around the bay since late friday. this came down in albany with a storm that included thunder and lightning. >> we were inside and all of these particles went down on our window and the whole house was just shaking. >> reporter: it was night quite a snow day on friday, but after- school hail provided some fun for these carbon dioxides who were sliding on a slick layer of icy slush that covered a parking lot in richmond. funnel clouds were seen in a couple of plays, this one off the coast at the cliff house. >> that was crazy. >> reporter: she did not see, but heard what may have been a tornado that ripped through her san josi nursery. >> i looked out the window and it took that shed and flipped it up and blew it over to pacific street. and then it snapped some of the wires and they had sparks and we all ran out there and checked out pacific and were calling 911. >> reporter: wind and rain and what else? for that answer, h

as you can see there are road closure barricades right here at quarry road. we understand we're about a mile and a half out from the mud slide. and about 150 people are still trapped not able to use this road. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:09. this morning a name very known to bay area baseball fans will take the witness stand in the barry bonds perjury trial. prosecutors will call former oakland a's super star jason giambi. he's expected to testify that he received steroids from barry bonds' former trainer greg anderson. yesterday bonds' former girlfriend spent most of the day on the witness stand. she testified that barry bonds confessed to her that he was just one of many players using steroids to make it big in big league baseball. bell also gave graphic testimony about the drastic changes she saw in barry bonds' body and in his behavior. doctors say are consistent with steroid use. you can get updates on the barry bonds case at any time by going to our channel 2 website at ktvu.com. just go to the home page. >>> all

>> this morning we do have a little bit of wet roads out there. there have been a couple showers here and there. let's take a look at what we have with the commute at the toll plaza. it is going to be a very nice drive so far for the early commute. getting into the city. also this morning we are looking at the drive in san francisco northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. that looks very nice with no major issues although it is a little wet. and this morning if you are driving from hayward to union city, traffic moves well. let's go to the south bay here where the traffic is moving along nicely. a little bit of slowing on northbound 280 approaching highway 17. steve. earlier you said it will be drier and warmer. i was so excited i tweeted that. >> sal, you are too good. thank you, sir. it does look that way. >>> this week i can't say that because we have another system coming in. temperatures will be held in the 50s. we have light rain in the morning. we will pick up the wind and rain tonight. nothing like we had on sat night. this is different f

ponding on the roads. we'll see a rapid rise. ends with gusting 45 miles per hour especially at the coast and over coastal hills. expect downed power lines and trees. pretty intense storm system off the coast. it is really bearing down on the bay area right now. it will bring with it heavier rainfall until this afternoon when it turns to showers. 50s, sunny breaks, and possibility of thunderstorms. when will the rain end? we'll talk about that coming up. right now let's talk to gianna about traffic. >> we are starts to see slick surfaces out there this morning. we have first reports of a serious accident just reported northbound 13 ramp eastbound 24. chp is heading to the scene. injuries reported on this wreck. no word if any lanes are blocked but again we'll keep you updated on that. off the eastshore freeway towards the bay bridge, things moving well. starting to see a backup in the cash lanes. no metering lights still. but again, very windy conditions. be very careful as your work your way across the span. that's live look at

if you are on the roads be careful. the cold front literally coming through right now stretching down from vacaville, fairfield into concord and livermore and fremont. pockets the moderate to heavier rainfall into pleasant hill and concord. you see the cell moving by now and we have seen some strong gusty winds with that. we have gusts over 30 miles per hour, even one over 50 miles per hour. so you get the idea the cold front moving by. the heaviest amounts of rainfall probably this morning. then showers into the middle of the morning. flash flood watches in the coastal sections and the mountains. this rain is coming down in a hurry and running right down into the creeks and the streams as the ground just is totally saturated so we could see rapid rise as long some of the creeks, as well. here's your cold front diving through the bay area. once we get past this main front, behind that, guess what, we have more scattered showers so we're not done today. be prepared for rain on and off throughout the day and the possibili

one of many roads in the bay area that are covered by water. in woodside highway 84 between skyline boulevard and portola road was closed from just after 8:30 this morning to 4:00 this afternoon while work crews removed debris from the roadway. >>> police tell ktvu a section of redwood red road will remain closed indefinitely. a recent storm washed away the roadside. neighbors say they will have to fix it because it is on private party. >>> a 45-mile stretch of the big sur coast remains cut-off at beth ends. heavy rain has forced them to abandon efforts today to clear a rock slide near rock kiln state park. the rock came down 40 miles to the north and fell into the ocean. caltrans crews will attempt tomorrow to clear that slide. >>> the ground is saturated. mark tamayo is in the weather center. i think a lot of us are saturated. we have had our fill of rain. >> it has been busy with multiple strong storms moving through the bay area. we have one more to go. it will not be strong. a significant change in the weather pattern. i think you might li

and they make the road disapeer to the national park. >> and the road is about 20 feet lower, normally midday, you go through it in two minutes. looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less of the roads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building than through a tunnel. and noise from the roadway will be sheltered. and the traffic will be out of v

rushing water also turning roads into rivers. you can see the river of water on graham hill road in sonoma county. a man is lucky to be alive there in morning after the roof of his monte rio home stopped a giant tree from landing on his head. the man went out to investigate just as the tree came down. also in sonoma county a tree took out an entire neighborhood's power supply when it landed on power lines. >>> in san jose a rush hour rescue on 87. a driver spotted a man in the fast-moving guadeloupe river. he saw the man clinging to a tree in the river, called for help and rescue crews searched the frigid water. they found the man even further down the river. the victim had been in the water for more than three hours by the time he was boated back to safety. no word on how he ended up in the river, but it is a reminder how fast and cold the local waterways are during the storm. stay away. >>> the man who confessed to killing chauncey bailey will be back on the stand monday. the man is testifying for the prosecution against two ot

haazig madyun shows us for this rainfall is causing road hazards. >>reporter: the big storm over the weekend causes a major rock slide on park boulevard in oakland hills. take a look at this stone crushing down the road that is large enough to crush a cart. the rain and saturated the hillside causing these rocks to come down the road. costing two lanes to wreak havoc, and the public works is routing these rocks lights for now. they're setting for a chief technician to come out and assess the damage to make sure that it is safe before any workers to send out any workers before they clean it up. in oakland, haazig madyun. >>pam: in yosemite national park all roads have been temporarily closed. mudslides, and down trees the map will show you the areas impacted, power out over yosemite valley. with to wandered in areas and mira, c h p is going to help us understand, officer, thank you for joining us and can you understand and help us understand the conditions? >> caller: right now, they have approximately 1.5 ft. of snowfall. it brought down trees and p

in some places it was too much for the roads to handle. a lot of people arrived to work late. >>> and the weather caused delays for both incoming and departing flights today. san jose international did not have any weather related delays today and neither did oakland international. >>> the shoreline unified school district closed tomales high school, tomales elementary school, west marin school and inverness school. >>> you can track the weather at any time in your neighborhood with live radar from storm tracker 2. you will get it all when you click on the weather tab on ktvu. >>> rita williams was in court when a top member of the u.s. anti doping agency took the stand in the barry bonds case. >> reporter: frank, one a day. so far we've had three days of testimony and finished with three witnesses. coming and going defendant barry bonds runs the gauntlet of cameras for his perjury trial here. today he and the jury talked to one of the world's experts in detects performance enhancing drugs. dr.anders testified about side effects for using

they can park near kenyatta road. they want to keep the road clear. you can see all the cars parked along the road there land curling into some of the areas off of the road. we'll bring you more details and more impact on traffic caused by these tsunami warnings. we're still awaiting word from bart. we'll have more coming up shortly. >>> back to japan, japanese authorities ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents living near a nuclear power plant because the quake damaged the cooling system. they said if the outage continues, evengesly radiation could leak out. in the worst case it could cause a meltdown of the nuclear reactor. others have been safely shut down as a precaution. this, of course, is having a major impact on japan as a whole since they get a third of their energy from nuclear plants. >>> one of the largest fires was at a japanese oil refinery. this burned 25 miles east of tokyo. they clan hold as much as 220,000 barrels of oil. >>> the japanese quake and tsunami that follows continues. it's a topic on twitter. some of the users a

they recycle materials at this plant at 6880 smith's road. we have reportea reporter headed to the scene now. >> darya: gaddafi's home town and stronghold rebel attacks have been repelled by heavy mortar and rocket fire. thanks to the air strikes libyas rebels are now much stronger position now than they were a week ago. they recaptured all of the territory lost. this is a burned out car. rebels have been setting up road blocks to the coastal town. state tv is supporting new air strikes near tripoli. nato insists they are only protecting civilians. u.s. is making an effort to deepen ties with the rebels. here is secretary of state hillary clinton hopping off of a plane here. she is meeting with representatives who are fighting gaddafi. she is then going to be talking about political solutions 2 secure gaddafi's exit. >> mark: we will be right back as a morning news continues san jose traffic backed up right now bumper-to-bumper. we will get an update with george in the traffic center. we are getting word of the fire in new work, they are conc

when the road is under 30 pet of rock. but then of up above it looks like it is fairly loose up there as well. so if they remove roo rock down below more may slide from the top. >> patiences is something you learn when you live in the wilderness. >>reporter: geologist told resident it would be awhile for the slide is cleared and that's why the plan is to build an alternate road. one that would tie the currently closed nelson road to the one resident built today. but work on that road can not begin until the rain stops. as for the slide itself hey said it with resident who is still moving but the sheriff's department meantime is not forcing residents there to evacuate. this is 7 news. >> thanks very much. >> the rain is increasing the risk of mud slides and some local flooding. spencer is here now with the look at the area most at risk spencer. >> our rainfall is intensifyin intensifying. minute by michbility wider look at live doppler 7 hk. let's close a little bit on parts of the north bay and east bay. we pick up pretty

it is a big problem. >> reporter: the temporary road will link nelson road to the road residents built today which was in use right away. >> i thought we would be walking over the rock pile. >> reporter: but there is still no real way in for ambulances or for fire trucks, and a handful of people are still without power. >> that's the primary concern right now is emergency access. this is a hearty group. >> and they are grateful no one was hurt in the slide and no homes were damaged. >> we are dealing with mother nature. >> everybody is remarkably patient. >> and tomorrow a senior geologist will visit the scene and make recommendations and residents can go to a special meeting tomorrow to find out about the next steps. that will take place at 4:00 on nelson road in front of the sheriff's communication center. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> lisa, thank you. >>> santa clara valley water district officials say more rain could mean an over flow next week at the lexington reservoir. regulators are currently releasing the maximum amount to keep the reservoir from pouring out of its spill w

i should do the picture of the 1-way roads. the cost that it brought with it. underneath the existing sign, you had to make another sign on the other part of the road. the also had to indicate you are a car driver on a one-way road but you may have cyclists on the other side. we said, let's pass the message that it is like that, with or without the extra sign, but we could not because it was prohibited by european regulations. we do have some constraints there. >> in the netherlands, you have a separate bicycle path where you cannot turn right without having to encounter other bikes going straight ahead or going left. in a lot of cases, they have traffic lights and they say underneath, cyclists to the right may pass at the red light. in the netherlands, it is quite common that cyclists who are turning right may do so at a red traffic light. >> ok, we are a little after 1:00. before you leave, i would really like to thank the mpc and the german marshall fund. >> if anybody is interested in the presentation, there are some real interesting slides. we will be post

the roads are still wet. it has been a busy night overnight, and we're going to talk live with the chp, next. >>> good morning to you, giving you a look at somersault this morning. southwesterlies 10 to 15 miles per hour. 46degrees, slightly warmer than yesterday. unsettled weather remains in the forecast. >>> the storm kept chp officers busy overnight. rains are going to continue to fall. with us right now is sam morgan to talk about what the situation is. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm good, how are you? how was the night last night? i'm sure it was nonstop busy for you guys. >> officers were busy. most we had were spinouts, and what we call property damage only collision. that mostly results from motorists driving too fast, and following too closely. >> yeah. >> go ahead. >> sorry. when you guys are out there, is the main problem speed? everyone knew the storm was coming, the roads are still wet right now. the problems could continue. >> that's correct. the primary message that we alway

roads are closed. you don't see any headlights. its whiteout. if you are planning on driving up there. 80 remains closed in both directions due to heavy winter warnings. and guadalupe parkway in san jose, we have a lane closed there. miles canyon has 80 completely shut down. bay bridge toll plaza is relatively light. no delays to get into san francisco. >> janelle: it's 5:30. in capitola, a wall of water came gushing through the town forced evacuations. terry mcsweeney is live with the latest. >> reporter: i've been walking around in downtown and very easy to find sandbags. this is san jose avenue half a block off of capitola avenue. they got the sandbags up. it looks like in this case they worked. couple doors up and around the corner, not so fortunate. take a look at the water that came surging down the streets yesterday. barging into these businesses. it was from a broken drainage pipe running from the noble gulch creek that runs under a monthly home park. the runoff was too much for the pipe, water pouring beneath mobile homes, 30 mobile hom

approaching redwood city at 84 woodside road. and debuted will you please pi parkway blocking lanes. let's go up to tahoe where roads remain closed. both directions, truckee, you see probably just an emergency crew there. we'll had let you know if you planning on going there, we'll be watching that to see when it will reopen. bay bridge toll plaza, wet roads but a minor back-up into san francisco. >> mudslides, flooding, power outages, bay area suffering from it all. in the east bay, a rain soaked hillside is collapsing threatening to take homes with it. >> reporter: homeowners here have a tough decision, shoring up a hillside can be very expensive. yet they don't want to lose their home. backyard of one of the homes started sliding, really collapsed yesterday under all the pressure from all the rain. next door, neighbor's property is slipping, too, and the homes below those houses, they have already seen dirt come down. whole area appears to be unstable. homeowners are just shocked. >> i look out the window i saw all this gone.

this happened of hanlen road. officials say the suspect attempted to drive away, prompting a deputy trying to remove the keys from the vehicle, the suspect accelerated, causing minor injuries to the deputies. that's when another deputy opened fire. the suspect had a warrant for his arrest. >>> another ship from japan is expected in the bay. officials are there to scan it for radiation and john is here to tell us how scientists are testing your watt urand air, even your milk for radiation. john? >> reporter: their testing the air from the top of one of these buildings and also ting water and our finding elevated levels of radiation. >> reporter: she collected creek water to be tested. >> more of a public service, what kind of levels are harmful and realize we are way below those levels. >> reporter: they have tested crying run off, rain water and now tap water. results from rain water shows you have to drink 30-gallons of the most radioactive water to get the same radioactivivity in a cross country flight and creek

, you have regional roads and you have local roads. so for some regional administration has to take care for the locality administration. so this is mainly a guideline that has to support local administrations in their work. and why do local administrations need this? because there is a regional regulation that says that all our local authorities need to have a local mobility plan. i heard this morning about a problem like neighbors complaining when things have to be changed and the whole debate that is coming up then. but i think we have it similar because it's our local mayors who sometimes are hesitating to put into practice -- that's one of the reasons why those cycling routes sometimes get stuck, because you have a regional cycling route, but local authorities, we have 19 in brussels, local authorities do have to give permits for that. there is a lot of criticism on that and i heard my dutch colleague say one hour ago, you can get stuck because at local levels people don't like it, although your regional plan is to be so good. tha

road. >>> a couple dozen santa cruz county families are stuck in their homes tonight after a rock slide closed their road. now that slide today has shut down nelson road near sky meadow lane. it's a pretty remote area in the santa cruz mountains. they say they are not going to get that slide cleared until tomorrow. >>> well now the weekend rain did bring some badly needed water to the reservoirs in the south bay. but with more wet weather in the forecast concern about how much is too much. len ramirez live at the lexington reservoir with a look at the, it's kind of a delicate balancing act, isn't it len? >> reporter: exactly right allen. you and i might look at this picture of a very full reservoir and say that's a good thing but water managers see that, but they also look beyond, at the horizon at the coming storms and that has them concerned. if the storms are nature's show of strength, then this is what it does for an encore. captured water let loose again creates its own kind of show, n

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most people use this road to get to them. tim love drove to town on this road this morning. now he is forced to take the long way home. >> i'm actually going to pick up my son from kindergarten and when i dropped him off this morning, like i said there were rocks and some debris coming down. so, i had a feeling that it was getting ready to go. >> reporter: this school bus usually drops students off near their doorstep. today, parents had to meet their kids at the closure and shuttle them home in their own cars. >> it took me about ten minutes longer than normal. >> reporter: seeing this house perch precariously above this slide makest a remind they are is slide country. geologists were kept from assessing the road on scotts valley. the slide trapped people in 33 homes, still getting mail but it will be weeks before the road is reopened. with more rain coming, people here are wondering not if there will be another slide but where. and the crews again, their priority is to remove the trees away from the power lines and once that work is done, then work to clean up the dirt her