Matter of hours. Buying food right now. Getting all ready for, you know, a lot of batteries and a flashlig flashlight. Reporter residents like john smith are already preparing, hoping for the best. I just hope the roof doesnt leak, thats all. Reporter dont we all. And tonight with all the rainy weather, you can see traffic is slowmoving here behind me, chp urging drivers to take it slow and keep an eye out for standing water. And late this afternoon, we spoke with the spokesperson from pg e. She tells me they are bracing for Power Outages throughout the bay area, but believe People Living here in marin could be hit the hardest. Coming up at 6 00, we have tips for you to prepare for the storm that should be hitting even more tomorrow. Reporting live in larks per tonight, elyce kirchner, nbc bay area news. You can access the rain and track in your city by downloading our free nbc bay area app. The future of Driverless Cars hit a bump in the road today. But uber isnt slowing down. Take a
The downpour has been pretty much nonstop. Road crews continue to clear away rocks and mudslides on some of the most travelled roads. In the santa cruz mountains. That work turned tragic today on highway 17. Kron 4s rob fladeboe has been on the scene all day. He joins us live with late details on a worker who died on the job. Rob . aaapkgaaanats this was the chaotic scene just after noon here in the closed northbound lanes of highway 17 where crews have been working to clear a rock slide. Two men somehow run over by a dump truck. Sot officer Trista Drake Chpnats this motorist witnessed the accident and flagged down the chp. Sot woman who witnessed accident the witness too emotional to describe what shed seen. One of the the men was pronounced dead at the scene. Trapped beneath the trucks rear wheels for a time, the other man, his hand visible as was eventually pulled free, was consious and speaking says the chp. All of this happening in heavy rain as traffic passed bysot officer trisa
Now to the east bay. Where a massive mud slide plowed into a mans home. Nearly hitting him. He and his family have been forced out of their orinda house. Grant lodes has been tracking this story. Talk about a scary situation. Dan vittemberga and his family used to have a tranquil view of a lush green hillside. That changed. In seconds this morning. When the earth gave way behind his house. Slamming into his place on tassel way in orinda. The earth eventually stopped but not before breaching the rear wall of his office. Outside there is damage to his deck, furniture, hot tub and it doesnt stop there. Heres what it was like. The answer to that question will be worked out between vittimberga and the Property Owner up the hill. In the meantime Contra Costa County has red tagged his home. After moving in two years ago, he and his family have to find somewhere else to live, at least for now. In Sonoma County. The Russian River is flooding homes and causing various problems for drivers. Kron
Napa airport and santa rosa is in there. Menlo park checking in at 39 degrees. 41 for stanford. Looks like a nice day, just a cool day. In the shade a little chilly. In the sun, not too bad. Warmer tomorrow and then clouds and rain on sunday. 60s on your temps. 7 01. Traffic friday light or did something happen. I think it is pretty light. Okay. For a friday. Spring break and Easter Holiday weekend. It is good friday for those that celebrate. That is reflected on the traffic maps. Lets look at 80 westbound in the western part of Contra Costa County. It usually goes slow around this time of morning. That is not the case. North bay and marin county, your commute looks pretty good, even though the golden gate sausalito ferry has been canceled this morning. People are advised to take the ferry from tiburon instead. There is one issue to tell you about that we just got word of. This was a collision. It looks like a single car hit the center divide. 101 northbound just past the central scan