Stuck in a sinkhole on a rural county road in santa cruz. Skyland road suddenly collapsed late tuesday night. You see that blue van ended up inside that gaping hole, wedged at both ends. The driver wasnt hurt. With another storm today, people who live in this area are concerned about getting around. Its going to be a while before we get to use this road to go to town. So hopefully the other only road out of here stays open. So, crews say theyre not going to take that van out until they can stabilize the area around it. Caltrans now saying highway 17 will not fully reopen through Scotts Valley until monday at the earliest. Crews are working to clear a giant mudslide. There is one lane open in each direction. Youre looking at video of crews working through the night, clearing mud and debris from the northbound lanes and tuesdays slide hit in the exact same place where one of our morning photographers was hit by a land slide last month. He is still covering from that accident and talking about it for the first time. Coming up in just a few minutes, the video he took from inside and his warning now for other drivers. Good news for commuters heading west along the Altamont Pass in livermore this morning. Your drive is going to be much, much better than yesterdays. Sky7 was live above the nightmarish backup on 580 as crews temporarily nix fixed a massive hole near greenville road. It took more than 20 hours to get this done. Westbound lanes finally reopened around 10 30 last night. And just about an hour ago, the chp reopened westbound interstate 80 near the nevada state line. The chp posted these photos on facebook late last night after a mudslide there. The highway was shut down after several cars got trapped. No one got hurt and tow trucks were able to clear those cars overnight. What a scary situation for the driver inside of that white car. Two Good Samaritans happened to be in the right place at the right time in the east bay. They are krelted with saving the driver. The car was up side down in a creek in livermore. Abc7 News Reporter katie utehs spoke to one of the men who sprang into action. We heard the skidding but i could hear the impact. Reporter cell phone video shows the crash scene. Dan rich discovered near his ranch. The car flipped upside down, the young man was trapped. Reporter neighbor Clayton Weidemann jumped into the creek with dan along highland road. Underwater, we could hear him hitting the window but he couldnt break it. Reporter dan sprang into action again, grabbing a pick axe from his truck and used it to smash the rearside window. Clayton went underwater and went through the car because we didnt know if there was anyone else. Reporter the only person inside, a 20yearold driver who suffered minor injuries. Chp says he drove too fast for wet road conditions. He got very lucky. When you overturn and end up in a creek, it can end up worse than what happened. Reporter dan and clayton pulled the man out before chp and mfgs arrived. It took a lot of you know what to get that done. Reporter courage, perhaps heroics. Anybody would have jumped down in the water to help somebody out, obviously. Reporter a modest rescuer with miraculous timing. Students at dozens of bay area schools have a day off today because of the storms. We do have a list for you on our abc7 news app and you can download it for free. Make sure you enable push alerts. Youll get breaking news updates on the storm as it happens. With this storm, state engineers are keeping a very close eye on this reservoir. You probably saw a moment ago a gaping hole in the middle of it. Another storm is about to move in so of course the question is, whats the new concern . Jess, what do you have . That huge hole that opened up this week at lame oroville has just gotten bigger. In fact, a controlled test yesterday did not help. The edge along the spillway broke off and is now gone. Lake oroville is one of the biggest in california and state engineers are closely monitoring it and using a secondary spillway until this one is fixed. Officials said theres no imminent danger to the dam or the public. They expect to get results of yesterdays test sometime this morning as they try to come up with a longterm fix. Well be watching it. Happening today, President Trump will be on hand when Jeff Sessions is sworn in as attorney general. The Senate Confirmed him yesterday by a 524 vote. The alabama senator survived a strong push by democrats to derail his nomination. They questioned his position on voting rights, immigration, and womens health. He actually attempted Senate Confirmation once before and failed in 1986 after he was accused of racial insensitivity. After this vote, sessions urged senators to get along better. The mayor of berkeley now has Police Protection because hes getting death threats. According to berkeley side, jesse started getting threats after calling Milo Yiannopoulos a white nationalist. He later apologized and instead called him alternativerightist. Violent protests shut down the speech. He said the threats will not stop him. The city council was signed off on a compensation package and benefits that will total 300,000. Some City Council Members say they were hesitant to sign off on the 2. 5 year deal but they didnt want to send the wrong signal to kirk patrick after the contract had been extended to her. We are all going to have to live with emergency drought rules a while longer. Despite the fact that weve gotten all this rain and snow, the state Water Resources control board has voted to keep the regulations in place. A coalition of state and local leaders wanted the board to lift restrictions after we received the wettest winter in years, but water officials are concerned about what will happen if the rain and snow start easing up. Governor brown declared a drought emergency in 2014 and ordered californians to cut water use by 25 . I think its great if we just keep on doing what were doing. Its the new normal. Lets give you an update on whats out there. Advisory and flood watch, because this is what we want you to be prepared for. Until 4 00 up in the north bay, until starting at 7 00 until 4 00 around the east bay hills and the diablo range in the Santa Cruz Mountains, gusts up to 60 miles per hour. This is the time for downed trees and Power Outages. Now, flooding, Flash Flood Watch means be prepared. A warning means take action. Be prepared until 10 00 in the north bay, and then until 7 00 tomorrow morning in the Santa Cruz Mountains for rapid rises in streams and mudslides and domestic violende those burn scars. We have the chance of some flooding. Now, the heaviest of the rain is going to fall from about 9 00 in the morning until about 4 00 so between the commute so. My biggest concern is up in the north bay during the morning commute. My biggest concern during the evening commute will be in the south bay. An hourbyhour look at todays march of heavy rain coming up next. Any hot spots yet . No, we are enjoying a pretty quiet start so if you are heading out right now, you should get a relief from the crazy week that we have had. Heres a look at southbound 680 through the walnut creek area, dry pavement for now and that is really looking smooth and a quick check of drive times. We had a yesterday. Westbound 580, tracy to dublin, only half an hour. Westbound 4, antioch to con ordinary, 14 minutes and a psouthbound 101, san rafael to San Francisco, in the yellow at 19 minutes. Take a look at mass transit coming up. There has been a rash of smash and grabs in one stretch of the bay area. The one thing police say they all have in common. If you have a need for speed, watch out. Because new cameras could soon be clocking just how fast youre going. Heres a live look outside as we wait for round two of the as we wait for round two of the storms that will hit hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman hey [bicycle bell rings] turn here. There. Excuse me. Uh. Uh. [indistinct announcement on p. A. System] so, same time next week . Well, of course. Announcer put away a few bucks. Feel like a million bucks. For free tips to help you save, go to feed the pig i am monitoring things in phoenix right now where people are enflamed. An arizona mom could be the first person deported under President Trumps new immigration policy. Seven protesters were arrested outside the immigration and Customs Enforcement building overnight. And theyre upset over the mother who was taken into custody for a 2009 case in which she used Legal Paperwork to get a job. Immigrations let her stay until now. Her family and supporters now fear that shell be quickly deported to mexico. Her status, she is an illegal but she used that legal states paperwork to get a job, so its a little bit confusing. They say what she did was criminal. So, we are now working with Immigration Attorneys to keep her in the United States and she is now working with those attorneys, i should say, and we are keeping an eye on things as they are certainly heating up and gaining National Attention this morning. So, ill keep tracking the situation in phoenix for you. This story is going crazy on social right now. Well keep watching that. They say lightning doesnt strike the same place twice. That saying doesnt apply to mudslides. Twice in one month, the hillside came crashing down in vict Santa Cruz Mountains near Scotts Valley and both times, drivers were caught in the debris. One of those drivers is our own photographer and friend, ian babcock. He was on his way to work and hes now talking about what that experience was like. And shows us the video he recorded just moments after the mudslide. Heres abc7 News Reporter jonathan bloom. My air bag went off. Jesus christ. The whole mountain came down on top of me approximate. Reporter these were the first terrifying moments after abc7 news photographer ian babcock found himself trapped as trees and rocks fell from above. We need chp badly. We have chp, fire and ambulance. Reporter it was 3 00 in the morning and he was on his way to work. The whole mountain just exploded in front of me like this. It just it didnt come down in front of me. It came straight sideways and then crash. That was it. I hit a boulder at 45 miles an hour. Reporter chp video shows what became of the van he was driving, mangled beyond recognition but the impact was just beginning. He says for a moment the world went black but then. I could feel the truck getting raised up and the sound at that point was deafening. Im getting pushed across the highway and boulders are coming in and theres branches coming in and im thinking, this is it. Im done. Reporter but the slide finally stopped and a driver pulled over to help. You all right . Im bleeding from here. The driver saw wires across the hood so ian decided to wait for authorities. Be careful, because i dont want you guys to get electrocuted. Reporter firefighters pried open the door. Thanks, you guys. Reporter highway 17 is a major artery for commuters and those who drive it every day now land slides are an ever present danger. Not a month after the slide was cleaned up, it happened again in the same spot. It floored me. It really did and i just was thinking, yeah, i knew that was going to happen. Reporter that driver also survived. Perhaps the only person who knows quite how ian felt the moment the earth came crashing down. I became the story. I really didnt want to. Im just glad im alive. Reporter in santa cruz, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. Many of us have spent a lot of time with ian babcock and we are awfully glad that he is okay. Okay, you already see them at some intersections to catch red light runners, now cameras might be used to snag speeders. Right now, state law lets cities use automated cameras only for red light enforcement but a bill by assemble assemblyman david chiu would okay a Pilot Program to catch speeders. The goal here is to ensure safety and to get people to drive more slowly, not to collect ticket revenues. And speaking of the money that would come from those speeding tickets, it would go back into the camera program. 140 cities outside california use these cameras. The San Francisco 49ers plan to formally introduce new head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager john lynch. The two toured the locker room yesterday. This is shanahans first head coaching job. It is lynchs first front office job. Hes a former nfl player and broadcaster who starred at stanford. Theyre going to be streaming todays News Conference live at 1 00 on the abc7 news app and on abc7news. Com. The big concern today is the weather. And we know this storm is going to pack another hard punch. Mike nicco, what are we in store for . Some moderate to heavy rain, flooding, windy conditions, but were starting off rather quiet. If you look at san jose, 101, 881, youll be one of the last areas to receive this damaging storm. Skom scattered showers and breezy tomorrow, much lighter today and an extended period of dry weather that we very much deserve. Heres a look where the heavy rain is right now. Up to the north, let me broaden out the picture. And show you that moisture flume, the pineapple pipeline, the pineapple express, the atmospheric river, the mooirj within this column is about 200 of average so were going to have heavy rain. Lets time it out. Here we are at 5 00, scattered and light showers, steadier rain across the north bay, the heaviest of the rain still up to our north. By 9 00, you can see that leading edge starting to push into the bay so most of us are going to get through the morning commute okay. Its lunch. If youre heading out for lunch, anywhere outside the south bay, youre going to get dumped on and thats going to continue through 4 00 but notice the north bay already clearing out to just some steadier lighter rain by 4 00 and then as we head into the evening hours, light rain to moderate somehow but that would be on the other end of the spectrum, the extreme end of the spectrum so my biggest concerns today, high to very high for flooding, mudslides, and hydroplaning everywhere. Moderate amounts to high probability of trees topples and Power Outages everywhere. Heres my accuweather 7 day forecast. Tomorrows storms light, its a 1 is then the low to mid 60s and sunshine roll around through tuesday and wednesday, im not going to talk about it. Lets move on to alexis. We will focus on the weekend with that sunshine thats on the way. Right now, weve got a pretty smooth start to the thursday morning commute. Heres a live look at the richmond side of the richmondsan rafael bridge. Not too soggy yet although i did just see matt keller, he crossed over the golden gate bridge, and he said there are sprinkles there. If youre one of our northern viewers, you can see those soggier conditions. Quick check of mass transit. No issues yet but San Francisco bay ferry is saying they will release an update due to weather. Right now, though, no issues and honestly, im not sure if theyre going to have much more to say in about ten minutes but ill let you know then. Well take a look at lingering weather closures next. Police in three east bay cities are working together to figure out whos behind a rash of car breakins. There were nearly a dozen in one night. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim tells us what all the cases have in common. Reporter this is a busy parking lot. People constantly going in and out of the 24 hour fitness in san ramon. But on monday night, a thief or theefz managed to break the windows of at least 15 cars. People who use the lot regularly hear about the occasion auto break in but never so many. Generally, i find this place pretty safe. I come here all the time and i never have any problems. Reporter earlier that night, there were six auto burglaries at black hawk plaza while in danville, at least two. Investigators from all three jurisdictions believe the break ins are connected and only vehicles with items in plain view were targeted. The thieves sorted out what they wanted to keep and dutched the rest at a different location. We found bags, clothing. It appears what they ended up taking was mainly electronics, some sports equipment, that type of stuff. Reporter investigators are working on a few leads. People we talked to, meanwhile, are now thinking twice about what they leave behind in their cars. I just leave it wherever i feel like it. Reporter do you feel like you need to change your habits . Based on what i heard today, i think i should. Reporter simple changes in ones routine that police say can make all the difference. In the trivalley, lilian kim, abc7 news. Forget binge watching, how about binge buying. How netflix plans to expand its empire beyond video. And that old computer youve probably gotten rid of, it could still be worth a few bucks oochl and dont forget if warriors take on the Oklahoma City thunder on start and you can watch it right here on abc7. Game coverage starts at 5 00. It will be followed by after the game. Now this mornings tech bytes. In todays tech bytes, fully automated banks. Bank of america is testing the concept to a in minneapolis and denver. The atms have Video Conferencing equipment. For now, an employee is on hand to help customers use the equipment. Okay, so if the reports are accurate, the next iphone will have some radical new features and a big price tag. The base price reportedly will be more than 1,000. 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Of course, this idea of associating the brand with stuff that you can buy is nothing new. Our Parent Company disney has been a master at it for decades. All right. Lets talk about the river flooding. First thing i got right here is the napa river, flood stage is 16 feet, it will get there at 5 00 today and hang around there until 10 00 this evening. Cresting at about 17 feet at 8 00 p. M. Today. Thats some minor flooding there. Lets take a look at the russian river. At guerneville, and what youre going to see is it will be above flood stage tomorrow from 3 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. Cresting at about 33. 7 feet at 9 00 tomorrow. Minor flooding there so both of those are below what we dealt with a couple of days ago. Alexis . We are also talk flooding here in the traffic center. We still have state route 37 mostly underwater. We did get one lane back open yesterday afternoon and is that is just on the eastbound side so unfortunately, that is countercommute for this time of day, not a lot of folks trying to go between 101 and atherton. The fast lane is open. We have that full closure on the westbound side so chp will be out once again today with Traffic Control and boy, they sure are trying to pump that water out of there. It is just a major job. Live look at golden gate, little bit of sheen on the roadway but a quiet start to the morning. The quiet before the storm. Thank you, alexis. If you bought a computer between 2003 and 2008, you probably have some money coming to you. Its part of a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit claimed that the companies conspired to fix prices of the drivers so if you bought a computer with a disk drive, you may be eligible for up to 10 per okay. Buy yourself something nice. You dont need a reseat or serial number to file a claim. Spend that time wisely, abc7news. Com. That could get you a muffin and maybe a coffee in San Francisco. Next at 5 00 a. M. , as we wait for the decision on President Trumps travel ban, some tech workers in Silicon Valley are reacting with their wallets. Also, scary video of a car sliding down an icy hill back east. Roads here may be not icy, theyre certainly going to be slick today, though, so good reminder to slow down during the storm. And if thats not bad enough, look at these live images coming in from the east coast. Can you guess what im going to say next . Airports are a mess this morning. Ill tell you how bad next. Money is pouring in to help money is pouring in to help the family of this home that you have to brave to8 hours of testingcation, in the 11 most crucial areas of management accounting. Only 50 will pass. Done. So if youre one of them, feel free to brag. Youve earned it. Oh yeah. I want that. Whos next . Im next. After her. After him. The cma certification. Youve got to earn it. We need to be ready for my names Scott Strenfel and r im a meteorologist at pg e. We make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. So every single day were monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. During storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. Learn how you can be prepared at pge. Com beprepared. Together, were building a better california. That Big Green Monster is what is coming for you, bay area. Starting in the north, its going to affect all of us today. We are on storm watch this morning. This is a 3 on our abc7 news storm impact scale, and mike, as we all recall, the 3 has been the number of the week because thats what we had earlier this week and it affected so many of us. And so many of us remember that. That dam