The spread of the fires that continue to rage. Temperatures tomorrow still above average for most of us a little cooler in the city but stronger on short breezes. Back up into the mid90s in concord. We will show you all the high temperatures we expect on saturday. Regardless of whatever you have planned on saturday try to limit your time outside. The air quality will be the dominant feature of whatever kind of weather is directly overhead. The smoke near ground level will slow you down. Mears mid 60s on the coast. Mid to in santa clara you are watching kpix5 news at 5 30. Right now, and streaming on valley. Hottest temperatures on the cbs sunday more breaking news from the Santa Cruz Mountains. East side of the diablo range we take our cameras into the upper 90s. Low to mid 90s for most the tri valleys with upper 60s low 60s sorry low 70s around the bay. Decimated Scotts Valley neighborhood. A first look at the damage from there are fires off to our henew nstingdscan north as well but
Saturated. Look at this play area under water because the ground cant take any more water. The river is just over there about 30 feet, the old timers here tell me, if the river comes up more, like last night it was almost over the riverbank, if we get 5 to 6 inches, Something Like that, they tell me it could go all the way to the road over there and make things worse. Rainwater runoff has created streams along roadways in the Santa Cruz Mountains, creating traction problems for drivers. Especially on highway 17. Its the way its been. Thats the way it is all day yesterday. And monday. Santa cruz chp had already logged 10 accidents on the highway on tuesday alone. When crashes werent holding up traffic. Mudslides and falling trees were. Weve been nonstop picking up little slides down the road. The patients and skills of drivers are sure to be tested even more. Were likely to see even more accidents. We had 10 yesterday as you heard from chp and santa cruz. I talked to them a short time a
Reporter before departing washington with his family bound for vacation in palm springs, now former president obama leaving a note in the oval office for his successor. The two then sharing a few moments together ahead of the official transfer of power. This is not a period, this is a comma. In the continuing story of building america. Reporter President Trump getting right to work, signing his First Executive orders. Before kicking off a day of celebrations. A luncheon in the capitol rotunda. Followed by the inaugural parade. Police, military and federal agents working to keep protesters from interfering. Thousands of supporters lining pennsylvania avenue, honoring the new president. Honoring and some protesting. We saw a variety of signs, some thanking president obama, others criticizing the new president and others very positive about donald trump. We saw it all out here today. There were many people from the bay area that made this trip to washington for the inauguration. They list
Im going to pause to show you why this is so dangerous. Such a busy area in the south and market. It is 30 stories up. Also howard street, which you see right here, very busy, closed now from 1st to 2nd, shut down along with tehama. Lots of businesses in the area including the nasdaq building right there and you can also see the fremont street off ramp there. So just a tense situation there. And abc 7 News Reporter lillian kim is live at the scene. Reporter were at 2nd and howard street. Behind me is 33 tehama, the residential tower under construction that has an unstable concrete slab on top of the building. That slab is leaning outward. Its part of what was going to be the north wall of that floor. Its 2,000 pounds, as you mention. And if it falls, the Fire Department says it will likely damage the surrounding buildings, which is why this area has been evacuated. The area is full of office towers. So businesses had to cut short the work day. As to how this happened, the 911 call came
Of flights have been canceled as roads and runways flooded. More than 100,000 customers in Southern California are without power. And as andy rose reports, the storm is just getting started. The wet season isnt quite over yet for california. On friday, a storm slammed the state, stretching from san diego all the way to the northern border and into oregon. Trees toppled. Roads were flooded out and some neighborhoods prepared for the possibility of mudslides. More than twentyone Million People are under a flashflood watch or warning this weekend. Santa barbara, ventura and l. A. Counties could see up to six inches of rainfall in just six hours friday night before northern californians get soaked later in the weekend. While rain is a welcome sight for a state that is finally recovering from being under drought warnings for years, there is one place not looking forward to this storm. Oroville. Residents there were evacuated last weekend and recently come back after authorities found struct