Those nearby. Some residents prepared for the worst putting sandbags around their properties. Heavy rain brought the water level to three feet of going over the banks. This is the Russian River in guerneville over the weekend. Flood warnings were cancelled. The river crested at 6 feet about an hour 16 feet about an hour ago. The highest recorded flood occurred in 1986 when the river reached 49 feet. Strong wind also caused a lot of problems. We have a broken power pole in San Francisco sunset district leaving 8500 people without electricity yesterday. It was one of multiple incidents where trees or power polls brought down power lines. The latest outages show a 650 homes in the north bay without power and around 600 in the south bay as well as others. Rain opened up a large pothole on westbound 4 in pittsburg blamed for flattening the tires of two dozen cars yesterday. Thats no fun. Crews shut down the lane while they made those emergency repairs. Its now open again. This is just a goo
Without gas. The road is closed and will have to be rebuilt. There are detours in place. In lafayette, Elissa Harrington cbs 5. Its 4 31 now. This morning, road crews will be assessing damage from yet another sinkhole that opened up yesterday in the Santa Cruz Mountains on vine hill road near the summit of highway 17. The dirt underneath vinehill gave way just before noon yesterday. And now one entire lane is gone and the rest of the road is in jeopardy because theres nothing under supporting the pavement now. One resident says he lost several trees in the collapse as debris rolled down the hill. You can see that the whole road has been undermined and theres a lot of water flowing through and we have lost, you know, half the road. Longtime residents say they have never seen anything like this at all. Its not clear how long that road will stay closed. Flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of residents nearby. They prepared for the worse puttin
One more look at that sinkhole, it is going to take quite a while to come up with a solution. They need to come up with a permanent plan and at this point the road is going to have to be replaced. In lafayette, Elissa Harrington, cbs 5. Thank you. Another sinkhole opened up yesterday. This one in the Santa Cruz Mountains on vine hill road near the summit and highway 17. Its big as well one entire lane is gone and the remainder of the road is in jeopardy because theres nothing underneath supporting the pavement now. Its not clear how long that road will stay closed. One north bay school is closed today because of damage from the storm. Cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is in fairfax where crews will be clearing out flooding. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yeah, there will be no school for White Hill Middle School students today. You can take a look at this video we shot earlier this morning. This weekends Stormy Weather prompted School Leaders to make this decision last night. Accordin
Belcher pulled the trigger while his coach and general manager watched in disbelief. Im dhchoosing not to answer any questions about what i saw. It wasnt a pretty site. Southern california got pounding rain and downed trees and power lines. Where is it all coming from . An Evacuation Order remains in effect in louisiana as authorities rush to secure 6 Million Pounds of gun powder. And 8yearold girl bitten by a dolphin at seaworld and its all caught on tape. An incident involving a magician, a tv host dropped flammable liquid on his head. All that the ball is loose picked up by claiborne the Dallas Cowboys turn it into a touchdown. Thats going to secure a dallas victory. And all that matters. The stars were out in washington for the Kennedy Center honors. I partied with wolf blitzer last night. Led zeppelin and tvs david letterman. You are an american treasure. Like the grand canyon. Chicago skyline. Or the top two kardashians. Welcome welcome to cbs this morn on fing. On friday we told
Going to rain or how long. Therefore we really dont know how bad the drought is going to be over the next year or two or three. Reporter the governor also acknowledged that he also has a political fight ahead over the issue of water and that he has to measure his steps, as well. We have to keep working together this year and in the years to come so efforts to strip away protection that are wanted and valued by significant sectors of california is not a way to build the unity. Reporter and even on this measure, i have to tell you, elizabeth, there was not unity. Republicans said nice try but what about the years leading up to today . Where was the planning then . Where is the policy thats going to get us out of the mess . The time frame. The governor called out you out for a question. Why dont we ask our waterman here. Matier always goes for the technical questions. Whats the obvious one . The water man . [ laughter ] oh, you and your technical questions, phil. Reporter the technical qu