Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Breaking news tonight, an amtrak train plows into members of a legendary bay area band. Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. That crash happened just after 7 30 tonight at Jack London Square in oakland. Kpix5s Christin Ayers is there right now. Reporter yeah, guys, the general manager of the jazz club yoshis told me it was 10 minute to show time. He says two minutes to show time. He says two members of the tower of power band, the bassist and drummer were rushing across the street and waited for one train to pass and tried to cross, but a second train going the opposite direction hit them. The two were thrown several feet. The manager called 911 and stayed by both mens sides. He said they were both unconscious at the time and appeared to have broken bones. The men were taken to Highland Hospital and were responsive at that time. We dont know if they didnt hear the train or we dont know how the tragedy happened, but were
And gusty winds. Ill start with now. Our live hidef doppler radar. Its a clean slate but we have areas of fog developing limiting visibility especially in the santa rosa area. We are in the 30s livermore and in santa rosa. We are in the 40s in San Francisco and across the bridge in oakland. San jose 42. Its 41 in redwood city. Thats the setup. High pressure is building in. Rain to the south and to the east of the bay area. We have temperatures today seasonal actually with mostly sunny skies. Rockaway beach the place to be today. 52 degrees. Otherwise around the peninsula, into the low and mid50s from East Palo Alto all the way into la honda. Cupertino, campbell and the Santa Clara Valley all in the mid50s. We jump to 55 in milpitas and fremont. Otherwise east bay numbers stacking up from a very cool 50 in danville to 56 degrees in antioch. Vallejo youll be in the mid 50s, as well. Meanwhile your north bay numbers stacking up from 54 degrees, great visibility in stinson beach. You know
Creek stranding livestock, damaging homes. Rescue crews saved nearly 50 people. Search and rescued didnt have time to notify people. They didnt have time. They didnt know what was come. Reporter so in the Santa Cruz Mountains we also saw the San Lorenzo River breach its banks also flooding some homes over there. Today we have learned the usc gs will be out at Santa Cruz Beach at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River to figure out how major storm events like the one this week shape and erode our coastline. But there is some good news because of the recent storms. Now, take a look at the lexington reservoir. And how full it is. Were told 40 of california including the bay area is no longer in a drought because of this weeks storms. Lexington reservoir like many others in the area is at full capacity. Meantime, right now, again, here in hollister, officials are warning people in some parts of the area to avoid drinking their tap water. They were giving out bottled water yesterday and no time
Steve the upside of the downpour reservoirs filled to capacity. Steve both in the bay area and up in the sierra. State water officials telling kron four things are looking up for us youre watching kron four news in prime time. Reporter the series of storms giving california the rain it needs. But causing headaches for neighbors. Steve steve aveson. Pam and im pam moore. Pam tonight. From marin county to guerneville and back to the east bay. Pam we are tracking the trail of destruction left behind. And the work to cleanup and repair the damage. P steve and our team has you covered. Kron4s alecia reid is live in the east bay where there are concerns about a collapsed road. And Charles Clifford live in the north bay where extreme flooding shut down highway 37. Pam but first lets go out to following flooding in guerneville. Reporter there will be opening starting tomorrow at 8 30 a. M. Until 3 30 a. M. And will be open until sunday, january 15th. The water has receded a lot of the streets.
Oakland. Alecia do we know the condition tonight of the band members hit by the train . Reporter know. Steve we do not at the moment. We do know that it would try to get to freshi. Reporter it is not clear as to what their injuries are at this time. Reporter bay were scheduled to play ed at yoshis tonight. I was supposed to meet them here because we have a v8 we have a gig. It was nothing going on and then it just happened. The freiht train going that way which was literally walking distance. Reporter yoshi has canceled the concert for tonight. We will bring you the latest. Steve thanks alecia well check back in with you as soon as you have new information. Pam tower of power is an iconic home grown band. Together almost 50 years, the band was one of the many groups to come out of the bay area in the late 1960s. Including the grateful dead, jefferson airplane, and santana. Pam they always claimed oakland as their home. They call their sound urban soul music. Their many hits include you