Sits in the middle of Ella Sogomoniannow you cant really see behind me but this is now where that road ends. The hole is estimated to be 200 feet wide and a quarter mile deepwith sr 9 and 17 closures as well drivers are having to detour up to an hour away using bear creek and black roads. And that was Ella Sogomonian reporting from santa cruz county. Chp officers say that portion of skyline boulevard is now closed indefintiely. The southbound lanes of highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. Are back open tonight. After a massive mudslide shut down the highway. Caltrans crews are astill managing the flow of traffic by holding cars at times in the southbound lanes. The decision to reopen the northbound side will be made tomorrow afternoon. Engineers are still trying to figure out the best way to clean up the mess. And minimize the chance of yet another mudslide. The cleanup work has proven to be very dangerous. Yesterday two contractors. Working for caltrans. Were run over by a dumptruck
Allowing that. Long nguyen and his family only took out essential items. No one who lives here is allowed to stay overnight. Im just trying to go inside and grab as much as i can right now because i dont know when theyre going to let us go back in and grab the rest of our belongings. I wish they would let us know more, like a timetable when or how long we have to wait or what are the steps being taken, theyre not letting us know too much about whats going on. Some of the people who went back in took precautions. Wearing bags over their shoes to avoid contamination or surgical masks. We just want to protect ourselves for our health and everything. And you think . Its just rain but that rain water goes across roadways and picks up water and oil and gasoline and all of that. Add in the cars that were also under water. Adding even more fluids in the water. It may have gone into homes where it picks up chemicals, kitchen detergents and insecticides and then the dumpsters were floating and t
Allowing that. Long nguyen and his family only took out essential items. No one who lives here is allowed to stay overnight. Im just trying to go inside and grab as much as i can right now because i dont know when theyre going to let us go back in and grab the rest of our belongings. I wish they would let us know more, like a timetable when or how long we have to wait or what are the steps being taken, theyre not letting us know too much about whats going on. Some of the people who went back in took precautions. Wearing bags over their shoes to avoid contamination or surgical masks. We just want to protect ourselves for our health and everything. And you think . Its just rain but that rain water goes across roadways and picks up water and oil and gasoline and all of that. Add in the cars that were also under water. Adding even more fluids in the water. It may have gone into homes where it picks up chemicals, kitchen detergents and insecticides and then the dumpsters were floating and t
Earth. Now theyre exposed after trees fell into the creek. And those homeowners say several other nearby neighborhoods are also potentially at risk. The homeowners say theyve asked the city of pleasanton, alameda county, and the army corps of engineers. Getting little or no response. Theyre literally scared their homes are not far away from plummeting into the creek. David raun has lived there for 20 years. He says his backyard used to be a slope and now its a cliff. Davin raun, homeowner this is the worst its been in 20 years. Weve lost 20 feet of our backyard. Our neighbor has lost 40 feet. Its eroding away, were losing 5, 10 foot chunks at a time. Raun says theres always been an erosion problem, in the 20 years hes lived here. But this is by far the worst its been. Tomorrow well be checking with the city and county to see what they think about this erosion and the claims that they have not been responsive enough. catherine a state of emergency has now been being issued because of th
Earth. Now theyre exposed after trees fell into the creek. And those homeowners say several other nearby neighborhoods are also potentially at risk. The homeowners say theyve asked the city of pleasanton, alameda county, and the army corps of engineers. Getting little or no response. Theyre literally scared their homes are not far away from plummeting into the creek. David raun has lived there for 20 years. He says his backyard used to be a slope and now its a cliff. Davin raun, homeowner this is the worst its been in 20 years. Weve lost 20 feet of our backyard. Our neighbor has lost 40 feet. Its eroding away, were losing 5, 10 foot chunks at a time. Raun says theres always been an erosion problem, in the 20 years hes lived here. But this is by far the worst its been. Tomorrow well be checking with the city and county to see what they think about this erosion and the claims that they have not been responsive enough. catherine a state of emergency has now been being issued because of th