news for people who want to enjoy stinson beach. reopned. flood waters from last weekend's big storm badly damaged the parking lot at the popular marin county beach. kron 4's charles clifford shows us the progress being made to rebuild the natsnearly a week natsnearly a week after the parking lot here at stinson beach was flooded by heavy rains, water is sill running through the lot. nats but after a week of clearing mud, rocks and debris, the national park service announced on friday that the southern and central parts of the parking lot are now open. the northern portion. . which was badly damaged by the storm and remains unstable and is closed indefinetly. that includes the bathroom on the northern end and many of the picnic spots spread out through the parking lot.sot i've never seen anything like this growing up out here. regular vistors to stinson beach, like natie tillotson, still can't believe how bad the damage is .soti was told the parking lot wouldn't open for a couple years but it's a little bit open now. so hopefully, i

and of course, one of the most popular spots is stinson beach in marin county.. unately that beach is still recovering from that powerful storm two- weeks ago.. that flooded the beach parking lot. kron 4's charles clifford was at stinson beach friday and has more on where you can park. well, the weather was fantastic here in west marin on friday and it will probably be this weekend as well, that means thousand of people will flock here to the beach. but, things could get more crowded than usual because the main parking lot is still not fully repaired. so far, roughly half of the stinson beach parking lot is open. there was a good amount of work put into clearning the mud and debris last week, but that effort has slowed down. the central and north end of the parking lot remain closed. the beach access on the north end is completely destroyed and the national park service, which manages stinson beach hasn't given a timetable for the repairs. now, with warm weather on tap for this weekend, it could get very busy here at stinson as people head to the beach. that probl

but in marin county, the work is still going on at stinson beach. each parking lot. kron 4's charles clifford has this update. well, the weather was fantastic here in west marin on friday and it will probably be this weekend as well, that means thousand of people will flock here to the beach. but, things could get more crowded than usual because the main parking lot is still not fully repaired. so far, roughly half of the stinson beach parking lot is open. there was a good amount of work put into clearning the mud and debris last week, but that effort has slowed down. the central and north end of the parking lot remain closed. the beach access on the north end is completely destroyed and the national park service, which manages stinson beach hasn't given a timetable for the repairs. now, with warm weather on tap for this weekend, it could get very busy here at stinson as people head to the beach. that problem will be made worse by the lack of parking spots.

(vicki) good news for fans of stinson beach. the national park service announced today that the parking lot has been partly re- opened. flood waters from last weekend's big storm badly damaged the parking lot at the popular marin beach, closing it down for most of the week. kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight at stinson beach with an update. charles. . . natsnearly a week after the parking lot here at stinson beach was flooded by heavy rains, water is sill running through the lot. nats but after a week of clearing mud, rocks and debris, the national park service announced on friday that the southern and central parts of the parking lot are now open. the northern portion. . which was badly damaged by the storm and remains unstable and is closed indefinetly. that includes the bathroom on the northern end and many of the picnic spots spread out through the parking lot.sot i've never seen anything like this growing up out here. regular vistors to stinson beach, like natie tillotson, still can't believe how bad the damag

regardless of flood damage, it was busy at stinson beach. with the parking spaces flooded, trying to find any place to park was a challenge. >> probably 20 minutes going back in the big loop around and around hoping someone would move. that was our only choice. >> reporter: and a lot of work to finally sit and relax on the beach. visitors said this trip was worth the effort. >>> yosemite national park officials say that park is now open after flooding from the storm forced the closing of roadways in the area. some cabins were submerged after the rainfall pushed the river above flood levels. yosemite valley opened this afternoon at noon. >>> that was no need to use the structure at the oroville dam. they say that the rudder structure was not enough to open the spillway. the california department of water resources said today that the lake levels stayed below 800 feet. inflows are tapering off. a massive hole was discovered in the spillway last year forcing the evacuation of towns downstream and the fears of catastrophic flooding. >>> today ma

and of course, one of the most popular spots is stinson beach in marin county.. but that beach is still recovering from that powerful storm two- weeks ago.. one that flooded the beach parking lot. kron 4's charles clifford was at stinson beach friday and has more on where you can now park. well, the weather was fantastic here in west marin on friday and it will probably be this weekend as well, that means thousand of people will flock here to the beach. but, things could get more crowded than usual because the main parking lot is still not fully repaired. so far, roughly half of the stinson beach parking lot is open. there was a good amount of work put into clearning the mud and debris last week, but that effort has slowed down. the central and north end of the parking lot remain closed. the beach access on the north end is completely destroyed and the national park service, which manages stinson beach hasn't given a timetable for the repairs. now, with warm weather on tap for this weekend, it could get very busy here at stinson as people head to the beach. that p

with water from the heavy rain on friday and saturday morning flooding the main parking lot at stinson beached to the public but that did not stop some people from going spending sunday at the beach. >> it is called, we just wanted to go to the water. >> we are hoping we could have a fun time but this is a little more than just fun i would say. quite the experience. >> crews will return to stinson beach to assess the storm damage this morning. the parking lot is closed until repairs are made.>>> meantime mirror woods was closed to visitors over the weekend over flooding, this video sent to us from one of are viewers shows visitors who reserved parking spots over the weekend but they were out of luck. >>> san pablo police need help to find a person who vandalized a local park, somebody spray painted the walls of a park bathroom and snack area with graffiti thursday night. the vandal was caught on surveillance driving up in a white sedan. the person was then seen driving away from the park after vandalizing it.>>> police in germany rated the apartments of eight people who were prepared to carr

heavy rain badly damaged the parking lot of popular stinson beach. later, the water is still flowing. kron 4' charles clifford is live for us tonight at stinson with an update. charles. . . well, if you've ever been to stinson beach you've probably parked in this parking lot because it's pretty much the only place to park. unfortunately, the parking lot could be closed for awhile. natsmonday afternoon, water was still flowing through the parking lot here at stinson beach. during last weeks downpour, tiny easkoot creek. . which drains off mount tamalpais. . overflowed it's banks and covered the parking lot with mud and rocks.natsat the north end of the parking lot, the ground has completely collapsed. there are chunks of asphalt and concrete sticking our of the sand. the water from the creek is also flowing over the wreckage here creating an impromptu waterfall.sotit's a mess. gonna take a little bit to clean up.troy janssen visits here often. he can't believe the extent of the damage.soti heard a little bit about it and when i got here it's a big mes

. >>> both stinson and mirror beach are closed to cars because of damage from the storm. that deluge of rain friday night into yesterday morning really wreaked half on on stinson beach. we look at a parking lot that now looks more like a river. >> reporter: the heavy rain friday night caused a small creek that normally runs through and underneath a parking lot to flood. it washed away the structures around it that normally contain it. >> we just got so much rain. you know, within a short period of time. we got about eight inches of rain. >> reporter: and then this. a water fall left behind from where the parking lot collapsed, close to where it meets stinson beach. 40 parking spaces were washed out to sea. >> this is crazy. i'm always going boogie boarding down here, down at the beach. i've never seen anything like it, never seen this much water. it's all washed out. unbelievable. >> oh, it's a huge amount of water. i've any seen it like this. we didn't think we could get to the beach. but we did, we found a way. >> reporter: official word from golden gate national park s

looked like a waterfall after the rain there at stinson beach, but stinson beach parking lot still closed. beach, itself, is still open. >>> all right. happening today, yosemite valley re-opened following closures during the storm. here's a picture the park tweeted out showing the cleanup. yeah, heavy machinery there. the biggest concern was the merced river. see how high the waters got. they almost overtook the bridge. yosemite valley closed at 5:00 friday ahead of the storm and remains closed all day yesterday. the park service is warning people to drive carefully, to watch for debris that has been swept out onto the roads and watch out for flooded trails as well. >>> vianey arana joining us talking about the weather. we're going to have a nice period of drying and nothing more like that pineapple express. >> you know, not the pineapple express but we are still on tap to possibly see a couple more showers so, you know, we got to keep the forecast right at the palm of your hands. make sure to download our nbc bay area app. hey. you know, quick little plug there. right now, the temperatur

this was the north parking lot at stinson beach.the rubble you can see the blue painted handicap parking spaces. how do they get like this? remember the atmospheric river about three weeks ago that dumped so much rain so quickly. it flooded nearby creeks which undermined the parking lot. this video shows it caused a muddy niagara falls. ? it took that a huge section of the northern parking lot and dropped sediment, mud and rock all throughout the facility. it is serious damage. >> reporter: the national park service is repairing the parking lot. until it does, the lot is closed. that means the remaining space fills up. that forces visitors to park in town. that is putting a huge strain on the small community where parking was a problem even before the lot collapsed. especially on weekends. >> it is impossible. you cannot make it to the streets. my dog almost got run over. >> reporter: some beachgoers are parking in spaces reserved for store customers. it is a problem at this jewelry store. to alleviate the strain, national park serv

((steve/landing vo))good news for fans of stinson beach. the national park service annouced today that the parking lot has been partly reopned. flood waters from last weekend's big storm badly damaged the parking lot at the popular marin beach, closing it down for most of the week. kron 4's charles clifford shows us the progress. natsnearly a week after the parking lot here at stinson beach was flooded by heavy rains, water is sill running through the lot. nats but after a week of clearing mud, rocks and debris, the national park service announced on friday that the southern and central parts of the parking lot are now open. the northern portion. . which was badly damaged by the storm and remains unstable and is closed indefinetly. that includes the bathroom on the northern end and many of the picnic spots spread out through the parking lot.sot i've never seen anything like this growing up out here. regular vistors to stinson beach, like natie tillotson, still can't believe how bad the damage is .soti was told the parking lot wouldn't open

including a huge chunk of parking lot in stinson beach to collapse.. >>> wet weather slammed the bay ea leaving a trail of damage including a huge chunk of a parking lot in stein son beach that collapsed. welcome back. the time is about 6:30. >> let's start with a check of our weather. julie. >> we are starting with big changes, basically clear skies, dry for the foreseeable future. well for the first couple days. we do have more rain on the way. in the meantime we are starting with a mix of clear skies inland and a little bit cloud cover by the bay. here is a look at the bay bridge. we have some clouds out there. it's a cool start. temperatures are in the upper 40s to low 50s. futurecast is showing clouds that we do see right now will clear as we make our way throughout the day. plenty sunshine with much warmer temperatures. of course the wet weather is what we all remember. yesterday morning we saw impressive storm totals. the wet weather may be gone. we talk more about the storm totals. it did leave damage at two local recreational spots. we have more from stenson beach to let visi

this -- a waterfall is left behind from where the parking lot collapsed close to where it meets stinson beach. 40 parking spaces were washed out to sea. >> this is crazy. i'm always going boogie boarding down here at the beach. never seen this much water. that's all washed out. unbelievable. that's a huge, huge amount of water. i've never seen it like this. we didn't think we could get to the beach but we did. we found a way. >> reporter: official word from the golden gate national park service is that both stinson an muer woods are closed to the public because of the storm damage. but people here at stinson beach are definitely not steering clear of this face. >> we're going to have an adventure. we decided to have it no matter what. we had to cross the river in to the beach. >> reporter: at nearby park side, the damage is adding up. the market and snack bar closed because of it but the cafe is still open. the last time water rushed in like this was 36 years ago. from stinson beach, abc 7 news. >> repair work after that storm will take several days. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has a

. >>> that deluge of rain wreaked havoc on stinson beach.tser lisa amin gulezian takes us to a parking lot that now looks more like a river. >> reporter: the heavy rain friday night caused the small creek that normally runs through and underneath the parking lot to flood. it washed away the structures around it that normally contain it. >> we just got so much rain within a short period of time. we got about eight inches of rabe rain. >> reporter: and then this. a waterfall left behind from where the parking lot collapsed. close to where it meets stinson beach. 40 parking spaces were washed out to sea. >> this is crazy. i'm always going boogieboarding down here. i've never seen anything like it, never seen that much water. that's all washed out. it's unbelievable. >> it's huge. huge amount of water. i've never seen it like this. and we didn't think we could get to the beach but we did. we found a way. >> reporter: official word from the golden gate national park service is that both stinson and muir woods are closed to the public because of t

this is what is left of the north parking lot at stinson beach. you can see where the asphalt is marked for parking spaces, and then suddenly, falls off the cliff. locals say it has been eroding for some time. >> before, it was just a little stream here. now, it looks like a mini stinson niagara falls.>> it got eroded last night with all the rain that fell. we lost about 150 feet of asphalt here. >>reporter: the fire she says if you can make it to the town, you are welcome to come and surf and enjoy the beach. although the park is accessible, it will technically be close, because this parking lot and another one have major storm damage. >> it will be a major repair. we are looking at sometime before we get back to normal. >> maybe days? >> they be weeks or even months.>>reporter: road crews along the panoramic highways that lead to stinson beach have had their hands full cleaning out and shoring up small rockslides. the road is open to traffic. as for the mayor was nearby, this park is closed. a small mudslide is partially blocking one of the road

this is the entrance to stinson beach is closed down.parking lot turned into what looks like a river.neighbors say they've never seen it like this and the flooding even caused large garbage cans to flood into the beach. no word yet on when the beach will reopen.reporting live in stinson beach, lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( james ) thanks lydia. we will lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) former san francisco 49er and oakland raider aldon smith has been arrested again. bond is set at half a million dollars for the 28 year old. arrest records show he was taken in on friday in san francisco for violating three charges of a protective order. those stem from domestic violence charges back in march. this is video of aldon from previous arrests and court appearances. smith was arraigned last thursday and ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor. there was a violation and he was then arrested. he will be in court again on wednesday. ( darya ) two men have been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2012 killi

regardless of flood damage, it was a busy weekend at stinson beach. with the parking spaces flooded, trying to find any place to park was a challenge.>> probably 20 minutes going the big loop around, hoping somebody would move. that will be our only choice. >> reporter: a lot of work to finally sit and relax on the beach. these visitors say the trip was worth the effort.>>> the partially rebuilt spillway at the oroville dam was another concern during the storm. officials said the water flows into lake oroville were not enough to require opening the spillway. the california department of water resources said yesterday the lake levels stayed below 800 feet. last year a massive poll was found in the spillway. that led to fears of catastrophic flooding and forced the evacuation of the towns downstream.>>> the san francisco sheriff wants more body cameras for her deputies. she is seeking $400,000 to expand the body camera program. according to the san francisco examiner, the money would take for 400 more body cameras. the reported request comes months afte

this is what's left of the north parking lot at stinson beach. we can see where the asphalt is marked for parking spaces and then suddenly falls off a cliff. locals say it has been eroding for some time. >> before it was just a little stream here and now it looks like a mini niagara falls. >> it got eroded last night with all the rain that fell. we lost about 150 feet of asphalt. >> reporter: the fire chief says if you can make it to the town, you're welcome to come and surf and enjoy the beach. he says although the park is accessible, it will technically be closed because this parking lot and another one have major storm damage. >> this is going to be a major repair. we're looking at sometime before we get back to normal. >> maybe days? >> maybe weeks or even months. >> reporter: road crews along the panoramic highway that leads to the beach have had their hands full, clearing out and shoring up small rock slides. the road is open to traffic. as for the muir woods nearby, a small mud slide is partially blocking one of the roadways and we're told

. >> at stinson beach, the water kept coming. this is the north parking lot. >> they have eroded last night with all the rain that fell. we lost about 150 feet of asphalt. >> the golden gate national recreation area shared this video after tweeting the beach was closed to vehicles this weekend. >> you can still walk on the beach, but there's just absolutely no parking in the parking lot because both parking lots are completely flooded. >> it's kind of designed to do this so it doesn't flood the houses to the north. >> crews are busy assessing all the damage left behind today, on winding roads, small slides appeared and were quickly cleared up. >> megan celebrated a byte at an inn nearby. she says the rain was heavy, and it was a trip she won't soon forget. >> i'm glad it was still light, because a lot of rocks had fallen that i wouldn't have seen driving over in the dark. >> water rushed from hills obt the roads near mure woods that were closed. this is a parking lot. anna was visiting from san diego and disappointed she couldn't

( james )last weeks big storm left the parking lot at stinson beach severely damaged.ficals were out assessing the damage. the worst of it is still roped off with caution tape. water washed away the ground underneath the concrete... and caused much of the parking lot to collapse. people who live and work in this small beach community say... parking is already an issue... and this is only going to make things worse. ( james ) locals are worried that all or part of the lots could be closed into the summer. the national park service says, it will have a better picture of what needs to be done... once more of the area is cleaned up. ( darya ) antioch police are praising some good samaritans after they stopped an attempted laptop theft. it happened at a starbucks on lone tree w

(steve) the stinson beach parking lot is being cleaned up after a major storm flooded the area -- causingpam) residents who visit the beach often say, they have never seen storm damage this bad. kron 4's charles clifford went to marin county... and talked with some of those residents. take pkgnatsmonday afternoon, water was still flowing through the parking lot here at stinson beach. during last weeks downpour, tiny easkoot creek. . which drains off mount tamalpais. . overflowed it's banks and covered the parking lot with mud and rocks. natsat the north end of the parking lot, the ground has completely collapsed. there are chunks of asphalt and concrete sticking our of the sand. the water from the creek is also flowing over the wreckage here creating an impromptu waterfall.sotit's a mess. gonna take a little bit to clean up.troy janssen visits here often. he can't believe the extent of the damage.soti heard a little bit about it and when i got here it's a big mess.sherry penzias lives in san francisco but owns a house in stinson beach. her home is okay, she came to the beach to see the da

this -- a waterfall is left behind from where the parking lot collapsed close to where it meets stinson beach. 40 parking spaces were washed out to sea. >> this is crazy. i'm always going boogie boarding down here at the beach. never seen this much water. that's all washed out. unbelievable. that's a huge, huge amount of water. i've never seen it like in and we didn't think we could get to the beach but we did. we found a way. >> reporter: official word from the golden gate national park service is that both stinson an mur woods are closed to the public because of the damage but here at stinson beach are dfinitely not steering clear of this face. >> we're going to have an adventure. we decided to have it no matter what. we had to cross the river in to the beach. >> reporter: at nearby park side, the damage is adding up. the market and snack bar closed because of it but the cafe is still open. the last time water rushed in like this was 36 years ago. from stinson beach, abc 7 news. >> repair work after that storm will take several days. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has a look. >> report

and one of the most popular spots is stinson beach in marin county.. but that beach is still recovering from a powerfull storm two weeks ago that flooded the beach parking lot. kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight at stinson beach with an update. charles. . . . (grant) charles. . . . (grant) coming up on kron4 news at nine... a popular cafe in the east bay... abruptly closes, on the same week that old allegations of racisim resurface. hear reaction tonight from shocked customers. (vicki) plus... three men arrested after police say they stole thousands of dollars worth of copper wire.... where they took it from ahead... (grant) and after the break...north korean leader kim jong un announcing he is shuting down one of his nuclear test sites... how president trump is responding tonight on twitter. big news out of north korea... dictator kim jong un announced today that he will shut down one of the country's nuclear test sites and will stop long-range missile tests. andy rose has more on what this may mean for the world. this intercontinental ba

today from the beach side and came in and saw the garbage cans, large garbage cans that were six feet wide that were just floating down the river out onto the beach.sotsara stutz/stinson beachgoodness gracious i saw that the, i just though the parking lot was closed because of a little bit of water on the road here. but then i went on the beach there were huge cliffs of sand, where the dog parking was before the asphalt is gone. there are rocks and wood everywhere. and a huge portion of the parking lot is under water or ripped outthe parkside cafe along the beach.. was the hardest hit. employees say they spent most of friday night cleaning up water with the help of the fire department. and as of saturday, the market and the snack bar was still closed.. but the cage open for business. ( marty ) continuing our coverage on the aftermath of that relentless storm... hundreds of people in mill valley went to sleep with power in their homes friday night ... but they woke up to downed trees and no electricity. kron four's philippe djegal reports... (philippe) limb by limb... crews methodically chop this deodar cedar tree down that fell flat on bigelow avenue. neighbors in mil

that severely damaged the parking lot at stinson beach.still roped off with caution tape. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. rebecca:a few residual showers will linger into the morning hours. a slight chance of showers will remain in the north bay through this afternoon. dry conditions are expected thursday night through saturday with warmer temperatures. precipitation chances and cooler temperatures return sunday and monday. rebecca:a few residual showers will linger into the morning hours. a slight chance of showers will remain in the north bay through this afternoon. dry conditions are expected thursday night through saturday with warmer temperatures. precipitation chances and cooler temperatures return sunday and monday. major hot spot in walnut creek nb 680 at treatt all lanes closed due to police activity. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( darya )(ááá2 shotááá) property owners in pacifica are facing

and reopened sunday at noon and repairs from the storm could take weeks or months to repair at stinson beach the heavy rain friday and saturday flooded the main parking lot. the beach was technically closed to the public but that did not stop some people from spending their sunday at the beach. the parking lot remains closed until repairs are made. >>> former nfl player aldon smith is back in jail, he is being held at the san francisco county jail on $500,000 bond. he was arrested friday for violating a condition regarding his electronic monitoring. smith has faced several run-ins with the law including domestic violence and dui and vandalism. >>> the second jon gruden era for the raiders begins this morning. he will be holding his first formal team meeting in alameda. the raiders signed him to a 10 year $100 million contract in january. nfl rules prohibited gruden from dealing directly with the players over the past 90 days. he first coached the raiders from 1998 until 2001. unfortunately he then coached tampa bay to a super bowl victory over the raiders. gruden has spent the past nine seas

. >>> there's no estimated time when the storm damaged parking lot at stinson beach will reopen. heavy rain caused the small creek that runs underneath the parking lot. it washed away 40 spots. the damage is sentencive is that the parks service says they will need assess the situation and come back a plan to rebuild. >>> another victim of the rage was at mclaren bike park which was closed because of muddy conditions. it opened in october. the bike park says it will send updates on sboem its status. >> it's hard to believe but it has been six months since the wildfires and there's a long road ahead. >> the deadline for a group of fire victims. >>> also, the former linebacker aldon smith arrested again. why he ended up in a san francisco jail this time. >>> and showing you a much brighter finish to the weekend. now tracking a ram >>> smith has been arrested for the third time in two months. he was booked into the county jail for violating a condition of the electronic monitoring while on bail. his new bail was set at half a million dollars. smith is due back this court wednesday af

. >>> with more rain on the way the national park service is keeping an eye on stinson beach because big storm caused huge chunks of the main parking lot to collapse and wash away. visitors who saw the damage say they've never seen anything like it. en... but no word on when ll be >> i first came a few days ago on sunday and it was shocking. i didn't even know if i knew the way to get down to the beach. i've been out here 15 years and never seen this. >> the beach park is open, but no word when the parking lot will be fixed. the national park service says it's going to have a better idea later this week after this latest round of rain passes. >>> when does it begin, paul? >> thankfully the rain we're going to get tomorrow will be about 2% as much rain as we received at stinson beach last week, which was the wettest april day since 1853. that's how much rain came down. we'll take a peek outside right now where we do have mostly cloudy skies over the tri- valley where it's if i -- 59 in livermore and oakland, showers done for today but less than 24 hours from now yet another front givi

. >> the storm-damaged parking lot at stinson beach will stay closed for the foreseeable future.vy rain friday night caused the creek that runs through and underneath the parking lot to flood. it destroyed protective structures around it and washed away 40 parking spots. the park service says they'll need to assess the situation and come back with a plan to rebuild. >>> muir woods is opening this morning. it was closed saturday after the drenching caused flooding there. rangers said it was too dangerous for visitors. most of the flooding subsided yesterday morning allowing the park service to reopen the attraction to visitors once again. >> a lot of us experiencing that inrah. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> can't keep up with mowing the lawn. all that rain, everything is sprouting so quickly. that's a good thing to have. >> i wish i had a lawn. must be nice. >> at times it is. let's take a look at what's going on. a couple months from now when it's half dead because of the drought. here is a look at san rafael. no fog to contend with,

still, it was a rather busy weekend at stinson beach. this group drove up from bay point. they didn't let the damage keep them from having a fun time. >> we just wanted to have a fun time, but this was a little more than fun, i guess you could say. it was quite an experience. >> they had to climb down what they were calling a mini niagara falls. no word yet on when the beach will reopen. >>> yosemite park is reevenned after roadways were -- is reopened after roadways forced -- after flooding forced several roadways to close. >>> facebook could face record fines after the company's latest privacy scandal. according to the washington post, three former federal officials safe that facebook may have violated an order from the federal trade commission in 2011 regarding user privacy. facebook could face $1 billion or more in fines for this along with the data beach that allowed cambridge analytica to mine the use err information about 87 million user -- user information of about 87 million users. ceo mark zuckerberg is testified -- is set to testify later this week on capitol hi

look how cool it is around stinson beach, bodega bay 57 degrees. st. helena 69. overall, a low here is going to bring us continued cloud cover for tomorrow. a very minimal chance of showers. so for the northern end of the north bay that's where we are most likely going to see precipitation if we do get any mostlily in ukiah, mendocino county, right by the california, oregon border. by monday, tuesday we'll be back to sunshine but for the next few days, through the weekend, cool and cloudy. we'll be right back after the break. homelessness spreading throughout the bay area. but as allen martin reports... this week's jefferson award winner says doing some >>> we have seen the crisis of homelessness spreading throughout the bay area but as allen martin reports, this week's jefferson award winner says he's doing something about it and it means looking at someone who is homeless as a person, not a problem. >> reporter: when kevin adler saw a homeless man in san francisco, he flashed back to his uncle mark who lived on and off the streets for 30 years. >> and it wasn't

. >> reporter: stinson beach is harder to get to today because of the road conditions and because of a parking lot collapse last night. this is what is left of the north parking lot at sten son beach. you can see where it is marked for parking spaces and then falls off of a clip. locals say it has been happening for some time. >> before it was just a little stream here and now it looks like a niagara falls. >> they have got a road, and we lost about 150 feet of asphalt here. >> reporter: the fire chief says if you can make it to the town, you are welcome to come and enjoy the beach. he says 2459 park is technically closed because this parking lot and another one have storm damage. >> we are looking at some time before we get back to normal. >> reporter: maybe days? >> maybe weeks or months. >> reporter: red crews have- -road crews have had their hands full. the road is open to traffic. as for the woods near by, this park is closed, a small mud slide is partially blocking a roadway. the national park service says that this forest will not be reopening until further notice and folks who

assault of a high-school aged jogger ( lydia ) lydia pantazas is in stinson beach where storm damage is being cleaned up. ( james ) and caught on camera... dozens of motorcycles take over an oakland sideshow. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (dave)dry weather conditions and warmer temperatures are expected on monday. a weak weather system will then sweep through the region on tuesday and bring light rainfall primarily to the norther portion of the region. a slightly stronger system will bring more widespread light rainfall to the region on wednesday with lingering showers possible into thursday. both systems will accidebt wb 80 powell. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james )(ááá2 shotááá) our top story this morning ... police have arrested a man police have morning ... story this our top (ááá2 shotááá)( james ) ( james )(ááá2 shotááá) our top story this morning ... police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a high school-aged jogger in palo a

it's gone now, the damage so bad stinson beach, muir woods closed tote. nbc bay area's christie smith sent us that video. she's live near muir woods with the cleanup. it looks bad. >> reporter: at this hour we're getting sunshine and the roads are drying out but there is damage and it looks like waterfalls have form t. the pounding rain stopped but the water kept coming, this is the north parking lot where a section gave way. >> it got eroded with the rain that fell. we lost about 150 feet of asphalt. >> the golding gate national recreation area shared this video of tweeting the beach was closed to vehicles this weekend. >> you can still walk on the beach but there's no parking in the parking lot because both parking lots are flooded. it's designed to do this so it doesn't flood the houses to the north. >> reporter: crews are busy assessing the damage left behind today on winding roads, small slides appeared and were cleared up. water rushed from hills on to the roads near muir woods which was closed. this was the parking lot. this woman was did appointed

(maureen)that's right grant......im in the stinson beach central parking lot where the creek here overflowed it's banks....causing all the damage.you can see here where crews have already begun the work to shore up the banks. (adlib about rain)but officials tell me that they don't expect this storm to impede their progress. crews from the conservation corp north bay have been busy putting down sandbags and plastic sheeting....trying to build the banks of the eskoot creek back up. the heavy rains of that atmospheric river caused the creek to overflow.....and in this video you can see it still flowing into the stinson's beach central parking lot. you can see there's a lot of rock and mud here too. national park workers operating bulldozers have been working to clear this debris.at this time the worst damage is still roped off with caution tape.that's here in the north parking lot where all of that rushing water washed away the ground under neath and caused much of the parking lot to collapse. it makes for an unusual waterfall but the national park service is asking people to stay out of this a

stinson beach cooler at 62. rth looking at temperatures in st. helena 73 robo call cooler at 67. >>> taking a look at the roads now, bay bridge no metering lights just yet. we are watching a possible accident here a minor fender- bender. flashing lights on the camera there off to the side so no delays though. everything moving nicely as you work your way out of oakland from the macarthur maze to san francisco all the way to the central freeway. 11 minutes. >>> the california highway patrol plans to release more information at noon today about a missing family of four from southern california. investigators say personal items they found while searching along a mendocino county river do belong to the thottapilly family. sheriff's officials are not releasing details about the items. but they confirm the family's suv ended up in eel river. the family had visited portland and was going to relatives in san jose but never showed up. the chp got reports of a submerged suv on april 6th. only some parts have been recovered. >>> a palo alto company is going

. >>> this is the aftermath from last week's big storm at stinson beach. heavy rain and all the runoff caused huge chunks of the main parking lot to collapse. the beach park is open, but no word when the parking lot will be fixed. the national park service says they'll have a better idea later on this week after the next round of rain passes. speaking of which chief meteorologist paul deanno is tracking it all for us. >>> we have two rounds. one is moving through right now with very light rainfall moving through the bay area, but it hasn't been dry for a good chunk of the bay area. roads are wet for the evening commute. we'll put it in time lapse. over the past three hours you can see the line of rain slicing south and east and a heavy rainfall is confined to the santa cruz mountains north of watsonville and east of capitola, the rain ending now in san jose. another round to go. clearing skies this evening and overnight. by tomorrow morning the north bay is cloudy. by tomorrow afternoon a more significant front will move through giving us an hour or two of

storm damage also closed stinson beach. we turn now to our meteorologist. where watching for what we have coming in the next days.>>> at least we get a chance to get outside and enjoy this weekend. most of the we can has been try. some rain showers this morning. those numbers really are coming down. these are the rain totals. over 4 inches of rain for petaluma. some more impressive amounts. keep in mind, that this is april. san francisco, santa rosa 3.5 inches. san jose is approaching 1 inch of rain. you can see all of that moisture going across the bay area. we have a sharp rise of the greeks out there. you can see the storm reports from earlier today. most of these are from earlier this morning. look at all these rain reports, right around truckee and other portions of the state. the main branch of the system has moved out. right now it is partly cloudy skies. we will have more on your five day forecast coming up. >> thank you for those rain totals. this contributed to a number of traffic accidents. >>> this shows that some of the close calls that took pl

a casualty of the weekend storm at stinson beach. the water runoff destroyed this parking lot. it lks like a waterfall. it is still closed because there is still a bit of a flooding problem. but today crews did start the clean-up process but no word on when it will reopen. >> let's bring in rob mayeda. it is starting to feel gloomy today and there was -- >> gray -- >> a level of humidity outside. >> high on the sticky index today. we had humidity levels up and right now still some showers showing up. this is a much weaker system compared to what we'll likely deal with at this hour same time tomorrow. the storm coming to bring more rain. outside now, misty skies and clearing through the game. an evening game and damp out there from the drizzle but expecting drying conditions through the rest of the evening. right now emmeriville, 58 degrees. a lot of gray but not necessarily a lot of rain under the clouds. 62 in dublin and in san jose pretty mild. 64 degrees with a few sprinkles at type-- at times. and showers now just starting to reach san jose. more interesting weather was off

. >> at stinson beach, the water kept coming.he north parking lot. >> they have eroded last night with all the rain that fell. we lost about 150 feet of asphalt. >> the golden gate national recreation area shared this video after tweeting the beach was closed to vehicles this weekend. >> you can still walk on the beach, but there's just absolutely no parking in the parking lot because both parking lots are completely flooded. >> it's kind of designed to do this so it doesn't flood the houses to the north. >> crews are busy assessing all the damage left behind today, on winding roads, small slides appeared and were quickly cleared up. >> megan celebrated a byte at an inn ne

today from the beach side and came in and saw the garbage cans, large garbage cans that were six feet wide that were just floating down the river out onto the beach.sotsara stutz/stinson beachgoodness gracious i saw that the, i just though the parking lot was closed because of a little bit of water on the road here. but then i went on the beach there were huge cliffs of sand, where the dog parking was before the asphalt is gone. there are rocks and wood everywhere. and a huge portion of the parking lot is under water or ripped outthe parkside cafe along the beach.. was the hardest hit. employees say they spent most of friday night cleaning up water with the help of the fire department. and as of saturday, the market and the snack bar was still closed.. but the cage open for business. (hermela) the cafe says.. they don't believe the flood caused any permanet damge. the beach will be closed until at least tomorrow. live in the newsroom hermela aregawi kron 4 news. (jrstone) continuing our coverage on the aftermath of that relentless storm... hundreds went to bed in mill valley last night with the power on... only to wake up with downed trees and no electricity. kron fou

we spoke to the national parks service about those repairs. >> popular stinson beach, but there is a lem in paradise. this is or was the north parking lot at stinson. in the rubble you can see the blue painted handicap parking spaces. how did i get like this? remember the atmospheric river that dumped so much rain so quickly? it flooded and near creek that undermined the parking lot. as this cell phone video shows cause a muddy niagara falls. >> it took out a huge section of our northern parking lot and drop sediment and mud and rock throughout all of our facilities. >> the national park service is repairing the parking lot, until it does the lot is close. that means the remaining spaces fill up forcing overflow visitors to park in town. that is putting a huge strain on a small community were parking was a problem even before the lot collapse. >> with the parking lot out it is impossible. my dog was almost run over. >> some beachgoers are parking and spaces with our store customers and then they cannot find parking. >> maybe we need a parking attendant. >> to alleviate the strain the

storm damage also closing stench and -- stinson beach. >>> yosemite valley could reopen today.ed after yesterday's storm as torrential rainfall pushed the river above regular flood levels. the valley closed all day yesterday. officials announced the valley could reopen at noon today if conditions allow. >> as soon as the storm passes we are going to start assessing systems, make sure things are operational. we are going to reopen the valley as soon as we can. >> portions of the main roadway flooded with 2-4 feet of water yesterday. >>> thousands of runners taking to the streets of san francisco for the rock 'n roll half marathon, known for having scenic sites. the most memorable maybe running across the golden gate bridge. a live shot right now, the race began nearly 2 hours ago. they are well into the run, some have likely finished. it is all part of a nationwide series of events. here is a map of the course, it started at pure 39 about 6:15 am. it will take runners to sum up the city's most famous sites. it will finish at ghirardelli square. there are street details -- detour

. >> a flash flood left a ton of mud and debris at stinson beach. the parking lot and picnic areas are offlimits tonight. here's abc 7 news reporter, cornell bernard. >> reporter: you really have to see it to believe. floods left most of the parking lot damaged, destroyed and pretty much unrecognizable. >> it looks like the russian river with all the water running through this parking lot. >> it's a mez, an absolute mess. >> a mess is right. there's mud and debris everywhere. the atmospheric river caused the tiny creek to overflow and areas. >> just the mud and rock and natural material that has come out of the creek and into the parking lot is a rare event. a wa . >> reporter: a water fall has been created. water flowing out to the ocean. >> fs i was just mere in january for my mom's birthday. this entire parking lot was perfect and now it's so weird. it looks looic a river. >> the beach is still open but you've got to cross the river to get there. casey and her friends decided to go for it. here's what the flooding looked like on saturday after th

trying to assess the damage from last week's big storm...that severely damaged the parking lot at stinson beach. at this time the worst damage is still roped off with caution tape. rushing water washed away the ground underneath and caused much of the parking lot to collapse. those who live and work in this small beach community say parking is already an issue and this is only going to make things worse.allan merryman/business owner: "it's just gonna get nuts out here. even the parking lot is open, parking is a premium when the tourist come on the weekend and i know a lot of them are not even going to know it's closed and they're going to end up out on the street it's just gonna be a zoo out here." residents are worried that this might even impact them if the problems keep all or part of the lots closed into the summer. the national park service says they will have a better picture of what needs to be done when more of the mess is cleaned up. new ahead at 8 a vigil for a hit and run victim --- becomes the scene of a violent hit and run in southern california. plus. neighbors rush from door to d

look at this one getting ready to come in around stinson beach and then there is a really strong line forming off the san mateo and santa cruz coast. lightning strikes associated with that one this is near 15 minutes away at the san mateo coast and highway 1. we have this cold pool of air. the concern is we have these dynamics in mid april with afternoon heating and sun breaks we will have to keep an eye on the severe conditions. the parameters are not screaming for severe but certainly they are talking about the hailstorm with a brief heavy rain. there is no rotation but by this afternoon you could get a little bit of that. it looks like a low snow level for a while. things are starting to warm up now with 40s and 50s but we do have some 30s to the north. we have cold air at the surface and then we start to heat up and then things lift cool and condense. combine that with the cold core it is 28 degrees below around 18 -- 18,000 feet so that is a very cold system. occasional showers with numerous under showers. it is a rainbow and hail day. get your cameras ready. 50s and 60s for a fe

regardless of flood damage, it was a busy weekend at stinson beach, but with the parking spaces floodednd any place to park was a challenge. >> probably 20 minutes, going back in the big loop around, and hoping somebody will move. this is pretty much going to be our own choice. >> reporter: these visitors say the trip was worth the effort. >>> yosemite park officials say the park is now opened after flooding there from the storm forced the roadways in the area to close. some tent cabins were submerged adam the river went above -- as the river weren't above flood levels. >>> officials say water flows into lake oroville were not enough to require opening the spill way at the oroville dam. the lake levels have stayed below 800 feet, and inflow levels are tapering off. last year a major hole was discovered in that spillway, and that led to fears of catastrophic flooding and forced the evacuation of towns downstream. >>> new video of a woman who had to be rescued by a helicopter after her car plunged off a cliff. the woman was driving on highway 1, when for some reason her car went off the r

. >> crews in marin county will be back at stinson beach assessing the damage. >>> roads were closed after storms and flooding after the merced river was pushed above the the normal levels. yosemite valley was closed for two days and really opened yesterday at noon. >>> a couple vacation along the mendocino county coast found a body floating in the surf. now dna testing is being done to find out if this is one of the missing hart children. five bodies were recovered, but three children were missing. the body found was that of an african-american female. the dna analysis could take several weeks. >>> uninjured hiker is expected to make a full recovery after falling on a very's deep trail. the 21-year-old woman was hiking with friends where she slipped. she was in a remote area, and cannot walk without help. the chp helicopter responded and carried her to safety. >>> facebook plans on answering questions about security today. >>> in a bus full of teenagers crashes into an overpass in new york. the latest on their conditions this morning ? >>> good morning, we are looking at a huge back