you can see exactly how far it free came all the way down, carrying susan gordon with it. now she is telling her story. >> reporter: it happened about 3 am. >> reporter: bruised but alive, susan gordon, the woman who wrote her home during a mudslide is telling her story. >> all of a sudden, there was a tracking sound. and then i was tumbling down, and things were tumbling all over me, on top of me. and it didn't last very long. at least while it was happening. >> reporter: after the motion, stillness. >> it stopped. i was trapped. i had trees on top of me. i had been some top submitting. i had beings on top of me. i have to get out of here. i couldn't move anything off of me because it was too heavy. >> reporter: susan was digging and screaming, trapped up to her chest and rubble. 10 minutes later, sausalito fire engine one arrived . >> those guys say we are going to get you out, susan. >> reporter: the recovery process in the dark with tedious and dangerous. >> they told me they had to be very careful because there were gas lines, and there were electrical wiring down, an

susan gordon is in relative good shape. when the house went down the hillside, she lost everything she owned. and lost her beloved cat named peaches. there is a gofundme page. >> so sad. thank you. >>> in the north bay, sonoma county issued an evacuation adviser living near the russian river. >> the river water already chin high in some streets. if you are evacuating watch out for other flooded parts of the area. >> we have attempted to block roads, and many areas still dangerous. >> elsewhere in sonoma county, this is what it looks like in highways 121 and 12. the area has been flooded since yesterday. of course detours are in place. >> let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel who is tracking the wave. >> let me take you into level radars. very light returns right around 116. we are tracking some showers over geysers, little bit of rain snow mix. now creeks continue to flood. the advisory has been continuedn until 7:45. cresting at 32 feet 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. flooding expected to continue. level 2 tonight. isolated

susan gordon's home was destroyed last week by a massive mudslide. it was sent hundreds of feet down a hill leading to a dramatic rescue. she spoke before sausalito city council yesterday after being buried alive in the rubble of her own home. a caltrans spokesman says they are not discussing any details right now. coming up at 9:30 we'll hear from gordon on the accusations she's making against caltrans ... and why she's holding them responsible. ( james ) the oakland teacher's union is making another plea to the district just two days before teachers are set to strike. leaders of the oakland education association say after two years of negotiations and seven failed state mediation sessions -- oakland unified school district has still not met the demands they need to provide a quality education to students. the union is asking for smaller class sizes, resources for students and a 12-percent raise over three years. the district is offering just 5-percent. the school district says if teachers do strike... students should still attend school.

susan gordon's home was destroyed last week by a massive mudslide. it was sent hundreds of feet down a hill leading to a dramatic rescue. she spoke before sausalito city council yesterday after being buried alive in the rubble of her own home. a caltrans spokesman says they are not discussing any details right now. coming up at 6:30 we'll hear from gordon on the accusations she's making against caltrans ... and why she's holding them responsible. ( james ) a developing story we're following this morning... vermont senator bernie sanders is once again running for president. he made the announcement this morning. the 77-year- old self-described democratic socialist...challenged hillary clinton in the democratic presidential primary in 2016. sanders has earned a loyal following with his liberal proposals including free college tuition and single- payer health care. he will have to face off against several democratic candidates including senators cory booker, elizabeth warren and california's kamala harris. ( james ) former president barack obama will be

susan gordon isn't the only person dealing with the aftermath of this land slide. check out this video showing a construction crew. they are laying out a plank so families can walk across and get their belongings inside this red tagged apartment complex. coming up at 6:00, we'll show what you what's happening with the other residents whose homes are now uninhabitable. >>> this is an update to a story rerepo reported. a large tree has slid further down the hill. the owner says it's getting dangerously close to highway 9. the slide has blocked the entrance to her property for nearly a week and says cal trans won't fix the problem because it's on private property. >> we can't do it ourselves. recan't hire somebody because it places a huge liability. they don't have the authority to shut down highway 9. >> the slide has stranded two families who live on her property. she's worried about their safety. we reached out to cal trans but did not get a response. >>> there was a rock slide on rural part of geary road. not a lot of people take that road. it's a good reminder, b

and i spoke very briefly with susan gordon, the sausalito survi survivor. she's still shaken up. declined to go on camera. she has a couple of bruises on her face, a deep cut underneath her eye, but she's walking on h her own, still standing, and her neighbors are in awe that she was able to survive this massive mudslide. >> she was probably saying, it's not my time, and i'm going to somehow fight through this and survive. >> reporter: susan gordon is the grandma who never gave up. her next door neighbor, a mudslide, taking susan's home and her with it, down this hill. >> she's a fighter. tough. i have no idea how she survived. >> reporter: the mudslide wiped out brienan's car and the entrae to his duplex. >> a fire truck came, and i said hey, we're here, we're stuck, we need to get out. >> reporter: brian's wife, their baby boy and a neighbor from the back apartment escaped that you w window. >> trying to find a new place to live and our medications and get everything squared away, but we have nothing. everything is still in our house. >> reporter: sausalito police say brian's a

susan gordon doesn't look like what she's been through. many wouldn't have expected her to even survive sausalito thursday morning mudslide but to have just scratches and bruises, incredible. it seems like the whole world has questions for her now. what did it sound like? >> a big roar. ke tumbled and tbl and tossed and smashed into things and tumbled and tumbled until it stopped and i was knee deep up to here in mud. >> reporter: gordon was inside of her duplex that slid 200 yards downhill and crashed into another home. a neighbor heard her screams. >> he found me and said wave your hand and i was waving my hand. >> reporter: the process to get her out was nothing short of painstaking and until she sat down with us she hadn't seen the wreckage. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. you've gotta be kidding me. i went through that. >> reporter: she lost everything, including her cat peaches. >> my friend that i share the house with said she was the angel that saved you. >> reporter: gordon has plenty of others coming to her rescue now. the work to h

either by barricades or police officers as the rain continues to come downthe mudslide picked up susan gordon'shome and carried it down hill .. slamming it into another home on thursday in the overnight hoursthe 76 year old gordon was asleep at the time and described it as sounding like a tornado she was injured and was covered in mud and debris where rescuers had to rush to the scene and in the darkness remove hercity engineers say there were no concerns before thursday that the ground would give outrescuers used cadaver dogs all day to look for any other possible victims but fortunately did not find any bodiesthey are confident everyone is accounted for this morning we're hearing from woman who was buried in the mudslide destroyed her home in sausalito. 75 yearmade it out alive and is recovering in the hospital. her duplex on sausalito boulevard slipped down a steep hillside thursday morning and slammed into another home in its path. the other

the hillside collapsed just before 3 am yesterday carrying the home of susan gordon with it when she was trapped inside. the duplex slid into the home of lisa mahlberg who was not injured and miraculously susan gordon survived with only bumps and bruises. >> i got out of bed and mailed a tree that had busted through the window. >> i credit her for being found as quickly as she did. >> i'm glad she's going to be okay. >> at last check 50 homes in the area are still under evacuation orders and the power is out. authorities are warning residents there is still a threat of mudslide even after the storm players. >>> the ac transit bus driver is off the job after driving the bus through the flooded area and west oakland. at one point the bus stopped and the water starts seeping inside. one passenger lifted her feet from the floor in the video goes on to show the car driving to the water. the women that posted the videos that the driver got them through the water safely. the ac transit released a statement saying in part that the coach involved in the event was removed from service and the

brick. all she shre remembers is that they were digging her out from where she was> 75 year old susan gordon alive and is recovering in the hospital. her duplex on sausalito boulevard slipped down a steep hillside thursday morning and slammed into another home in its path. the other home did not have anyone inside. 50 homes in the neighborhood were evacauted. the mayor of sausalito admits it could have been worse. thanks will. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) no major hot spots. 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. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 areas of rainfall continues today although the nature of these showers will be much more isolated than our previous few days. isolated areas of heavy rain and even thunderstorm development will be possible between times of sunshine into the afternoon. daytime highs will be cooler than yesterday's peaking in the low 50's. ( darya ) bart'

that might took out susan gordon's house with her inside of it. >> it was fast. >> reporter: tonight, bruised and bandaged, somehow susan gordon is a lot to tell her tale of surviving a mudslide that sent her tumbling down hill in her crumbling home in sausalito. >> all of a sudden there was this cracking sound and then i was tumbling down and thinks were tumbling all over me, on top of me. and it didn't last very long at least what was happening. >> reporter: after the motion, stillness. >> i was trapped. i had trees on top of me, i had beams on top of me and i thought i've got to get out of here. and i couldn't move anything off me because it was too heavy. >> reporter: that is when sausalito engine one arrived, using the jaws of life and plucked her out of the mud and debris.>> it moved the debris in the mud away from me so they could pull me out. they lifted me up underneath my arms. >> reporter: susan at 75 is alive but with the daunting task of starting over ahead of her.>> everyone says it is a miracle. i have to believe it is a miracle. when i see those shots on television abo

you may have seen that when firefighters rescued susan gordon, it was on "today in the bay" yesterday morning. crews dug her out of the mud after her duplex slid down a hill on to an empty home. the 75-year-old gordon was buried for 20 minutes. her son says miraculously she is going to be okay. now, this is video from our nbc bay area sky ranger and see it caused widespread damage as the duplex slid down on the hill there on to a vacant home on crescent avenue. five cars also swept in this one mudslide. no one else was hurt there. gordon's cat named peaches is still missing. right now, four buildings are still red tagged with rain still falling, people who were able to return to their homes are feeling angs. >> and the hills are clearly saturated. i hope this is the end of the rain because they can't tolerate much more. >> a page is set up for susan gordon. last check this morning, $20,000 has been raised. later today, fire crews will be back on the scene to continue damage assessment. >>> and you're probably wondering what happens if a mudslide destroys your home. we have a collation

susan gordon, slide victim: the outpour has been so much it's made me a nervous wreck. i'm so happy to be here today. there are a lot of people in this room who are affected. (grant) round of appleause and asked if they could shake her hand. she says caltrans has been dumping dirt in the area above her home... suggecting that may have contributed to the slide. caltrans released a brief statement indicating it does not comment on current or potential claims. a big story we're following tonight. giants manager bruce bochy made a surprise announcement that the 20-19 season will be his last. htweeted today.... he is going to miss managing ... is "so grateful for the last 12- years... and looking forward to finishing strong this season." bochy took the role as the giants' skipper in 20-07. since then, he led san francisco to its first world series title since moving to the west coast... following that up.. with championships in 20-12 and 20-14. but after this season, he said, he will be ready for the next chapter.

either by barricades or police officers as the rain continues to come downthe mudslide picked up susan gordon'sand carried it down hill .. slamming it into another home on thursday in the overnight hoursthe 76 year old gordon was asleep at the time and described it as sounding like a tornado she was injured and was covered in mud and debris where rescuers had to rush to the scene and in the darkness remove hercity engineers say there were no concerns before thursday that the ground would give outrescuers used cadaver dogs all day to look for any other possible victims but fortunately did not find any bodiesthey are confident everyone is accounted for this morning we're hearing from the son of the woman who was buried in the mudslide that destroyed her home in sausalito. <> ( james ) this morning... some people in guerneville are thinking about evacuating as the russian river jumps its banks... causing flooding in some areas. take a

inside the pile, knuckled walls, trapped by mud and debris, was susan gordon. >> i credit the rescue of the dogs for finding her as quickly as they did, she was surrounded by mud. >> reporter: she survived, with just bumps and bruises. still missing is her cat. as day broke, the catastrophic extent of the damage came into focus. along with the near mi at the bottom left corner of susan gordon's house, since the pump house for the water district. had that collapsed, or water could've come rushing down, already waterlogged. tonight, the hope is for mother nature to cooperate. >> i'm just hoping that it stops raining, because this hillside is really saturated. >> reporter: we heard from the city manager here, they have a team of structural soil engineers here on site trying to determine what condition the soil here is in, they are hoping by tomorrow, they have a better idea of where they go, to start repairs in this neighborhood. >> we appreciate that, thanks. >>> dozens of people can't get back to their homes on that hillside, kpix 5 wilson walker has their story tonight, wilson? >> re

as for susan gordon, her son tells us she lost everything. she lost all of her insurance, her possessions and lost her pet cat which hasn't been seen anyway. her son started a gofundme page. you can find that on our website abc7news.com. >> the impact of the mud slide is stunning. take a look at what the hillside looked like before the slide. lots of apartments and duplexes. and the home that slid is highlighted in red. look at the after shot this morning. the empty spot is where the house was. and you can see the direction of the slide all brown and muddy now. and fake a look at how it was before. lots of trees. all taken down by the sliding home. as for the house ended up, you follow the slide of the path. >>> now a view from above via sky 7 and sky map 7, as we lower down here, we get the measurement and it is about 240 feet that that house slid from top to bottom right there. imagine being inside your home and suddenly, you're toppling down a hillside and crashing into another one. it is almost unbelievable, i mean it is unbelievable, unt

brick. all she she remembers is that they were digging her out from where she was> 75 year old susan gordon made it out alive and is recovering in the hospital. her duplex on sausalito boulevard slipped down a steep hillside thursday morning and slammed into another home in its path. the other home did not have anyone inside. 50 homes in the neighborhood were evacauted. the mayor of sausalito admits it could have been worse. < it is absouletly amazing we are not talking about loss of life at this time.>( robin ) gordon lost everything in the mudslide including her cat. a gofundme page has been set up to help her out. now the work must begin to clean up the mess in the neighborhood. ( robin ) this morning... some people in guerneville are encouraged to evacuate as the russian river jumps its banks... causing flooding in some areas. kron 4's michelle kingston has the latest. trucks plowing through feet of water on a residential street in guerneville ...and this town hasn't even seen the worst of the storm just yet. peggy rogers, guerneville (9- 16)"everything is under water! everything! it's

(contvo)this is a photo of susan gordon. she lived in the home that rolled down the hill, and was inside as it happened.she is now out of the hospital and doing ok.but you can see the huge bruise on her face.she lost everything, so there is a gofundme to help her out - you can find that on kron4comshe also cannot find her beloved cat peach.... who she has not seen since the mudslide.and is very concerned about her cat. (justine)and the clean-up is just beginning. city has to do a lot.as do property owners. gas leaks are stabilzed, but still a lot of power lines down.land being assessed for safety - water is still flowing down the street.live in sausalito justine waldman kron 4 news. (ken) kron 4 (ken) kron 4 bay tonight... north bay across the reporters are kron 4 (ken) kron 4 (ken) (ken) kron 4 reporters are across the north bay tonight... flood conditions in several areas including guereneville and novato... we'll get to that in a moment. first let's check with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow with the latest on the weather.. as more heavy rain is expected tonight. lawrence karnow:

>> reporter: until susan gordon sat down with us at her hotel, she hasn't seen the wreckage from the mudslide. now, she can't get the image out of her head. her duplex went sliding down some 200 yards and into another home. gordon was inside. >> tumbled and tossed and smashed into things. i was knee-deep up to here in mud. >> reporter: in front of us 72 hours later with cuts and bruises, it makes me wonder how. what did it sound like? >> a roar. a big lion. >> reporter: how did she get out? >> one firefighter said we have to be careful. >> reporter: gordon lost everything, including her cat, peaches, who was on her bed before the slide. >> a friend i share the house with said that, at her that she was the angel that saved you. >> reporter: gordon has plenty of others. >> my son set up an account. go me. >> gofundme. >> reporter: it's raised almost 40 grand. it won't replace everything. but gordon is committed to healing and rebuilding. >> the sausalito city council will consider declaring a local emergency to contain state and federal assistance because of the storms. >>> still ahead

susan gordon's home was destroyed last week by a massive mudslide..it was sent hundreds of feet downa hill leading to a dramatic rescue.. she spoke before sausalito city council yesterday after being buried alive in the rubble of her own home. ( robin ) a caltrans spokesman says they are not discussing any details right now. ( robin ) the oakland teacher's union is making its plea for educators just two days before teachers are set to strike. leaders of the oakland education association say after two years of negotiations and seven failed state mediation sessions -- oakland unified school district has still not met the demands they need to provide a quality education to students. the union is asking for smaller class sizes, resources for students and a 12-percent raise over three year the district is offering just 5-percent. the school district says if teachers do strike... students should still attend school.

and the susan gordon gofundme page and people have donated more than $32,000. it goes to show you how much this community here is rallying behind her. guys. >> is the city of sausalito properly communicating with these homeowners and how long will it take to clear the debris? do we know? >> reporter: they are communicating with them. we know they posted updates on the website, sausalito.gov but there is so much to dig up. you have the remnants of two homes plus multiple cars, downed power lines and trees. it is just a lot of stuff to clean up. >> melissa colorado reporting for us live and still more rain to come in the next 24 hours. thank you, melissa. >>> besides the debris, a lot of mud. let's get a closer look at the mudslide and where it happened. now here is what it looked like before. this is a google satellite image. could you see the house right here, that is crescent avenue. now we'll show you video from sky ranger after theth boulevard covering t suffered only injuries after being trapped in the debris. county records reflect a history of concern abo

(contvo)this is a photo of susan gordon. she lived in the home that rolled down the hill, and was inside as it happened.she is now out of the hospital and doing ok.but you can see the huge bruise on her face.she lost everything, so there is a gofundme to help her out - you can find that on kron4comshe also cannot find her beloved cat peach.... who she has not seen since the mudslide.and is very concerned about her cat. (jwaldman)(justine)we learned the mud slide down about 100 yards.and the clean-up is just begining. city has to do a lot.as do property owners.gas leaks are stabilzed, but still a lot of power lines down.land being assessed for safety - water is still flowing down the street.live in sausalito justine waldman kron 4 news. (grant) also in the north bay-- concerns that highway 37 might be shut down later this evening if the rain turns out to be as bad as forecasted. and it all has to do with a levee breaking. kron 4's dan kerman is live along highway 37 in novato with more. dan? it was sometime this morning when water from the novato creek broke through this levee... making f

. >> susan gordon was on the second floor of the house that slid across salsaulito boulevard and into another one on crescent avenue. >> it was like a dam bursting. >> she was trapped in a hill of debris for 20 minutes, rescued with minor injuries. at least physically. >> at this point how is your sense of security? >> i don't have any. >> as the city council declared a state of emergency today several landslide survivors who are now homeless to get answers >> >> many insurance policies don't cover moving earth. >> i'm exhausted trying to rebuild my life, now i gotta get a new phone, they wouldn't allow me to purchase a new phone without picture id, go to the dmv it will be 30 days month word on when she may be able to sift through the rubble. the cleanup is complicated by the possible presence of hazardous materials, streets remain closed as soil engineers investigate. a lot of people brought up serious concerns about safety in the future. how concerned are you about the stability under some of these hillsides. >> it's hard to us to hear from our residents and not be able to say do t

susan gordon survived mother natures wrath. and caught the rescue live on air. >> the 75 year-old grandmother woke up buried in mud. after a mud slide destroyed at least two homes. one was her duplex. and the other was an empty house on crescent avenue. >> she must have been in the right place in the building. where she didn't have anything collapse on her. >> we spoke to her son. who is on the way from the east coast to be with his mom. his mother yelled for help until rescue crews were able too dig her out. >> she was able to escape with bumps and bruises and scratches. >> officials say they rescued a family of five including a baby from a home. four buildings are red tagged. 50 homes evacuated because of fear that the ground is so saturated. the steep hillside could give out again. >> she lost everything. pictures. everything that she has was in the house. and i know that's probably just killing her. >> is this hillside stable? that is a question that engineers are trying to answer. it's unclear when the 50 or so families wi

the mudslide started on national park service land - which is trying stabilize the area.as for susan gordon, who survived after her home tumbled down the hill...she is doing better, but still frazzeled her cat peaches is still missing.natsthere is a huge scar on the hillside... right nex to where paul and his wife have lived for 14 years..and he is anxious to get back home.sot but my wife is like no so we will see (justine)crews are working 16 hours days and will not stop until all this is cleaned up. in sausalito justine waldman kron 4 news. (vicki) cal trans says they will be closing one east bound lane on highway 37 tonight to allow room for a crew to work on fixing the levee that breeched yesterday. they say the closure will begin at 8pm.(grant) the westbound lanes of highway 37 have been closed since this morning due to flooding. kron4's michelle kingston is live for us tonight and michelle -- when do they expect the highway to reopen? (michelle)cal trans doesn't expect westbound lanes to reopen this weekend because of all of the water on the highway -- but it all depends on what the w

the woman who was buried under all of the debris, susan gordon... speaking to the council. (vicki) along with the vote, the council also announced they're doing everything they can to ensure the mudslide area is stabilized and doesn't pose an ongoing threat. (vicki) now take a look at this -- this latest round of storms dumped a ton of snow in the sierra... but it's made for a fantastic day on the slopes. this is new slopes. this is new video at heavenly... as people take advantage of both the new snow and the holiday off. lawrence karnow: the sun returned today all the way to the coast. it was cool but dry with highs in the 50s. it's quiet on the doppler radar for now but the rain will likely return later in the week. on the satellite you can see the storm track has moved well to the north giving us a much needed break. tonight will be clear an cold with lows in the upper 20s and 30s. tomorrow will be mostly sunny with highs in the 50s. a chance of rain returns on wednesday with another cold storm. more showers are possible next weekend. next weekend.are possible holiday o

there was a woman on the second floor who came down with it, susan gordon ended up buried in debris but somehow had minor injuries after firefighters pulled her out. she is already out of the hospital. rescue workers spent the morning making sure no one else was stuck inside. >> yeah, i'm worried about my neighbor. >> we heard from one neighbor. >> it sounded like a tornado. then i thought it was an earthquake. >> reporter: lisa got out of bed to see what had hatched. >> then i smelled tree and i went and i heard the creek, i'm like that is weird, i thought the door was flown open, it was a tree busted through the kitchen win. >> reporter: we got a chance to get closer to this huge pile that was once somebody's home. can you see signs of life here demonstration the mess there. is a bmw that got crushed by the debris, a shirt still on its hanger a pile of clothes and a picture in a frame. in all, two houses are destroyed around many others damaged from trees, mud and water that continues to flow downhill. >> there is an awful lot of unstable soil and the buildings. there is a significant

meantime, a go fund me page has been set up for susan gordon, at last check this morning $20,000 hadeen raised. later today, fire crews will be back on scene to continue damage assessments. back to you guys. >> i can't imagine what it must have been like for you to live through that. >> i know, but she made it out. >> and she had to see bob, oh, my gosh, poor lady. >> oh, all right. we wish her well. goodness gracious. this rain has been pounding the bay area and it's going to continue. >> coming through in waves today and we're still not done with this storm system. in fact, we have a cold front dropping in, and our temperatures are dropping as well, so as you get ready to head out be prepared for not only the rain but the cool temperatures, too. here is a look at the radar, showing off and on rain, and this will be the nature of what we'll see throughout the day, even lowering snow levels. let's take a look at how much rain we've measured, and it has been unreal. looking at some of these numbers in the north bay and vanato over 13 inches. that is higher up. then we look at san anse

abc7 news reporter j eer jobina fortson spoke with susan gordon, the woman rescued after being buriedin debris. >> oh, my gosh! you've got to be kidding me! i went through that? >> reporter: until susan gordon sat down with us at her hotel, she hadn't seen the wreckage from the thursday morning mudslide. now she can't get the image out of her head. her duplex went sliding down some 200 yards and into another home. gordon was inside. >> tumbled and tumbled and tossed and smashed into things and tumbled and tumbled until it stopped. and i was knee deep up to here in mud. >> reporter: and to sit in front of us 72 hours later with some cuts and bruises, it just makes you wonder how? what did it sound like? >> a roar. a big lion. a big, big roar. >> reporter: how'd she get out? >> one fireman came down and he said, we had to really be careful in how we get you out of here because there's gas lines that are broken. >> reporter: first responders used jaws of life. gordon lost every single thing, including her cat, peaches, who was on her bed before the slide. >> a friend that i share the hou

we really watched the community step up here for the woman involved, susan gordon. look at this, $20,000 has been raised already just today on her go fund me. for now, jobina fortson, "abc7 news." >> that is incredible. jobina, thank you so much. >>> this isn't the first time they've been hit with a massive mudslide. in 1982, a woman was killed and 600 people were ordered to evacuate for the same reason. the slide ripped a home from its foundation and sent it sliding nearly a block away, directly into another home. so much mud was dumped on 101, emrgency officials shut down the golden gate bridge. >> that rain is not letting up tonight, as we're seeing some downpours around the bay area right now. let's bring in meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7. sandhya? >> we're seeing a drenching across parts of the bay area. let's look at live doppler 7. getting reports on facebook and twitter that it's been coming down. let's go over to the south bay. north 4th street, you can see street level radar. about three quarters of an inch per hour based on radar. heavy r

susan gordon's duplex casludingn a hill just before 3:00 this morning. gordon was buried for twnt minutes. her son says the 75-year-old has scrapes and bruises. no one else was hurt but the slide caused widespread damage. ten homes are red tagged. >> i'm thankful nothing happened to anybody. property can be replaced, but human lives cannot be are plaused. >> reporter: people who can areturn home are feeling uneasy. >> and the hills are clearly sach rotted. i hope this is the end of the rain because they really can't tolerate much more. >> reporter: water is pouring out slide and creating new paths down the hillside. some home onners are sand bagging hoping to fend off damage. with more rain falling, people near the slide aren't resting easy. >> someone who doesn't deal with that all the time is nervous. my wife is obviously pretty nervous about it. >>> things are running smoothly again on highway 17. earlier tonight as you can see not so much. it was rough. a tree came crashing down, prompting a closure on 17 in both directions right at summit road. 17 d

meantime, a go fund me page has been set up for susan gordon, at last check this morning $20,000 hadraised. later today, fire crews will be back on scene to continue damage assessments. back to you guys. >> so concerning what happened to her. thanks a lot, kira. let's look at the why. this is the rain that continues to inundate the bay area. we've had such super soakers around here. so slick on those hillsides as well, and so now it's on and off throughout the weekend? >> yes, we're still going to see the waves of rain coming through and that will be the concern, as we go throughout the next 48 hours, and this rain is just not letting up, and we are also dealing with some chilly temperatures, and that's also lowering some of the snow levels, and some of our north bay peaks as well as some of the east bay foothills as we are going to continue to see rain moving through. we're seeing some of the snow on mt. hamilton right now and also south san jose, as you get ready to head out. most of what we are seeing now is light. we will still have a chance of getting heavy pockets of rain throu

abc7 news reporter joe be eer j fortson spoke with susan gordon, the woman rescued after being buriedin debut. >> ah! oh, my gosh! oh, my. you've got to be kidding me! i went through that? >> reporter: until susan gordon sat down with us at her hotel, she hadn't seen the wreckage from sauce lesalitousalito's th morning mudslide and now can't get the image out of her head. her duplex went sliding down into another home. gordon was inside. >> tumbled and tumbled and tossed and smashed into things and tumbled and tumbled, until it stopped. and i was knee deep up to here in mud. >> reporter: and to sit in front of us 72 hours later with some cuts and bruises? it just makes you wonder how. what does it sound like? >> a roar. a big lion. a big, big roar. >> reporter: how'd she get out? >> one fireman came down and he said, we had to really be careful in how we get you out of here because there's gas lines that are broken. >> reporter: first responders used jaws of life. gordon lost every single thing, including her cat, peaches, who was on her bed before the slide. >> a friend that i share

. >> reporter: in the middle of that natural disaster was susan gordon. her home is the one crumbled at the bottom of what sausalito resident call hurricane gulch. she survived with only bumps and bruises. >> to be so close to it was incredible. >> reporter: the hills of sausalito are dotted with homes engineered against gravity . but mother nature's will can be more powerful than that. it is not the first time this neighborhood is seen equations lose to brute force but in 1982 and other mudslide ripped through here, leaving tons upon tons of damage in its wake. frank lived here then. >> this whole neighborhood was impacted with 3-6 feet of mud. it was all around our houses and streets. it took months to clear it up. >> reporter: tonight is worry along with many others about more rain. >> this hillside is obviously a saturated as it can tolerate. if they have a mudslide of this magnitude these structures are really impacting that hillside. >> reporter: at this point the gas has been secured, the electrical has been secured, but what you might be able to h

the residents of 412 are fortunate because right next door that same slide took the house that susan gordon lived in. somehow she survived but the aftermath has not been easy. >> why? why was i saved? why am i alive? >> susan watched this morning as land lords david johnson and winston hired a contractor to help their tenants retrieve those essentials. >> we're taking care of ourselves in the meantime but the tenants are our first priority. >> in all the emergency plank walk took an hour, a fair well to what had been home sweet home. >> what is the difference in your life between now and three hours ago? >> i feel a lot more certain that i can put my life back together. >> the trauma associated with that night is unbelievable. we're having trouble sleeping. the noise was incredible. just knowing five feet more and maybe our houshmandzadeh would have been down on top of susan. >> we asked the wilsons if they would ever move back to the hillside duplex. both of them said no. they love their land lord but they don't trust the hill. they want to live in a very flat place on solid ground with no

the rubble at the bottom is the home of susan gordon, who wrote the pile all the way down and lived to tell the tale. nikki perry knows susan through the women's club. >> it's amazing, she's a good person, i think something was on her side. really helped her. and she is strong. remake susan is alive, with just bumps and bruises to show for her trip. her home, however, is a twisted splintered pile with only a few mementos, like this picture frame that indicates this isn't random rubble emma but a wrecked life. >> it breaks my heart. remake tonight, water still gushes down the hill and crews are still working to stabilize the hillside against the elements. nikki, however, is focused on her friend. remake i'm going to give her a big hug and say you're one strong lady. it's amazing. i'm really glad she's going to be okay. >> reporter: night is falling out here, and recovery efforts have come to a halt. namely because, i don't know if you can hear it from where i'm sitting, right there, the water is still coming down the hill, there have been teams of structural soil engineers adheres are b

while the city remains focused on the big picture, for slide victims like susan gordon it's the little things slowing down her personal recovery. >> i got to get a new phone. they wouldn't allow me to purchase a new phone without a picture id. you go to the dmv and it will be 30 days. >> reporter: now the city of sausalito is assigning a liaison to help landlords and homeowners recover from this mudslide. as for reopening some of the roads in this area, it looks like because of those potential hazards on the roadway we may be looking at quite another week here of closures in sausalito. live in sausalito, andria borba, kpix5. on skyline boulevard near grizzly peak boulevard. right >>> and the earth is still moving around the bay area. indathis mudslide shut down lanes on grizzly peak boulevard and skyline boulevard. >>> we're getting a bit of a break right now, but temperatures outside have been very cold. >> chief meteorologist paul deanno let's us know when we can expect the rain to possibly return. >> we are talking about a cold night tonight, frosty, low of 30, icy in fairfield, 30

definitely a miracle susan gordon was here at a special meeting in sausalito and want to show you video of when she showed up and got claps following everything that happened last week. of course, gordon was the woman inside of that home on sausalito boulevard that slid down the hill and hit other buildings as well as pinning her down in the mud. now, miraculously, first responders located and rescued gordon. after the devastation of the mudslides, which left four homes red tagged, the city council approved this morning the ratification of a local state of emergency to help with funds to cover the costs of all the damage that we're seeing there on sausalito boulevard. now, i did get a chance to speak with both gordon and her neighbor whose home was hit by hers in the mudslide to see how they're holding up following the devastating e haven't. >> i just don't know. i need -- i need to be able to sit down and talk to people. i just don't know. i'm confused. and having to find a place to live. i've got to go buy a new car. i've got to get an iphone. i got to gate computer. i can't figure ou

. >> susan gordon, the face of this disaster. she had been sleeping in the duplex that used to be here when the mudslide took it down on valentine's day morning. that susan survived a miracle, and now? >> my purpose in life right now is protecting this town and protecting that hillside. >> do you think it's that serious a matter right now? >> i think it's that. so it's. >> susan watched this morning as the national park service began putting tarps up above and trimming trees on the slope. >> there was three trees, really dangerous they uprooted. and with the new storm coming, they're afraid they're going to roll down the hill. >> in short, this is storm prep with no holding back. sausalito plans to watch this hillside closely and wants residents to do the same. it's all part of trying to stay ahead of another muddy disaster on a hillside that has already renewed a bad reputation. >> i think everyone's concerned. from what i understand, from what i hear from our public works folks, we really just don't know where andslides going to

. >> reporter: 75-year-old susan gordon survived the slide, buried in mud and debris, firefighters had to dig her out. she lost everything. >> i'm having to find a place t. i've got to get an iphone. i've got to get auter. >> reporter: while gordon worked to rebuild her life, city leaders are trying to figure out how to safely clean up the neighborhood. jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> there is also mudslide problems in the south bay. two families are stranded at the savannah chanel vineyards off of highway 9 in saratoga. you can see why. they say the path to their homes are covered in several feet of mud, and the only way out is to hike through the sledge. and in los gatos, part of the popular los gatos trail is under about a foot and a half of water. this is about a mile north of the visona reservoir. >> a much needed break from the rain tonight, but that cold is going to be sticking around. this is a live look over dublin where it is dropping into the 30s tonight. chief meteorologist geoff ranieri is tracking just how low the temperatures could dip as we ear ies really the definitel

. >> reporter: the instant when susan gordon's home in sausalito, california was crushed in the middlethe night by a mudslide left her buried alive. >> all of a sudden, there was this cracking sound, and things were-- were tumbling all over me, on top of me. i had trees on top of me. i had beams on top of me. >> reporter: you were trapped. >> i was trapped. and i started screaming. within ten minutes, there was a neighbor with a flashlight who had heard my screaming and found me. >> reporter: two rescuers went to her aid. others ordered neighbors on the hillside to evacuate. >> they told me they had to be very careful because there were gas lines, and there were electrical wiring down. and they also said that, that there was nothing underneath me, and they had to be careful about the earth moving again and crushing me more. and they said, "keep wiggling wur toes, susan," because i was t ncerned about i couldn't move my legs, because i was up to my my-- up to my breasts in mud. >> reporter: at what point did you realize, "i made it. i'm okay"? >> not until after they checked my blood pr

. >> reporter: a fast-moving mudflow tore trees before leveling the home where 70-year- old susan gordon in rubble up to her neck. >> i could hear her calling for help. >> reporter: so she was trapped? >> yes, yes, she was trapped. >> reporter: rosaleen bolger also lives in the fragile hillside town of trendy sausalito. >> what it sounded like was a bulldozer. it was very loud. >> reporter: this pile of debris is what's left of the home that came crashing down. it took rescuers nearly an hour to get the woman out, while nearby, others were also in distress. >> they extricated four adults and one baby, as well as a dog and a cat. >> reporter: throughout the state, the strongest storm of the season pounded community after community. east of los angeles, homes were evacuated, officials fearing this hillside could give way... and then it did. mud and debris poured through neighborhoods, blocking roads, submerging cars, prompting numerous rescues. nearly 60 homes remain evacuated in this sausalito neighborhood while crews assess whether this hillside is stable or could slide again. and, jeff,

susan gordon was sleeping when the hillside gave wait a minute she survived and was rescued. her cat could not be found. a woman who rents out her hocam doing after the scare. >> my tenant had his car buried by the slide coming down and crashing into the other house that got destroyed. >> remarkably gordon only suffered minor cuts to her face. her son set up a gofundme page. >>> new allegations against a sheriff deputy. he's charged with using excessive force against noncompliant inmates. >> sheriff deputy is a criminal defendant accused of beating 30 suspects in redwood city. the investigation began in august. >> an being released informed us he was physically assaulted. >> the sheriff office realized >> we found out there were two other possible victims involved in this incident. >> prosecutors have charged him with assault under color of authority. the inmates are. two of them going through the booking process, and one an inmate. he punched them, kneed them and took the inmate and shoved his head into a closed elevator door. all three were resisting in someway. spitting at

. >> not far away susan gordon watched from a distance.neighbor that somehow survived sliding down the reconvene. has not been doing well. just this mornin

susan gordon's home was destroyed last week by a massive mudslide..it was sent hundreds of feet downl leading to a dramatic rescue.. she spoke before sausalito city council yesterday after being buried alive in the rubble of her own home. ( darya ) a caltrans spokesman a caltrans spokesman says they are not discussing any details right now. ( darya ) in the east bay...police are looking for the person who carjacked a delivery driver at gunpoint. it happened monday night around seven o'clock.... near the u-c berkeley student dorms at the intersection of hearst and la loma avenues... police say the delivery driver was not injured and is not a u-c berkeley student. ( james ) a fire in san francisco forced 15-people out of their homes. firefighters battled heavy flames on the second floor of a home on page street, in the panhanle neighborhood of the city. this was around 3-30- monday afternoon. heavy black smoke blanketed th

. >> that is sausalito slide survivor susan gordon answering the question of the day following the event of her life last week in a duplex on a piece of land that no longer exists. >> my life is gone. i have to build from here. every day is a new day. >> susan joined other mudslide survivors at a city council meeting this morning. >> yes. >> they ratified a declaration of emergency. later, back up the mountain, mayor joe burns took a hike and then a long concerned look. >> what is your biggest concern at this point? >> more rain coming. >> the city has yet to pinpoint a cause, but has now begun discussions with caltrans, which operates highway 101 above and also with the national park service, which owns the land where the slide began. >> we have been working with the park service and caltrans. >> what do you mean? >> in trying to what other areas are we vulnerable. >> old sandbags in this same location might lead a person to believe that this area has seen problems before. a short walk away, here is another slide that occurred two weeks ago. eve mccauley lives in the neighborhood. >> we

susan gordon's home was destroyed last week by a massive mudslide..it was sent hundreds of feet downading to a dramatic rescue.. she spoke before sausalito city council yesterday after being buried alive in the rubble of her own home. a problem...>( darya ) a caltrans spokesman a caltrans spokesman says they are not discussing any details right now. ( darya ) in the east bay...police are looking for the person who carjacked a delivery driver at gunpoint. it happened monday night around seven o'clock.... near the u-c berkeley student dorms at the intersection of hearst and la loma avenues... police say the delivery driver was not injured and is not a u-c berkeley student. ( james ) a fire in san francisco forced 15-people out of their homes. firefighters battled heavy flames on the second floor of a home on page street, in the panhanle neighborhood of the city. this was around 3-30- monday afternoon. heavy black smoke bla

. >> reporter: susan gordon miraculously expected to be okay. our will carr is there. >> you can see this home toppled on its side. behind it, a ton of debris. and you can still hear all of that mud flowing down from the hillside. this entire area is evacuated. the big concern now, gas leaks and downed power lines. >> reporter: in this san jose neighborhood, fears of flooding. police going door-to-door to evacuate residents. while in oakland, a big rig pushing that car out of the water. and in southern california, flash flooding gouging out a chunk of this road near palm springs. the flooding also ripping apart this riverside county home. mandatory must go now evacuations in the area where the holy fire burned last summer. and multiple high water rescues, three people saved here, after their vehicle got trapped west of palm springs. tragically, in cona califoia,ne of ne peopleererdinu w, this is the l.a. river, david. normally, just a trickle, not anymore. we mentioned those high water rescues. 30 of them just today in riverside county alone. an