Bay mud managing water supply for 1. 4 Million People in the east bay. The amount of water we receive, precipitation that weve received is 196 of average. In january, for the month of january, 470 of average so far. Reporter with a snowpack in the sierra also well above average for this time of year, reservoirs like san pablo are brimming. But what about long term . Weve received all of this snow, this is great. Is it going to last . Reporter alex is a professor of earth and environmental sigh generals at st. Marys college. She says all of this is great for surface supplies but what happens beneath the ground is even more important. All of this precipitation is going to help replenish the surface water, the stuff at the surface, the reservoirs, the rivers. It does very little to replenish the ground water aquafirs. And while things look great in southern california, the drought is still very much in place. Laura anthony, abc7 news. The rain is not done yet. More showers fell today. You
We are on the scene with a live report at 11 00. The other breaking news is in oakland. Two people have been hit by an amtrak train. Right near Jack London Square where it happened, one of the victims has critical injuries. Amtrak says they were trespassing on the tracks. We have a crew on the way and will have instant updates on both of the breaking stories on our app. Be sure to enable push alerts. Good evening and thank you for joining us. A federal agency has declared the drought has ended in more than a third of california. According to a map released today by the u. S. Drought monitor, the entire bay area is out of the drought. But much of central and Southern California are in a moderate to severe drought. Can we start to relax our water usage . Reporter this is what many california reservoirs looked like at the height of the drought in the spring of 2015. Half empty. This is what many look like today. More than 100 full. So full the spillway at the San Pablo Reservoir is wide o