The ees are waterogged. Rated, and the next break idays away anim kari wx chra kris cu a mudslide in the los gatos north bay, also the Santa Cruz Mountains, near creeks and streams, youll have to closely watch those water levels as the next round of some heavy rain moves in. We will talk more about the timing and a look ahead to the dryer weather and the weekend forecast. Thats coming up in about ten minutes. All right, kari, a mudslide in the los gatos mountains and the mountains a bochld los gatos wiped out three family homes. Those homes, one of them was knocked off the foundation and a woman was trapped with nowhere to go, and nearly no way to call for help. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live there, and bob, this womans story is really frightening. She didnt even know if the First Responders would get to her. Reporter and when you get a look at the property, you can understand why. Good morning to you, kris. This happened in los gatos deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains behind me where
Mountains, chp put out a photo of the damage and in it you cant tell where the hillside ends and the road begins. And that damage goes all the way to that small retaining wall and it is going to be a tough go for these folks as the road is shut down in both directions. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live in the back up. Bob, you were supposed to be live you cant even get out of the truck at this point. Reporter no, were on southbound 17 heading up the summit. Were about a mile and a half away from summit road. And according to google maps, it will take bus 15 minutes to get there because the traffic is stopped at summit road and were trying to figure out how chp is detouring people. We assume theyre detouring them back in the northbound direction or the side streets here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Its also shut down highway 17 northbound direction at Granite Creek road which is over the summit. Again, because of this mudslide that happened about an hour ago if you want to put that image
Move. She didnt know where it was coming from, rumbling noise and then it slammed against the house and she fell and then the front door just buckled. Reporter she had to escape through a bathroom window. Heres another big mudslide that stalled in the middle of a hill on via la cumbre. Work crews removed debris and covered it with a giant tarp. They are hoping it will remain stable through the next storm because there are homes just below it so a tenuous situation as we wait for the next round of rain. Live in santa rosa, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Next round of rain and next round of damage. Yesterday we were talking about when we were doing our planning for todays show we were saying, okay, well, if people get out really super early they will be okay. But after 7 00 is when everything is going downhill quickly. And then i started seeing some of these renegade bands move in, i thought hm. But its virga. You have a cold front clashing with the warm air. Its there. And well continue to see v
The second largest dam in the state of california. The water start today erode the sfil way below, that put it in danger of failing. Lets take a closer look at the dam now with the communities below, water from the dam obviously flows down. That goes by cities and towns such as oroville all the way down to yuba city and marys ville. People 35,000 people have been order today evacuate and 65,000 in yuba county. Tonight we have Team Coverage on the spillway. The evacuations and the crews from the bay area headed up there to help. We start with nbc bay areas Christy Smith live in butte county. Christy. Reporter well, the late est information that we have from state water managers in california is that one key what theyre really focusing on is trying to drop the lake level by 50 feet. What theyve done is increased flows out of water and what theyre saying right now is that there is no more water going over the emergency spillway. And that does bring some level of stability to the situation
This has a history of extortion and Drug Trafficking in the last couple of years. This is come tion forth right now. How many arrests have been made or did you do. We hit a total of 12 locations. I do not have the number of arrests because it is not concluded and we will provide that later. It is still going on right now in santa cruz s. Correct. Thanks for joining us. We will have much more details again. Details still being released at this hour. Large gang operation targeting a a criminal investigation and happening right now. We will send it back to you in the studio. Thank you for the update. It is 6 01. Check of weather. What a weekend, right. Beautiful. Everybody was happen we had a break from all the rain and went outside. And boy, spectacular conditions and wall to wall sunshine and partly sunny skies and we do have more rain in the forecast. Not today. High def Doppler Radar and we do have rain in the forecast. Beginning with wednesday. Late night. This is live weather camera