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proving just how wild today s weather has been. the scene in capitola. a river flowing through the town. dramatic images here. businesses and residents evacuated. an underground storm drain failed late this afternoon and caused this. flooded the neighborhood and portions of capitola village. it s been raining for 19 of the past 24 days but today the most severe. our attempt reporters capturing some amazing pictures. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is track more rain that s headed our way. cheryl hurd is in the east bay where the cleanup continues after some significant flooding but we begin where the storm did the most damage in the south bay, causing major problems in the valley and the hills. nbc bay s elise kirchner joining us now with the aftermath of that dramatic video and that dramatic scene. elise? reporter: absolutely dramatic. people that i spoke to said they ve never seen anything like it. one minute it was rain. the next a gush of water here behind me and ....
now, 48-hour rainfall totals, impressive. anywhere from around an inch in santa rosa to over an inch and a half in san jose. that now will put us with more rainfall in this week since all of eleven at this point. all right, so this windy winter blast happening he across the north, all the way down to the south bay. we re also finding a little bit of pink on the radar there too. yes, low snow levels, down to 2,500 osfeet. we could see 2 t 4 inches at some of our highest levels above 3,000 feet as we head throughout the next 48 hours. when you mention the cold, temperatures right now only in the 40s, where some daytime highs struggled in the north bay to get out of the 40s. now, some of the highlights. winds that top 65 miles per hour, over the past 24 hours. pea-sized hail throughout the peninsula, south bay, andlst ao ast bay. and that low snow tout 2,500 feet. we re tracking a third storm for thursday. i ll have details and the timing on that coming up. and raj, this i ....
that wasn t the only silicone valley shake-up today. we heard from hewlett packard just up the road. hp shaking up its board of directors today. four members of the board shutting down as they begin a internal review of the action with ceo mark hurd among the hp board, former ebay ceo megawhitman. all of the executive maneuv maneuvering, steve jobs integral to apple s success the share prices have tumbled since his leave of absence. the changes seem to be accepted because they re companies that run less on personality and more on product. jessica, 30 minutes from now, more silicon valley news. also have the best companies to work for and who s hiring. back to you. now to the latest on the statewide amber alert. giuliani cardenas still missing tonight. the 4-year-old was abducted tuesday allegedly by his mother s boyfriend. and the longer the search goes on, the more investigators are becoming concerned about the boy s safety. elise kirchner is live on the story. any n ....
reporter: during his previous two terms, brown was criticized for being distracted by his ambition for higher office. this time around, he is too old to run for higher office but after reducing his 98-year-old aunt, he gave a warning to anyone vying for a job. those who are hankering after my job, it may be a while, so [ laughter ] so, relax. god willing, the genes are good. reporter: lieutenant governor-elect, gavin newsom, who first planned to run for the governor s job was in attendance. he delay his inauguration until next week. i m so glad what happened in terms of this race at every level because it is an extraordinary time and he is an extraordinary person and he has nothing to lose except trying to fail more efficiently. reporter: former san francisco mayor willie brown echoed his sentiment. it is going to be an incredible challenge, an incredible challenge, and that s why the speech was so significant. it was incredible. reporter: brown s speech ....
more accessible to them. there s no commute. it s less stressful environment for them. it s really difficult. but after six years of trying, he says he has managed to have san francisco fill up much more than 10% of his position. a lot of them are from san francisco, but no longer live in san francisco. and they no longer live in san francisco because of the high cost of living. despite those arguments, the san francisco board of supervisors passed a local ordnance to have 20% of the jobs to the resident. it will increase in 2017. many complain the city has lost its middle class because of a lack of industrial jobs. wouldn t it be great if something like local hire made it attractive for families to come back and say, i yao know, i would love to come back to san francisco. the light rail project they view as the turning point in the local hire campaign. there weren t a lot of san franciscos working on it. a lot of frustration from people in the community whe ....