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
Thats where the work to clear a mudslide along highway 17 has left one worker dead, and one seriously hurt. Lydia . Tonight flooding has once again shutdown all lanes of highway 37 in novato. The area affected is between highway 101 and atherton avenue. Today, caltrans crews continued to try and pump water off the roadway. The stretch of highway has been a trouble spot all winter. Happening now we are monitoring flood conditions in guerneville. The Russian River tonight is on the rise. Kron4s Hermela Aregawi is live. Hermela has the rain let up . Sonoma county crews have closed off a 5 mile stretch of river road. In guernville adn into rio nido to clean up a mud slide. In rio nio, more than 100 people were without power for most of the day today after a tree in willow park fell into a powerline. Sherry and Dano Blanchard say they expect to have their power by 11 tonight. Sot Sherry Blanchard and Dano Blanchard rio nido gets trapped behind flood water, but as long as we have power, as l
Answer for what some people called hotel hell. Reporter the Imperial Towers is a Residential Hotel where children and elderly were forced to endure dirty and dangerous conditions, now the city is taking steps to sell the property. Its a difficult place to live. Reporter tenants like this 83 year old woman say, as bad as the conditions are, they have no other choice. Reporter do you have any other options . I have no place else to live. When it was cold, we had no heat. Reporter she said they endured lots of hardships. For them its the difference teen life and death. Reporter in 2015 we showed you faulty plumbing and contaminated water that residents said made them sick. They say they are going to fix something and then they pocket the money and leave. Reporter now the hotel is on the road to becoming affordable housing, tuesday, the Oakland City Council authorized the city administrator to have the property deemed a historical site. Full ownership is expected to be given to a nonprofit
Everything just got washed away with mud. Reporter a monster mudslide. Some of the cars are getting washed away. If someone can call caltrain, or whoever, and send them up to our house. Reporter with no phone service and afraid her family would be stranded, she posted the destruction on facebook live. All of this water and mud came down, and trees, and it was just this force of nothing like ive ever seen before. Reporter that force sweeping through the ray family property her father owns. This slide happening early Tuesday Morning during heavy rainfall. Emergency crews were unable to reach them, so the ray family waited it out. Thankfully, they all got out safely. It was just surreal. My sister just lost everything. Reporter jennifers sister, five months pregnant, lives above her. Her sisters car, among four others damaged. A gofundme page has been set up to help. This was part of jjs house, and their shed. Reporter jennifers husband john showed a video he shot of the damage. A dream f
All right. Has everyone doing . Well, here comes the system. It has been delayed that is coming up from the southwest being dragged by that strong low. Rain is beginning to show off nothing too heavy. If you can leave right now, you may be fine. The heaviest rain looks to be late morning. For some costs operate, maybe the east bay have a little of the ways to go. Now, it looks like to me theres developing waves. Just a change in the wind direction. That may slow down. You will have to pick up some additional heavy rain. It is a warm system. 50s and 60s coming up. Do south, it will be a wind advisory. This flash flood warnings and there will be some wind gusts. And anticipating another day of very heavy rain. Hello. Im barely i had barely made it back. And, the we were talking about you. Because of everything that was going on. And thank you. Good morning. Westbound 580 is so far so good. And you are probably wondering, the lanes are open. And they are driving through the ultimate pass.