Can see from the dam all the way up to the 85 101 split is until 11 30 this morning. As the waters going to remain outside of the bank until that time. Now, weve got to turn our concern to edenvale where it is also falling faster than originally thought. Right now, were at 11 feet. Noon, theyre saying 11 feet but they really need to update that. I think were going to be below that. By 4 00, 10. 6 and by 7 00 this evening, below flood stage at edenvale. Still flooding possible through friday morning in san jose and milpitas. So were not out of the woods as far as that goes. Alexis. Yeah, certainly not out of the woods as far as flooding is concerned and how thats going to impact your commute. This is video of just from about an hour ago on 101 at mckee road and that is really where weve got some high waters and thats why 101 is fully closed this morning. So, that is both directions between 880 and the 280 680 split and i can show you where that is on the traffic maps here. Exactly where you see that purple, both directions, and i want to zoom out just a bit and show you these backups that are starting to grow. About 9 miles an hour there as you head up past tully road, delays on northbound 680 or southbound 680, i should say, im sorry, around 16 miles an hour past that closure and about 18 miles an hour as you head up 87 so those alternates are filling in too. Well take a look at drive times coming up. And now to the new Evacuation Orders coming out while you were sleeping. The area expandedover night to the full 100year flood zone along coyote creek. This is west of 101 and north of 280 so everything you see within those red lines and coyote creek is that blue line running down the middle. Matt keller is live in that evacuation zone. Reporter good morning, reggie. I spoke with the Police Officer about an hour ago and he told me that they are still working on evacuations here in san jose, trying to get people out of their homes, and when you hear the numbers, its really amazing. Listen to how many people have been impacted by this flooding. Talked to the Emergency Operations center and they say there are 36,000 people in the recommended evacuation area, 14,000 people are in the mandatory evacuation area. Basically, if youre in that mandatory evacuation zone, your house is going to flood if its not already flooded, and you dont want to be rescue bid boat. 346 people have been taken from the flood waters that way since this all started. People living in this area are having to make some tough choices this morning. Im probably going to make a few phone calls and talk to these officers up here and figure out what the best option is for us right now because right now, if the water this close, were on the opposite side of 25th so if the waters already right here, its coming that way. Reporter and if you are evacuated from your home, there are shelters at james lick high and evergreen high. More than 200 people have gone to those locations. They say there is room for more people and it will be open for as long as theyre needed and as you take a look on 26th street and santa clara street, weve seen a long line of cars here going through these flood waters. It is amazing to see. Im wondering if a lot of people are being diverted over here, trying to make their way around this 101 closure. I did speak with one driver earlier this morning and he told me he was just trying to find his way to work after he had been taken off 101 by the closure there at mckee so a lot of people trying to figure it out this morning. If you dont have to drive this n this area, stay away because it will take you a long time and there is always the possibility that you run into a flooded street and you wont be able to drive through it. Reporting live in san jose, matt keller abc7 news. And that number of people being advised to evacuate is still growing. Neighbors are leaving with just a few precious possessions, wondering when theyre going to be able to return home. Amy hollyfield live for us in san jose with the impact the flooding is having for so many families. Amy . Reporter reggie, i just spoke with a man who slept in his car. Heres why. Look at all of the water in this neighborhood. This is santa clara and 28th street. He said that he grabbed his two dogs, he had two chihuahuas in the front seat with him, and his wife when they got the knock at the door at 1 30 this morning, it was a Police Officer at the door telling them they had to leave. Thats one of several methods police are using to get the word out. Theyre using social media and now that people are waking up, theyre hoping theyre going to see the evacuations on tv here on our newscast. We drove the neighborhoods over the last half hour. We found quiet streets. It appears that a lot of evacuations did happen overnight. Or people are sheltering in place, but we did not see people packing up and loading up this morning. It was pretty quiet. The man i met with his wife and his two dogs, they slept in their car, but tonight, they plan to head on up to San Francisco to stay with their daughter because there is no word on when these Evacuation Orders will be lifted. Easier said than done, of course, with a section of highway 101 shut down, so even the escape route out of here is plagued by water. Reporting live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. The Santa Clara ValleyWater District is responding to allegations that it didnt give residents enough heads up about possible flooding. Some of these residents say they had no idea which is why they were caught off guard this week, ill prepared and then some of them need to be rescued. The district begs to differ. We knew it was on its way so weve been coordinating since late last week actually about what levels we were expected to see, a lot of it quite frankly was due in part to the fact that Anderson Reservoir is spilling over. The district says there is help for those still being threatened by the rising waters. For information on sandbags and the other resources available, go to our website, abc7news. Com to find out exactly where you need to go. Too late for sandbags for many people. Take a look at this. This home filled with several inches of standing water. Who knows whats in that water. Its reaching all the way up to the power outlets. Jean marie white shared these photos with us. Her family tried to recover furniture and other items that they could from the murky water. This house is in the negley park neighborhood in downtown san jose right next to coyote creek. Sky7 shows these horses still in their stalls, also flooded with water. And a lot of you were concerned about what happened to these horses. Firefighters tell us the Property Owners opened the stall gates and let the horses run up to higher ground. If you would like to help the victims, you can easily donate to are red cross, just take out your phone, text the words red cross to 90999 to make a 10 donation that will show up in your phone bill. We have all the resources and information you need to know about the Evacuation Centers, what to do with your pets and so on. Just head to abc7news. Com. You can also find it on the abc7 news app. The next time you turn on the tap, there could be a change. What is soon going to be added to San Franciscos Drinking Water. And back live now in san jose, people still evacuating this morning. This is what it looks like off east santa clara street. There is also a full closure on highway 101. We are keeping that on the right we are keeping that on the right side of your screen through the kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. All right, were back and heres the latest information on our Flood Warning until 8 15 up in Sonoma County for Mark West Creek near mirabel. Flood stage is 59 feet. It is supposed to drop rather rapidly through the next couple of lowers. Lets take a look at live doppler 7. You can see the reason why. There is just no rain out there right now. So lets move ahead with a look from the east bay hills camera. Look, you can see just about everything in San Francisco. 36 to 49, dress significantly warmer this morning. Low to mid 50s, partly cloudy, by 7 00, were in the mid to upper 40s. Sunshine coming out at 280 and 17 in san jose. Public transit, commuting on the roads or on the water, much easier than yesterday, at least from this side. Lets talk about it from your side. Not easy if youre traveling through san jose this morning. We can see first light on our 101 and 880 camera. All traffic being forced off on the southbound side at 880, all northbound traffic forced off at the 280 680 split. Some significant delays forming northbound 101, 87, and 280. For folks trying to get around this, i know those saufrs streets are jammed too. Where youre seeing that purple on 101, all lanes are blocked. Want to check drive times. Another slow morning out of the central valley. Several vehicles pulled over over to the shoulder with flat tires. Ace rail is running all four trains today. Westbound 4, 25 minutes. An efrlt to crack down on bias in the San FranciscoPolice Department takes a hightech turn. Thats next. Plus an alleged air coverup in the bay area. The claims of an effort to hide pollution information from the public. It is 12 minutes after 6 00 as we head to break, we leave cmon in, pop pop happy birthday i survived a heart attack. Im doing all i can to keep from having another one. And im taking brilinta. For people whove been hospitalized for a heart attack. I take brilinta with a baby aspirin. No more than one hundred milligrams as it affects how well it works. Brilinta helps keep my platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. Brilinta reduced the chance of another heart attack. Or dying from one. It worked better than plavix. Dont stop taking brilinta without talking to your doctor since stopping it too soon increases your risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke, and even death. 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Reggie, as i join the conversation here, weve been watching those evacuations throughout the morning, but would you be ready to go. The experts recommend that if youre under advisory, make sure you have a go bag ready to go. We want to show you this new video from James Lick High School in san jose where those evacuated folks spent the night. Centers for Disease Control recommends three days worth of supplies, so thats clothes, medical, toothpaste, etc. Get your important documents. Often people forget to take those. You want to find your homeowners or renters insurance policy and you may want to download some apps that are really handy. The red cross has an app that tells you the nearest Emergency Shelter you can get to. And you want to sign up for those Santa Clara CountyEmergency Alert system alerts. I just told you about those. You can find a link on my twitter account. The San FranciscoPolice Department has started introducing a Security System as part of its reform efforts. According to the examiner, that effort tracks much of the departments internal computer activity, including monitoring photocopies and printouts. It detects who did what on which device and when they did it. Warning signs do pop up whenever an officer turns on a computer. Some officers are concerned that new system is geared toward monitoring potential leaks and whistle blowers. Undocumented students in california are being urged to sign up for the california d. R. E. A. M. Act. It allows them to receive state and Financial Aid for college. State superintendent tom is behind the push. He says it would be a shame if fear of deportation kept students from applying for aid. Information gathered through the california d. R. E. A. M. Act is not shared with any other government agency, federal or otherwise. If you want to sign up, you can go to our website, abc7news. Com and look for the link. The deadline is next thursday. Happening today, we may learn new details in an alleged scandal involving the bay area air Quality Management district. Two former employees claim the district intentionally destroyed documents and hid records from the public. This action, according to the whistle blowers, compromise ld the districts ability to monitor, regulate, and enforce air quality. A district spokesperson says that he has allegations which surfaced more than a year ago, were investigated by an outside firm and determined to be false. All right. We are going back live now to san jose. Take a look at whats going on here. You can see people pushing this van, presumably after it tried to make its way through flood waters. Were seeing lots of people evacuate this morning and driving through streets that have inches upon inches of standing water in them. Of course well keep monitoring the situation in san jose as approximate Evacuation Order continues to grow. Around midnight, we know there are 14,000 people that are in that mandatory evacuation zone. The roads couldnt be wetter, but theres nothing coming from the sky. Thats really the only positive news we have, at least these rescue efforts arent being done while its raining. Right. A lot of sunshine today. Theres still a slight chance of shower in the north bay and along the coast. Irl show you that right now. After we take a look at some of the fog weve been as low as 1 4 mile in santa rosa. So the fog is moving around there and petaluma so be careful for varying conditions. Lets talk temperatures. Up to 15, 16 degrees cooler. Look at all these mid to upper 40s in San Francisco, glen park, 42, its not until you get towards downtown, the financial district, its 50. Thats easily the warm spot. 40 in san leandro. 40 in walnut creek. American canyon, 39. Daly city, 44. Just stop and look at this. Doesnt that look great. Does it make you feel relaxed . Relieved. Theres no cloud out there. Just some sunrise taking over for the moon that came out last night. So partly cloudy today, a stray shower possible, a winter chill the next few nights and showers, low know snow levels. You can see 9 00, 12 00, showers possible near the coast into the santa cruz mountains. And then this afternoon, the slight chance of showers across the north bay and then again during the overnight hours, well keep an eye on the coast for some showers there. Otherwise the are rest of us are going to be dry ask this is going to be really a temperature forecast and some frost is possible inland tomorrow morning and friday morning. A light storm saturday but sundays storm, unfortunately, is going to be moderate so stay inside, watch the oscars here on abc7. I hope everyone enjoyed that moment of zen you gave them because i have the total opposite. I want to move into the south bay where we have that full closure of 101 so that is northbound and southbound between 880 and the 280 680 split. Thats where youre seeing the purple on the traffic maps and yeah, all of our inbound routes are pretty congested. Also had several crashes through this area and im not surprised. A lot of folks possibly unaware of the closures and just making some last more minute lane changes, things like that. So two collisions to oub on northbound 280. One of those at the onramp and the other at soult 7th street. Not major blocking issues but further going to slow you down on 280. Northbound 101 approaching that closure, 7 miles an hour and 87 inbound also very slow at 19 miles an hour. So definitely not a fun drive there. A lot of surface street closures too. Bay bridge toll plaza, those metering lights on for almost an hour now. That happened around 5 29 this morjs. Couple areas with b. A. R. T. Delays. West oakland station and then again between lafayette and orinda, just between 5 to 10 minutes due to an equipment problem on the tracks. Well talk about more san jose coming up. We have all had packages that just do not show up. Amazon still waiting on a couple of christmas presents. Dont know where those are. Michael finney is going to have tips on how you can file a claim. Also, thieves break into a car. They ignored valuables. What they took instead. If you would like to help the victims, you can donate to the red cross and its super easy. Text the words red cross to 90999. It will make a 10 donation that will show up in your phone bill. Will show up in your phone bill. Well be right back. It is 6 24. We continue to follow breaking news out of san jose. This is santa clara and 26th streets and this is the area that is in the evacuation zone. You can see that the roads there are pretty flooded. Some cars trying to make their way through. Thousands more told to evacuate overnight. More information as we get it coming up. If you live in San Francisco, your Drinking Water is about to change. According to the examiner, city water officials will begin mixing local ground water into the clean, crisp yosemite water were all used to drinking now. That change will start next month. This is an effort to diversify our water sources. Officials say you will not likely notice a difference in the way your water tastes. It is time to ask finney and this morning, angela has a question about lost packages. She spoke to us at our ask finney event in daly city. I want to know how i can get a mail service be accountable for a package that they lost that i was returning. How can i get my money back . Hey, angela, this can be really, really tough. What you do is you file a claim with the Postal Agency you were working with. So, u. P. S. , or the postal service, or whomever. Now, they are tough. Youre going to really need a lot of information. So, make sure you have receipts, make sure you can prove everything youre saying, and get ready for this. Theyre probably going to deny your claim. Then youre going to have to fight the denial. Now, you could win. If you dont think youre being treated fairly, i want you to contact me here at the station. Angela, thanks for you question. Michael, the best guy to have on your side and if you have a question for him, share it on social media with askfinney. Forget electronics or shopping bags, police say thieves are now targeting something odd. Police in san diego and florida say thieves are grabbing car manuals. Theyre seeing this happen quite a bit. Sometimes valet keys found in those manuals are also taken. Police say thieves may also be looking for key codes in hopes of going to a dealer and then asking for a replacement key. So, watch out. We continue to track that breaking news in the south bay of course. Flooding evacuations growing in san jose. We have live team coverage. Neighbors pitching in to help other neighbors hit by that flooding. The aid pouring in and how all of us can help. Plus about 36,000 people under either mandatory or advisory evacuations this morning. Where are they all going to go . We are trying to get ahold of we are trying to get ahold of officials to let us know its okay to cry, right . No more we dont want anymore [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. Speeds up to 45 megs, for 30 a month. Coming up at 6 30, that breaking news out of san jose, 14,000 people now under a mandatory evacuations order with new Evacuations Ordered in the middle of the night. Youre looking live at one of the those areas where residents were woken up and told to get out. Right now, there is a steady stream of people leaving their homes under those orders. Abc7 News Reporter matt keller is live near 26th and santa clara with the new evacuations underway. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. Some good news this morning. Weve been hearing mike talk about it all this morning and probably since the last time i saw you, you can see that these flood waters here on 26th street and santa clara street have actually gone down significantly. Youre still driving through flooded roads, you can see the water coming up, but this is good news here. Its still very dangerous out here, and people are still turning around, trying to get around this area and around the 101 closure. And the new numbers for the evacuations this morning are huge. 36,000 people in the recommended evacuation area and 14,000 in the mandatory evacuation area. 267 people have dwon to the shelters at james lick high and evergreen valley high. Police were working the neighborhoods, getting people out overnight. Six schools are closed in the mandatory evacuation area. And here is a message ive been told to pass along. If youre in this evacuation area, take it seriously. Its better to leave too soon than for it to be too late. I just talked with a man who said that police came and knocked on his door at 2 00 a. M. This morning and said, we recommend you get out. It wasnt a mandatory evacuation for him. He said he stayed put and hes glad he did because the waters actually receded a bit. The waters never got to his house but of course the story could be different for you if youre in a different area. If they come by and tell you to get out, probably the best advice is to get out. So scary. People thought that they were out of the flood zone, woke up to the sound of police knocking on their doors, telling them they needed to get out now. Amy hollyfield is in one of those flooded neighborhoods. Reporter hi, reggie. It was a long night here in san jose. Heres a story from one man who got an early knock on the door. Man, i got woke us early, at 1 30 in the morning, the cops came and knocked on the door to tell us to evacuate the apartments. And my wife got the dog and got out of there. I parked at the parking lot over there. Reporter did you sleep in the car . Yeah, i slept in the car. Reporter long night. He and his wife and two dogs, they plan to head to San Francisco. Theyre now going to go stay with their daughter. Theyve had enough of this and theres no word of when this Evacuation Order will be lifted and from the looks of things, look at this live picture, water is still a problem here. This is 28th and santa clara. You can see they have shut down that section of 28th over there, so police have ordered people to leave but its also difficult to get around here to move around, because of different street closures, of course, highway 101 shut down in both directions, so problems persist all over the place here. Police say they went door to door to try to get the word out to people. They also placed robo calls and used social media. Theyre hoping people are watching our newscast right now so everyone will get the word that they should, according to police, it is recommended that they leave the area. Live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Heads up, if you take 101 in the area, youre taking a live shot of it right now. We have seen some cars that are not supposed to be going down this road and police are after them right away. The freeway shut down and alexis has been tracking this problem all morning long. This is a major headache and reggie chiand i were observing t during the commercial break this morning. Some of the drivers going around the cones on southbound 101 instead of taking the 880 off ramp. Dont do that. Chp is there. Theyre waiting for you. Theyre going to cut you off because you dont want to be right here. Totally under water. So this is where our camera was. 101 at 880 and thats where that southbound traffic was forced off. If youre traveling northbound, youre forced off at the 280 680 split. And i want to zoom back a little bit. Give you a little perspective for all these inbound routes and how congested they are getting. Northbound 101, very heavy there as you approach that closure. 87, heavier than average as well. 280 also as you get past that closure and weve had several collisions along that stretch too. And then it looks like a lot of folks sticking in the south end here and sticking to 85 so that is stop and go. So we have delays on top of that, as amy mentioned, once youre forced off, not able to take your normal route, weve got a lot of surface street closures so some folks driving around, trying to figure out how to make it into work and school this morning. Lets check in with meteorologist mike nicco this morning and a look at our forecast. Im going to show you some sunrise photos next. First, i want to focus on the good news coming out of the south bay. The flooding continues to drop. We are now at flood stage right below anderson dam so from there, youre under a Flood Warning but by 11 30 this morning, that could all be over. So, lets turn our attention north because the water actually flows to the north, towards the bay. Right now, at edenvale, were at 11 feet. Were supposed to be there at noon. 4 00ye 4 4 00, were at 10. 5 but that crest is going to move through san jose and milpitas. We could have further flooding this those areas through at least friday morning. So dont let your guard down. If you live north of edenvale, near coyote creek. Mike, thank you. Six schools are in the mandatory evacuation area in san jose, and all of them will be closed today. Those schools are san jose high school, cristo mckinley elementary and olinder elementary. Parents, heres a big heads up. Well let you know if anything changes. The districts website is down this morning so they will not have updated closures available there. The number of people under a mandatory Evacuation Order, 14,000, staggering, jessica. Where are they supposed to go . Right. Reggie, they have four shelters available at this very moment. We contacted Emergency Operation officials. They just got back to us. Heres what they say. They are asking folks to try a friend or a loved one first to see if they can stay be them. If they have nowhere to go, then go to one of those shelters. Two of them are open overnight. Two others are day shelters. Officials are hoping to accommodate some of the people that have nowhere to go. Again, two of them have beds. The other two dont. So, if youre okay with sleeping on the floor, you may want to try toes first. Reggie, back to you. People living in three Mobile Home Parks in san jose are keeping a close eye on this barrier wall this morning. Its keeping some of the water out. For now. Although as you can see, water is still coming through and under that wall at that 200unit trailer home park on oakland road. People living at that park and two others nearby are under Evacuation Orders. 550 units in all. Last night, emergency crews rescued three people after they got trapped by the flood water. On the other side of the wall, theres about a foot or two of water, and that waters coming through the seams and the holes in the bottom of the wall and filling up the back of the Mobile Home Park here. Its dry over there and my good friends live in the back where its completely flooded and were having them stay with us for the night because, yeah, i mean, whatever we can do to help. Even with the mandatory Evacuation Order, police and fire cant forcibly remove a person from their home, and some have decided to stay. Well, you are looking at the reason all of this happened. Look at the water pouring from Anderson Reservoir. This is the largest reservoir in Santa Clara County. It reached capacity and began cascading over the spillway on saturday. It is normally kept under 70 full to meet state seismic restrictions. Anderson reservoir is in morgan hill. You can see on the map, southeast of san jose. It feeds into coyote creek, which winds through san jose, more than 20 miles away before reaching the bay. As soon as the wide spread flooding hit san jose, there was confusion, there was chaos, and they were trying to get these people out fast. Some of them, as you can see, taken by boat and this american taken by piggyback. Others chose to wade through that water and no matter how they got out, they had to be sprayed down by firefighters because theres a lot of worry about whats in that water and that these people could have been contaminated. The city worried about hazardous materials, including sewage in the water. People also worried about their belongings. I know we lost o lot of photos. I had a lot of my clothes from the winter down there. I know i had a lot of shoes, i had all my babys toys. All of his stuff down there. Sky7 shows these horses still in their stalls with that flooded water and a lot of you were concerned. You called us and emailed us, i could tell you that those horses are okay. Firefighters relayed to us that the Property Owners let the horses out of the gates and then they ran to higher ground. Thats good to hear. Evacuated neighbors have three places to go for help. The maymayor community center, shirakawa community center, James Lick High School and evergreen high school. Red cross prepared for evacuees to start rife arriving. It is the only shelter where people can spend the night. Some flood victims were brought in by bus. One man decided to go to the shelter. Im just here in the shelter for a while just to make sure that, you know, hopefully everythings okay. I dont know. I mean, im just pretty shocked right now. The Salvation Army is helping stock the shelter with items that they need like underwear and socks. People are also stopping by to drop off donations. Police are warning that if more evacuations are necessary, you may have only minutes to get out. Be ready to go by make shurg all your family members are together. Have your pets ready to go and make sure you have essential items like medication, important paperwork, and your i. D. S vachblt and before you leave, turn off your appliances and turn off all the lights. Heres how you can help. The red cross is taking donations so go ahead, take out your phone, text the word red cross to 90999 to make a 10 donation. It will show up as a charge on your bill. The red cross also needs volunteers and in fact 90 of workers who show up to help during a crisis are from the local community. For information on how to apply, head to our abc7 news app or abc7news. Com. In the news out of the north bay is not quite as good as it is coming out of coyote creek but the Mark West Creek is starting to drop just a little bit. Just not as fast as coyote creek. Were still about four feet above flood stage. So this entire area you see in green right here from river road down to sebastopol, experiencing flooding through 8 15 this morning. That might have to be extended. Look at live doppler 7. Not a single radar return except for right near the coast and thats where were going to watch today for our best chance of a stray storm. Look at that. Doesnt that look great. Hardly a cloud in the sky. Temperatures much cooler this morning. Dress for 30s and 40s. Low to mid 50s this afternoon, back in the 40s by 7 00. So cooler than average with 55 to 58 our destination around 1 00, but get ready for frost inland tonight. 30s there and 40s around the bay. More frost on the way in the accuweather 7 day forecast. In an update on our storm this weekend. Right now, i want to take you live to sky7. They are over that flooding on 101 in san jose. This is just north of mckee road and you can see, yeah, northbound and southbound lanes are blocked so we still have that full closure of 101. That is between 880 and the 280 680 split and ive been watching them for a few minutes. We have emergency crews there blocking traffic, no one is allowed through. That does look like pretty deep water so we still have no estimate on when well get these lanes back open. Definitely could be the entire morning commute and into the afternoon as well. We dont know at this point. That is all up to mother nature. So heres a look at that on our traffic maps. 880 to the split and traffic being forced out of there in both directions. Hefty delays forming on alternates too. Northbound 101, 85 on the inbound side along with 87 this morning as well. Quickly want to check some drive times. Westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 1 hour, 14 minutes, ace rail is running all four trains today so you could use that for an alternate. We are getting reports of some potholes around grant line road once again. Southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard south, about 27 minutes and if youre going the long way around, in the yellow at 27 minutes. Next traffic update coming up. A proposal to increase taxes on gas is moving quickly through the state senate. Why thats actually a relief to some drivers. Tens of thousands of people evacuate flood waters in san evacuate flood waters in san jose, we evacuate flood waters in san jodid you know 90 of couples disagree on mattress firmness . Enter sleep number. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. You can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. Save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Sale ends sunday go to sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Take a look at your screen right now. Sky7 live overhead. Highway 101 just a stunning image. Its hard to understand. That is standing water and the reflection that were seeing back up. That is why it is impossible for drivers to get through there right now and when you look at some of the side streets, it is the same situation. As we have been reporting this morning, mandatory Evacuation Orders underway in parts of san jose. Abc7 News Reporter matt keller is live near 26th and santa clara where he just spoke to one of the many evacuees. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. You can see from sky7, heres the ground view of some of that flooding but heres the good news. It appears this water has really gone down significantly over the past half hour, hour, hour and a half, and weve seen it just slowly just go to the side here and people are actually driving on the ground here instead of through that flooded road. However, thousands of people are still being asked to leave their homes. They were like, you recommend that you leave. I was like, im going to wait for it to get to my doorstep and i have a backup plan, were going to my moms up in the hills. Reporter jerry said he stayed put and the water never reached his house. Hes one of 36,000 people in the recommended evacuation area. Another 13,000 are in the mandatory evacuation area. Those are big numbers. A lot of people at the Evacuation Centers, James Lick High School and Evergreen Valley High School and the possibility of more evacuations are there but as mike niccos been saying, the waters been going down and on the road on 26th street, the water is going down as well. So thats the good news. As this day progresses, we may see some changes. Reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. Our wet weather is leading to crumbling concrete on a main route to tahoe. So this is highway 50 near bridleville falls. Look what happened. The collapses forced the closure of both westbound lanes. Eastbound lanes have been converted to twoway traffic. Theyre going to remain that way for a few breaking National News coming into our live desk right now. I want to get straight to some images coming out of north dakota. Fires have just begun by pipeline protesters camped out there in the area. Look at those incredible images. You can see just how big those flames are. This is near cannon ball, north dakota and ive been monitoring shed for you this morning as well. The plumes of smoke can be seen for miles. These are the folks out there protesting the building of a final stretch of the Dakota Access pipeline, that controversial last stretch because it runs through land owned by the Standing Rock sioux tribe. Construction of the final stretch of the pipeline began last month. At this point, we dont know if theres any damage with these fires, though we assume so, to some of that campground and no word on injuries. Well be monitoring the situation throughout the day. Richmond has become the first city in the nation to call for President Trumps impeachment. Last night, the city Council Passed a resolution that supports an impeachment investigation by congress. Critics claim mr. Trump continues to benefit directly from his Business Holdings and that would be in violation of the constitution. The white house continues to deny any ethics conflicts. Wells fargo has fired four senior managers in connection with the banks accounts scandal. They were senior managers who Bank Officials say were implicated in the creation of 2 million unauthorized accounts. Wells fargo has fired 5300 ploesz as a result of this scandal, most of them lower level workers. The bank paid a 185 million fine for that wrong doing. New numbers show the pay gap between women and men in california has grown even wider. The u. S. Bureau of labor statistics revealed that womens Weekly Earnings in 2015 averaged 15 less than their male counterparts. The pay gap equates to 7,000 every year and marks the widest gap since 2002. Okay, lets see what the weatr has in store for us today. It has been a wild week. We dont need any more wild. The only thing wild is changing your clothes this morning. How about that. Because it is up to 17 degrees colder. So yeah, find the winter gear. This is the first of three nights. Its going to get even colder the next couple of nights. 39 in los gatos, most of us in the south bay in the low to mid 40s. Lets take a look at the rest of our neighborhoods. Danville, 39 right now, even colder in novato, san pablo, 46, same thing in San Francisco, you can see on the peninsula, the sun is coming out. The drying is beginning. I just checked the gauge at edenvale. It continues to fall. It went from 11 feet last hour to 10. 8 so that is going to continue. Good news there. Still a slight chance along the coast and in the north bay today for a stray shower. Most of us are going to be dry. Frosty cold valleys the next few nights and the weekend through monday a next series of storms coming in. Notice the cold air behind it. The freckled nature of the clouds. This is whats going to slide down the coast and you can see those scattered showers that are going to be possible today and at the coast tonight. And then tomorrow morning, 30s and 40s, frost in our valleys, more frost friday morning, saturday storms light but sunday is going to be a moderate storm but the joke all morning, stay inside, watch the oscars right here on abc7. Plan on a long commute, especially in the south bay. Weve got that significant closure. Weve been tracking all morning. Just saw sky7 over that on nobi101 just north of mckee. If youre traveling southbound, you have to get off at 880. The northbounds lanes closed at the split. Those unbound roads, the alternates are jammed, 85, 87, and then heading up 280. One little bit of good news. Northbound 101 was also closed overnight through morgan hill into the coyote area. They were able to open that shortly after we went on the air this morning so crews drained the roadway then brought the street sweeper through and no delays there all morning. Tenminute b. A. R. T. Delay this morning still for west oakland station and for Castro Valley station as well. Heres a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. Those metering lights on since 5 5 29 this morning. Alexis talks a lot about our crumbling roads. Would you be willing to pay a lot more in gasoline taxes to fix them . A big to raise the tax by 0. 12 a gallon has reached a crucial vote. Supporters say california really needs this money to help pay for our 100 billion that would go into fixes for our infrastructure. The bills opponents say increasing the tax really puts an unnecessary burden on drivers. And that measure also would increase our vehicle registration fees by 38. 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If youd like to help, you can make a 10 donation to the red cross. All you have to do is text the words red cross to 90999. Number three, from the live desk, six schools are in the evacuation area. They are closed today. We have two high schools, one charter school, and three elementary schools. We do have a full list on abc7news. Com. Number four, the flooding concerns continue but ive got some good news for you. Lets take a look at the first one. Coyote creek at anderson dam has dropped to flood stage and will continue dropping. Flooding through 11 00 this morning. Flooding through san jose and milpitas as we get away from edenvale, the crest is heading northward. Number five, flooding our concern in the south bay. Full closure of 101. Heres a live look at the southbound lanes being forced off at 880. Oure traveling northbound, youre forced off at the merge, some long delays forming on all those enbound routes. Number six, President Trump could sign his new immigration order as early as today. Millions illegally in the u. S. Could face deportation you should the new rules. Number seven, lottery fever sweeping the country once again. Tonight, power ball jackpot is at 403 million. It could climb before tonights drawing at 8 00 p. M. And if no one wins tonight, it goes to the weekend and gets even higher. How about this. If someone in the bay area wins, they give a portion of the proceeds to the san jose victims. Oh, thats a great idea. Lets make that lets go buy tickets, if thats your thing. Or the red cross at the least. They were helping a lot. I think all of us feeling for our neighbors until the south bay. Want to take a live look from sky7 right now. You can see the flooding this morning. Abc7 news continues now. Well be back in 25 minutes. Gma is coming up next. Mattress firmness . Fortunately theres a bed where you both get what you want every night. 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