Or raville and shasta. Theres concerns in the southern sierra. And efficiently managing the reservoirs to ensure that we dont have in downstream problems. Reporter hoping that after all of our rain the summer is a mild one. We checked in with the state water board to get their take on the snow pack. Theyll release their figures next month. Nbc bay area news. Lets bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. It lets talk about the drought and where things stand for us right now. The drought is across the sierra and right back into the bay area. Only a small section in southern california, los angeles and san diego that remains in a slight drought. The sierra snow pac look food for california. Lake tahoe included in the central, 164 for the southern sierra. Totals so far, 615 inches, which is equivalent to 51 feet. Now another way to mesh what has happened and what has been so epic the last couple of months is called the precipitation index. Now currently were standing at 83. 3 inches. Bac
Ones. The high cost of living, fromle lowed by housing and traffic. People shared why they are so disenquantitied. Jana. Reporter people that we talked to today shared some of those concerns that its just getting too expensive and too much of a hassle to stay in the bay area. Ask people what problems they face in the bay area, and many will tell you straight up. You have to work two jobs to maintain here in the city. Reporter adora gibson was born and raise understands San Francisco, but moved to antioch two years ago to escape city problems. It was overcrowded. Expensive, cost of living, and too much traffic. Reporter so you went to antioch. And it was even more traffic. So i thought might as well deal with it here. Reporter now those problems might drive her out of the bay area all together, into oregon. In the next six to nine months, maybe. That soon. Reporter the 2017 survey by the council found that 20 of those responded think they are might leave the bay area in the next two yea
Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. You know, for us, susie, the truck was like a personal friend. Tonight an east bay nonprofit is missing an essential truck, the vehicle used to deliver food to the poor. Have you seen it . Good evening. Im eric thomas. Well get to that story in just a minute. But first, you probably noticed the rain today. It came down across the bay area, making Outdoor Activities quite a challenge. You can see the umbrellas out in santa rosa. In San Francisco it was a soggy Easter Sunday for giants fans at at t park. They were able to finish the game, but many fans decided to head home to get out of the rain. And across the bay, while the wet weather did not matter for dubs fans, as fans didnt get to see the their team. The rain canceled the rain. From the Richmond Bridge camera, it is still wet out there tonight. And there is more rain on the way after a brief break. Here is drew with more on that. Just what everybody wants to hear. Another storm is on the wa
How chaotic this gets as residents race for essentials. There will be evacuations in brevard county. The governor urgedos coastal residents to leave as well. If matthew florida there will be massive destruction that we havent seen in years. Again, this is a deadly storm approaching our state. Gas stations are getting filled up. I was at the new walmart last night. The lines were crazy there. I recommend everybody get their stuff now. It most certainly is not just florida. Areas of South Carolina are also fleeing the storm. Governor nikki haley announced plans to evacuate a quarter Million People from the coast wednesday afternoon. The evacuations are centered in lowlying places for now but that will expand. Just north of miami to jacksonville, florida, right now were seeing winds of 120 Miles Per Hour. Next stop, into the bahamas. The progression is going back to category 4 strength as it approaches florida. Here is one of the models we are looking at. First the hurricane warnings and
Running mate cancels an appearance, and now where does donald trump go from here . No doubt donald trump had a very bad weekend after the release of that controversial videotape, but he made it very clear last night he is not backing down and he is going ahead with this president ial bid. Hello. No handshake at the start, and that 11yearold sexually crude tape on everyones mind. This is locker room talk. It represents exactly who he is. But donald trump was pointing his fingers at bill clinton. Theres never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation thats been so abusive to women. The Trump Campaign brought three women who had made sexual accusations against clinton to the debate, but said it was all about his oe poechblt. This has nothing to do with bill clinton, this has to do with how Hillary Clinton shamed and blamed the women in bill clintons life. Hillary came to this debate to talk about the issues, to talk about the policies and plans that she has that are going to