Dangerous and record setting heat in areas today. Lightning strikes kaugtd on camera by the california highway patrol. Thunderstorms are expected to be strongest in north bay. A wildfire in st. Helena started around the wildfires. Its been so strange. And power knocked out in mill valley. A bolt hit power lines. You can see pg and e responding, and a salon owner says they were working with clients outside when it happened. We got so scared but five seconds later, the big line happening again. Sop we move everybody inside. We heard like an explosion, and it was a small one and a big one like a bomb. Mother nature is mad because something is going on here. Rough weather. That is what is going on. Pg and e reports power has been restored. Thank you for joining us, those issues are not enough, more than 3 million homes statewide could have their power shut off. If that total is reached, it would be the largest shut off in state history. I know that its going to be highly disruptive to peop
Encroaching at us from the south, that is the way the storms move today from south to north throughout most of the day. Heres a look at the exploratorium where it is just cloudy and quiet. Temperatures in the mid 30s to mid40s at 7 00. As the rain gets heavier this afternoon, temperatures will steady if not fall a little bit. Upper 40s to mid50s and same thing at 7 00. We have nicer weather if youre tired of the rain coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Back to reggie. The man in charge of muni is telling its riders unless you have to ride its service, please dont board a bus. A lot of changes coming over the next couple days. Amy hollyfield is live this morning for us. Amy . Hi, reggie. A look behind me. This station here is closed and caution tape blocking the gates there and they have station agents there and signs saying the station is closed. Muni service is expected to be a mess and unreliable. They are reconfiguring their service. They are Cutting Service but trying t
Its 6 00 in the third hour of today in the bay continues right now. And happening right now nearly 7 Million People in the bay area are under a shelter in place which is entering its sixth hour. Golden gate, san mateo and bay bridges, traffic light for us as people are told to stay at home. That also means bars, gymnasiums closed, restaurants can now only do pickup or delivery orders. Governor newsome signing orders for utilities to keep the power on. Right now around 300 confirmed cases in the bay area. Nationwide more than 4,400 cases with 85 deaths. Good morning, thank you for watching us on this st. Patricks day. Certainly a surreal one for us. Were spread out to keep us all safe as long as possible as well. We all know this is new to us. Certainly as we Work Together we will get through this. We want to be the resource to make sure we provide that information you and your family needs. Thats right. Were all family. Were all in this together. We are. Well have more on the top stori
Well as some low elevation snow for the bay area, and whats ahead, but mike, youre getting reports of some roadway flooding. Weve been getting reports through the night, kari, as the rain really hit last evening, really kicked in the afternoon and evening. We saw the big reports and then a lot of surface streets. Right now all this radar activity, superimposed over the traffic map. The roadway sensors are green but that green radar kind of covers it up. This is where youll find that more intense rain right now as kari has been talking about. Watch this. See as we move down now the san mateo bridge ill pick it out and the dumbarton bridge and anywhere south of the dumbarton bridge things are much calmer right now, more coming in off the peninsula, so that will be a factor. We see green sensors around the bay and look at our san mateo bridge camera. Well have an issue with water kicking up on your lens and scattered showers right now, more coming as kari says. Back to you. Thanks, mike.
About whats ahead with the potential of some lightning and hail today, but mike, you have breaking news in the traffic department. We do. A couple of areas, kari. This is not the Traffic Alert thats been issued by chp but this is a jam and its spectacular to look at, not great to be in. North 101 a short area from just before University Just past willow, a tough drive. The crash in lanes northbound 101. We actually have one lane blocked but thats the slowdown. Central, el camino and 280 are the alternates. The westbound 84 alert on the dumbarton bridge a crash blocks two of your three lanes. We just need crews to get there but they have to circle back from the newark and fremont side, causing a bill detail. The rest of the bay shows a smooth drive. The green highlighting wet, slick roadways but here behind that 680 shield ill talk more about this coming up. Theres flooding so bad there was a spinout and an alert from chp for 680 as well. More on this topic, well send it back to you guy