Comes back into the forecast. Good. Its that time of the year but were going to wait for the seven day forecast. Lets get you out the door by talking about some fog forming up around santa rosa, half mile visibility there. Well keep an eye because thats going to be the trend the next couple of mornz. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Heavy drizzle to light rain still out there, falling right here on the san mateo bridge where on the eastern side weve had a five day total of 2 2 3 inch. This will turn to scattered showers by noon, hit and miss showers by 4 00 and then take an umbrella just in case at 7 00, there will be random showers about. Well talk about that sunshine when we come back. How about more on the morning commute. Im going to stick with the san mateo bridge, mike. We do have a collision. Im guessing that rain may be a factor in this. So far, not causing much of a delay there. It sounds like just a solo vehicle crash, somebody lost control, spun out and they are blocking the
To concord up to 21, the fog not slowing you down. Lot of lingering weather issues and closures due to that. Well talk about that next. Were following breaking news out of berkeley where some car owners getting a pretty rude awakening this morning. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live where crews are working to remove a big tree. Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, natasha. The neighborhoods getting a rude awakening. Seems like chain saws just sound louder at 6 00 in the morning. But crews are hard at work despite the early hour because this tree not only landed on two cars but took some power lines down with it. So they want to get this work done as soon as possible. Because it did knock some power out for a few customers this neighborhood. So, they think theyre going to be here a while. Crews telling me this was a huge pine that fell and they have to move it but still, theyre cutting it up right now so its going to be some time before they clear out. They got the call last
We now know the identity of the 109 im notsot109 im not we now know the identity of the worker who was killed yesterday while clearing a mudslide on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. 54yearold robert gill of los banos died after a dump truck backed up. Hittimg him and another crew member who was pinned under the truck for a time before rescuers were able to pull him out. He was taken to the hospital. And was conscious at the time. Both men worked for a watsonvillebased construction company. Which was subcontracted to caltrans. The accident is being investigated by the chp and state safety investigators. Meantime. Two fundraisers have been set up online. One is to help with funeral expenses for the gill family. Another is for a gratitude meal to thank the crews working so hard to clear the roads. You can find links to both on kron4dotcom also in the south bay. Highway 35 in los gatos is now indefititely closed. You can see why in this video courtsey of our partnership with abc7 ne
Eshoo wanted to see how bad the damage was, all brought on by the rain in recent weeks. Nearly 14 inches have fallen in la honda this monday alone. She came to tour the area, specifically this neighborhood where the landslides have caused major damage to five how many times, three of which have been red tagged. This hear has seen landslides before, and Homeowners Insurance doesnt cover landslide, but congresswoman eshoo is hoping she can get assistance. Ive helped homeowners that lost their homes before, so i want to inspect it, and im going to be as creative and as helpful as i possibly can. Our homes are our sanctuaries. Theyre everything to us. Its your home, its your everything. Reporter Governor Brown has also put in a declaration of disaster to the federal government of the 50 counties, San Mateo County is one of them. Live in la honda, lillian kim, abc 7 news. Big problems kin. Is the water has nowhere to go. Yeah, thats right, eric, im standing on highway 37. Still a ghost town
Areas Chuck Coppola who got a tour of the damage in san mateo county. People think its been overshadowed by all the damage in the mountains. We get to this point, you can see the land is buckled underneath, the roadway is cut open. It has caused the power lines there to droop, its caused water mains to break. There are at least three homes red tagged here in la honda with potential of six more to be added, all happening within the last two weeks. She led a tour of san mateo countys devastated neighborhoods. One of the first, bunker hill. Patrick sheridan, who lived here for 60 years, saw his neighbors home buckle in midjanuary. It sank a through feet, then another day another three feet, another day another three feet. Reporter they secured funds to build an infrastructure and get money necessary to help homeowners. These are not democrat mudslides and republican mudslides. This is when we step up and we partner with the states and local governments. Reporter so far the damage to roads