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San Francisco Trying To Keep Up With Damage From December Downpours
As the Bay Are gets a break Saturday from rainy weather, the city of San Francisco is getting a better picture of the damage done during December's downpours.
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As the Bay Are gets a break Saturday from rainy weather, the city of San Francisco is getting a better picture of the damage done during December's downpours.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted to declare a state of emergency Friday after recent rain and windstorms caused an estimated $3.4 million in damage.
With another storm passing through the Bay Area on Friday, San Francisco is in the midst of its 7th wettest December on record.
Rescue crews used a jet ski and a rubber boat to rescue four occupants of a vehicle that became stranded in floodwater in west Sonoma County Friday morning.
The California Highway Patrol is reporting two mud and rock slides on State Highway 1 Friday afternoon.
Friday morning's rains toppled yet another problematic ficus tree, this time on top of a Lyft driver's car in the Marina District.
The final in a series of soaking storms has forced another flood advisory in the North Bay.
New numbers show the percentage of the state in the exceptional drought category has dropped from just over 55 percent last week to 32 percent.
A final storm system for this week will bring more rain to our area Thursday night through Friday. Rainfall amounts should be quite a bit less than previous storms, but will still add to our wet December totals.
Tehama, Sonoma, Marin and Lake counties have proclaimed "local emergencies" following the storms last week.
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On the middle of one of the wettest Decembers on record, the Bay Area is about to get hit with another round of uncommonly high seas known as the "King Tides."
I'm sure you hear the word "barometer" tossed around when referring to the Weather. Last Thursday in a 24 hour frame, the Bay Area experienced up to 10 inches of rain and a tremendous drop in barometric pressure.
A Sausalito man whose home on the water sank during last week's brutal storm was reunited with his dog that somehow survived the sinking, and swam to shore.
Just off the Marin County shore, the U.S. Coast Guard is training in some of the largest swells of the year.
A portion of state Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay that had been closed due to flooding reopened Tuesday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Rising storm costs are forcing some Northern California counties, including two in the Bay Area, to turn to the state for help as they declare local states of emergency.
The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for Marin, Napa and Sonoma counties through 8:30 p.m. Tuesday evening.
Can you see it? Look very carefully at the blue sky and you can see a plane flying across the Bay towards Oakland International Airport. I snapped this photo this morning from our KPIX 5 Studios in San Francisco. What caught my eye, is the PLANE!
The Bay Area is in the middle of a third straight wet week, but things will change dramatically this weekend, allowing the region to dry out for most of the rest of 2014.
The Bay Area has not yet dried out from the last powerful storm, but already a new soaker is moving in with the potential to drop close to two inches of rain in some location.
This week has gotten off to a rainy start with some areas receiving more than an inch—a nice addition to last week's heavy rain. Despite that, it may not be delivering exactly what California needs to get out of this drought.
A gale warning in offshore waters is in effect through Friday night as some swells could rise to nearly 40 feet and winds roar above 46 miles per hour while on the coast, powerful surf above 15 feet and gale-force winds will pummel California again.
The National Weather Service issued a "special marine warning" as a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms moved offshore, creating conditions that could span waterspouts -- tornadoes over the ocean-- along with frequent lightning, gale-force winds and large swells capable of overturning small vessels.
Officials at San Francisco International Airport cancelled 39 departures and 41 arrivals Monday morning. The airport is on a ground delay program, which means the rate of arrivals will slow to meet the ability of the airport to land planes.
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Among the thousands of participants in Sunday's Giant Race on the San Francisco waterfront was a young man running to help exploited children.
Four people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries early Sunday morning after a car collided with the corner of a building in San Francisco's Union Square neighborhood.
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BART officials warned passengers of major delays in all directions Monday after smoke on a train at MacArthur station required the evacuation of passengers from the vehicle.
Richmond police arrested the man who sparked a nine-hour neighborhood lockdown Monday by standing on a porch waving around what police believed could've been a firearm.
The East Bay Regional Park District is asking residents to avoid young cows and their mothers through calving season, which will end in October.
Oakland Unified School District parents and school staff are speaking out after elevated lead levels were found in drinking water at multiple schools across the district.
A residential fire in a San Jose neighborhood Monday left two homes uninhabitable with extensive damage, fire officials said.
A vintage concept car from 1979 worth $1,000,000 was destroyed in a vehicle trailer fire along state Highway 1 in Monterey, authorities and the car's owner said Monday.
Police in San Jose have identified a bicyclist who died Sunday after being critically injured in a collision with a car.
A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday night in San Jose, according to police.
A bicyclist was taken to a hospital in San Jose Sunday morning after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a collision with a car, police said.
Firefighters made quick work putting out a grass fire in San Anselmo Saturday that threatened to explode into a greater conflagration.
A Santa Rosa man with multiple convictions for driving under the influence is again accused of driving drunk and causing a fatal collision on Friday.
A 54-year-old Petaluma man was arrested for allegedly attacking another man with a metal pipe, police said.
In Vallejo, it's been a summer of violence as residents and business owners are worried about safety, gun violence, and crime.
A North Bay man was arrested Friday for allegedly attacking a driver during a road rage incident earlier this month and tracking the victim down to harass him online.
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Brock Purdy went 2 for 6 for 11 yards but the 49ers beat the Saints 16-10 on Sunday night.
The Oakland Coliseum hosted the final Bay Bridge Series on Sunday between the A's and the Giants.
Jerar Encarnación and Michael Conforto hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the 10th inning, lifting the Giants to a 4-2 win over the A's on Sunday.
A teary and touched José Canseco was inducted to the A's Hall of Fame Saturday as a season-high crowd gathered for the first game of final Bay Bridge Series in Oakland.
Former congressman George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December and indicted on 23 federal charges, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Richmond police arrested the man who sparked a nine-hour neighborhood lockdown Monday by standing on a porch waving around what police believed could've been a firearm.
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Google on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of Pixel phones, providing the maker of Android software a head start on the next iPhone in the race to bring more artificial-intelligence services to devices.
The University of California's Nutrition Policy Institute is seeking toddlers who drink cow's milk to participate in a 12-month study.
Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products.
Health officials around the world are keeping a close eye on an outbreak of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, in Africa.
Parents and other caregivers urged to stop using loungers linked to 5 fatalities and an infant bed tied to 1 death.
Florida cucumber grower used untreated canal water found to be tainted with salmonella bacteria, laboratory tests found.
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