50 and it is everywhere, and 60 in some of our Higher Elevations and the gusts are up to 15 Miles Per Hour. The day lander is upper 50s to 60s at noon and the rain hits the north bay this afternoon into the evening. Drivers behaving . So far, so good but now the rain is rolling in we have not had much rain so a lot of oil is. Up on the roads so as you travel, redepose the speed. You risk the chance of hydroplaneing and slipping a sliding and at the eastern span of the bay bridge, rolling smooth in San Francisco. Thank you. We have a few more hours before the powerful rainstorm that mike was talking about. This is a strange mix of expectation because we do need the rain and anxiety over the damage the storm could cause. We have storm preparations. People are grateful the rain is coming and people would live if lowlying areas know they need to prepare like here in mill valley we are on miller avenue an area known to see flood. You will see sandbags just in case a spot below sea level so
Who knows what. Its scary. Reporter police are still looking for the three men who robbed the tiffanys store last wednesday. That was less than a mile from here. Police have no evidence linking the two robberies, but admit there are similarities. The masked gunmen held them on the ground at gunpoint. Theres a surveillance camera pointed directly at the door. If it was working on friday likely police have a look at who did this. They are not releasing details or images of who could be responsible. Michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. Thank you, michelle. The storm passed. Time for the clean up. The rain and wind bringing down trees and power lines. Highway 9 has been reopened. The highway has been closed by a mudslide. You can see the clean up from the nbc chopper. We have a team of reporters. Robert is there. Marian is checking the reservoir levels. Lets start with jeff. The rain totals are impress impressive over three days. Loma 9. 23. La fayette, close to five inches. When we get a
Just north of concord are striking because of an issue they say is about safety. Theyre working now but only for a few more days were live tonight with the story. Laura . This refinery is in the process of shutting down and will take several days once it does shut down, well see the pickets out here in front of the refinery. Well start to see workers walk out at other refineries. If the oil industry and united Steel Workers cant settle differences hundreds of workers could follow suit. We havent had a strike since 1980. Jim payne is with the united Steel Workers and says talks broke down over the weekend over several issues. If a facility is well staffed its not an issue. When working with levels that becomes a problem. A Spokesman Says were disappointed by u. S. W local units decision to strike. Weve bargained in good faith and prepared to continue to do so. In february, two workers were injured during a chemical spill. Tesoro denied entry, but relented a month later there is another
North bay. You want to watch out if you live near any creeks rivers and storms. They could be rising quickly. Of course well have more details on the full forecast and how long this second storm also will be lasting into your weekend in a few minutes. Okay jeff. See you shortly. The wind is whipping up especially in the north bay. Heres a look at some cell phone video just sent into our newsroom. The trees are beginning to sway. Jodi hernandez joins us from the front edge of this storm in santa rosa. Whats the story where you are . Reporter folks are nervous as they wait for the next big storm to roll in. They hope this time theyll be ready. The last time we had plastic to right here. This time well bring it up a few inches. Reporter gina knows all too well what kind of damage one intense storm can cause. Her downtown boutique got soaked during decembers downpour. She doesnt want a repeat. We just went through it and we can prepare, we know what could happen. Reporter decembers storm l
Traffic to a stand still. And this is the highway going into south lake tahoe. The highways are open without chain restrictions. Lets begin with Spencer Christian and live doppler hd. Todays rainfall system, we have precipitation tapering off right thousand. Theres hardly anything left except a few spots of white, widely scattered moisture, just basically drizzle in some spots. And its not very widespread. We await the arrival of the next one tomorrow. And in the sierra, there as almost nothing happening. There was light snow in the Higher Elevations earlier. Rain down low, and thats winding down. We take a look at the rainfall total, and they vary widely from a hin a an inch and a half to just trace amounts in redwood city. 09. The system coming in tomorrow will be a stronger, more vigorous one, and ill show you what we expect that to where i in a few minutes. You can see whats showing up on live doppler hd. Its free on apples i store or googed play. As welcome as the rain is, we need