Santa cruz mountains. At one point, it even shut down the highway yesterday for about 5 hours. This is the biggest one definitely, um, theres a quite a bit more earth about half the mountainside came down into the roads. Reporter mudslide crews are stretched thin so contractors are bringing them in to clean up the mess. The northbound lanes remain closed because of this massive mudslide. And im dennis odonnell. They are hoping for later today or even tomorrow morning. We have more heavy rain coming in fact its here right now. We continue to see waves of Atmospheric River move into the bay area. Screen is lit up with pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall especially in the north bay. And i wanted to zero in on this particular area right there because if you look very carefully, look at the heavy rain now occurring in guerneville. This morning before receding later on this afternoon. Then we hop to the east bay. Moraga, danville, you, too with the raindrops on the rooftops. Then we spread to the south bay saratoga, cambrian park, campbell, light to moderate rainfall Santa Cruz Mountains getting hammered again. We have rain showers in chinatown and fulton street, San Francisco anywhere through the embarcadero to 3rd street street. Its sloppy. A Flood Warning is in effect for the Russian River in guerneville. Well keep an eye for the potential for heavy flooding. We have the Atmospheric River blowing into the area one more time again today and as i look at our futurecast its hitand miss scattered showers. The thursday morning commute is a new storm and cold front lingering across the bay area during the afternoon hours before it takes a nosedive to the south. But look what happens behind it. Its a secondary impulse that will interfere with our friday all the way into the commute hours. We are going to tag on at least another two to three inches of rain on top of what has already fallen right now as you take a look at the Golden Gate Bridge its raining there. Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. Very mild. Later today with an increasing south wind 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour into the 60s up to 65 degrees. Again we are tracking the incoming system to talk about the weekend forecast, but right now lets send it back to you, kenny and michelle. All right, roberta. Thank you. A messy commute in store for east bay drivers with pothole repairs under way on a stretch of 580. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is live in livermore with the latest. Reporter yeah. You can see here behind me traffic is at a crawl right now and it is only 6 a. M. This is 580 westbound here behind me. Im at north flynn road. But we have chopper 5 live above the closure right now which is one exit to the west at greenville road when westbound 580 goes down to two lanes. This road is jammed during a normal morning commute and the reason is two huge potholes that opened up this morning and 15 cars ended up with flat tires so the chp responded and now caltrans is doing emergency repairs here near the greenville road exit to 580 westbound but the traffic backup goes for miles to the east of that spot. So if you are anywhere east of livermore, trying to come into the city, you might want to rethink your plans this morning. This closure could likely last until 3 p. M. According to caltrans. Live in livermore, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Lets go to roqui right now because she has her hands full this morning tracking this commute. Along the Altamont Pass on that Traffic Alert, pothole causing major damage here and again its westbound 580 at greenville road. Traffic at 8 Miles Per Hour and as anne said 12mile backup on to 205 and backed up on 580 coming from San Joaquin Valley, as well. So avoid the area. The alternates are Patterson Pass road but do expect delays there, as well. San mateo bridge from hayward to foster city, traffic starting to slow down but you have a 15 to 20minute drive across the span into the peninsula and then heres a live look at the nimitz freeway looking good from 238 in san leandro to the maze, thats just going to take but 20 minutes. Okay. Hows it looking into downtown San Francisco . I see a lot of rain coming down on the toll plaza here. So the maze to downtown will now take you 20 minutes so give yourself some extra time to get through that. And make sure youre driving slowly because the rain is coming down. Heres a look at the marin couldnt commute, highway 37 vallejo to novato is closed again between atherton avenue and highway 101. This is due to flooding in the area. And chp is diverting traffic off at atherton avenue westbound to get you back on you 101. To mass transit, this would be a great consideration for you to morning to avoid the rain. Art, ace train, muni and caltrain all on time. Muni lines 5 and 31, though are delayed due to power loss so make sure your plan accordingly. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. Today in sacramento, water regulators will decide if urban drought rules should be lifted amid our wettest winter in years with a snowpack measuring 182 of normal and about 80 of local water districts reporting ample supply. Several lawmakers say were not in a state of emergency anymore. But some state officials counter that people in San Joaquin Valley are still living on bottled water because of depleted wells and they argue all this rain might not last through the spring. The immigration ban that caused chaos at the nations airports was rushed and should not have been implemented so soon. Thats the word from Homeland Security secretary john kelly. He said that yesterday that he should have delayed implementing the president s executive order so he could brief congress and federal agencies on what to expect. Kelly did say that he does support the ban on immigration from seven countries with a majority muslim population. A threejudge panel in San Francisco will decide as early as today if the order violates the constitution. President trumps nominee for attorney general is expected to be confirmed today after contentious battles. Democrats dont want him. They alleged Jeff Sessions is racist. Last night senator Elizabeth Warren was stopped on the senate floor while reading a letter from the widow of dr. Martin luther king, jr. In it she accuses sessions of using his power against black voters. They are mothers, daughters, sisters, fathers, sons, and brothers. Mr. President they are mr. President. Majority leader. The senator is impuning the motoredtives and conduct of our colleague from alabama is warned by the chair. She broke a rule that prohibits senators from speaking badly of colleagues on the floor so she was barred from speaking on the floor. New this morning, the contra costa board of supervisors just voted to expand the richmond jail. The Sheriffs Office says it wants to transfer 416 high security inmates to a new building within the west county detention facility. There they plan to incorporate over 31,000 square feet for Mental Health services and rehabilitation programs. San francisco is taking steps to create a Safe Injection Services task force. The city is following in seattles footsteps. There are about 22,000 intravenous drug users in San Francisco. The task force would facilitate safe injection, monitor illegal drug use and offer rehab. Time now 6 09. A major recall issued after a family pet suddenly died from eating tainted dog food. And a Software Company fires back after its blamed for extended jail stays and false arrests in one bay area county. Do not leave home without that umbrella. Our live hidef Doppler Radar picking up anywhere from light to heavy rain right now and we still have a new storm to track. And heres a live look at that rain coming down on top of the bay bridge toll plaza. Those metering lights are on. We have issues in the south bay in the east bay and in the north bay. Well give you all the details when we come back. Dont go anywhere. Closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. ,,,, with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. Stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Download the xfinity tv app today. ,,,,,,, download the xfinity tv app today. So now im not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of 548 whoo i mean, whoo. Recovery efforts a time check, 6 13 on this wednesday . Taking a look at our live weather camera at the Golden Gate Bridge, we have pounding rain showers there right now. The winds not as impressive as 24 hours ago. But they will pick up during the afternoon hours. Raining heavily right now in the north bay, also the Santa Cruz Mountains. Rain is gathering east of the bay, as well. Well have traffic together at 6 18. Recovery efforts are under way this morning after violent tornadoes tore through lower louisiana yesterday. Surveillance video shows high winds ripping a roof off and throwing it into the road. Behind it, you can see an 18 wheeler topple over. This is outside new orleans. So far, officials are reporting dozens of injuries. But no fatalities. New this morning, a dog food recall. Officials say at least five dogs have gotten sick and one has died. The food is made by avengers called hunk of beef. The company says it may have been tainted with a drug that vets use to put down pets. I gave that to them just for a little treat and within 15 minutes they were Walking Around like they were drunk. They couldnt walk. The company says that the affected food contains phenobarbital and was made during the week of june 6. The Software Company blamed for causing huge problems in the Alameda County court system is firing back. Since august, the county has been using a new Software System called odyssey. The county says last month that problems with the system resulted in wrongful arrests and unwarranted jail times. The developer texas based Tyler Technologies released a statement about the claims yesterday. It says, quote, the superior court of Alameda County transitioned from a 40yearold system before they were ready and, in fact, tyler specifically advised the court that unless it was more prepared for going live data entry would fall behind and problems would result. The company says the same system is used in 24 california counties including San Bernardino and critics say San Bernardino has experienced the same kind of problems. Canadian man tried to help a neighbor out by clearing snow off their road with a zamboni but it unravels because somebody called the cops on him. Police say that the person was probably confused to see a machine meant for ice rinks on the streets. He says he was just trying to clear the way to his neighbors house. He could have cleared her drive and most of the road if the cops hadnt pulled him over. They didnt ticket him but they steered the man plus the zamboni home. I used to watch College Hockey when i was young. Never played but watched it obsessed with the zamboni. I always wanted to drive one. Did you ever . Never got to. Im still hoping. I have been able to ride on one. They dont you drive them at the sharks game but they let people from time to time ride along. You get to wave during intermission. Its a blast. You need to hook him up im jealous of you. [ laughter ] no. [ overlapping speakers ] when youre a sharks fan, things happen. Ill root for the sharks just to get on the zamboni. They are made in los angeles. I thought they were made in manitoba ar calgary canada. No. Well do all the research while you do the weather forecast. No zambonis on the road this morning . No. It could help. Thats a good point. Lets move to the south bay. Scotts valley area between vine hill road and sugarloaf a Traffic Alert has been all morning long. Northbound side here is covered by mud. Theres a monster mudslide out there so chp is borrowing one of the lanes out of the southbound side and creating twoway traffic in the southbound side. The traffic is slow at 36 Miles Per Hour in the area. You are moving in both directions. So you can get through the area pretty smoothly. Expect delays. This is a major hot spot of the morning. 7 Miles Per Hour and about a 12 mile backup along the way here on westbound 580 at greenville road. Major potholes. We have pictures on our twitter page if you want to take a look there. They are very large. The rebars are showing so this is going to take a long time for chp to get this situated. Anne makovec was out there live. She said it might be recovered by 3 p. M. Today. But, of course, thats not a guarantee so if you can give yourself some extra time to get through this area or just avoid it if you can work from home thats a good idea, too. So your alternate would be Altamont Pass road. Thats jammed. So i will not suggest that. I suggest Patterson Pass road thats jammed but not as bad as the Altamont Pass. From hayward to foster city, things are slow. Roberta, its wet, windy and bad. Good morning, im dialing up our live hidef Doppler Radar. The rain is intensifying. Right now the concentration of the heaviest rainfall is exactly where we dont need it due to the already flooding situation. We do have the heaviest rain in guerneville also cloverdale back through windsor around highway 101. Then we head over to the eastern portion of our bay area. This morning, San Pablo Dam road, with the moderate rain showers, all the way into bear ridge. We do have arlington boulevard swinging into Martin Luther king, jr. Drive in oakland under heavy rain. We swing to the southern portion of our bay area. Campbell hearing a little bit of light raindrops on the rooftops. Around highway 85 this morning making tracks into the saratoga area, hooking up with highway 17, los gatos, plenty of moderate to heavy rainfall and Santa Cruz Mountains with 6 of rain in the past 24 hours, its still raining. We do have a watchful eye on the Russian River near guerneville this morning. I checked it again approaching 34 feet. Flood stage is 32. We do anticipate some modest flooding around the Johnson Beach area before the river recedes this afternoon. We have plenty of rain around the Golden Gate Bridge make it a slippery morning commute temperatures in the 50s and 60s. And a big difference from 24 hours ago, winds not as impressive, 10 in San Francisco, 11 half moon bay. 15 the sfo. Lighter winds across the north bay. These winds will increase later today out of the south 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Weave showers and fog limiting visibility santa rosa down to a quarter mile, we have fog and showers. Weekend nothing but sunshine. Atmospheric river right there pushing into the bay area but behind me im watching cold front. Rain this afternoon and a cold front slices through the bay area hanging over the bay area at lunchtime gradually sagging to the south but look whats happening after that. We approach your friday a secondary impulse rolls in. And by the time the two are out of here up to 3 more inches of rain in some of our wettest locations right here in the bay area. Winter weather advisory is in effect now for aerial flood watch raining now in the high sierra. And again tomorrow. But well have clearing just in time for the weekend. 7 07 is our official sunrise. It sets at 5 42. We may see a hint of sunset with the clouds. Balmy with a southerly breeze. Extended forecast we are storm watch today through friday and High Pressure through the weekend through tuesday and well dry out just in time for more rain showers next thursday. Thats a look at your forecast. We have sports next. , vo maybe it was here, when you hit 300,000 miles. Or here, when you walked away without a scratch. Maybe it was the day your baby came home. Or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore. Every subaru is built to earn your trust. Because we know what youre trusting us with. Subaru. Kelley blue books most trusted brand. 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