And im vicki liviakis. Pam has the night off. Some of those diplomats. Work right here in San Francisco. Today president obama announcing tough new sanctions for alleged russian hacking during the 2016 election. Kron 4s Ella Sogomonian is live outside the russian consulate in San Francisco ella what have you seen so far . Reporter live weve seen Russian Diplomats come and go from the consulate all afternoon but none have made any comment about the president s orders. I met with the Media Spokesperson inside the consulate last week who said would be available for questions but tonight it seems to be a different story. Pkg i ask to speak with the russian consulates spokesperson i met with inside last week only to be denied and instructed to call him instead but all day no answer or voicemail option. Thursday San Franciscos Russian Diplomats kept to themselves after an order from president obama for 35 consulate members to leave the country and take their families with them. No comment. T
Counting most troubled world remains closed for miles. And it looks like is going to stay that way for at least two weeks. One of napas county road catherine a rockslide came crashing down monday afternoon on silverado trail at pratt avenue. More of the hillside there in saint helena fell. Catherine it appears that most of the wall of rock will have to come down before drivers can safely get through. Just how helpful were the most recent storms theyve been so beneficial. That 40 percent of calfironia is now out of the drought. Grant just look at this video of the lexington reservior. Which is over flowing. But we can find kron 4s dan kerman live in the east bay tonight at San Pablo Reservoir with more on the drought. Reporter its truly been a stunning area. Reporter the recent series of storms filling lakes, overflowing rivers and covering the sierra mountains in snow. Reporter it is at 100 percent capacity. We had a very wet october and one of the web system and our history in effect.
Steve the upside of the downpour reservoirs filled to capacity. Steve both in the bay area and up in the sierra. State water officials telling kron four things are looking up for us youre watching kron four news in prime time. Reporter the series of storms giving california the rain it needs. But causing headaches for neighbors. Steve steve aveson. Pam and im pam moore. Pam tonight. From marin county to guerneville and back to the east bay. Pam we are tracking the trail of destruction left behind. And the work to cleanup and repair the damage. P steve and our team has you covered. Kron4s alecia reid is live in the east bay where there are concerns about a collapsed road. And Charles Clifford live in the north bay where extreme flooding shut down highway 37. Pam but first lets go out to following flooding in guerneville. Reporter there will be opening starting tomorrow at 8 30 a. M. Until 3 30 a. M. And will be open until sunday, january 15th. The water has receded a lot of the streets.
Oakland. Alecia do we know the condition tonight of the band members hit by the train . Reporter know. Steve we do not at the moment. We do know that it would try to get to freshi. Reporter it is not clear as to what their injuries are at this time. Reporter bay were scheduled to play ed at yoshis tonight. I was supposed to meet them here because we have a v8 we have a gig. It was nothing going on and then it just happened. The freiht train going that way which was literally walking distance. Reporter yoshi has canceled the concert for tonight. We will bring you the latest. Steve thanks alecia well check back in with you as soon as you have new information. Pam tower of power is an iconic home grown band. Together almost 50 years, the band was one of the many groups to come out of the bay area in the late 1960s. Including the grateful dead, jefferson airplane, and santana. Pam they always claimed oakland as their home. They call their sound urban soul music. Their many hits include you
In des moines november 14th. Itll be moderated by c b s john dickerson. 3 Iowa Governor Terry Branstad was getting asked some questions. About the effort to privatize iowas Medicaid Program. Critics want to know about how much money might be saved. How contracts have been awarded. And how the plan will affect patients. Later today. A legislative Oversight Committee will hold the first of two hearings to go over these privatization plans. The governor says the move will mean more streamlined service at a lower cost. And iowa is doing the same thing that half the states in the u s have already done. 3 the dept of Human Services has shared with me the spreadsheet and the citeria and the approach that they used. I think that we acted in an appropriate way. And we feel confident. And just as 25 other states have been able to move forward with 3 this. Iowas Medicaid Program gives care to poor children. Families. Disabled people. And low income adults. Its paid for with more than 4 billion do