Lord, were grateful that though wrong seems strong, you continue to rule. Fill our lawmakers with reverence and trust in your prevailing providence. May that reverential awe keep them on the path of courage, integrity, and wisdom. Lord, remind them that you have invited them to seek and discover your might. You declared in psalm 50 15 call me in the day of trouble, and i will deliver you. We praise your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the house of representatives has passed a bill thats kind of like a onesizefitsall for elections. That everything ought to be run out o
High. Thats because were in the heart of the storm right now and we still have several more hours of weather like this to go before i passes through this is the first level three storm that weve had in over a month, and it is drenching the entire bay area. We have Team Coverage from the south bay to the north bay and the east bay as well. And we have Team Coverage of weather experts tracking the storm. Drew tuma monitoring the watches and warnings in effect right now. But lets begin with spencer christian. Hey, spencer. We want to start by looking at the rainfall totals. Nearly 2 inches in San Francisco. This is the wettest in San Francisco in two years. It is wet and getting wetter all across the bay area, as you can see right here. These batches of yellow and orange offshore represent heavy downpours just beginning to push onshore. The beach is getting a heavy downpour at the moment. Well see heavier rainfall up to san rafael by 6 09. And fairfield, thats the path that this area of h
Caused by rains. Its caused 13 deaths and theyre looking for 24 people still missing. This is montecito in Santa Barbara county where the thomas fire burned last month. Its a neighborhood swamped in mud with a flow so powerful it ripped apart some homes. It inundated highway 101, completely shutting it down. Mud and floodwaters buried roads in Los Angeles County as well. The mudslide comes out of nowhere. Out of the bushes here. Pushes me over three to four feet. Many were taken by surprise at the ferocity. In areas near l. A. And burbank. Across the storm battered area at least 50 people have been rescued by air and dozens more on the ground. Emergency responders called this the worst Case Scenario following last months wildfires. We have Team Coverage of the effects of the weather in Southern California and in the bay area. Drew tuma is adding up how much rain weve received. But first a check in with Spencer Christian who is tracking the system across the state. Spencer . It was a st
Large boulder on the highway 121 between mile for us valley road and vichy avenue. The stretch of road just reopened a few hours ago. Reporter highway state highway 121 has reopened. There are not been that minicars coming through. We are here where the slide happened. We want to show you the terrain. You can see how steep the hillside is. The recent rains apparently caused the landslide. Tow Truck Drivers descended about 100 feet to recover the Toyota Avalon with the driver still seatbelted in but dead. The driver was caught in the large landslide about 5 00 tuesday evening happening on highway 121 in east napa county. We had a witness colin and notified us of the collision. Reporter a boulder from a landslide came barreling down some 600 feet onto the road slamming into the toyota and sending it down the embankment. Authorities found the car in the body of the driver a short time later. Cutting the roof off and checking the patient. The patient was deceased. Reporter the highway was
These street cleaning trucks, not the big items here. The stuff stayed on the street. This man with a tent nearby said he offered to haul it all away like he did in the past. Pay me 30 and i cleaned it up. I clean it up again, three times for free. Reporter this High School Named after the first black Nobel Laureate is known for its Culinary Arts Program but some fear new students will lose their appetite. I dont think they want to come here because seeing this . Dont look like a school that you want to learn at. Reporter now, School Officials are hopeful the city steps up and doesnt walk away from this mess. Now, i reached out to Oakland Public Works and an official provided this map showing calls for Illegal Dumping pickups over the past year. You can see it basically is the whole city. Now, public works say they are doing twice as many pickups compared to five years ago but that even as they pick up the trash, people dump again in the same place. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Now to t