after the hot air balloon came down near skaggs island, just north of the san pablo bay. kron 4's gayle ong has the details. high winds are to blame,for a hot air balloon to land in an unusual place sunday morning.the balloon came down in the area of skaggs island near vallejo.on board 10 passengers - 1 pilot. the hot air balloon took off from sonoma skypark airport it was supposed to be a tour floating above the vineyards and surrounding hills of sonoma county..but it made a detour.. alberto laroa did not see the balloon but heard all the commotion outside his vallejo home.around 11 am the passengers and pilot were airliftedto the area of jack london drive and candy drive,..with the help of c h p air operations

after the hot air balloon came down near skaggs island, just north of the san pablo bay. kron 4's gayle ong has the details. high winds are to blame,for a hot air balloon to land in an unusual place sunday morning.the balloon came down in the area of skaggs island near vallejo.on board 10 passengers - 1 pilot. the hot air balloon took off from sonoma skypark airport it was supposed to be a tour floating above the vineyards and surrounding hills of sonoma county..but it made a detour.. alberto laroa did not see the balloon but heard all the commotion outside his vallejo home.around 11 am the passengers and pilot were airliftedto the area of jack london drive and candy drive, ..with the help of c h p air operations

. >> reporter: ten passengers and their pilot from sonoma ballooning adventures landed on skaggs island outside of vallejo. the win was pushing them off course. to be clear, this was not a crash or even an emergency landing by ballooning standards. a spokesperson with the ballooning and training situation says what happened is called a rip out or dry landing. >> in this case, this is an unfortunately, not greatly accessible area to retrieve the balloon. it was a safe and appropriate landing spot for the pilot to put the balloon down. it is better than landing in the bay or landing in a lot of houses. >> reporter: to put things in perspective, that is skaggs island. a chp helicopter brought all 1 people on board to this park in vallejo which was about seven miles away. >> i was confused what was going on. i didn't know it was a ball loon involved. they came from all over here. >> reporter: the pilot has had his ballooning license for eight years and handled sunday's event by the book. >> all the guests had a great time. it was great adventure on a sunday morning. >> reporter: you could s

. >> reporter: what you are seeing is as hot air balloon being pulled from skaggs island after something went wrong and then right. >> he made the best decisions somebody had to work with today. the pilot from the balloon adventure had to do some quick thinking. the winds got strong and to be clear what happened was not a crash or even an emergency landing by ballooning standards. cohen with the american balloon safety association says what happens is called a rip out or dry landing. >> in this case this is a great accessible area to retrieve the balloon. it was in a safe and appropriate lot where the pilot put the balloon down. >> reporter: that's skaggs island as chp chopper brought all 11 people on board here in this park at vallejo which was 11 miles away. >> i was really confused. >> reporter: no one was hurt during the ordeal. the pilot did everything in the books. >>> the bay area is getting a chance to dry out. abc 7 news in salislido. one woman was at home when the slide hit. her neighbor had to of the debris. the city must declare an emergency within ten days of disaster to rec

they landed on skaggs island and had to be plucked out by helicopter. >> live from sonoma where the balloon took off christie is there to explain. >> reporter: i spoke with the operator of the hot air ballo. they say it took off from the sonoma sky park airport around 7:30 this morning. less than two hours later the chp had been called to bring in a helicopter and bring everyone on board to safety. the company is saying that it was actually a dry textbook landing but very unusual spot. and that the wind actually took them this way in an inaccessible area. the pilot saw the tides coming in and wanted to make sure everyone was safe and that is when the chp was alerted. sonoma ballooning adventures, they say about ten people on board, half tourists, the rest with the company. they tried to get a boat to come out. so a chp helicopter flew people to a park in value lowe. they had balances ready and were checked out and okay. but neighbors quite surprised. >> they came from out that way towards the mountains and came in like three different times and landed, dropped passengers off. >> to get furt

after the hot air balloon came down near skaggs island, just north of the san pablo bay.kron 4's gayle ong is live in sonoma where the balloon took off.. gayle, what happened to the passengers onboard? there were no injuries..this is where the trip started..the balloon took off skypark airport this morning.and they were stranded for about an hour. high winds are to blame,for a hot air balloon to land in an unusual place sunday morning.the balloon came down in the area of skaggs island near vallejo.on board 10 passengers - 1 pilot. the hot air balloon took off from sonoma skypark airport it was supposed to be a tour floating above the vineyards and surrounding hills of sonoma county..but it made a detour.. alberto laroa did not see the balloon but heard all the commotion outside his vallejo home.around 11 am the passengers and pilot were airliftedto the

after the hot air balloon came down near skaggs island, just north of the san pablo bay. kron 4's gayle ong has the details. high winds are to blame,for a hot air balloon to land in an unusual place sunday morning.the balloon came down in the area of skaggs island near vallejo.on board 10 passengers - 1 pilot. the hot air balloon took off from sonoma skypark airport it was supposed to be a tour floating above the vineyards and surrounding hills of sonoma county..but it made a detour.. alberto laroa did not see the balloon but heard all the commotion outside his vallejo home.around 11 am the passengers and pilot were airliftedto the area of jack london drive and candy drive, ..with the help of c h p air operations

after the hot air balloon came down near skaggs island, just north of the san pablo bay. kron 4's gayle ong is live in sonoma where the balloon took off.. gayle, what happened to the passengers onboard? (gayle)there were no injuries.. this is where the trip started..we're at skypark airport.sonoma ballooning adventures is the balloon company..as their company website says..the balloon lands "wherever the winds take us.."let's just say mother nature took over. high winds are to blame,for a hot air balloon to land in an unusual place sunday morning.the balloon came down in the area of skaggs island near vallejo.on board 10 passengers - 1 pilot. a spokesperson for sonoma ballooning adventures tells kron 4 due to high winds,the pilot chose the remote place to land, which was dry at the time.the hot air balloon left from sonoma skypark airport it was supposed to be a tour floating above the vineyards and surrounding hills of sonoma county..but it made a detour.. alberto laroa did not see the balloon but heard all the commotion outside his

after the hot air balloon came down sunday morning near sunday morning near skaggs island. that is just north of the san pablo bay.the hot air balloon took off from sonoma skypark airport ... but the pilot made the detour to ke his passengers safe. everyone was then airlifted to safety with the help of a chp helicopter. <> a spokesperson for the balloon company - sonoma ballooning adventures ... tells kron 4 due to the high winds, the pilot chose skaggs island to land, which was dry at the time. ( darya ) happening now... police are looking for more victims after a man was arrested for child sex abuse in vacaville. johnny carabajal was arrested after an 8-month investigation. police have not released specific details about the crimes but say that the victims were under the age of 14. the solano county district attorney's office is investigating. (robin) in the east bay ... antioch police foun

after the hot air balloon came down sunday morning near skaggs island. that is just north of the san pablo bay.the hot air balloon took off from sonoma skypark airport ... but the pilot made the detour to keep his passengers safe. everyone was then airlifted to safety with the help of a chp helicopter. <>(robin) a spokesperson for the balloon company - sonoma ballooning adventures ... tells kron 4 due to the high winds, the pilot chose skaggs island to land, which was dry at the time. (robin) happening now... police are looking for more victims after a man was arrested for child sex abuse in vacaville. johnny carabajal was arrested after an 8-month investigation. police have not released specific details about the crimes but say that the victims were under the age of 14. the solano county district attorney's office is investigating. ( darya ) in the east bay ... antioch po

after the hot air balloon came down sunday morning near skaggs island. that is just north of the san pablo bay.the hot air balloon took off from sonoma skypark airport ... but the pilot made the detour to keep his passengers safe. everyone was then airlifted to safety with the help of a chp helicopter. <> a spokesperson for the balloon company - sonoma ballooning adventures ... tells kron 4 due to the high winds, the pilot chose skaggs island to land, which was dry at the time. (robin) happening now... police are looking for more victims after a man was arrested for child sex abuse in vacaville. johnny carbajal was arrested after an 8-month investigation. police have not released specific details about the crimes but say that the victims were under the age of 14. the solano county district attorney's office is investigating. (robin) in the east bay ... antioch police found

it carried 10 people which made an emergency landing at skaggs island. here is what happened. >> i thought they were doing flooding. >> there you got a surprise delivery to a neighborhood park. neighbors are taking a look early sunday morning. >> law enforcement is at the park. we saw the helicopters bring people and drop them off. we asked what was going on. the fire department said that the air balloon went down. >> reporter: the balloon with 10 passengers and a pilot left sonoma at sunrise. unpredictable wind pushed the balloon towards powerlines, forcing the pilot to land. as it was placed on about, a spokesperson says the pilot did the right thing. >> you chose to land on that island out there. it was textbook with no injuries. no one was in danger.>> half of the passengers from the balloon company followed them back on solid ground. they met with first responders from the sheriff department and chp and well i hope fire.>> i saw them hugging people who was waiting for them. >> reporter: i hearing trip. >> they were evaluated. they were medically fin

but the weather caused the balloon to land on skaggs island. the tourists have quite the story to bring home. >> jobina fortson has details from vallejo. >> what you're seeing is a hot air balloon being pulled from the marshlands after something went wrong and then right. >> at no time was there -- you didn't feel you were in danger. he made the best decisions with what he had to work with today. >> a pilot from sonoma ballooning adventures had to do quick thinking. they started in sonoma. at some point the winds got strong. what happened was not a crash or crash landing by ballooning standards. what happened is called a rip-out or dry landing. >> in this case, this is an unfortunate not greatly accessible area to retrieve the balloon. it was a safe and appropriate landing spot to put the balloon down. better than in the bay or a lot of houses. >> to put things in perspective, that is skaggs island. a chopper brought them to -- it's about seven miles away. >> i was confused what was going on. i didn't know there was a balloon involved. it came

hour and was pushing balloons for the power lines so the pilot decided to land in a marsh area near skaggs island and when the tide came in that is when chp was called for help. >> it was a bright yellow balloon and it stood out pretty well against the brown background. >> reporter: the pilot was the one who first spotted the balloon and recorded everything he was seeing using the onboard cameras.>> we were able to zoom in and use the camera systems and get a headcount and we could see that everyone was on the the so didn't appear anyone was injured. >> reporter: the pilot did not want to talk with us on camera that said the balloon took off from the usual location at sonoma sky park at sunrise, which this morning was right around 7 am. he said there were 11 passengers on board and half were staff members of sonoma ballooning adventures and the rest were paying guest's. the plan was to land near the airport. >> maybe they got caught up in wind that they weren't expecting. >> reporter: chp pilots say the building captain use his cell phone to talk to emergency dispatchers.>> we got the deta

they landed on skaggs island and had to be plucked out by helicopter. >> live from sonoma where the balloon took off christie is there to explain. >> reporter: i spoke with the operator of the hot air ballo. they say it took off from the sonoma sky park airport around 7:30 this morning. less than two hours later the chp had been called to bring in a helicopter and bring everyone on board to safety. the company is saying that it was actually a dry textbook landing but very unusual spot. and that the wind actually took them this way in an inaccessible area. the pilot saw the tides

through sears point, reclamation road, skaggs, moderate ponding on the roadways, 37, richmond, san pablo, east richmond, rig ato boulevard, all with standing water. this is heading to the east and be in orinda. walnut creek by 4:20, concord 4:25, bay point 4:44, antioch 4:47. when it comes in, heavy rain, standing water you're going to be driving through with the windshield wipers turning as fast as you can. flood watch until 4:00 a.m. thursday. i'll have specific river flooding forecast coming up. just know that overall you're under that. we still have the flash flood watch until 4:00 tomorrow. this is for small streams and creeks. so far no flooding being reported in this area, which is the rest of the bay outside the north bay. the wind advisory, there you go, it's been extended until 3:00 tomorrow morning for areas above 1,000 feet, gusts at 50 miles per hour. in fact, they will ramp up this afternoon and evening. that's the best time to have trees come down and power outages this afternoon and evening. a look at sutro tower bouncing around with wind. look at rain coming downside way

. >> reporter: what you are seeing is as hot air balloon being pulled from skaggs island after somethingwrong and then right. >> he made the best decisions somebody had to work with today. the pilot from the balloon adventure had to do some quick thinking. the winds got strong and to be clear what happened was not a crash or even an emergency landing by ballooning standards. cohen with the american balloon safety association says what happens is called a rip out or dry landing. >> in this case this is a great accessible area to retrieve the balloon. it was in a safe and appropriate lot where the pilot put

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westbound 37 traffic is backing up at skaggs island on the westbound side but it is bearable and notad westbound to the lego from novato so give yourself 35 minutes. the richmond-san rafael bridge paralleling 37 looks good as well with no delays at the toll plaza. westbound commute is pretty easy and from 80 to the 101, east bay into marin, 30 minute drive time. traffic is pretty light working her way across the golden gate bridge. south 101 from san rafael in the san francisco is an in easy 11 minute drive time. we have drive roadways. 580, 680 westbound through the altamont pass area looks good toward the dublin interchange. just to the east we have delays. travel times, westbound 581 of the busier spots, 41 minutes from 205 to the 680. the earin at tecowing und we h on the wand it lot. >>> right. as wadrougtoday through monday we are looking at 1 to 5 inches of rain. this will be a powerful storm system likely the second strongest storm we have seen so far this season. get ready. here's a live look at the salesforce tower camera looking east at the bay bridge under mostly cloudy s

by 9:30, the helicopter was on its way to skaggs island to help people in the hot air balloon. 12 people were on board. half were tourists. no one was hurt. the balloon's pilot says the wind forced him to change direction. >> nobody was hurt. that's in my mind always a textbook landing. that's the primary goal. so maybe not the best location for them. >> the chp says this is not the first time its been called to rescue a wayward hot air balloon and passengers. there was a similar rescue in 2016 in the same area. >> in santa rosa police are looking for a driver that sent a young girl flying into the air. we want to let you know that the video looks really bad but the girl turns out just fine. you can see in the upper left corner of your screen a black bmw coming around the corner as several people run across the street. look at that 7-year-old girl flying through the air. amazingly, she is fine and she runs off and we're told she was yelling at the driver, so she was really good. she has some scrapes and bruises but she's okay. >> i was over here and walking over here and i car just comes

. >> this video taken by a chp helicopter on skaggs island near vallejo and there was no danger or emergency. that's what they're telling us. but the weather caused the balloon to land and the group of ten started in sonoma. at some point the winds were so strong, they were force today land. it was neither a crash nor emergency landing. the safety and training association says what happened is called a rip-out or a dry landing. >> in this case, this is an unfortunate not greatly accessible area to retrieve the balloon. it was a safe and appropriate landing spot for the pilot to put the balloon down. that's better than landing in the bay or a lot of houses. >> looked like an emergency to me. but okay. call it what you want. >> no one was hurt. the hot air balloon company says their pilot did everything by the book. >> very good. glad they're okay. >> in san francisco, two businesses affected by the gas line explosion on february 6th are getting help from the city. the sf gate reports hong kong lounge 2 and huckleberry youth programs can access up to $10,000 through the small business disaster

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