Too, just a slight delay building westbound 580, tracy to dublin, up to 32 minutes. Westbound 4, antioch to concord, just 15 and southbound 101, san rafael to San Francisco, youre in the green at 18 minutes. Few lingering weatherrelated issues, well talk about this next. As the flood waters recede in san jose, heres whats left. A thick layer of mud that is covering just about everything and thats translating to a whole lot of trash. Piles of garbage. Abc7 News Reporter matt keller is live in san jose with whats being done about it all today. Hey, matt. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. It is cold out here this morning. Thats just one more factor that people have to deal with here in san jose, especially in these flooded areas as theyre trying to get rid of all this stuff but heres some good news. They are going to get some help getting rid of this stuff today off these sidewalks. The city of san jose will be delivering dumpsters to the Williams Street and the city of san jose
Low to mid 50s under mostly sunny conditions, these temperatures well cooler than average. Grab a coat if youre heading out this evening, 41 to 48. I do have some showers in the weekend forecast. Well talk about that next. As the flood waters recede in san jose, you can see a thick layer of mud thats covering just about everything and thats translating into a whole lot of trash. Abc7 News Reporter matt keller is live in san jose with whats being done today to get rid of piles of garbage. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. It is really cold out here. This is just one more factor to people here in san jose are having to deal with in these flooded neighborhoods but heres some good news. Theyre going to get help getting rids of all this stuff that is now piled up outside on the sidewalks. The city of san jose will be delivering dumpsters to the Williams Street and rock string spring neighborhoods this morning. San Jose Fire Department says theyll monitor how the process is going so
Answers. Some complain they pump out their basements but the floodwaters just come back. Checks totaling 65,000 were to help victims. The mayor stopped by with doughnuts and coffee to thank first responders. Where is where the rescue team is based that saved 330 trapped residents in rock springs. The mayor said they will hold public hearings in response to the flood. The bureaucratic finger pointing stops today. This happened in my city, im responsible. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. Volunteers are needed tomorrow to help clean up after the floods. If you can help maybe shovel mud or clean some homes or garages, meet at Roosevelt Park starting at 7 00 tomorrow morning. The city will be providing gloves, tools and trash bags to anybody who comes down to help. You can show up until 3 00 in the afternoon. Tomorrow the city of san jose plans to open a flood Assistance Center. Its going to be a multipagenc onestop shop. The center will be open from 9 00 to 4 00 this weekend
The mayor had outlined earlier how the money would be used. Housing, try to clean up the water, try to resolve conditions so the people can move in. Reporter he says he plans to hold the mayor accountable for making sure the money depose directly to flood victims. In san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. This is fantastic but the flood victims still need more help because that recovery is going to be expensive. You can donate 10 to the red cross by texting the words red cross to 90999 and that charge will show up on your phone bill. The u. S. Army corps of engineers is responding to questions about why more wasnt done to prevent the devastating flooding in the coyote creek area. A 1997 study showed the cost of federal participation in Flood Control Risk Management would outweigh the benefits. This morning the Santa Clara Valley Water District announced it will be reaching out to the army corps again and to congress for federal money after last months devastating floods. The district is no
Around 60 everywhere at noon, 57 to 65 your spread during this warmest afternoon this week. And then back in the low to mid 50s by 7 00, seeing a lot of stars. Do have rain in the forecast this weekend. More about that coming up next. How about the commute, alexis. We are going to enjoy that dry pavement for right now and everybody cruising along just fine in san jose. We had a lot of issues yesterday morning. Today we are incidentfree. I dont have anything to talk about. Northbound 101 still looking good and a quick check of drive times here. Filling in out of the Central Valley, westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 40 minutes, westbound 4, antioch to concord, about 14 and southbound 101, san rafael to San Francisco, youre in the yellow at 18 minutes. Overnight road work wrapping up. Developing news this morning, democrats are calling for the resignation of attorney general skregs. Thats after the Justice Department confirmed sessions did have contact with russias ambassador to the u. S. O