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
Theyve had in years. Rough morning commute two weeks ago. Here we are dealing with it again. If you can, avoid this route at all, that is what you need to do. You do not want to get stuck in this because its going to be a very long morning for you if you do. Caltrans says this freeway is due to be repaved. They know its a trouble spot. But they need dry weather they can do that. Reporting live in livermore, we are at greenville road. I need to mention that for you, westbound 580, the shdown is he at greenville road but the backup is way behind me. Live in livermore, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. So alexis, the problem is theres not a great way to get around this. I know. Maybe we can talk the sky7 crew into picking some folks up and flying them in. I want to go back up to sky7 too. Yes, this is 580 and that is totally gridlocked. This is Altamont Pass road on the north end of 085. Thats gridlocked. Thats a surface street that a lot of folks try to use around there. Also to the south of th
Have to monitor it very carefully for the potential of a thunderstorm. The leading edge is moving towards cordelia. If you are going out in fairfield in 15 minutes you will have the rain. Everything is moving quickly. Highway 24 making an approach to oakland you have the rain. Here you have scattered showers in throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains where the damage is done as well over a half foot of rain there in the past 24 hours. Peninsula looks good now but i anticipate delays at sfo due to the low ceiling and the fog. Im monitoring very carefully this morning the Russian River near guerneville, Johnson Beach right now approaching 34 feet. Flood stage is 32. Cresting will happen this morning receding later this afternoon. Satelliteradar area of low pressure Atmospheric River pointing the bay area again this morning. High tide at 8 51, nearly 7 feet. There will be flooding around the peninsula and immediate seashore. Futurecast shows by lunchtime rain to the north and south. May see a
Santa cruz mountains. At one point, it even shut down the highway yesterday for about 5 hours. This is the biggest one definitely, um, theres a quite a bit more earth about half the mountainside came down into the roads. Reporter mudslide crews are stretched thin so contractors are bringing them in to clean up the mess. The northbound lanes remain closed because of this massive mudslide. And im dennis odonnell. They are hoping for later today or even tomorrow morning. We have more heavy rain coming in fact its here right now. We continue to see waves of Atmospheric River move into the bay area. Screen is lit up with pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall especially in the north bay. And i wanted to zero in on this particular area right there because if you look very carefully, look at the heavy rain now occurring in guerneville. This morning before receding later on this afternoon. Then we hop to the east bay. Moraga, danville, you, too with the raindrops on the rooftops. Then we spread
This morning, above flood stage. If the creek were to overflow, the flood pattern would come through this neighborhood. He is one of many people packing up and preparing to leave if need be leaving sandbags outside their doors right now. One of many neighborhoods under voluntary evacuation orders. In san jose, about three dozen mobile homes have flooded or are in danger of flooding. They are trying to pump water out of the Mobile Home Park as quickly as they can. Three people had to be rescued. They were stranded as water levels rose around them. Crews paddled out on a raft to save them. Shortly after, third man was rescued. Two of the three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. There are a couple of Evacuation Centers open here in san jose. It is the roosevelt and shriakawa Community Centers. They may keep them open tonight at james lake high school. You can take your animals to the san jose animal shelter. Flood stage is nine feet and there are road closures around t