Caused the floodwaters to rise more quickly than expected. The new prediction is eight feet crest of the Russian River no, were talking about it would crest at 37. 6 feet, thats almost 8 feet above flood stage. Niely road is closed right now. Our team caught this driver of the pickup truck trying to make it down the road despite that water, she says her friends wanted to go back to check on their cats but water came over the top of the hood and our joe vazquez caught up with her once the rescuers were able to get her out of that flooded roadway. 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 you could get through the water as it was getting higher . Yeah. Well, it rose as we got stuck. You have any regrets about that . [ laughter ] obviously. A stuck truck. Reporter firefighters say please heed the warnings. Six inches of moving water can knock you down two feet can sweep your car away and they also want everybody to Pay Attention to the evacuation orders almost 2,000 people will evacuated. And they are being sent to an Evacuation Center, the santa rosa Veterans Memorial building and a lot of these folks are used to it. They know they live in the area where runoff from the Russian River could end up in their homes. But everybody waiting for this river to crest later today. Live in guerneville, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Meanwhile, the city of napa heavy rains have turned entire intersections into reservoirs. The flooding has made many roads in the area just too difficult for cars to cross. Even though some cars and this truck here still trying to make it through, its best to just turn around. Not safe at all, right . Kenny, whats the slogan . Turn around; dont drown the last time i saw this flooding in the napa area was the 1998 el nino and it was new years eve and i was spending my new years eve on a boat monitoring the napa river. Its not that extensive because they have done this great thing, they installed this big giant floodgate and they closed those gates for the first time on sunday. And its been working really well except were still anticipating a little light to moderate flooding around the napa area. This is what we are forecasting for the napa river in napa. Flood stage is 25 feet. Today cresting at 26. 1 which means there will be moderate flooding on the secondary roads which we have already seen, the silverado trail with a good mudslide. 37. 6 which means well see flooding around parkers resort, also brookside resort and perhaps even some of the local businesses. And napa river in saint helena, some of the folks in deer park and angwin tell me this is their major commute into the napa area. Silverado trail is the alternate. Thats closed. So they may not be able to get to work if this floods. And there will be flooding. Live hidef Doppler Radar picking up light precipitation in the north bay. Angwin are rain showers. Urban flood advisory in effect for today, Flash Flood Watch in addition to the Flash Flood Warning for parts of Alameda County until 6 00. Is it 6 00 now . Yes, it is. So that should be expiring. Coastal flood advisory in effect due to the astronomical high tide with that high tide of just over 7 feet at 10 a. M. Temperatures 48 degrees in santa rosa for the cool spots. 53 apiece oakland and in San Francisco. Later today, a lingering shower from yesterdays major storm. Mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures in the 50s. We are tracking another storm heading this way. We remain on storm watch. Those details 18 minutes after the hour. Downtown trees have been a big problem as the ground gets more saturated. This is the inside of a house in lafayette. The owners say a 150foottall tree fell on the home yesterday. A third of the house is now debris and branches and two people were inside watching tv when the tree came down but no injuries. We have some breaking news in the south bay right now. A water rescue near hollister. Kevin oneill from the san benito office of Emergency Services is on the phone with us. Kevin, what can you tell us about whats going on there now . Good morning. So, currently were conducting swiftwater rescues of several residences on lovers lane at Pacheco Creek. At 2 a. M. The creek crested and started flooding several residences on lovers lane. We have currently evacuated 29 people. 22 are at a red cross shelter and 7 more are on the way. Um we got, um, lovers lane closed between niles canyon closed between palomares road and fremont. And that means southbound 680 is moving slowly. Ill send it to you. Meanwhile, Santa Cruz County has been so hard hit by mudslides and fallen trees that officials have declared a state of emergency. They are hoping money from the state will cover costs. Workers have been tied up for hours on end clearing trees and power lines from roadways. Today president elect donald trump is expected to get some questions about alleged russian interference. It comes amid reports that russia gathered potentially compromising personal and Financial Information on mr. Trump. Some Officials Say the information originally came from a former British Intelligence officer before it was eventually turned over to u. S. Intelligence. Its unconfirmed. The details were part of a classified report ordered by president obama into alleged russian hacking. I felt it was important now that the election was over for everybody to understand exactly what happened in order to prevent it from happening again. Most importantly, it says that the fbi is trying to confirm it. So nothing is confirmed. Mr. Trumps nominee for secretary of state is in confirmation hearings today. The hearing for Rex Tillerson is under way in washington today. He received an order of friendship from Vladimir Putin in 2012 after a deal with a russian oil company. The confirmation hearing for alabama senator Jeff Sessions continues today. Yesterday he denied allegations of racism during his career and will maintain freedom and equality for everyone when he is confirmed. Time now, 6 10. Driving could get a bit pricier in california this year if Governor Brown gets his way. And well check in to see how they are doing in the mountains as a nonstop storm buries the sierra in snow. Blizzard warnings there. Storm watch here. Because we have yet one more storm. Were tracking it. Well tell you how much rain to expect. Okay. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge. A slow commute into the peninsula. We have a Traffic Alert in the peninsula. Well tell you where it is. 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Scattered showers today. A new storm queued up ready to roll in. Well track that together. Its traffic and weather coming up. Heres video from heavenly resort in South Lake Tahoe. The city of South Lake Tahoe is encouraging people to stay off the roads through tomorrow because of hazardous conditions. U. S. Highway 50 toward south shore is now closed between Pollock Pines and meyers. Toward the north shore and truckee interstate 80 remains closed between colfax and the nevada state line. Locally heres more incredible Rushing Water footage. This is in walnut creek under a bridge at walnut creek intermediate school. A suspect is in custody and a child is safely reunited with his mother after a brief car theft in san leandro. Investigators say the 4year old was in a car yesterday morning when his mother briefly went inside their cherrywood avenue home with another child. San Leandro Police say thats when 44yearold jason sill ba stole the vehicle. The car was found a short time later in oakland with the child inside and silva was later arrested. Governor brown is outlining the next budget plan. He hopes to raise 43 billion over the next 10 years from new taxes and fees. Yesterday he proposed a new 65 fee on all vehicles that would be on top of the 10 fee that starts in april. Well, overall, Governor Brown says that 2017 will be the tightest year since 2012. He is warning of budget cuts as the state has seen a decline in revenue. The governor is asking for a 122. 5 billion budget for the state. And muni officials in San Francisco say the signs predicting arrival times should be accurate for most trains. The agencys next muni system started showing Incorrect Information last tuesday. And thats when muni Service Providers upgraded from 2g to 3 g before muni could make that change on all of its vehicles sending data. Fixing arrival times for the citys buses is expected to take a few more weeks. So at least the trains are showing progress but not the buses yet. Its making a lot of lives miserable because you dont know when the bus is coming. Exactly. Its its especially right now during a storm, you want mass transit to be on point. So when you have mass transit problems its going to cause some trouble. Downed trees dont help. The rain is letting up and we have lingering showers. But the bottom line is the soil is beyond saturated and well still have another storm to come. Roqui, get some sleep tonight okay, friday, though . Friday is when the rain should settle down . Friday should be sunny and well dry out and head to the beach. Okay [ laughter ] whats going on today . We havent seen the bay bridge in a while because we have been focusing on those Traffic Alerts. So heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Maze to downtown a slow commute. The roads are wet of the about 20 minutes. Rom hayward to foster city, 880 to 101, traffic is moving slowly and also into the peninsula we have a new Traffic Alert to tell you about. La honda road in woodside between grandview drive and skywood way is closed due to a mudslide out there. Scotts valley highway 17 between vine hill and glenwood cutoff down to one lane each direction and as you can see the northbound side of 17 very, very slow at just 5 Miles Per Hour. So if you can, give yourself a lot of extra time to get through the area. Los gatos a mudslide as well from overnight mudslides so be careful out there as you head out the door. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. All thoughts are on the north bay neighbors this morning. Good morning, because since saturday we have had over a foot of rain in the mountains in the north bay. It continues to rain today and we anticipate flooding in guerneville at the Russian River when it crests at 37. 6. We have already seen some minor toed mo rat flooding and now moderate to significant flooding anticipated today. Napa river in napa floodgates working really well. We still have moderate flooding on secondary roads due to 26. 1 cresting later this afternoon. And also the napa river in saint helena cresting very close to flood stage. Well keep a watchful eye on that as well live hidef Doppler Radar, its still raining outside this morning. In some areas, the pockets are pretty moderate. This cell just moved out vigorously. It was in marinwood just moved across the bay towards the eastern portion of our bay area. We have had hitandmiss scattered showers around rock city at mount diablo, tassajara through blackhawk into alamo. Around the peninsula this morning, east palo alto, menlo park, look at this cell right here over North Fair Oaks in redwood city. All this is trying to lift north. Scotts valley more rain slated for today. Peninsula again i had a little cell over the san mateo area, its drifting over the san mateo bridge east towards hayward. San francisco, youre dry right now but more light rain in the forecast. Lingering showers throughout the day today on the passage of that potent storm yesterday that dumped anywhere between 2 and 4 and 6 inches of rain. Urban flood advisory in effect for the bay area. Thats the blue highlighted area. Coastal flood advisory due to astronomical high tide. The tide is really a king tide of over 7 feet at 10 a. M. Little or no break. A lingering shower but yet we still have another storm. Thats queued up ready to move into the bay area. Lets track it together. Futurecast, heres your early afternoon hours of scattered showers around the santa clara valley. This is the leading edge of yet another area low pressure. It has different characteristics. Not a lot of wind associated with it, more showers and focused to the peninsula to the south. More rain coming up to 2 in some areas, pacifica approaching an inch. Its snowing hard, its a blizzard warning in effect for the high sierra until 10 a. M. 7 25 is your sunup. Temperatures into the 50s this afternoon. West winds 10 to 15. Lingering showers into your thursday. Full sunshine friday. Partly cloudy saturday through monday. Thats the forecast. We are on storm watch. Get yourself an extra cup of coffee and come right on back. We have more news and sports. , good morning, everybody. For the first time this season steve kerr gave one of the big four the night off. Klay thompson has been playing through illness. He was out of the lineup last night against miami. Warriors fans not exempts from the storms hitting the bay area. Miami bringing the heat early. James johnson over steph curry. That ended the 1st quarter with miami in front. Local kid from st. Francis is tyler johnson, went off for 18 points last night. He was undrafted out of fresno state. He has a 50 million contract. Patrick mccaw had only 3 points last night. They were big. Gave golden state a 7 point lead. 4th quarter warriors up 11. Curry with the loose ball to iguodala who slammed it home. Curry had 24. Warriors win 10795. The heat have just 11 wins this season. Wow. Brent burns named one of three sharks all stars but this night last night was not about burns. It was about that man boedker was just 139 into the game. The second shot of the game and its a goal. Boedker had only three shots all game. But they all went in no, really. He scored a hat trick in just 29 minutes doubling his goal output from the first 39 games. His fourth career hat trick. The sharks win 53 to remain in a first place tie. The raiders have let go offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave despite finishing 6th in total offense in the nfl. The raiders are expected to promote quarterback coach todd downing to take musgraves place. Ted norton, jr. , remains the raider defensive coordinator. Well have the latest on the 49ers coaching search tonight at 6 00. Have a great day, everybody. Us senator will testify against another in cabinet confirmation hearings. Rter ad libs its 6 26. For the first time in history today, one sitting u. S. Senator will testify against another in cabinet confirmation hearings. And a Flood Warning in effect for areas near the Russian River. Coming up, well take a look at some of the floodwaters where they are spilling and when were expecting this river to crest. ,,,,,,,, stream all your entertainment anywhere anytime can we lose the all. Theres no cbs and we dont have a ton of sports. Anywhere, any. Lets lose the anywhere, anytime too. You cant download onthego, theres no dvr, yada yada yada. Stream some stuff somewhere sometimes you totally nailed that buddy. Simple. Dont let directv now limit your entertainment. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Time is 6 ve got rain stil good morning. It is wednesday, january 11. Im kenny choi. Im michelle griego. Time now 6 30. [ inaudible ] the rain is still here in the bay area but the heavy stuff seems to have passed. A live look outside right now it the sparkling bay bridge there. It is a different scene though in the north bay. Evacuations are in place because of all the flooding from the Russian River. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live in guerneville to show us the conditions there. Anne . Reporter we are under a Flood Warning here. Several downtown businesses at least partially under water and heres one of em right now, this pee wee golf course. Its off river and niely roads. Some of the plastic animals sitting in a dirty bath of river runoff. Most lowlying areas in Sonoma County are under some water today. It is going to get worse before it gets better. The Flood Warning remains in effect and the latest estimate is that the Russian River will crest at 37. 6 feet later today. That is almost 8 feet above flood stage. 1700 people under evacuation orders right now. A lot