but so far the worst fears that the moderate peninsula might be cut off from the rest of california have not come to pass ktvu mark sayer joining us now live from the town of spreckels this afternoon with the latest on the situation there, mark. how s it looking? well alex. heather does not look great. i ll tell you that much. this is highway 68. this is one of the main roads into the monterey peninsula. what you re seeing here is actually not the salinas river. this is overflow from the salinas river where it overflowed its banks. you can see often the distance behind those trees. that is the actual overpass of state route 68 over the salinas river. salinas river is more than 100 miles long. that s why heavy rains occurring a day or two ago can dramatically impact what is happening here and why evacuation orders have been issued. like many others, melissa czarnecki is under an evacuation order. but at this point has not left her home in the community of spreckels. police cam