Overflowing. The amount of water weve received, is 196 above average. Reporter drought watchers declared that 40 of california including the bay area is no longer in the drought. Its a dangerous and premature assessment. But this professor at st. Marys college says the crodrou is fair fromover. Here is an analogy. Reporter she says our groundwater levels are still dangerously low. Until we can replenish this, which will take decades, were not going have a healthy robust supply. Reporter thats why clair says shell continue to pay the price to continue her droughtfree landscape. Im not going to add it up. I know it will be worth it. Reporter it remains in place until Governor Brown decides to lift it, but, of course, with all of this water, were certainly heading in the right direction. Reporting live in lafayette, im elyce kirchner. Thank you, elilyselyse elyce. Jeff, where are you at in the drought . There have been water fines imposed. In some cases they have not used that much water
And im jessica ago. What do you know about the condition and what happened. Reporter what i can tell you about the condition of one of the band members, i talk toed manager on the phone he said he was going into surgery right now. What i can tell you about what happened according to the witness, the witnesses said they were in this crosswalk when they were struck by the amtrak strain. It happened fast and without any warnings. We are crossing the street, the two gentleman were two feet away from us. They two gentlemen had no time to react so they dpot hit. We were two feet from a train flying buy. Awarding wing tower of power. Drummer and base, they were schedule to perform at the square. They were were hitting toward this is base player, so were in shock. He was supposed to fill in tonight. The two witnesses said it was confusing because one passed by and the arms went up and ask they stopped flashing they assumed it was safe to cross. They couldnt do much of anything. One guy moved o
Tower of power were on their way to play at yoshis in oakland. Leslie brinkley has the latest. Reporter thats right, ama and dan. Tower of power had played ten out of the 12 shows they were scheduled to play at yoshis when this tragic accident occurred last night. Amtrak says the two musicians were not in a legitimate Railroad Crossing when this amtrak train came through and struck them at about 25 miles an hour. There are two train crossings by yoshis jazz club for pedestrians and for cars. Even a pedestrian bridge over the tracks. But two members of the tower of power band ran out of their hotel just before their 8 00 show was ready to start thursday night and apparently tried to jaywalk over the train tracks along with several others. A Freight Train passed. Then they ran out and were struck by another oncoming amtrak train. The drummer was rushed to Highland Hospital with face and head injuries according to a Facebook Post who also said a fillin bassist made it through surgery for
Do to water coming from the Sacramento Bee cherries along with high tides from the bay and the water gathers in the delta. And effect until 11 30. Were talking and yet, pittsburgh, disco bay. We have a Flash Flood Watch in effect for portions of the Sacramento County region 22 levee failure. Keeping a close eye on that and that continues through this afternoon. Out the door this morning temperatures are chilly. Our temperatures right now in the 30s near freezing and temperatures in the 40s for oakland and San Francisco. Chilly morning with fog and frost and dry with a chance of rain. Our next chance is wednesday and we talk about that coming up. A controversial speaker sparks chaos prompting organizers to pull the plug on the event. [ cheering ] that was the scene on campus last night. The cause of the uproar, Breitbart News editor rows to fully fame on a platform of hateful rhetoric. It was put in put on by the davis republicans who made the call to cancel. When people feel threatened
Good morning, everyone. Its thursday, january 19. Im jessica castro, natasha is off today. And im reggie aqui. Also here this morning, meteorologist mike nicco, traffic reporter alexis smith. Ill tell you, mike, when i went out if door last night at a certain time, i felt like a drowned harassed rat. It was really bad. It didnt stop. No, it came in waves and, you know, the intensity was pretty impressive, wasnt it . So hopefully it lived up to its billing and next time that happens, take a picture, post it on social media. You know, i almost did for you but i was so overwhelmed by the water that i could not. Oh, im sorry to hear that. I dont like to hear when people are overwhelmed by the water. Todays storm is going to be light. You can see it right there on the dumbarton and also the san mateo is also the bay bridge. We have moisture lingering on all of streets like right here. Well have drizzle to showers this morning, scattered showers at noon, break at 4 00 and then the first sign