Santa cruz mountains. At one point, it even shut down the highway yesterday for about 5 hours. This is the biggest one definitely, um, theres a quite a bit more earth about half the mountainside came down into the roads. Reporter mudslide crews are stretched thin so contractors are bringing them in to clean up the mess. The northbound lanes remain closed because of this massive mudslide. And im dennis odonnell. They are hoping for later today or even tomorrow morning. We have more heavy rain coming in fact its here right now. We continue to see waves of Atmospheric River move into the bay area. Screen is lit up with pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall especially in the north bay. And i wanted to zero in on this particular area right there because if you look very carefully, look at the heavy rain now occurring in guerneville. This morning before receding later on this afternoon. Then we hop to the east bay. Moraga, danville, you, too with the raindrops on the rooftops. Then we spread to the south bay saratoga, cambrian park, campbell, light to moderate rainfall Santa Cruz Mountains getting hammered again. We have rain showers in chinatown and fulton street, San Francisco anywhere through the embarcadero to 3rd street street. Its sloppy. A Flood Warning is in effect for the Russian River in guerneville. Well keep an eye for the potential for heavy flooding. We have the Atmospheric River blowing into the area one more time again today and as i look at our futurecast its hitand miss scattered showers. The thursday morning commute is a new storm and cold front lingering across the bay area during the afternoon hours before it takes a nosedive to the south. But look what happens behind it. Its a secondary impulse that will interfere with our friday all the way into the commute hours. We are going to tag on at least another two to three inches of rain on top of what has already fallen right now as you take a look at the Golden Gate Bridge its raining there. Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. Very mild. Later today with an increasing south wind 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour into the 60s up to 65 degrees. Again we are tracking the incoming system to talk about the weekend forecast, but right now lets send it back to you, kenny and michelle. All right, roberta. Thank you. A messy commute in store for east bay drivers with pothole repairs under way on a stretch of 580. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is live in livermore with the latest. Reporter yeah. You can see here behind me traffic is at a crawl right now and it is only 6 a. M. This is 580 westbound here behind me. Im at north flynn road. But we have chopper 5 live above the closure right now which is one exit to the west at greenville road when westbound 580 goes down to two lanes. This road is jammed during a normal morning commute and the reason is two huge potholes that opened up this morning and 15 cars ended up with flat tires so the chp responded and now caltrans is doing emergency repairs here near the greenville road exit to 580 westbound but the traffic backup goes for miles to the east of that spot. So if you are anywhere east of livermore, trying to come into the city, you might want to rethink your plans this morning. This closure could likely last until 3 p. M. According to caltrans. Live in livermore, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Lets go to roqui right now because she has her hands full this morning tracking this commute. Along the Altamont Pass on that Traffic Alert, pothole causing major damage here and again its westbound 580 at greenville road. Traffic at 8 Miles Per Hour and as anne said 12mile backup on to 205 and backed up on 580 coming from San Joaquin Valley, as well. So avoid the area. The alternates are Patterson Pass road but do expect delays there, as well. San mateo bridge from hayward to foster city, traffic starting to slow down but you have a 15 to 20minute drive across the span into the peninsula and then heres a live look at the nimitz freeway looking good from 238 in san leandro to the maze, thats just going to take but 20 minutes. Okay. Hows it looking into downtown San Francisco . I see a lot of rain coming down on the toll plaza here. So the maze to downtown will now take you 20 minutes so give yourself some extra time to get through that. And make sure youre driving slowly because the rain is coming down. Heres a look at the marin couldnt commute, highway 37 vallejo to novato is closed again between atherton avenue and highway 101. This is due to flooding in the area. And chp is diverting traffic off at atherton avenue westbound to get you back on you 101. To mass transit, this would be a great consideration for you to morning to avoid the rain. Art, ace train, muni and caltrain all on time. Muni lines 5 and 31, though are delayed due to power loss so make sure your plan accordingly. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. Today in sacramento, water regulators will decide if urban drought rules should be lifted amid our wettest winter in years with a snowpack measuring 182 of normal and about 80 of local water districts reporting ample supply. Several lawmakers say were not in a state of emergency anymore. But some state officials counter that people in San Joaquin Valley are still living on bottled water because of depleted wells and they argue all this rain might not last through the spring. The immigration ban that caused chaos at the nations airports was rushed and should not have been implemented so soon. Thats the word from Homeland Security secretary john kelly. He said that yesterday that he should have delayed implementing the president s executive order so he could brief congress and federal agencies on what to expect. Kelly did say that he does support the ban on immigration from seven countries with a majority muslim population. A threejudge panel in San Francisco will decide as early as today if the order violates the constitution. President trumps nominee for attorney general is expected to be confirmed today after contentious battles. Democrats dont want him. They alleged Jeff Sessions is racist. Last night senator Elizabeth Warren was stopped on the senate floor while reading a letter from the widow of dr. Martin luther king, jr. In it she accuses sessions of using his power against black voters. They are mothers, daughters, sisters, fathers, sons, and brothers. Mr. President they are mr. President. Majority leader. The senator is impuning the motoredtives and conduct of our colleague from alabama is warned by the chair. She broke a rule that prohibits senators from speaking badly of colleagues on the floor so she was barred from speaking on the floor. New this morning, the contra costa board of supervisors just voted to expand the richmond jail. The Sheriffs Office says it wants to transfer 416 high security inmates to a new building within the west county detention facility. There they plan to incorporate over 31,000 square feet for Mental Health services and rehabilitation programs. San francisco is taking steps to create a Safe Injection Services task force. The city is following in seattles footsteps. There are about 22,000 intravenous drug users in San Francisco. The task force would facilitate safe injection, monitor illegal drug use and offer rehab. Time now 6 09. A major recall issued after a family pet suddenly died from eating tainted dog food. And a Software Company fires back after its blamed for extended jail stays and false arrests in one bay area county. Do not leave home without that umbrella. Our live hidef Doppler Radar picking up anywhere from light to heavy rain right now and we still have a new storm to track. And heres a live look at that rain coming down on top of the bay bridge toll plaza. Those metering lights are on. We have issues in the south bay in the east bay and in the north bay. Well give you all the details when we come back. Dont go anywhere. Closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. ,,,, with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. Stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Download the xfinity tv app today. ,,,,,,, download the xfinity tv app today. So now im not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of 548 whoo i mean, whoo. Recovery efforts a time check, 6 13 on this wednesday . Taking a look at our live weather camera at the Golden Gate Bridge, we have pounding rain showers there right now. The winds not as impressive as 24 hours ago. But they will pick up during the afternoon hours. Raining heavily right now in the north bay, also the Santa Cruz Mountains. Rain is gathering east of the bay, as well. Well have traffic together at 6 18. Recovery efforts are under way this morning after violent tornadoes tore through lower louisiana yesterday. Surveillance video shows high winds ripping a roof off and throwing it into the road. Behind it, you can see an 18 wheeler topple over. This is outside new orleans. So far, officials are reporting dozens of injuries. But no fatalities. New this morning, a dog food recall. Officials say at least five dogs have gotten sick and one has died. The food is made by avengers called hunk of beef. The company says it may have been tainted with a drug that vets use to put down pets. I gave that to them just for a little treat and within 15 minutes they were Walking Around like they were drunk. They couldnt walk. The company says that the affected food contains phenobarbital and was made during the week of june 6. The Software Company blamed for causing huge problems in the Alameda County court system is firing back. Since august, the county has been using a new Software System called odyssey. The county says last month that problems with the system resulted in wrongful arrests and unwarranted jail times. The developer texas based Tyler Technologies released a statement about the claims yesterday. It says, quote, the superior court of Alameda County transitioned from a 40yearold system before they were ready and, in fact, tyler specifically advised the court that unless it was more prepared for going live data entry would fall behind and problems would result. The company says the same system is used in 24 california counties including San Bernardino and critics say San Bernardino has experienced the same kind of problems. Canadian man tried to help a neighbor out by clearing snow off their road with a zamboni but it unravels because somebody called the cops on him. Police say that the person was probably confused to see a machine meant for ice rinks on the streets. He says he was just trying to clear the way to his neighbors house. He could have cleared her drive and most of the road if the cops hadnt pulled him over. They didnt ticket him but they steered the man plus the zamboni home. I used to watch College Hockey when i was young. Never played but watched it obsessed with the zamboni. I always wanted to drive one. Did you ever . Never got to. Im still hoping. I have been able to ride on one. They dont you drive them at the sharks game but they let people from time to time ride along. You get to wave during intermission. Its a blast. You need to hook him up im jealous of you. [ laughter ] no. [ overlapping speakers ] when youre a sharks fan, things happen. Ill root for the sharks just to get on the zamboni. They are made in los angeles. I thought they were made in manitoba ar calgary canada. No. Well do all the research while you do the weather forecast. No zambonis on the road this morning . No. It could help. Thats a good point. Lets move to the south bay. Scotts valley area between vine hill road and sugarloaf a Traffic Alert has been all morning long. Northbound side here is covered by mud. Theres a monster mudslide out there so chp is borrowing one of the lanes out of the southbound side and creating twoway traffic in the southbound side. The traffic is slow at 36 Miles Per Hour in the area. You are moving in both directions. So you can get through the area pretty smoothly. Expect delays. This is a major hot spot of the morning. 7 Miles Per Hour and about a 12 mile backup along the way here on westbound 580 at greenville road. Major potholes. We have pictures on our twitter page if you want to take a look there. They are very large. The rebars are showing so this is going to take a long time for chp to get this situated. Anne makovec was out there live. She said it might be recovered by 3 p. M. Today. But, of course, thats not a guarantee so if you can give yourself some extra time to get through this area or just avoid it if you can work from home thats a good idea, too. So your alternate would be Altamont Pass road. Thats jammed. So i will not suggest that. I suggest Patterson Pass road thats jammed but not as bad as the Altamont Pass. From hayward to foster city, things are slow. Roberta, its wet, windy and bad. Good morning, im dialing up our live hidef Doppler Radar. The rain is intensifying. Right now the concentration of the heaviest rainfall is exactly where we dont need it due to the already flooding situation. We do have the heaviest rain in guerneville also cloverdale back through windsor around highway 101. Then we head over to the eastern portion of our bay area. This morning, San Pablo Dam road, with the moderate rain showers, all the way into bear ridge. We do have arlington boulevard swinging into Martin Luther king, jr. Drive in oakland under heavy rain. We swing to the southern portion of our bay area. Campbell hearing a little bit of light raindrops on the rooftops. Around highway 85 this morning making tracks into the saratoga area, hooking up with highway 17, los gatos, plenty of moderate to heavy rainfall and Santa Cruz Mountains with 6 of rain in the past 24 hours, its still raining. We do have a watchful eye on the Russian River near guerneville this morning. I checked it again approaching 34 feet. Flood stage is 32. We do anticipate some modest flooding around the Johnson Beach area before the river recedes this afternoon. We have plenty of rain around the Golden Gate Bridge make it a slippery morning commute temperatures in the 50s and 60s. And a big difference from 24 hours ago, winds not as impressive, 10 in San Francisco, 11 half moon bay. 15 the sfo. Lighter winds across the north bay. These winds will increase later today out of the south 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Weave showers and fog limiting visibility santa rosa down to a quarter mile, we have fog and showers. Weekend nothing but sunshine. Atmospheric river right there pushing into the bay area but behind me im watching cold front. Rain this afternoon and a cold front slices through the bay area hanging over the bay area at lunchtime gradually sagging to the south but look whats happening after that. We approach your friday a secondary impulse rolls in. And by the time the two are out of here up to 3 more inches of rain in some of our wettest locations right here in the bay area. Winter weather advisory is in effect now for aerial flood watch raining now in the high sierra. And again tomorrow. But well have clearing just in time for the weekend. 7 07 is our official sunrise. It sets at 5 42. We may see a hint of sunset with the clouds. Balmy with a southerly breeze. Extended forecast we are storm watch today through friday and High Pressure through the weekend through tuesday and well dry out just in time for more rain showers next thursday. Thats a look at your forecast. We have sports next. , vo maybe it was here, when you hit 300,000 miles. Or here, when you walked away without a scratch. Maybe it was the day your baby came home. Or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore. Every subaru is built to earn your trust. Because we know what youre trusting us with. Subaru. Kelley blue books most trusted brand. 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Traffic is moving but well tell you where traffic is not moving throughout the bay area. When we come back to the traffic center. Good morning. Its wednesday, february 8. Im kenny choi. Im michelle griego. Time now is 6 31. We have some heavy rain in some spots in the bay area and also some dry spots. But another [ loud noise ] and there is plenty to clean up in the break between the storms. This is whats left of a home in san rafael. The homeowner says he could do nothing but watch as the moving hillside tore his home apart piece by piece. Of course, flooding is another huge concern. This mobile Home Community is expected to flood once again when high tide returns around 10 a. M. Anne makovec is live along i580 in livermore where pothole repairs are derailing the commute. Reporter anything east of livermore now if you are trying to go west is a real mess right now. This is 580 westbound. Chopper 5 took some pictures above the actual problem earlier this morning. This is at the greenville road exit. Two very large potholes opened up and that has forced the closure of two of the lanes. The righthand lanes. That means that 580 westbound is down to only two lanes right now. We can get a closer look at the potholes on the pictures that the chp published. You can see the rebar is showing so the roadway is really wrecked right now. And caltrans says its going to take until about 3 00 this afternoon to actually repair those potholes. They caught wind of the problem at about 3 a. M. When about 15 cars had flat tires after hitting the holes. So it is something they need to take care of. But unfortunately, it is the commute here along 580 that is paying the price. If you can avoid it, we say do so. Live in livermore, anne makovec kpix 5. Time now 6 32. Roqui has traffic. Lets head to Altamont Pass traffic to give you a different visual here. Youre moving at 6 Miles Per Hour so youre just inching through and all of those red arrows, that is a 13mile backup on to 205 so youre in trouble if you are coming down from tracy on to the Altamont Pass. Youre also in trouble from San Joaquin County up to the Altamont Pass on westbound 580 down there to the right of your screen, as well. So again, this is westbound 580 at greenville road. Two very large potholes we just saw causing major damage and chp says it might not have it repaired until about 3 p. M. This afternoon. So well keep an eye on that. This is another Traffic Alert in the south bay, highway 17 down to only twoway traffic on the southbound side. Youre moving at 40 Miles Per Hour in the area. There is a mudslide on the northbound side. We saw a lot of red brake lights so give yourself extra time to get through there. And make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get through the san mateo bridge here. Traffic starting to slow down from hayward to foster city. Moving over now to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic backed up towards the maze now so thats a 25minute drive from the maze to downtown. And i see some rain coming down, as well. And if you are traveling in marin heres a look at the highway 37, between atherton avenue and 101 closed due to flooding. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. Good morning, our live hi def Doppler Radar has been picking up heavy rain this morning and pockets of yellow to orange pockets of heavy rain. Its lining the north bay and Santa Cruz Mountains. But now look due west. Were seeing a batch of light rainfall offshore so its going to be a treesitterty rainy morning here in the bay area. But the hardest hit all morning long has been right there where they do not need the additional rainfall. Sonoma, napa, along highway 121 connecting with highway 12, thats where we have the heavy rain and i have to keep an eye on the areas with the orange because there could be thunderstorms. Oncord, clayton and walnut creek some light rain showers this morning then it tapers off as you head into the danville area around 680 this morning. South bay seeing a break and that cell just moved out of the alum rock area. It was just there. Gilroy has been seeing light to moderate rainfall, as well. 24 hours ago gilroy had isolated thunderstorms. We have a Flood Warning in effect for the Russian River near guerneville this morning its already nearly at 34 feet. The flood stage is 32. So we do anticipate modest flooding this morning before the river begins to recede this afternoon. We are blasted this morning by the Atmospheric River conditions. We have high tide at 8 51 this morning nearly 7 feet but we have a couple of cold fronts and thats what were going to deal with for our thursday. We have have a cold front coming through. Well have more coming up. As roqui said a mudslide is causing problems out there for drivers in the south bay. Maria medina is live along highway 17 in Santa Cruz County to tell us about the cleanup. Reporter good morning. The morning commute really starting to pick up here on highway 17 and slow down if you are just joining us the northbound lanes are shut down. The southbound side lanes remain open with twoway traffic. monsterwe passed by this monster mudslide an hour ago its massive completely covering the northbound lanes. Now, this mudslide sent a car airborne yesterday morning when it came down. That driver is okay. But we are talking about 20 feet of mud and rocks that covered the northbound lanes but at one point even shut down highway 17. That major route between san jose and santa cruz was closed for five hours yesterday. With the amount of rain we have been having its very challenging. Every time we think we have something stabilized, the amount of rain we experience, it proves otherwise. Reporter and county crews say they are stretched so thin because of the mudslides across the county that they are bringing in contractors to help them out and clean up this mess. Okay. So again, northbound lanes are closed because of this mudslide and theres twoway traffic in the southbound side. Traffic is smooth but it is starting to pick up and slow down. Again, chp doesnt think that they are going to have the northbound lanes open until later today or maybe even tomorrow morning. Caltrans is expected to be here at 8 a. M. To start cleaning up the mess again. Live in Santa Cruz County, maria medina, kpix 5. A threejudge panel in San Francisco will decide as early as today whether or not to reinstate president Donald Trumps travel ban. Attorneys on both sides of the issue made their arguments by phone yesterday. The president s determination that a 90day pause was needed was plainly constitutional. The Justice Department argued the president has the authority to bar refugees and citizens of seven majority muslim countries as a matter of national security. Lawyers for Washington State said the ban would cause damage to the states economy and public universities. We had students and faculty at our state universities who are stranded overseas. We had families that were separated. We had longtime residents who could not travel overseas to visit their families without knowing they would be able to come back. Yesterday, Homeland Security chief john kelly said no one from the 7 banned countries has committed a terror attack on u. S. Soil. Questions are swirling around the whereabouts of the oakland fire chief. We are told that she is on leave but Union Officials say that they havent seen her in three weeks. According to the chronicle, nobody really knows where she is. Any calls to theresa reed are being referred to the deputy chief right now. The city administrator has also been running Daily Fire Department meetings. She has been criticized since oaklands ghost ship fire in december. San jose Police Officers are getting a pay raise. City council just approved a 3 year deal that gives officers an immediate 10 raise. It also gives them a 5,000 bonus. The mayor says the new contract is critical to keep officers on the force. [ music ] time now 6 39. Two of the bay areas biggest cities could be among the first in the states to install speed cameras. And all the recent storm activity has punched a huge hole in one of californias largest dams. ,, where a massive hole surfaced. Floodwaters added to the trouble forcing concrete the air. Repairs in store for one of the states largest dams where a massive hole surfaced. Floodwaters added to the trouble forcing concrete blocks 40 feet into the air. Engineers are now trying to determine what created the 180 foot hole. The dam will be closed for several days as crews inspect the area. You could be able to show off some gear of your favorite netflix show. Joining us now to explain is kcbs radios financial reporter jason brooks. Good morning. Reporter good morning, kenny and michelle. Netflix looking to make toys, bikes, comics books, other merchandise tied to the shows on netflix. And not just Netflix Original programming but bloomberg says the company is also in talks with other tv studios about licensing products tied to their shows. Netflix believes that marketing the shows will reach a bigger audience if it can sell things like toys, mugs and tshirts. Thats something thats been a big hit for disney over the years. And in the 4th quarter alone, disney had 1. 5 billion in productrelated sales tied to its various characters. And disney just reported its earnings for the 4th quarter. Earnings were mixed problems with espn as advertising revenue was down double digits. Parks and resort revenues a big hit surging higher and disney also announcing that its star wars theme land at disneyland in Southern California and disneyworld in florida will open in 2019. Disneys shares are heading higher but overall the market is taking a breather after gains yesterday. Lets check it. Dow down 40. Nasdaq down 15. S p moving lower by 5. Kenny and michelle, back to you. Thank you, jason brooks from kcbs radio. If you get me a gift for christmas, netflix gear or house of cards. I will take note. [ laughter ] thank you, jason. Time now for a look at whats coming up later on cbs this morning. Norah odonnell has more from new york. Reporter good morning. Ahead, we are in new orleans with major damage from tornadoes. Plus drama on the senate floor during the confirmation fight over attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions. Why senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced after reading a letter from Coretta Scott king and a mom sues a Public School system that has taught the bible for decades. The voluntary program in West Virginia thats now at the center of a new debate on the separation of church and state. See you at 7 00. We do know that charlie rose just had heart surgery. So we in the bay area just want to extend our well wishes to him this morning. Reporter aww, thank you very much. I will pass that on to him. Thank you. Okay. Thanks so much, norah. Well see you at 7 00. Two bay area cities could be among the first cities in california to use cameras to catch speeders. Right now state law bans cities from using automated Speed Enforcement systems. Today david chiu joined the mayors of San Francisco and san jose to announce the bill to change all that. Under the plan, getting caught by speed cameras would result in a fine but wouldnt add points to your license. Time now 6 46. Its going to be another busy day on the roads. Lets check the morning commute with roqui. Kenny, think busy is an understatement. Lets check in San Francisco, i have a new crash right before we get to the Traffic Alerts. In San Francisco, northbound 280 before highway 101 is a two car crash blocking the left lane. That backup is to ocean avenue but if you are stuck in that, come on, at least youre not along the Altamont Pass, right . Traffic alert on the Altamont Pass, this is westbound 580 at greenville road, two very large potholes. We have pictures on our twitter account. Now moving the just 6 Miles Per Hour and that backup is up to 13 miles. Backed up on westbound 580 out of San Joaquin County so if this is part of your morning commute avoid the area. Take Patterson Pass road but its also jammed. Its delayed but better than this. Another alternate is ace train. It frees up in livermore but you will in the Altamont Pass traffic for quite a while until you get to livermore. Heres the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. That traffic starting to slow down so give yourself some extra time along the bridge there. If you are heading to the south bay the Scotts Valley area, we have a Traffic Alert on highway 17 now this is down to one lane. The southbound side. But traffic is moving in both directions. So give yourself some extra time. You are moving in both directions. So thats the good news. But you will expect delays in the area, moving at 40 miles an hour. This will go on until tonight or tomorrow morning. The northbound side is closed covered in mud. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. We have had the heaviest rainfall for the past couple of hours here in the bay area buying a break in some parts right now but more rain cued up and ready to pushhhh onshore. Good morning, everybody. Our live hidef Doppler Radar picking up the heaviest precipitation in the north bay scattered but these pockets of yellow that you see can contain a thunderstorm so im keeping a watchful eye on it this morning. Outside cloverdale heading into saint helena east bay you have a swath of precipitation from berkeley through orinda. Highway 24 as you hook up with 13 moraga with raindrops on the rooftops. We have the rain from walnut creek spreading into the danville area. Whoops, just moved there. This is live information as it is occurring with our hidef Doppler Radar. San lorenzo park the felton river, the creek there has overflowed. It will begin to recede as the day wears on. We are also keeping a very watchful eye where we have the Flood Warning in effect. This is for the Russian River guerneville Johnson Beach. I took again at the updated information approaching 34 feet. Flood stage is 32 so we are anticipating moderate flooding in the beach area there until that river recedes. This is our live weather camera looking towards the bay bridge. Visibility an issue there for sfo with 41minute delays on some arriving flights. Very mild in the 50s and 60s. So winds have been picking up slightly up to about 10 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco. 15 sfo, 11 along the immediate seashore. These winds will pick up 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour during the afternoon hours. So we have the showers this morning and some areas of patchy fog. Widely scattered showers during the afternoon hours. The breeze does kick up. And then this weekend well dry out with plenty of sunshine but right now, its Atmospheric River conditions tapping into the tropical moisture back to the hawaiian islands. But watch what happens here. Widely scattered showers for your lunch hour. We see a little bit of a break in the evening commute overnight. That right there is a cold front. Its going to slice through the bay area and hang out there towards Late Afternoon hours and, in fact, from 10 a. M. To 5 p. M. , and then move out before a second up pulse moves in just in time for our friday. By the time its all done another 3 inches of rain in some locations. Winter weather alert in the high sierra. Its raining there today, tomorrow, and your tahoe report does suggest its going to clear out just in time for the weekend after receiving 21 more inches of snow highest elevations in north star, 26 in sugar bowl. The epic season in the tahoe area continues up to 65 today, south winds again 10 to 20. We are on storm watch today and each day through friday. Then we have partly cloudy skies on saturday. High pressure builds in sunday through tuesday, next chance of rain next week will be on thursday. And thats a look at your wednesday forecast. [ music ] time now 6 51. With all this rain, water regulators are poised to roll back some of the rules imposed during the drought. Reporter northbound lanes on highway 17 shut down. 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Three judges in San Francisco will decide as early as today whether President Trumps immigration and travel ban remain suspended. Yesterday, the Homeland Security chief said the rollout of the executive order was rushed and should not have been implemented so soon. President trumps nominee for attorney general is expected to be confirmed today after contentious floor debate. Democrats say they are alarmed that alabama senator Jeff Sessions has faced past allegations of racism. A state of emergency is in effect in louisiana after multiple tornadoes touched down in the southeastern part of the state yesterday. The twisters damaged or destroyed hopes and businesses and homes and businesses and knocked out power to tens of thousands. More than a dozen people were hurt. State regulators will meet in sacramento today to decide whether to eliminate water use restrictions in place because of the drought. Many water districts are urging the board to eliminate conservation rules but skeptics say we cant be sure all this wet weather will last for long. The rush is on in the north bay to clean up before the next storm hits. In greenbrae, part of a hillside collapsed just above some homes and there was significant flooding in napa when the napa valley rose well above flood stage. Im maria medina live in Santa Cruz County where a monster mudslide shut down the northbound lanes here on highway 17 on vine hill road. But the southbound lanes are open to twoway traffic. As you can see, traffic is starting to slow down here. Now, this slide sent an suv airborne yesterday morning when it came down. That driver is expected to be okay. But we are talking a massive mudslide, 20 feet of mud and rocks that cover the northbound lanes. At one point, highway 17 was shut down for five hours yesterday completely. This is the biggest one definitely. Theres quit a bit more earth. Its life half the mountainside came down into the road. Its a big serious slide. Reporter county crews say they are stretched so thin because of the mudslides countywide that they are bringing in contractors to help them clean up. The northbound lanes here on highway 17 on vine hill road shut down as they clean up the mess. The southbound lanes are open to twoway traffic. The chp doesnt have a timeline on when they will open the northbound lanes. They are hoping for some time later today or tomorrow. Live in Santa Cruz County, maria medina, kpix 5. It is 6 57. Just to add to your report, just in, chp says that should be open highway 17 should be open tomorrow by 4 p. M. But, of course, thats not a guarantee. Well keep an eye on that for you here. Moving to the other Traffic Alert, along the Altamont Pass, this has been the major hot spot of the morning. Westbound 580 at greenville road. There are two very large potholes out there causing trouble here. 6 Miles Per Hour there. Actually a 15mile backup on to 205 in tracy. So if you are heading from tracy or San Joaquin County to the Altamont Pass, you have your work cut out for you. Avoid the area. Consider ace or maybe Patterson Pass road but thats also jammed so give yourself plenty of time if you do have to take this route to get to where youre going. It does free up once you get to livermore but again, you have a lot of minutes to drive in the Altamont Pass traffic due to potholes. Heres a live look at the slow traffic along the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. Give yourself some extra time to get to where youre going there, 25 minutes. 28 minutes going across the bay bridge from the toll plaza. We have had heavy rain all morning and now according to our live hidef Doppler Radar, we have the rain showers widespread and a new batch of energy just poised and positioned off the north bay ready to push onshore. We have a Flood Warning in effect for the Russian River near guerneville. Im talking Johnson Beach. Right now, 33. 9 nearly 34 feet flood stages at 32. We are anticipating moderate flooding before the river does recede later this afternoon. This is our live weather camera from Valley Christian Elementary School in inspiration drive looking towards mount diablo. Who took it . What happened to the mountain . Mostly cloudy skies there. Some widely scattered showers today. We are currently in the 50s and 60s. Outside number today 65. Showers begin to taper off this afternoon and evening before a bigger storm rolls into the bay area. Its a cold front on thursday. Then again on friday, we dry out for the weekend through tuesday which is valentines day. Oh, yay not that it matters to me. It does. [ laughter ] have a great day. Good morning to our viewers in the west. Its wednesday, february 8, 2017. Welcome to cbs this morning. 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