Dozens of Congressional Democrats in a boycott of the trump inauguration. Whoosh the bay areas brief respite from the rain. About to end. Kron four is tracking a new storm heading our way. Youre watching kron four news in prime time. People in the bay area will likely be on heightened alert with this second suspected case of meningitis. Grant lodes is here to remind us what we need to look out for. Some of you may be wondering what causes bacterial meningitis. And what symptoms to look for if you think you may have come in contact with someone who has it. According to the cdc. Germs are spread from person to person. Usually through saliva. Like kissing, sneezing, or coughing. Symptoms include. Nausea or vomiting. Increased sensitivity to light. Also confusion. Fever and neck stiffness. They typically are felt within 3 to 7days of exposure. Like we saw in marin. The illness can be deadly. They can also cause seizures or a coma. Fortunately meningitis is not as contagious as the common c
Britteny recaps and then a 545 like removing and the heavy rain does not concern so right over our evening commute. And then it will go to the east and another round of on thursday. Right after and 10 minutesit said. And the stork quarters monday afternoon, a small crew of volunteers cleaned mud off this park amphitheater near downtown guernville. The Russian River just a few yards away. Nats while most of town was spared from the flooding, the high water left mud and debrie in some of the lower spots. Chris brokate organized this cleanup effort, he says the communuity has really pulled together. Sot we had 33 people come out yesterday morning and spend most of the day cruising around with trucks and trailers. A few miles away, brian peddinhaus, the owner of fife creek antiques, spent monday assessing the damage to his store and throwing out water soaked merchandise. Sot sorting through all this stuff. Taking pictures for insurance. Deciding whats salvageable and whats not. The flood r
Britteny recaps and then a 545 like removing and the heavy rain does not concern so right over our evening commute. And then it will go to the east and another round of on thursday. Right after and 10 minutesit said. And the stork quarters monday afternoon, a small crew of volunteers cleaned mud off this park amphitheater near downtown guernville. The Russian River just a few yards away. Nats while most of town was spared from the flooding, the high water left mud and debrie in some of the lower spots. Chris brokate organized this cleanup effort, he says the communuity has really pulled together. Sot we had 33 people come out yesterday morning and spend most of the day cruising around with trucks and trailers. A few miles away, brian peddinhaus, the owner of fife creek antiques, spent monday assessing the damage to his store and throwing out water soaked merchandise. Sot sorting through all this stuff. Taking pictures for insurance. Deciding whats salvageable and whats not. The flood r
Its closed since this morning because of concern that that slide back there is going to be sliding again. You see theres dirt along the center divider. A front loader is trying to keep more rock or debris to come down. A landslide expert is on site to make a final determination whether its safe for 17 to be reopened tonight or not. Engineers and guyologi ologgeol worried this isnt done sliding. The risk is evident as you see small rocks tumbling down. There are larger rocks and boulders that could crash down on to the southbound lanes that were unexpectedly closed this morning. The geologist is using flags to track the hills movement. What is done he set markers in the slide. He is tracking how much if you look at it, you can see a little bit of movement. Its hard over time to see how much of its rooted. He has sensors in the slide. He is gauging how much of the hill coming down. Reporter this hill wiped out two vehicles. An abc 7 news van and a pickup truck earlier week. They dont wan
Learned the state gave workers the green light to clean the mudslides on highway 17 after a worker died up there but as you mentioned that slide is now on the move again so they have shut down highway 17 and it has caused quite a head ache here. It began just before 10 this morning. Highway 17 shut down at summit road southbound and Granite Creek road northbound. Traffic once again backed up on the major route between san jose and santa cruz. Its inconvenient. Since tuesday the mudslides caused a mess in the area. Northbound line remains closed. Tragedy struck. Yesterday a contractor ran over two others killing bobby gill and wounding steven whitmire. The state suspended the clean up to investigate what went wrong. We havent had rain like this for quite a while. While the rain appears to have stopped the roads have not. There are mudslides county wide near Gordon Georges him. Hes lived here all his life. His advice for anyone driving through the mountains right now. Dont. Really it can