Good evening. Im dan ashley. Its ironic were talking about the disastrous flooding in the middle of the drought. Experts are telling us el nino is an unusually strong one, but not a drought buster. First, Wayne Freedman is live in novato to show you how people are preparing for both drought and a wet winter. Wayne . Reporter good evening, dan. This is almost a matter of pick your predicament. If generating big rains, were going to have mudslides and pain and suffering if that. If we dont get the rain, the drought will be worse. Here is a community, petaluma area, that is dealing with both possibilities. This is a neighborhood with pride of ownership, a sense of community, and a wet history. The problem is that its a creek overflowing. There is no place for the water to go. Reporter terry betterson is the manager of the leisure lake] park. In 1982 the place flooded and water has been problematic ever since, even in a drought. Were worried about getting stranded in here. Were below sea l
Tonight for heather arnold. And im frank somerville. A robbery tonight led to a pursuit, not on the land but in the water. The incident closed the Fourth Street bridge and the lefty o doule bridge for a while, while the man was swimming in the water. Police launched a jet ski and a small boat. The man then climbed on to a badly damaged pier. Eventually he surrendered about 7 00. As it was getting dark. It was very important to us that we were able to get him to surrender because you dont want people thereafter dark. Our crews were there as the suspect was wheeled away and taken to the hospital for medical examination. Hes facing charges of evading a police officer, resisting arrest and noninjury hitand run. At the state capital. California lawmakers have about 24 hours to pass or reject historic legislation before the current session comes to an ends. Among the bills still awaiting a vote, doctor assisted suicide. The legislative deadline is tomorrow at midnight. The state senate is ex
Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im allie rasmus in for claudine wong. Lets get you over to rosemary for a quick look at the forecast. Good morning to you. A fairly nice afternoon in store. We have to get through the low clouds first. Take a look. Socked in pretty good in San Francisco. The marine layer is deep, down to about 3000 feet, or i should say up to 3000 feet. And it is widespread once again, into our valleys, around the bay. Waking up with patchy drizzle this morning, but not as bad as yesterday morning. You may have your windshield wipers going if you are out and about early this morning, along the coast, around the bay. Outside of that, the onshore breeze continues in fairfield, at travis, 28 Miles Per Hour. Little change there. The onshore breeze and the afternoon seabreeze will be with us for today. Temperature wise, were in the 50s to low 60s. 56 in novato, 62 in oakland, 61 in antioch. Temperatures wont be changing a whole lot. What is going to be changing is the
Self, believe in that the system is going to work. Johnson says residents of ferguson tell him theyre unsure if the system will work the grand jury investigation could take several months. There is total hack of trust. There has been no accountability to Police Officers on the wrongs committed to the community there. So the community doesnt feel that locally, they can get any real justice. Religious leaders are praying for justice and standing in solidarity with residents. We stand with young people of color and families here, in this valley, saying hands up. A rally is being planned to give more people a chance to show their support. Its not a black, and white issue. At the same time, this is racism. Black men, hispanic men, other color face racism in this country, still going on. Lets take a look at sky 7 at this protest in oakland. 7th and broadway. This is near police headquarters. Those people that are supporters of Michael Browns family in ferguson, missouri. Police stopped their
Years. Especially in the north bay, where people are frantically filling up sandbags after hearing forecasts of up to a foot of rain in the hills which could send rivers right over their banks and possible flooding conditions. Good afternoon. Im larry beil. Im ama daetz. As the storm moves our way, an unprecedented move in advance by bay area schools. San francisco unified is closing al schools tomorrow. The district superintendent says hes concerned about possible Power Outages and doesnt want to risk students or staff getting injured trying to get to school. Its not just San Francisco. Oakland unified School District, all napa county schools are open. San rafael city schools, marin county private and Charter Schools and Dixie School District are all closed tomorrow. Schools in the novato unified School District will be closed thursday and friday. Other closures include saucalit omaren city schools. The harmony School District classes are canceled as are montgomery school, burnville s