Lets begin with spencer christian. You said the rain is not done yet. Just take a look at live doppler 7. You can see pockets of moderate to heavy rain across the bay area and we have Flash Flood Warnings in effect right now. One here in San Mateo County until 6 30 p. M. Up in the north bay, several Flash Flood Warnings in effect. A large portion of napa county until 8 00 p. M. Southern sonoma until 6 15 and a portion of marin county until 8 30. Look at the outbreak of heavy downpours in the east bay out over highway 24 toward walnut creek, over 680 between walnut creek and san ramon. Farther north up around concord along portions of highway 4. Now, over the south bay and the peninsula its just one blob of steady rain. Its a mess there. Up in the north bay all kinds of flood concerns as pockets of heavy rain continue. This current storm still ranks 2 on the storm impact scale through 8 00 this evening. Well see downpours, gusty winds. The storm will weaken in the evening hours. Notice
Good morning, everyone. Its thursday, january 19. Im jessica castro, natasha is off today. And im reggie aqui. Also here this morning, meteorologist mike nicco, traffic reporter alexis smith. Ill tell you, mike, when i went out if door last night at a certain time, i felt like a drowned harassed rat. It was really bad. It didnt stop. No, it came in waves and, you know, the intensity was pretty impressive, wasnt it . So hopefully it lived up to its billing and next time that happens, take a picture, post it on social media. You know, i almost did for you but i was so overwhelmed by the water that i could not. Oh, im sorry to hear that. I dont like to hear when people are overwhelmed by the water. Todays storm is going to be light. You can see it right there on the dumbarton and also the san mateo is also the bay bridge. We have moisture lingering on all of streets like right here. Well have drizzle to showers this morning, scattered showers at noon, break at 4 00 and then the first sign
Bay. Weve got a crash on both 580 and 880 is unfortunately i know you would take one or the other for an alternate. The one of 580 is near grand avenue and the one or northbound 880 is near oak street so we have the left lane down on 580, i believe just the shoulder blocked on 880. But pretty much an equal backup there. So you can take that long way, 13 to 24. Ill have more details coming up next. Schools across the bay area are planning protests this morning as part of a national day of action. Students and teachers expected to take part and for more, we go to lonni rivera. Shes live in fremont. Reporter yes, demonstrations are planned here in fremont, oakland, San Francisco, and several other cities this morning. Its part of a day of action called reclaim our schools. Students and teachers are protesting president elect Donald Trumps inauguration and calling out his support for privatization of Public Schools. Protests have been a common sight for students wanting to have their voice
Live rain pushed through the area. Which of the wet weather is pushing to our east. Downpours approaching stockton and modesto at this hour. A couple areas as we zoom in on live doppler 7 around brentwood, byron, thats some heavy rain approaching tracy at this hour. We have residual effects from all the heavy rain we saw earlier today, a Flash Flood Warning is still in effect for sonoma county. The areas are shaded in green until early tomorrow morning. There is flooding happening in this region right now. Do not drive through any flooded roadways you come across. A flood advisory is in effect through 10 30. Danville, liver moore, freemont and san jose. We have seen issues with the water on our roadways. Its rather quiet it still stays unsettled. We cant entirely take out the chance of wet weather, i would take the umbrella with you. Its not going to be widespread rain like we had today. Just as quickly as the storm exits. O our. Work crews have fanned out across the east bay our Team
Show the readings from a series of sensors monitoring what is called turbidity or cloudiness in the water supply. Most show a 0. 2 reading the same as before the fire. Managers would only become concerned if the reads increased to a 5 if the readings increased to a 5, or 25 times higher than now. The concern is ash deposition on the surface of the reservoir. Reporter while the sf puc owns and manages the hetch hetchy system, it serves 2. 6 million customers throughout the bay area in San Francisco as well as alameda, san mateo and santa clara counties. But during a tour of the fire zone today, Governor Brown says water clarity could still be a significant concern long after the fire is out. The concern is it as the months go on, that winter comes and the floods move all the ash and loose debris on the water and the water gets contaminated, thats bad. So whatever the firefighters can do to prevent that were doing. Then after the fire is contained, then more action will be taken. Reporte