As you head out the door today. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Tuesday, january 9. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. We are starting with a serious crash in milpitas. A wrongway driver caused a crash on southbound 880. Traffic is very slow in the area and is expected to stay that way. Alex savidge is on the scene. What can you tell us . Reporter a huge investigation unfolding in the southbound lanes of interstate 880, north of 237 in milpitas. According to the chp, the driver of this green minivan, on the lefthand side of your screen against the divider, the driver of that band got on the freeway early this morning going in the wrong direction, traveling north on southbound interstate going in the wrong direction, traveling north on southbound interstate 880. That van then slammed into four other cars. The driver of that van, according to the chp, suffered major injuries in that crash and has been transported to the hospital. Amazingly enough, according to officers on the scene, the
Good news, we are starting to pair back or taper the storm. Now through 8 00 i will keep it a 2 because we have light to moderate rain possible in the east bay and south bay and standing water just about everywhere. The best radar returns are in those areas with it looks like around san mateen and possibly forgotten hill where we have the moderate showers. Here is a quick look at the roof camera, you can see some of that standing water on the embarcadero. My accuweather 12 hour planner, scattered showered at 7 00, isolated at noon, just about over by 4 00 and then its dry by 7 00 with temperatures in the low to mid 50s most of the day. Badly needed rain, but it makes driving treacherous and as mike said we are starting to improve the green on our maps means that it is raining for your commute, the blue means it is potential for standing water. Lets take a look at this slow traffic over the altamonte pass. There is a big pothole in the middle of the road, lane number three westbound 580
101, 101 is closed around Santa Barbara due to mud flows into breeze. Keep in mind if you were taking one 01 south, there are some issues down there. We had some impressive rain totals. Kevin leedy showing 5. 02 inches in sausalito. That is impressive. Others including kentfield, 5. 28. Mill valley, four point, 4. 33. Oakland, 2. 70. Napa, just over 2. San jose, 1. 70. Our system is moving east and south. As it does, is taking that moisture. There is still some holding on mainly to the east and south. It just about out of my forecast area except from the Altamont Pass, livermore and dublin. 580, 680 and back toward the sunol grade. Over to sunnyvale and cupertino and in and around san jose where it circling the wagons. Its about time in the santa cruz mountains. 50s on most of the temperatures. That normally breeze has kicked in. As the low died south, High Pressure will build to the south. This system may pizza rain and for the north on thursday but it will not be similar to what we h
A role in this . Reporter good morning to you, kris and laura. A witness we spoke to definitely thinks the wet pafbt here played a factor. Chp tells us theyre still investigating but says the rain might have been a role played a role in this accident. You can see what this accident looked like just after it happened during the morning commute. From a witnesss cell phone video. See the small Yellow School bus collided headon with a white pickup truck. On board that bus, a driver who is 34 weeks pregnant and seven children all of them on theyre way to school. The children and driver were taken to local hospitals, primarily as a precaution and to make sure the baby wasnt hurt. All of them are expected to be okay. There were three other vehicles involved, two pickups and a vw bug. Two people from those vehicles suffered serious injuries. One a broken leg and the other internal injuries, according to chp. A witness who heard the crash believed it was the vw bug that hi hydroplaned into the
Rise in these overnight hours. There are hundreds of people waiting to be rescued. Many of the roads andburied in. One of the most powerful pictures weve seen, this teenage girl freed from the mud. The community hit hardest, monteci montecito, the upscale enclave, with vegetation burned away, the mud pouring through town, even across highway 101. Cheryl hurd is with us with the latest. Reporter the mudslides happened in a region where a few weeks ago, rain was needed to try to put out the worst wildfire in california history. Teams of engineers knew that rain could cause mudslides in the burnedout area. But no one could predict this type of devastation. Tonight, bulldozers are scraping away mud in the streets of Santa Barbara county. Trees uprooted, a landslide pushing homes off their foundation. Survivors in disbelief. I looked outside. There was an orange sky. I went out and saw an explosive fire. Started videoing it. Reporter by helicopter, rescue teams are doing everything they can