After sun yesterday more is expected today. We had a big storm roll in on sunday and we women packed by that and we knew that we would have a lot of rain in a short amount of time but we were talking about in the next few days. Because we were to have the cumulative effect and thats whats going on now. Rain in the bay area has nowhere to go and it is raining again. At 501, good morning. This is our live hidef doppler. You see its raining in the north bay into the east bay. We have some more rain lined up queued up to push into the Santa Cruz Mountains as well as the city of San Francisco. Snow level down to 3,000 feet in elevation so dont be surprised if you wake up and see a little bit of light dusting in New Hampshire in the south bay. Pushing over 880 towards 238 for your morning commute, oh, there it is. See that pink highlighted area . Thats Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton where we have snowfall. That mountain 4,000 feet in elevation but back to the north bay we go. Russian river crested yesterday at 5 30 at 37. 8. Lets see where its at now. Its at 37. 1. It will gradually fall throughout the afternoon area but we do have moderate and significant flooding occurring right now in monte rio. Heres your Flood Warning chart for today. You saw that huge red highlighted area. You see the blue zone thats where we have the advisory. Thats for the Coastal Flood Advisory in effect due to the astronomical high tide. We have that Flood Warning for northcentral sonoma, southeastern Santa Cruz County today. Temperatures in the 40s now so feeling colder out the door. I cant see the top of the bay bridge there. That elevation is 525 feet. And when you cant see the top of it thats a low ceiling. That leads me to believe that well see delays at sfo on some arriving flights after 6 a. M. Winds no problem except napa north at 10. Winds picking up later today 10 to 20 as far as your gusts. Thats it. The very latest area of low pressure causing cloud cover. Today cool, into the 50s. Lets start with the Altamont Pass. If you are coming out of tracy youre moving at about 50 Miles Per Hour through the way and then 34 once you hit north flynn road so a normal commute along the pass there into livermore where it frees up. Now, to 880, this is where our Traffic Alert is. Thats northbound 880 the off ramp to mission boulevard is closed this morning since 1 a. M. After a crash involving a truck carrying pool chemicals occurred. Now, that means there is a hazmat situation. Thats why you see that scary icon there and folks, chp says there is no estimated time of reopening just yet. It will take them a while to clean it all up so well keep you posted on that. Now, if you are taking mission boulevard is usually part of your morning commute and it is closed, take auto mall parkway instead. Okay. Moving over to the peninsula commuted heading from hayward to foster city, across the span of the san mateo bridge, traffic is looking like its moving smoothly so expect about a 14minute drive across the way there. But you should slow down because as you can see those roads are still very wet this morning. The bay bridge toll plaza looking its frozen but i promise you it is looking good right now if you are heading into downtown San Francisco. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. Hundreds of people are evacuated in the north bay. The Russian River is overflowing and running into homes and businesses. Sky 5 drone shows what guerneville looks like from above. There is so much water some of the town looks like separate islands. The National Guard arrived yesterday to help with rescue efforts and our joe vazquez was a few miles away in monte rio. Completely under water. So im trying to help other people. The Sonoma CountySheriffs Office says about 650 homes are affected. The Russian River will recede gradually today. Over highway 17, Silicon Valley drivers facing a never ending commute thanks to storm cleanup. Some commuters told us they were stuck for up to six hours their longest wait ever on the road. The trouble stems from a lane closure from a mudslide and phone apps couldnt reassure some drivers ready to get home already. What kind of commute have you had today . Um, one of the worst ones. I left Mountain View at 3 30 and now its 7 30 and we are a sitting here in campbell. Reporter its telling you up to two more hours. Thats what its showing on the waze. Meanwhile, south bay reservoirs could spell trouble for todays commute. Heres a look at the bursting lexington reservoir. In the city of pinole it could take months to repair a road damaged during the storm. Alhambra valley road is damaged where it crosses pinole creek. The creek normally runs under the road through a pipe. The road collapsed. Crews discovered the problem as they were dealing with mudslides. Santa cruz county has declared a state of emergency because of the storm and the trouble in the harbor because of large mounds of sediment created by runoff from the recent storms. At least half a dozen boats have had to be moved. Others will be stuck until high tide. The sediment has piled up significantly. Now the harbor master says the basic purpose cant be carried out. Our mission is to provide water for vessels to move around and be stored in. And when they cant move, um, then we have some serious work to do. Port director lisa ekers says it will cost millions of dollars to repair and clean up the harbor after the storms. So the big question after all this rain, how close are we to being out of the drought . Today well get an answer hopefully or an update on conditions around the state. Last week already had fewer areas in the red when compared to last year especially in the bay area. The north coast and the far stretches of Northern California, as well. Drought experts say Southern California will likely stay red even after the latest map is released today. But the red around the rest of the state could disappear altogether. Many parts of the bay area need the expected relief from the storms. The saturated ground needs time to dry out to prevent more problems. This man manages a team of hydrologist for the Santa Clara Valley water district. [ nonenglish name ] says too much water all at once could mean very little help for the water supply. When the ground is saturated, maybe only 20 will go into the ground, 80 maybe become a runoff. He says normally 50 or more of the rain that falls is absorbed by the ground. But he says that once the ground is saturated, more water goes straight into rivers and streams, increasing flooding. After a string of freeway shootings along interstate 80, san pablo is pushing hard to prevent this kind of crime. City leaders are now working with caltrans to install three new surveillance cameras along this stretch of 80. The devices will go up between el portal drive and San Pablo Dam road. Since 2015 there have been dozens of freeway shootings and this one on highway 4 a pregnant mother of four small children was killed. The chp says many of these murders appear to be targeted and gangrelated. They hope the Surveillance System will lead to quick arrests and deter wouldbe gunmen. The mayor of oakland is taking steps to protect tenants and prevent another warehouse fire. Three dozen people died in the ghost ship fire last month. Since then landlords have been cracking down on illegal Living Spaces and some tenants have been evicted. Now mayor schaaf is issuing an executive order to bring warehouse spaces serving as homes into compliance without forcing people into the streets. This executive directive is not only intended to benefit artists which is a valuable and Vulnerable Community here in oakland but there are many communities affected by the crisis. She is asking the council to increase proposal for increasing assistance for Code Enforcement evictions. 5 09. An overnight vote the senate takes the first step to undo obamacare. So whats next for the Affordable Care act . Plus, which airline is now offering up free wifi on all of its flights . Good thursday morning from the kpix weather center. We still have warnings and advisories you need to know about. Plus, im going to talk about the sun and when it will finally make an appearance. Cant wait to hear that news, roberta, thank you. Okay, heres a live look at the nimitz freeway. We have a Traffic Alert on northbound 880 exactly whats happening and whats going on, well tell you we come back. , upbeat music [voiceover] you are San Francisco. Weve been with you from the beginning. 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A final repeal will come next month. Jetblue passengers will now get to surf the web, stream videos and use messaging apps for free during flights. The airline says that all domestic travelers will get to enjoy the new perks on each of its 227 planes. They say that the first u. S. Airline to offer Free Internet during an entire flight on every plane. Other Airlines Offer wifi connections for passengers but most come with a fee 5 15. Lets check the roads with roqui. Thank you, guys. Yeah. We have a Traffic Alert to tell you about but first lets take a look at the marin county commute from that vallejo to novato commute on 37. Since yesterday, 37 has been closed between 101 and atherton avenue. Chp is moving traffic off at atherton avenue to give you a direct way to highway 101. So thats the good news there. No delays in the area. Not too many cars out there. If you are heading there, drive slowly because that flooding is pretty heavy. Moving over to the marin county commute from the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco, 580 in san rafael to the golden gate toll plaza will take you about 14 minutes. And if you are traveling on the nimitz freeway this morning listen up, you have a Traffic Alert here since 1 a. M. Northbound 880. That offramp to mission boulevard is closed after a crash involving a truck carrying pool chemicals. So it is a hazmat situation. And chp is saying there is no estimated time of reopening just yet but it will definitely take them a while. So if mission boulevard is part of your commute, take auto mall parkway instead. Moving to the Altamont Pass commute here coming out of tracy and moving at about 55 Miles Per Hour. And then down to 30 at north flynn road. So north tracy boulevard to the Altamont Pass will take about 26 minutes then frees up through livermore so this is definitely not the worst part of the morning. And if we head to gilroy here, highway 152 between watsonville road and carlton road, this is closed due to flooding and chp says it may not reopen until tomorrow. Now, roberta, i got to to work out outside yesterday. Lucky you. Yeah. The sun was out. Lets get to it. We have a lot to talk about it. Our live hidef Doppler Radar is picking up light to moderate rainfall at this hour. We have snow in them thar mountains. Heres a look in the north bay. At this particular time i see shades of pink towards yountville and another Mountain Range at 4700 feet. Look at the radar site the pink zone thats mount vaca about 2700 feet with snowfall. Eastern portion of the bay area redwood road moderate rainfall through Castro Valley on the commute from 580. And then as you divert off the 238 on to 880, pretty moderate to heavy rainfall. We have seen specks of pink over Mount Hamilton 4200 feet there. Meanwhile los altos drifting into the bay at this time, light to moderate rainfall. Peninsula youre filling in from Half Moon Bay through redwood city and again, off into the bay and landing with the heavy rain cell now drifting into hayward. Bottom line is you need extra time heading out the door. Heavy rain in the bay area right now. Behind it there are a lot of instabilities so well see a scattered shower throughout the day. Lets walk through the Flood Warning in effect. See that red highlighted area . Thats where we have it backing all the way into the sacramento valley. But meanwhile, we have North Central sonoma, solano, southeastern santa cruz counties, all with Flood Warnings in effect for urban and small streams. Its a little bit of rain falling today but the rivers are swollen and they are rising. Cloud cover light rain San Francisco, temperatures into the 40s. Its cooler this morning than it has been all week long. Hey, i have been neglecting my weather watchers. This is linda, 46 steady rain light winds, thanks for the report in fairfield, linda mather. Meanwhile winds are increasing west 10 sfo, 5 in vallejo, martinez, through most of cocoa contra costa county. Rain with dry periods. Friday through tuesday dry. More rain next wednesday. This is the last system to go. We have rain throughout the day today. Oh, do you see that spiral effect . Thats the core of the center of the area of low pressure pushing out behind it we have scattered rain showers. Look at that. We clear out for your friday. Bright sunshine, start umbrella go ahead, burn it if you want get your sunglasses. Well have nothing but sunshine through tuesday. All right. This is how much rain you can expect. I was just kidding about the burning part. [ laughter ] okay . All right. About a half inch of rain in santa rosa, nearly 4 10ths in san jose. Winter storm warning in effect for the high sierra. It is snowing, its dumping, we have already seen seven feet of snow in the higher elevations. North starr reporting 48 inches of additional snow. 122 inches since the weekend at north star. Temperatures today 40s and 50s a cool raw rainy day today. Not stormy but rainy. Friday, the sun will shine. Partly cloudy by sunday. Increasing clouds for monday. More rain next wednesday. Well stay right here on storm watch. Thank you. While some of us may be indoors during a winter snowstorm others are getting outside. We are talking about some animals at the oregon zoo. The polar bears and seals and elephants decided to play in all that fresh powder. Looks like a lot of fun. The