Impacting traffic at all. Lets take a look at the roads with Demetria Demetria obilor southbound sunset is closed near the 215 interchange after a fatal crash. Avoid the area using jones instead. Northbound traffic is getting through. Theres also a wreck at rancho and us 95 up in the northwest. West coast, floods are hitting the central us. Michael Stevens several fires are burning in california this week, and parts of iowa are getting inundated with high water. Reid binion reports. christina schwabecher neighbor it is a really bad day for a fire. Reid binion multiple wildfires raging in california this week. christina schwabecher neighbor we all worry that the loma fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains reportedly burning upwards of twothousand acres so far. Destroying one home, threatening hundreds more. And forcing hundreds of evacuations some heeding the call. Chris Clark Santa Cruz co. Sheriff spokesman weve had a mix of folks that have decided to stay and some that have decided to leav
Are your states problems and how is your governor addressing those problems . Here is how you can call and let us know 2027488001 for mountain and specific time zones. If you want to post on this thought about your states problems, you might do so on twitter cspanwj. And you can post on our facebook page. Of currentampling issues involving governors across the United States, we start in louisiana with the new elected governor, john bel edwards. Already addressing the states budget issues. He says, hes holding a special session to do so. Saying that escalating rhetoric majord a grim picture of problems for Higher Education, health care and other services unless the Legislature Agrees on how to come up with 930 million by june 30. He says without legislative action, baton rouge some campuses would be declaring bankruptcy. And health care would suffer devastating cuts, including hospital closings. It means the difference between life and death. That is in louisiana. Turning to new york, G
That system near the coast pulls away. We are in the mid50s in greenville today. Quite nice, plenty of sunshine through the day. Becoming when the, and the same goes in the mountains were temperatures today are in the upper 40s. That is the warmest you will feel for several days. We will talk about the timing of snow, rain, and bitterly cold air that is yet to come in for the upcoming week. I will like about that in a bit. Myra Super Bowl Weekend is here. Kick off is a little over 18 hours from now. Allyson the panthers will be getting ready to take the field in california. To fight for the title of super bowl 50 champs. All their hard work leads up to this one moment. It seemed like nothing more than a formality. And it became official last night. Panthers quarterback cam newton is the nfl mvp. He guided carolina to a 15and1 regular season record. Newton won the award in a landslide. Receiving 48 of the possible 50 votes. Panthers coach ron rivera picked up the coach of the year award
Next, a deadly derailment on amtrak. Passengers describe the chaos. And a big surprise for a 103 yearold who was robbed. T mt ard twk. Nogesurst00eginrn tanphe. It was like a big explosion, then a fire, then the windows bursted out. A fire ball. A frightening few seconds. Didnt know what to do. Right now, moment of impact. Shattered windows rattled nerves and a trail of debris. The final moments before a deadly derailment. Plus, wild weather, round 2. 60 mileanhour wind gusts, downed trees and another storm is on the way. If you thought winter was over, guess again. Were expecting rain and snow for the morning commute. Meteorologist elise finch is tracking it all. The good news is the winds have died down. No wind advisories or high wind warnings, but we are watching that snow inching closer and closer. Vortex satellite and radar shows the bigger picture. Heres the next system poised to move in. It is going to bring us rain and snow. Some of the snow is actually were talking about a li
Are you fine . Hes waking up. Hes like somebody hit me from the back. I told him, yeah, i know. Reporter herrera said soon he learned the trooper was trapped. I tumpd his shoulder. Im like officer, are you okay . Are you awake . I didnt get no response. And i just got on his walkietalkie and i just said trooper down on 495. Caller he backed his tow truck up and moved the mercedes out of the way. Two witnesses say this man got out of the mercedes. Police have not confirmed that for us. State Police Identify the driver as Prasad Yadavalli of new jersey. He was in shock. He had head trauma. He was bleeding like crazy. When he stepped out of the car, i seen him just Walking Around his car, you know, and everybody else was trying to get the police, the trooper out of the car. Reporter this tow truck driver says his rig was also struck by the mercedes after it hit the trooper. He says everyone quickly sprang into action. All of trying to help the trooper, but we couldnt do anything with our