I keep going back to being a native californian, i have never heard in one day so many ebss, emergency broadcast systems, where your programming was interrupted or youre listening to the radio. That lovely tone. Yeah. Beep, beep. Its important. It is, it is. You kind of wish they would say Flash Flood Warning for the entire bay area but the National Weather service which is in monterey actually they have all these different rain gauges. I think we lost something on the desk. Something on our desk fell. [ laughter ] sorry, boss. I broke the desk. [ laughter ] but you know, what happens is they have these rain gauges and they monitor them and one would tip and overflow and that would spark a warning for that particular area so thats why you heard so many different ones going on. But lets take a look at what to expect outside now. Its our live weather camera looking out at sfo which yesterday had threehour and 38 minute delays. So far this morning, not seeing any kind of reports of any delays at any of our local airports. But were going to keep you posted on that because we still have some scattered showers around the bay area. We are also monitoring a very dire situation. Anne makovec will be on the scene to talk about this in a matter of minutes. But the Russian River in guerneville we are anticipating four to six feet four to six feet above flood stage today which definitely will affect the local businesses in that area. Moderate to significant flooding in saint helena due to the napa river overflowing. Even with those brandnew floodgates that have been doing a wonderful job since sunday in napa we are expecting the napa river to cause flooding on the secondary roads. Hidef doppler picking up look at the cell looks like the san rafael area. Santa rosa cleared out with all that activity that just moved to the east. Scattered showers with urban flood advisories in effect. The Flash Flood Watch in effect for the rapid rises in our streams and a Coastal Flood Advisory in effect due to astronomical high tide which is after 10 00 this morning. 40s and 50s out the door. Later today scattered showers temperatures in the 50s. Yet another storm poised to move into the bay area. Well track it together at 18 minutes after the hour. All right, thank you, roberta. 5 02. Lets talk about Traffic Alerts in the bay area. Highway 37 from vallejo to novato between 101 and lakeville road, this is closed due to flooding. The alternate would be to take 580 to the Richmond San Rafael bridge which you can access from 101 if you are in novato, or from 80 if you are in the east bay. And moving to the other Traffic Alert right now this is highway 17 in the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains area. This is between vine hill road and the glenwood cutoff. Its down to one lane in each direction due to mudslides. We have been dealing with mudslides on this freeway for the week so we want to make sure you give yourself some extra time in the area if you are headed out there or just avoid it altogether. Moving over now to mass transit we have a bart update for you. San francisco stations are delayed 10 minutes in the pittsburgbay point and dublin pleasanton lines. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. Okay highway 84 in the peninsula fallen trees and downed power lines could make for a rough commute. Kpix 5s Sandra Osborne is live in woodside with the latest on traffic concerns. Reporter now, we were actually able to get through this area because crews worked through the night to move a mudslide, to move those power lines off to the side of the road. You can see behind me right now, they still have those road closed signs up now, and that is because they still have to get in there, pg e and crews to repair the downed power lines this morning. This traffic mess is on 84. Youre looking in the eastbound direction. That road closed sign is on the eastbound side. It started last night with a downed tree according to california highway patrol. Once that was cleared, it sounds like a mudslide washed branches and debris into the road taking power lines down with it. Crews worked through the night to clear the road itself. But again, we just watched pg e crews show up a little while ago to get in there to start repairing those downed lines again that were sticking out of the mud this morning. I spoke with the men behind the road closure signs here. They say that caltrans had to leave this exact location they said to head a little further down 84 this morning heading on the westbound side because they said they are hearing more reports of downed lines a little ways from here as well so this mess may continue this morning as they work to continue cleaning up the spot and repairing those lines but, of course, well keep you updated. Reporting live in San Mateo County, Sandra Osborne, kpix 5. In napa county, heavy rains have caused the sulfur creek in saint helena to flood. And in the city of napa, downpours turned entire intersections into lakes. The flooding made many roads just too tough to cross but crews went just concerned about the water. Reporter this is silverado trail and Officials Say its closed in definitely because right now officials are concerned that more rock will continue to fall. People living in lowlying areas in napa are being urged to evacuate. 2,000 people are evacuated in the north bay from flooding. The National Weather service says the Russian River could crest higher than predicted at nearly 8 feet above its flood stage. This is what it looked like in guerneville yesterday. Crews shut down niely road when it went under water. One driver decided to chance it and got stranded for 30 minutes. Crews were able to rescue them. They spoke with kpix 5s joe vazquez last night. What happened to you there . You drove through. We drove through. Water came up over the front of the hood, blocked air intake and it stalled. Im assuming you thought would you get through the water as it was getting higher . It rose as we got stuck. The guerneville fire chief says First Responders are bracing for the worst and are prepared if they need to make more rescues today. High wind and trees falling are causing trouble across the area. This is the inside of a lafayette house that got crushed by a tree. The homeowners say it was about 300 years old and 150 feet tall. About a third of the house is filled with debris and all those branches. The homeowners dad and brother were watching tv when the tree came down. As we said the whole house shook like a bomb hit it or something, you know . So it was shook em right out of their seats. Fortunately, no one was injured. And a massive heritage oak crushed this house in danville. The branches are now covering about half the house. The garage was smashed along with the three cars inside. No one was hurt. But the homeowner heard the tree crashing down. Well stay on top of storm coverage throughout the morning. You can always check hidef doppler and see the extended forecast on our website, cbssf. Com. Menlo park mayor Kristin Keith and police chief bob jonsen plan to hold a Community Meeting this evening about an increase in residential burglaries starting at 6 30 p. M. At the Laurel School upper campus on elliott drive. Organizers hope that the meeting will open up discussions about the rash of burglaries and create neighborhood groups and find new preventative measures. The president of San Franciscos Police Commission has resigned. Susie loftus will become an assistant chief Legal Counsel for the San Francisco sheriffs department. With loftus departure from the Police Commission, mayor ed lee will have to appoint a new member, then the commission will elect a new president. Later today we should learn more about the conditions of warehouses in San Francisco. The fire marshal is expected to release a report on the scope of inspections. Firefighters started doing inspections last month after the deadly warehouse fire in oakland. If the buildings were deemed unsafe, crews were giving the People Living inside the facilities 72 hours to get out. Thousands of people started a petition against the Building Inspections commission. Officials argue that it was necessary to keep people safe. Bay area star wars fans were crossing their fingers for a George Lucas Museum right on treasure island. But the board planning the project has opted for los angeles instead. Star wars creator george lucas has announced his billion Dollar Museum will take shape in los angeles not San Francisco despite high hopes from mayor ed lee. The museum will showcase lucas art and film collections and it will be located near his alma mater, usc. [ music ] time now 5 09. Once again, driving interstate 80 to get to reno will be a problem today. The conditions drivers are dealing with in the sierra this morning. Plus, wheres sasha obama . Why those three words are trending on twitter this morning. From the kpix weather center, good wednesday morning, everyone. Yes. We remain on storm watch as we track yet another storm heading this way. And we are keeping an eye on your roads as we are on storm watch. We have a couple of Traffic Alerts throughout the area. Well tell you exactly where they are and whats going on. ,,, vo whats your dog foods first ingredient . Corn . Wheat . In purina one true instinct grain free, real chicken is always 1. No corn, wheat or soy. Support your active dogs whole body health with purina one. A stretch of interstate 80 remains closed, because the snow and wind have combined for poor good morning. Time check, 5 12. Take a look at sfo where yesterday we had nearly four hour delays on some arriving flights. Now we are tracking a new storm that will hit the bay area. Were going to track that together, tell you just how much more wind and rain to expect, its traffic and weather in less than four minutes. A stretch of interstate 80 remains closed because the snow and wind have combined for poor visibility. The portion of freeway shut down is 90 miles long between colfax and the nevada state line. Its not clear when it will re open but forecasters say that the weather there is getting more calm. Meanwhile, crews are doing what they can to prepare the freeway for the eventual reopening. Making it real dicey real quick especially with big rigs. The National Weather service has a blizzard warning in effect until 10 a. M. For the tahoe truckee area. A winter storm warning will continue until tomorrow morning. In the sacramento area, wilton residents hope levees hold up before the consumnes river goes into downtown it. Its rising quickly and low lying areas have already seen flooding. Some locals have been traveling by boat to their businesses. Many set up sandbags to prevent major damage. We have a lot of Traffic Alerts because of mudslides. Roqui has the latest. Thank you. Lets take a look here in the Vallejo Novato area where we do have highway 37 closed down but we have an alternate route for you so lets take a look. Highway 37 between high 101 and lakeville road is closed from flooding. Take 580 as an alternate to the Richmond San Rafael. And that can be accessed from 101 new are in novato or 80 if you are in the east bay or 101 if you are in novato. The other Traffic Alert of the morning, highway 17, we have been dealing with this all week long between vine hill road and the glenwood cutoff, one lane in both directions here due to mudslides. So if you want to avoid the area, i suggest you do because we have been dealing with mudslides in the area all week. Moving over now to mass transit, we do have a ten minute delay from San Francisco stations into the pittsburgbay point and dublinpleasanton lines. Ace train one is canceled because of a mudslide on the tracks. Muni is on time. And make sure youre looking at sanfranciscobayferry. Com alert for all the vallejotoSan Francisco bus service ferries. Moving to the Altamont Pass traffic is moving well. This is not the worst commute on the Altamont Pass. Youre moving at 30 Miles Per Hour once you hit north flynn road into livermore where it frees up but we have the sunol fremont area problem. Niles canyon road is closed between palomares and fremont which means people will be taking southbound 680 to get into fremont so give yourself some extra time to get through the area because as the morning progresses this will definitely start to back up here on southbound 680. Thats your traffic. Roberta, ill send it to you. Good morning. Its been a onetwo punch. Raining ever since saturday here in the bay area, with the biggest blow actually appearing to be yesterday due to the saturation effect. The soil we cannot barely take anymore, and that is why we have a watchful eye on the Russian River in guerneville. Anticipate it to overflow by 6 feet. Well have moderate to significant flooding. We have already had some flooding but we expect additional flooding. Anne makovec is on the scene and will be reporting back to us a little bit later in the program. The napa river near napa secondary roads anticipated to flood. We have already seen mudslides at silverado trail. The napa river in saint helena this is a dire situation, too. We are anticipating this to overflow by a good two feet. That will cut off the road for people who commute into the napa area like from deer park or angwin. So well keep a watchful eye on that, as well. Live hidef doppler radar, we still have rain in the north bay, big cluster of activity in moderate to heavy rainfall pushed out of Mcnears Beach to san quentin. Hitormiss showers are dissipating around tassajara and rock city in the mount diablo area. San jose avoiding rain right now but East Palo Alto into embarcadero way, you have some rain showers at this particular time. We jump on over to the Santa Cruz Mountains. This cell has now progressed out of the area but we have seen plenty of rain around Scotts Valley on top of the 4 inches of rain that almost accumulated in the that already accumulated in the past 24 hours. Peninsula rain into san mateo. This cell pushed in over the bay. We had a cell over the bayview area and that is out over the bay waters. This is live data so its happening second by second and were updating you. But the bottom line is you need your umbrella today. Hitandmiss scattered showers throughout the day lingering showers and then a new storm coming in. Urban and small stream flood advisory in effect. Flash flood watch and Flood Warning in effect until 6 a. M. For portions of santa clara and alameda counties. Coastal flood advisory in effect due to astronomical high tide just after 10 a. M. At 7 feet. There will be beach erosion. Winds have been breezy up to 14 at the estuary of oakland, 11 at vallejo through benicia into martinez. That got slammed last night with the heavy rain. Futurecast illustrates again just scattered showers. Tonight another storm but much different in nature and characteristics. Not as much wind, and definitely not as much rain. Most of it will be focused from San Francisco to the south across the Santa Cruz Mountains. We could see an additional two inches of rain. Generally up to about one inch throughout most of the area san rafael with an inch and about twotenths. This is the scene looking out towards tahoe donner, thank you cory for that, we have a blizzard warning still in effect for the tahoe area. Your snow report, Alpine Meadows, its snowing. Meanwhile, heavenly, 66 inches of snow translates on over to 5 to 6 feet of new snow. 50s across the board today. Lingering showers thursday. We dry out friday through monday. We will remain on storm watch. All right, roberta. Thank you. Trending today, it turns out even the president s daughter cant play hooky. She was absent during the Farewell Speech in chicago last night and people on social media noticed. The hashtag wheres sasha started trending. People were posting their guesses of where the girl could be. A white house official confirmed that she had to stay in dc because she has an exam this morning. So she was busy studying. Monopoly could be getting an upgrade. The Company Behind the game is letting Voters Decide on new players pieces. From now until january 31, you can vote on hasbros website. Instead of the classic scotty dog or wheelbarrow, you can pick a hashtag, rubber duck and others. I like the thimble and the race car. 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