Stick around for the next couple of hours. See how part of this was raining in oakland today. Drivers using the wipers, of course. Well have people out in the elements trying to stay dry with their umbrellas. And on the 23rd avenue exit from northbound, a lot of standing water causing slowdowns and traffic. Now emergency crews spent the day responding to dozens of crashes on bay area roadways. Road flairs, flashing lights were caught. Nonstop calls and responding to 100 accidents. As the rain continues, we may see problems in the morning commute tomorrow. And lets take a live look at our storm tracker, the yellow and orange areas, the heavy range still flowing across the bay area. Safe to say the storm isnt over just yet. Chief meteorologist bill martin to give us a little bit of context on just how much rain has fallen so far. Well, we are seeing interesting enough, its been a heavy rain day, a lot of rain. Well show you those in a minute. The heaviest rain of the day, moving in right
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
Napa airport, santa rosa and concord but not nearly the same amount that weve had. Upper 40s and 50s. That includes the Santa Clara Valley and santa cruz and the Santa Cruz Mountains and cupertino, campbell. Everyone is close. A slight easterly component to the breeze. Streaming from the west is a lot of cloud cover but not much else yet. 60s for the temperatures. 5 01 am. Still good . Still good for the most part. We are looking at a commute that does not have a lot of moving parts just yet. I will tell you that traffic is going to be set back by the wet weather that happened overnight. The roads are still wet. Lets start with the ultimate past where you see traffic will be slow on 205 and 580. This is different from yesterday. We did not have a lot of slow traffic because of the holiday. Everyone is back today. 10 Miles Per Hour. Once you get past 205, 12 Miles Per Hour. Once you get to livermore, it is a lot better. 70 Miles Per Hour if youre driving into livermore. Moving on to the
I decided to stay back. I thought it was the wise decision on fat tuesday to attend class. It was the wise decision in the end. Multiple stories i cant share right now. Yes. Back here in the bay area, hope youre having a great morning. In the east bay, there is a debate going on in the California High School in san ramon where a Student Leadership group has decided to no longer include the National Anthem as part of the school pep rally. We have more from alex savaging from san ramon and what prompted the decision. Reporter well, i will tell you, good morning to you, the associated student body here at cal high decided to start skimming the National Anthem all skipping the National Anthem all together at the pep rallies and it is about the concern about the unsung third verse of the an tem which they consider racist and it has a lot of people talking and has strong reactions this morning. I am disgusted. I do not understand how somebody or the leadership of this school, the students, c
Tsunami watch has been canceled however city authorities worn that our shoreline, our harbors , the inlets, they could still have some dangerous and unpredictable currents today. They say you should stay away from the coastlines for the next 12 hours. Early this morning the San Francisco department of Emergency Management tweeted People Living within three blocks of the Pacific Coast or five blocks of San Francisco bay should prepare to evacuate. The original tsunami warning was for the original california coast down to the mexican border. A more serious watch was is good for alaska and British Columbia. You are seeing video from kodiak alaska. This anomaly may appear as water moving rapidly out to sea, a gentle rising tide like a flood. A series of breaking free waves or a frothy wall of water. A person caught me drown or be crushed by debris or be swept out to sea. Its advised if there is a tsunami to head to Higher Ground or head inland. Hours tsunami watch has been canceled. We did