Weakened due to the heavy rain that weve had in the last week or so. Reporter the park service is investigating a very rare kind of incident here. A place where nearly 1 Million People come every single year to stand in awe of trees nearly 1000 years old. We consider this a totally isolated event and ayers e with the family. Reporter in marin county, wilson walker, kpix 5 news. A live look across the bay area where its cloudy and chilly. Some areas even seeing a dusting of snow and hail earlier today. The weather was perfect for ice skating on the embarcadero. Meteorologist darren peck says the rain isnt quite over just yet. This was an interesting christmas morning. You may have gotten woken up by thunder in the three at 4 00 hour. Let me show you what came down on the ground in marin, this is video of hail that was taken in san rafael and it wasnt just the hail and thunderstorms. Look at the snow on mt. Hamilton from earlier today, as well. Not a ton but still technically a White Chr
Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc7. A wild round of weather in the bay area led to a close call for a family in the north bay. Good evening, im dan ashley. A bolt of lightning this morning splintered a 100foot tall tree in mill valley at water view drive and lcd court. Some neighbors say it sounded like a bomb going off. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez is here with a story youll see only on 7. Lauren. Dan, the strike split the tree in two and would fall on the home below. They evacuated the family making for a very unusual Christmas Morning. It was like a bomb went off. It was right behind the house. Reporter residents of water view drive in mill valley were woken up just after 4 00 christmas morn when a strong force of lightningit pl s redwood tree. It exploded into shards where it sent part of the tree on top of our house, on top of our car, on top of the power pole. Reporter the Fire Department evacuated the lobos family for three hours. They live just below.
I initially thought it was like an earthquake or something. A tragic christmas accident in muir woods, falling trees kill a hiker. Hear from a man in the woods when a tree came crashing down today. Its been a rainy christmas across the bay area, a look at when the clouds will clear and when the next storm may roll into town. Christmas confusion, why the homeless here on wood street are told its time to go. After christmas many shoppers will be headed right back to stores looking for a good deal. Many stores wont be around for much longer. Thanks for joining us at 11 00. Im juliette goodrich. Im brian hackney. We start tonight with a deadly hike in muir woods. Kpix5s andria borba spoke with a man who was in the woods when the tree started falling. I initially thought it was like an earthquake or something, no idea, but i never heard a sound like that. Reporter it was around 4 30 Christmas Eve when the majestic innate stillness of muir woods was shattered when five trees near hillside tr
Into town. Christmas confusion, why the homeless here on wood street are told its time to go. After christmas many shoppers will be headed right back to stores looking for a good deal. Many stores wont be around for much longer. Thanks for joining us at 11 00. Im juliette goodrich. Im brian hackney. We start tonight with a deadly hike in muir woods. Kpix5s andria borba spoke with a man who was in the woods when the tree started falling. I initially thought it was like an earthquake or something, no idea, but i never heard a sound like that. Reporter it was around 4 30 Christmas Eve when the majestic innate stillness of muir woods was shattered when five trees near hillside trail collapsed like dominoes. Alex shepard visiting from new york was hiking with his mother when the trees fell. Just finishing our hike when we heard this colossal noise about 250, maybe 200 feet away and watched a huge redwood fall from the hillside down to the trail below. Reporter they hiked out to meet rangers
Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc7. A wild round of weather in the bay area led to a close call for a family in the north bay. Good evening, im dan ashley. A bolt of lightning this morning splintered a 100foot tall tree in mill valley at water view drive and lcd court. Some neighbors say it sounded like a bomb going off. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez is here with a story youll see only on 7. Lauren. Dan, the strike split the tree in two and would fall on the home below. They evacuated the family making for a very unusual Christmas Morning. It was like a bomb went off. It was right behind the house. Reporter residents of water view drive in mill valley were woken up just after 4 00 christmas morn when a strong force of lightning split this redwood tree. It exploded into shards where it sent part of the tree on top of our house, on top of our car, on top of the power pole. Reporter the Fire Department evacuated the lobos family for three hours. They live just be