We do have team coverage. They are stationed from guerneville to San Francisco watching those dangerous spots. Well get to them in a moment but first we need to check in with meteorologist kari hall. Good morning we are seeing some of that rain continuing through the bay area. This is what it looks like as you head out. This is a live look outside of oakland, 880, and it is very slow going. So, some wet roads and pretty good coverage here on the radar as we have seen also some splotches of yellow. Rain moving through the north bay, San Francisco and over to the east bay. And where we see the heavy est rain, just to the south of napa over toward no vat o and san rafael, some heavier rain falling outside the window now. We talked about 880 in oakland, rain move tlg and just to the south there toward hayward and down the peninsula, a more steady downpour thats kind of wind blown, but weve also seen a bit of a break for parts of san jose, but just in a few minutes that rain will be moving right back in. Well see several more waves of this rain as we go into this evening, even getting heavier with some gusty winds. Ill detail all that of coming in in the micro climate forecast. All right, thank you, kari. The greatest damage were seeing is in San Francisco where that tree came down right across the top of a car. Happened in the same neighborhood earlier this week. Nbc bay area chuck is live in visitation valley in San Francisco. Chuck, you talked to a person whose car was just smashed. Reporter you know what, just not one car, but several cars. Theres two cars, one right behind the other, and there is a third car here that was stuck struck by a street light that came crashing down. Behind me you can hear the sound of chain saws as they are trying to chop this tree up. We had aerials of what this scene looked like a short time ago when we heard about this incident. We dispatched our helicopter to the scene and it shows you this large tree, a monterey pine, roughly 60 to 70 years old that came crashing down. Now, here back on ground level, we can tell you that this happened around 6 30 this morning. Thats when lamonte roths child had just come home from work and the tree came crashing down a very short time later. Hell tell you about it. It is no overstatement to say he is incredibly lucky. Thank god for the grace of god. I just happened i pray, you know, when i was getting out the car walking up the hill. I went to sleep and an hour later i was woke up by the sound of the trees. It started with the pole and then it ended with the tree. The crazy thing it happened up here on nash street as well. Reporter thats right, another tree fell just around the corner on brook dale about a few days ago. Power lines snapped by the tree falling, dragged down this street light right here, damaging a third car. Pg e has been called. You might see here back live that theres a large pg e truck behind it. Thats because when this tree was pulled up by the roots, it snapped also a gas line running in this Public Housing section of San Francisco. And, so, that posed a greater danger for even more widespread damage. Thats the latest from here. You can see it here. The city crews working on this. Im chuck reporting live in San Francisco, nbc bay area. All right, hopefully you got a break for a quick cup of coffee, chuck. Thanks for all that workout there. Were also keeping a close eye on Russian River in sonoma county. Right now its above staff flood level. Right here you can see and its causing a lot of flooding. Water levels will remain throughout the day high, but we go now to nbc bay area guerneville. Pete, People Living near the river, they are not out of the woods just yet. Reporter good morning to you, chris. One of the things early this morning youre seeing, the rain right now is coming down. Were on drake boulevard. This is that area were talking about, we showed you this morning, this golf area, the area is flooded. A lot of flooding around the area. I want to point out i talked to Russian RiverFire Department. This is from the tributaries in the area, but not from the Russian River. We do know as far as the levels go in the river it is currently 35 feet which is considered to be in flood stages. Anything above 32 feet is considered flood stages in this area. Now, we are seeing flooding in parts of guerneville. Thats for sure. And we spoke to a guy who actually lives in the rv housing community. He had an rv in there and he had to pull that rv out. What he had to say, trying to do this in the flooded waters and as the rain is coming down. Its a pretty big mess. Im planning on getting a truck and coming in this afternoon when the river is supposed to be at the lowest based on predictions, just so i can get in there and hopefully, you know, undo what needs to be undone, you know, which is under the water right now so i can pull it out. Reporter as i mention right now, guys, its at about 35 feet in the Russian River as far as levels go. Its going to dip down a little bit but it will still be above 32. Tomorrow is when theyre expecting it to possibly hit 37 feet in the Russian River. Of course that can affect areas if it does hit that, the Russian RiverFire Department tells me theyre going to be fully staffed and ready to go because thats when theyre expecting the big storm to hit. Were live in guerneville, pete, nbc bay area news. Thanks, pete. Today there was a little less flooding on bay area roadways but that did not the traffic was moving quickly. We have been tracking the traffic all morning long. Lets call on him again. Mike, 880 is tying up traffic. Reporter lets look at it. Northbound 880, big rig right there, the one with, well, more than a right angle, more acute than that. They got it righted by that tow truck there but it spilled fluid on the roadway. It blocked majority of the lanes in the northbound direction 90 minutes. In addition to the rain they had to clean up whatever spill there, make sure it stayed out of the soil. They did. Lets look at the status now. Live look past the kocoliseum, showed you, kari showed you this. This is past 66 and coliseum. Still slow here as we look at the map. Ill show you how far the back up continues. Youre jammed up, takes about 45 minutes still from that stretch all the way to the bay bridge toll plaza, 580 clear. That was complicated by the rain, there was a spill, rain complicated things. Chp hasnt said it is because of slick roads. We are always talking about loss of traction that may have played a factor here or in many spots around the bay. The green shows you where roadways are wet and slick. Speeds are going really well because were still sort of in that shadow of the holiday photographic flow. Not everybody has come back to work yet. As we look farther south, the index shows the rain and wet roadways will be less of an impact on the roadways. Kari showed you that system coming in once again that will make the south bay, Silicon Valley wet. Youll watch for more spotty flooding. Be care. Out there. This afternoon and evening commutes, you might want to get an early start. Tell that to your boss. You might get an early afternoon. Thanks. Thanks. Big waves, lots of rain, theyve been taking a toll. You can add king tides to the mix. Whole pacifica being spared heavy erosion. Crews pouring concrete below esplanade avenue. It has been a rough few days in the Santa Cruz Mountains because of the storms. There is good news to report. Traffic is now flowing in both directions in both lanes on highway 17 between Scotts Valley and the summit. Thats where i was this morning as all lanes reopened after a massive mudslide shut down the highway completely in the area early monday morning. It took more than 24 hours to clean it all up, and during that time the two southbound lanes were used for both south and northbound traffic. No divider, it was a little scary out there. The latest storm bringing a new round of nerves for folks who live near the creek in the south bay. The reservoir there already spilling and water from the creek caused major flooding over the weekend in gilroy, closing roads and highways. The latest round of rain also left orchards in gilroy submerged. Ironically, this weeks storms are actually limiting the amount of water to santa cruz residents because the storm damaged a pipeline connected to the citys water supply. Its been shut down for repair so as a result the city is facing a shortterm water shortage. Everybody in santa cruz is asked to cut back water by 30 for the next week until the krcrews can finish those pipeline repairs. Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink. A crucial tool for when we are in micro climate weather like this one. Download the app when Severe Weather heads your way. Other news, a south bay taxicab driver accuse of the sexually assaulting tie customers will be in court today. Campbell Police ArrestedJulio Sanchez last month. They received a report about one of the sexual assaults back in october. The victim said she was intoxicated and became separated from her friends when she was in downtown campbell. She said she got into a taxi outside a bar, later woke up inside the drivers home, as she says she was being assaulted. Police identified sanchez as the suspect after reviewing surveillance video. Also happening today, opponents of urban shield, that annual Law Enforcement training drill in Alameda County are asking county supervisors to vote against funding it. The critical Resistance Coalition is holding a News Conference late they are morning in a push to defund the annual training and weapons expo organized by the Alameda County sheriffs office. It takes place at the county fairgrounds. In the past people have protested against the event and what they call the militarization of our police. Up next at 11 00, snow drifts taller than your head. The sierra getting pounded by winter storm. The closures that are affecting drivers up and down the mountain. Plus hundred of uc workers off the job. The demands that they are fighting for today. Kari said that we would have just a minute to dry out and it was probably about a minute and ten seconds. Yeah, that is definitely over. So, we didnt have a lot of time to prepare for this round of rain moving in. So, here we go again with some widespread rain all across the bay area. And this is what youre seeing as youre heading out, at least there is not as much traffic in this spot, but live look outside at san jose, the rain is falling. We have some slick spots on the roadways and also the threat of some hydro planing as that rain get a little bet heavier as we go into today. The winds will also start to pickup. You have to keep a tight grip on the steering wheel. And flooding on some rivers, especially in the north bay. King tides coming up as we speak, and that will be one of the things well have to watch along the coast line over the next couple of days. And then later on this evening, lightning will be possible with some of those heavier downpours. As we get a look at the radar now scanning around the bay area, pretd much all of us getting in on at least some light rain. And then where we see the yellows and the reds that shows some pockets of some heavier downpours right now starting in parts of the north bay from san rafael and extending farther off towards the east, around napa. And then we go into San Francisco, daily city, and the eastern sections of the city, thats where we do have some of the heavier rain moving in. And also approaching the coast line right there at pacifica, there is some heavy rain starting to move in that will also be quite windy as well. And then we head over to the east bay, oakland we see some pockets of some heavy rain up to a quarter of an inch of rain. And the south bay getting a little bit of a break now, but still some rain in the forecast throughout the day. So, a Flash Flood Watch will be in effect as rain totals reach one to 2 inches for all of these areas shaded in green. Now in the Santa Cruz Mountains, there could be another three to 6 inches of rain. Weve already had 2 inches in spots like bolder creek and ben loman. Those are the spots well be watching. Additional rain totals at least an inch for much of the bay area. We also have a high wind warning that will be in effect. That will be with us throughout the evening as winds will continue to increase from the south at 25 to 40 miles an hour and gusts will be even higher. A look at those current wind speeds right now, weve had some gusts up to 39 in San Francisco. This is right now and those winds rushing up from the south will continue to pickup. Here is a look at the forecast through 3 30 this evening. And it will be in the winds coming in from the south at about 30 to 40 miles an hour. And then this evening, still gusty, and then slowly starting to calm down for tonight into the start of the day tomorrow. Looking at the time frame, once again, very heavy rain through lunchtime, and thats where the heavy est rain will be over the north bay from santa rose a over toward napa and then extending toward fairfield. Through the evening commute, we see the heavy est rain moving through the peninsula as well as the east bay and the south bay. Once again, this will be the time frame well be watching for that potential of some thunder and lightning and all of that rain rolling over toward the sierra, look at how hard it is snowing there. Some of the interstates closed and its definitely going to be treacherous trying to get there. Well talk about how much rain to expect as i send it back to you. Kari, we have some video of that. You have to put your tahoe ski trip on hold. This is video out of truckee. Westbound 80 closed at state line. This is the second day in a row parts of 80 have been shut down. A we look at downtown truckee here. If you decide to go, bring chains, extra food, clothing, water, but youre not going to get past koufax. Yikes. Weve been getting stunning storm scenes from our nbc bay area viewers. This is the passenger in this car, cheryl, who sent it from morgan hill. You can see the car is driving through a very large puddle, but the wisdom is drive around. Dont drown. Ali sent us a photo of a tree that went through her fence in the Almaden Valley neighborhood in san jose. Boy, just missed the house. And vincent, a video, a viewer from napa sent us these breath taking drone pictures of napas downtown area under water. And ani sent us a video of a creek essentially turning into a river in boulder creek. That is bold. Thanks to all of you for sending us so many incredible pictures and videos during the storm. When you see news happening, not just weather, tag us on twitter or instagram or post pictures or video to our facebook page. Well, those folks are from san jose, 8 x 8 opening the nasdaq this morning. Dow industrials up 15 points. 5547. Verizon is going ahead with its plan to buy parts of yahoo and that means changes for the company. After yahoo sells the majority of itself to verizon, what remains will be renamed altaba. Basically just a holding company. Yahoo ceo maeries a meyer will leave the board of directors when the deal is complete. She has publicly said she does plan to stay with the company, though, after the verizon deal closes. A driver is under arrest this morning after a brief chase in a car that police say was stolen. It started before 11 00 last night when officers responded to reports of gun fire near south capital and florence avenue. No one was hit, but when officers saw a car matching the description, it took off. Policemanaged to arrest that driver nearby and figured out that that car was indeed stolen. Police say there may have been a second person in the car who got away on foot. Thoutz of Clerical Workers at uc campuses and hospitals around the state are walking off the job. A short time ago police in santa cruz warned striking workers were disrupting traffic near the campus. Statewide, 12,000 workers at all ten campuses and five medical centers are on strike. They are protesting ucs negotiation tactics, they say, in a dispute over wages. Uc and the teamsters have been negotiating over wages since april. Contracts covering these clerical employees expired at the end of november. And live now to sacramento where Governor Brown is introducing the budget for the 201718 fiscal year, the budget will have to account for the possibility of steep cuts in federal funding for health care and other public services. This comes as there is uncertainty about the changes we can expect from president elect donald trump. President barack obama will bid the nation goodbye this evening. The 44th president of the United States will deliver his farewell address in chicago. As many as 20,000 people are expected to attend. Millions more will watch it live on television including on this tv station. President obama is expected to at least one last defense of his Signature Health care law before leaving the oval office, and hes expected to issue what the white house staff describes as a series of admonitions about the challenges we face moving forward. You can watch the full address right here on nbc bay area at 6 oclock. Coming up, fresh off a dramatic rescue in the south bay, in the works far from over. First responders are gearing up for their next call. And happening now, a team is hard at work during this mielk row climate weather alert. We have crews across the bay area at those major trouble spots. But you can also get alerts right to your smartphone when were not on the air. Download the free nbc bay area app. And if you have photos or video of the Severe Weather that you see, send it to us and well put it to work on the air. 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