Land slide with potential to get worse. Cars were directed cautiously through the area. On highway 9 just outside of brook dale, there was a multiple car accident. The drivers didnt hit each other. They crashed into rocks that had fallen on to the highway. I hit about a rock this big, and it destroyed my car. Its the first time the air bag has ever popped into my face and it was kind of crazy but im fine. Im pretty sure theyre reporter chp says to slow down since you dont know whats around the corner. The next couple of hours will be critical here in the santa cruz mountains. Were keeping an eye on the San Lorenzo River and well keep you updated all morning long, just so much water out here and you can see as soon as you get som debris out here, it can cause problems. Reporting live in felton. Matt, thanks so much. There are Power Outages scattered around the bay area this morning. The two biggest, nearly 1,000 customers in the south bay and roughly 800 in the north bay. 4,000 people i
That youve had in quite a while. It was for most of us. This is a live look from the emeryville camera in the east bay. Rainmaking the pavement slick out there. Were also dealing with gusting winds, and it makes it hard to even keep your car straight in many places. Good morning to you on this wednesday, january 4. Were going to get you through it. Im natasha zouves. Im reggie aqui alongside jessica castro. We have traffic reporter alexis smith looking at your roadways and mike nicco, this is only a 1 on the storm impact scale . Its transitioning to a 1 right now. Let me show you how thats happening. Were still feeling the effects of the heavy rain overnight. And you can see a little moderate rain around san mateo and then through livermore and out highway 4 into ant i dont care and discovery bay. Were transitioning to greens, which is when were going to get the 1. Let me get you updated on the Flash Flood Warning. You can see the San Lorenzo River overflowing and flooding is possible
Them out before they would take grip so thats something to think about when youre driving through that wet weather. Flash flood warning, Santa Cruz Mountains, just south of felton on highway 9 until 6 45. The San Lorenzo River overflowing its bank. In Sonoma County, we have a Flash Flood Warning informuntil and what is happening here is colgan creek at llano road is overflowing and flooding right now. If you look at irritate, weve got a little little light shower moving from Half Moon Bay into San Francisco but thats about it. Were transitioning to light rain and showers for the rest of the afternoon but the commute still a mess. So heres alexis. Yeah, it is. But definitely some welcome news that the heaviest of that rain is pushing out. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge. Quite a few crashes around 880 and 92. Those have cleared up. New one south of the dumbarton bridge. Even though the heaviest of the rain is out of here, we still have some wet pavement and you need to slow do
Could expect to way at sfo if you are flying out or expecting someone to fly in. We have Team Coverage tracking the conditions in bay area. Amy hollyfield and matt keller are out in the elements and well start with mike nicco and a look at live doppler 7 as we speak. We have good news. What were dealing with a weaker storm than overnight. No watches and warnings and no advisories, and i lowered it down to 1 on the storm thanks to the showers that could lead up to a quarter of an inch in the more hidden roads and minor ponding but no orange or yellow. And even in the San Ramon Valley and across the dumbarton bridge and down to palo alto, it is all light and same thing down toward morgan hill and we have a little bit of snow mixing in lake county, at about 3500 feet. But the winter storm warning for north of there has expired like most of our watches and warnings. So what were going to have moving forward are temperatures in the low to mid50s. With a chance of a scattered light shower th
Tapping into subtropical moisture. As it does so we have the flooding rains and therefore, that Flash Flood Watch remains in effect in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Primarily the soberanes and chimney fire burn scar areas. But wait when you see that blue highlighted area, thats a flash flood advisory for all of us which means as you head out you will have some areas of ponding on the roads and sidewalks. Sfo, we know were going to have delays on some arriving flights. Well keep you posted on that. Currently its balmy in the 50s. And the moisture is being driven by a south wind. They will be 10 to 20 later today temperatures in the 50s. Well talk more about the incoming flooding rains we anticipate for the weekend. But first heres michelle. Thank you. With sheets of rain pouring down in some spots drivers need to be alert during the morning commute. Kpix 5s maria medina is live in the discuss mountains where there are big problems from the in the Santa Cruz Mountains where there are big pro