This morning at 36. 7 feet at 4. 5 feet above flood stage. The Russian River rose to about that level earlier this week on tuesday. So this is a double whammy. Homes and businesses near the Russian River banks were once again flooded and as soon as the waters receded here we are again. People who live around here though are taking it all in stride. Everybody is doing well in the neighborhood. This is pretty normal. But the storm we had a couple of weeks ago was by far worse. Theres no water in our well, theres a little bit of water in our basement but nothing like a few weeks ago. Reporter and then theres trouble at the Mark West Creek in west Sonoma County which joins with the Russian River. Trees and branches down around its banks. Its normally less than a half foot deep but today, it is approaching 10 feet in some stretches. And then theres a possibility of mudslides in the hills here in wine country. Our crews checked on some of the homes above guerneville in danger of tumbling aro
580 westbound and 205. It is very slow on those freeways, and its slow all the way over to the pass. There have been no major problems getting into the livermore area, but you will be behind schedule if you have to drive, especially on 205. Its getting slower and slower in this area. Lets give you some live punctures. Interstate 880 still looks pretty good in both directions here as you drive past the coliseum. And at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is still light. Things begin to change a little bit at about 5 30. Right now, you still have a window of opportunity. At 5 01, lets go bahening to the desk. Vice president ial nominees mike pence and tim cain faced off in virginia for their one and only debate. The political experts and analysts and campaigns are all giving their opinions and their reaction this is this morning. Reporter live at Longwood University in virginia, the site of last nights debate. Good morning. Good morning to you, pam and dave. Neither one of these bp nominees ha
Instructions of your local officials. And if you get an evacuation order, just remember that you can always rebuild, you can always repair property. You cannot restore a life if it is lost. And we want to make sure that we minimize any possible loss of life or risk to people in these areas. Areas. The storm is being blamed for at least 11 deaths since it made landfall in haiti. Mandatory evacuations are underway in parts of florida. Governor scott told coastal residents to leave if they are able to. If matthew directly impacts florida there will be mass destruction that we havent seen in years. Again n is a deadly storm approaching our state. Dozens of school buses lined up along the highways as a quarter Million People will be evacuated from the coast later this afternoon. National guard has mobilized. We have 700 Traffic Control points along the interstates. You will see lots of Law Enforcement officers as well as guardsmen. We will have the comfort stations which will have the bathr
What was the atmosphere there and in the audience, may friend . My friend . Reporter sorry, guys. I am not able to hear you down here. But jim snyder in the spin room. And depending on who you talked with after the debate which side they were on, they thought their candidate won. I can tell you i did find Jacob Thompson who teaches a class on president ial debates at unlv and expectations. I spoke with him afterwards and Michael Greene who is a professor of his history here. They thought it was about a draw and that each side saw what they wanted to see. This they said trump didnt do anything to hurt himself. They said he was settled down even though there were plenty of jabs along the way. I will bring in my colleague who has been watching all of it with me. Do you agree with that assessment that it was a draw tonight . The needle. I think both candidates did what they had to do and i thought frankly trump held his own and i thought clinton held her own tonight. The question is, espec
On. Nicer conditions into the weekend. We will talk about that as the morning goes on. Yes. Jd, we have lane restrictions north and south between 490 and 90 until 6 00 a. M. It shouldnt be an issue for the morning rush. Too, you may come across this in the city of cleveland. A two car crash in the process of getting this cleaned up. East 93rd north of 90. Here is the odot view. A quick peek of quiet roads out there for now. Back to you. During the summer the east bank of the flats the clevelands hottest spot to be. Plenty of bars and restaurants are down on the water but we are learning they may not be doing so well after all. Sarah phinney is live in the flats. Reporter good morning, terrence. A windy friday morning. Willyville here on west 10th is in the dark this morning. The opener posting on facebook that he is deeply thanking his staff and patrons. Now the restaurant is named after the first mayor of cleveland. It opened back in 2013. It was one of the first in the newly redevelo