Blocked. Not sure how long. Sounds like it was a major one and several vehicles got flat tires before they put the closure in place. A soggy bay bridge. The metering lights on 5 30 this morning. Slow drive approaching the bridge. Once you make it on the bridge, looking okay. Well look at drive times in less than ten. Thanks, alexis. Searchers will be out at Alameda Creek where officers believe a young woman died when she lost control of her car and drove into the creek. She and her car are still out there near niles canyon and palomares road. Elissa harrington is live near the scene for us. Such a sad story. The driver, an 18yearold woman from tracy, has been missing since saturday morning. Divers and search teams have not opinion automobile been able to get into the water because its been too dangerous. This is what the Alameda Creek looks like now, more like a river, swollen and deep with rapids. Rescuers are concerned about branchers or other debris in the water that could be danger
Control at niles canyon and slid into the creek in castro valley. Sergio has more about the effort tonight. Sergio . Reporter an al media county sheriffs crews basically staged about two miles up niles canyon road. Thats because, as you can see, the rapids here in the creek are actually theyre pretty powerful here, but even more powerful up where this vehicle likely is, so its too dangerous for emergency have i crews to try to even get to the swart. The swiftwater rescue teams estimate class 4 rapids where the car is currently under water. In addition to the speed of the water, the concerned for rescue teams is the debris thats in the water. Branches and other items could be deadly if they collide into divers. A photographer with our Media Partners the Bay Area News Group shot these pictures of the crews tracking the car from the banks. The Alameda County Sheriffs Department has teams staged in the can down, but right now niles canyon road is closed to the pass, and theyre also up a ro
Water to go. The novato creek is at capacity. Theres lots of water pumping going on and lots of moving water going on. But at the time were not making a ton of progress. You can see crews working to pump this water out. Right now theres an emergency mitigation mode. Theyre allowing for a couple of dry days to allow this water to recede. As far as we know at this point in time theres no emergency plan or future plan in place to make sure that this doesnt happen next time it rains. Were live in novato, suzy steimel. Sea cliff state beach one of the hardest hit areas. Thats where the ocean is claiming a ship. Reporter its been a tourist attraction for generations and an icon of the Santa Cruz County coast. But now waters have turned the ship into a ship wreck. Very sad day. Reporter crowds came out as to say their goodbyes. Last year the ship broke in two but the days of floods are finishing it off. The ship turned into Party Platform is seeing its last days. Its sad to see that its falli
Taxes decem morning. And then a little bit ago this is the worst hes seen flooding and highway 37 and 14 years and half a mile east of where 1 0137 meet. Reporter this way is eased down then the if you traffic and the west on road you see how much deeper is on that side rightness center you see the very top of a mile marker there gives you an idea of the feet of water that is covering the road right now with the very top sticking out right now and then as the pan over to the left of the seat held trends are going overwrite their working on a pump that theyre going. Reporter and then going eastbound. Kedging 37 from 31. And the department of transportation may be it could be this weekend. And south, and apollo 13 around 5 00 this morning. Crews plan for repairs. \ there in dramatic for schoolmates. The cause of why the crash speeding or taxing will be something they will be looking into. Break up altogether. Vicki and senate cruz mountains over the weekend mudslides. And on roads there.
Oakland and San Francisco. And this is going to be a 12hourlong closure. They closed these at 3 00 this morning. This also happened two weeks ago here in the oolts. Look at the basically backup from that morning. Both times they shut down lanes because of potholes and the potholes are caused by all the rain. Caltrans Officials Say this has been one of the worst seasons for potholes they have ever seen and this is one of their worst trouble spots. They do have plans to repave this freeway but they need dry weather for that so for now, they are patching these holes. If you still have an option, today is a great day to stay home if you can. If you do use westbound 580, car pooling would help, but its going to be a very long commute through here. So, expect to plan a lot of time for your drive in or skip it if you can. Reporting live in livermore, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Alexis, why did it have to be westbound . I know. This stretch is terrible on a normal day. That is definitely our bu