Surprise whether it be the president ial race, the cubs world series win, or the numerous celebrity deaths. Ktvus Leigh Martinez his life from the embarcadero with a fireworks display. I see you have got the crown on your head. Looking good. Reporter you know i wasnt going to pass this up. For those who dont know, we are from the same county in new jersey. We are automatically attracted to bright shiny sometimes gaudy things. I had to have it. But yes. Not the only one. Several people have them too so theres the huge crowd out here now. Much bigger than it was before. We are still two hours out from the festivities. You can see the people milling about. Shes been waiting. She wanted to get on tv so bad. But you can see a lot of people here just about ready to have a good time. Everyone is wishing each other happy new year. It has been a roller coaster up and down year. Weve had some highs and lows. Some people really are just ready to start celebrating. With 2017 has to offer. Reporter
Alex is in for sal. Lets go to mark first in for steve. Youre tracking our storm. Yeah, it was pretty intense the activity has been trending down a little bit over the last couple of hours. This is a Flash Flood Watch posted for the Santa Cruz Mountains until 7 00 this morning. But on close her inspection, this is actually a Flash Flood Warning closer to felton. The river has been rising rapidly. So this is in place until 6 45. And its hard to ignore that the rainfall total, ben lomand over 6 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, so significant rainfall there, and up to the north bay area, this Flash Flood Warning in place until 7 45 this morning. The creek there has been running high, and as a rut, they have that Flash Flood Warning. Thankfully, the rainfall rates have been tapering off a little bit. Here is the coverage out there. And those yellows and some greens, at least backing off a little bit. There you can see some of the coverage up in the north bay. Well push the maps close
New police chief. For the first time ever, they hired a woman. What we know about oaklands new top cop coming up on mornings on 2. This is ktvu mornings on 2. A buzzy and wet wednesday morning. It is. January 4th. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning. Im dave clark. It is a busy morning. The big story this morning, your weather. This is a live picture of san jose. Now, i heard from a lady who said that, dave, were finally getting rain in san jose. It looks to be dry right now. Look at the clouds there. Im not an expert like mark tamayo, but he will be talking about the weather out there. Lets bring in our expert Team Coverage. Janine de la vega is out in the elements. Alex savidge tracking the roadways. Mark tamayo has a look where the heaviest rain is falling right now. Scattered rain developing off shore, hitting the peninsula right now. The intense downpours, they have backed off. The rainfall and the strong winds. San rafael, over three inches of rain. San ramon, over two inches. Not j
University should atone for its slavery past. In this moment in america were living with the fact that we never amillierated the original evil of slavery. Reporter it will give preferential ad mission for the slaves it sold. There are 10 to 15,000 of those descendants who now get the same special look as those of alumniand donors. Our country is really torn apart by ralths strife and theyre perfectly positioned to lead the charge with us. Reporter theyre also creating an institute to study slaverys legacy, building a memorial and building two buildings. One for a run away slave named isaac. They still have a 30 reward notice for his capture. For descendants living in louisiana, georgetowns push for answers have solved a mystery for her. Not having your history is something that we lived with. But in reality, it stays with you. Who were you when you were a thought . Reporter racial tensions here on campus and across the country triggered georgetowns intro spection and others hope more i
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