Have saved two dozen people in the south bay because of flooding. Katie, what happened . The creek looks calm tonight, dont let the surface fool you. The water is dangerous. Firefighter have been working overtime to rescue people this week in fast rising floodwaters. Surrounded by a flooded coyote creek and stranded for two days. Firefighters are happy to deploy their rescue team to help this man. Its not just water, theres debris all over the place floating in the water. You cant just swim across the stream and get out. The waterways are dangerous. Three inches of water moving ten miles an hour. Its a lot of force. The 56yearold yelled for help. He was stuck near ranch drive in milpedes. His body temperature is probably low. We dont know that yet. He will probably be taken to a local hospital. Hes not the only one who underestimated the storm runoff. Joshua bradshaw saved a fellow cyclist yesterday. That was scary. I dropped my phone and got off my bike and it went and grabbed me. The santa clara countys Sheriffs Office shared bradshaws video on facebook. Our urban search and rescue team took people out of homes, two from the south gilroy area, and i know we took three or four people from cars. More than 20 people have been saved by the rsot team. The water is finally receding in gurnville after the Russian River reached its highest level in a decade. This is video of how extensive the flooding has been. Damage is estimated in the millions of course. Residents are taking the flooding in stride. Here he is paddling away. Those lucky enough to see the water recede from their property are cleaning up. It flowed around here and hit the curb there and was making a big whirlpool out here. Sonoma county will place debris boxes in several areas. More than 100 people forced out of their homes by flooding are coming home. Theyre being told not to drink the water or bathe in it. Lani rivera is live in holliser with a look at how families are coping. Workers are handling out battled water to people in this community. Theyre coming up and down this street in pickup trucks and handing out bottled water as this community tries to bounce back and dry out. There was a lot of water, this was basically just a river covered through here. Ted shows us a closer look at flood damage after the creek rose and spilled into the community of holliser. This is what flooded all of northern lovers lane. His house was spared, others along lovers lane are in a designated flood zone. The floors are pretty well saturated with dirty water. The unfortunate thing is, we were remodeling, we had a lot of stuff on the ground. Valerie helped rescue animals stranded by the rising water. Her ranch is now a temporary home for four horses and 18 cows that were in flooded pastures. There was nothing keeping them between the roads. There were lakes everywhere, and i think one of them was killed. She was happy to help her neighbors in this close knit community. If it had happened to us, it would have been scary and sad, im really glad that we turned out to be okay. And we were able to make it possible for other people to be okay. Brush and debris in this creek caused it to back up near san felipe road, and rush over the road into farmland it rose 20 feet, the highest level since 19 1969. The storms didnt impact just people. Take a look. This beaver showed up injured and disoriented at Joe HendersonElementary School this morning. They found it had small wounds on its feet and tail. Experts tell us the beaver is dinged up but is expected to be okay. The federal agency has declared the drought over in 35 of california. Much of the central and Southern California areas are in air moderate to severe drought. So could we start to relax in terms of water use . Laura anthony is looking into that question. Well, the spill way behind me is open for the first time in a long time. While everything looks great, there is more to the story. Underground. This is what many california reservoirs look like at the height of the drought in the spring of 2015. Half empty. This is what many look like today. More than 100 full. So full, the spill way at the San Pablo Reservoir is wide o n open. The amount of water we received is 160 of average. For the month of january, 470 of average so far. While federal officials may have declared northern californias drought over fp jerry browns declaration is still in place, at least for now. This may be a sign that the state is coming out of the drought emergency that weve been in for years, and maybe time local control can be returned. Nen theres the long term outlook. We received all of the snow. This is great, is it going to last . Alex is a professor of earth in maraga. All this is great for surface supplies. What happens beneath the ground is even more important. All of this precipitation is going to help replenish the surface water it does very little to replenish the groundwater august weer ifs. While things may look great in northern california. The drought is very much in place in the southern part of the state. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. You can keep tabs on the weather any time with live doppler 7 and the abc 7 news app. There are new issues in a 2015 kidnapping case that made National Headlines when Vallejo Police mistakenly called it a hoax. She was kidnapped and held hostage for two days. The suspect has pleaded guilty to the crime and is said to be sentenced in march. Civil attorneys want to question the family about missing evidence. The civil attorneys want to know what evidence the Vallejo Police department had that led investigators to say the couple made up being kidnapped. This is the only electronic evidence the city has turned over from that critical time. One email for increased visibility patrol. The others from a print reporter, saying someone claiming to be the kidnapper was emailing him. Thats why we have no idea why kenny park went on national television. Mr. Quinn and miss huskins has plundered valuable resources away from our community. The Vallejo PoliceDepartment Spokesperson at the time. He called the kidnapping a hoax. Vallejo police interrogated quinn for 18 hours, the interrogation videos the city handed over are incomplete. Theres a chunk of time that is missing when the Vallejo Police department go over the holly graph examination. He doesnt know if the city needs more time. Even worse, if they were destroyed. Thats why we want to make sure that vallejo explains under oath why this is all that were receiving. A spokesperson says we have no comment. The attorneys representing the city did not respond, theres no efficient way to search for the requested texts and emails. A judge will hear both sides arguments next week. New at 6 00, prosecutors have charged this man, jason silva with kidnapping and carjacking after he allegedly stole a car with a 4yearold child inside. It happened Tuesday Morning while the cars owner and childs mother was dropping off her other child at day care. Silva reportedly told police he wanted to get out of the rain, didnt mean to kidnap anyone, and abandoned the car. Hes in and then hes out, on the same day the warriors announced they hired greg sur as a Security Consultant the. They cut ties with him. The parting was mutual. He was on retainer to advise on the groundbreaking. He resigned from the sfpd after a series of shootings. The statement said, the last thing i want to do is cause a distraction for the warriors gurg this incredibly positive time for the team and organization. Much more to come here on abc 7 news at 6 00. Were going to have the full story behind this video. Captured during this weeks storms. At 6 30 a new dead line for the developers of San Franciscos sinking Millennium Tower. The latest demands from the city at 6 00 will be right back. Over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long Health Insurance. How . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. And, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. To get covered, youve got to get going. Open enrollment ends january 31st. Visit covereca. Com today. New video from drone 7 is showing the enormity. It flew over pinol earlier today. Looking at a massive hole the breach measures 70 feet wide and 30 neat deep. The fast moving river of water washed away a lot of earth. County public works crews dont know when the repairs will begin. Theyre still trying to assess what to do. Sky 7 flew over just a few hours ago, the campgrounds in this park will be closed for the next week because of power issues. Power that was knocked out in the storm was knocked out in castro valley. At t crews spent the day trying to get the phones back on. Which includes the holy cross orthodoxed monastery. Kathy gill was the first person to know there was a problem. She was outside tuesday afternoon, when this huge you can lip tuesday tree fell, barely missing her and her home. She was on the phone with her husband when it began. The other tree took out the phone lines. Fortunately the chickens in her front yard didnt follow suit. Still dead. Down the street at the holy cross monastery, the land lines were out for two days. Theres no cell phone coverage three miles south. Six miles north. Thats been a long drive dodging flood lines. No power means no pumps for drinking water. Were 900 feet high in a narrow canyon. It gets 10 to 15 degrees colder here than in freemont. Moving things in their garage up high and putting out sandbags. They will have this rock wall to repair and a Rushing Creek to keep an eye on. That beauty has a price. Its very primitive out here by various standards. In addition to falling trees, its prone to mudslides and occasional pooling of water. The road is still closed to through traffic. Eric thomas abc 7 news. The avalanche danger remains high in the sierra today after days of unrelenting snow, rain and wind. Dramatic new surveillance video. Kristen zee is here with that. Were about to show you the raw power of a sudden snow slide. This video inside a beautiful home in the kirkwood valley area. I want you to pay very close attention to this kitchen area, thats the area thats about to get obliterated. Watch the right side of the screen. The explosion of snow right there. When its all done, a few seconds later, its covered the entire kitchen, cabinets, island, all gone. I want to show it to you aga again. Four homes were hit by this avalanche last night. It will be a while before they can remove all that snow and board up the home. Steven posted on facebook what happened to his home in the Alpine Meadows area. Take a look at this, would you believe thats the roofline right there . Pretty incredible. This is what it looks like from the inside now, that wall of snow up to 20 feet. Completely blocking his door, after a controlled avalanche. The avalanche danger is still considerable at all elevations. Look at that. They continue to set off controlled slides to prevent more serious events. In the mean time, most ski resorts are reopening after an epic series of storms, they expect safe and sensational ski conditions this long weekend. Thank you so much, kristen. Cal trans showed what its like to travel today. These pictures were captured this afternoon. State route 130 is closed right now because of snow. Heres live doppler 7, our current storm is almost gone. We have a few areas of green showing up on the radar there. White widely scattered showers. All the rain weve had the last several days. This is a welcome relief. Let me change the view here and show you the satellite image. Colder air moving right now in case you hadnt noticed it. This is the view. Its 49 in San Francisco. We have temperatures in the mid to upper 40s in oakland, mountain view. And this is a nice view of the golden gate and San Francisco from emeriville, its getting cooler in other places as well. 45 degrees 49 in napa, down to 42 at fairfield. Heres how it looks at the Golden Gate Bridge as we check out our forecast features. Its going to be chillingly overnight. Possibility of black ice on roadways that are damp. Temperatures will drop down to the freezing level, drive carefully if youre in the Early Morning hours or overnight. Drive carefully every day, but especially during those hours. Martin luther king junior day on monday. And well have storms the middle of next week. Well get partial clearing as the skies get clearer, the cold air will come in and drop temperatures down below freezing. Well see low temperatures in the low to mid30s in most inland locations and upper 30s to low 40s right around the bay. Tomorrows going to be a fairly cool day as well. Under sunny skies, highs will range from low to mid50s. Beginning tomorrow. Continuing through the 3day holiday weekend. Dry conditions, getting a little milder by monday, which is the holiday, and were going to go to rain chances over the next several days. Chances increase to about 35 late tuesday. Might get a little bit of light rain then. 70 chance of rain wednesday and thursday. Well be looking at a moderate storm coming in, expected to produce occasional downpours, strong gusty winds. Theres more wet weather coming. We have a string of sunny days, and chilly morningings. Notice the thermometer is shaking there. Id shake too if you put me outside. 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