yeah. and with weather comes you can sit down on your couch and watch the golden globes right? well, i was make dinner. and laundry was going. they were fun there s a lot of movies i still have to see. we will talk about that iterbut let s get to the business because we he believe that you are well informed and that s why we were able to dodge a bullet in some areas. now we want you to be able to be prepared with what s coming next. we have another storm producing up to 6 inches of rain. flash flood watch in effect for tomorrow for most of the bay area. from the coast to our inland areas and in addition we thought the wind were over no torment winds will blowout of the south up to 35 miles per hour. gusts to 65 miles per hour. immediately what we are watching right now today right here is the napa river. it s swollen and it s expected to overflow its banks today in napa. this is a dire concern as well. in gurnville russian river johnson beach which we were even able
brutal conditions. interstate 80 closed for 18 hours till 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. now open to cars with chained but closed to big rigs. a slow drive over donner pass. and these pictures give you a good idea how much snow fell. this is 2:00 p.m. on the right is 2:00 p.m. today. you can see how much has piled up. a live look over san francisco bay. some sun peaking out. showers over night. and you can see that on doppler. showers around a low that is north and west of the bay area and the purple stuff on the top part of the screen, that is snow in the higher elevations. below you can see the heavier cells towards 101 in san francisco. and then in the east bay. that snow, mount hamilton and good rain still coming down and over in the peninsula and through south bay showers ringing much of the south bay area. we will have the forecast in a few minutes. you don t have to go to the sierra nevada to enjoy the snow. a bicycle rider s ride cut short by the powder and a winter
door. busy out there on the roadways. a traffic alert highway 92 is completely shut down at 35 for a tree in lanes. also this morning we are getting word of a pretty serious accident westbound 24 at ak lana akalana. chp headed out to the scene. the wet weather did all kinds of damage over the weekend. check out this mess in sonoma county after rain flooded highway 101 there. you can see some drivers battled their way through all that deep water. a large oak tree shook free, came crashing on the saint helena road. the tree s roots left a huge hole in the street there plus a creek running along the pavement will make the effects even tougher. and up in the mountains it is nearly whiteout. eastbound 80 is completely shut down, thanks to all the heavy snowfall overnight. we are going to show you much more in the sierra coming up in a few minutes. closer to home, getting to work can be tough for folks in san mateo. five trees crashed down onto highway 92 and crews stil
weather was a welcome sight to some. reporter: good afternoon, we are live here at ca coat ta and pave oh parkway, where blown out fuses have knocked out power. unknown if the heavy rains are to blame for this one. this was a decent overnight storm and if the el nino forecasts hold true, hang on. the first big wet storm of the season made for slow going all over the bay area. this treatment crews were tremont crews were clearing out the area. a load of chickens toppled over on 580 westbound. traffic was jammed up from about 3:00 a.m. and it is still trying to recover. rain began in earnest after midnight, this was the scene in pleasanton with heavy band of rainfall coming through at 2:00 a.m. by 3:00 a.m., san jose was getting soaked and the dry ground soaked up the moisture, no problem. by 7:00 a.m., another heavy band of rain slammed the bay area, filling drainage ditches and slowing the morning commute. at one point it took an hour and a half to get from fremont to eas
that that car over there in that corner is actually a rental car so we don t know where the driver is from. we hope to get more information. i think my photographer made a good point, hopefully that driver had insurance. it appears the car is a complete loss with all that water damage. the car was under water for a half hour. that s all we have from here. live in san francisco, cate caugiran, cbs 5. a deadly fire is under investigation in san francisco this morning. one person was killed in the fire in the ingleside heights neighborhood. it started about 8:30 last night on saint charles avenue and the fire was put out in less than 25 minutes and the victim was discovered. deputies are investigating pleasant hill s second homicide of the year. no word yet on the victim, suspect or motive. they responded to the incident at interstate 680 and concord avenue around 9:30 last night. the first homicide was on february 10 when a 21-year-old man died during a drive-by shooting.