New at 11 00, stopped in the sierra in the middle of a blizzard. This is new video from Donner Summit, the situation growing more dire by hour, people trapped in cars for hours on the drop in temperature. Chp forced to shut down on i80. What driver says he was shutting back to california from reno with his dog. Stuck in the storm on one of these on ramps. I was going 15 miles an hour and lost track since i decided to pull over. Look at that you could barely see anything. You can see is sort of the road. Those warnings went out urging people to stay away from blizzard conditions. Lets or didnt he that warning got the brunt of this historically bad weather. It is going to go from bad to worse at this hour. That storm is intensifying, with no break in sight. Heavy rain and wind are stirring up trouble here is well. Jeff ranieri is tracking all of this. We will get the latest from him in a little bit. But first lets get you caught up on the nightmare scenario playing out of the mountains r
Is whipping at Donner Summit tonight. Interstate 80 is shut down from baxter to the nevada state line due to multiple spinouts and low visibility ktvu zac sos has the latest tonight from placer county. We thought we were going to make it. So, like you said, hopefully. Fingers crossed devin and his girlfriend mikaela hitting a roadblock friday on their way from livermore to her dads 60th birthday in reno with a blizzard over the sierra, interstate 80 shut down in both directions just before blue canyon reports of multiple spinouts ahead got my familys out there, so we just kind of woke up and were like, you know, just planning on going to celebrate. But, um, we didnt expect to have to sit right here. Dozens of trucks lining the highway waiting for it to reopen. The couple was sparse supplies. I got starbucks and water. First responders urging anyone on the roads to take further precaution. Since fully charging your ev and ensuring that your gas tank is completely full, you have extra fo
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Now at 11 00, two wild bay area pursuits, a man scaling fences and hiding in sheds, another fleeing a fast food heist that came to a crashing end. Our helicopter crew was almost as busy as the cops. And a storm moving in bringing a whole lot of snow to the sierra. Plus how some south bay residents are trying to prevent a repeat of this disastrous flooding. Can you believe some people waited an hour in line for this . I smell sweaty feet. Like sweaty socks, sweaty gym clothes. From kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hello. Im sara donchey. Rain is getting closer to us here in the bay area. That is nothing compared to what they are about to see in the mountains. Paul, this could be an epic snowstorm in the sierra, right . Yeah. Were talking about the potential of setting 24 hour snowfall records at the central sierra snowfall lab, which is a place that has some pretty high standards for those snowfall records. Its that level of storm. Lets get to the deta
Now. Were trying caltrans is trying the best they can to get the same open up. Its probably not going to be today with more and more than likely tomorrow. Its its still pretty up at the top. And the latest from chp, how the roads are looking for the rest of the weekend. Kron 4 news at 10 begins right now. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Good evening and thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at 10. Im dan thorn. Our top story tonight is the major snowstorm in the sierra heavy snow has been dumping down and strong. Wind gusts are creating the current blizzardlike conditions out there. Lets take a live look right now at i80 tonight. This is in 80 89 area. You can maybe just one emergency crew out there. Not many people out on the roads, which is a good thing because it is dangerous. Kron fours gayle ong. Joining us now with a look at the forecast again. Hello, dan. Yes, were going to day 3 of our blizzard warning. Treacherous roads out th