His coworkers spoke after the man was freed. So i want to say thank you one more time, everybody. Thank you. Did you get a chance to talk to him . Yes, we went straight to the hospital to make sure everything was okay. Reporter the mans name is rojelio esparza. He is 42yearold old and is doing okay in the hospital. Anne makovec, kpix 5. Im sure he is ready to sleep in his bed and have this behind his. Hive in oakland, anne makovec, kpix 5. Parts of the bay area are seeing heavy rain this morning. As yet another storm system moves in, the Golden Gate Bridge, wet roads there and everywhere. Lets check in with julie watts who is updating her numbers as we speak. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah, we are tracking light to moderate rainfall for many locations this morning on the road. In fact, lets go to hidef doppler and talk about the heavy rain now. So we are looking at 580 here. A moderate cell in pleasanton showers there. In milpitas get ready for moderate rain heading your way right no
Well keep our chopper on scene, keep kim on scene, and well continue to report on this throughout this half hour. Just in to the newsroom as well, a Santa Clara County sheriffs deputy sworn to serve and protect. Tonight, benjamin lee, pictured here, the one who has to answer to the law. He got in some argument with an employee at a local jackinthebox in santa clara yesterday. Officers arrested lee on suspicion of dui and for flashing his gun at the jackinthebox employee. He has been placed on administrative leave pending a criminal and internal investigation. Now, to a change in the weather. Our satellite radar shows a new round of rain heading our way, just off the coast. The skies also changing right now. Our live cameras show cloudy, gray skies across the bay area this evening. Jeff is tracking the storm and the neighborhoods that should expect the most rain. Jeff. That storm system is just hours away from producing heavier rainfall across the bay area. You can see the far reaching
Happening now. We have at bay point, concord, walnut creek, out of lafayette, lighttomoderate sure. North of napa, and another along the coast heading to san mateo and redwood city. You see an uptick and more puddles. The next six hours you can see scattered showers. 12 hours shows the chance will taper in the afternoon. Have the umbrella handy. Sue . Standing wart. High wind. Makes for a nasty commute. As iings inned to natasha, seven or eight solo spinouts. Some are, blocking some are on the shoulder. Use extra caution. Gusty winds on the Golden Gate Bridge with four lanes and the zipper truck went by with a bigrig in santa rosa not on the freeway but on the surface streets of todd road and they will close todd road overpass over 101 freeway to clean up the mess with debris in the lanes. We will have the wind advisory in a few minutes. In oakland a man trapped in a sewer is finally free. He was stuck in a 2x3 space for 13 hours. Our reporter, amy hollyfield, is at Highland Hospital o
I was here at 2. It was interesting. I was telling the weather producer when i came in it must have been a little bubble because i didnt get a raindrop from the time i left my door to the time i got here. Oh, wow. But everything was soaked. The ground was saturated. And i was just in a lucky Little Pocket of dry. Do not let that deceive you. Its going to be a wet morning commute. As these guys can attest its coming down hard at times. Gusty winds out there as well so be cautious on your bridges today. Heres hidef doppler. As you can see, light to moderate showers with a couple of pocket of heavy rain. We are going to zoom into one of those right now. You can see this one in oakland. This is going to be moderate to heavy rainfall right now coming down right over 80. We are going to see these throughout the morning so keep that in mind as you head off to work or school. Temperatures right now mild in the 50s. So warm for this time of day and your weather headlines to get you through the
By the time this moves through, we could have a decent half inch when it rolls through the next half hour. Highs today back in the mid 50s with afternoon sun and more thunderstorms this afternoon. Well time all that out plus two more storm systems this upcoming week. Lets toss things over to mike. I want folks to look at the lens. Watch these dots forming. Theres actually rain falling on the lens. Anthony talked about the rain coming in to san jose about 6 00. Perfect timing. A little build for that commute. Slick roadways, show you the dispute. Looking at dublin as well. Slower drives as well developing for west 580 out of the altamont and through dublin through livermore. Were talking about slick roadways, the offramps. Folks coming off at freeway speeds. Spinouts likely. Weve seen a number this morning. Looking toward the bay bridge, were looking at our camera there. Gusty winds are a factor as well. Bay bridge, san mateo bridge, the highrise. Chp gave an earlier warning as well. No