Sot arne huddin trapped in slidearne huddin, of capitola, is talking about the huge landslide that came down here on northbound highway 17 Tuesday Morning, slamming into his truck, he says, like a runaway train. Sot arne huddin northbound when the slide hit, huddins truck was picked up like a toy and tossed over the Center Divide and into the southbound lanes. Huddin was trapped for about ten agonizing minutes, as rocks and debris fell around him. By the time people stopped to help he had crawled out on his own, bloodying his hands in the escape. Sot arne huddinthe slide, the same one that crushed a news van last month is now twice as big and as you can see, its still moving. The chp says it might have been worse. Sot troy vincent chpthe northbound lanes will be closed for a least 24 hours. Until caltrans can assess the potential for the earth to keep moving, traffic will share the southbound lanes. There were other, smaller slides and a lot of flooding elsewhere on 17 as well. On his
Around 8 in the morning on tuesday, the San Rafael Fire Department responded here to Mountain View avenue on reports of a tree that was about to fall. Upon arrival they discovered that a mudslide had completely destroyed this home. The slide apparently happened slowly over several hours and the family that lives in the house was able to get out safely. Neighbors passing by through out the day were stunned. Sot its unbelievable. It humbles yah. Sotits devastatingsot houses can be rebuilt. There just glass and wood and stuff. Sotim just glad everyone is ok. In addition to destroying this home, the mudslide also continues to threaten the homes on either side. Both have been red tagged by the city and are considered uninhabitable. One home has already suffered some damage and the other has several feet of mud in the back yard. Tonight three out of four lanes of highway 17 are closed. After a massive land slide came screaming down the mountiain. Flipping one mans pickup truck. Grant lodes i
Guerneville where people near the russian river. Are bracing for more flooding. Alecia . Water just isnt getting enough time to recede before another pounding of rain. People in the houses behind me are trying to make it work. Pkg sot its really bad herewith his walker chris venza is wading through the water in front of his home. After a dozen years and a number of floods inside this culdesac, he knows his way around. Chris venza sot after this point itll drop down a little bit. It gets really deep over therefolks have seen flooding over the years, but it seems to be getting worse with time. Sot every year. But now its more highthe first floor of venzas home is under water. Thankfully he mostly stays upstairs. Like him, all his neighbors are staying put. Abraham santiago sot i live here so i gotta stay and i work tonight so i need to resteveryone with a car managed to get their vehicles out before any of them stalled. Sot if someone has a lower car where they cant move we get behind th
Initial usage data about the San Mateo County Express Lanes show the program is meeting expectations, according to transit officials pleased with the initial progress.
Jaime Fontes made public a brief letter he sent to Mayor Ruben Abrica on Monday, stating that he would leave on April 30 at the end of his contract. He plans to transition to "other career opportunities."