7 inches, morgan hill over 5 inches. Take a look at this. Our average monthly rain in january is 2. 5 to 10 inches. In two days we have seen nearly our entire january monthly rain. It is just astonishing, you guys. We have not seen more problems in the Santa Cruz Mountains with all of that water we had in a short amount of time. I dont want to jinx anything, but i have to say we are very lucky looking at all of that water we had in a short amount of time. Those are big numbers. Usually our storms in the bay area are north and south. This time its flipped on its head there. Thank you. The rain relentless there in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Communities from los gatos to bolder creek getting beat up these last 48 hours. Good news though. The mandatory evacuation orders in that czu fire burn downgrade. That means people can start coming home. Robert handa is in ben homan with the latest. What are you seeing . Reporter well, a couple of rough days of rain for our communities here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. People said they needed a sign that things will get better, and they got it. Its the word mountain residents were waiting for. But even though evacuation orders were lifted, many we talked to are not letting down their guard. We have everything packed and we have a place to go. Reporter vicky davis took advantage of a break in the rain to fill sandbags at the valley churchs united Disaster Relief center in ben lomand. Though damage has already been done. We have had some flooding coming down our driveway, and so we are trying to divert the water away from the house. Reporter how bad did it get . Flooded the bedroom inside the house. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the Power Outages will be short lived and we will have a little bit of sunshine at least. A res spite for at least one day. Reporter work crews from travis tree professionals used the respite to take down trees before they came down on their own on houses. This work was being done in the czu fire zone where many big burned trees are now in soft soil. This one started leaning about five feet over the metal roof. So if it went down, it would take the whole house with it. Reporter now, as you heard earlier, that homeowner was not the only one who escaped major damage. The county Public Works Department is monitoring the fire zone and they say so far there has been no serious debris flow and no substantial earth movement. Live in ben lomand, robert handa. Thank you, robert. Here is how it looks in fremont now. Crews spent the day trying to pump water off of a flooded sfreet. This is sabercat road. It runs right next to 680. A lot of rain, a lot of water, but the wind also causing problems. A local marina in Contra Costa County got hit hard. A person told us that it looked like a hurricane blew through town. Nbc bay area bay areas tom jensen is near antioch on bethel island. Reporter the devastation from the windstorm is tremendous. The entire g dock, the largest dock here at the new life marina, was toppled over, parts of it thrown all the way down the hill at least 75 yards. Some of the boats still tangled in the twisted steel and timbers. More than a dozen 50foot slips destroyed. It a catastrophe 250,000 to rebuild. Reporter it benefits the new life dream center, a Substance Abuse nonprofit. Some of the tenants rode out the storm. It was just very, very scary. It was real windy and the docks were shaking and the boats were shaking. Reporter all the major damage was at g dock where everything was ripped apart. It felt like a war zone. Reporter you said you didnt know if you were going to live or die . Yes. Reporter steves 1955 matthews sedan was in the middle of it. I was asleep. The wind had been blowing for hours. Reporter he says he knew his boat would survive so he settled if as the dock was being ripped away. It wasnt a great deal to do, so i went back to bed. Reporter curtis was busy with sheriffs deputies trying to make sure everyone got to safety. Every time the gusts hit you had to grab something or walk against it because it was crazy. Reporter g lost another dock with about another stops a year ago. He is hoping fema or another agency will come through with Disaster Relief funds to help rebuild a marina that gives back to its community. From bethel island, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. The winter storm causing trouble for drivers. Caltrans posting this video on social media helping drivers who need it, towing them out of the snow. This is South Lake Tahoe area where nearly 14 inches of snow fell overnight. And eastbound 80 at soda springs. Wow, snow blankets the road. Its covered. Actually, a blizzard warning remains in effected to tomorrow morning. Avoid driving up until at least then. It might be cold and wet, thats not stopping restaurants in san francisco. Outdoor dining is back. The city lifted its stayathome order. We know that. Allowing some businesses to reopen starting today. One cafe owner we spoke with is happy to have Outdoor Dining back but is afraid the weather is keeping a lot of people at home. Thats good that we opened up today and its great, but look, the weather, you know, its been raining. It did not help very much. The owner hopes Outdoor Dining will offset some of the losses from the stayathome order but says his Business Needs more financial help from the government. There is a 10 00 curfew in place for Outdoor Dining and until the rate of covid infections drop enough that the state reassigns the city to the less restrictive tiers. Lets talk about vaccinations. More and nor vaccines are being administered each day. These are the latest numbers in the bay area. San francisco administering another 7,000 doses since tuesday. They now have given out over 66,000 shots. Santa clara county the bay areas biggest county continues to administer the most. They have given out 176,000 shots. And Santa Clara County is continuing to step up its game. A walkup Vaccination Center is there to stay. They say that area has seen an Alarming Number of positive cases compared to other regions. Nbc bay area was there. Reporter there is a sense of excitement at the mexican heritage plaza. The mem experts have come to them and they have eliminated a lot of the red tape. It was pouring by the time people lined up to get their wristbands and it was still raining they returned to get their covid shots. But they came. It seemed like the weather is not stopping people today. Im here. Reporter the coronavirus has been devastating for east san jose. Organizers of this walkup site say 31 of the cases in Santa Clara County are in in community. Here in east san jose, our community, our workingclass immigrant Latino Community has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Reporter so they implemented the walkup option for those 65 and older and eliminated other obstacles that might discourage people from coming. We are making it very accessible. For folks who dont know how to navigate an appointment system, who may not have reliable internet, they are able to come here. Its quicker, actually. Thats what i like about it. Reporter they want to dispel some myths about the vaccine. It will help you fight the virus and survive the virus. Reporter the site will open on tuesdays and thursdays indefinitely. Nurses will administer as many as 500 vaccines on each of thosy of taking fight to the coronavirus in a neighborhood that has been losing that battle. In san jose, damion trujio. Hopeful signs continue. Coronavirus cases still sharply declining. This shows the 14day average of new cases across california. Look where we were on january 14th. Over 40,000 cases a day. But take a look at the steep drop. Now the state is reporting on average 26,000 new cases each day. Thats about where we were in early to middecember. And we saw that sharp increase in cases where the bay area and most of california was ordered to stay at home and shelter at home. So it appears that did work. Pastors of a south bay church accused of violating Covid Protocols were in court late today. Dozens of people gathering outside the rainy san jose courthouse to show their support for the calvary church. Pastor mcclure and atherly are charged with contempt of court because they defied county orders to halt indoor church services. The church held weekly indoor services, sometimes with hundreds of people inside, and many without masks. The pastors say its their right to hold services. The Court Proceedings just ended. We will get you an update on what happened as soon as it comes into the newsroom. Aisle have another look at the epic rainfall totals and when this kicks out of here and what im seeing thats a little bit different about the storm system for next week. Im back in about eight minutes. Plus, it in the bay. New help is on the way for those who are having a hard time paying rent. And she is old enough to remember losing loved ones in the last pandemic back in 1918. Now she has a message for anyone who is thinking twice about getting the covid vaccine. When we welcome our west coast viewers, the covid variant Health Officials are it. Also, the states surprising people with how well their Vaccination Program is going. More when we see you back here tonight. Just into our newsroom, groundbreaking actress and beloved actress cicely tyson has died at the age of 96. A pioneer and black actor, her career as wrong. At 88 she won a tony award for her performance on broadway. In 1972 she was nominated for an oscar for the movie sounder that led to an emmy award for her famous role the autobiography of miss jane pittman. Her death was announced by her family in the past hour. The biggest story in the business in the tech world. Protesters targeted a local Company Called robinhood after robinhood shut things down for many stock traders. Signs in support on menlo park at robinhood headquarters. Protesters say they are angry that robinhood, the app, restricted trading in Companies Like guatemala and Bed Bath Beyond whose stocks preventing them from making money, Retail Investors here. Others say its making the investing process more open. I mean, you know, they are called robinhood, right . Its ironic they are helping the big guys. Everything what is a boys club to this point. I think we are witnessing something revolutionary. After hours of pressure, both online and outside, robinhood did give in and says it will allow limited trading in gamestops stock beginning tomorrow. A state audit shows crooks bilked california out of at least 10 billion of fraudulent unemployment claims during this pandemic. The problem first came to light when people started complaining about multiple letters from the Unemployment Department being mailed to their homes. In some cases, dozens of letters. Some addressed to the resident along with others to multiple different names. The people were filing assumed that names but they had no idea how far it went and how much money was stolen. Frankly, still doesnt because at least 1 million claims are still on hold. We cant estimate how much it will end up being, but we are pretty confident its going to be in the billions, probably tens of billions of dollars. Tens of billions of dollars in fraudulent claims. Our consumer investigator will join us on the 6 00 newscast with more questions that he posed to the state auditor about how the thieves got away with a massive fraud scheme against taxpayers so easily. Making in the bay could get easier for renters. State lawmakers voted to ex tipped the covid Eviction Moratorium through june. Tenet groups are frustrated that the moratorium doesnt go far enough. Some lawmakers agree with them admitting the extension was a compromise, which includes help for socalled mom and pop landlords who are in danger of losing their homes. The governor says he will sign the bill which protects tenants who pay at least 25 of their rent through june. Where were you in 1918 . Ever since it washat there were vaccinations for covid there has been a debate vaccines first. The elderly at the tonight list. One of the most elderly spoke about her vaccination and she has a unique perspective on the pandemic. Reporter you know you must have lived a good life 1915. Reporter if after more than a century of it you do what you can to get even more. I got the vaccine, yeah. Reporter last week ursula, all 105 years old of her, went to the Kaiser PermanenteFremont Medical Center to get her first dose of the covid19 vaccine. She says it went well. Ursula, the baby in this centuryold photo, brings a perspective to this pandemic that few others on earth can. She remembers family and friends being among the millions who died during the last great pandemic. The 1918 spanish flu. And another lady that was also my godmother, she died in 25. Reporter her perspective goes well beyond having lived a long life. Its what she has been able to do with it. Its meant she could have a career in the newspaper business and raise a family. Its meant she could take up the sport of skiing in her 70s. And its meant that at age 102 she could surround herself with four generations of her family. They are all so nice. I miss them very much now. Reporter ursula has, indeed, had a full life. Something she wishes for anyone. Getting vaccinated, she says, is simply a step in that direction. I want to tell them they should be thankful that people work so hard to get this vaccine because thats the only way to stop covid virus. I could listen to her stories all day. I want to hear more. Thank you. Very nice. Jeff back with us now. You mentioned earlier in the week there was that turning point midweek if we were going to get hit or if we werent. How did it all fall out . Well, it did really kind of swing back up towards us and stalled out over the south bay yesterday. The Atmospheric River. That correlates with our highest totals. When that Atmospheric River sat over the south bay, you are going to be see on the first map here, thats when we accumulated some of the highest totals. In lo gatos we had 4. 5 inches in two days. San jose now at 2. 40. Santa cruz mountains, bolder creek right in the fire burn zone where the burn scar is, 7. 37 inches. It is a miracle we did not have any major mudslides with that much water in two days. Morgan hill, one the top low elevation totals, currently still stacking up, but right now over 5 inches. So in just two days we saw nearly our entire january monthly rain average. Our rain averages here in the bay area range from 2. 5 to 10 inches. Most cities got close to the Monthly Average in two days, if not higher. Remarkable on the totals. Thankfully, we are on the back side right now. What we have happening is the Atmospheric River is off to the south. We have this disturbance moving in. That will kick that Atmospheric River out of here through the next 4 hours, move it out of california. Its going to bring us a chance of spotty rain and isolated thunderstorm chances. We are continuing to hold on to rainfall tonight. You can see over the eastbound east bay and south bay most consistent activity in the south bay right over morgan hill. This is still one spot that will see heavy rain the next two to three hours, and you will have to watch out for some isolated street flooding in that location. We havent heard of anything big, but keep your eye out. If you approach some water, you dont know the depth of it. Turn around and drive in the other direction. So thats really the nature of what were under as we roll through tonight. These pockets of rain as that disturbance rolls in. I think as we hit tomorrow morning we are holding on it a slight chance of some spotty showers, even into tomorrow afternoon for the mountains, we will try to get some sunshine through the crowds as we roll through tomorrow afternoon. Then as we roll through saturday i think we will get some sun for the east bay, the south bay and the peninsula, but here is the thing. Our next storm system is lining up once we hit 7 00 p. M. On saturday, its going to stall out and we think this could bring higher totals into next week. Tomorrow we start off in the upper 30s and low 40s. Some cold temperatures with that slight chance of a spotty shower. Make sure you have the jacket for the morning and through the afternoon. My daytime highs, 54 santa rosa, 55 san jose, and also 54 in morgan hill. So on the extended forecast we get a break on pretty much friday, saturday and sunday and that rain returning monday and tuesday. Right now totals look to be about a half to 1. 5 inches. So i think once we roll into next week, we might see some concerns up into the north bay if stall out. Thankfully, we havek coming our way the next three days. Looking forward to some sunshine after this. Thanks. Up next at 5 00, buried in the snow for hours. A teenager rescued near tahoe. We will tell you about it next. The covid variant Health Officials are concerned about is now in the u. S. 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