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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 6pm January 20, 2017

Reporter mr. Trump will spend his final night at the blair house, the president ial guesthouse directly across the street from the white house. Guys . In a moment were going to talk about the protests in the bay area tomorrow during the inauguration. Are they expecting protests in washington, dc as well . I know they are ready for them. Are they expecting them . Reporter yeah. They are expecting them and they are happening right now. I just was on twitter kind of monitoring that. A friend of mine is a reporter at one of the local stations here. Just posted a picture of remarkable protesters flooding 14th street around the northwest part of the city which is in the quadrant just behind me here. We can expect to see more of that tomorrow. About 28,000 Law Enforcement officials who are on hand to deal with this. And it is part of what they are expecting. A lot of mixed emotions with the inauguration tomorrow. Many people celebrating. Some people as frank mentioned protesting. Whats the vibe been like overall in dc . Reporter its interesting. To your point it is pretty much split. Trump supporters theres a sense of Palpable Energy kind of funneling through the air. But those who are trump detractors, a lot more anxiety, people dont want to be part of this. As you know right now, close to 70 Democratic House lawmakers who are planning to boycott this themselves. So theres a lot of divisiveness. Going into this inauguration tomorrow. And party lines are split. Trump supporters obviously jubilant. Those who dont like him are not happy about it. I dont know if you know the answer to this but i was listening to reports earlier today talking about how frantic white house workers are when they are moving the obamas out and moving the trumps in. That they literally only have about five hours to do that tomorrow before donald trump takes residence in the white house. Reporter that is exactly true. And i can answer that accurately because i did a story on this two weeks ago that ran on fox news. Thats exactly it. They have five hours. The movers come and the rugs get pulled up. And the bedding goes out. President obama now has a rental in a pretty known as kalorama. Theyve already begun moving his belongings in there. And now they have got to get president elect trumps stuff into the white house. Come tomorrow and theres a short five hour window of time to do that. Definitely not an easy task there. Joel waldman in the Nations Capital, thank you. San francisco as we mentioned is expecting protests and rallies that could rival the popes election march. Looking at here. On friday a rally is set for Justin Herman plaza at 8 00 a. M. Also a rally in front of the immigration and customs office. In the financial district. Another group hopes to create a human chain across the golden gate bridge. Starting at 10 00. Police are also preparing for protests in oakland tomorrow and saturday. Crime reporter henry lee is outside Oakland City Hall tonight with whats being done to hopefully keep those demonstrations safe. Reporter i met Frank Ogawa Plaza which has been ground zero for occupy oakland and countless other protests including one that ended peacefully 15 minutes ago. Tomorrow we will again be center stage for protesters upset about the new president. Oakland, no stranger to protests. Whether it is on city streets or the freeway. As the country prepares for president froms inauguration, police in oakland and east bay say they are ready for unrest but urging people to keep things civil. This is a time to gather, to be heard. To listen. To share. In a safe place and a safe space. We want to encourage everyone to not participate in criminal activity. Reporter that means not breaking any windows or spray painting businesses or running roughshod through downtown like so many protests in the past. Officers wearing body cams and plainclothes cops who might look like a protester in disguise will be watching. We may not catch you today or tomorrow but eventually we will. Reporter days off before police have been canceled. Other agencies will be on hand for the next several days. The demonstration will begin at 7 00 a. M. At the oakland federal building. Several rallies and marches are set for noon outside city hall. And on saturday there will be a march beginning at 10 00 a. M. From lake merritt to Frank Ogawa Plaza. The chp says theyll be ready if protesters take to the freeway but they say thats not a good idea. We want to support people who want to exercise their rights. But you do not have the right to protest on the freeway. Not only is it illegal but its extremely dangerous as well. Reporter bart police will be girding for more traffic at a station. Bart will be running longer trains all day friday and saturday not just during the commute hours. More officers will be on duty. Were going to have more officers on the streets or in the stations i should say. Patrolling the station and really helping out with crowd control if that should become an issue. Reporter i want to share a Statement Issued by oakland mayor libby schaaf just a few minutes ago. She says now more than ever is the time to double down and go in hard for the things we believe in and what we know is right. It is possible to do it with compassion and without apology. And for police they say they can do it if the protesters dont do it with violence or vandalism. Thats the latest from oakland. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Lets hope things stay peaceful. Thank you. Our coverage continues at 6 30. Hear from a man who has a ticket to attend but he says hes not doing. And hes also not going to give up his ticket. From the celebration to the demonstrations. Weve got you covered for tomorrows inauguration. Coverage begins at 8 00 a. M. Right here on ktvu fox 2. Also streaming it live on our website. Ktvu. Com. Now to the weather. The threat of slides in the Santa Cruz Mountains with more rain in the forecast. One homes deck as youre looking at here in hot tub has already collapsed. And has been sliding down on zayante road. Some residents are worried there will be more landslides as the wet weather continues. What came down is rain in parts of the bay area today. Hail in sunnyvale. Hail kind of looked like a dusting of snow covering the ground there. This latest storm is bringing big waves along the coast as a look at mavericks from sky fox where 30foot waves are expected tonight. Into tomorrow. Weve got Live Team Coverage on the seam severe storms. Chief meteorologist bill martin says the morning commute on friday could be a big mess. s first first to Christina Rendon in martinez. Contra costa has already declared a local state of emergency. Because of millions of dollars in storm damage. Reporter thats exactly right. This is the proclamation of local emergency signed by the county administrator this morning. It is the First Step Towards the county possibly receiving federal funds for repairs. The view from sky fox shows the biggest repair needed in contra costa county. The Public Works Department says it could take up to a year before the wide gap in Alhambra Valley road is fixed. Its all good. We go that way. Reporter the county is declaring a local emergency after storms led to flooding. Mudslides, sinkholes and property damage. More in territory road may reopen entirely next week. Between marsh creek and manning road. Where flooding and mudslides are a concern. Majority of damage occurs on the road. With mud runs and of course Alhambra Valley road. We also have some erosion in our Flood Control channel and some minor damage at some of our facilities. Some of our buildings. Reporter Deputy Director says about four inches of mud washed up at the Medical Center parking lot in martinez. Repairs are needed to at least 19 county offices. For minor roof, ceiling or window leaks. Martinez is bad. A lot of sand bags everywhere. Reporter a 9 million price tag for all the damages. I believe this is a local declaration which is the First Step Towards possibly getting some federal funding to pay for these damages. I think thats a good idea but i think they should really do their own funding. They should really be looking at this instead of putting it off. But thats what government does. They think itll be fine until next year. And then something happens and you got to fix it. Reporter with more rain on the way the county is asking residents to prep by checking the rain gutters or storm drains for any type of blockage. This emergency proclamation is going to go before the board of supervisors in a special meeting next thursday for ratification. Frank . Christina rendon, thank you. Team coverage continues with bill martin. He joins us now. Were in between storms right now. Weve been talking about the morning commute for tomorrow. Its going to be pretty ugly. It is. The texture of heavy, heavy rain standing water maybe some rockslides or mudslide concerns on the roadways. Its going to happen late tonight or early tomorrow morning. And dark i think Early Morning commuters, the other night i was coming home and coming off an off ramp. And all of a sudden theres the mud swamp. Because the soil is saturated. A couple inches of rain overnight is going to send things down. So be prepared for the unusual especially in the dark Morning Hours when the heaviest rain is going to be moving through. We got a lot of rain the other day. Up over four inches of rain. Have a foot of rain up in the novato area. This next weather system, showing up a little early which is good. Today was a good break day. A few showers but we got a real nice break. Things settled down. Tonight into the Early Morning hours tomorrow, this next storm hits giving us an opportunity for some lesser rain accumulations in the afternoon. Heaviest rain is going to be right here. About 2 00 a. M. When the heaviest rain gets here. Thats why im worried about the morning commuters because thats rainfall rates could be an inch and a half an hour. Standing water so you may not be driving a 2 00 a. M. Or 4 00 a. M. Or 5 00 a. M. , but when you do get on the road, at 7 00 a. M. , there is standing water and the whole bit. So i want you to be prepared for that. Theres the forecast. A wet friday morning commute. When i come back were going to push this all the way through and this is storm number 2. Number 3 has got bigger teeth than this one than the last two. So well talk about the rest of this and storm number 3 next time i see you. We are always here for you. Download our free weather app for uptotheminute information on the coming storm. Whether it is storm two or three including live radar and extended forecast. For more than a century c h sugar has been a fixture in the bay area but now the plant is going to have to do it with a lot less. The raiders have submitted an application to relocate to las vegas. Sports director mark ibanez is going to break it all down for us. A live look at the evening commute. Interstate 80 at the macarthur maze in oakland. Headlights, thats the commute direction although you wouldnt know it from looking at this. Racked up going into and out of macarthur maze. Taking a look at the bay bridge. Slow going is always. Right now the headlights you can see cars heading into San Francisco. . Q well, we knew it was coming. Now its official. The nfl announced the raiders submitted an application to relocate to las vegas. Sports director mark ibanez is here. Another sign that not al davis, mark davis is serious about going to las vegas. What happens next . I think the next big mark on the calendar is late in march i believe the 25th when the nfl owners will vote. No surprise today that the raiders applied for relocation. Now the owners have to ratify it if you will and then on to getting the financing done. Which leaves the question, what about that ronnie lott group that was trying to keep the raiders here . Ronnie today was quoted as saying they are still in the game and they plan on winning. If you know anything about ronnie lott he believes every word he says. We had earlier former ceo of the raiders of amy trask who addressed just that topic. Ronnie lotts group. He is a sensational. I wish him all the best. The issue ronnie has in that deal is the same thing in las vegas. A third party looking to take a piece of the prize. Fortress Investment Group is known throughout the Financial Community as loan to own. They drive a very, very hard bargain and would want a large piece of the pie. Just as is the case with Sheldon Adelson. So there you go. I was trying to throw in oakland raider optimism because ronnie lott believes he can still get it done but the fact of the matter is the raiders have not ever met with ronnie lotts group. I remember when talking with city leaders when they were discussing their plans and coming up with something to keep the raiders here. They said they have to actually sit down at the table with us first so we can talk about what were going to do and what we can do. Pretty clear that mark davis is not interested in that. Full steam ahead. That organization and a lot of their people under mark davis have spent plenty of time about 200 days down in las vegas this past year in preparation for all this coming to fruition. So they are not about to entertain an oakland idea at this juncture. So i would say at this time, if there is no roadblock in las vegas impeding that moved, theres no reason for them to sit down and talk to the oakland officials or ronnie lotts group at all until they run into a major roadblock. Almost seems like this is not a case where hes playing one group against the other. It feels like at least right now, the move to las vegas is what has the momentum. No question about it. Which also leads to the next question. What happens to the raiders in the interim between when the great stadium in las vegas is to be built and here, probably two to three years, there would be a lame duck team and i think the loyalty of the raiders fans would get a huge test. Are you going to stick around and support the silver and black knowing full well they are full throttle headed toward las vegas . That will be an interesting story in itself. I dont know about that loyal. You were saying in houston, the houston fans were really ticked. A lot of the players said it was the worst time they could ever remember but mark davis has gone on record saying the team wont try and play at unlv or anything like that. Much like the chargers have agreed to start cultivating a los angeles following. So its going to be an interesting next few months but i think the next major mark on your calendar is the nfl owners meeting and everything could change again then. If we get a no vote on that. Yeah. Mark, thank you. Oakland mayor libby schaaf issued a statement that said quote oakland has something no other city ever will. A diehard fan base as mark mentioned that is loyal and true to the raiders and wants to see them stay here in oakland. Where they were founded. Only oakland begins actually brings the raiders and the nfl a competitive stadium proposal along with legacy and loyalty. Back down to the weather. A mess created by our recent storms at a wellknown park in the east bay. Even though the floodwaters have receded del valle park is still closed tonight to visitors. Rob roth tells us the park may actually stay closed until the end of the month. Possibly even longer. Reporter at del valle park in livermore, this is the first area to get water coming up over the banks. Floodwaters have finally receded unveiling an absolute mess. Ive never seen the flooding before like this. Reporter jeff manley a manager with east Bay Regional Park District showed us around this popular part. Its close to the public. No electricity. No sewer. The debris makes it very unsafe to be out. Reporter the beach is covered in tree limbs driftwood and mud that washed up when Lake Del Valle overflowed its banks during a massive brainstorm on january 7. To give you an idea of how high the water came up here, im about six feet tall. And this is the water line. Here is a photo of that same building before the water levels dropped. Picnic tables were also submerged. Now covered in debris. The volleyball courts were their own lakes and it will have to be cleaned up in an estimated cost of half a million dollars. Its going to take a while because conditions are so muddy. They cant get out in the vehicle and hiking in. Theres over 20 miles of trail. Reporter the royal del valle creek is still running strong but there is erosion. Ironically at the height of last summers drought it wasnt running at all. During the storm the creek caused the lake level to rise. The waters started backing up. Into the creek. It did flood areas of the campground. And through this velocity of the water it was jumping the banks. Reporter the same problem could happen again. Theres always that concern. That we may get a flood event coming in. Because we are in this rainy pattern. So we definitely have to keep reassessing the forecast. Reporter the park is closed until the end of january. And its possible it could stay closed even longer. In livermore, rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. Plenty of snow up in the mountains. Snow report is not lacking for snow. Weve got lots of it. Bases over 120 inches. 160 at kirkwood. They typically get more where they said. A little further west and south of lake tahoe. They just get a bunch of snow there. Game on for skiing except this weekend, theres going to be snow and skiing. But the weather is going to be getting to and from the mountains sketchy and winter storm warning in effect now until saturday morning. But ive got to tell you, its going to go back into effect saturday night through sunday night. So going to take a winter storm warning because its going to keep going up there. For them to get six or seven feet of new snow, not very difficult at all. In this pattern as we go into monday. Over the course of time. Outside were getting that break. Today was the break day. We got the heavy rainfall we talked about. Here comes system number 2, if you will. Ahead of schedule. As yesterdays system was too. Thats a good thing because its going to get in here late tonight or early tomorrow morni

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