Water from the reservoir to be used in the delta. The camanche is only at 31 the snow pack is one third of what it should be. If snow pack isnt there, our summer time flow is going to be reduced. Customers have been trying to do their part. Several months ago, asking clients to increase their conservation to 15 . My wife waters less frequently. We watched what weve done with water in the house. And have been conscious of the drought. If things dont improve Officials Say they may have to pump water from the sacramento river. Its so expensive when you have family of five just minimum to take showers so not a fan of that. Any rate increase will be decided later in the year. In orinda abc7 news. Rivers are running strong throughout Northern California tonight. This is the American River near auburn. Most rivers in the bay area running at normal for this time of the year. Stream flows on the coast are above normal now. Check that out. You can see and hear from this video, weather hasnt let
This morning. These are sustained winds but we have gusty winds to deal with before all the winds retreat out of the west, 10 to 15 miles an hour. Rainfall totals since friday, have a look. San francisco approaching an inch and a half. Right now, elizabeth, how are the roads . Slick roads, wind and debris, could slow you down. We have had a few different incidents, probably the biggest one, westbound 580 at Mountain House. It was an overturned big rig and theres an unofficial wind advisory here. Gusts may have had something to do with this. Traffic is stacking up there as well. Bay bridge, another high advisory in effect. Thats traffic. Back to you. Thank you. Ryan is on skyline boulevard in the Oakland Hills this morning, where a giant tree came down on a driveway, narrowly missing a house. Reporter theres plenty of wind up here and has been for a couple days. This is what it looked like yesterday. The mix of wind and rain violently swept across the bay area. When i heard the cracking
And the water new in storage after the rain is still well below average. East bay mud is warning its may have to raise rates if skies dont open up in a big way. Like many water agencies, east bay mud is below average. East bay mud is at 54 , and you never want it to be at capacity 100 at this point of the year was because that could create huge problems and the moral of the story is that we need more rain. Bay area water agencies knew this amount of rain would not solve drought problems. East bay mud recorded nearly five inches of rain in the sierra and two and a half in the reservoirs down below. We need several weekends like one weve had probably a good 4 to 6 more storms to be in a better position with our water storage. Right now, the agencys level is at 73 of where they want it to be. Low rain totals and temperatures have added to the problem. Also over the summer, state Water Resources control board ordered east bay mud to release water from the reservoir to be used in the delta.
Assaultsed yesterday morning. Ambushed bay teenager. The Tiffany Wilson his more. Ill tell you this is probably one of the most brazen acts of violence that i have seen. In the city. It started around 11 00 a. M. Yesterday when 17yearold boy called the domino pizza on hillcrest avenue. Few minutes later a 22yearold woman left the restaurant and drove about a mile to the 2800 block of blue bell circle. As soon as she exited her car she was approached by a man at gun point who ordered her back into her car and then made her drive to a different location and at that location he sex allally assaulted her and robbed her of some personal items then made her drive him back to the same area where he had originally met her and he fled the scene from there. The victim called police within hours officers made an arm. The juvenile suspect has a prior criminal record. Its pretty clear that the pizza delivery in itself was a mechanism to try and possibly commit the robbery. He says the Sexual Assaul
From a mix of win and rain that toppled trees and knocked out power. A tree landed on top of an suv and caused a power outage affecting hundreds. 380 customers are still without power this morning. In the oakland hills, a pine tree came down in a driveway and took out part of the roof. When i heard the cracking, i was sure it was a tree coming down. Im thankful it didnt come through the house and im okay. The forecast is called the Atmospheric River and the latest modeling suggests future weather cycles will alternate between intense storms and severe drought. A man was injured when the wind blew big chunks of styrofoam weighing up to 60 pounds off a roof. He was hit in the head yesterday while walking along market street. That wind knocked down a massive tree in foster city. Around we have video of a flooded road there, water splashing up past the cars hood. In the central valley, water rose to the brim of a few creeks in sacramento. Puddles formed in parts there. Going forward, the f