. >> catherine:kron four's rob fladeboe joins us live from hollister. on how flood victims are trying to dry out and clean up. rob? >> reporter: once again set up a command post not far from where the flood zone is located. the office has issued a water contamination health alert. informing all the people in the zone not to drink the tap water. a couple of crews just pulled here with a couple of free bottled water. but they are disturbing and the flood zone. people are trying to come back bay cleanup work --clean up their house, as if they do not have enough to worry about. >> reporter:the flood waters that wreaked havoc with scores of homes here on lovers lane in hollister left it's calling card in the form of thick, greasy mud. dennis palmer says it's eveerywhere and the damage is widespread. >>dennis palmer/home damaged in flood-- i will have to live up all my carpet and drywall. both cars are damaged with water inside the cars. >> reporter:palmer says the water was two feet deep at one point. the flood has reced some but the road and many a driveway

kron 4's rob fladeboe is live in san jose with what happened today in court. rob? benicia- a family was evacuated and neighbors were asked to shelter in place earlier today after a hazardous materials spill. authorities say a liquid spilled on the floor of a garage on view-mont street and that liquid interacted with another substance... to form a gas cloud. firefighters say two ambulances responded as a precaution but there weren't any injuries from the spill. a nearby street was closed but has since re- opened. the handyman accused of abducting and murdering a former cupertino school board member has appeared in court for the first time. kron4's maureen kelly has new details on the extensive trail of evidence which santa clara sheriff's deputies say helped lead to the arrest.. callous and coldhearted..... those are the words the santa clara county sheriff used to describe the crime christopher ellebracht is accused of.you can see the 38 year old suspect with his public defender by his side in the courtroom.investigators say they got on ellebracht's trail after he

rob fladeboe.--live in santa cruz mountains. >> pam moore: a man running a marijuana grower operation called police. when he was gunned down by three attempted robbers and richmond yesterday. officers arrived to the president we're a reported 400 plants were being grown inside. at about the home owners suffering gunshot wounds to his lawyer that says to his lower body >> pam moore: the mantle officers he spotted someone on his home surveillance camera and when he went to come from the person. shot or fired. three men were spotted taking off and an unknown car. they have not yet identified. the home owner was the five other injuries. bridge monopolies are not asking anyone with information to contact your department. a really good pictures of the crow operation --to contact the police department. >> reporter: on saturday, during his was driving west on kenyan row when she went off the road and into the creek. no sign of the teenager. and since the accident occurred parents and volunteers have been s

>>vicki:kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now with a live update on the situation. rob? >> reporter:the santa cruz mountains are a mess. crews are working long hours to clear rock and mudslides like this one on san jose- soquel road. the slides in many cases pulling down trees and power lines and making something as groceries a tall order as ashley calhoun would find out. >> reporter: there are a lot of problems on other mountain roads. >> ashley/calhouun/mountain resident i made it down the mountain but they finally pulled out the cruelest to help. -- the crews >> reporter:heavy rain overnight, as much as a half inch per hour in some areas, was simply too much for the already saturated soil. there are at least four more slides like road, before it was closed. ashley calhoun it was pretty tough. moving through a lot of dirt piles. >> reporter:a large slide slowed traffic to a crawl here on northbound highway 17 as drivers dodged downed trees, power lines and widespread flooding that is blamed for several mostly minor accidents as drivers cope with road closures and >> i

. --- kron4 rob fladeboe has been to all of the hot spots. he drank of up to date now. live--- he brings us up to date >> reporter:this was highway nine in felton as heavy rain returned to the san lorenzo valley on tuesday. this was ben lomond, whch has received 7 inches of rain since friday.the total is boulder creek where a large chunk of bear creek road has fallen into the san lorenzo river below. >>chief kevin mcclish/boulder creek fire dept-- basically, we are expecting heavy rain showers tonight. we are worried about trees coming down sandpit lines coming down. -- and lines >> reporter:across from the slide.a home battle to keep the mud from blocking her driveway. >> sharon/mountain resident -- it was scary. >> reporter:the wettest winter in ten years here means the drought is over but santa cruz county has declared a water residents to conserve water lomond reservoir failed. >>eileen cross/santa cruz water dept-- santa cruz receives 75 percent of its water from surface either-- streams >> reporter:the san lorenzo river is on the rise again as residents are worrie

in hollister rob fladeboe jkron 4 news. in the east bay. the storm took its toll on a number vehicles driving on bay area freeways shortly after the morning commute a driver of a big rig lost control of his vehcile. and crashed into a wall on the 580-freeway. kron4's haaziq madyun shows you where it happened this is what's left of a big rig that slammed into this wall here on west bound 580 in dublin "with the weather he lost control, hit the wall to our right here and overturned" california highway patrol officer derek reed says the chp had their hands full wednesday responding to weather related traffic collisions "a little bit busier than normal especially with the rain" he describes what led to this solo vehicle accident "he was traveling 45 to 50 miles per hour when he saw break lights ahead, he realized that he was going to rear end the car in front of him, instead of doing that he swerved to his right" p .and hit the wall. as you can see the collision caused the trailer and cargo container to separate from the big rig and land on its

kron four's rob fladeboe has been taking a look at the damage and joins us now with a live update. rob? the heaviest rain is over, at least for now, but the runoff is still pouring down out of the mountains here along highway 9 in felton. i found joe english sand-bagging what was once a small drain beside his home. but after a tree came down, the drain became a torrent and english is trying to divert the water away from his home amid the potential for a slide. sot joe english/home threatened by run off highway nine is closed at glen garry drive. a half mile ahead a the road is again blocked for the second time this week by a large slide. as much as an inch of rain per hour overnight has created waterfalls where before there was just a trickle. here in felton grove, just south of the covered bridge, the flashy san lorenzo river stopped just short of flood stage as residents are keeping their fingers crossed. sot karen durham/lives next to river on the border between santa cruz and scotts valley, a 100-foot tall fir tree came down, grazing a home here on carbonera drive, but smashing

in walnut creek spencer blake in the santa cruz mountaisn rob fladeboe in the east bay haaziq madyun at lafayette reservoir in dan kerman, kron four news. we are tracking the rain tonight all over the bay area. and prompting flood advisories for most of the bay area. in effect until 11-45 tonight. thank you for joining us i'm pam moore. >> steve:and i'm steve aveson. we have team coverage tonight. charles clifford is in the north bay where the storm brought some flooding to roads and spencer blake is live along the freeway with how the rain is impacting traffic. but first let's go to kron-4' meteorologist brittney shipp. brittney is timing out the rain.

kron four's rob fladeboe shows you some of the damage from the second of three bay area storms. nats >> reporter:the heaviest rain is over, at least for now, but the runoff is still pouring down out of the mountains here along highway 9 in felton. i found joe english sand-bagging what was once a small drain beside his home. but after a tree came down, the drain became a torrent and english is trying to divert the water away from his home amid the potential for a slide. sot joe english/home threatened by run off highway nine is closed at glen garry drive. a half mie ahead a the road is again blocked for the second time this week by a large slide. as much as an inch of rain per hour overnight has created waterfalls where before there was just a trickle. here in felton grove, just south of the covered bridge, the flashy san lorenzo river stopped just short of flood stage as residents are keeping their fingers crossed. sot karen durham/lives next to river on the border between santa cruz and scotts valley, a 100-foot tall fir tree came down, grazing a home here on carbonera drive, b

that's where we find kron four's rob fladeboe who is live for us now on the summit of highway 17. rob? >> reporter: create so far so good in both directions one thing you do not want to see here when you start to see brake lights e their destruction or back toward san jose something probably has happened on either side saw that happen a couple of times earlier today so far so good we have a lot of rain so far this year maybe people are getting the word to slow down. >> reporter: 3 car fender bender here and i was 17. the rate has been and remains heavy, and roads even the best drivers confine themselves a crash just like that idea like this. slowest possible site snow possible of thousand feet since flash flood warning. as much as 3 1/4 inches of rain brouwer triggers mudslides. also reported on highway 9 and 35 skyline boulevard elsewhere highways 1 018587 and 28 across the south bay all mostly late some wipers' throughout the most the day. >> reporter: at a quarter mile hit one more reason to ease up on gas and leave enough room between you and carl henry. >> grant:and remember y

. >> grant:and as kron four's rob fladeboe explains for us now live from san jose, the inspiration for it is the legacy of doctor martin luther king junior. rob? * *pkg * sot bishop patrick mcgrath/ diocese of san jose diocese of san jose bishop patrick mcgrath calling on catholics and muslims here at san jose's saba islamic center to come together in the name of peace. sot bishop patrick cgrath/diocese of san jose billed as a muslim-christian dialogue, the first ever such prayer meeting inspired by the message of unity put forth by the late dr. martin luther king jr. sot imam nabi raza abidi/saba islamic center a contingent of catholics from our lady by the sea walked to the mosque to symbolize the plight of immigrants. sot father john pedigo/diocese of san jose sot zahra billoo/council on american islamic relations >> reporter:catholics and muslims prayed and laughed and later broke bread together, echoing a theme familiar to both faiths that 'man is either your brother in faith or your equal in humanity.' bishop mcgraw, for one, sounding an optimistic note for the future. sot bishop

kron-4's rob fladeboe was in court during the dramatic opening statements happening nowhundreds of peopleare marching in honor of a dublin girl who vanished on her way home from school 28 years ago. ilene misheloff was 13 -years old at the time. the march started a little over an hour ago. it was 28- years ago today... she left wells intermediate school for an ice -skating lesson. ilene was last seen walking along san ramon road and amador valley boulevard ... she has not been seen or heard from since. misheloff supporters say, they will continue to march this time of year... every year. until ilene is found. the boys scouts of america will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in scouting programs. the organization previously held a policy that relied on the gender listed on a child's birth cerificate. but now officials will rely on the gender that a child or parent ... lists on the application to become a scout. they say the decision was based on states and communities changing how gender is defined. toss weather another quiet day and then rain returns late wednesday

as kron4 rob fladeboe reports her family is not giving up hope. >> reporter: this was the scene on wednesday afternoon here along the banks of rain swollen and island creek on niles canyon road outside fremont. again today, her parents that that is done and the yellow jackets, at times any peak in the mud, searching every snag, at the time to find their daughter. >> reporter: 18 year old tracey jenkins is thought to have somehow driven off the road. on saturday and ended up and the creek her car was found. its windows were broken out but jayda was not inside. some of her clothing was reportedly found downstream. fremont fire lost a boat early wednesday answers upstream from the bay. >> reporter: the dangers current is hampering the search but as many and hundred people, many of them coming out for the first time today are scaling both sides of the creek from where her car was found working their way downstream. she is a fighter's is her father c.j.. >> reporter: who is determined to bring her home record--bring her home. >> steve: now to the story of the coast guard and has officially called

kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now live from santa clara. with how some fans are taking the news.rob? sot marcus ball/49ers player 49er players like marcus ball were gracious and generous with autographs monday but even the most faithful fans are hurting. sot randy ioeger/49ers fan sot marty martinez/49er fan sot jed york/49ers owner >>:even as 49ers owner jed york was explaining his decision to fire his general manager and coach and apologizing for his team's dismal two and 14 record this season, about two dozen fans waited in the rain outside levi's stadium. season ticket holder jo jo gonzales thinking that maybe york didn't go far enough. sot jo jo gonzales/49er fan >> reporter:unlike some of the faithful, gonzales has no plans to dump his season tickets. he and just about everyone here agrees that letting former coach jim harbaugh go was a big mistake. players like ronald blair encouraged fans to stick with the niners. sot brandon blair/49ers player blair might have helped his case by signing and handing out a few pairs of cleats. anothe

kron 4's rob fladeboe spent the day in a san jose courtroom.... and has more on what happened. are getting our first look at the man arrested in connection with a series of crimes last week in the south bay. cruz vargas is accused of holding up a bank in scotts valley. that set of a massive two day manhunt. during which vargas is suspected of breaking into a home and stealing a minivan.. before being taken into custody in san jose tonight a march was held for a dublin girl... who vanished on her way home from school 28- years ago. ilene misheloff was 13 years old at the time. it was 28 years ago today, she left wells intermediate school for an ice- skating lesson. she was last seen walking along san ramon road and amador valley boulevard ... and has not been seen or heard from since. the march is held every year and retracing her route. happening tomorrow: president trump's much anticipated pick for the supreme court. grant lodes is here with three of the judge's rumored to be finalists. president trump says he's made his decision...and he says it's a person who is unbelieveabl

in walnut creek spencer blake in the santa cruz mountaisn rob fladeboe in the east bay haaziq madyun at lafayette reservoir in dan kerman, kron four news. we are tracking the rain tonight all over the bay area. and prompting flood advisories for most of the bay area. in effect until 11-45 tonight. thank you for joining us i'm pam moore. >> steve:and i'm steve aveson. we have team coverage tonight. charles clifford is in the north bay where the storm brought some flooding to roads and spencer blake is live along the freeway with how the rain is impacting traffic. but first let's go to kron-4' meteorologist brittney shipp. brittney is timing out the rain. >> britteny: the heaviest rainfall is dying to come down to nine things widen out as we go through tomorrow morning's commute. and more rain on the way at with widespread rain continuing hours long reign we started earlier this morning continuing in the afternoon and here is where some of the heaviest rainfall with heavier elevations said cruz mountains just outside of livermore outsider brentwood. all seem moderate downpours the enti

kron four's rob fladeboe reports now. on a special joint prayer service between catholics and muslims in san jose. sot bishop patrick mcgrath/ diocese of san jose diocese of san jose bishop patrick mcgrath calling on atholics and muslims here at san jose's saba islamic center to come together in the name of peace. sot bishop patrick mcgrath/diocese of san jose billed as a muslim-christian dialogue, the first ever such prayer meeting inspired by the message of unity put forth by the late dr. martin luther king jr. sot imam nabi raza abidi/saba islamic center a contingent of catholics from our lady by the sea walked to the mosque to symbolize the plight of immigrants. sot father john pedigo/diocese of san jose sot zahra billoo/council on american islamic relations catholics and muslims prayed and laughed and later broke bread together, echoing a theme familiar to both faiths that 'man is either your brother in faith or your equal in humanity.' bishop mcgraw, for one, sounding an optimistic note for the future. standup close

kron4's rob fladeboe was there too. >> reporter: even as the 49ers of applause is putting his decision to fire is general manager and coach and for the record this season alley by stadium lot of players encouraged fans to a stick with the team. blair medical this case by handing out a few types of cleats while some fans are cheering changes at the top count most of these folks among the truly forty-niner faithful already looking ahead to next season. >> reporter:happening now: crime concerns. in antioch. on new year's eve - two people were shot. one of those people died. tonight -- the shooter is on the loose. kron4's alecia reid is live from police headquarters.what's the latest on the investigation? pkg >>alecia:neighbors are in fear that whoever pulled the trigger on new years eve is still at large. sot - it's scary just before eight o-clock in the evening people living inside the delta pine apartments heard a barrage of gunshots ring out. by the time officers arrived, 2 men had been shot. a 20 year old and a 56 year old. the younger man was rushed to the hospital and is expected to

rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> grant: the search continues for a missing kayaker who has not been seen since yesterday. search teams from multiple agencies including the u.s. coast guard, began looking for 32 year old kid s-- 32 year-old kenneth maldanado. >> reporter: when that capsized--when the tide that he was in capsized. >> grant: terisa estacio, has more details. >> can get was upside down and he was no longer able to see his friend. -- the kayak was upside down >> reporter: they are born into a grid search. --they are going to do a great surge-- grid search >> reporter: friends and family will continue to find and the assets continue to search for him it would not go on camera as the grief was too much. p >> reporter: this is the division chief again. >> he could have gotten himself out of the water on one of the levees. there is still a chance but we will focus right now. our primary objective is to search this entire part of the day. >> reporter: searching the large area with the coast guard out but by that afternoon the entire operation wrapped up. there is no word on when i

no places is that more apparent than in the hard-hit santa cruz mountains where kron four's rob fladeboe shows you yet another new trouble spot and how people are coping with it. * *pkg * looklive open luckily, no one was hurt when a large chunk of the road, both lanes, collapsed, falling 20 feet and were swept away by the raging creek below in heavy rain on sunday. nelson road is closed about a half mile back where a detour routes drivers through mission springs conference center. men with radios help drivers navigate the muddy, one lane road through the redwoods and across a narrow bridge, without which several dozen residents would be cut off. sot/s/mos residents back at the slide, crews are taking stock of the damage. look closely and you can see the water-logged earth is still caving in beneath the pavement. the still widening wash-out caused in part when a back hoe trying to clear debris in heavy rain accidentally snagged and pulled up a culvert that could no longer divert the runoff away from the road. looklive closer in the northbay- a huge section of state route- 37 in marin cou

kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now from the santa cruz mountains.... and spoke with people who live in the area where the fugitive was last seen. rob? and with the suspect still at large - residents in santa cruz remain on edge tonight. kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now from the santa cruz mountains.... and spoke with people who live in the area where the fugitive was last seen. rob? ááátake pkgááánatsnancy williams and her husband keith live here on locust drive, not far from where thefugitive was thought to be hiding out. about noon, their dog starting barking liking crazy.sot nancy williams/may have encountered suspectwilliams says the area is accessible from the road below and says the man was clearlytrying to hide although he was not threatening and she saw no weapon as she confronted him. sot nancy williamsscotts valley police released this surveillance image of the bank robber. we cant see his face but he was dressed all in black, has a thin build and is hispanic. based on that williams thinkshe is the same man she saw even though the deputie