It will be a distraction. Everything got moved quickly to the shoulder. Green here, here and in oakland. The rest of the bay show where conditions are slick. Be careful, but traffic is light right now. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Winter is coming. Here come the storms. City and water leaders in san jose want to be prepared. Kris sanchez is live in san jose. Kris, what are they doing differently this year . Reporter i can tell you, they have been pulling debris and foliage out of the coyote creek, a sight of catastrophic flooding. The crews are dumping alongside the creek. This looks like a pile of dirt and plastic. The santa clara Water District says this should protect the area. The barrier will be five feet in some spots. Marty grimes said it is not a permanent fix here in the rock springs neighborhood, but should get them through the winter. Exactly like that, it would protect it because its sized to protect against exactly that level of flow in the creek. If we had a bigger winte
San jose. Ill be watching all of this as you get ready to head out the door. Mike has a Traffic Alert for marin county. Down toward the golden gate bridge, this is Robin Williams tunnel. Sudden back ups south of the area. Mill valley and farther north is the Richmond San Rafael bridge. The bay bridge, the metering lights are on. We zoom out. The slowing in san jose has not cleared up yet. A live look shows from the camera in san jose, the reason why. We have rain hit the lens. Everything is blurry. The rain kari showed on the radar, affecting the traffic here at 101 from 680 to oakland road. Back to you. This is the first significant storm we are seeing in the bay area move in. Kari has been telling us about it. While we certainly need the rain in california, there are concerns that we could see more flooding in the bay area like the coyote creek area. The flooding that happened there last year. Kris sanchez is live in san jose this morning to explain what city and Water District leade
Have storm ranger hey to track the weather, a mobile Doppler Radar on wheels and well be able to position it to guf you a more accurate picture. Well have an update at 6 10 and 67 19 tonight. Just hearing jeff talking about the rain and the snow u, its enough to make some people wonder is the drought over. Not so fast. Nbc bay areas peggy bunker in los gatos, and looking a lot better than it did last year. You can say that again. This reservoir in lexington and others in the area are doing a lot better. I know its really dark right now but when we first got here this afternoon, the water level up to the tree line, looking so much better than it did last year. So the experts say its all about the snowfall in the sierra. I love the rain. Its great. Reporter its music to californias ears, heavy constant raindrops, each one a remedy for the drought. And even better, this weeks snowfall in the sierra. The snow pack is going to make the difference. Reporter the several feet of new snow is ex
This is where the rain has been a lot more steady. There could be standing water on the roads as well. And looking now at a pretty good coverage from the north bay now extending beyond the peninsula. Still in the rain hold in parts of the south bay. Still not seeing much rain there but its starting to move into the east bay. We will have heavier rain moving in. Ill give you an update on that. A look at the forecast in a few minutes. Kerry, thank you very much. You mentioned moving inland. Lets go to bob up close and personal look at whats going on right now on the road for us. Bob, how are conditions changed since youve been out there this morning . Reporter much improved compared to the morning commute. Good morning to you. You can see were heading northbound on 880 approaching Marina Boulevard in san leandro. The roads are wet but you can see based on what is going on with our windshield there is hardly any rain. It could change in an hour, hour and a half from meteorologist kerry ha
This is bear creek road where drivers ae now rerouted because of the closure thats adding more than an hour to their commute depeding on when their going. Pkg this is whats left of skyline road just west of las cumbres road. The video courtesy of santa cruz resident jake gould who was on the scene when it happened. A gaping wide hole split open as the road succmbed to heavy saturation. The region that sits in the middle of Ella Sogomoniannow you cant really see behind me but this is now where that road ends. The hole is estimated to be 200 feet wide and a quarter mile deepwith sr 9 and 17 closures as well drivers are having to detour up to an hour away using bear creek and black roads. That portion of skyline is no closed indefintiely. Love in Santa Cruz County Ella Sogomonian kron 4 news. The southbound side of highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. Is open tonight. After a massive mudslide shut down the highway. Caltrans crews are astill managing the flow of traffic by holding cars